Pair Four-Drawer Chests or 'Elliptic Bureaus' with Egyptian Figures

Boston, Massachusetts Seven-drawer tall chest, circa 1825. Mahogany (secondary woods: mahogany, pine, and poplar) Measures: 45 5/8 in. high, 27 5/8 in. wide, 14 5/8 in. deep Inscribed (on six drawer locks): SECURE; (on seventh lock): CHUBB’S / PATENT / 57 St PAULS CHY / LONDON / CHUBB & SON / MAKERS TO / HER MAJESTY / 632284; (on one hinge): [BUR?] NE PATENT; (on master lock): 2 LEVER. Although some Boston furniture of the Neo-Classical period is elaborately decorated with ormolu mounts, brass moldings, and carved and gilded elements, other pieces are more simple and are said to reflect the “conservative” taste of many of Boston’s great families. The simplicity evident in these pieces is not an indication of a less-expensive line of furniture or a less-sophisticated patronage, but, like the so-called “Grecian Plain Style” of Duncan Phyfe’s furniture...

American, probably Boston or Salem, Massachusetts Miniature Serpentine Chest of Drawers, circa 1785-1800 Striped maple, ebony, and rosewood (secondary woods: mahogany), with brass dr...

French Pair “Old Paris” Porcelain Vases with Drapery Decoration, about 1820 Porcelain, painted and gilded 13 1/16 in. high CONDITI...

French, circa 1820. Porcelain, painted and gilded, with applied bisquit flowers 8 13/16 in. high. Inscribed (with incised mark, under the base of each): 3.   

Pair Footed Fruit Coolers, about 1810-20 Stône, Coquerel, and Legros D’Anisy, Paris (active 1808–49) Porcelain, partially transfer printed in sepia and green and gilded Each, 13 1/2 in. high x 10 in. wide x 7 1/2 in. deep Signed and inscribed (on underside of one top and one base, with printed mark): STÔNE / COQUEREL / ET / LE GROS / PARIS / PAR BREVET D’INVENTION: Manufre de Décors sur Porcelaine Faience; variously inscribed with decorators’ initial in green and brown (on underside of one top and one base): M; variously inscribed with incised mark (on underside of one liner and both bottoms): 3; inscribed (in blue script, on the inside of one liner): 615 The Parisian firm of Stône, Coquerel, and Legros d'Anisy is distinguished for the important role that it played in the introduction of transfer-printed decoration on fine china in France. Although the process had been known and used in Great Britain since the eighteenth century, it was, according to Régine de Plinval de Guillebon in her book, Porcelain of Paris 1770–1850 (New York: Walker and Company, 1972), not until 1802 that Potter, Blancheron, Constant, Neppel, Cadet de Vaux & Denuelle took out a patent in France for transfer-printing on earthenware, and it was only on February 26, 1808, that John Hurford Stône, his brother-in-law, Athanase Marie Martin Coquerel, and Francois Antoine Legros d'Anisy not only took out a patent for transfer-printing on china, but also established a Stône, Coquerel, and d'Anisy partnership for the manufacture of transfer-printed ceramics. Their address from 1808 until 1818 was at 9, rue de Cadran, Paris. Prior to this, Stône and Coquerel had been partners at a creamware factory in Creil, France, and Legros d’Anisy had worked at the Sèvres factory, where he had apparently developed the transfer-printing technique for which his own firm became well known. “The process,” notes de Guillebon, was “based upon removing from the engraving a ‘pull’ made on a specially coated filter-paper, which was pressed onto the object to be decorated; this object itself was covered with a film. Firing took...

American, third quarter of the 19th century. Pine, gessoed and gilded, with mirror plate. Measures: 81 ½ in. high, 59 ½ in. wide. Condition: Excellent. The gilding has been cleaned and very, very slightly inglided as necessary. The ball at the upper left was missing and has been replicated based upon...

Strong, stately, and in the Husk finish, the chest takes on a classic antique feeling. Perfectly sized for multiple applications in any home. Use as a pair in any room for extra stor...

Painted Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Bureau Three drawer bureau based on an 18th Century Gustavian antique chest. Handmade and hand painted w...

This is a very Unique Swedish Gustavian Style 4 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"

This four-drawer chest or commode is made of French cherry. The top is 23" deep with only two boards joined. There is a shrinkage separation at the joint and some shrinkage cracks in the rear top board. The front frieze is actually a drawer with a finger groove for opening the drawer that runs the entire length from left to right. The drawer front exposes markings where handles were attached in the past. These could be professionally disguised if desired. The sides have recessed panels and the stiles have pilasters carved onto the fronts. The handles (not original) have opposing dolphins framing...

Four-drawer inlaid French chest, the chamfered sides inlaid with birds eye maple and boxwood. The drawers have deep molding as well as boxwood and ...

French pine four-drawer chest has the original working lock and key, and the top edge has bull nose shaping. The top drawer breaks out slightly over the lower three drawers. The base...