Posts Tagged ‘antique furniture’

A William and Mary Period Side Table - Mid-seventeenth Century Oak Side table - A William III Walnut Card Table

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

A William and Mary Period Side Table - Mid-seventeenth Century Oak Side table - A William III Walnut Card Table
Probably one of the most collected forms of antique furniture is the occasional side table which is both decorative and sometimes functional. Early forms of side table of the seventeenth century are perhaps a little too [...]

Antique Mahogany Sofa Table, Walnut Centre Table, Rosewood Card and Games Table

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Antique Mahogany Sofa Table, Walnut Centre Table, Rosewood Card and Games Table - 18th-19th Antique Furniture
A ROSEWOOD LIBRARY TABLE, early 19th century and later.
With a tooled leather-lined top and two frieze drawers with dummy drawers to the reverse, on fluted column standard end supports and splayed and needed feet.
A PAIR OF WALNUT AND FEATHER-BANDED CENTRE [...]

Victorian and Art Deco Writing Tables

Friday, November 20th, 2009

TABLES  writing
A satinwood ‘Carlton House’ writing table with oval panels in the upper doors. The type appears in Gillow’s cost books for 1796 and is also illustrated in the ‘Cabinet Maker’s Book of Prices’ of 1788. Carlton House was the residence of the Prince Regent. Gillows simply describe the piece as ‘A Ladies’ Drawing and [...]

Antique Victorian and 1920`s Dressing Tables

Friday, November 20th, 2009

TABLES  dressing
The most successful form of dressing table seems to have been one with drawers in pedestals on either side. Indeed, the walnut reproduction desk shown in the Desk Section (No. 326) is, in fact, a copy of a kneehole
dressing table of c.1700 (but see the Price Guide to Antique Furniture for all about that). [...]

Antique Night Tables

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

TABLES  night, and chamber pot holders
A Georgian mahogany night table of serpentine front with a good shaped tray top with hand holes for carrying. 1750-1770
A mahogany antique night table with matched figured veneers. Very typical of the type which have split front legs to give support when the lower half is pulled forward for use. [...]