Archive for January, 2010

Restauration mahogany Fauteuils, Louis XV provincial beechwood and oak Armoire, Danish mahogany miniature Chest, Louis XV provincial oak Armoire

A Louis XV provincial
beechwood and oak Armoire,
signed P. C. Turcot, the later
moulded cornice above a pair of panelled
doors with mitred mouldings and central
star medallions, on stile feet.

A pair of Portuguese rosewood
Chairs, mid- 18th Century, with arched
stuffed backs and stuffed serpentine
drop-in seats, the seat rails and cabriole
legs carved with rococo cartouches and
leafage and joined by moulded stretchers.

A Louis XV-style carved giltwood Canape,  with tapestry upholstery, on cabriole legs. wide;

A Danish mahogany miniature Chest, the inverted serpentine moulded top above three conforming drawers, on reduced bracket feet.

A Louis XV walnut Fauteuil,
the cartouche-shaped back, padded
arms and bowed seat covered in blue
striped velvet, on cabriole legs, arms later.

A French Empire-style mahogany
and gilt-metal mounted pedestal
Cupboard, late 18th Century, the
moulded rectangular top with an open
hinged panel above a door with lion
mask ring handle, the base with a further
door with a classical mount enclosing a
cupboard door, the pilasters above
carved paw feet.

A Bohemian painted Sedan
Chair,  the scroll cornice
above arched glazed panels, the interior
with later claret damask upholstery,
faults.

A Louis XV provincial oak
Armoire,  the serpentine
cornice above a pair of panelled doors
with brass hinges and escutcheons, the
interior with hanging space, on stile feet.

A Biedermeier mahogany
scroll-end Sofa,  the
serpentine back and seat upholstered in green fabric, the splayed supports headed by paterae.

A Louis XVI-style carved and
gilt-gesso Pier Mirror,  the
rectangular ribbon and foliate moulded
frame with a four-panelled plate, the
quiver and flambeaux cresting lining with
floral swags.

A Louis XV-style tulipwood and rosewood floral marquetry Secretaire Abattant, 18th Century, with gilt-metal mounts, the serpentine red marble top above a drawer and a fall front

revealing stationery compartments, the shaped base with three drawers on splayed feet.

A pair of satinwood and gilt-metal mounted Etageres,  each with two circular galleried tiers, on cabriole legs.

A Louis XVI-style mahogany and parcel-gilt Canape,  carved throughout with bellflowers and anthemion motifs, the serpentine back and seat upholstered in green fabric including a

loose cushion, on fluted turned legs.

A Dutch mahogany Side Table,
the semi-circular top above a
pair of tambour doors, on tapered square
legs with peg feet.

A French Empire mahogany and
parcel-gilt Bed,  the
rectangular panelled ends with sphinx and lantern finials above columnar pilasters with foliate capitals.

A Swiss fruitwood Card Table,
late 18th Century, the rectangular
parquetry top with a chequered panel
and chevron bandings, the shaped apron
above cabriole legs.

A 18th Century French carved
chestnut Armoire,  with
pierced spindle gallery to cornice above a
pair of glazed doors including relief
panels depicting rustic figures, the sides
with fluted and carved turned columns.

A Swiss fruitwood Spinning
Wheel, early 18th Century, with spindle
turned mouldings and treadle action.

A Swiss walnut Secretaire a
Abattant,  the moulded top
above a frieze drawer, the fall front
revealing drawers and stationery
compartments, below are three long
graduated drawers, on moulded bracket
feet.

A pair of Restauration mahogany Fauteuils,  the rectangular backed and bowed seats upholstered in blue distressed brocade, the scrolled arms above lappet carved scrolled legs,

one chair with reduced legs.

A Louis XV carved oak Armoire,  the moulded rectangular cornice above a pair of arched later glazed panelled doors, carved with flowers and cartouches and enclosing three

drawers and a shelf, on stile feet.

Victorian thuyawood lady’s Dressing Box, Victorian ebonised stationery Casket, A Danish birch serpentine Chest, Scandinavian mahogany bow-front Chest

A William IV satinwood Tea Caddy,  of sarcophagus form, with twin lidded canisters and an associated glass blending bowl.

A William IV rosewood Tea Caddy,  of sarcophagus form, with mother-of-pearl inlaid escutcheon, the pair of lidded canisters flanking a cut-glass blending bowl, on bun feet.

An Indian calamander Work
Box,  the interior with stained
and engraved ivory depicting birds and
stylised floral motifs, comprising three
trays and lidded compartments.

A French boulle and ebonised
Liqueur Cabinet,  the hinged
cover, serpentine front and hinged sides
revealing a tray containing four gilt
decorated glass decanters and sixteen
liqueur glasses, moulding detached.

A Victorian rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlaid Writing Slope,  the double hinged sloping top with coromandel borders, the interior with compartments and a velvet-lined writing

surface.

A Victorian thuyawood lady’s Dressing Box,  the
rectangular top with a mother-of-pearl
plaque inscribed Mils Spence, the
velvet-lined interior containing various
glass accessories with silver-plated
mounts, the base with a lateral drawer.

A Victorian coromandel Writing
Slope,  inlaid with brass
stringing and escutcheons, the slightly
domed top revealing a velvet-lined
writing surface and compartments.
wide.

AN ANTIQUE and satinwood
banded oval Tray, with a waved gallery
and central inlaid shell medallion flanked
by brass handles.

A Victorian ebonised stationery
Casket,  with silver mounts
and pietra-dura floral plaques, the
sloping hinged top revealing a silk-lined
interior.

A Tunbridgeware Bon-Bon Dish,
of octagonal form, with a
loop handle, the central sycamore
reserved floral mosaic panel within a
geometric border.

A Tunbridgeware coromandel and
end grain mosaic Work and Jewellery
Box,  the hinged top with a
sycamore reserved castle scene, the pair
of doors centred by floral sprays and
enclosing three drawers, on a flared base
with bun feet.

An Anglo-Indian ivory veneered
Work Box,  engraved
throughout with trailing flowers and
stylised borders, the hinged top centred
by a shield device, the sectioned interior
containing accessories, the base with a
drawer.

A Danish birch serpentine Chest,
with ebonised mouldings, the
three long graduated drawers above
cabriole feet.

A Louise Philippe mahogany
Dressing Chest,  the raised
mirror back with octagonal supports
above a serpentine drawer with lidded
compartments, the conforming
projecting base with three long drawers
flanked by columnar mouldings headed
by foliate corbels, on gadrooned feet.

A Scandinavian mahogany
bow-front Chest,  the
moulded top above four long graduated drawers, on tapered square feet.

A Tuscan walnut Cassone,
the boarded cover above a
twin-panel front with caryatids and
centred by an heraldic shield, on carved
claw feet, faults.

An Italian carved and later gilt
painted Console Table,  the
serpentined white marble top above a
pierced foliate and floral frieze, with a
putti and cornucopia support and a rear
mirror panel.

A Louis XV kingwood and rosewood Vitrine,  inlaid throughout with stringing and gilt-metal mounts, the pair of cartouche panelled glazed doors enclosing a velvet-lined interior

with glass shelves, on bracket feet, altered. high by. wide;  by ft. llin., glazing later, one pane cracked.

A Louis XV-style rosewood and mahogany marquetry Table Ambulante,  with gilt-metal mounts, the oval top with central floral spray and ribbon-tied foliate border, the parquetry

frieze with a drawer, on cabriole legs ending in sabots.

A pair of Louis XV painted
Fauteuils,  with
cartouche-shaped backs, padded arms
and bowed seats covered in brocade, on
cabriole legs, paint worn.

A distressed Continental four-fold
leather Screen, 18th Century, each fold.

A pair of walnut and tooled hide Armchairs,  in the late 18th Century style, the nailed arched backs and rectangular seats on turned and square legs joined by pierced

arch-front stretchers, probably Portuguese.

A Japanese hardwood Cabinet, Japanese lacquer and grained hardwood Table Cabinet, A Chinese carved and ebonised hardwood Cabinet

ORIENTAL FURNITURE
A Japanese black lacquer Zushi,
modern, with brass mounts, the pair of
doors revealing a pair of trellis doors
and an ornate architectural interior, the
base with an arrangement of three
drawers.

A Burmese carved rosewood Side
Cabinet,  the front enclosed
by two pairs of pierced panel doors, the
central doors of bowed form, the
gadrooned base on paw feet.

A Japanese hardwood Cabinet,
in two parts, the upper
section with pierced and sliding panels
above three drawers, the base with
sliding panels and two apron drawers.

A Japanese lacquer and grained
hardwood Table Cabinet,  the
pair of doors with mother-of-pearl and gilt decorated panels bordered by engraved brass mounts, the lacquered interior with six drawers, the base with a parquetry veneered

drawer.

A Chinese carved hardwood
Armchair,  with pierced
entwined dragon back, dragon head
arms and solid seat, on cabriole legs

A Chinese hardwood and mother-
of-pearl inlaid Jardiniere Stand,
the circular top above a shaped
apron and four cabriole legs.

A Chinese carved and ebonised
hardwood Cabinet,  the
serpentined cornice with dragon mask
terminals above applied dragon carving,
the panelled front carved with irises,
birds and a mountain, the pair of doors
enclosing a shelf, the base with two
drawers and a pierced apron, on cabriole
legs.

A Korean Cabinet,  in
two parts, with drawers and cupboards
enclosed by sliding panels, on stem feet.

TEA CADDIES, WRITING BOXES, etc.
A Regency mahogany Tea Caddy,
of sarcophagus form outlined
with boxwood stringing, with a triple
division interior and gilt-metal ball feet.

A Regency rosewood Work Box,  of sarcophagus form, with cut-brass inlay, the hinged cover revealing a blue silk-lined interior with tray, compartments and accessories, on bun

feet.

A George III miniature mahogany Chest,  the two
short and three long drawers with satinwood strung borders and ivory escutcheons, below is a shaped apron and splayed bracket feet.

A Victorian rosewood and
brass-bound Writing Box,
the hinged cover revealing a lined writing slope, ratchet supports and compartments, the side formerly with a drawer, altered.

A Colonial satinwood Table
Cabinet,  with engraved brass
mounts, the pair of doors enclosing an
arrangement of five drawers with
pokerwork decoration and pen
compartment.

An Anglo-Indian rosewood miniature Cabinet,  inlaid with ivory arabesques and stringing, the pair of doors revealing divisions and a glazed fall-front compartment with baize

lining, below are two long drawers, on later turned feet.

An early Victorian yew-wood commemorative Casket,of
sarcophagus form, the hinged cover
carved with the title Waterloo, the interior
with a hand-written fragment of a letter
by the st Duke of Wellington, signed
Wellington and dated.

A Dutch mahogany and
marquetry Decanter Casket,
the hinged cover revealing a marbled
paper-lined interior with six gilt
decorated square glass decanters and
stoppers, together with two liqueur
glasses.

A Victorian oak and brass
Tantalus,  by Mappin    Webb,
with three square cut-glass decanters and
stoppers, together with labels bearing
brass plaque, dated th June,

A William IV Tunbridgeware
and rosewood Work Box,  of
sarcophagus form, the hinged cover with
a panel depicting Eridge Castle, the
reverse with a child and dog, the interior
with a compartmented tray, on bun feet.

A George III rolled paperwork
Tea Caddy,  of octagonal
form, with sycamore stringing, lacking
some rolled paperwork.

A late Victorian mahogany and
marquetry oval Tray,  with a
chequered gallery and twin brass
carrying handles.

An Edwardian mahogany
kidney-shaped Tray,  with
chequered stringing and twin brass
carrying handles.