Archive for the ‘Antique Furniture Glossary’ Category
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
A Knawel Settee, 1920 walnut drum table William and Mary-style oak Dining Chairs, antique cherrywood drop leaf dining table Edwardian antique Display Cabinet, antique fold up game table George III-style antique Chairs
A large Knawel Settee, small antique oak half commodes the back upholstered with a gross- and petit-point needlework panel depicting [...]
Tags: 18th century, A Queen Anne, A Queen Anne-style, adjustable shelves, ANTIQUE, antique linen, armchairs, astragal, BED, BRACKET, brass inlay, bun feet, Cabinet, cabriole, cabriole leg, Century-style, chair, CHEST, classical figures, column base, Dining, Display, display cabinet, drawer, Edwardian, fragment, George III-style, Knawel, loose cushions, Mary-style, MIRROR, MOULDING, needlework, oak chairs, oval plate, petit point, queen anne style, Regency, regency style, rosewood, settee, STAND, stretcher, tapestry, Victoria, wall mirror, walnut, William, william and mary, wooded landscape
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
COMMODE - CONNECTICUT CHEST - CORNER ARMCHAIR - CORNER CUPBOARD
COMMODE* The commode is a loosely defined type of ehest or cabinet, usually low and used against a wall as a receptacle, bureau, ehest, console, etc. It may have doors or drawers, on the raoul lachenal pottery Continent the antique chippendale tip [...]
Tags: Architectural, CARVING, Chippendale, commode, CONSOLE, corner cupboard, decorative pieces, empire style, English, english history, figure, furniture, modem, table, wood, wood furniture
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS - CLASSIC STYLE - CLOCK CASES - CORNUCOPIA SOFA - COFFEE TABLE - CHOP INLAY
CHINTZ. Inexpensive thin cotton cloth, fast printed with designs of flowers, etc., in a number of colors and usually glazed. It Is useful for minor draping and slip Covers.
CHIP CARVING. Simple carved ornament executed with [...]
Tags: Baroque, cabinet maker, Chippendale, CINQUECENTO, clock cases, COCK, coffee table, Egypt, England, English, France, furniture design, Louis XVI, Northern Africa, Queen Anne, rococo manner, southeastern Europe, Spanish, walnut
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
CELLARET - CHAIR TABLE - CHESTNUT - CHEST OF DRAWERS - CHINESE CHIPPENDALE - CHINA CABINET - CHILDREN’S FURNITURE
CELLARET. Deep drawer for bottles in a sideboard. Also a separate cabinet for liquors, glasses, etc.
CELLULOID. Synthetic material used in furniture as a Substitute for ivory in inlays, handles, etc.
CENTER DRAWER GUIDE. Wooden [...]
Tags: 1660 1685, ARROW, CELLARET, chair bed, chair table, CHEST, CHESTNUT, chests, China, Chinese, Chippendale, furniture, MIRROR, ORNAMENT, Rococo, travelling in china, William
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
CANDLE STAND - CARD TABLES - CARTOUCHE - CARVER CHAIR - CASTERS - CEDAR CHESTS
CANDLE BOARDS Small sliding shelf beneath a table top, used to hold a candlestick. Principally English 18th Century.
CANDLE SLIDE. Sliding shelf just over the anglo american brass roll top desk lock desk section of secretaries, on which [...]
Tags: 18th century, 18th century england, cabinet furniture, card tables, CARLTON TABLE, carver chair, CARVING, chair casters, chair seats, Charles II, Chippendale, desk section, Directoire, Empire, french furniture, furniture makers, Gibbons, Italian, Louis XVI, Queen Anne, Renaissance, renaissance styles
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
BUFFET - BUN FOOT - BUREAU BOOKCASE - BUTTERFLY TABLE - CABRIOLER - CANAPES
BRONZE. Extensively used for furniture in the gold, silver and copper leaf sideboards ancient world, its strength permitted an extreme lightness of design which is accepted as typically Greco-Roman and was so copied in the antique military square [...]
Tags: 17th centuries, 18th century france, african hardwood, BOOKCASES, BUN, Bureau, Cabinet, chests, Chippendale, corner cupboards, Louis XV, sideboard, table
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
BOAT BED - BOOKCASES - BOOKSTAND - BRACKET CLOCK - BRIDAL CHEST - BREWSTER CHAIR
BOAT BED. Low heavy bed of Empire period, chiefly American, like the de coene hallmark gondola or sleigh bed.
BOBBIN-TURNED. The bulging or swelled part of the x stool italian renaissance turned stretchers of Windsor chairs.
BODYINGJN. The operation [...]
Tags: BED, bonnets, bookcase, BOOKCASES, BOOKSTAND, BRACKET, bracket clock, BREWSTER, Cabinet, chair, CHEST, Chippendale, CLOCK, France, french desk, marquetry, MOULDING, Provincial, windsor chairs
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
BED MOULDING - BENCH - BENT-WOOD - BIBLE BOX - BIRDCAGE CLOCK - BLANKET CHEST - BED STOCK
BEARING RAIL Member in table or cabinet Work which carries
the drawer. See Construction.
BEAU BRUMMEL. Late 18th Century English dressing table with complex arrangements of adjustable mirrors, candie brackets, shelves and drawers. Designed for men’s [...]
Tags: american beds, BEAUFAIT, BEAUFATT, BEAUFET, bed steps, BENT, BENT-WOOD, BIRDCAGE, BLANKET, blanket chest, Buffet, cabinet work, Cabinetmaker, CHEST, CLOCK, dressing table, English, french provincial furniture, MOULDING, oak furniture
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
BACKGAMMON BOARDS & TABLES - BAG TABLE - BAKELITE - BARREL CHAIR - BAROMETER CASE
BACKGAMMON BOARDS & TABLES. The game goes back to the 1750 tripod table Middle Ages, and furniture for its play appeared as soon as specialized tables came in the antique 18-19 century wood carved mother of pearl [...]
Tags: 17th Century Furniture, American, BACKGAMMON, BAGUETTE, BAHUT, BAKELITE, BALUSTER, BAROMETER, BARREL, chair, chair backs, classical styles, italian renaissance, renaissance work, TABLES
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
ARCHITECTE FURNITURE. Specifically, English furniture of the elizabethan state bed 18th Century, designed by architects and exhibiting architectural features, as arches, columns, etc.
ARCHITECTE TABLE. Desk with drawing board in a drawer or otherwise attached, with other drawers for supplies. Made in England in the gillow & co pot cupboard late 18th [...]
Tags: ARCHITECTE, ARCHITRAVE, arm chair, ARMOIRE, arms and armor, ARROW, ASH, ASH WOOD, ASSYRIAN, biedermeier, cabinetwork, construction chair, Egypt, english cabinetmaker, English Furniture, sheraton chairs, SPINDLE, table, table desk
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