Posts Tagged ‘dressing tables’

ANTIQUE 18TH and 19TH CENTURY FURNITURE CABINET MAKERS AND ANTIQUE CABINET MAKERS AND FURNITURE BOOKS AND DRAWINGS

Monday, December 14th, 2009

ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY FURNITURE CABINET MAKERS AND ANTIQUE CABBET MAKERS AND FURNITURE BOOKS AND DRAWINGS
There are several references to painted furniture at Strawberry Hill which must, however, have met with the approval of the owner. In the inventory one reads of Welsh armed chairs, painted blue and white “… ” chairs, settees, and long stools [...]

18th Century English Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

English Furniture
The Age of Walnut
The Restoration of Charles II to the secretary bookcase desk painted throne of England and Scotland in 1660 heralded a new age in Britain, which was to break away from the ebonized edwardian sideboard with queen anne legs mood of asceticism imposed under the chinese inspired sideboard [...]