Posts Tagged ‘DECORATION’

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

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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 [...]

OAK SIDE TABLE, OAK BENCH, CHARLES II OAK COURT CUPBOARD, 17th CENTURY OAK SIDE CABINET, WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS, WILLIAM AND MARY EBONISED BEECHWOOD CHAIR

Monday, December 28th, 2009

OAK SIDE TABLE, OAK BENCH, CHARLES II OAK COURT CUPBOARD, 17th CENTURY OAK SIDE CABINET, WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS, WILLIAM AND MARY EBONISED BEECHWOOD CHAIR
A CHARLES II OAK STOOL, with rectangular stuffed top and turned legs, 6in. vide (47cm.) circa 1670, with a needlework-covered seat and loose cover
AN OAK SIDE TABLE with a molded top above [...]

SOLID WALNUT CHEST, GEORGE III ELMWOOD BOX, OAK BED FRAME, OAK REFECTORY TABLE, CHARLES I ОАК COFFER, CROMWELLIAN OAK CHAIR, OAK JOINT STOOL

Monday, December 28th, 2009

SOLID WALNUT CHEST,  GEORGE III ELMWOOD BOX, OAK BED FRAME, OAK REFECTORY TABLE, CHARLES I ОАК COFFER, CROMWELLIAN OAK CHAIR, OAK JOINT STOOL
A SOLID WALNUT CHEST, the hinged top pierced with two small ovals, the front with four panels of simple linen fold carving, 2ft. loin. high by 5ft. (89cm. by 153cm.) 16th
Century, French or [...]

ANTIQUE CAPSTAN-SHAPED PINT MUGS, CIRCULAR PLATE, VICTORIAN HOLLOW-WARE, INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED CASTER, VICTORIAN CIRCULAR COMMUNION PLATES, BELL SHAPED GOBLET, CIRCULAR HEATER PLATES

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, CIRCULAR  HEATER  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 [...]

ANTIQUE SCULPTURE: WOOD FIGURE OF AN APOSTLE, FLEMISH ALABASTER CASKET, NETHERLANDISH OAK FIGURES, OAK LINENFOLD PANELS

Monday, December 28th, 2009

ANTIQUE SCULPTURE: WOOD FIGURE OF AN APOSTLE, FLEMISH ALABASTER CASKET, NETHERLANDISH OAK FIGURES, OAK LINENFOLD PANELS

A CARVED BONE GROUP of the Holy Family, a hill
with towers on either side, within a carved frame, now
mounted on red velvet, 83Ain. zvide (22cm.) in 15th Century
style.
A FLEMISH ALABASTER CASKET, the wood carcase
inlaid alabaster set in the form of [...]

ANTIQUE WHATNOTS AND WINE COOLERS (CELLARETS)

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

ANTIQUE WHATNOTS
A whatnot is a term usually applied to a shelved piece of furniture for incidental use, with or without a drawer and either mobile (on castors) or fixed. Examples date from about 1800 and have the usual characteristic turned uprights with collars or ‘bamboo’ double-collared designs. Later, like Canterburies, they exhibit Victorian features such [...]

Antique Treens

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

ANTIQUE TREEN
Treen can be described as a smallish wooden object normally made for a specific purpose which is attractive enough to be collectable. It therefore embraces a vast number of objects and anyone who becomes
fascinated in this subject will wish to read Edward H. Pinto’s Treen and Other Wooden Bygones. Obviously we cannot go into [...]

Antique Washstands and Occasional Stands

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 [...]

Antique 18th Century Italian and French Stands and Tables

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

TABLES AND STANDS About 1730-1770
Above, a Portuguese side-table, made in the English style, about 1750.
Rococo: After French and Dutch success at end of 17thC in correcting baroque excesses by the use of straight, slightly tapered legs terminating in bun feet, the elongated S-shaped cabriole leg becomes, by 1730, universally adopted for most tables and stands.
Below [...]

Antique 17th-18th Century Wooden Stands and Tables

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Antique TABLES AND STANDS About 1630-1730
Portuguese side table, panels from 16thC Spanish cabinet forming the top.
Until about 1640, Louis X111 style still late-Renaissance with elaborately turned legs – a feature surviving until end of century in provincial France and other regions, e.g.
Portugal. Simultaneously, dramatic Italian baroque spreads through Europe, expressed in sculptural supports for tables [...]