Archive for the ‘Heppelwhite Furniture’ Category

DRESSING TABLE, mid 18th century, BAMBOO MOUNTED WRITING TABLE, GILT WALNUT MIRROR

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 [...]

HEPPELWHITE FURNITURE. HEPPELWHITE CHAIRS, TABLES, BOOK-SHELVES, CABINETS, CUPBOARDS, SIDEBOARD and BEDS

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 [...]