EXQUISITE ANTIQUE REGENCY CiRCA 1820 BURR WALNUT & BRASS CIGAR HUMIDOR CHEST

We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of large and collectable Regency style metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps after the original 18th century design by Gillows of Lancaster with Burr Walnut panels A very good looking and well made pair, I have never seen a Regency style piece with Burr Walnut panels before, the leather seat pads have been restored by my leather polishers, they have been hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed The period 1800-1825 was a great one for ‘patent’ or ‘metamorphic’ furniture This chair, which transforms into a short set of steps for use with bookshelves, is close to a design for a ‘Library Chair’ published in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts in July 1811, which was made by the London firm of Morgan and Saunders, of Catherine Street, Strand. They were well known for their ingenious furniture, including reading chairs with writing surfaces attached and a great variety of travelling beds...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, restored Antique Regency circa 1810-1820 tilt top Chessboard Chess table with Rosewood Frame an...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Antique circa 1810-1820 Regency Rosewood notepad or diary safe with pe...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine original Victorian Liberty’s of London stamped burr walnut inlaid drinks cabinet with exceptional exhibition base This is one of be...

Exotic Macassar wood Cigar box brass handles glass cover. 7.75 h x 18 w with handle box 16. X 11.25 d No label- attributed style of Dunhill Preowned original vintage Refer to listed ...

Late 19th century, sizeable Swiss black forest table piece. This finely carved Black Forest table piece brings a smile to everybody's face. This wonderful piece of craftsmanship fro...

About as exotic and decorative as they get, this magnificent playing card or games box has a deep red or burgundy background which is smothered in the most exquisite fine penwork wit...

A delightful Regency Period burr oak miniature chest having Superbly figured top above two short & three long drawers with Original brass knobs flanked by elegant fluted stiles raised on Original brass ball feet (Often much debate is had as to whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who is looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which the salesman would travel the country showing prospective clients the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and take orders from. This particular miniature chest of drawers is probably the latter and would have been made as a sample piece. The construction is exquisite and the attention to tiny detail phenomenal in all honesty. They work that would have gone into constructing this with all of its fine details would actually have been more of a challenge and taken a more skilled craftsmen than its full size counterparts would have done. It is also super quality and unusual being constructed from burr oak which has taken on an exceptional rich colour and patina over the years of its life. A really quite charming piece of antique miniature furniture...