Posts Tagged ‘cabriole leg’

William and Mary Period Carved Wood Table - A George I Period Table - A Virginian Walnut Table

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

William and Mary Period Carved Wood Table - A George I Period Table - A Virginian Walnut Table
Another walnut card table, c.1720, of the early eighteenth century with graceful cabriole legs decorated with shell motif on the knee and ending in ball and claw feet. The shaping for candle stands at the corners is
clearly [...]

Antique Work Table - A Regency Work Table in Mahogany - A Victorian Walnut Work Table

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Antique Work Table - A Regency Work Table in Mahogany - A Victorian Walnut Work Table
Work tables for use by ladies, with space for needlework materials in a well below were a later 18th century phenomenon and were made in a variety of forms. We have illustrated some typical examples and have
included a number without [...]

Victorian, Edwardian, Art and Crafts and Art Deco Dining Tables

Friday, November 20th, 2009

TABLESĀ  dining, on four legs
A mahogany expanding dining table of a type often thought of as mid- or even late-Victorian but whose legs belie the later dates. Although the constructional form was used later, it originated in the 1830s and 1840s.
These legs are of a bulbous-and-baluster turning with collars, more popular initially in the 1840s [...]