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Chippendale Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A classic Chippendale-period secretaire breakfront library bookcase in well-figured mahogany. Early-George III, circa 1760. Of excellent colour, patina, and condition throughout.
Th...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Chippendale Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Early-18th Century Red Japanned Corner Cabinet Cupboard
Located in Lymington, GB
An English early-eighteenth century red japanned bow-front corner cupboard, or cabinet, George II-period, circa 1730.
In superb condition throughout.
Retaining its original butterfly hinges, with a period key and working lock.
These are usually encountered with a black background, however when in red these examples of japanning are much sought after. Many were produced domestically, often by talented female members of the family.
Note the charming English interpretations in the decorated surfaces.
An unusual subject can be seen in the base, a hunter on horseback with sword drawn, confronting a mythological beast, probably representing a tiger with mandarins posing amongst stylised pagodas, rooftops and rockwork.
Chinoiserie-decorated surfaces were extremely popular in the early part of the 18th century, almost reaching a craze among the upper classes wishing to demonstrate their fashionable status. There were several revivals of chinoiserie particularly in the first quarter of the 20th century, so caution is advised in one’s collecting. This type of decoration is also sometimes erroneously referred to as ''lacquer’'.
The fashion icon Coco Chanel furnished her exquisite Paris apartments largely in the European chinoiserie taste.
References:
V & A – The development of English black japanning 1620-1820, A History of Japanning in England: Technique & Decoration.
John Stalker and George Parker...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George II Corner Cupboards
Materials
Lacquer
Fine Pair George III Gillows Pedestal Cabinets
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine pair of English George lll-period pedestal cabinets in well-figured mahogany of deep, rich colour and superb patination, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1800.
The f...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
George III Gillows Mahogany Rent Table
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and rare English revolving drum-top library table in mahogany, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1770.
This is a rare, compact form of a George lll-period drum-top library table in superb condition, retaining excellent colour and patina throughout.
The circular top fitted with green leather insert with gilt-embossed border rotates. The six working drawers retain their original brass handles - some of these frieze drawers with subdivisions for monies/ documents - faced with ivory numbers 1-6.
The fully-rotating top retaining its original internal steel castors, raised on a cabinet base with a locking cupboard - with original lock, period key and original brass pull - and a shelf within. The moulded panel above a generous plinth.
These are sometimes referred to as 'rent' tables when they have a recess for depositing cash. This library table has divisions in secure drawers fulfilling much the same purpose of receiving rent from an Estate's tenant(s).
The base would typically contain larger account books...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Queen Anne Chinoiserie Japanned Chest On Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
A sophisticated Queen Anne-period chinoiserie japanned chest raised on elegant cabriole legs with 'pony foot' carved detailing.
This early-18th century chest on stand demonstrates the charming and highly fashionable English domestic interpretation of oriental scenes of pagodas, rockwork, trees, ornamental bridges, mythical birds, and figures dressed in the oriental manner, holding parasols and cavorting in gardens. All in remarkable condition having survived some three hundred years. Chests on cabriole supports of this form were also very much in fashion in the American colonies during this early Queen Anne-period (1702-1714). Sometimes erroneously referred to as ‘'lacquer''.
The fashion icon Coco Chanel furnished her exquisite Paris apartments largely in the European chinoiserie taste.
References:
V & A Museum, London - The development of English black japanning 1620-1820.
Literature and further reading:
John Stalker and George Parker...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer
George III Chippendale Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
An English Chippendale-period carved giltwood mirror. Mid-18th century, ca 1755.
Flanked, in a delicately-shaped frame, by carved fruit, bold C scrolls and foliage: very typical of ...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Materials
Giltwood
Fine Pair Regency Mahogany & Satinwood-Inlaid Sofa Tables
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and rare pair of English Regency-period mahogany sofa tables of elegant design.
Early-19th century, ca 1811 - 1820.
Note the beautifully-figured, matched mahogany & satinwoo...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Sofa Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare small early-18th century walnut bureau bookcase cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare, small, English early-18th century walnut bureau bookcase/ cabinet with a moulded swan-neck pediment. Circa 1727-1730. On the cusp of George I- into George II-period.
The bev...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George I Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Rare Chinese Kangxi Polychrome Coromandel Lacquer Casket
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare Chinese polychrome Coromandel or ‘Bantam Ware’ lacquer casket or table cabinet, Kangxi period (1661-1722). Circa 1700.
This fine small Chinese-export lacquer fitted casket is decorated overall with polychrome incised decoration. Opening with two doors revealing a red interior with fitted drawers and a hinged rising top. In superb, almost entirely original condition, retaining its vivid colours and fine details with courtiers in a pavilion and on horseback amidst foliage and formal palace gardens. The small bun-type feet are historical replacements. Interestingly bearing an antique-script inventory #25 and A I on the base.
Nb. Bantamwork or Coromandel lacquer, not to be confused with ‘japanning’, is the term applied to decoration that is cut into a layer of gesso and then lacquered in colours. Much of the lacquer was transhipped from China through Coromandel in India, or the Dutch colony Batavia, Java.
References:
Coromandel lacquer or 'Bantamwork', with its characteristic incised decoration, was made in Henan province in Northern China from the latter-part of the Ming dynasty and exported to Europe from the end of the 17th Century through the East India Company's and VOC trading posts on the Coromandel Coast of India. The technique consisted in overlaying a base of wood with a series of increasingly fine white clays and fibrous grasses. Over this surface, lacquer was applied and polished before the design was incised and the hollowed out portions filled with colour and gilt and finished with a clear lacquer to protect it.
Although John Stalker and George Parker used the term 'Bantamwork', the contemporary layman usually called it 'cutt-work', 'cutt Japan' or 'hollow burnt Japan'. Stalker and Parker discuss two types of 'Bantam-work' - flat and incised - in their 'Treatise on Japanning and Varnishing' (1688), noting that it 'was done in colors mix't with a gum water'. They also considered that it was 'almost obsolete, and out of fashion, out of use and neglected....' although admitted that 'it was very pretty, and some are more fond of it, and prefer it to the other...'.
This casket/ table cabinet now on offer is related to one formerly with Malletts and illustrated in A. Bowett, 'English Furniture 1660-1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne' (2002) p. 150, plates 5:9.
A much larger yet closely-related Bantam work coffer with rising lid was offered in the 'Asian Art in Cologne' sale lot 114 on 11th December 2021. Estimated @ £ 60,000 - £79,000.
Mme de Pompadour, mistress to King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, was an avid collector and admirer of Chinese Coromandel or Bantam Work, and was probably largely responsible for the very high prices recorded for such pieces, sometimes 10 times or more the price of ordinary furniture of equivalent quality.
A Coromandel cabinet...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Fine Pair 18th Century Robert Manwaring Carved Mahogany Library Armchairs
By Robert Manwaring
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine pair of mid-eighteenth century carved mahogany library armchairs attributed to Robert Manwaring, ca 1760.
Crisply carved, of superb colour and...
Category
Antique 1760s English Chinese Chippendale Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Rare Regency Chinoiserie Occasional Table
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and rare English chinoiserie-decorated occasional table, circa 1820.
The subject matter is extremely rare in that it depicts Europeans in exotic oriental robes. One is seated with an opium pipe; displayed in a polychrome romantic tropical environment with pavilions, rockwork, trellising, foliage, palms, with a peacock and HoHo bird at their feet.
Note the very rare and charming depiction of these men with beards. In over 67 years we have never encountered a japanned table showing this European feature.
Raised on a gilded, reeded, partly-ebonised column rising from a stylised platform base and spreading, gilded animal...
Category
Antique 1820s English Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinese Guan Yin Figure Early Ming Dynasty
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare Chinese Guan Yin figure, early Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Beautifully painted carved wood retaining a significant amount of its apparently or...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Fine and Rare 17th Century Japanese Mulberry Wood Gilt-Lacquer Cabinet on Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
An outstanding and rare, 17th-century Japanese mulberrywood gilt-lacquer cabinet raised on a later stand.
This fine and exceptional two-door, gilt-heightened cabinet - reputedly in mountain mulberry wood...
Category
Antique 17th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Rare 18th Century Mahogany Cockpen Armchair
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare 18th-century mahogany Cockpen open armchair of very good quality. George III-period, ca 1760.
This antique armchair is in mahogany with a chinoiserie open-fretwork (or Chines...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
An English Regency period penwork occasional table
Located in Lymington, GB
An English Regency-period chinoiserie penwork occasional table, circa 1815.
The unusual rectangular gentle-serpentine top profusely decorated and centred by a chinoiserie scene of a...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Tables
Materials
Serpentine
19th Century Satinwood Rosewood Ebony Colonial Chest
Located in Lymington, GB
A highly unusual Colonial early-19th century solid satinwood-faced chest of drawers with cupboards.
Circa 1820.
The carcass is in solid rosewood and ebony. It features a broad ebony...
Category
Antique 1820s Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ebony, Rosewood, Satinwood
Exceptional Pair George II Carved Walnut Library Armchairs
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional pair of English George II-period carved walnut library armchairs.
Raised on very well-carved cabriole legs with stylised ball-and-claw feet, each chair with rectangul...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Oak Refectory Table, Charles II Period
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare English 17th-century oak refectory table. Charles II-period, ca 1675.
The three-plank cleated detachable top is of superb color, figuring and patination.
Raised on six baluster supports united by stretchers.
The frieze is guilloche-carved on all four sides: this demonstrates that this table can be free-standing. Many of these were only carved on three sides.
This versatile refectory table can be used as a hall table, dining table, serving table, or a wonderful kitchen table. A number of early oak pieces which we have sold have harmonized very well with modern interiors.
A similar-sized refectory table (in generally poor condition) sold for £17,000.00 plus buyer's premium, in Duke's auctioneers ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE sale, Puddletown, Dorset, UK, 9th Oct, 2019.
Nb. The turning of the supports on this antique table indicates a development away from an earlier, heavy, carved bulbous leg, to a simpler baluster leg of the late-seventeenth century. However the guilloche-carved frieze is a hint of an earlier period.
Some historic restoration commensurate with 350 years of use. Overall in superb condition.
Dimensions:
8’5’' L. (256.5 cm)
2’8’' W. (81 cm)
2'7'’ H. (79 cm).
Literature:
R. W. Symonds 'The Present State of Old English Furniture...
Category
Antique 1670s Charles II Tables
Materials
Oak
Pair Regency Style Ebonised Window Seats
Located in Lymington, GB
A very well-drawn, highly decorative and sophisticated pair of Regency-style window seats.
Finely decorated by hand, in grey, with anthemions (anthemia) and lines on an ebonised grou...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Stools
Materials
Zebra Hide, Ebony
Large Regency Period Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Lymington, GB
An English Regency-period solid mahogany extending dining table of superb colour and figuring.
Early-19th century, circa 1820.
Retaining all of its original leaves of fine, well-figu...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William & Mary Period Oyster Laburnum and Walnut Chest
Located in Lymington, GB
An English William & Mary-period oyster laburnum and walnut chest, circa 1700.
William lll (1650-1702).
A classic oyster-veneered chest of two short and three long graduated drawers all faced with exquisite oyster veneers banded in fruitwood. The top with well-chosen oyster inlays...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English William and Mary Commodes and Chests ...
Materials
Walnut
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
An elegant 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form, and lovely rich colour.
George II-period, circa 1740.
The top surmounted by a bold architectural pediment and centred by a brass finial. The two arched panel doors reveal three adjustable shelves which have candle slides below them. Furthermore the bureau section is fitted with a stepped interior. This has two secret compartments, drawers and pigeon holes, and the fall is conventionally supported on two lopers. Lined in the best quality English oak.
The blind doors of this Georgian cabinet have well figured mahogany panels of very good colour which reflect beautifully in the candle light.
The chamfered and arched doors display a further level of sophistication and quality. The beautifully drawn arched pediment is in perfect proportion with the rest of the cabinet/ bookcase.
In excellent condition overall.
Architectural furniture designs on the continent commenced with the arrival of the Renaissance, and they have their origins in Roman and Greek architecture.
Nb. We often refer to antique bookcases / cabinets as ''secretary desks'' in the US.
Bureau bookcases display books, china or silver behind glazed doors, but are described more accurately as bureau cabinets when they are fitted with blind doors.
Further reading, re pediments, etc:
'Illustrated Dictionary...
Category
Antique 1740s English George II Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Very Fine Chippendale Period Satinwood and Marquetry Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
A very fine Chippendale-period satinwood and marquetry desk.
English, George III-period, circa 1770.
The considerable use of the best quality mahogany in the carcass is typical of the very fine work of Thomas Chippendale.
It is rare today to find an 18th-century satinwood and marquetry-inlaid desk of this quality. (Most offered on the market are 19th/ 20th century). Major, period satinwood pieces have become almost unobtainable.
The superbly-controlled and delicate marquetry inlays are reminiscent of the fine decoration on the famous Diana and Minerva Commode by Chippendale at Harewood House...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase China Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine English mid-18th century mahogany secretaire / secretary / bookcase / china cabinet.
Of lovely, deep, rich color, patina and quality.
George III-period, circa 1760.
The bold, detachable, swan-neck pediment carved with 'Gothic' open fretwork, spiral rosettes and a dentil cornice.
The pediment is centred by a small platform below which is a fluted panel. The bookcase / china cabinet section with two, thirteen-pane glazed doors, with three original adjustable shelves with applied beadings for the display of china etc.
The base with a pull-out writing section fitted with small drawers, two of which have secret releases. These secret drawers are faced with blind-fret 'Gothic' tracery, and centred by a carved, shaped arch.
The base with three cock-beaded drawers, and raised on its original bracket feet which are faced with blind fret.
This fine, sophisticated and well-proportioned example of a secretaire / secretary / cabinet / desk / bookcase is remarkable for having survived in its original state including all swan-neck handles and locks.
Of superb quality, color, patination, and well figured throughout. With mahogany drawer linings: further confirmation of its superlative quality.
Measures:
42" wide (107 cm)
23" deep 58.5 cm)
95" high (241 cm) - without cartouche.
A related antique bureau cabinet...
Category
Antique 1740s English George III Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century German Barock Carved Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare German Baroque (Barock) superbly-carved oval mirror.
Early-17th century, circa 1620-1630.
The frame is exquisitely carved. The cresting with two cherubs supporting a cartouche, and seated upon displaying eagles.
The base centred by a grotesque mask typical of this early period. The oval frame is flanked by boldly-carved Barock scrolls and foliate decoration, the inner frame very well carved with egg and dart. Very minor losses entirely consistent with age. Plate later.
Heinrich Kreisel illustrates a related antique mirror (Neuburg/ Donau, 1620/1630) in 'Die Kunst Des Deutschen Möbels Von...
Category
Antique 17th Century German Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Life-Size 19th Century Carrara Marble Bust of a Roman
Located in Lymington, GB
A dynamic, life-sized marble bust of a Roman in a toga with a leopard’s head clasp, raised on a variegated grey socle.
Mid-19th century.
This impressive antique bust of an - as yet to be identified - Roman, is in good condition. Some tentative comparisons have been made to Caracalla, also known as Antoninus.
Possibly a ''Grand Tour'' item.
The Grand Tour was an extended excursion to the Continent undertaken by English gentlemen...
Category
Antique 19th Century Busts
Materials
Marble
Queen Anne Period Walnut Stool
Located in Lymington, GB
A Queen Anne period walnut stool.
Early 18th century, circa 1710.
Upholstered in 17th century tapestry, and close-nailed.
Original stretchers and ra...
Category
Antique 1710s English Queen Anne Stools
Materials
Walnut
Fine Rare Pair 17th Century Oyster Walnut Chests on Stands
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine, and rare, very closely-matched pair of late-17th century oyster walnut chests on stands.
English, Charles II period, ca 1685.
Both with f...
Category
Antique 17th Century English Charles II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Large English Regency Chinoiserie Japanned Tôle Tray Table
Located in Lymington, GB
A large English chinoiserie japanned tôle (tole) tray table.
Regency period, early-19th century, circa 1810.
The gilt-heightened exotic landscape set on a Venetian-red ground. Depic...
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Geometric-Front Chest on Chest
Located in Lymington, GB
An English early-18th century oak geometrically-panelled chest on chest, ca 1710-1720.
Queen Anne / George I-period.
NB. This is an interesting example of a transition from the lat...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Rare 18th Century Mahogany Cockpen Armchair
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare 18th-century mahogany Cockpen armchair. George III-period, ca 1762.
A sophisticated antique Cockpen armchair in mahogany. With chinoiserie ope...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four 18th Century Satinwood Painted Armchairs - Seddon, Sons & Shackleton
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and very rare set of four English late-18th century satinwood painted armchairs attributed to Seddon, Sons & Shackleton, ca 1790.
Nb. It is not only quite difficult to find a...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Chairs
Materials
Satinwood
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A very impressive mahogany bureau cabinet / bookcase / secretary*, with secret compartments. In the manner of Giles Grendey (1693-1780).
In mahogany and parcel gilt.
Mid-18th century, George II period.
This English bureau cabinet displays fine, deep, rich colour and superb surface patination throughout.
The top section with a broken-arch pediment and dentil cornice. The frieze well carved with Gothic arcaded blind fretwork. Centred by a later urn-shaped finial.
The cabinet with two carved parcel-gilt gesso bordered ogee shaped doors. Old but apparently later mirror plates enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and adjustable shelves.
The cleated fall, with its original lock, now fitted with a wine red, gilt-tooled writing surface revealing an exceptionally high-quality arrangement of canopied drawers and pigeon holes. The interior is centred by an arched, architectural over door...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George II Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Carved Mahogany Library Bergère Armchair
Located in Lymington, GB
An English 18th-century carved mahogany library armchair - or bergère - of good rich colour.
George III, circa 1780.
This antique Sheraton-period armchair, sometimes described as a bergère (bergere) chair, is raised on reeded square tapering legs which merge, headed by a carved rosette panel...
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Bergere Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Carved Giltwood Eagle Serpent Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
A carved giltwood mirror of classic Regency design. Surmounted by a displaying eagle set upon rock work.
Circa 1820.
The frame surrounded with a geometric-design border with intertwining serpents and oak leaves to the base.
Nb. giltwood mirrors with carved serpents...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Regency Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Fine & Rare Regency Cellarette or Jardinière Attributed to Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and rare cellarette attributed to Thomas Hope, ca 1810.
In the best quality mahogany with ebony lines and raised on well-carved animal paw feet. Original zinc...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Regency Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Coromandel Lacquer Corner Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
An early-18th century Coromandel lacquer corner cupboard or cabinet.
This is rare - high quality Coromandel lacquer work (incised decoration) - not to be confused with the usual English japanned versions.
This is also referred to as Bantam work, originating in Bantam, Dutch East Indies, and China, for export to the European market.
The subject matter is of a major pavilion with numerous courtiers - most unusual to see only females - it has been suggested that they may be concubines to a Mandarin.
All of high quality and in the sought-after and refined chinoiserie taste.
In very good unrestored state, retaining vibrant colours and all its original hardware. This is a chic antique, and makes a lovely chinoiserie drinks cabinet...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Asian Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Early 18th Century Japanned Double Corner Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare chinoiserie standing double corner cabinet, or cupboard.
English, George I-period, ca 1720.
Often erroneously referred to as lacquer work, this is japanned. Beautifully decorated with idyllic scenes of rockwork, pagodas, people, trees, birds, water, with bridges and a boat.
This is a lovely and very useful addition to a room - where corners can present furnishing dilemmas - and this is a chic antique drinks cabinet. These have always been very hard to find, as opposed to the more usual Georgian hanging corner cupboards...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
George II Mahogany Scalloped Tripod Table
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare George II-period mahogany scalloped-top tripod table.
Mid-18th century, circa 1740-1750.
The carved, lobed-edge, one-piece top is supported on a birdcage, tapering fluted col...
Category
Antique 1740s English George II Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare English 18th Century Walnut Stool
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and rare English parcel-gilt walnut stool.
Early-18th century, George I-period, circa 1720.
Upholstered in 17th-century tapestry and partially clo...
Category
Antique 1720s English George I Stools
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Walnut Lowboy
Located in Lymington, GB
An English mid-18th century walnut lowboy. George II-period, circa 1750.
Of excellent color and patina throughout.
Nb. This mid-Georgian walnut lowboy may also be referred to as a side table, dressing table...
Category
Antique 1750s English George II Lowboys
Materials
Walnut
Small 18th Century Walnut Lowboy Dressing Table Vanity
Located in Lymington, GB
A compact-sized 18th-century walnut lowboy / dressing table / vanity.
George II period, circa 1750.
Raised on cabriole legs, this small English walnut table is only 2' 5'' wide.
Ret...
Category
Antique 1790s English George II Lowboys
Materials
Walnut
Late 17th Century Oil Portrait of a Lady
Located in Lymington, GB
An oil on canvas portrait of a young French courtier, circa 1690.
This evocative antique French-school picture has been attributed to the portrait painter Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752).
De Troy was famous as a portrait painter of fashionable society women.
This is a very attractive late-17th century painting surviving in its original frame and stretcher. The canvas appears to be untouched.
References:
'Jean François de Troy, The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fidèle', at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
'Jean François de Troy, Paris 1679 - Rome 1752', at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
Laurie G. Winters, Troy, de, Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, 6 May 2016.
Everett Fahy & Jayne Wrightsman...
Category
Antique 17th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Fine 18th Century George III Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine English George III-period carved and gilt gesso mirror, ca 1765.
This exceptional Georgian giltwood mirror is surmounted by a displayi...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
William & Mary Japanned Painted Dressing Table Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
Extremely rare dressing table mirror of the William and Mary-period, ca 1690.
An English late-17th century japanned and painted dressing table ...
Category
Antique 17th Century English William and Mary Table Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Fine Small Chippendale Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine quality small-sized Chippendale-period Cuban mahogany chest of drawers.
Late-George II period, circa 1760.
This is an exceptional antique...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
George III Period Mahogany Wine Cooler
Located in Lymington, GB
A late 18th century George III period brass-bound mahogany wine cooler, on its original detachable stand of four tapering legs terminating in brass cappings and castors.
With apparently original side-carrying handles, the interior has its original lead lining and drainage tap.
In very good condition with excellent color and patina. Ca 1790.
With its fitted glass top, it can be used as a small antique side...
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Small 18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A small late 18th century secretaire bookcase / cabinet.
George III period, circa 1790.
Of very good rich color.
Inlaid and crossbanded throughout.
Only 2'5" wide.
Mounts are corre...
Category
Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George II Period Mahogany Carved Wall Pier Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
An English fret-carved mahogany wall, or pier, mirror of superb colour and patina.
Late-George II period, circa 1760.
The unusual, undulating, serpentine inner border is gesso carve...
Category
Antique 1760s English Georgian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Carved Giltwood Pier Glass Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
An impressive carved giltwood and gesso pier glass mirror.
19th century.
With a bold shell cresting and trailing flowers in the margins.
Divided, ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Antique Benches
Located in Lymington, GB
A pair of antique benches, or forms. One is 18th century, the other later.
Of rich, golden color and well-figured.
N.b. 2" thick solid planks.
Both are sturdy and ready-to-use.
Measures:
L 7’6" (230 cm)
W 10" (25.5 cm)
H 1’7" (48 cm).
These look great en suite with an antique refectory or farmhouse table, for which they would have been originally designed. This type of bench or form would harmonise well in any interior, whether modern or traditional.
During the 16th and 17th centuries refectory...
Category
Antique 1790s Benches
Materials
Wood
Oil on Copper Painting of a Hawking Scene, Carel Van Falens
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare oil on copper painting of a hawking scene attributed to Carel Van Falens. Circa 1700.
A fascinating picture of a hawking scene, with elegant m...
Category
Antique 18th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Copper
17th Century English Oak And Walnut Chest
Located in Lymington, GB
An English oak and walnut chest of drawers. Charles II period (1630-1685).
The drawer fronts with walnut inserts of superb colour. The substantial moulded top has cleated ends.
Cont...
Category
Antique 1660s English Charles II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Fine and Rare George II Mahogany Galleried Octagonal Table
Located in Lymington, GB
This fine, larger than usual, George ll-period table has a baluster-galleried octagonal top supported on a birdcage, allowing the top to both swivel and tilt. Note the fine, tapering, fluted column continuing into a carved collar. The well-drawn cabriole tripod base is foliate-carved at the knees and toes.
Of lovely old colour and patina throughout and in original condition. The spindle gallery has a rare and original feature of elegant brass 'spacers' with slightly protruding brass studs. Note the one-piece, beautifully-figured top.
Vis. A similar tripod table from the Percival Griffiths Collection is illustrated in R. W. Symonds 'English Furniture from Charles ll to George ll' (1929) fig. 152.
Another was sold from the Frederick Howard Reed Collection by Christies on 16th November 1955.
Literature:
Ralph Edwards CBE FSA, 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture' (1964), p. 529, fig 8.
R. W. Symonds, 'The Present State of Old English Furniture' (1921), fig. 26. col B, p.82.
R. W. Symonds, 'English Furniture from Charles II to George II' (1929) from the Percival Griffiths collection (see black and white illustration fig. 190 p. 232).
References:
An English mahogany tripod of similar date but with a more elaborate support and fretted gallery was sold at Sotheby's New York, on 22nd October 2010 @ $74,500.
Bonhams sold a more common 'ball and claw’ piecrust table...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Oil on Canvas by George Burrell Willcock RA
By George Burrell Willcock
Located in Lymington, GB
A charming 19th century oil on canvas painting by George Burrell Willcock R.A. (1811-1852).
Entitled: "A Gypsy Encampment".
Circa 1840.
Showing figures camping in a wooded landscap...
Category
Antique 1810s European Paintings
Materials
Paint
Chinese Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Stool
Located in Lymington, GB
A sophisticated blind-fret carved mahogany stool in the Chinese Chippendale style.
19th century.
In excellent condition throughout, of good colour and sturdy in the joints.
L: 55 c...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chippendale Stools
Materials
Mahogany
Queen Anne Period Walnut Games Card Table
Located in Lymington, GB
An early-18th century Queen Anne-period carved walnut games, or card, table.
Circa 1710.
Veneered in well-figured walnut with herringbone feather bandings.
The bold fold-over outset...
Category
Antique 1710s English Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Small 18th Century Oak Welsh Dresser with Rack
Located in Lymington, GB
A small Welsh early-18th century oak sideboard, of good rich colour and patination.
With three fielded, panelled and chamfered central working drawers, flanked by double fielded pan...
Category
Antique 18th Century European Georgian Dressers
Materials
Oak
William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare William & Mary-period walnut double-dome bureau bookcase / cabinet. Circa 1685.
Of compact size and proportions.
In excellent overall condition with old, waxed, well-patinated surfaces of very good color.
This bureau bookcase, or cabinet, divides into three separate sections (which helps date it to the last quarter of the 17th century). The bold double-dome pediment and cross-grain mouldings are typical of this period, and are repeated in the side returns. The book-matched, hand-cut veneers are well figured throughout, and are contained within herringbone lines.
The bookcase section has candle slides, contains shelves and fitted drawers. Gilded finials are later.
The centre section with a quarter-veneered fall reveals a fitted interior, concealed well and a secret compartment.
The writing section is raised on a three-drawer base with an unusual and boldly-arcaded apron, in turn raised on its apparently original walnut bun feet.
The drawer dividers are faced with cross-grain walnut ‘D’ mouldings.
The brass engraved mounts are correct for period but not original, however the locks and hinges are.
It is unusual to encounter these early bookcases / cabinets constructed in three stages; an indication of a transition taking place from the 17th century into the 18th century.
This is a fine, rare and sophisticated piece of late-17th century walnut furniture...
Category
Antique 17th Century English William and Mary Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
George III Period Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler
Located in Lymington, GB
An oval mahogany wine cooler, George III period, circa 1790.
With excellent, unrestored, deep, rich color and patination, and original solid-brass carrying handles to either side.
This smart Georgian wine cooler (cellaret or cellarette) retains its original waxed surface and patina.
It is brass-bound (of coopered construction) supported on its separate, original stand. Raised on square tapering legs terminating in its original brass cappings and castors.
It can be also used as a small side table or lamp table. Comes with a bespoke, clear, safety glass cover.
Nb.
An antique oval wine cooler of this design is quite rare, and makes a very elegant addition to a dining room sideboard, or an occasional table in a drawing room.
By removing the top, some examples of this form of wine cooler were often later converted to be used as jardinières.
See Christies, 23rd May 2013, lot 23: a mahogany oval wine cooler sold @ £17,500.
Literature:
Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 640:
“In late Georgian times the wine cooler was generally a plain mahogany tub hooped with brass and standing on four legs. Mary Kenyon in a letter to her mother (October 30th 1775) wrote that among the furniture in the parlour of her new house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields was a ''handsome cistern of mahogany with brass hoops etc. under the sideboard”.
A typical example of a brass-bound wine cooler is shown in a picture by Zoffany, representing William Ferguson...
Category
Antique 1790s English Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
