Posts Tagged ‘cabinet’
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
A Swiss walnut pedestal Table, Victorian large mahogany Library Bookcase, Victorian papier-mache Chairs
A George Ill-style painted and
upholstered Berger, circa 1910,
covered in brocade, the padded arms
with turned facings, the bowed seat with
a cushion, on turned tapering legs.
A Victorian large mahogany Library Bookcase, circa 1850, formerly part of a larger bookcase, with receded terminals and acanthus carved [...]
Tags: 18th century, acanthus, adjustable shelves, baluster, Berger, bookcase, brocade, bronze mounts, cabinet, Cabriole, cabriole legs, Century-style, CHAIRS, Continental, corinthian pilasters, cornice, CUPBOARDS, DRAWERS, furniture, George, ITALIAN, Louis XV, mahogany, medallions, Military, military chest, paneled doors, papier mache, parquetry, pedestal table, pen tray, pillar, rosewood, satinwood, Savonarola, savonarola chair, splats, square legs, transitional style, vase, velvet, Veneered, VICTORIAN
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
A George III mahogany Linen Press, William IV mahogany Chairs, mahogany pedestal Desk, mahogany break-front Cabinet
A set of six William IV mahogany Chairs, circa 1830, with lotus carved cresting rails and clasp-shaped mid-bars, the Trafalgar seats above lappet-clad turned and tapering legs,
stamped with initials I.D.
A set of four Regency simulated
bamboo painted Chairs, circa 1815, the
rail-backs [...]
Tags: action, Armchair, armchairs, ball feet, baluster, black friars, cabinet, Cabriole, cabriole leg, cabriole legs, chest, Chest-on, CHEST-ON-CHEST, Comprising, CUPBOARDS, DRAWERS, drop leaf table, frieze drawers, George III, linen press, mahogany, mahogany pedestal, Occasional, occasional table, pedestal desk, pedestals, pillar, plinth, rosewood, satinwood, stretcher, strung, Table, Tables, Trafalgar, upholstery
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
French carved rosewood and upholstered Suite of Seat Furniture, Louis XV-style kingwood and marquetry Writing Table, French boulle and ebonised Pier Cabinet
A French carved rosewood and upholstered Suite of Seat Furniture, covered in nailed turquoise dralon, the moulded frames with foliate motifs, on cabriole legs, comprising: four
Salon Chairs, a pair of Armchairs and a Canape, [...]
Tags: A George III-style, A George IV, A Louis XV-style, armchairs, Bonheur, boulle, cabinet, Cabriole, cabriole legs, CHAIRS, chest, commode, corinthian pilasters, cornice, display cabinet, dralon, drapery, DRAWERS, foliate, FRENCH, frieze, FRONT, FRUITWOOD, furniture, George II, george iv, green marble, H A Louis XV-style, inlaid, ITALIAN, kingwood, Louis XV, louis xv style, mahogany, medallion, Oak, paper labels, parquetry, pearl accessories, plinth, porcelain, rosewood, salon chairs, Serpentine, Sevres-style, South German, stretcher, writing table
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
CHESTS AND CHESTS OF DRAWERS
Chests, often referred to as coffers, were very important until the mid-seventeenth century and were still made in quantity throughout the eighteenth century. They were about the only form of storage for most people.
The earliest form of chest was probably a hollowed-out tree trunk with a crude lid. By the thirteenth [...]
Tags: Adam, cabinet, Cabriole, Chests, chests of drawers, chippendale, coffers, country, drawer fronts, DRAWERS, eighteenth century, furniture, Hepplewhite, mahogany, mid seventeenth century, satinwood, Sheraton, sixteenth century, thirteenth century, trunk, veneer, wainscot, walnut
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