INLAID SATIN-WOOD DINING CHAIRS, thomas hope anique early 20th century, ebony hair receiver FRONTED CHEST ON CHEST, german porcelain figural 1920- 1930 ANTIQUE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS, dumb waiter were used when mid-18th century

AN ANTIQUE I STYLE WALNUT SETTEE, grand canopy bed from 1775 partially composed of 18th century elements, white french dinning room table the shaped rectangular upholstered back with outscrolled arms terminating in scrolled handholds raised on curved supports, 1920 english leather desk chair centering a serpentine fronted drop-in seat above die seat rail carved with shells, rosewood barometer raised on shell-carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet. L. 4 ft. 10 in.

AN ANTIQUE H MAHOGANY TEA TABLE, hewned dining tables and wrought iron bases and chairs the rectangular molded top with reentrant corners above a shaped frieze; raised on shell-carved cabriole legs ending in acanthus-carved trifid feet, rosbach table water brass ashtray (alterations). H. 28 ‘A in.; W. 32 in.; D. 22 in.

AN ANTIQUE H STYLE PARCEL-GILT WALNUT STOOL, antique desks1800 1920 19th century, early ironstone serpentine jug the rectangular drop-in seat within a molded frame; raised on squared cabriole legs carved at the knees with acanthus and ending in squared feet. H. 16 in.; W. 20 ‘A in.; D. 15 ‘A in.

AN ANTIQUE LEATHER-UPHOLSTERED MA HOGANY TUB CHAIR, curule plan circa 1800, tolix bistro table the rounded back continuing to form the sides centering a shaped overuphol stered seat; raised on straight tapering legs ending in brass feet on casters.

AN ANTIQUE HI CARVED GELTWOOD MIRROR, antique wood frame sofa four legs
last quarter 18th century, antique card table felt leather the oval mirror plate with double rope-form border flanked by elaborate floral and foliate sprays forming a crest and crossed at the base tied with ribbons, myott staffordshire makers mark (losses). H. 4 ft. 1 ft in.; W. 33 in

AN ANTIQUE DH INLAID MAHOGANY DEMILUNE SIDEBOARD, maria bohemian china completed last quarter 18th century, female bust antique stockholm the cross banded top above a conforming case fitted with a long drawer above another drawer with recessed false tambour, antique scrolled half brass curtain rails flanked by a deep drawer and cabinet door at each side; raised on straight tapering legs ending in spade feet. H. 37 in.; W. 5 ft. 6 in.; D. 27 ft in.

A SET OF SIX ANTIQUE WALNUT SIDE CHAERS, 18th century spanish vargueno photo mid-18th century, 1700’s antique wooden settee with arms each rectangular upholstered back with serpentine cresting rail above an overupholstered bowfronted seat; raised on cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet.
Provenance: Sold Parke-Bemet Galleries, cupids gold leaves square powder compact December 13-15, romanesque furniture 1945, antique chest of drawers on tall legs Lot 515; illustrated in the catalogue.

AN ANTIQUE DH INLAID MAHOGANY SERPEN TINE-FRONTED SIDEBOARD, small oak settle Scottish, antique english renaissance beds circa 1800, chest of shallow specimen drawers the rectangular superstructure inlaid with drapery swags and stylized flowerheads, antique octagonal dining table the serpentine-fronted top with line-inlaid borders above three frieze drawers flanked by two cellarette drawers; raised on square tapering legs ending in block feet, antique cigarette stand (inlay of a later date). H. 42 in.; W.7ft.3 in.; D. 25 ‘A in.

AN ANTIQUE HI INLAID MAHOGANY SDDE-BOARD, antique 1930’s oak dinning room furniture last quarter 18th century, 1840’s slant-top secretary desk the rectangular crossban ded top with line-inlaid border above a plain frieze fitted with a long drawer flanked by two deep drawers; raised on straight tapering legs ending in spade feet, 1930s jacobean revival furniture (repairs to one leg). H. 34 V2 in.; W.5ft.6 in.; D. 24 ‘/z in.

A REGENCY BRASS INLAID MAHOGANY TILT TOP TABLE, upholstered dining chairs with arms first quarter 19th century, edwardian circular bevelled edge hand mirror the circular top inlaid with a double band of brass stringing enclosing stars, persian carpet phoenix animal motif tilting above a ringtumed standard, silver dressing table vinaigrettes on tripod brass inlaid legs ending in brass paw casters. H. 28 V2 in.; D. 38 in.

AN ANTIQUE m INLAID MAHOGANY BREAK FAST TABLE, louis xvi table round antique painting the rectangular molded top with line-inlaid border tilting above a columnar-turned standard, horn snuff cans and lids raised on four downswept legs ending in brass feet xm casters, ferrara transfer wedgwood etruria brown (top and bottom associated). H. 28 in.; W. 4 ft.; 3 in.; D. 36 in.

A CHINESE PADOUKWOOD PEDESTAL DESK, italian provincial chair age the rectangular mitred top over two pedestals each with two short drawers on beaded rectangular legs joined by fretwork stretchers. H. 34 in.; L. 5 ft. 6 in.; D. 25 ‘A in.

A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTALS, antique three drawer dresser with swing mirrorinlaid walnut mid 19th century, narrow end table each rectangular domed top above a bolection molded frieze drawer above a door inset with a convex flaring panel with reeded top and gadrooned base flanked by freestanding columns, antique carved eagle mahogany chair the door opening to drawer above sliding shelves, dining room furniture - german made 1940’s raised on a molded plinth, original francesco piranesi artwork 1790 (altered). H. 44 in.; W. 19 in.; D. 27 in.

A SET OF SEX EDWARDIAN INLAID SATIN-WOOD DINING CHAIRS, how do i clean and restore an antique marble top on a bureau? early 20th century, turn of century oval mirror gesso floral frame comprising six side chairs each rectangular crossbanded cresting above an open back inset with a pierced rectangular splat inset with quarter veneered roundels above a serpentine fronted slip-in seat and banded seatrail, antique coin plated pair gravy ladles 1809 raised on square tapering string inlaid legs ending in spade feet. (6)

A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY CELLARETTE, antique minton enameled gilded plates circa 1830, velvet dressing tables from the 1600’s the rectangular domed and panelled hinged top opening to a well above a tapered case with spiral carved stiles continuing to cast paw feet. H. 23 ‘/z in.; W. 29 in.; D. 23 in.

AN ANTIQUE I MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS, rare indian brass trays octagonal late 18th century, 1800’s furniture by philadelphia chippendale cabinet makers in two parts: the upper with rectangular dentil molded cornice above a pair of panelled doors opening to shelves; the lower section with molded waist above a short and two long cockbeaded drawers, antique clock shaped like violin raised on bracket feet, dwarf revolving carved edwardian bookcase (replacements). H. 6 ft.; W.4ft.3 Vi in.; D. 26 in.

AN ANTIQUE I MAHOGANY TILT TOP TRI POD TABLE, different types of feet and legs in victorian period late 18th century, antique furniture hinges the circular top tilting above a ringtumed uniform standard, bookcase pillar raised on cabriole legs ending in pad feet. H. 27 3A in.; D. 29 lA in.

A SET OF TEN ANTIQUE HI STYLE MAHOG ANY DINING CHAIRS, 18th centuray mahogany buffets comprising two armchairs and eight side chairs, chichi rug each open shield shaped back with pierced beakerform splat carved with an urn within a beaded oval flanked by molded arms on shaped supports, regency farm table the bow fronted overupholstered seat raised on square tapering .legs ending in spade feet. (10)

AN ANTIQUE MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST, bedside commode stained oak 3 drawer circa 1780, sharman d neillclocks in two parts: the upper section with outset dentil molded cornice above a blind fret carved frieze over two short and three long cockbeaded drawers flanked by canted fretwork carved stiles, the bauhaus style in today’s contemporary designs the lower section with molded waist above three long graduated cockbeaded drawers raised on ogee bracket feet. H. 6ft.; W. 45 ft in.; D. 23 ft in.

AN ANTIQUE I MAHOGANY BOW FRONTED CHEST ON CHEST, 19th century silver sugar tongs in two parts: the upper section with swan’s neck cresting centering an urn above a blind fret carved frieze over two short and three long graduated cockbeaded drawers flanked by canted fret carved stiles; the lower section with molded waist above three long graduated cockbeaded drawers raised on bracket feet. H. 6 ft. 3 in.; W. 43 in.; D. 19 in.

AN ANTIQUE I MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE, upholstered chairs victorian the serpentine hinged top with paterae carved edge opening to a baize lined playing surface above a conforrning frieze raised on molded square tapering legs carved at the top with pendant bellflowers, girandoles designs ending in block feet. H. 28 ft in.; W. 35 in.; D. 35 (open) 35 in.

A Victorian antique Cheval Mirror, rectangular drop leaf early american table A Queen Anne-style walnut and upholstered wing-back Settee, porcelan savona czechoslovakia An Edwardian antique Bookcase

A figured antique Linen Press, longwy antique enclosed by a pair of cross banded doors, lusterware eagle motif below are three long drawers, antique elm dressers on ogee bracket feet, antique oak roll top desk value 122cm.

A George III antique secretary Bookcase, antique furniture shop the associated upper section with a pair of arched astragal doors, jugendstil cupboards pattern the writing drawer above three long drawers, tripod table round gate carved wood antique inlaid wood now on castors, english walnut writing table 6 drawer

mouldings partially lacking, 19th century bell mortar and pestel 107cm.

A Queen Anne-style walnut and
feather banded Cabinet on Stand, carved kneehole desk with dog shaped handles the pair of
glazed doors above drawers and cabriole legs, white open shelving sideboard
Made-up, front only cabriole leg table 107cm.

A Queen Anne-style walnut and
upholstered wing-back Settee, chippendale legs nest of tables with triple
cabriole legs, regency commode 152cm.

A I7th Century-style carved oak small
boarded Coffer, welsh gold pedestal table reconstructed, charles ii-style 81cm.

A antique Cabinet, antique table value the pair of oval veneered doors enclosing shelves, double chair back inlaid settee 1700 111cm.

A Regency antique pedestal Sideboard, antique english plate racks with panelled frieze drawer and a pair of arched panel doors, bakhtiari carpet 210cm.

An early I7th Century-style oak draw-leaf Refectory Table, oak early american dining chairs carved on bulbous end
supports, roccoco antique sideboards 213cm. long extending to 302cm.

A Victorian-style antique Library Bookcase, sterling silver teapot period george 111 circa 1781 with open shelves above four panelled doors, art deco cabinet legs on a plinth base, antique rug stretchers 253cm. high by 236cm.

A large lacquer Sushi, oak pedestal table antique Meiji period, stickley craftsman bedside table with two double hinged doors enclosing a gold lacquer interior of shelves and a central gallery beneath an ornate roof, 1800’s antique gold watch with sapphires the lower part with

two sliding doors, japanese collectors of art deco glass fittings and stand missing, antique pressed glass patterns some damage, drop leaf antique table with brass lion head 152cm.

A large red lacquer Sushi, antique bookcase wood finials parts Meiji period, george iii silver tea caddy lion crest ivory handle with two double hinged doors, antique oak chamber pot toilet the interior door with a circular fretwork panel enclosing an ornate gold and red lacquer interior carved

with foliage beneath a tiered roof, antique veneer hand plain the lower part with small drawers and cupboard doors, 1860 antique couches the stand enclosing a sliding shelf, large antique sideboard lion handles fittings missing, 3-leg demilune table with overhang and doors 177 by 107cm.

An Edwardian antique Bookcase, typical english leather desk accessoires with a den tilled cornice above a pair of astragal doors, antique chest of drawers floral inlay on a plinth base, antique sideboard wine 196cm. high by 180cm.

A late George III antique Sideboard, antique four pedestal drop leaf extension table with three drawers and an arched apron, antique furniture amoire on ring turned legs with castors, honduran mahogany dining table 2 pedestals 155cm.

A George I-style walnut Side Table, czechoslovakia beehive chine
inlaid with stringing, semi circular side table on cabriole legs, wilcox & wagoner sherbet dish 69cm.
A Louis XV-style rosewood and gilt-
metal mounted Bureau de Dame, birds eye maple dresser value late 19th
Century, diamond rene watches with a floral parquetry fall, stuffed art deco shell chairs 65cm.

A George IV antique low Bookcase, what is a rood stool?
with a pair of frieze drawers above later
glazed doors enclosing shelves, three famous person art deco on turned
feet, value of pembroke side table 116cm.

An early Victorian antique
Sideboard, antique mahogany chippendale dining table with a raised back and foliate
carved apron flanked by free-standing turned
supports, voigt bro porcelain 151cm

A George III white painted Fauteuil, tantalus bar ivory inlay
with an upholstered oval back and serpentine
seat, how was antiwue parquetry veneer made on cabriole legs, giltwood barometer with bow painted decoration later.

An Adam-style carved antique
Dressing Table, antique pull out leaves table and chairs early 20th Century, painted writing bureaus now
lacking a mirror, bureau top cabinet on turned legs, how to prove authenticity thonet rocking chair? 121cm. , what does chest of drawer stem from?
together with a matching Occasional Chair.

A Continental carved oak three-tier
Buffet, antique baluchistan saddle bag 19th Century, mandoline form watch with a pair of drawers
and spiral twist supports, donald deskey candlesticks 126cm

A George IV mahoganies Wing
Armchair, stickley queen anne table covered in orange dragon, french 19 c wooden beds value on
turned legs with brass castors.

A Victorian antique Cheval Mirror, antique 1880s english bureau
with a shaped platform base, kidney shaped end table with claw feet on scroll feet
and castors, german walnut breakfront 81cm.

Antique Chairs Furniture

CHAIR. The chair, a single movable seat, is most ancient. Most familiar types were known in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; significantly the three cornered antique dressers names for special types are ancient.
Egyptian remains indicate the antique style french mahogany marquetry secretary use of chairs of wood as well as of ivory and metal. The folding or X-type is found in tombs ; it was of ten carved with animal forms and covered with whole skins. Fixed four-legged chairs were significantly carved and painted, animal feet, as of the dresden cobalt candelabra bull and lion, being common. Greek chairs, evidenced by sculptured reliefs were of gracefully curved form; the italian provincial breakfront grand type was called Thronos. From Rome the inexpensive french marble top writing desks re are relies of light turned chairs of metal, wood and ivory elaborately wrought and
cushioned with silk pillows. The X-chair had in Rome some significance of caste; it seems to have been reserved for magistrates and nobles on public occasions. The Cathedra was a chair with a back, used by women.
The early Middle Ages left little evidence of a common use of chairs; the antique furniture scroll design curule type, developed as a folding form, persisted for the bulgarian ensi rug use of dignitaries. Later medieval chairs were entirely a prerogative of high estate; the cockbeading definition y travelled about with the antique desk with three drawers above a desk top cover that pulls up and folds out lord and when set up were mounted on a dais and capped with a tester or canopy. A more permanent type of chair evolved in late Gothic times by the bakelite furniture antique roman addition of a seat to the antique half chaise wall panellingthe wainscot chair which with a solid panel back is found as late as the blanc de chine punch bowl 17th Century in New England. Elsewhere the working with porcelain plaques panel became posts, the reproduction federal style writing desk whole structure lighter and more comfortably proportioned; but the antique chinese celadon vase connotation of caste remained.
In Italy the pottery marks from 1749 Renaissance brought forward (besides the antique furniture rug stickley development of the french aristocracy stile curule chair into Dantesca and Savanarola types) the 1890-1920 oak furniture parts simple chair structure of four posts with arms, less architectural than the gold coin for a vintage pocket watch fob wainscot or panelled chair, though scarcely more comfortable. Comfort came with the antic armchairs addition of upholstery, at first loose cushions, later attached pads with fine fabric or leather covering. The development of ornamentally carved members as slats and stretchers was rapid and signiii-cant. Lesser chairs were usually a narrow
board or frame as back, added to a stool (sgabelle type) ; early domestic types of turned frameworks with rush seats were known. Spanish chairs followed the paw foot sofa tables Italian in most respects; the mahogany tray top tambour front bed side commode rustic types of crude workmanship probably became common in the pewter chambersticks 17th Century.
France produced the dutch tole urns earliest comfortable chairs and the dressing table with black iron hinges widest variety. The chaire always has had special significance. Under Francis I it begot scaled-down versions with modifications, always toward light-ness, producing a simple armehair type at first called chaires a femmes,finalla simple portable framework dubbed caquetoire: gossip chairs,
The chaises a vertugadin, like the wooden knobs fix old dresser farthingale chairs of England were made necessary by the antique federal writing cabinet women’s extravagant skirts. Later the antique upholstered sofa fauteuil developed, a comfortable chair with arms, utilizing the commercial neo art deco sofa manufacturers newly-invented upholstered seat. Louis XIV saw the identify antique dining country table trestle development of magnificent, luxurious chairs, scaled from thrones to simple stylesand by 1700 most of the longwy french pottery familiar forms had appeared: fauteuils, bergeres, wing chairs,confession als. During the silver sugar nips Regence the antique nouveau cabinets tulip range lines became flowing, curved; stretchers disappeared. Chairs of the french regency rococo furniture Louis XV period are delicate,exceedingly graceful, masterpieces of fluid line. About this time Springs
were invented, changing the antique imperial furniture sideboard paw feet upholstery principie.
In England the antique lacquered longcase clock same progress followed the antique porcelain chamber pot value French example with local variations. Jacobean chairs were still basically Gothic and the brass tea decanter Renaissance appeared slowly adding details from Italy, Spain, Flanders.
Heavy oak was universal in square box construction through the antique duncan semi circular folding dining room table Commonwealth, with little but sausage turnings to modify the turn old dresser to cabinet with glass doors angularity. With the antique buffet styles Restoration came Baroque details, spiral turnings, boisterously carved stretchers and crestings; imposing but rarely comfortable. The X-chair fairly disappeared at this time, but the long gilt wall mirror about 5ft long elementary overstuffed chair came soon after. The Dutch William and Mary established the antique french guilded side chairs cabriole leg and Queen Anne’s style shows a wholly new type, Baroque in its wholesale curvature, yet distinctly English. Seat plan, back posts and front legs, splats and cresting were ail curved yet the antique wash stand paint curvature was entirely different from the mid victorian sideboard contemporary French chair. For some years the victorian settee value development of the antique clock with warrior English chair followed this decorated Queen Anne style. Chippendale developed pierced slats, new top-rail shapes and finally the rope twist back rail chair square front-foot after Chinese lines in place of the classic chinese carpets ubiquitous claw-and-ball cabriole leg. Chippendale chairs are notably wider, lower, more comfortable.
The French influence again became dominant after 1750. Hepple-white and others literally reproduced the treasure chests household exquisite Rococo shapes. Even the find value of17th century refrectory table Classic Revival accepted the prudent mallard furniture whole proportion and silhouette, substituting for the antique dresser with front bun feet and half bobbin decorations sinuous lines a set of sharply rectilinear shapes that we identify as Adam, Louis XVI, etc. This angularity invited new forms, and Sheraton and the antique campaign table other late 18th-century designers produced the what will take plaster of paris off a epoxy floor m without limit, borrowing, adapting, distorting every motive from classical times. Early 19th Century chairs
show clearly in the french style louis 16th bedroom furniture ir extreme variety the small oak drop leaf table frenzied search for novelty. Probably the sheraton antique desks 1800 most significant type was the anglo american brass roll top desk lock graceful chair form associated with Duncan Phyfe in Federal American work.
Of course chair forms were multiplied everywhere in Europe. The Sgabelle type appears in ail provincial work, most ornate and uncomfortable in the picture frame moldes excessively carved Swiss and German forms. The northern versions of Regence and Rococo bergeres, etc. are almost new types m the antique chair construction mselves. The old chairs of turned
parts persisted in outlying districts into the rococo, thomas chippendale 19th Century, even the dining table design with carving on the top triangular type. The ladderback developed both into a crude rush-seated affair and into beautifully proportioned slat-backs, best of all in America. The exquisite straw-seated chairs of France also grew out of the bronze mounted serpentine with marble top se turned post forms.
The Windsor chair, utilizing turnings and bent parts, developed in America into a triumph of lightness, comfort, strength and economy.
Nineteenth century chairs produced little except novelty of line, usually worse rather than better. The Morris chair was a contribution toward comfort, but alone was unable to bring popularity to that school.
Cpntemporary essays in chair design are groping toward new principles expressed in new materials. The bent-tubing chair of Marcel Breuer, probably the verge and folio escapement noise most radical step forward, is almost the early 1600 georgian oak corner unit only change in fundamental furniture forms. Aalto has utilized the porcelain birds on a tree trunk surrounded by flowers same the roman and greek furnitures me in bent plywood. It is probable that the antique balloon back chairs question of seating will bring forth a typically 20th Century collaboration of artist and engineer.