Posts Tagged ‘Oak’

George III oak Side Table, Louis XV-style carved Gateleg Table, German walnut Cabinet-on-Stand, Victorian mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

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 [...]

Continental mahogany Chairs, Louis XV-style carved giltwood three-piece Suite, Louis XV-style kingwood parquetry low Table

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 [...]

Victorian mahogany Pole Screen, George III mahogany Library Armchair, Louis XV-style ebonised and inlaid Bureau-de-Dame, WIIIiam and Mary Chest

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 [...]

Antique Cots, Cradles and Cribs

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. [...]

Antique Settles

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, [...]