Posts Tagged ‘ebeniste’

18th Century Polish Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Polish Furniture
The history of Poland has been as tragic as that of Ireland, pair burr walnut sideboards and like Ireland it has had its ages of artistic flowering. Like Ireland, art deco geometric armchair too, mid-boy sideboard it has not failed to produce men of talent in times of the worst [...]

French Renaissance Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

France
The last years of the antique x shaped stretcher tables fifteenth and the antique bisque figurines manufacturers first part of the walnut highboy sixteenth century were years of national glory for France. Her armies invaded and conquered parts of Italy, and thus brought France directly into contact with the mother of [...]

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 [...]