Archive for the ‘Davenports’ Category

ANTIQUE DAVENPORT - SIDE CABINET - SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE - TALLBOY - SHIELD-BACK ARMCHAIR - GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS - DINING ROOM CUPBOARD

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

ANTIQUE DAVENPORT - SIDE CABINET - SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE - TALLBOY - SHIELD-BACK ARMCHAIR - GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS - DINING ROOM CUPBOARD
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY DAVENPORT with galleried
sliding top and the sloping leather-lined writing surface
outlined with bead and reel moulding and enclosing a
well and six small drawers, the right side containing a
pen drawer and a slide [...]

English Davenports

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

DAVENPORTS
Rosewood avenport, with elegant Regency decorations, showing the unusual feature of a towing handle.
A burr walnut, fine quality davenport with inlaid stringing lines and brass gallery rail. The flap folds over and is supported by two Topers, a more comfortable arrangement than most. 1820-1840
The name davenport is assumed to have arisen from an entry in [...]