Antique George III Banded Satinwood Lady's Writing Desk with Rosewood Inlay

Early 20th century, nice quality, double pedestal writing desk, with gold embossed leather inset writing surface, all in one piece, on bra...

An unusual 19th c., American Sheraton Clerk's Desk. A shaped gallery with a larger rectangular pigeon hole flanked by three square pigeon holes to each side. The slant writing surfac...

Late 18th/ Early 19th c., English George III carved mahogany corner chair with each side with pierced splats below a curved chair rail, the drop in seat above a X form stretcher join...

Early 20th c., a striking George III style giltwood wall mirror nicely carved with shell crest, unmarked. The mirror border is richly carved in acanthus leaves and shells and with a...

Early 19th c., Biedermeier cherrywood and banded rectangular desk/sofa table. The top is above a single drawer with center brass crest key escutcheon on lyre-form trestle base joined...

Vintage 20th c., George III style carved giltwood mirror with scrolled vine open work frame, unmarked. Dimensions: Approx. 47"h x 27"w x 3"d Condition: Fair, losses, chips, cracks, repairs, gilding loss and wear. Though this mirror's condition is evident of age and use, it remains a lovely piece. Provenance: The Estate of Lilo De La Passardiere, 40 Central Park South, NYC Lilo, stage name of Liselotte Johanna Lewin (2 March 1921 – 26 September 2022), was a German-born French actress and singer.[1] Biography Lilo was born in Dortmund in 1921 as Liselotte Johanna Lewin. In 1953, she played the lead role in the musical Can-Can at the Shubert Theatre, where she notably sang the songs "C'est Magnifique" and "I Love Paris...

Very fine Georgian Satinwood oval writing/library table, the inset leather top with rosewood banding, over four drawers with original gilt lacquered brass pulls and standing on squar...

Mahogany and boxwood strung lady`s writing desk, the raised three quarter gallery above three drawers flanked by cupboards to the fold over replaced blue leather writing service. The...

With a serpentine divided top with oval inlaid panel with hunting scene with hounds and hares with floral medallions at the corners , hinged outer sections fitted with a well and central section lifting and fitting into a recess , leather top of Tiffany blue. A button released the pop up desk...

A Superbly made George III Chippendale Period Mahogany Writing Desk The rectangular leather inset top with a cross-banded moulded edge, and a lift up central panel, above three freez...

A superb George III lady's mahogany writing desk with hidden ink pots and a drawer, circa 1790. The desk stands on four reeded legs and on original brass castors. An unusual feature is a hidden store for two ink pots and a pen holder. There is a plain frieze with a useful large drawer, with original brass handles. The writing desk...

This is a fine antique George III mahogany and marquetry library table, circa 1780 in date. The table features beautiful floral and scrolling foliate marquetry throughout, with flame mahogany marquetry panels and gonçalo alves crossbanding. The rectangular top is fitted with the original emerald green gold tooled inset leather writing surface above a pair of crossbanded frieze drawers, raised on square tapered legs. It is freestanding, finished on all sides, so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room, making it extremely suitable for a large home or office. Complete with original brass handles, working locks and keys. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, and only shows minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 76 x width 144 x depth 84 Dimensions in inches: Height 29.9 x width 56.7 x depth 33.1 Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs. Flame mahogany Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works...