Lorfords

Beautiful period Gustavian bench / sofa, dry scraped to original paint, c.1820.

Wonderful 19th Century freestanding double ended copper bath with rolled top. Fully restored.

Early 18th Century Chinese Side Table with two drawers.

French 19th Century shop counter in original paint. With one drawer.

Pair of mid-century brass end tables with aged mirror tops. Strong and sturdy condition.

A rare pair of mid 20th Century chrome and brass console tables in the Willy Rizzo style.

A Particularly Large and Fine English 18th Century Oak Dresser Base. Standing on five legs, the front three with club feet. The drawers having plate brass handles and escutcheon pla...

A Pair of Early 19th Century Italian Rosewood Console Tables. In the French Empire taste which swept Europe in the period, these fine tables are of relatively simple form but very d...

A Fine Regency Period Circular Rosewood Veneered Breakfast or Centre Table. The well-figured rosewood top with a particularly wide band of crossbanding to the edge and two graduated...

An Unusual 19th Century French Oak Table, Possibly for an Architect. This large oak table has a planked top of good faded colour and conventional end...

A Fine French Louis XVI Period Parquetry Commode with Unusual Oyster Veneered Decoration. This fine commode is of typical Louis XVI form with chamfered angles, reflected in the shaping of the original white marble top, but otherwise rectangular in shape. The piece consists of three long drawers with original ormolu escutcheon plates and handles and a key. The commode is decorated entirely in parquetry in a range of woods such as kingwood and what appears to be olive wood or cocus. The top drawer front employs a simple repeating geometric relief but the other drawers, and the sides of the commode, employ panels of oyster veneered timber set in to geometric frames. Oyster veneering, or oystering, involves cutting through small branches or roots creating small oyster shell-like veneers and then inlaying them in decorative panels. The decoration on the this commode is abstract veneers of contrasting shapes, sizes and colours being laid next to each other in a pattern. This extremely unusual commode...

An Interesting 18th Century Italian Cherrywood Cabinet in the 17th Century Style. The cabinet standing on flattened bun feet with columnar pilasters. The doors are carved with geome...