Exceptional William And Mary Yew Wood Oyster Mirror C. 1690

A beautifully shaped William and Mary oak armchair with well carved horse-bone legs and arm supports, scrolled feet and handsomely carved front stretcher with S scrolls and geometric motif. The tall upholstered back over spiral turned legs and original spiral and bulb turned stretchers. In very good condition for age with some small old dings, some old woodworm, long long dead and a couple of small very old repairs - not affecting structure. The chair is extremely comfortable and solid with a good width between the arms, deep well padded seat and gentle rake to the padded back. Upholstered in a moss green high quality velvet with matching fringed braid in very good condition also. A really beautiful and rather rare early chair of generous proportions all made by hand in c. 1690. The oak has developed an excellent dark and rich colour throughout. A good and honest William and Mary chair...

A very rare and very wonderful small walnut lowboy with single long drawer over ring turned legs with shaped cross stretchers on low bun feet. The drawer with its original solid elm...

With a fantastic colour, and in rarely seen Yew wood, this beautiful bureau dates from the reign of George II c. 1750. With oak lined drawers and a handsome interior of small walnut...

A very beautiful late 18th century Florentine foliate carved and water gilded frame retaining its 18th century oval mirror plate with foxing ...

In superb original condition, with a fantastic colour, and retaining the original fine quality brass hardware. This is a very high quality solid Padouk bureau...

From an Irish farmhouse, a good, early and substantial Windsor chair. Provincially made and primitive in design, the yew wood splat of a charming simplified pierced form, the back...

A 17th Century Olive Oyster Wood and cross grain moulding cushion mirror. This is a wonderful Olive wood cushion mirror from the 17th Century, circa 1690.  Wonderfully proportioned frame with stunning Olive wood oyster veneers, in very good original condition, no repairs, and has a beautiful finish to it.  The mirror plate has been replaced at some point with a 19th Century mercury silvered plate and shows some nice signs of ageing with foxing all over.  It would have originally had a cresting to the top of the mirror, this is no longer with it, but it has the original dovetailed slots for locating to the rear of the mirror and a grove to locate the bottom edge of the crest to the top of the mirror. It retains the original back board. A very lovely oyster cushion mirror...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original William & Mary circa 1690-1700, Burr Walnut and Oyster Laburnum wood, Cushion framed mirror. A very decorative and fine E...

An outstanding deep set marquetry cushion mirror, 18th century in the William and Mary style, inlaid with figures of wild boar, hare, stag, deer and fox set among foliage & scroll wo...

Having a shaped crown covered in oyster walnut veneers above a cushion form frame covered in thick walnut veneers, retaining original mirrorplate

A William & Mary olive wood and marquetry cushion framed wall mirror, foxed 19th century split mirror plates.

Mirror glass was a particular luxury during the latter 17th century, for it was in short supply and, at the time, only produced and exported from Italy. A large example such as this ...