Posts Tagged ‘WRITING’
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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Friday, December 18th, 2009
ANTIQUE BUREAU CABINET - MAHOGANY CHEST - GEORGE III APSIDAL SIDEBOARD - ANTIQUE MAHOGANY OVAL BRASS-BOUND CELLARET - CORNER CUPBOARD - SECRETAIRE SIDEBOARD
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ANTIQUE BUREAU CABINET, the
upper part with a pair of thirteen panelled glazed doors
enclosing shelves, the lower part with a flap enclosing a
fitted interior, above four graduated long drawers, on
bracket [...]
Tags: antique mahogany, Armchair, armchairs, BONHEUR-DU-JOUR, BRACKET, BRASS-BOUND, Chairs, corner cupboard, cupboard, DINING-CHAIRS, drawer, drawers, george iii, KINGWOOD, mahogany, OVAL, panelled doors, pembroke table, satinwood, SECRETAIRE, spade feet, stretchers, TABLE, UNUSUALLY, WRITING
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
DOUBLE-SIDED LIBRARY TABLE - GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS - SOFA TABLE - REGENCY TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED INKSTAND - REGENCY MAHOGANY SETTEE
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III MAHOGANY DOUBLE-SIDED LIBRARY TABLE,
the rectangular leather-lined top with a hinged Aap, the
frieze drawer flanked by two deep drawers, on shaped end-standard supports and splayed legs inlaid with stringing
and with brass castors, 2ft. 3V4in. high [...]
Tags: 19th century, A GEORGE, A GEORGE IV, A WILLIAM IV, BRACKET, brass castors, chamfered corners, classical figure, classical figures, CUMBERLAND-ACTION, DINING, DINING-TABLE, DOUBLE-SIDED, drawers, EBONISED, GEORGE II, george iii, GILTWOOD, GLASS, glass painting, LEATHER, library table, mahogany, mahogany chest, mahogany table, mirror plate, PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT, Regency, Rosewood, rounded corners, SET, SETTEE, sofa table, STAINED, STAND, tortoiseshell, TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED, WRITING, writing table
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
A GEORGE III OVAL MAHOGANY WINE COOLER - MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK - MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS - MAHOGANY SEWING TABLE
A GOOD GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR, the carved and gilded frame
decorated in the rococo manner with scrolls and acanthus
leaves, surmounted by a pierced shell, 5ft. lin. high by 2ft.
lin. wide (155cm. by 79cm.).
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK, [...]
Tags: A GEORGE, acanthus, Armchair, CANDLE, CARD, CARVED, CHAIR, COOLER, cupboard, DINING, DINING-CHAIRS, DOUBLE-SIDED, frieze drawers, george iii, gilded frame, GILTWOOD, LEATHER, mahogany, mahogany pedestal, mahogany sideboard, MIRROR, MOUNTED, pedestal, pedestal desk, prince of wales, Regency, rococo manner, SECRETAIRE, SEMI-CIRCULAR, SERPENTINE, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, SEWING, square legs, stretchers, TABLE, wall mirror, wine cooler, WRITING, writing table
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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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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
WALNUT SECRETAIRE - GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME - LACQUER CABINET ON STAND - QUEEN ANNE WALNUT BLANKET CHEST - A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHEST ON STAND
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT SECRETAIRE
CABINET, the upper part with a drawer in the cushion
frieze above a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with a
central cupboard surrounded by drawers and pigeon-
holes and [...]
Tags: 18th century, A GEORGE, A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT, BLANKET, blanket chest, bun feet, cabinet, cabriole legs, CHAIR, chest, COFFER, cupboard, cupboard doors, GEORGE II, JAPANNED, LACQUER, land scapes, mahogany, MARY WALNUT, picture frame, pigeon holes, queen anne, QUEEN ANNE WALNUT, secret compartments, SECRETAIRE, STAND, superstructure, TALLBOY, WILLIAM, william and mary, WRITING
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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 [...]
Tags: beechwood, BREAKFRONT, BURR-ELM TABLE, cabriole, cabriole legs, Chairs, chest, commode, DINING, DINING-CHAIRS, endboard, frieze drawers, FRUITWOOD, geometrie, GERMAN, GILT-BRONZE, GILTWOOD, grey marble, KINGWOOD, LEATHER, Louis XVI, mahogany, marbles, marquetry, PEMBROKE, pembroke table, rectangular panels, Rococo, square, STAND, tall chest, TRANSITIONAL, TULIPWOOD, WRITING, writing table
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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 [...]
Tags: Antique, Armchair, bookcase, BREAKFRONT, cabinet, cupboard, DAVENPORT, frieze drawers, george iii, GILTWOOD, mahogany, mahogany sideboard, plinth, Regency, Rosewood, SECRETAIRE, SHIELD-BACK, sideboard, william iv, WRITING
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Louis XVI SMALL CANAPES - LOUIS XV SERPENTINE GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES - Louis XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARQUETRY WRITING CABINET - Louis XVI ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
A PAIR OF Louis XVI SMALL CANAPES en suite, now with gilded frames and covered in yellow silk.
A Louis xv CANAPE en suite, covered in contemporary Aubusson tapestry of [...]
Tags: A LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED, beechwood, breccia, Bureau, cabinet, cabriole legs, CANAPES, CANDELABRA, Chateau, CLOCK, CURTAINS, ENAMEL, frieze, GILTWOOD, hotel soubise, Hubert Hansen, Jean-Francois Leleu, JEWEL CASKET, LEATHER, louis philippe, louis xv, Louis XVI, mahogany, MANTEL, MARBLE, marquetry, Nissim de Camondo, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PARQUETRY, Prince de Conde, ROYAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED, SECRETAIRE, SERPENTINE, sevres porcelain, six chairs, STYLE, TULIPWOOD, WRITING, writing cabinet, yellow silk
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