An elegant & comfortable mahogany library ‘bergere’ chair, with deep ‘Grecian’ overscrolled back, fully hand caned, with scrolled arms & turned forelegs. Great colour. The squab cushion upholstered in Pierre Frey 1820s pattern linen. The chair in excellent original condition. UK c 1830
Queen Anne Walnut Candlestand c1720
A rare & finely turned English walnut candlestand. The octagonal top with oyster cut veneered top & quartered mouldings to the edges. The shaft with fine baluster turning of ‘inverted cup & trumpet’ form on three small columns, supported on cabriole legs ending in pad feet. Original finish & excellent patina. From c1680 – 1740 English timber hand lathe turning achieved an artistic & technical height not matched. This is a perfect example of period & type. It originally would have been one of a pair, supporting candlesticks. UK c1720. Ht 109cm
Straits Chinese Campaign Chest c 1840
A rare Anglo Cantonese two part, brass bound campaign chest, with original brass inlaid lock board covers. Made of highly figured camphor, & of the highest Chinese cabinet making quality, the back is also polished and mitred, the board covers inlaid with brass fleur- de- lys. Original turned removeable feet, lacquer to brass inset flush handles, substantial carrying handles & keys. Straits Chinese, c 1840. 111cm H x 92cm.W x 47cm.D
Pair of Magnum Coasters UK c1811
A large & good quality pair of Old Sheffield plate magnum wine coasters. The borders of anthemions, the body worked up as grapevines & leaves, with turned timber disc bases, and felt under. With cross hatched stamp to underside of rims for specialist old Sheffied plate makers, T&J Creswick, 1811. In excellent original condition – lightly bled, original finish to timber, remains of old British Antique Dealer’s Association label. Ht 60mm x 170mm
Coalport Feather Painted Bough Pot c1815
A rare Coalport feather & egg painted boughpot, for sprigs of blossom. UK c1815.
The corners with swans & the handles with eagles, on a kingfisher blue ground.
142mm H x 220mmW x 110mm D
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English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century by Herbert Cescinsky published 1911
Rare first edition of English furniture of the eighteenth century by Herbert Cescinsky ; illustrated from drawings by the author and from photographs: in three volumes. One of the classics of English decorative art history, & put simply, a must have for all furniture & decorative arts students.
Herbert Cescinsky was a wonderful human of boundless energy, enthusiasm & encouragement. He published extensively & formed so many seminal collections, starting the Antique Collectors Club,
still the leading publisher of antique & decorative arts texts.
Published by London : George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1911
Renaissance Revival Triptych c 1860
A beautifully painted Italian Renaissance revival triptych in the style of 15th century Northern Italian artists, of The Virgin & Child, with Angels & Saints to the wings. A small,portable domestic altar for daily devotionals. The hands, faces & landscape of excellent quality.
Oil on poplar, with later varnish & gilding
Italian. c 1860 & earlier.
50cm x 71cm x 4cm
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Irish Regency Waterfall Bookcase c1815
A good model of an Irish Regency ‘waterfall’ bookcase, with well scalloped ends & graduated shelves, able to take a range of book sizes.
Faded mahogany to the ends, shelf fronts, top & plinth with original red stained pine backboards. Good patina.
c 1820.
162cm H x 105cm W x 40cm D
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Regency Mahogany Secretaire Chest of Drawers
A lovely small secretaire – chest of drawers, in honey coloured mahogany & satinwood.
UK c 1810.
Excellent original.condition & patina.
A good chest of drawers, with the added bonus of a useful writing drawer for work.
108cm H x 93cm W 55cm d
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Huon Pine Dining Table c1990
A well designed & beautiully made Tasmanian Huon pine dining table, of rectangular form, slowly maturing to a good colour. The whole of the same timber, the top in two ancient boards each approx 500 years old. With the stopping of all commercial felling of Huon pine, this table has a great future.
The table c1990 very comfortably seats 8
Ht 78cm x 190cm W x 105cm.D
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