Chippendale Children's Furniture

"Pair of 1930s-40s Davis Cabinet Company Twin Beds. Made from mahogany featuring Georgian / Chippendale styling. Includes a ""riddle-back"" which is woven and pierced. This design was developed in the 18th century and is now commonly referred to as a ribbon back. Davis Cabinet Company began as the dream of one man, Lipscomb ""Lip"" Davis, and as is the case with most dreams, this one ---- the impractical idea of building fine furniture from solid wood ---- was thought to be an impossibility. Wood, like steel and iron and most other substances, expands and contracts with climate changes. Furniture built of solid wood must of necessity rack itself to pieces through the inexorable changes of expansion and contraction. Lipscomb Davis thought otherwise. His personal philosophy might be expressed as ""Anything can be accomplished if it is done correctly"", and to this end he had already conceived and engineered a startling new concept of free floating construction that would allow the solid wood case construction to move at will . . . . naturally . . . and thereby avoid the stresses of climatic change. The opportunity to test the idea came dramatically in 1929. While Davis Cabinet Company was formed in 1929, it really had its beginnings around the turn of the century as a sawmill located near Fifth Street on the banks of the Cumberland River. The mill produced lumber from logs rafted down the river from neighboring forests. A ready market existed for most of the high grade lumber turned out by the mill. But, in order to utilize their entire production, the enterprising mill owners formed a subsidiary business, Standard Furniture Company. Here, they manufactured primarily veneered bedroom suites and sewing machine cabinets...

Late 20th century Chippendale child or dolls chair. Made exclusively for Georgian Furnishing Co., LTD. in New Orleans, LA. Made from Mahogany with ...

Late 20th century Chippendale child or dolls chair. Made exclusively for Georgian Furnishing Co., LTD. in New Orleans, LA. Made from Mahogany with ...

A handsome pair of high poster mahogany twin single bed frames in the Chippendale style. Features include bolted rails with brass coverings, tall carved slendor reeded posts topped w...

Rare and important antique English hand-carved mahogany Chippendale style child's chair Several old repairs as shown in the detailed images. Otherwise chair is very sound and stu...

Small child’s Louis XVI loveseat hand-carved in Italy. Measures: H 27.5" x W 27.5. Sold as is unfinished in raw wood.  

Small child’s Louis XVI loveseat hand-carved in Italy Measures: H. 27.5" x W. 27.5. Sold as is unfinished in raw wood   

A stunning 18th century Chippendale period mahogany childs high chair Having pierced fan splat back above drop in seat with turned safety Bar raised on elegant square chamfered leg...

A George III style carved mahogany high chair with later adjustable footrest and retaining rod, circa 1850, repairs.

A charming English mahogany Chippendale style child's open arm chair, the back with ribbon motif, the molded legs joined by a box stretcher. Circa 1930.