All English Antique Furniture & Decorative Objects
NEOCLASSICAL OCCASIONAL TABLE CIRCA 1780.
1780
Neoclassical occassional table with marquetry decoration, having a
harewood top centered by a boxwood patera and a plain frieze with a
single drawer, supported on square tapering legs headed by boxwood
fluting, the edges with contrasting boxwood stringing. Inlay
work in the manner of William Moore, a cabinetmaker who
worked for Ince and Mayhew, for reference see Victoria and
Albert (W.56:1 to ... ![]()
Stock #383
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ROSEWOOD TABLE WITH QUADRUPED BASE CIRCA 1795.
1795
A fine George III rosewood tea table with an octagonal top with satinwood banding, having a tapered and turned satinwood pedestal with four splayed legs on brass casters.
Not unlike the breakfast
table, large scale tripod tables, or tables with quadruped bases, were
often used as intimate dining tables when the number of guests was
strictly ... ![]()
Stock #381
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WRITING TABLE CIRCA 1800.
1800
A Regency mahogany two drawer writing table with brass pulls and a hidden compartment for writing instruments, the reverse with dummy drawers with similar brass pulls, supported on unusual shaped trestle legs and an arched stretcher and casters.
For
anyone that wishes to know what the mahogany used in the Regency period
looks like, the mahogany of this ... ![]()
Stock #380
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PAIR OF DIMINUTIVE MAHOGANY POT CUPBOARDS CIRCA 1760.
CIRCA 1760
A fine and rare pair of mahogany pot cupboards with very good color having a raised moulded gallery with moulded legs and single doors.
Initially, I dated these as Regency, but they
are most definitely earlier, dating circa 1760. The primary clue is the
mahogany itself which is not the dense, fine ... ![]()
Stock #379
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CARVED AND GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR IN THE MANNER OF JOHN LINNELL CIRCA 1775.
1770
A very finely carved giltwood armchair in the manner of John Linnell
having an voal back carved with a water leaf moulding crested by a
carved bow with padded arm rests also carved with water leaf with an
over upholstered seat having a fluted seat rail, the front rail
centered with a carved rosette ... ![]()
Stock #378
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SILVER GILT SHELL FORM DISHES
A set of four, silver gilt dishes, two larger and two smaller ... ![]()
Stock #377
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SMALL SCALE ROCOCO MIRROR CIRCA 1755.
1755
A fine small and delicate rectangular rococo giltwood mirror, retaining the original glass plate and most of its original clay color and gilding.
The simple elegance of this frame belies the
sophisticated carver's techniques required to get the proportions of
the frame just right. Indeed, it would be hard to judge the size of ... ![]()
Stock #372
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CONVEX MIRROR WITH EAGLE CRESTING
1810
A fine parcel gilt Regency convex mirror retaining most of its original
gilding with a fine original mercury convex glass. The well carved,
black painted eagle sits atop a pile of carved rocks with one talon grasping a sphere, the frame
having an intricate composition and black painted moulded composition moulding in the ... ![]()
Stock #371
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PAIR OF LARGE OVAL GEORGE II MIRRORS CIRCA 1775.
1780
A large pair of carved and gilded mirrors with carton-pierre adornments having urn shaped crestings the sides decorated with draping husks in carton pierre, the glass plate having a frame carved with a bead, fluting and a gadrooned border.
Literature: These mirrors are similar to two of John Linnell's
workshop drawing of pier glasses, in ... ![]()
Stock #367
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PALLADIAN FRAME CIRCA 1745.
A superb large palladian giltwood and carved gesso frame in original
condition with original plate and bevelled glass. The broken swan neck
pediment flanks a cartouche and sits over a frieze centered with a
carved shell, the sides and the base having carved gesso acanthus
leaves within a frame of egg and dart carved ... ![]()
Stock #366
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PAIR OF PARCEL GILT KLISMOS ARMCHAIRS CIRCA 1810.
1810
A very fine pair of Regency period painted and parcel gilt open armchairs with an unusually shaped back crest rail having carrying handles with upholstered drop in seats on klismos legs. Stamped John Gee(1779-?1824).
Gee was a London based chairmaker and turner who
worked for the crown. This is the most unusual design of his ... ![]()
Stock #364
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PAIR OF BRASS INLAID ROSEWOOD CARD TABLES CIRCA 1795.
Pair of rare and unusual 'D'-shaped rosewood card tables, the tops with satinwood banding and the friezes with brass geometric decoration. The saber legs are headed with brass inlay with brass stringing throughout. One piece of brass inlay is replaced.
The inlay on the frieze and legs of these tables is extremely unusual. I have never seen such inlay ...Stock #363
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ANGLO-DUTCH CHEST OF DRAWERS CIRCA 1745.
1745
A small padauk bombe shaped commode with very good color, having a serpentine top and original gilt brass handles and enrichments.
Padauk
wood (Pterocarpus dalbergoides) is an exotic timber that comes from
India, Burma, Ceylon and the Andaman Islands. It has an unusually
lustrous surface and its orange color, when first cut, mellows to a
fine mellow ... ![]()
Stock #361
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A CARVED GILTWOOD TRANSITIONAL LOOKING GLASS CIRCA 1750.
Essentially a giltwood frame in the manner of William Kent having
shaped frame with outset corners with egg and dart mouldings around the
exterior and a ribbon and rosette moulding surrounding the looking
glass with extraordinary carved rocaille, shells and acanthus leaves
resting atop the carving on the top and bottom of the frame. ... ![]()
Stock #359
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