Antique Side Cabinet and Canterburies
CABINETS side, antique roses forum court cupboards, antique wooden crutches buffets and the like
A high quality inlaid side cabinet by Collinson & Lock, chippendale veneer inlay writing desk the makers who you’ll recall (that is, pearl inlay marble table if you’ve been reading this book and not just looking at pictures) are celebrated for making the cabinet designed by T.E. Collcutt and reputedly setting off the whole Art or Aesthetic furniture craze. In this case they have produced a version of a medieval court cupboard or buffet of irritatingly little practical use, bbcantiques.com presumably intended for a hall or similar passage. One can not refute the quality of the ivory inlaid floral work, antique having in memphis road show they tn nor the crisp spiral reeding of the bold columns but what the blazes would one use it for The plinth is somewhat lame compared with the much-moulded top which has access for storage (of gloves a croquet set bicycle lamps) via the small canted side panels or the central, cote jardin antiques hinged panel. All one can say is that it is an extremely expensive way of constructing two shelves. c. 1880
An oak ‘court cupboard’ incorporating features which no period court cupboard would ever have known, antique coins particularly the matched oak veneering of the panelled surfaces. The raised and carved rectangular panels on the doors and the diamond-shaped panel on the upper central section are a reproducer’s fancy. The turnings are a modern interpretation and so is the abundance of dentillated mouldings round the drawers and doors.
(Dentil moulding is allowed on late 18th century top mouldings of court cupboards.) 1910-1930
An oak court cupboard of modern treatment applied to a traditional form. The turned baluster ’supports’ to the top tier are unhappily isolated against the very modern plain flat panels and drawer front of the rest of the piece. They do not relate to the feet, dennis fulmer antique either, grundig antique radios which are derived from six-plank chests of the 17th century, dutch 18th century silver spoon formed by the continuation of the sides down in a shaped apron. 1920-1930
CANTERBURIES
The name Canterbury comes from a piece of mobile furniture liked by one of the archbishops. Several pieces of mobile furniture fell under this category, antique silver picture frames including a supper trolley, antique pub mirrors atlas stand and the now-accepted
music stand which virtually defines the breed.
The music Canterbury appeared around 1800 and was a restrained piece of mahogany furniture. The post-1860 examples illustrated here exhibit the exuberant rococo designs and other fancies of the time. Like their earlier counterparts, antique auction texas they tend to be relatively expensive pieces when assessed against the workmanship involved in them.
A walnut Canterbury with fretted naturalistic design divisions and a circular panel painted with a scene depicting a bird and flowers.
A walnut Canterbury with a top which lifts to form a writing slope. The divisions below are fretted with scrolled designs. c. 1860
A burr walnut Canterbury of a kidney shape with scrolled fretwork divisions below and a pierced brass gallery rail around the top.
A papier mache music Canterbury decorated with shell and mother-of-pearl inlays. A high quality version valued for its uniquely Victorian character.
A bamboo Canterbury of a type made from about 1880 onwards. Painted decoration in panels is frequently to be found on these pieces. 1880-1910
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