Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Sheraton’

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 [...]

SHERATON FURNITURE. SHERATON CABINETS, TABLES, CHAIRS, BUFFETS, DRESSERS, CHESTS OF DRAWERS, BEDS, SOFAS

Monday, December 14th, 2009

SHERATON FURNITURE. SHERATON CABINETS, TABLES, CHAIRS, BUFFETS, DRESSERS, CHESTS OF DRAWERS, BEDS, SOFAS

THE reasons given in previous chapters for confining the   significance of  furniture-makers’ names to the styles in which they worked have even greater force when applied to Thomas Sheraton, the actual examples of whose work in existence are both doubtful and few in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]