Posts Tagged ‘mahogany’
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
ORIENTAL FURNITURE: Chinese carved hardwood Display Cabinet, A Japanese four-fold Screen, A Chinese Huang Haul and mother-of-pearl inlaid Dressing Table Mirror
A Chinese black lacquered and
gilt six-fold Screen, modern, with inset
panels of cloisonne, each fold 183 cm. high
by 43cm. wide; 6ft. by 3in.
A Chinese carved hardwood
Display Cabinet, circa 1900, the
asymmetrical open shelves with pierced
galleries, the sides [...]
Tags: Armchair, ball feet, black lacquer, bonheur, cabriole, cabriole legs, Chest, chinese life, display cabinet, drawers, dressing table, dressing table mirror, ENGLISH, hardwood frame, inset panels, ivory, Japanese, lacquer screen, life and flowers, mahogany, mother of pearl, open shelves, Oriental Furniture, pagodas, pediment, rectangular plate, scarlet, sectio, stretchers, Table, water plants
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
George III mahogany Sideboard, Chinese scarlet lacquer Jardiniere Stands, 17th Century-style matched oak Dining Room Suite
A George III mahogany Sideboard, with single frieze drawer, on square tapered legs, 86cm.
A George III mahogany and yew-wood cross banded oval Pembroke Table, the molded folding top above single frieze drawer, on inlaid square tapered legs with spade feet, [...]
Tags: A George Ill-style, arched back, Armchair, astragal, Cabinet, cabriole legs, Card, central pillar, Century, Century-style, Chest, corner, Cupboard, Dining, dining room table, ENGLISH, Etagere, frieze drawers, furniture, george iii, Gilbert, green velvet, HISTORY, Ill-style, James Winter, mahogany, mahogany sideboard, mirror, open cabinet, pediment, pembroke table, Regency, Sideboard, space the base, spade feet, square legs, wall mirror, yew wood
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
Tags: arabesques, Armchair, ash, beechwood, bracket, bun, bun feet, cabriole, CARTOUCHE, Century, charles i, charles ii, cherry wood, Cupboard, design, Elizabeth, elizabeth i, farmhouse table, flowerhead, frieze drawers, GEORGE II, george iii, ionic capitals, Jacques Andronet, Lord Bridport, mahogany, Mary Bellis, Napoleon, oak, oak chest, rosewood, rush seats, serpentine, Wigan, william and mary
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Flemish oak Refectory Table, Louis XV-style tulipwood gilt- metal mounted Bijouterie Cabinet, Dutch marquetry and mahogany ‘X’-frame Armchair
A Flemish oak Refectory Table,
circa, the rectangular top on four
square baluster supports joined by
stretchers.
A Flemish walnut Mirror,
the rectangular ripple moulded
surround with later plate.
A Spanish walnut Armchair, made-
up, the back with fluted uprights, scroll
arms, stuffed seat and fluted legs [...]
Tags: A Louis XV, A Louis XV-style, A Louis XVI, A Louise Philippe, Ambulante, back, base, Cabinet, cabriole legs, drawers, escutcheons, facings, Fauteuil, flemish, french empire, gesso, grey marble, louis xv style, mahogany, Mirrors, oak refectory table, Restauration, Rococo, rosewood, sabre, side chair, tulipwood
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Louis XVI provincial pine Cabinet Bookcase, Italian walnut Cassone, Louis XIV carved walnut Armchair, Louis XV-style mahogany and cherrywood Bureau de Dame
A Restauration mahogany Pier
Table, circa, with a semi-circular top
above sabre legs joined by a triform
stretcher.
earrings diamond 18kt white gold
A pair of Italian carved and gilt-
gesso Girandoles, circa, the
cartouche-shaped foliate scroll frames formerly with candle [...]
Tags: A Louis XV, A Louis XV-style, A Louis XVI-style, bellflowers, Bookcase, boulle, bureau, candle sconces, CARTOUCHE, Century, chamfered corners, Cupboard, cupboard doors, Dame A Restauration, gesso, GILDED, ITALIAN, italian walnut, louis xiv, Louis XV, louis xv style, Louis XVI, mahogany, marquetry, open shelves, pine cabinet, platform base, sabre, serpentine, stretchers, Table, XV-style, XVI-style
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Italian walnut and rosewood marquetry Games Table, Louis XV carved giltwood Wall Mirror, French carved walnut Buffet, French chenywood Farmhouse Table
A pair of Louis XV-style tulipwood
Tables Ambulantes, 18th Century, each
with brass galleried individual marble tops
above quarter veneered and banded
friezes including lateral drawers, on
cabriole legs.
An Italian walnut and rosewood
marquetry Games Table, circa, the
quarter veneered detachable top [...]
Tags: A Louis Phillipe, A Louis XV-style, A Louis XVI-style, arabesques, ball feet, Cabinet, cabriole, CARTOUCHE, Century, chenywood, display cabinet, farmhouse table, giltwood, italian walnut, louis xv style, louis xvi style, mahogany, marble, marble tops, marquetry, mirror, moulding, parquetry, rosewood, spandrels, stretchers, Tables, undertier, wall mirror, XVI-style
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Louis XVI-style Suite of Seat Furniture, Vernis Martin-style rosewood and gilt-metal mounted Vitrine, Louis XV-style kingwood parquetry Vitrine
A pair of Louis XV/XVI
transitional-style kingwood and
tulipwood marquetry Tables Ambulantes,
18th Century, with gilt-metal mounts and
martial trophy inlaid oval tops, each above
three drawers with floral scrolls bordered
by chevron bandings flanked by
conformingly inlaid sides, on cabriole legs
with kidney-shaped undertiers.
A Restauration [...]
Tags: A Louis XV, A Louis XV-style, brass castors, bureau, cabriole legs, CARTOUCHE, Century, century design, Chairs, cherrywood, cornice, empire style, Etagere, frame, furniture, GERMAN, grey marble, ITALIAN, louis xv style, louis xvi style, mahogany, Martin-style, parquetry, Restauration, rising, rosewood, side chairs, spiral twist, trophy, tulipwood, Vernis, Vitrine, walnut, XV-style, XVI-style
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
MIRRORS wall and pier, including girandoles
The Victorians were rather fond of somewhat florid mirrors and over-mantels, mostly made by building up gesso or plaster on a wood frame and subsequently gilding the surface. Some carved wood mirrors were made as well and these are, obviously, the most expensive type. Overmantels of the very large type [...]
Tags: 1870s, Art Deco, eighteenth century, gilt mirror, mahogany, oval mirror, Queen Anne, Victorians, wall mirror, walnut, wood frame
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: Chippendale, collector, convex mirror, design, eighteenth century, french empire, french styles, girandoles, mahogany, Mirrors, parquetry, pier glass, pier tables, rectangular frame, Rococo, Value, wall mirror, walnut
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
MIRRORS toilet
This form of mirror was introduced into Britain from the Low Countries in Queen Anne’s reign. The lower section was a miniature replica of a bureau. The mirror which was often of cushion shape was supported
between two uprights. Usually in walnut or japanned.
Value Points: Complexity of bureau part.
Shaped fronts.
Figured woods and inlays.
Original glass with [...]
Tags: boxwood, bureau, Bureaux, ebony, low countries, mahogany, miniature replica, Mirrors, paws, Queen Anne, replica, serpentine, Sheraton, walnut
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