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Very Rare and Fine Edwardian Display Case by ‘Edwards and Roberts’ London
Very Rare and Fine Edwardian Display Case by ‘Edwards and Roberts’ London

Very Rare and Fine Edwardian Display Case by ‘Edwards and Roberts’ London

By Edward Roberts

Located in Dublin, IE

Inlaid with intricate floral marquetry throughout depicting swags, garlands, flowerheads and trailing bell flowers. The moulded stepped broken swan neck pediment raised over upper se...

Category

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Cabinets

Materials

Brass

18th Century George II Period Carved Gesso and Giltwood Mirror
18th Century George II Period Carved Gesso and Giltwood Mirror

18th Century George II Period Carved Gesso and Giltwood Mirror

Located in Benington, Herts

Gilded throughout, the piece has a beautifully carved broken scroll pediment, the centre filled with a cartouche with additional shell form relief decoration.

Category

Antique Early 18th Century English George II Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Doors
George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Doors

George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Doors

Located in Woodbury, CT

Truly a spectacular example of its kind, this grand secretary grabs your attention with its broken arch pediment and doesn't let go until you admire the original bracket feet.

Category

Antique 18th Century British George I Secretaires

Materials

Walnut, Burl

17th Century Italian Genoese Louis XIV  Coin Cabinet Armiger Figures Carving
17th Century Italian Genoese Louis XIV  Coin Cabinet Armiger Figures Carving

17th Century Italian Genoese Louis XIV Coin Cabinet Armiger Figures Carving

Located in Milano, MI

The base of the aedicule hides a faux drawer and the pediment with a broken tympanum conceals another drawer,The side edges are decorated with armigers, warriors and carved figures.

Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Charles X Period Bronze and Sienna Marble Clock
Charles X Period Bronze and Sienna Marble Clock

Charles X Period Bronze and Sienna Marble Clock

Located in Hudson, NY

The clock frame also incorporates rare and desirable Siena marble not only saw cut and polished but carved to create broken columns and discarded pediments also liberally applied wit...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Charles X Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

English Antique Red Chinoiserie Six-Bell Hanging Wall Clock ca. 1830
English Antique Red Chinoiserie Six-Bell Hanging Wall Clock ca. 1830

English Antique Red Chinoiserie Six-Bell Hanging Wall Clock ca. 1830

Located in Shippensburg, PA

A FINE LATE GEORGE III RED LACQUERED CHINOISERIE DECORATED SIX-BELL WALL CLOCK Stroud, England, circa 1830 dial engraved "Rich'd Camm / Stroud" with a chiming six-bell movement Ite...

Category

Antique 19th Century English George III Wall Clocks

Materials

Brass, Steel

Exceptional Custom Mahogany Breakfront Server Cabinet by Joseph Gerte, Boston
Exceptional Custom Mahogany Breakfront Server Cabinet by Joseph Gerte, Boston

Exceptional Custom Mahogany Breakfront Server Cabinet by Joseph Gerte, Boston

By Joseph Gerte

Located in Milford, NH

An exceptional custom two part mahogany breakfront server cabinet or bookcase by Joseph Gerte of Boston, MA, its upper case featuring a crest with center swan’s neck broken arch pedi...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Mahogany, Satinwood

George III Longcase Clock, Mahogany, Early 18th Century, England
George III Longcase Clock, Mahogany, Early 18th Century, England

George III Longcase Clock, Mahogany, Early 18th Century, England

Located in Opole, PL

The hood and door are framed by slender columns, while the top is crowned with a distinctive broken swan-neck pediment adorned with scroll-shaped volutes and intricate openwork decor...

Category

Antique Early 18th Century English George III Grandfather Clocks and Lon...

Materials

Mahogany

Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs
Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs

Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs

By Maud Earl 2

Located in London, GB

A Rare four-fold screen The panels by Maud Earl The screen of rounded rectilinear form and constructed from mahogany, with two pierced broken swan-neck pediments atop, with carved f...

Category

Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Paintings and Screens

Materials

Mahogany

National Trust John Locke Secretaire
National Trust John Locke Secretaire

National Trust John Locke Secretaire

Located in Asheville, NC

Made of select mahogany, the bookcase has a "broken molded pediment" with decorative frieze and a superb hand-carved bust of John Locke on the central plinth.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Rococo Secretaires

Magnificent 18th Century Striking Dutch Amsterdam Burl Walnut Longcase Clock
Magnificent 18th Century Striking Dutch Amsterdam Burl Walnut Longcase Clock

Magnificent 18th Century Striking Dutch Amsterdam Burl Walnut Longcase Clock

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

The hood of this clock has a broken arch top pediment with very fine elaborate fretwork functioning as sound frets, as well as a prominent asymmetrically carved ornament.

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Grandfather Clocks and Longcase...

Materials

Walnut, Burl

17th Century Hague Clock Signed by Pieter Visbagh, circa 1675
17th Century Hague Clock Signed by Pieter Visbagh, circa 1675

17th Century Hague Clock Signed by Pieter Visbagh, circa 1675

By A. Petersen & Co.

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

The delicate ebony-veneered case has a moulded broken arch pediment, whilst the door is flanked by plain half round Doric capital-capped columns on high bases.

Category

Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Wall Clocks

Materials

Ebony, Olive

New England Tall Case Clock, Wooden Works by Riley Whiting, ca 1819-1835
New England Tall Case Clock, Wooden Works by Riley Whiting, ca 1819-1835

New England Tall Case Clock, Wooden Works by Riley Whiting, ca 1819-1835

Located in York County, PA

The form is traditional for an American clock of the early 19th century, with a broken arch pediment, columns on either side of a tombstone-shaped face, concave moldings stepping dow...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Painted Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of 1930s René Prou Slipper Chairs
Pair of 1930s René Prou Slipper Chairs

Pair of 1930s René Prou Slipper Chairs

By René Prou

Located in New York, NY

He drafted variants of this design, with broken-pediment backs and cabriole feet, for a 1939 exhibition room, and a 1943 Paris apartment.

Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Slipper Chairs

Materials

Silk, Sycamore

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