Posts Tagged ‘Rococo’

Modern Style Buffets

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Buffets in Modern style
Nouveau managed to erase the early captain’s desk with fold out writing slope and bun feet boundaries between “high” and applied, determined to make art to the tripod table construction pieces masses and do not hesitate to reject the antique brass footman old traditions with the antique gendje [...]

REGENCY TOILET MIRROR - MARQUETRY CABINET ON CHEST - WALNUT CABINET ON STAND - WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR - TEA OR GAMES TABLE - SECRETAIRE TALLBOY

Friday, December 18th, 2009

REGENCY TOILET MIRROR - MARQUETRY CABINET ON CHEST -  WALNUT CABINET ON STAND - WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR - TEA OR GAMES TABLE - SECRETAIRE TALLBOY
A GEORGE III STYLE MINIATURE CHEST
of two short and three long drawers with curved apron,
on bracket feet, 8V4in. high by wide (21cm. by 16.5cm.)
A REGENCY TOILET MIRROR with rectangular plate, turned
supports [...]

TRIPLE-TOP GAMES TABLE - DROP-LEAF TABLE - WALNUT TALLBOY - MAHOGANY BUREAU - CHEST OF DRAWERS

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

TRIPLE-TOP GAMES TABLE - DROP-LEAF TABLE - WALNUT TALLBOY - MAHOGANY BUREAU - CHEST OF DRAWERS
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIPLE-TOP GAMES TABLE
with projecting rounded corners, polished and baize-lined
interiors with candle-stands and counter wells and a
surface inlaid for chess and backgammon above a well,
the piain cabriole legs with pad feet, 3ft. wide (91cm.)
circa 1740.
A GEORGE II [...]

BREAKFRONT COMMODE - DUTCH MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE - DUTCH MARQUETRY PEMBROKE TABLE - JAPANNED CABINET ON GILTWOOD STAND - A MAHOGANY TALL CHEST - FRUITWOOD DINING CHAIRS

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

BREAKFRONT COMMODE - DUTCH MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE - DUTCH MARQUETRY PEMBROKE TABLE - JAPANNED CABINET ON GILTWOOD STAND - A MAHOGANY TALL CHEST - FRUITWOOD DINING CHAIRS
AN IBERIAN TRANSITIONAL BREAKFRONT COMMODE
in quarter-veneered tulipwood with kingwood and tulipwood
bandings with three frieze drawers above two long drawers veneered sans travers with three rectangular panels, the shaped apron
inlaid [...]

ORMOLU BIRD CAGE - BRASS-INLAID EBONISED VITRINES - ORMOLU BRACKET CLOCK - ANTIQUE COMPANION COMMODE - KING WOOD SERPENTINE COMMODE

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

ORMOLU BIRD CAGE - BRASS-INLAID EBONISED VITRINES - ORMOLU BRACKET CLOCK - ANTIQUE COMPANION COMMODE - KING WOOD SERPENTINE COMMODE
A LATE Louis XVI MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT stamped G. Beneman and dated 1790,the
top inset with a leather panel and with three drawers in the frieze and a slide at each end.
Guillaume Beneman was received Master in 1785.
AN [...]

An Antique Louis XVI-style Centre Table, A George III-style Mahogany Tripod Table, A Louis XVI-style Carved Mahogany Centre Table

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

An Antique Louis XVI-style Centre Table, A George III-style Mahogany Tripod Table, A Louis XVI-style Carved Mahogany Centre Table
An Edwardian mahogany envelope Card Table, of serpentine form, with a drawer, on cabriole legs joined by stretchers.
An Edwardian mahogany and marquetry kidney-shaped Tray, with brass handles, top split.
A late George III partridgewood Tea Caddy, the sarcophagus [...]

Antique 18th Century German Buffets

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Antique German Buffets
Buffets  in XVIII century were more popular the German states than other European countries. This was partly the result of German guild restrictions, which primarily sought to protect those craftsmen who were not privileged enough to work in a Court workshop. By restricting the numbers of workshops in a city in order to [...]