English Antique Furniture

William Gomm & Sons were exceptional cabinet makers of Clerkenwell close London, they supplied furniture to many of the Great English Houses, including Stoneleigh Park, where in 1763...

Source: Dictionary of English Furniture makers 1660 - 1840.

A beautifully drawn George III oval mahogany tilt-top breakfast table of the finest color and patination, having a thumb moulded top above a gun barrel stem and quadruped base with m...

This tea table is as good as it gets and was handled by one of the major dealers in fine English furniture. Below are two other examples of Irish tea tables, and one can see our ...

It is very rare to find English furniture in such an untouched state.

See: "An Encyclopedia of English Furniture" by O. Brackett, page 227 and "The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture" R.

This is a 19th century antique gilt and painted armchair bearing the makers stamp of Jacob Cohen. (Pieces of English furniture with the makers stamp are rare) with beautifully scroll...

For collectors of English furniture, this set of chairs is from the most sought after period and of the highest quality design and execution.

A elegant and quality George III satinwood and marquetry side table, decorated throughout with floral bands and husks Irish, circa 1790 Measures: Width 42” 107 cm Depth 19” ...

A superb example of early English furniture in excellent condition.

Provenance available to buyer. English, circa 1680-1700 Ref: Similar chests are in Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol.

You can see on the pictures the "Edgley" plaque on the drawer. M.W. Edgley was an English furniture importer of pieces from America (End of 19th and beginning of 20th century).     

See: Ralph Edwards, "The Dictionary of English Furniture" Volume 3, page 316, plate 31. Similar example is in Hatfield House, Hertfordshire.

Provenance: From the collection of Sam Wolsey, dealer in early English furniture & works of art. Co author of “The Age of the Joiner”, Wolsey & Luff.  

Literature: Beard, Geoffrey & Judith Goodison, English Furniture: 1500-1840, Phaidon, Christie’s, Oxford, 1987.

An exceptional example believed to be from the fine English furniture dealer Norman Adams. With two drop down leaves, one drawer and exceptional inlaid tapered legs on original brass...

Stamped by J.A.S Shoolbred & Co (An English furniture maker and retailer) but made in France, circa 1880 Measure: 138cm wide 64cm deep 79.5cm high.  

Burlwood veneered onto mahogany panel doors, drawer fronts and sides all detailed with ebony and black lacquered trim; four mahogany slides inside the upper cabinet and two over two ...

See also Ralph Edwards, Dictionary of English Furniture (1986), Vol. II, p. 29, fig. 3.

Examples of these chairs were produced in English furniture from at least 1730 continuously through to 1800 and take the inspiration from the Italian hall chairs of the Renaissance.

Examples of these chairs were produced in English furniture from at least 1730 continuously through to 1800 and take the inspiration from the Italian hall chairs of the Renaissance.

In rosewood the desk has recently undergone conservation by our English furniture conservator. Measurements: L: 1500mm D: 740mm H: 740mm.

A related table using the same architecture is illustrated in 18th century English furniture: The Norman Adams Collection. Note the label we found on the underside.

He operated at 2 Queen Street (1826–31) and later at 27 Silver Street (1834), as documented in the Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840.

Bibliography: Adam Bowett, ‘English Furniture 1660 – 1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne’ (Antique Collectors’ Club, 2002).

A fine example of multipurpose 18th century Gothic English furniture, with a generously proportioned bookcase on top, and built in secretaire or bureau with a flip down writing surfa...

The rectangular upholstered deep buttoned seats, on foliate and scroll carved legs and scroll feet, stamped to the underside, W BERTRAM, 100 DEAN STREET, SOHO, W William Bertram i...

A very similar pair of benches inscribed 'Hornby 5715' were sold by Christie's in April 2004 as part of their Important English Furniture Sale. Provenance: The Collection of Hugh G...

A fine daybed, this piece relate in size and form to a superb example made for Longford Castle, Wiltshire and illustrated in Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol I...

The rectangular upholstered deep buttoned seats, on foliate and scroll carved legs and scroll feet, stamped to the underside, W BERTRAM, 100 DEAN STREET, SOHO, W William Bertram i...

A fine day-bed, this piece relates in size and form to a superb example made for Longford Castle, Wiltshire and illustrated in Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol...

Coalport porcelain comport, painted and gilt in vibrant Japanese style. c. 1810 IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through www.1stdibs.com, and it will natu...

A fine William & Mary Red Japanned bureau bookcase with moulded cornice above two mirror glazed doors enclosing shelves, decorated in gold with birds, foliage and diaper pattern, the...

This pair of mirrors encapsulates the highly imaginative fanciful design of the french picturesque that prevailed in the mid-18th century with the nautilistic palm wrapped pallister ...

For other examples see a black chinoiserie secretaire illustrated in The Present State of Old English Furniture by R.W.Symonds. A walnut and marquetry secretaire illustrated and disc...

The hinged top opening to interiors fitted for knives and spoons and inlaid with a polar star in ebony and box wood with further checkered inlay forming the divisions and perimeter, ...

Pair of Imari plates with finely detailed gilt-bronze mounts, suitable for wall hanging. c. 1850 IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through www.1stdibs.com,...

The stand contains a frieze drawer, on beautiful tapered legs, joined by x-stretchers ( all edged with ebony) and ending in brass casters. Ref:”English Furniture Gothic to Shera...

IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through www.1stdibs.com, and it will naturally take a while to put 7,500 pieces of English, Chinese, and Japanese porcel...

See J C Rogers, 'Modern English Furniture' (London, Country Life: 1930) page 77, for pieces to conforming design.

2) “English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton” by Herbert Cescinsky (Page 287, Plate -Lower right- exact design of the sides.

Feathered inlay is intricately done. c. 1780 IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through www.1stdibs.com, and it will naturally take a while to put 7,500 pie...

Chinese Export porcelain Jardinere done in a Famille Verte color scheme, with a bronze footing, c. 1860 IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through www.1stdi...

Pair of vividly painted Imari Urns, with a scalloped form giving these beautiful pieces a nice texture. c. 1860 IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through w...

A fine large Japanese Imari Jardinere, with excellent scalloped form, and fine enameled and underglaze painted designs. c. 1860 IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory ...

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The carved lower leg conforms to the style carved on examples earlier in the century (see related chair below from English Furniture of the 18th Century, Herbert Cescinsky).

Literature: A similar writing table can be seen in 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection. p.118.

IMPORTANT: We are just now placing our inventory online through www.1stdibs.com, and it will naturally take a while to put 7,500 pieces of English, Chinese, and Japanese porcel...

This cabinet is a part of the history of English furniture of the Queen Anne period and is a sublime example of the art of that time.

Literature: Masterpieces of English Furniture by Symonds, published 1940.  

João V period (1707-1750) furniture. Greatly influenced by English furniture from the late 17th century, due to the good trading relations between both countries of which the Methuen...

João V period (1707-1750) furniture. Greatly influenced by English furniture from the late 17th century, due to the good trading relations between both countries of which the Methuen...

Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...

Louis XVI style bunk beds, exclusive to La Maison London: Hand carved featuring a band of intricate laurel leaves along the side bars and hand finished to order (picture shows a pale...

Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...

"The Coward" (Woman Kissing Soldier). Original cover illustration for Life Magazine, published April 1919. Norman Rockwell’s The Coward (or, Woman Kissing Soldier) was published on...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...

The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...

Artist Edward Cucuel and his wife Clara Lotte von Marcard spent their first two decades together in Germany, mostly in a villa on Lake Ammersee in Holzhausen near Munich. It is the w...

This is a vintage 4 volume book set - A History of British Furniture by Percy Macquoid. An English, bound antiques reference guide, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1925. Au...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...