Furniture

An important & exceptionally rare pair of George III Covered Barrel Tankards, possibly for twins, made in London in 1789 by William Bennett. Both pieces are modelled in the "Barrel"...

Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX, Sweden, 1960s. Rattan and bamboo. H: 78 cm W: 48 cm L: 91 cm

Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s. Brass and opal glass. H: 34.5 cm D: 48 cm

A most unusual silver and gold leaf cloisonné vase by Sukiku, 1981, the ovoid body decorated in abstract designs with wispy silver shapes and moriage gold leaf scattered over a mottl...

Antique Persian Baluch Rug, Late 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 2'10" W x 4'8" L Origin: Persia Period: Late 19th Century

Ziegler Mahal Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'7" W x 6'6" L

A Rare Pair of Cellarettes in the Adam Manner Of elliptical form, constructed in Satinwood, hand painted with floral attributes, and 'Angelica Kau...

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, c. 1900 Very good condition. Additional Information: Dimensions: 6'2" L x 4'7" W Origin: Persia Period: c. 1900 Rug ID: 20782

Antique Room-Size Persian Heriz Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional information: Dimensions: 9'10" W x 12'10" L Origin: Persia Period: Mid-20th Century Rug ID: 15364

A Fine Pair of George II Mahogany Chair Back Settees With curved top rails above a tapering vertical splat, joined by carved tassels, the scr...

Vessel by Sandra Davolio, Denmark, 2023. Porcelain. Unique. Signed. Sandra Davolio is an acclaimed contemporary Danish-Italian ceramic artist who has been represented by Modernity...

A Mid-19th Century Carved Mahogany Desk Chair Constructed from solid carved mahogany, the chair standing on confidently lobed baluster front legs, with splayed legs to the rear, all with porcelain castors; the horseshoe-shaped back with pierced scrolls and a buttoned red leather upholstery matching the seat. English, circa 1850 This chair is nearly identical to the so-called "Charles Dickens Chair" (A9979) at the Museum of London, sharing many carved features. The famous author...

A framed plaster portrait plaque of the Glasgow Reformist MP James Oswald, signed and dated Carlo Marochetti, 1842, of circular form, shown facing to the right within a black border and the original glazed giltwood frame. Another version of this plaque is in the collection of Glasgow Museums and can be seen on the Art UK website James Oswald (1779-1853) was a successful Glasgow merchant who later inherited various landed estates due to the early death of his cousin. Oswald was one of the first members of the Glasgow Bank when it was established in 1809. He traded largely in cotton and other raw textiles and in his spare time he commanded the Glasgow branch of the volunteer mounted Yeomanry. It was his political career however that captured the hearts of many of his countrymen and led to his eventually being immortalised in sculptural form. The Liberal Party MP for Glasgow from 1832-1837, Oswald was a staunch opponent of Sir Robert Peel...

Moroccan Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'5" W x 5'2" L Condition: Excellent

A Porcelain-Mounted Occasional Table in the Transitional Manner Attributed to Edward Holmes Baldock Constructed from kingwood and tulipwood, with ormolu mounts in the Louis XV/XVI transitional style, supported on cabriole lefs with sabot feet, the frieze decorated with eight 'Sevres' style porcelain painted panels with birds...

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Ebonised Commode à l'Anglaise. The original marble top of Italian fleur de pêcher marble. The centre frieze drawer applied with ne...

Amid the machine polished surfaces of contemporary life, the Fun Guy Pendant celebrates the mark of the human hand, with a striking level of charm and sophisti...

Antique Persian Veramin Kilim Rug, c. 1900 This kilim has a macrame end finish at one end and camel warps alternating with brown and white ply warps on the other. Very good color. Additional Information: Dimensions: 10'0" L x 5'0" W Origin: Persia Period: c. 1900 Rug ID: 15773 We will never offer acid-washed rugs.

Antique Northwest Persian Runner Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 7'2" L x 2'11" W Origin: Northwest Persia Period: c. 1900

Antique Karabagh Prayer Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 5'9" L x 2'7" W Origin: Caucasus Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter) Rug ...

Bessarabian Kilim Fragment Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'3" W x 9'4" L

A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Burr Walnut Writing Table, Probably by Gillows. The rectangular top has a gilt-bronze surround above a serpentine frieze fronted by a central drawer. The corn...

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, 19th Century Excellent condition. Additional information: Dimensions: 4'5" W x 6'1" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter) Rug ID: 10099

Central Asian Suzani Rug, Mid-19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 5'2" W x 7'3" L

A Pair of George IV Hall Chairs By William Latham Huxley Constructed in mahogany, having beautifully turned and reeded front legs and elegant sabre legs to the rear, the back rest of a most unusual waisted shape and adorned with carved garlands, ribbons, laurel wreaths and English roses. Each stamped "W. Huxley" to the underside. English, circa 1825 Dimensions: H: 42 in / 107 cm | W: 18 in / 46 cm | D: 18 in / 46 cm William Latham Huxley (fl. 1822-1845) is a recorded cabinetmaker from Liverpool, having been apprenticed there to Thomas Croft Huxley of 52 Park...

Antique Anatolian Turkish Bergama Jajim Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'7" W x 13'10" L Origin: Anatolia (Turkey) Period: 19th Century (3rd Quarter) Rug ID: ...

A Pair of Venetian Rococo Carved Giltwood Mirrors. These mirrors have elaborate pierced strapwork crestings surmounted by a shell-shaped corona above a cartouche-shaped plate, the...

Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...

Vintage English luggage maps & guide case and hat box English, 20th Century Round case: height 29cm, diameter 41cm Map case: height 27cm, width 27cm, depth...

Antique Karachopf Kazak Rug, Late 19th Century The madder field with a central rectangular medallion within an indigo serrated leaf and rosette bo...

A Pair of Mid-19th Century Carved Baluster Pedestals Carved from mahogany, each bulbous baluster pedestal rising from a stepped plinth supporting the oversized acanthus base beneat...

Afghan Large Ersari Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 9'3" W x 18'4" L Origin: Afghanistan Period: c. 1900 Rug ID: 17944

Antique Persian Afshar Bagface Bag, c. 1900 This highly graphic Afshar bag face draws a large central indigo-blue hexagon against a complimentary contrasting terra cotta field. Both...

A Large And Rare Pair of ‘Neo-Grec’ Style Multipatinated Bronze Amphora Vases by Ferdinand Levillain and Ferdinand Barbedienne. Signed to the cast ‘F. Levillain Fecit 1880’ and ‘F. Barbedienne’. This large pair of multipatinated vases are of amphora form modelled in the ‘Neo-Grec’ style with trumpet shaped necks and scrolling handles terminating in masks; the vases are raised on circular spreading bases put down on plinths. Each vase is finely ornamented with laurel leaves and garlands to the neck, the main body with a superb banded frieze cast in low relief depicting the Centauromachy. In the Centauromachy, the Lapiths battle with the Centaurs at the wedding feast of Pirithous. An enduring classical theme linked with the idea of culture versus nature, the Centauromachy was widely depicted in ancient Greece from the Southern Metopes of the Parthenon Freieze to the Temple of Apollo Epikourious at Bassai, it also appears as a subject on numerous Attic vases such as the Ilioupersis krater. A popular theme for artists from the Renaissance onwards it was depicted by amongst others, Michelangelo, Piero di Cosimo, Luca Signorelli, Sebastiano Ricci...

Persian Lavar Kirman Mat Rug, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 1'1" W x 1'6" L Condition: Excellent

Aubusson Rug, Mid-19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 11'6" W x 13'8" L

Antique Persian Karadagh Runner Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'4" W x 11'9" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter) Rug ID: 14467

Antique Northwest Persian Shahsevan Runner Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'0" W x 11'0" L Origin: Northwest Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter) Rug ID:...

A Pair of hand carved Neo-Classical Jardinières By Lenygon & Abbot The design derived from the ancient Roman sarcophagus, these carved planters are supported on lion's paw feet, the oval fluted bodies dressed with Lion's masks. circa 1920 The Lion Mask holding a ring in its mouth derives from Ancient Roman furniture...

Stool designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö, Sweden, 1960s. Teak and leather. H: 40 cm W: 42 cm D: 42 cm.

Bidjar Carpet, 4th Quarter 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 9'0" W x 13'0" L

Antique Persian Mashad Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 9'3" W x 12'6" L Origin: Persia Period: Mid-20th Century Rug ID: 10054

Qashqai Kilim Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 9'0" L x 4'6" W

Sideboard designed by the HI-Gruppen, Sweden, 1960s. Birch. Stamped. H: 64 cm W: 130 cm D: 45 cm Literature: Örn, Johan, The HI-group and the return of craft: Swedish furniture and interiors 1960-1966, ArkDes, Stockholm, 2017, compare bedside tables by Anders Berglund...

Antique Large Persian Serebend Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 7'7" W x 19'7" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century

This round table made of solid rosewood with a smoked glass top is full of charm. it is made of a wood of great aesthetic value, has beautiful exposed grain, and boasts a design with...

Antique Large Oversized Persian Kirman Carpet, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 13'10" W x 19'5" L Condition: Excellent Origin: Persia Period: Early 20th Cent...

Antique Persian Serab Runner Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'4" W x 15'6" L Condition: Excellent Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century

Antique Persian Hereke Carpet, c. 1900 This oversized Hereke carpet from Turkey draws an intricate design of palmettes and cloud bands within a lattice against an indigo field. Turn-of-the-century Hereke pieces such as this often employ a series of designs derived from classical Persian carpets of the sixteenth century. This may at first seem peculiar, as these pieces were woven under imperial Ottoman...

Thick Modernist Checkerboard Chinese Rug, 20th Century Additional Information Dimensions: 6'8" W x 8'0" L Origin: China Period: c. 2000 Rug ID: 20326

Italian Bulky Pair of Lounge Chairs in fabric. These two armchairs can be adapted in a modern living room to provide comfort and a touch of style. They are comfortable and robust arm...

Ugo La Pietra (né en 1938). Lampadaire Arcangelo Metropolitano Métal et méthacrylate peint Signé ‘Ugo La Pietra’ sur la base Lumen Center Prod. Date de création : 1977 Measures...

François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne are one of the most creative couples of the last century, celebrated for their surrealist sculptural works. Their pieces are as functional as they are whimsical, whether it’s the belly of a hippopotamus hinging open to reveal a wet bar, tritones fused from unfurled leaves to form a fork, or a tangle of twigs intertwined to form a bench. In celebration of François-Xavier and Claude’s ever-enchanting and whimsical sculptures, this tome, part of Assouline's Ultimate...

19th century Regency mahogany occasional table with shaped top sitting above a fluted carved pillar that splays out on three downswept legs terminating i...

Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with a fabric shade. Stamped. Measurements: H: 102 cm / 3' 4'' D: 26 cm / 10 1/4'' Diameter of shade...

A charming bust of a child’s head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, dated 1910, the girl has her head slightly tilted forwards as she looks out from under a lock of hair, set on a square block signed on the reverse ‘E Whitney-Smith 1910’. This bronze is a reduction of Whitney-Smith’s original marble piece, a photograph of which survives in the V&A (object number AAD/1990/12/63). Another version can be seen in a 1920s photograph of the artist in his studio owned by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG x194201). Neither the identity of the sitter nor title of the work is known. Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952) was one of the pre-eminent sculptors of his day. Born in Bristol in 1880, he became a student of William Harbutt, the headmaster of Bath School of Art, best remembered today for inventing plasticine. Whitney-Smith showed great promise from an early age, opening a studio in St John’s Wood, London, in 1910. He exhibited over 40 pieces at the Royal Academy and despite not achieving Academician status, even with list of illustrious proposers, he became a dear friend of Sir Alfred Munnings, the famous horse painter, and sculpted his portrait. He was, however, elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors and his works were generally well-received by critics and the general public alike. Aside from the RA, he exhibited in Bristol, at the Paris Salon and the Scottish Academy and his work attracted the attention of such important patrons as the Courtauld family. One of his most famous works, The Waking Child, is in the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and another, The Irishman, is in the Tate. One version of his bust of Ernest Bevin, the trade unionist, stands in Tooley Street in Bermondsey to this day. An article in The Sphere, published on the 3rd of May 1924, referred to the sculptor as “a well-known sculptor of smiling children” and mentioned his “famous babies’ heads”.

Three mounted scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s. Paper scrolls mounted on a board in a plexiglass box. Unique. Signed. H: 76 cm W: 81 cm D: 12 cm Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrko¨ping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...

Marked. Measures: H: 39 cm / 15 1/3'' W: 55 cm / 21 1/2'' D: 38 cm / 15'' H storage section: 18 cm / 7''.