William IV Furniture
WILLIAM IV STYLE
It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.
Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.
Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.
William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.
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Style: William IV
Antique Set 8 English William IV Barback Dining Chairs Circa 1830 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic English set of eight antique William IV barback dining chairs, circa 1830 in date.
The set comprising six side chairs and a pair of armchairs with drop in seats...
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1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English William IV Mahogany Tilt-Top Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 19th Century English Tilt-Top Table. Table is crafted in rich mahogany and features a well-figured top supported on a bold turn pedestal rising from a tripartite base with styl...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Style Oak and Pollard Oak Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
William IV oak and pollard oak writing table with a tooled leather top, 19th century. The top with an inset tooled leather top with pollard oak banding and oak molded edges, 3 oak fr...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique 15ft William IV Extending Dining Table & 16 chairs 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dining set comprising a large antique William IV mahogany extending dining table, circa 1830 in date and a set of sixteen Vintage balloon back dining chairs.
T...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with an inset tooled black leather writing surface with banded edge over a frieze containing two drawers with opposing working drawers on the reverse all with brass knobs...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Drawing Room Sofa, English, Large 2 Seat Settee, Show Frame, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large drawing room sofa. An English, mahogany two seat settee with show frame, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Exquisite upholstery complements the striking ...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Late 17th century dresser base incorporating earlier pieces
Located in London, GB
A well patinated and used late 17th century dresser or base table c.1680 incorporating earlier reused pieces. Side hung drawers are often seen on Jacobean or William IV furniture
A...
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17th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak
$1,772 Sale Price
50% Off
19th century William IV carved mahogany chaise longue
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century William IV carved mahogany chaise longue circa 1835.
Fine quality late William IV chaise longue, one of the most elegant you will find of it's type.
Profusely hand car...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Antique 14ft6" William IV Dining Table 19th Century & 16 Balloon back chairs
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic dining set comprising of an antique William IV dining table, Circa 1835 in date, with a set of sixteen Vintage balloon back dining chairs
This beautiful table...
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1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 6 William IV Grain Painted Rosewood Dining Room Chairs
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Set of 6 William IV grain painted rosewood dining room chairs, circa 1835. With a slightly concave crest rail, carved central back splat, faux leather seats, resting on ring turned c...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Mahogany, Paint
An English William IV Leather Reading Chair
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1840
A William IV leather library chair with curved back and circular seat, with buttoned seat and back, all supported on turned baluster legs terminating in brass ca...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century British Davenport Desk in the Manner of Gillows
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING Early 19C British Rosewood Davenport Desk in the Manner of Gillows circa 1830.
A Davenport is a type of writ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Irish Silver Teapot, Dublin 1835 Patrick Laughlin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique Irish Silver Teapot, Dublin 1835 Patrick Laughlin. Large circular bombe form with repoussé and embossed foliage decoration on partial stippled background, rich foliage leaf c...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
William IV Antique Library Table
Located in New York, NY
A William IV Rosewood Library Table Writing Desk. Wonderful 19th century William IV Library Table with rosewood top with molded edge and skirt, having rosewood banded apron set on ...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Quality Antique William IV Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV mahogany bookcase having a shaped cornice to the upper section over a pair of mahogany doors with brass grilles opening to reveal an interior with three ad...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$3,983 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique William III Oak Linen Chest Trunk, 18th Century
Located in Meulebeke, BE
United Kingdom/ 18th century / chest / oak wood, metal / Arts & Crafts / classical / English / Romantic / William IV / Antique / Hand-Crafted
Antique hand-crafted oak chest/ trunk o...
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18th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Metal
English Farm House Dresser Base
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Large 19th century English painted farm house dresser base with a good scrubbed pine top. 1830.
Code: 8933
Dimensions:
W: 86" (218.4 cm)
H: 40.5" (102.9 cm)
D: 22" (55.9 cm)
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Goncalo Alves partners desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality large early 19th Century Goncalo Alves (also known as tigerwood) partners desk, the moulded edge top having a olive green coloured leather writing surface decorated ...
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1840s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Unusual Antique Quality William IV Leather and Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique quality William IV leather and mahogany library chair having a newly reupholstered seat and back in a quality chestnut colour leather, shaped open arms with turned su...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$2,472 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English William IV Carved Mahogany Mirror Back Pier Console Hall Table
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique English William IV Empire style flame mahogany mirror back pier, console table circa 1830.
The table is made from fine figured flame mahogany with a stepped & gently c...
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1820s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique William IV Silver 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set London, England 1834 - 1836
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Antique William IV Silver Tea & Coffee Set comprising of a Coffee Pot, a Teapot, a Sugar Bowl & a Cream / Milk Jug. This 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set has a gorgeous chased fl...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Amboyna Sewing Box
By William Dobson
Located in Northampton, GB
Veneered in Amboyna Wood
From our Sewing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Amboyna Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular shape veneered in Amboyna with a circular mo...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Bone, Shell, Amboyna
Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Howell, James & Co Sterling Silver by Thomas Whitehead
From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box. The Vanity Box of rectangular sha...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Scottish William iv Manner Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and elegant Scottish, lightly veined statuary marble fireplace surround in the manner of William IV. A generous top shelf with rounded corners sits above a stepped full lengt...
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1930s Scottish Vintage William IV Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
William IV Mahogany D Shaped Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
William IV plum pudding mahogany D shaped chest of drawers, circa 1840. With a single board D shaped top with reeded front and side edges, two top drawers and 3 graduated lower drawe...
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1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Style Walnut Pedestal Dining Or Center Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A William IV style honey-tone wooden pedestal dining or center table with well figured top and frieze with round trim. The table with a slightly tapering pedestal surmounted on a tri...
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19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Georgian period mahogany and crossbanded Pembroke table. Crossbanded and string inlaid top and rounded twin flaps above a single drawer with crossbandin...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$5,750
Antique English Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with floral sprays of engraved mother of pearl and brass
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this William IV Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box. The Sewing Box ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique 14 ft 6" William IV Extending Dining Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique William IV mahogany dining table which can seat sixteen diners in comfort, Circa 1835 in date.
This beautiful table is in stunning flame mahogany and...
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1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English 12-inch Globes by William Harris, London, 1832 and 1835
By William Harris
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of 12-inch table globes
William Harris
London, 1832 and 1835
Slight abrasions from use; few cracks
lb 11 each (kg 5)
The two terrestrial and celestial globes rest in their original Dutch style stands with four supporting turned wood columns.
Each one measures 12 in in height x 16.5 in in diameter with the diameter of the spheres measuring approximately 12 in; 48 cm in height x 42 cm in diameter x 31 cm diameter of the spheres.
The 12 inch measure was the most frequently used by British manufacturers of globes of this period.
Each globe is composed of two series of twelve printed paper gores, aligned and glued onto plaster spheres.
The brass circle of the meridian bears engravings...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Paper, Wood
English William IV Giltwood Convex Mirrors of Unusual Form, Pair, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A rare and exceptional pair of circa 1830, English regency, late George IV, early William IV period convex mirrors having carved frames in original gilding of unusual thickly exagger...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Drop Leaf Double Gate Leg Table
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Mahogany Gateleg Dropleaf Dining Table.
A good-sized 19th century rectangular top drop leaf dining table. The solid mahogany top having two drop-leaves, with good colour and patinati...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Antique English Mirror Wall Sconces
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of 19th Century English wall sconces featuring faux tortoise lacquer panels, a mahogany frame with gilt plaster trim around a rectangular mirror and a brass candle hold...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
$5,600 / set
Antique William IV Sterling Silver Presentation Cup, London, England, 1835
By Jason Hobbs
Located in Cagliari, IT
A fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver presentation cup by Jason Hobbs.
This presentation cup has a Campania form onto a knopped pedestal to a circular spr...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,657 Sale Price
30% Off
Brass Four Poster Bed c.1831-1836 by R W Winfield for Prince of Ottoman Empire
Located in Wrexham, GB
An important museum quality brass four poster bed made by R W Winfield circa 1831 to 1836 as a special commission for the prince of the Ottoman Empire in the harem of the Topkapi Pal...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
$34,623 Sale Price
50% Off
19th Century English Country House Gothic Wardrobe
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful 19th century English oak country house gothic wardrobe with carved detail on the outside and a good fitted interior. 1830.
Code: 8754
Dimensions:
W: 83.5" (212.1 cm)
H: 8...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak
WIV Period 7 Drawer Fitted Tall Pedestal Cupboard
By Richard Bridgens
Located in Dereham, GB
WIV period 7 drawer fitted tall pedestal cupboard,
Mahogany top
4 Inset panel sides. The front with:
Single door with inset panel, working lock & key,
Opens to Reveal:
Fitted 7 mahogany Graduated Drawers, with brass inset ring...
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1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,982 Sale Price
20% Off
Mason's Ironstone Chinoiserie Mazarine Large Blue Vase
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Mason's Ironstone Large Chinoiserie Vase,
Circa 1835-40.
Great as a lamp base or for flowers-the stricking mazarine blue Mason's Ironston...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Ironstone
English William IV Carved Sofa, 19th Century
Located in Sherborne, GB
This superb William IV sofa is of fine quality and elegant form. It comprises of a mahogany frame and features an elegant shaped top rail, Egyptian re...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
$3,853 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th c. English Painted Waterfall Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good English open bookcase cabinet in original mustard paint, the waterfall scalloped sides with two hanging shelves, the lower cabinet having two paneled doors, the whole with origi...
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1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Pine
English Painted Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful early 19th century English painted breakfront bookcase. Good carved decoration and astragal glazing. Fitted with adjustable shelving. 1830.
Code: 8693
Dimensions:
W: 81.5...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak, Pine
Antique West Indies Carved and Caned Settee or Sofa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th Century West Indies settee handcrafted with mahogany in elegant form with caned back sides and seat featuring pegged construction, scr...
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Early 19th Century South American Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Hardwood Cane Bergere Library Armchair With Scrolled Arms on Castors
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Stylish William IV 1700's Hardwood Cane Bergere Library Armchair With Scrolled Arms and Original Brass Castors on Fluted Supports.
Chair comes with a new brown leather piped cushion...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
$7,409 Sale Price
27% Off
Antique William IV Quality Mahogany Chiffonier
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV quality mahogany chiffonier having a shaped carved top above a mahogany shelf supported by turned columns, figured mahogany top above one long drawer, quality carv...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$1,988 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Hall Table, Scottish, Console, Side, Buffet Server, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hall table. A Scottish, mahogany console, side table or buffet server, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Superb example of Scottish craftsmanship, wit...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
William IV Mahogany Dining Table, Thomas Treherne 1835-1842
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An impressive William IV figured mahogany extending dining table dating to the 1830s .
This table comes with provenance and is stamped with the makers details .
The table was ori...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Set Of 12 William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4893 Fine quality set of twelve William IV dining chairs in mahogany, each chair having flamed mahogany top rail with fleur de lis carving and scroll carved mid rail above drop in ...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$13,572 / set
Traditional Style Walnut Rolling Bar Cart
Located in Westwood, NJ
Traditional style walnut rolling bar and serving cart accented with brass railing and handle. This bar cart is beautiful and functional. The inner top is inset with black granite all...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,317 / item
William IV Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine original condition Library Chair with Leather Seat. The frame with handsome wood graining, pierced splat back, and overall sinuous form and having castored front legs. With g...
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Early 19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th century William IV mahogany library desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century william iv mahogany library desk circa 1835.
We are pleased to offer this William IV period library table in it's original patina.
Writing surface showcases the beauti...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany & Leather Library Chair
Located in Kent, Dover
An English, William IV mahogany library chair, with fluted legs and anthemion decoration. It has been upholstered in green leather, with buff leather buttoning.
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English William IV Circular Mahogany Veneer Center / Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
English William IV (19th Century) mahogany veneer dining / center table with a circular top resting on a turned pedestal base with three scroll carved legs.
Some top surface wear, l...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
A Very Rare Massive Early 19th Century William IV Country House Dining Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare early 19th Century William IV mahogany extending Country House dining table of grand proportions, finely hand carved with beautifully rich patination and grain. This stu...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mason's Ironstone Tureen & Cover Fence in Prunus & Plantain Pattern, Circa 1830
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an Ironstone Tureen, complete with lid, made by Mason's of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the early part of the 19th century, circa 1825 to 1840.
This is a rare shape piece in a rare pattern.
This tureen and its lid are well potted in a circular shape with moulded handles to the base. The lid has a top knop or knob shapes as a flower head.
This is a listed pattern, probably printed initially, then hand painted. The pattern is called "Fence, prunus and Plantain" and is a detailed chinoiserie Mason's pattern, as illustrated on page 96 in The Mason's collectors Club book " A Guide to Mason's patent Ironstone patterns, circa 1813-circa 1848".
Both the base and the lid are marked with one of Mason's rarer recorded stating Fenton Stone Works...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ironstone
$542 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique English Mahogany Sideboard Server
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English sideboard handcrafted in mahogany featuring a gallery around the top with plate grooves and carved twisted rope edges on a case with three drawers and t...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Silver Candlesticks, Made by Walker & Hall of Sheffield, 1913
Located in London, GB
Pair of Silver 10.25 Inch Candlesticks,Made By Walker & Hall of Sheffield, 1913.
This style of candlestick was around in the 1830's
They have a slight melon shape with nice leafwor...
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1910s English Vintage William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Day bed wood rest bed, William IV
By S XVIII English school
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding “bed de repos”, a multifunctional piece of furniture that can be used as a bed, as well as for resting, reclining or simply sitting. Its structure, of imposing dimension...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$6,408 Sale Price
49% Off
Set of Four Animal Stone Lithographs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing set of four 19th century hand colored stone lithographs depicting animal species by the prolific Swiss artist and print maker Karl Joseph Brodtmann. Presented under glass ...
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Early 19th Century Swiss Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$5,950 / set
English Painted Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century English painted and glazed pine bookcase. 1830.
Code: 8832
Dimensions:
W: 47" (119.4 cm)
H: 92" (233.7 cm)
D: 18.5" (47 cm)
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Pine
$5,311
Antique William 1V Silver Christening Mug With Acanthus Leaf Design 1831
Located in London, GB
Antique William V1 Silver Christening Mug With Acanthus Leaf Design 1831
Beautifully made by Henry Wilkinson & Company out of a nice heavy gauge of silver.
The cast handle has a love...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Iv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique William IV furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Chesterfield, Paul Storr, and PIETRA DURA . It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $130 and tops out at $121,043 while the average work can sell for $4,473.
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