Posts Tagged ‘cabinet’

A Swiss walnut pedestal Table, Victorian large mahogany Library Bookcase, Victorian papier-mache Chairs

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 [...]

A George III mahogany Linen Press, William IV mahogany Chairs, mahogany pedestal Desk, mahogany break-front Cabinet

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 [...]

French carved rosewood and upholstered Suite of Seat Furniture, Louis XV-style kingwood and marquetry Writing Table, French boulle and ebonised Pier Cabinet

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, [...]

Antique Chests and Chests of Drawers

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 [...]