Although named for the last Stuart monarch of England, antique Queen Anne furniture, with its curvy cabriole legs and pad feet, has its origins in the earlier reign of King William III, which began in 1689 and ended with his death in 1702. Later evolving during Anne’s rule from 1702–14, the style would continue to influence design in the decades after her death.
Sometimes called late Baroque or early Georgian, Queen Anne chairs, bedroom furniture and tables are subdued yet ornate and characterized by a graceful blend of influences ranging from Asian design to classical motifs. Furnishings of this era — with their curvilinear supports and novel emphasis on comfort and versatility — are marked by a shift away from the more opulent and angular William and Mary style.
Chairs designed in the Queen Anne style are more functional and lightweight than their predecessors. They often feature a vase or fiddle-shaped splat, which refers to the central vertical back element, in order to support the spine and plush cushions. Craftsmen of the era predominantly worked in walnut, maple and pine. Any embellishments they introduced in their furnishings were frequently minimal and refined and expressed by way of modest flourishes such as shells or scrolls. Some pieces were more lavish with “japanned” finishes, or varnished interpretations of East Asian lacquer art. Almost every piece of furniture, whether a tea table or desk, included S-shaped, animalistic cabriole legs that end in a paw or claw-and-ball form.
These qualities made Queen Anne furniture popular throughout Europe and North America. Boston and Philadelphia became hubs for the production of this style of furniture, spurred by the arrival of British artisans who fostered a market for well-heeled colonists. While the showier Chippendale style later surpassed it in popularity, Queen Anne’s simple elegance still draws an enduring appreciation.
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A Pair of Queen Anne Gilt Candle Sconces
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Queen Anne style gilt framed mirrored sconces of good quality having lovely water gilt and burnished molded frames with re-entrant top corners, faux mercury glass plate and...
Giltwood
Pair of English Carved Giltwood Torchère Stands or Pedestals
By James Moore
Located in London, GB
A good pair of candle stands in the manner of James Moore Constructed in well carved giltwood, rising from ‘S’ form tripartite scrolled feet, dressed with foliates, supporting lot...
Giltwood
Victorian 'Monteith' Sterling Silver Bowl Hallmarked in 1890 with Removable Rim
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1890 by Aldwinckle & Slater, this striking, Victorian, antique sterling silver bowl, is in the 'Monteith' style, with a removable scalloped rim, lion mask dro...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Table Clock Square Box Fire Enameled Guilloché Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table clock shaped opening square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamels on guilloche. Swiss mechanical skeleton movement with 8 days charge with a...
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Walnut longcase Clock Langley Bradley
Located in Folkestone, GB
An very fine quality burr walnut longcase clock from the Quenn Anne period with exceptionally well patinated case. With moulded stepped cornice above a fretwork border and silvered d...
Walnut
English Queen Anne cast brass candlestick, c. 1770
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with a knobbed stem below a candle cup with plain edge bobeche. The knob has a soft six facets above a tapered turning to a secondary knob supported...
Brass
18th Century Antique Walnut Longcase Clock by Jonathan Lowndes of London
By Jonathan Lowndes
Located in Devon, GB
A fine Queen Anne period, early 18th century walnut hour-striking longcase clock by this well-known London clockmaker. The molded case is veneered with beautifully figured walnut, the herringbone cross-banded rectangular trunk door has raised convex moldings. The flat-top hood has a finely pierced-wood soundfret below the overhanging cornice and brass capped columns either side of the dial. The 12in square...
Walnut
Fine 18th Century Queen Anne Burr Walnut Eight-Day Longcase Clock
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Early 18th-Century Burr Walnut Longcase Clock, Circa 1705-1710. England This magnificent early 18th-century English longcase clock exemplifies exceptional craftsmanship and timeless...
Brass
English cast brass Queen Anne candlestick, 1740-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with urn form candle cup with circular bobeshe, supported by a baluster with a four sided knob above ring and knob turnings peened to a raised squar...
Brass
Exquisite Pair Antique Hand Painted Porcelain Decorative Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite pair of antique hand-painted porcelain vases showcases remarkable artistry and delicate charm. Each vase features a beautifully painted exterior adorned with roses, fl...
Porcelain
English Georgian cast brass Queen Anne candlestick, c. 1750
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Georgian cast brass Queen Anne candlestick. The candlestick shaft has a knob directly under the candle cup with a scolloped bobeshe. The candle cup sits above a slightly tape...
Brass
Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Quality antique Queen Ann brass candlestick
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Queen Ann brass candlestick, having a quality original antique Queen Ann brass candlestick. D. 1705
Brass
English Queen Anne cast brass petal base candlestick, 1750-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Seam cast brass Queen Anne candlestick. The candlestick features an urn form candle cup with scalloped bobeche on a trumpet turned shaft. The suppressed knob is peened to a cone cent...
Brass
English two part seamed cast brass petal base candlestick, 1760
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Petal base Queen Anne candlestick in seamed and cast brass. The candle cup incorporates a circular dished bobeshe and a slightly waisted cup with two medial score lines. The shaft ha...
Brass
English Queen Anne brass candlestick, 1750-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Queen Anne brass candlestick with a hollow core cast baluster. The bluster is cast with a candle cup with medial ring along with a cupped circular bobeshe. The baluster is peened to ...
Brass
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Sterling Silver, Enamel
English square base Queen Anne candlestick, 1750-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Seam cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with cylindrical, medial beaded candle cup with a circular dished, square bobeshe. The candle cup sits on a short cylindrical post, above a fou...
Brass
English Queen Anne cast brass baluster shaft candlestick, 1740-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Core cast brass Queen Anne baluster shaft candlestick. The candle shaft, candle cup, and scolloped edge bobeshe is peened to a shallow square base with cove cut corners. Birmingham,...
Brass
19th Century German Porcelain Hand Painted / Gilt Decorated Detail Vase
By Royal Bonn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite 19th-century German vase, crafted from Royal Bonn china, epitomizes the beauty and elegance of antique decorative arts. The vase features intricately hand-painted flor...
Gold
English cast brass Queen Anne candlestick, 1750
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Queen Anne hollow core cast brass candlestick with scalloped edge bobeche and a faceted shaft knob peened to a scalloped edge domed base. A square groove on the interior of the candl...
Brass
Queen Anne cast brass swirl base candlestick, 1750-75
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Hollow core cast brass candlestick with swirl base peened to a knobbed candle shat supporting a candle cup with bobeche. Birmingham, England, 1750-75.
Brass
Cast brass Queen Anne petal base candlestick, c. 1760
Located in Kenilworth, IL
A rare miniature form of seam cast brass Queen Anne petal base candlestick with urn form candle cup. The candlestick has been cast with a bobec...
Brass
English Queen Anne cast brass cove cut corner base candlestick, 1725-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Core cast brass Queen Anne baluster candlestick. The candlestick is cast with a scolloped edge bobeshe and tall candle cup with bead moldings above a scolloped edge, knob beaded lowe...
Brass
English cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with candle cup, 1760-70
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Seam cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with knobbed shaft & candle cup. The casting of the shaft is in two parts, silver soldered together and peened to a domed and scalloped edge ba...
Brass
English shell base Queen Anne candlestick, 1760
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Queen Anne seam cast brass candlestick. The candlestick features a removable scolloped edge bobeshe on an urn form candle cup with waisted stem, which flows into a suppressed ruffled...
Brass
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone. On the lid, a very fine fire-enamell...
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
English cast bell metal Queen Anne baluster shaft candlestick, 1750-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Hollow core cast bell metal brass Queen Anne candlestick. The candlestick features an elongated candle cup on a waisted turning to a lobed knob. The knob is supported by an inverted ...
Metal
English Queen Anne brass candlestick, 1745
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Queen Anne candlestick with shaft cast in two parts cast with the bobeshe and knob below the candle cup and a secondary knob above the base. The base was cast separately and peened t...
Brass
Antique Austrian Hand Painted / Gilt Decorated Porcelain Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Introducing an exquisite pair of antique Austrian porcelain vases, meticulously hand painted and gilt decorated with floral and foliat...
Gold
Pillbox Queen Victoria English style Shaped Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fired enameled miniature. Queen Victoria English style second half of the 19th century. Measurements cm. 2.2 ...
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Victorian English Inkwell in Silver Plated, Queen Anne Style
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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. Refin...
Crystal, Silver Plate
Antique Queen Anne Britannia Standard Silver Porringer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Queen Anne English Britannia silver porringer, an addition to our 18th century silverware collection. This antique Queen Anne Britannia standard silver* porringer has a circular rounded form. The lower portion of this 18th century silver porringer bowl is embellished with chased alternating fluted decoration accented with engraved foliate motifs. The upper portion is encircled with a chased rope twist decorated girdle flanked with engraved foliate and scalloped motifs. The decoration to the anterior surface incorporates a cartouche bordered with scale motif diaper pattern and large scrolling designs, all surmounted with a figural cherub mask between a pair of wings. The cartouche displays a contemporary engraved coat of arms with scrolling leaf mantling and helm, all below a crest of an escallop. This silver porringer bowl is fitted with two cast S-scroll handles, featuring plain thumbpieces and scrolling terminals. The underside of the porringer bears the engraved initials 'RR'. Britannia silver, The Britannia silver standard of 958 (95.84% of fine silver), denoted by the icon of the seated Britannia holding an oval shield, was introduced by William III in 1697. This was to indicate the slightly higher standard of silver from sterling silver standard of 925 (92.5% of fine silver). Condition: This antique silver porringer...
Britannia Standard Silver
Queen Anne Antique Sterling Silver Porringer / Bowl / Bleeding Bowl, 1710
By James Rood
Located in London, GB
An excellent Queen Anne solid silver bleeding bowl / dish with a magnificent pierced handle. The bowl has a slightly bellied shape with a narrow straight...
Sterling Silver
XX Century Italian Sterling Silver TELESCOPIC 2 light Candelabra
By Vavassori
Located in VALENZA, IT
Telescopic octagonal candelabra with 2 flames. The candelabra has a stepped square/octagonal base. In the center of the base a recess has been made where a round bushing has been welded from which an octagonal stem starts. On this stem slides the structure with 2 arms which has 2 small detachable candle holders with handles...
Sterling Silver
English Queen Anne cast brass candlestick with scalloped base, c. 1780
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with a scalloped and corner cut base with seam casting. Birmingham, England, circa 1780.
Brass
Queen Anne Period Britannia Standard Silver Pair Of Candlesticks - London 1709
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in 1709 by Matthew Cooper I, this very handsome pair of Queen Anne period, Antique Brittania Standard Silver Candlesticks, are octagonal in shape, and feature engraved shi...
Britannia Standard Silver
Desk Box with Wonderful Scalloped Interior
Located in West Chester, PA
Queen Anne desk box with scalloped interior on bracket feet. Made of pine with old mahogany finish. Probably New York.
Pine
Pair of English Queen Anne Brass Candlesticks
Located in West Chester, PA
Pair of English Queen Anne brass candlesticks.
Pair of English Queen Anne Brass Candlesticks
Located in West Chester, PA
Pair of English Queen Anne brass candlesticks with octagonal base.
Pair of English Queen Anne Brass Candlesticks
Located in West Chester, PA
Pair of English Queen Anne brass candlesticks with faceted base.