Posts Tagged ‘marquetry’
Friday, January 1st, 2010
OAK PARTNERS DESK, ANTIQUE AND SATINWOOD BANDED SIDE TABLE, BURR-WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE, CARVED OAK COFFER
A BURR-VENEERED TABLE AMBULANTE, Louis XV style, with gilt-metal mounts and three drawers, on cabriole legs, cm. wide.
A PARQUETRY PEDESTAL, Louis XVI style, with a green marble top and gilt-metal mounts, cm. high
AN OAK PARTNERS DESK, 19th Century and 18th Century, [...]
Tags: 19th century, antique chest, bookcase, Bureau, burr walnut, BURR-VENEERED, cabriole legs, cane chair, cane seats, CHAIRS, CHEST-ON-CHEST, cupboard doors, DINING, drawer, DRAWERS, FRONT, FRUITWOOD, George II, George III, george iv, green marble, London, marquetry, Oak, oak chest, PANELLED, panelled doors, papier mache, parquetry, secretaire, sideboard, spade feet, square legs, stretcher, VICTORIAN
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
TALLBOYS OR CHESTS ON CHESTS
About 1710-1820
Chippendale-style mahogany tallboy, about 1765-1780.
Adevelopment of the chest on stand, used in bedrooms to store clothing. Especially popular during the second half of the 18thC - from when most date - despite being too high to use fully without standing on a chair.
Formed as two chests of drawers, the upper [...]
Tags: Chests, chests of drawers, Chippendale-style, DRAWERS, frieze, Gothic, Handles, japanning, marquetry, pilasters, Sheraton, tallboy, TALLBOYS, upper chest, walnut veneer
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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 [...]
Tags: bronze, chestnut fruit, Chests, COMMODES, drawer, DRAWING-ROOM, french commodes, french style, mahogany, Marble, marquetry, marquetry and inlay, Neo-classical, Oval, Regency, regency period, rococo style, Tulipwood, Veneered, wooden tops
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
English Chests on Stand
William and Mary walnut chest on stand. Cross banded drawers and top with inlaid stringing line. Note early period thumb-nail top edge moulding. Half-round moulding on carcase front. c. 1690.
Price Range: $200-$400
Value points: See section notes
William and Mary Period - c. 1690 - oyster and marquetry chest on stand of superb quality. [...]
Tags: boxwood, bun feet, cabriole legs, chest, DRAWERS, dressing tables, marquetry, oyster, Price, Queen Anne, veneer, walnut, walnut veneer, William, william and mary
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
CHESTS OF DRAWERS - 1690-1720
A very fine oyster veneered chest of drawers on bun feet which are a bit small in proportion. Parquetry work of this kind, involving geometric designs made up from small oyster veneers, requires a high degree of skill. Note the ‘thumbnail’ top edge moulding and deep proportion. Just short of 2ft. [...]
Tags: boxwood, bun, burr, chest of drawers, Chests, chests of drawers, country, drawer front, drawer fronts, DRAWERS, Handles, marquetry, parquetry, Replacement
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Chest-on-stand
The revolution in the art of veneering was quite spectacular, both in terms of craftsmanship and in design. Veneering, marquetry and parquetry originally came to England from the Netherlands, and gained in popularity when Charles it returned from The Hague in 1660 with a retinue of foreign craftsmen, artists, silversmiths and designers. With the succession [...]
Tags: baltic pine, cabinet doors, Chest-on-stand, drawer pulls, DRAWERS, England, English, furniture, inlays, marquetry, Original, parquetry, restoration, seventeenth, seventeenth century, Veneering, William
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