Victorian walnut Wellington Chest, George Ill-style painted break-front Pier Cabinet, 18th Century-style Continental carved beech wood Armchair
A late Victorian walnut Wellington Chest of seven drawers flanked by hinged pilasters, 59cm.
A late George III antique and kingwood cross banded semi-circular Card Table, inlaid with stringing, on tapered square legs, restored, 91cm.
A Regency-style antique and cross banded [...]

George III ash Chair, Charles I oak Livery Cupboard, William and Mary oak Chest, Austrian cherry wood Centre Table
A set of six ash ladder-back
Chairs, late 17th/early 18th Century,
with rush seats, on turned legs with pad
and bun feet joined by stretchers, Wigan.
A fruitwood Farmhouse Table,
18th Century, the rectangular ‘D’-end
top on tapered square legs.
A beechwood and elm [...]

MIRRORS  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 [...]

Late XVIII Century Mirrors
Nowhere was the influence of Rococo style stronger than in mirror design. It was difficult to produce big sheets of glass, so large mirrors were often made of several pieces of glass. 18th-century glass tends to be thin with shallow bevels. Many pattern books were published at the time, and as [...]

Early XVIII Century mirrors
At the end of the 17th century, a mirror about 1m x 90cm (40in x 36in) would have cost the equivalent of 20,000 in today’s currency. The earliest mirrors were handheld, but by the 18th century, the mirror had become an essential part of the fashionable home.
ENGLISH GILDED EASEL MIRROR
This mirror was [...]