Posts Tagged ‘Art Nouveau’
Monday, December 28th, 2009
ANTIQUE CAPSTAN-SHAPED PINT MUGS, CIRCULAR PLATE, VICTORIAN HOLLOW-WARE, INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED CASTER, VICTORIAN CIRCULAR COMMUNION PLATES, BELL SHAPED GOBLET, CIRCULARĀ HEATERĀ PLATES
TWO CAPSTAN-SHAPED PINT MUGS with scroll handles; a tapered cylindrical example with a glass bottom; two tapered cylindrical half-pint mugs, one with glass bottom, sizes between
33/4in (9cm) and 5ty2in (14cm) high, all English, late Victorian [...]
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
POLYCHROME PINE FIGURES, ART NOUVEAU EMBOSSED PEWTER RECTANGULAR FRAME, WALNUT FITTED WRITING SLOPE, PAPIER-MACHE TRAY, ANTIQUE MUSICAL BOX
A WALNUT WRITING SLOPE, the top and sides with brass bandings, 7 by 20in; 18 by 51cm, c. 1870.
AN OAK SMOKERS’ CABINET with silver-
plated mounts and a fitted interior, 13in; 33cm, with key and presentation date, 1914.
A CHINESE [...]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Antique Washstands and Occasional Stands
This one word covers a large number of different types. Most supported some sort of lighting equipment or enabled some work of art to be seen from the right angle. They are popular today because they help to vary
the levels in a room and often find employment for vases of flowers.
One [...]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Wooden Hall Stands (for coats, umbrellas, etc.)
The hall stand is an interesting piece of furniture for sociological reasons as much as stylistic ones. What did the first hall stand look like Are there 18th century hall stands There are boot racks and planks full of pegs or nails from the 18th century but the hall [...]
Tags: 18th century, Art Nouveau, century cottage, century development, cupboard, Mahogany, middle class, oak, STANDS, Walnut, Wooden
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Art Noveau and Art Deco French and Austrian Tables
TABLES AND STANDS About 1890-1920
Walnut and marquetry table by Galle.
Art nouveau: Centres in Paris, Vienna, Nancy, Munich, Brussels, St Petersburg, Milan, produce tables original in design but not entirely divorced from past or devoid of exotic influences. A gueridon by Galle, though impossible to confuse with anything [...]
Tags: Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Art Noveau, arts and crafts, Bugatti, Mahogany, marquetry, Rococo, table legs, TABLES, Walnut
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