George VI Coronation Banner, circa 1937

A George II style elbow chair, late nineteenth century, the well-drawn, dense mahogany frame with generous drop-in seat upholstered in cut velvet fabric by Pierre Frey.

Pair of George III giltwood wall lights, c.1760, of elaborate asymmetric form, the frames composed of scrolled acanthus leaves, with old oil-gilt surface. Suitable for use with candl...

A George IV Ashburton marble fireplace, circa 1820-1830, the shelf supported by twin corbels either side of the moulded frieze, the jambs each with conforming mouldings, on square fo...

An Irish Georgian brass register grate circa 1800, the moulded brass frame with roundels to each corner.

British Royal Family A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953. Due To The Size This Flag Would Have Been Designed t...

British Royal Family A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953. Due To The Size This Flag Would Have Been Used Strun...

Unique, hand-painted banner with the seal of the state of mississippi, likely having represented delegates from that state at the 1872 republican or dem...

Presented is a rare Centennial patriotic flag banner, dating to 1876. The flag’s brilliant blue canton is spectacular, with 81 five-pointed, rayed stars, arranged to read “1776” and “1876.” The flag’s design is completed with thirteen alternating red and white stripes. The flag is a three-piece, treadle-sewn sewn construction, printed on a thin wool and cotton blend. Along the edge, there is a narrow, treadle-sewn sleeve made of cotton tape. In the lead up to the nation’s Centennial in 1876, flag makers and individuals looked to the past for designs to produce as part of the country’s many celebrations. Popular interpretation of the stars and stripes undoubtedly reached its climax of variety and originality at the time of our Nation’s first Centennial. Since no design restrictions were placed on flagmaker’s imaginations and no strict distinctions were drawn between official and unofficial star counts, it is no surprise that, on the occasion of the Centennial, creativity in flag design was not the exception, but the rule. The cantons from this period presented an array of geometric abstractions. Great star patterns, referred to as the “starry flower of Liberty” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, that were popular from 1818 and on, resurfaced in Centennial flags...