Posts Tagged ‘ebony’
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
WALNUT TABLE CABINET - SMALL IRON STRONG BOX - ITALIAN ROSEWOOD CABINET ON STAND - NETHERLANDS OAK AND EBONY CUPBOARD - WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
A PAIR OF BRASS ANDIRONS, each lobed baluster
stem with mask finial, the triangular bases with corner
masks, on later iron scroll supports, lft. 5lhin. (44cm.)
circa 1600, probably Flemish.
A SMALL STRONG BOX, steel overlaid [...]
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
SEVRES PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK - MAHOGANY DISPLAY TABLE - LOUIS XVI SILK-EMBROIDERED CURTAINS - Louis XIV BOULLE ARMOIRE - LOUIS XVI AUTOMATON PICTURE CLOCK
Two PAIRS OF LOUIS XVI SILK-EMBROIDERED CURTAINS in ivory silk, worked in chenille and chain stitch with ribbon-tied bouquets of flowers in pink, blue, yellow and green, with a shaped [...]
Tags: A Louis XV, CABINETS, CANDLESTICKS, CARVED, chinese lacquer, CLOCK, CURTAINS, ebony, EBONY DISPLAY, EBONY SIDE, FIRE-SCREEN, GILTWOOD, GLASS, louis xv, Louis XVI-style, mahogany, MANTEL, mantel clock, musical clock, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, plinth, PORCELAIN, sevres porcelain, SILK-EMBROIDERED, TABLE
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
ORIENTAL HARDWOOD ARMCHAIRS - MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK - A VICTORIAN OAK HALL CHAIR - A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST
A LATE VICTORIAN OAK GONG STAND
The arched foliate scroll-carved toprail flanked on each side by an acorn finial, suspending a brass gong between carved spandrels and turned columns, on curved supports with paw feet.
A PAIR OF ORIENTAL HARDWOOD [...]
Tags: 18th century, Armchair, armchairs, bun feet, cabinet, cabriole, cabriole legs, COFFER, ebony, LEATHER, LONGCASE, mahogany chest, paw feet, VICTORIAN, victorian mahogany
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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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