Posts Tagged ‘boxwood’
Friday, December 18th, 2009
ANTIQUE DAY BED - BLACK-JAPANNED WORK TABLE - ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET - AMERICAN MAHOGANY TALLBOY - PARCEL-GILT OAK BOOKCASES
A SET OF THREE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE
CHAIRS with shaped ladder backs centred with domino
carving, the stuffed seats on square tapering legs joined
by H-stretchers, circa 1770.
AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY DAY BED
with stuffed overscrolled end, squab cushion [...]
Tags: A GEORGE, A GEORGE IV, AMERICAN, american mahogany, Antique, antique mahogany, BEDSIDE, bedside cabinet, BERGERE, BLACK-JAPANNED, BOOKCASES, BOX, boxwood, BRACKET, BRASS-INLAID, cabinet, chest, commode, cupboard, desk, drawers, george iii, george iv, inlaid, mahogany chest, OVAL, PARCEL-GILT, pembroke table, Rectangular, Rosewood, rounded corners, SEMI-CIRCULAR, SHELVES, side chairs, stretchers, TALLBOY, WRITING, writing desk
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
PINE BREAKFRONT BUREAU BOOKCASE - MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARM-CHAIR - SIDE TABLE - MAHOGANY CLOTHES PRESS - SERPENTINE CHEST - ROSEWOOD HANGING SHELVES
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III PINE BREAKFRONT BUREAU BOOKCASE,
the rectangular moulded comice above a band of blind fret
decoration, the moulded glazing bars enclosing adjustable shelves, the centre section with a Aap enclosing a fitted
interior of [...]
Tags: adjustable shelves, arm chair, Armchair, armchairs, baluster, boxwood, brass, BREAKFRONT, Bureau, cabinet, chair side, cornice, cupboard doors, drawer, EARLY, GEORGE II, george iii, HANGING, Kneehole, LIBRARY, mahogany, mahogany chest, MARBLE, pedestal, pigeon holes, PINE, PRESS, pull out shelves, Rosewood, SERPENTINE, SHELVES, SIDE, stretchers, TABLE, UPHOLSTERED, WRITING
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
VICTORIAN OAK THREE-TIER BUFFET - VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET - WALNUT ROCKING CHAIR - VICTORIAN OAK PARTNER’S DESK -
A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET
Inlaid overall with boxwood and ebony chequer lines, the moulded cornice with arched broken pediment to the rear, above a tablet inlaid frieze and a glazed door, the curved glazing bars [...]
Tags: boxwood, BUFFET, cabinet, circular motif, DINING-TABLE, DISPLAY, display cabinet, EBONISED, Hardwood, JARDINIERE, mahogany, rocking chair, UPHOLSTERED, victorian mahogany, walnut
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
SATINWOOD CARD TABLE - VICTORIAN WALNUT DRESSING-TABLE - UPHOLSTERED WING ARMCHAIR - WALNUT SIDEBOARD - SERPENTINE MAHOGANY CHEST-ON-CHEST
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD CARD TABLE
Inlaid overall with boxwood and ebony lines, the hinged rounded rectangular top crossbanded with kingvcod, resting on a double gateleg action, enclosing a baise-lined interior, above a tablet inlaid frieze, on square tapering [...]
Tags: Armchair, boxwood, bun feet, CHEST-ON-CHEST, CHEST-ON-STAND, cupboard doors, display cabinet, dressing table, EARLY, mahogany, mahogany chest, oak chest, satinwood, SERPENTINE, sideboard, UPHOLSTERED, VICTORIAN, walnut
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
ROSEWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE - VICTORIAN WALNUT CHEST - MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET - VICTORIAN WALNUT BED Or Louis XV STYLE - MAHOGANY DINING-TABLE
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
The stepped rectangular toprail -with central rectangular and heart-shaped pierced splat carved with a needed tapering column suspending seat upholstered in gros point needlework, flanked by down-scrolled armrests, on square [...]
Tags: armchairs, boxwood, BURR-WALNUT DAVENPORT, chest, CLOCK, cupboard, cupboard doors, display cabinet, Edwardian, george iii, louis xv style, mahogany, Rosewood, SCOTTISH, tablet, VICTORIAN, victorian mahogany, walnut, WARDROBE
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
OAK OPEN ARMCHAIRS - BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE - PINE BOOKCASE - ROSEWOOD DINING-CHAIRS - MAHOGANY CARD TABLE - WINDSOR ARMCHAIR - GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA TABLE - VICTORIAN OAK SIDEBOARD
A LATE VICTORIAN PITCH PINE INVERTED BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
The cresting with central castellated moulding, flanked on either side by an arched pediment above a plain frieze, with eight [...]
Tags: 18th century, Armchair, armchairs, bookcase, boxwood, breakfast table, BREAKFRONT, cabriole, cupboard doors, DINING-CHAIRS, Edwardian, gateleg, INVERTED, mahogany, marquetry, oak chest, oak sideboard, pembroke table, PINE, pitch pine, Rosewood, sideboard, tea table, VICTORIAN, victorian mahogany, victorian pine, WINDSOR
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
A George III Mahogany and Crossbanded Side Table, A Chippendale-style Carved Armchair, A George III-style Chest-on-Chest, A George III-style Giltwood Oval Wall Mirrror
A George II-style carved mahogany two-drawer Side table, on cabriole legs with claw and bail feet.
A late Victorian rosewood and inlaid Side Cabinet, with an arrangement of open recesses and doors flanked by [...]
Tags: boxwood, cabriole legs, chinese hardwood, george iv, mahogany chest, pembroke table, walnut
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
SECRETAIRES bookcase
The late eighteenth century saw something of a flowering of antique secretaire-drawer bookcases and some of the finest cabinet makers worked on this form.
Mahogany secretaire bookcase on bracket feet. The rather square design of glazing bar is typical of the third and last quarters of the century.
A mahogany secretaire bookcase on splayed feet of [...]
Tags: Antique, bookcase, boxwood, cabinet makers, Charles II, chest, drawer fronts, Hepplewhite, late eighteenth century, mahogany, regency furniture, Secretaires, veneer
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Bureau
After the English Civil War, the increase in literacy, coupled with the extension of the Government postal service to include the whole population, meant an increasing demand for antique bureau.
Antique bureau features:
1. Writing height not less than 2 ft 6 in or more than 2 ft 8 in.
2. Interior fittings often arched with drawers beneath [...]
Tags: Antique, bookcase, boxwood, Bureaux, desk, desk furniture, furniture, mahogany, mahogany veneer, Oak, Regency, victorian period
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Antique Escritoire
Signs of authenticity of antique escritoire
1. Backs of top and base same colour and patination.
2. Carcase wood dry and dusty to the touch.
3. Fine grain of carcase and veneer both vertical on sides, always running in same
direction.
4. Oak drawers with grain running front to back on drawer bottoms in more than one piece to [...]
Tags: Antique, boxwood, cabinet, chest of drawers, desk furniture, drawer bottoms, drawer fronts, ebony, England, Escritoire, Holland, mary period, moulding, Oak, veneer, victorian period, walnut, william and mary
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