Posts Tagged ‘Marble’

WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLE, ANTIQUE BOW-FRONT CHEST, GILT-METAL MOUNTED TABLE, ANTIQUE WARDROBE

Friday, January 1st, 2010

WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLE, ANTIQUE BOW-FRONT CHEST, GILT-METAL MOUNTED TABLE, ANTIQUE WARDROBE
A WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLE, Victorian, with circular top and triform galleried undertier, cm. high
A SET OF TWELVE BEECHWOOD CHAIRS, Louis XVI style, with oval button upholstered backs and bowed seats, on fluted turned legs
AN ANTIQUE EXTENDING DINING TABLE, Regency, comprising: two D-shaped ends and a [...]

Antique 18th Century French Chests of Drawers

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

FRENCH CHESTS AND CHESTS OF DRAWERS About 1675-1760
Polychrome bootie commode, about 1700.
Lidded chests continue to be made, but mainly in rural areas; regional variations become firmly established.
Chests of drawers in mid-17thC styles also made in provinces until well after 1700, but in major centres, panelled ends give way to flush surfaces, applied mouldings disappear from [...]

Antique Drawing Room Commodes

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

CHESTS: DRAWING-ROOM COMMODES
About 1750-1800
Fine quality drawing-room commode in French style, about 17 75.
Valuable and prestigious objects made for the main rooms of fine houses. Probably seldom used in a practical sense; principally valued for their fine decoration. Usually made in pairs to stand at either end of a room or against the window piers. Gradually [...]