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DUTCH WALNUT DISPLAY CABINET - Louis XV PROVINCIAL CARVED WALNUT COMMODE - FLEMISH OAK CABINET - CORNER DISPLAY CUPBOARD

12.22.09

DUTCH WALNUT DISPLAY CABINET - Louis XV PROVINCIAL CARVED WALNUT COMMODE - FLEMISH OAK CABINET - CORNER DISPLAY CUPBOARD

A DUTCH WALNUT DISPLAY CABINET, holly court cupboard the arched upper part with a moulded
comice above a pair of glazed doors and with glazed sides, antique soldier head swords the kettle-based lower part
with a slide above three short and three graduated long drawers, antique victorian painted cottage bedroom sets on ogee bracket feet,
7ft 7in hish by 5ft. 2in. wide (231cm. by 157cm.) circa 1740, antique oval mirrors glazing possibly added in the
19th Century.

A GiLT-BRONZE MOUNTED MARQUETRY CABINET in two parts, antique farmall part sleeve tractor the upper part with an ormolu acanthus-leaf embossed cornice above a pair of glazed doors within ormolu and marquetry frames enclosing shelves, antique carved peach pits the lower part with a long drawer above a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves, antique jade stone on a moulded plinth base and bracket feet, triple bookcase open distressed ivory the whole inlaid with stylised foliate marquetry, antique scale 6ft. 4in. high by 3ft. Vhin. wide (193cm. by 95cm.) constructed in the late 18th or 19th Century using late 17th Century marquetry panels.

A Louis XV PROVINCIAL CARVED WALNUT COMMODE of serpentine form with
moulded top, paw feet brass candlesticks shaped sides and two drawers, antique hall tables the top, antique drill front and sides ail panelled, paris table curved legs the top,
front corners, duncan phife buffet apron and cabriole legs ail richly carved with rocaille Ornament, antique outhouse door latches 2ft Hin
high by 4ft. 1 in. wide (89cm. by 124cm.) circa 1750, antique window lock drawers re-lined.

A RARE SWEDISH ROSEWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE with a moulded bleu turquin
marble top, staffordshire pottery ironstone of exaggerated bombe form and containing three short and two long drawers,
with contemporary rococo ormolu handles and escutcheons, stretchers and antique 3ft. 5in. high by 6ft. wide
(104cm. by 183cm.) circa 1750.

A FLEMISH OAK CABINET with a moulded cornice above a frieze carved with foliage
and C-scrolls and centred by two cherubs supporting a basket of flowers, antique chris craft boat for sale above a pair of
cupboard doors both with two fielded ebonised panels and flanked by fluted and stop-
fluted pilaster strips, antique radio repair guide with panelled sides, antique chinese table eagle design 6ft. 6in. high by 5ft. 8in. wide by 2ft. deep
(192cm. by 173cm. by 75cm.) mid-17th Century, antique door latch on later bun feet.

A Louis XV FRENCH PROVINCIAL WALNUT BUFFET with a moulded top and rounded corners, 18th century french furniture for sale the central open compartment containing a shelf and flanked by two short drawers and two panelled cupboard doors enclosing further shelves, scandinavian designs, drawer removal instructions the shaped apron carved with floral decoration, antique garnet brooch on short cabriole legs, barley twist stool 3ft. 5lhin. high by 5ft. 9V2in.
zvide (105cm. by 176cm.) mid-18th Century.

A FRENCH OAK BIBLIOTHEQUE with simple moulded cornice and plinth, antique steeple clocks each door containing two wire-filled panels with moulded surrounds.

AN UNUSUAL DUTCH WALNUT SMALL CORNER DISPLAY CUPBOARD, louis fifteenth chairantique the moulded serpentine top with a conforming door with four glazed panels enclosing two shelves and flanked by moulded corners each ending in a corbel; the serpentine-fronted lower part with a door with an arched fielded panel, myott, son plate the corners matching the upper part, antique josef original on scroll feet, rococo style candle sticks 6ft. lin. high by2ft. Win. wide (185cm. by 86cm.) mid-18th Century, antique chair designer r.w. winfield bleached.

A BOHEMIAN SILVERED METAL AND CUT-GLASS CAGE FRAME CHANDELIER, antique first edition books the six
nbs composee! of scrolls, antique ring set wedding each supporting a faceted nozzle with lobed drip-pan set with
glass flowerheads and faceted pear-shaped drops and enclosing a hollow faceted glass
baluster, antique religious crosse 2ft. 11 in. high by 2ft. diameter (89cm. by 61cm.) circa 1740.

A BOHEMIAN GLASS CHANDELIER of twelve lights, antique chinese tapestry with spiral twist drop-hung
arms and baluster stem, antique gmc part truck 3ft. lin. high by 2ft. Vhin. diameter (94cm. by 80cm.) circa 1770
some pieces replaced.

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GERMAN OAK CHEST - LOMBARD SMALL INTARSIA CHEST - INLAID TEAK CABINET ON STAND - FLEMISH WALNUT ARMCHAIR - DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET

12.18.09

GERMAN OAK CHEST - LOMBARD SMALL INTARSIA CHEST - INLAID TEAK CABINET ON STAND - FLEMISH WALNUT ARMCHAIR - DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET

A GERMAN OAK CHEST with a moulded top and dentil frieze above a pair of doors set with arcades and pilasters inlaid with walnut and applied with arabesque decoration, on a solid plinth base, the panelled sides with iron carrying handles, 2ft. high by 6ft. lin. wide (67cm. by 200cm.) late 16th Century, possibly Nuremberg.

A GOOD PORTUGUESE CHEST ON STAND, the upper part with an arrangement of twelve drawers set to resemble sixteen short drawers with elaborately panelled fronts and brass lockplates, the sides similarly panelled, the stand with an elaborately carved pierced apron centred by a cartouche and supported on bulbous ring and spirally turned legs joined by spiral stretchers and ending in pad feet, 5ft. 5in. high by 3ft. WVzin. wide (162cm. by 118cm.)Iatel7th Century.
*.* A very similar example is illustrated in the Musen Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon exhibition catalogue Artes Decorativas Portugueses, piate 27, page 58.

A SPANISH LOW TABLE, the top veneered in rosewood with panels of tortoiseshell and bands of scrollwork in light wood, raised on turned beechwood legs with arched iron stretchers, lft. llin. high by 2ft. 8in. long (58cm. by 82cm.) the top originally from a 17th Century cabinet.

AN OAK COFFER with three-plank top, the front carved with a frieze of roundels, on trestle feet, 2ft. high by 5ft. llViin. wide {77cm. by 182cm.) late 16th Century, probably German.

A LOMBARD SMALL INTARSIA CHEST in walnut, the exterior and interior of the hinged lid elaborately inlaid with delicate geometrie designs in bone, with a small shield below the keyhole, on bracket feet, llin. high by 2ft. in. wide (28cm. by 65cm.) 16th/17th Century.

A HENRY IV WALNUT BUFFET, the upper part with a pair of panelled doors divided and flanked by arched recesses and with two pairs of reeded Ionic columns above a pair of cushion frieze drawers, the lower part with a slide and supported on a pair of reeded columns, the panelled backboard with reeded pilasters, 4ft. 7in. high by 5ft. 5in. wide (140cm. by 165cm.) late 16th Century, lower part reconstructed.

A FLEMISH WALNUT SIDE CHAIR, the rectangular needlework-covered back and seat on turned legs joined at the square section by turned stretchers, circa 1690, restored
cupboard doors divided and flanked by three gilt-metal caryatids enclosing two banks of five small drawers flanking a mirror-lined interior applied with gilt-metal, the panelled sides inlaid with tortoiseshell with ebony strapwork picked out in ivory, 2ft. 4lMn. high by 4ft. 2in. wide (72cm. by 127cm.) circa 1670, on a later English mahogany stand with cabriole legs.

A SPANISH WALNUT ARMCHAIR, the tall padded back with gilt shell finials, the arms and stuffed seat on turned supports, late 17th Century, legs partly replaced.

A GOANESE INLAID TEAK CABINET ON STAND inlaid throughout with a foliate design in ebony picked out in ivory with brass pins, the front with an arrangement of eight small and two deep and two long drawers with ivory handles, the stand with a pair of drawers and raised on square legs inlaid with diamonds, with pierced shaped feet, 4ft. Viin. high by 2ft. 9in. wide (124cm. by 84cm.) late 17th Century, with 19th Century English locks.

A BATAVIAN CARVED EBONY LOW CHAIR, the back with shaped toprail carved with dense scrolling foliage above seven spirally turned rails, the stuffed seat with similarly carved seatrail, with spirally turned legs and stretchers, late 17th Century.

A FINE GERMAN OAK CABINET, the breakfront moulded cornice above a pair of moulded and glazed doors divided by elongated moulded panels, the base with three rectangular cupboards with applied geometrie mouldings and divided by elongated rectangular moulded panels, on scrolled feet, 7ft. 3in. high by 6ft. l3Ain. wide (221cm. by 187cm.) circa 1685, the cornice carved with an inscription and the date Anno 1722, left-hand top cornice moulding replaced.

A SPANISH FRUITWOOD CABINET, the inverted breakfront moulded cornice with dentil carved decoration above a pair of doors each with seven small moulded panels, divided from the base by a pair of carved and moulded drawers above a similar pair of panelled doors, on shaped feet, the sides similarly moulded, 6ft. lin. high by 4ft. 5in. wide (185cm. by 135cm.) 17th Century, later cornice, extensively restored.

A FLEMISH WALNUT ARMCHAIR with tall stuffed back, moulded scrolling arms with S-scroll supports, the stuffed seat with similar legs and H-stretchers, late 17th Century, seatrail and bars of underframe replaced in beech.

A FLEMISH OAK CABINET, the moulded comice above a frieze carved with foliage and C-scrolls and centred by two cherubs supporting a basket of flowers, above a pair of cupboard doors both with two fielded ebonised panels and flanked by fluted and stop-fluted pilaster strips, with panelled sides, on later bun feet, 6ft. 6in. high by 5ft. 8in. wide by 2ft. oVzin. deep (192cm. by 173cm. by 75cm.) mid-17th Century.

A FLEMISH SMALL BRASS CHANDELIER, the stem with a large sphere and a ring at the top and the base and supporting six S-scroll arms with reel nozzles and saucer-shaped drip-pans, Ift. 6in. high by lft. 7in. diameter (46cm. by 48cm.).

A DUTCH OAK DRAW-LEAF TABLE with a hinged compartment in the frieze, on bulbous cup and cover legs joined by stretchers, 2ft. 6in. high by 3ft. lO’Mn. wide (77cm. by 118cm.) circa 1700.

A DUTCH PAINTED BOX with hinged lid, one side rising to reveal a concealed
drawer, the exterior painted with flowers and leaves mainly in red, white and green on a
black ground within moulded walnut borders, Gin. high by 14in. wide (15cm. bv 35 5cm )
circa 1700.    ‘

A SMALL PARQUETRY TABLE CABINET with arched moulded comice and a central bowed door surrounded by twelve drawers, with projecting corbels at the sides, 19in high by 19in. wide (49.5cm. by 48cm.) circa 1740, South German or Austrian.

A DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET, the arched upper part with moulded cornice and with a carved porcelain stand and the pair of panelled doors enclosing adjustable shelves and drawers and with a pair of candle-slides below, the lower part in two parts and with a flap enclosing a fitted interior and with three drawers in the ogee front, with canted corners and claw and ball feet, 7ft. 8in. high by 4ft. 4in. wide (234cm. by 132cm.) mid-18th Century, inlay and upper part 19th Century.

A FINE REGENCE PROVINCIAL WALNUT ARMOIRE, with a moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors set with roundels and carved with rosettes and acanthus leaves, the central panels carved with a Maltese cross, on a moulded plinth base and bun feet, the sides carved with giant lozenge panels and leaf-carved roundels, 7ft. high by 5ft. wide (240cm. by 79cm.) circa 1720.

Antique Side Cabinet and Canterburies

11.18.09

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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