Posts Tagged ‘Pembroke’

carved and gilt-gesso Wall Mirror of 18th Century design, oak Side Table, antique Tea Table, Victorian rosewood Occasional Table

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

A carved and gilt-gesso Wall Mirror of 18th Century design, junghans bracket clock festoon walnut with an eagle cresting, antique shield chair 156cm. high by 65cm.
A William IV antique Wardrobe, brown westhead moore and co pottery with gadrooned mouldings, vintage oak parlor tables the pair of panelled doors above a fall [...]

ANTIQUE FURNITURE INTERIORS

Monday, December 14th, 2009

ANTIQUE FURNITURE INTERIORS
From such an advertisement one may pretty clearly visualise the interior of the house, which would have been that of fairly well-to-do people.   But there is no evidence that the furniture was considered exceptional in any way, and apart from its age the same furniture now would not be much out of the [...]

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 [...]

Antique Pine Furniture

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

PINE FURNITURE
Pine was used for all kinds of furniture, so that in some ways it should be shown in most sections of this book. However, it has become customary for pine furniture to be a separate part of the is mahogany a fashionable woos antique trade, with
specialist shops catering for this [...]

English Chippendale, Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheraton Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Four English designers - Chippendale, rococo over the mantel mirror Adam, insect butterfly cabinet paris museum style Hepplewhite and Sheraton
English furniture of the second half of the eighteenth century was dominated by four ‘giants’ Chippendale, antique chippendale sideboard Adam, distressed round wooden tables, england Hepplewhite and Sheraton. In a resume of [...]