Posts Tagged ‘Chippendale’

Chinese carved rosewood Display Cabinet, Victorian mahogany rectangular Card Table, Victorian walnut telescopic Dining Table, oak Buffet, 20th Century

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Chinese carved rosewood Display Cabinet, Victorian mahogany rectangular Card Table, Victorian walnut telescopic Dining Table, oak Buffet, 20th Century
A Chinese carved rosewood Display
Cabinet in two parts, late 19th Century, the
upper section with open shelves and pierced
fretwork, the base enclosed by a pair of panel
doors above a pierced apron, on stile feet,
191cm. high by 98cm.
A George [...]

Antique Wall Mirrors

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

MIRRORSĀ  wall, and pier glasses
The wall mirrors of the walnut period were mounted in a rectangular frame of deal, with a convex section which was veneered in walnut and embellished with parquetry or marquetry if required.
With the influence of architects (and particularly William Kent) on furnishings in the 1715-1740 period, the wall mirror became the [...]