Important 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 uprig ...click for details
Exceptional George I Demi-lune Games Table in walnut, having hinged, semicircular top opening to a polished surface, further opening to a well; veneered skirt below, and slightly cabriole legs with carved knees and pad feet. Circa 1720-30, possibly Irish.
Fine antique Edwardian satinwood bidet having rectangular lift-off top with ebony and rosewood line inlay opening to a pottery bowl and raised on turned, fluted and tapered legs. Stamped: “Johnstone Jeanes & Co. 67 New Bond St. London”.
Wonderful faux grained and stencilled American “fancy chair” with stencils of an eagle and basket of fruit, faux grained seat and yellow highlights. Circa 1840.
Fine George III single drop leaf table in mahogany, having a rectangular top and a single drop leaf with a swing-leg support, two side drawers and straight Queen Anne legs ending in pad feet. Circa 1760.
Federal mahogany pembroke table with secondary wood of poplar, having rectangular top with two shaped drop-leaves above a frieze drawer on verso, flanked by reeded pilasters and raised on reeded, tapering legs ending in brass castors. New York, circa 1810.
See illustration of similar table from, Federal Furniture and Decorative Arts at Boscobel by Tracy. ...click for details
Rare pair of colonial carved ebony side chairs, having pierced crest rail above an oval upholstered back, with reeded tapered legs and pierced skirt. Possibly Anglo-Indian, mid-19th century.
Fine 18th century English “riddle-back” side chair in mahogany having shaped and pierced crestrail and three similarly carved slats above a saddle seat and straight, molded legs joined by an “H” stretcher. Circa 1780.
Provenance: from the Boiardi Family Collection, Penderyn House, Wye River, MD.
One of the most popular form of chairs in both England and America, the form was believed to have originated around Windsor Castle around 1700 and continued being made until the late 19th C. English examples typically have a pierced splat flanked by turned spindles , splay legs and use various woods including elm, oak, ash, and yew.
We often have a selection of both sidechairs and armchairs, usually singles and pair ...click for details
