Posts Tagged ‘rococo’

BIEDERMEIER FRUITWOOD FOOTSTOOL - FRENCH MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT - DUTCH MAHOGANY TEA BUCKET - REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU WALL CANDELABRA - VENETIAN LOOKING-GLASS

Friday, December 18th, 2009

BIEDERMEIER FRUITWOOD FOOTSTOOL - FRENCH MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT - DUTCH MAHOGANY TEA BUCKET - REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU WALL CANDELABRA - VENETIAN LOOKING-GLASS
AN UNUSUAL MAHOGANY CABINET in three parts, glazed antique pottery dealer the upper part with a pair of doors with plain mirror panels enclosing an adjustable shelf, antique mexican [...]

Antique Side and Display Cabinets - Edwardian

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

CABINETS side and display, antique oak chest of drawers 1890-1930
Another small mahogany cabinet with art nouveau tendencies, dutch carved cupboard also probably intended for music. A much simpler shape, antique connoisseur connoisseur guide guide jewelry with flat capped shaping to the top and `whiplash’ forms in the inlays.
A display cabinet of [...]

Antique French Cabinets and Cupboards Louis XVI

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

18th Century EUROPEAN CABINETS AND CUPBOARDS About 1775-1800
Right, ormolu mount on neo-classical cabinet.
Transition from rococo to neo-classicism (see GUIDE TO PERIODS AND STYLES, p.194) complete in Paris by accession of Louis XVI, 1774, and further encouraged by Marie Antoinette.
Other royal families patronize Parisian cabinet-makers (many of them German) and style [...]