Posts Tagged ‘pembroke table’
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
ANTIQUE GAMING TABLE, MAHOGANY OVAL PEMBROKE TABLE, WRITING AND WORK TABLE, ANTIQUE SERVING TABLE, REGENCY STYLE MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLES
A LARGE GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR GAMING TABLE
with a baize-lined interior with six square tapering legs,
4ft. 5in. wide (135cm.) circa 1780.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR MAHOGANY CARD TABLES, the tops crossbanded in satinwood and each with a [...]
Tags: A GEORGE IV, A WILLIAM IV, Antique, boxwood, cabriole, card tables, dining, frieze, GAMING, George III, GILTWOOD, kingwood, library, mahogany, oval, PEMBROKE, pembroke table, Regency, regency style, SEMI-CIRCULAR, SERPENTINE, SERVING, serving table, stretcher, table, Tables, tulipwood, writing table
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Regency Rosewood Sofa Table - A Sheraton Mahogany Pembroke Table
Pembroke tables are said to be named after the Countess of Pembroke who first gave orders for one of them. It seems they first appeared about 1750 and were generally made in mahogany. They do not seem to have
really caugla on until after 1780, when [...]
Tags: A Thomas Sheraton, Hepplewhite, library table, mahogany, pembroke table, pembroke tables, sofa table, Sofa Tables, table, thomas sheraton, value, zebrawood
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
TABLESĀ sofa, vertical supports and stretchers
The sofa table is a variation which was evolved from the Pembroke table and gets its name from its intended application, namely, to stand against a sofa. It is therefore long and thin with flaps at the end, whereas the Pembroke is squarer in shape, and so popular did it [...]
Tags: eighteenth century, furniture, leg, Legs, mahogany, mahogany table, paw, PEMBROKE, pembroke table, quality mahogany, Regency, regency furniture, rosewood, satinwood, sofa table, striped ebony, vertical member
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
TABLESĀ Pembroke
Named after the Countess of Pembroke, said to have been the first to order one. Antique Pembroke tables appeared about 1750 but really became popular around 1780. There are therefore some rare museum quality Pembroke tables in the Chippendale styles. They were considered to be a small useful table, with hinged wooden brackets to [...]
Tags: Antique, brass, chippendale, drawers, Edwardians, mahogany, marquetry, pedestal, pedestal table, PEMBROKE, pembroke table, satinwood, Sheraton
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Pembroke table
This slender, elegant table was first made, so it is said, at the request of the Countess of Pembroke, around 1750. It was an all-purpose occasional table
Signs of authenticity
1. Legs always tapered from inside only: outside corners of legs form right angles with floor.
2. Tops of legs continuing up to form side-frame of drawer.
3. [...]
Tags: drawer, edge, elegant table, England, inlaid, mahogany veneer, Narrow, occasional table, PEMBROKE, pembroke table, Pembrokes, restoration, Side Tables, Tables
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