Catalog: Antiques: Furnishings: Furniture (125)

Fine George II Tilt-top Tea Table in mahogany having a single board top with a "birdcage" support above a "cannon" turned shaft and supported by three cabriole legs ending in pad feet. English, circa 1750.

Diameter: 35"
Height: 28"

The serving of tea in the 18th Century was an important social ritual for those wealthy enough to be able to afford the tea. Specialized furniture and boxes (tea caddies) evolved around the "tea ceremony"

Antique English Regency style child's high chair in mahogany with caned seat and back, with a replaced adjustable footrest, turned cross stretcher and detachable turned leg stand. The stand can then serve as a small table when used with the chair.Late 19th century.

Height: 36”
Width: 17”
Depth: 14.5”

Antique American candlestand in cherry having square top with “baby’s bottom” corners, nice vasiform turned pillar and cabriole leg ending in pad foot. Circa 1780-1800.

Length: 16.75”
Depth: 16.25”
Height: 28.25”

Brass-Mounted Gonçalo Alves Collectors Cabinet

Workshop of George Bullock, circa 1815.

Having a moulded cornice above a central recessed section with shelves flanked to each side by rows of small drawers behind scrolling grille-inset doors with columnar uprights; the conforming base with four paneled doors, two with columnar uprights and raised on a platform base.

The inverted breakfront cabinet design in the French/Grecian manner was introduced by George Bullock in the early ...

Small Regency Rosewood Drum Table attributed to T. Cooke, Cheltenham, having a circular green leather lined top, three dovetailed drawers and three false drawers in the apron, an octagonal baluster shaped pillar on a tripartite plinth base supported by squashed ball feet with brass castors. English, circa 1815

28-1/4" tall x 26 " diameter

Very Rare Antique Venetian Gondola Chair, in walnut with gilt cast iron dolphin form base, caned seat and back and carved armrests. Italian, late 18th / early 19th Century.

21.5" x 33" tall

Fine Antique George III Bow Front Hanging Corner Cabinet in mahogany, having a stepped cornice above two bowed cabinet doors inlaid with ebony and boxwood stringing and opening to a fitted interior with four shelves and thee small drawers. English, circa 1780.

Height: 47"
Width at Cornice: 31.5"
Depth to Corner: 22"

Rare set of English Regency bedsteps in mahogany with caned sides and back, having a turned gallery above three tooled leather treads, the first with tambour doors below, the second now with drawer below. Circa 1800-1815.

Height: 27” (top of top step)
Depth: 31.75”
Width: 20”

Fine Antique English Spider Leg Drop Leaf Table in mahogany, having rectangular top with two drop leaves and raised on turned legs joined by similarly turned stretchers. Circa 1790.

Height: 28"
Length: 30"
Width closed: 12"
Width open: 35"

Antique English Child's Chair in Mahogany. The chair raised on a separate saber leg stand; having a caned seat and back and adjustable footrest. When not used as a highchair, it could be used as a table and chair. Mid-19th C.(Restraining Bar Replaced)

Height: 38"
Max. Width: 18"

Exceptional George III Mahogany Chest on Chest, having a concave cornice with greek-key design above a series of graduated drawers with beautifully matched veneer, flanked by canted corners with geometric interlocking oval blind fretwork and raised on straight bracket feet. English, Circa 1760

Width: 44"
Height: 74"
Depth: 22"

Antique American Mahogany Tilt-top Table, the single board round top supported on a pillar of tapering shaft, urn and rings; the legs with plain knees ending in simple pad feet; the lower edges of the pillar and knees attractively scalloped; the overall form typical of Massachusetts.
Circa 1760-80

In the 18th Century, both here and in England, the centers of your public rooms were left empty when not in use (except for your "Turkey Rug")...

Rare 18th-century English mahogany backstool in the French manner, having an upholstered back with shaped crestrail and carved cabriole legs. Circa 1760.

Height: 37” (back)
Width: 24.5”
Depth: 20.75”

Antique English Pot Cupboard in Mahogany, having a shaped top lifting to a storage well, the front with carved and applied cyma and acanthus leaf decorations. Mid 19th century.

Height: 20”
Width: 20”
Depth: 17.5”

Rare antique British folding campaign desk in mahogany having hinged leather lined writing surface that folds for transport. Circa 1860-70.

Height: 29”
Length (open): 24”
Width: 24”

See British Campaign Furniture, Elegance Under Canvas,1740-1914 by Nicholas Brawer for similar examples.

Rare British Colonial tray table in rosewood, extensively inlaid with brass depicting a temple; rectangular, with carved handholds and bobbin turned folding legs (now fixed).

Anglo-Indian, ca. 1860-70

Height: 22”
Length: 30”
Depth: 15”

Bentwood Hat and Coat Rack (or Hall Tree) by the Thonet Furniture Company, in beechwood with original finish. Stamped "THONET" ,(Missing two hat racks)

Circa 1910

80” H x 22 ½”W x 22 ½”D

Michael Thonet (1796-1871) began making his iconic bentwood furniture when he discovered how to bend light, strong wood into graceful shapes using hot steam. In 1849, he opened his own shop with four of his sons and garnered numerous prizes for his designs...