Posts Tagged ‘rosewood’
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
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 [...]
Tags: 18th century, A, A Louis XV, A Louis XV-style, A WILLIAM IV, Antique, ARMCHAIR, boulle, bowl, Cabinet, cabriole, cabriole legs, CADDY, canisters, CARVED, caryatids, CASKET, Century, CHEST, cut glass, drawers, escutcheons, floral motifs, geometric border, GLASS, glass accessories, glass decanters, ITALIAN, lidded compartments, liqueur glasses, Louise Philippe, Mahogany, METAL, mosaic panel, mosaic work, mother of pearl, MOUNT, oval tray, PLAQUE, RECTANGULAR, rosewood, satinwood, Spence, stretchers, surface, sycamore, table, tea caddy, thuyawood, Walnut, william iv, writing slope
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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 [...]
Tags: A WILLIAM IV, architectural interior, ARMCHAIR, ball feet, blue silk, BOXWOOD, cabriole legs, CADDY, CARVED, CHAIR, CHEST, chinese hardwood, cupboard, DECORATION, dragon head, dragon mask, DUTCH, EBONISED, GEORGE II, grained hardwood, hardwood table, japanese lacquer, Mahogany, mahogany chest, METAL, MOUNT, oriental furniture, panel doors, paw feet, PLAQUE, Regency, rosewood, TANTALUS, tea caddy, Victoria, VICTORIAN, WILLIAM
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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 [...]
Tags: 19th century, Art Nouveau, billy goat, Cabinet, CADDY, chinese export, classical revival style, concave sides, FITTED, garden settings, gilt bronze, LARGE, Mahogany, MUSICAL, NOUVEAU, oak, PAINTED, papier mache, POLYCHROME, RECTANGULAR, rectangular base, rectangular frame, robert adam, Robert Adam Classical, rosewood, SLOPE, SMOKERS, stand, standing, table, tea caddy, Walnut, writing slope
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
ANTIQUE CANTERBURIES
Above, typical early Regency mahogany canterbury.
n 1803 Thomas Sheraton used the term ‘Canterbury’ to describe two different items: a small stand with partitions to hold music which could slide under the piano when not in use; and a small trolley for transporting cutlery, condiments and so forth for an informal supper. Although the term [...]
Tags: 19th century, Antique, Art Furniture, Cabinet, Canterburies, canterbury, Dictionary, Mahogany, Regency, rosewood, stand, Victoria, victorian reproductions
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