East Indian satinwood, original gilt brass lion handles. Crossbanded in kingwood, with stringing & inlay in rosewood, boxwood & ebony. Of the highest quality & elegant form, in one of rarest and most expensive timbers, in excellent original condition. To go behind on in front of a sofa/s, the reverse identical. Mahogany lined drawers. 74cm H x 94cm wide (ends down), 152cm W (ends raised) x 55cm D.
Regency Penwork Box c1810
A finely painted English Regency period box, decorated to five sides with ‘Etruscan’ orange penwork of scrolling acanthus, the top with ‘The Market of Love’ after a mezzotint by Bartolozzi. U.K c1810. 130mm H x 330mm W x 250mm D
George IV Rosewood Lyre Front Library Armchair c1825
A good quality & very comfortable English George IV period ‘Grecian’ armchair, with lyre carved front in best solid black rosewood. With reeded front legs and rear square section swept back legs on brass casters. All with an elegant curved profile in a room. UK origin c1820. 105cmH x 80cmW x 85cm.D
Regency Windsor Chair c1820
A well patinated beech & elm Windsor chair with pierced centre splat & hoop back. Of good quality, and in excellent original condition, the seat beautifully figured elm. 95cm H x 65cmWx 55cmD. U.K c1820
George IV Mahogany Campaign Chest c1825
An elegant English George IV period mahogany two part campaign chest, for military or navy travel, in excellent original condition. Original finish, now with a warm faded patina. The acorn shaped feet unscrew on steel threads, the two sections bolt together with steel plates. Double pin brass locks, concealed joints to corners. The skeletal campaign handles are the earliest type. c 1820-30.
110cm H x 91cm W x 48cm D
Goan Rosewood Tea or Coffee Table c1880
A richly carved Goan low square table with pierced & fretted frieze, the legs terminating in mythical dragon headed creatures, with entwined tails. The borders in the form of fruiting exotic vines. Wonderful lightly faded colour & fine patina. No losses or damage. 65cm x 65cm.x 65cm. C1880.
Tonga Bark Cloth c1972
Tonga [Haveluliku]. 1972. An exceptional example- in size, quality, condition and history. Made from the beaten bark of mulberry tree, with koko tree bark dye paint. Divided into 5 sections, including numbered seating positions. The panels with the Coat of Arms of Tonga. Made and documented by the BBC with others in the numbered group, as the largest examples ever to leave the Island. Another from the documented set in the British Museum (#2013.2015.1). 196cm size m x 397cm
Irish Chippendale Mahogany Chair c1780
A magnificent Irish ‘Chippendale’ mahogany chair, with entwined lattice carved back and hairy paw feet. The carving of the highest quality, with good patina & old wear. The carving of the knee & hairy dog paw feet typical of Dublin carvers. 98cmH x 64cmW x 58cm.D
Dublin c1760 – 80
Price inc GST $2,750
Coalbrookdale Cast Iron Neo-classical Dish c1845
A rare Coalbrookdale cast iron dish, of the finest quality, designed by the leading German neo-classical architect and designer, Karl Friederich Schinkel,
U.K c 1830 -40
Schinkel visited the UK in 1826 to study British industry & production technology.
The design for this fruit dish was first produced about 1820 for the Prussian Royal Foundry and manufactured at the Berlin Ironworks. It uses the same frieze of hippocamps and mermen that appears on the iron balustrade for the Schlossbrücke in Berlin (1819-24).
Another in the Victorian and Albert Museum, London. 29cm dia x 4.5cm H.
Ivory Seal of Schiller c1830
IVORY BUST, A SEAL OF SCHILLER