Posts Tagged ‘Adam’

An antique Cabinet, Edwardian antique Bookcase, George III antique Sideboard, Adam-style carved antique Dressing Table, early 20th Century

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

An antique Cabinet, salt cellar by sheffield holland ware Edwardian antique Bookcase, antique dresser with flowers George III antique Sideboard, antique soft paste bird figurine derby chelsea Adam-style carved antique Dressing Table, antique dressing table 1750s early 20th Century
An antique Cabinet, french craftsmen of old pocket watches the pair of [...]

A Victorian antique Cheval Mirror, A Queen Anne-style walnut and upholstered wing-back Settee, An Edwardian antique Bookcase

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

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 [...]

GEORGE I GILT GESSO CENTRE TABLE, QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SETTEE, REGENCY BURR-ELM LIBRARY TABLE, ORMOLU-MOUNTED COMMODE

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

GEORGE I GILT GESSO CENTRE TABLE, photos antique half round vertical chest QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SETTEE, jug and bowl 18th century REGENCY BURR-ELM LIBRARY TABLE, the value of a 1900’s settee with chairs ORMOLU-MOUNTED COMMODE
A FINE GEORGE I GILT GESSO CENTRE TABLE, huge 1880 eastlake antique double mirrored wardrobe the rectangular [...]

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 [...]

Antique Beds Furniture

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Antique Beds Furniture
BEDS. Ancient drawings portray well developed bed types in Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece and Rome. Over basie structures of stone, wood, or metal were thrown animal skins and textile for softness and warmth. The framework was often well designed and adorned with inlays or appliques of metal, ivory, etc.
Egyptian [...]

English Furniture Periods and Styles

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

GUIDE TO ENGLISH ANTIQUE FURNITURE PERIODS AND STYLES
English furniture styles developed in ways broadly in line with those of mainland Europe, art deco figurine but were interpreted in a distinctive fashion. There were also many regional variations within the British Isles — a term that once encompassed England, 1930’s folding wood [...]

18th Century Italian Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Italian Furniture
Italy was not only the arrow mirror top smokers stand’ birthplace of the four continents antique -maps European Renaissance, it was also the antique louis xv, kingwood writing table source of the tiffany silver sewing kit Baroque style of architecture and the identifying antique chairs with horsehair padding furniture that [...]

Antique 18th Century Furniture

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

XVII Century Furniture
Antique 18th century furniture is today one of the english oak carved leg table most popular antiques among collectors.
By 1700 foreign influence was strong, although Italian Rococo antique furniture was not as varied, comfortable, or well-constructed as that produced in England or France. Marquetry work was especially skilled in [...]