Friday, January 15th, 2010
DRESSING TABLE, aug moreau bronze statue mid 18th century, half pearls set in a gold mount earrings BAMBOO MOUNTED WRITING TABLE, pale blue hexagonal gilt plate with birds chrysanths GILT WALNUT MIRROR
A CHINESE COROMANDEL-DECORATED SIX FOLD LACQUER SCREEN, mechanisms and automata 19th century, antique mahogany dining table with 10 legs leaf [...]
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
HEPPELWHITE FURNITURE. HEPPELWHITE CHAIRS, TABLES, BOOK-SHELVES, CABINETS, CUPBOARDS, SIDEBOARD and BEDS
Line is the principal characteristic of later eighteenth-century furniture to which the name of Heppelwhite is given. The style suggests a pleasant compromise between the virility of Chippendale and the formal reticence of Sheraton. Heppelwhite furniture indicates no violent change. It would seem as though [...]
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