Thomas W. Morgan Furniture

Monumental patinated brass Hollywood Regency lamp. Lamp body measures 24.5" tall, overall height, 38". Newly restored with solid patinated brass hardware, double sockets and pull cha...

Outstanding antique mahogany 8 day painted face longcase clock signed Johnson Knaresboro with a swan-neck pediment with original brass finials. This a stunning piece, very decorative...

Article: unique hollywood regency table light Origin: France Design producer: in style of MAISON CHARLES Material: brass, metal, fabric Decade: 1970s Description: This original ...

This elegant upholstered bench reflects Louis XVI–inspired design through its balanced proportions, tailored form, and refined use of textile. The French toile fabric features pastor...

Rectangular with bowed front. Circular tapered fluted legs. Used purple velvet upholstery.

18th Century Italian Marble Center Table. This stunning 18th century Italian marble table, center table or dining table has a Carrara marbl...

Willy Rizzo style table lamp, 1970s, Italy The lamp has 2 E27 screw in bulb holders each with pull chain on/off independently Soft caramel and brass This is a heavy, quality lamp 75...

Unusual 18th century Swedish Baroque centre table in it's original colour. Ca 1750 Sweden.

Louis XVI style bench with gesso and wood gilt construction, carved egg and dart trim, carved foliate fluted legs. The bench upholstered in silk fabric. Dimensions: 34 1/2" W, 15 1/...

Lightolier Carved Wood Bamboo Floor Lamp Original Surface and Shade A beautiful Design

Pair of French neoclassical style zinc lamps. Stunning large pair of French Neoclassical style zinc lamps. These French zinc lamps ha...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Interesting and graceful oak bench; the legs, conical and elegantly fluted, are joined at the base by a well-designed and harmonious X-shaped element; the well-solid frame is carved with simple, linear, and refined motifs; the upper oval part serves as the seat is enriched with fine "Vienna straw" work. The bench was made between 1880 and 1885 in an artisan workshop near Paris certainly by a very skilled master cabinetmaker because this kind of workmanship requires a lot of experience and skill. The process of seat construction using equidistant holes and a woven plant material (drawn guinea cane) was known since Egyptian times (a stool was found in the tomb of the architect Kha dating from 1600° B.C.), but it was from the mid-19th century that it became popular worldwide. It was the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet (father of bentwood) who in 1842 created chair No. 4 with this technique for the Daum café on Vienna's Kohlmarkt, but success came in 1859 when the Gebruder Thonet company of Michael's sons presented chair No. 14 made of curved solid wood with a straw seat...