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 with central roundel within multiple sanded bandings and floral spandrels, on moulded tapered square legs. high by. wide;  by ft. Van.     ,

A Louis XVI-style parquetry and
marquetry Bed, 18th Century, with gilt
metal mounts, the headboard with a
cabochon cresting supported by reclining
female figures above a musical trophy
reserved on an oval foliate scroll inlaid
panel flanked by urn finials, the tailboard
with a foliate scroll inlaid frieze flanked by
urn finials.

An Iberian rosewood and bone
inlaid Cabinet, mid-18th Century, on later
stand, the exterior with brickwork pattern
stringing, the front centred by an
architectural niche with tortoiseshell
veneered drawer and columns flanked by
an arrangement of eight panelled drawers
with ripple mouldings, the stand with
tapered square legs joined by stretchers,
on ball feet.

A Louis XV carved giltwood Wall
Mirror, circa, the pierced cresting
with central cartouche flanked by scrolls
and flowers, the later plate within a reeded
shaped surround.

A Dutch floral marquetry Display
Cabinet, 18th Century, the serpentine
moulded cornice with a central carved
cartouche cresting above a pair of astragal
doors enclosing shelves flanked by canted
glazed sides, the base with three long
graduated drawers and a shaped apron,
on carved hairy claw and ball feet.

A 18th Century-style Spanish
walnut and simulated ivory inlaid Centre
Table, with tortoiseshell veneered
arabesques with geometric
ebonised borders, the bobbin turned and
square legs joined by stretchers with iron
braces.

A Louis Phillipe carved mahogany
Canape, circa, upholstered in nailed
hide, the serpentine back with a foliate
scroll and shell cresting, the griffon arm
facings above cornucopiae feet flanking a
reeded seat rail.

A Louis XV-style rosewood
parquetry and beechwood
Table Ambulante, circa, with gilt-
metal mounts, the quatrefoil-shaped top
with floral inlay, on cabriole legs joined by
an undertier.

A French Empire-style plum mottled mahogany Cylinder Bureau, modern, with gilt-metal mounts, the interior with three drawers and an inset slide, below are three apron drawers

and tapered square legs.

A French carved walnut Buffet in the 18th Century style, 18th Century, the
raised back with cupboards, the breakfront
base with three frieze drawers above four
doors with fielded cartouche panels, on
scroll feet.

A French kingwood and inlaid
Meuble d’Appui, circa, with marble
top and gilt-metal mounts, the panelled
door with floral vase, the concave side with
trellis parquetry, on tapered square feet.

An Italian specimen marble inlaid Table Top, early 18th Century, with a central micro mosaic of the Capitaline Doves, with micro mosaic oval medallions of various Roman ruins,

the border with a whorl of exotic marbles, the associated Victorian rosewood base with turned stem and triple scroll feet.

A Louis XVI-style mahogany and gilt-metal mounted Card Table, circa, the rounded rectangular fold-over top above a frieze of Bacchanalian masks and goats flanked by foliate

scrolls, on fluted turned tapering legs.

A French chenywood Farmhouse
Table, early 18th Century, the cleated
four-plank top with a frieze drawer on
each end, on tapered square legs.

A Dutch mahogany and floral
marquetry Side Cabinet, circa, the
projecting frieze with a drawer above a
pair of panelled cupboard doors, the sides
with free-standing gilt-metal mounted
columns on square pillar bases.

A Louis XV-style kingwood and
mahogany parquetry Table a Rognon,
circa, with gilt-metal mounts
throughout, the galleried top with a
sprung frieze drawer, the fluted square
supports joined by an undertier, on
cabriole legs.

A Louis XV-style carved walnut
Fauteuil, late 18th Century, the shell
cresting above a nailed upholstered seat
and back, on cabriole legs.

A Louis XVI-style mahogany and gilt-metal mounted Lady’s Writing Desk, circa, the raised tambour top opening in conjunction with the frieze drawer to reveal stationery

compartments, the fold-over writing surface with a painted panel of a lady and gallant, on fluted turned legs.

A Napoleon III tulipwood and rosewood parquetry Jardiniere Table, circa, with gilt-metal mounts and Sevres-style plaques, the rectangular top with a detachable inset panel, the

shaped frieze above cabriole legs.

English, French and Italian Toilet Mirrors

The antique toilet mirror, or dressing glass was introduced in England after 1700 and was fairly rare up to about 1740. Early examples, like that shown above, had a shaped mirror similar to wall mirrors, frequently with a gilt edging around the bevelled glass. The uprights could be turned or straight and the mirror could be tilted by a screw action. Under the mirror was either a shaped box made of deal and veneered in walnut, with tiered small drawers, or a miniature bureau with a fall, also veneered in walnut or possibly of a jappaned type like that above of c.1710 date. They are very charming miniature pieces with all the characteristics of larger furniture as far as mouldings, matched veneers and shaping is concerned. Price Range: Japanned and Walnut.
A mahogany French toilet mirror of c.1750 with a rectangular mirror, having a shaped moulding  or inward point  at the top corners similar to wall mirrors of the period. The supports are straight and tapering with turned finials at the top and there is a gilt surround to the glass. The top of the base shows an ovolo edge moulding and the drawer fronts are concave. The whole mirror stands on ogee bracket feet. Note that the key plate of the centre drawer is a replacement but that there is no pull, whereas the outer drawers each have a small pull or drop handle. This is a normal characteristic of these toilet mirrors. Usually the base box is made of pine with mahogany veneer on the outer surfaces.
When there is no box of drawers beneath the English toilet mirror, it is known as a cheval glass, as above. This example of c.1750 again has straight tapering uprights with turned brass finials at the top. Note that the mirror’s top corners are a simple curve in this case, without the inward point of the preceding example and that there is no gilt edging.
A plain Italian rectangular mahogany cheval glass of c.1780 veneered across the mirror frame with a boxwood stringing line around it. The square tapering uprights have no finials and it is probable that these were originally  fitted and have been lost. Good reproduction replacements are easily obtained. Where the uprights are square, the cross stretcher on the base, between them, also follows this shape.
An oval mahogany ‘Hepplewhite’ toilet mirror of a type which, with the shield back, has been much reproduced. This one is of c.1785 date and has a mirror frame faced with cross-banded mahogany. The box stand is veneered in figured mahogany and has a serpentine front as well as cross banding around the top. The feet are of the ogee bracket type. The drawers are edged with boxwood stringing and the inset keyhole and outer drawer knobs are ivory. The drawer linings are thin oak. This shape and the shield shape, deriving from chair back shapes of the period, are the most popular of late Georgian toilet mirror purchasers
Serpentine front
Figured woods and inlays
A rectangular French mahogany toilet mirror of c.1780 with reeded uprights ending in turned finials. The mirror frame is cross-banded with mahogany veneer and has a boxwood stringing line inlaid around the edge. The front of the box is slightly bowed and has the same boxwood stringing line around it, as have the drawers. The bracket feet are of a fairly sophisticated shape associated with the later eighteenth century.
A later Georgian mahogany toilet mirror of c.1810 with turned uprights to the rectangular mirror. The turning shows the double-beaded or `bamboo-ed’ effect beloved to the period. The front is bowed in a later shape from that originally introduced c.1780 and the ivory inlaid keyhole has been replaced later, due to damage, by another wood. Although the box carcase remains deal, the drawer linings are mahogany of a plain grain.
The veneers are highly figured and there is a dark stringing line around the drawers and top edge. The frame is again cross-veneered in mahogany and the mirror stands on ball feet.
Value points: Figured woods and inlays
N.B. It is interesting to note that turned uprights are not popular in the trade. Many a quick transition to square uprights has been made in order to enhance price.