Posts Tagged ‘Oak’
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
George III oak Side Table, Louis XV-style carved Gateleg Table, German walnut Cabinet-on-Stand, Victorian mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
A late George III oak Side Table,
with a pair of mahogany crossbanded
frieze drawers, on tapered square legs,
wide.
A Louis XV-style carved
beechwood and upholstered Fauteuil,
covered in green velvet, together with a
matching loose seat cushion, on hipped
cabriole Tegs
A Victorian carved and stained [...]
Tags: A George IV, A Louis XV, A Louis XV-style, beechwood, Bookcase, bracket, bun feet, Cabinet, Canape, Century, Corner, corner cupboard, Edwardian, federal style, frieze, frieze drawers, George, george iii, george iv, hippedcabriole, Linen, mahogany chest, marquetry, Oak, open shelves, panel doors, paterae, paw feet, pilasters, platform base, satinwood, square legs, standing, stem, tea table, victorian mahogany, victorian tea, walnut, walnut cabinet, XV-style
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Continental mahogany Chairs, Louis XV-style carved giltwood three-piece Suite, Louis XV-style kingwood parquetry low Table
A late George III mahogany rail-back Armchair, with a drop-in seat, on reeded square legs joined by stretchers, restored—
A George III mahogany Chair, with a hoop-shaped splat-back, on chamfered square legs
A Louis XV-style carved giltwood
three-piece Suite, comprising: a small
Settee and a [...]
Tags: A Louis XV, A Louis XV-style, A Queen Anne, armchair, armchairs, Bookcase, burr walnut, Cabinet, cabriole, cabriole legs, Century, Chairs, cherrywood, Cheval, Continental, cupboard, cupboard doors, Dining, george iii, leather inset, louis xv style, mahogany chair, mahogany chest, mahogany pedestal, marquetry, Oak, Occasional, occasional table, parquetry, pedestal desk, Queen Anne, queen anne oak, sideboard, sliding glass doors, square legs, upholstery, victorian mahogany, writing table
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Victorian mahogany Pole Screen, George III mahogany Library Armchair, Louis XV-style ebonised and inlaid Bureau-de-Dame, WIIIiam and Mary Chest
A George III mahogany oval Box,
with a hinged top and brass bail handles,
possibly a hat box.
A late George III mahogany oval
pedestal Table, tne tulipwood-banded
and string-inlaid tilt-top on a turned
stem with splayed tripod supports,
restored.—
A George IV mahogany drum-top
Library [...]
Tags: A George III-style, A George IV, A Louis XV-style, A Louis XVI-style, armchair, astragal, Bookcase, Box, Century, downswept, extending dining table, fneze, Frame, george iii, george iv, louis xv style, louis xvi style, marquetry, Mary Chest, Oak, Occasional, occasional table, oval pedestal table, panel, pedestal, Regency-style, rosewood, square legs, stem, stretcher, tall chest, Tripod, tripod table, victorian mahogany, walnut, WIIIiam
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
COTS, CRADLES AND CRIBS
Today the term ‘cradle’ describes a baby’s bed which rocks, either standing at floor level on two curved rockers, or suspended between two uprights, A cot or crib (the latter now an American term) implies the
high-sided bed on legs, with sides of equal height, which was first devised for toddlers around 1800. [...]
Tags: 17th century, ANTIQUE, baby, cane work, classical motifs, CRADLES, CRIBS, cupboard, front, iron pieces, Oak, queen victoria, storage cupboard
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
SETTLES and similar furniture
The earliest settles were probably fixed close to the fire-place as a piece of built-in furniture. They were high and box-like to exclude draughts. By the end of the seventeenth century the settle was a popular piece of furniture and it was made throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth century, [...]
Tags: box seat, mahogany, Oak, piece of furniture, seat table, settee, Settles, seventeenth century, Sheraton, sideboard
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