Posts Tagged ‘square legs’

A ‘Chippendale’ Folding Card or Tea Table in Mahogany - A Sheraton Period Satinwood Card Table - Regency Card Table

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

A ‘Chippendale’ Folding Card or Tea Table in Mahogany - A Sheraton Period Satinwood Card Table - Regency Card Table
A ‘Chippendale’ folding card or tea table in mahogany with moulded square legs, serpentine front and elegantly shaped frieze, c.1760-70. Tables of this kind are always higher in value if of the ‘tea’ type, i.e. with [...]

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 [...]

Architects Tables

Monday, October 26th, 2009

TABLESĀ  Architects
Antique Architects tables are rather specialised pieces and were produced for professional use and seem to have been very solidly constructed perhaps, as Cescinsky suggests, because the ledgers architects used were so heavy and it was useful to have a means of inclining them to a more convenient position.
This well-fitted architect’s table is in [...]