Antique 18th Century American Colonial Cherry Paneled Tavern Bench Settle 1780

A very fine antique King Charles II, English Restoraion Period carved oak settle, England, Circa 1680. This settle is from the period of the Restoration of the English monarchy under...

Fine & rare antique American half-spindled Federal period painted & stenciled Windsor bench/settee, Baltimore, Circa 1820. A rare bench with the original chrome yellow painted and grapevine stenciling, the back rest with three grapevine painted panels and corresponding painted panels on the rails below. The bench has a half row of spindles on three sides (a typical feature of Baltimore benches...

A very good antique Anglo-Indian carved rosewood window seat, bench, circa 1860. The bench being very finely carved from rosewood, with curved rests at each side & carved and pierced...

Antique 18th century Spanish Colonial carved cedar coffer/chest, Mexico, circa 1750. The chest having a lift up lid with hand cut iron strap hinges, the chest is profusely chip-carve...

A good antique Georgian scrollwork tea caddy, circa 1780. The caddy of hexagonal shape, the front, back & cover with overall decoration of paper s...

A very rare antique Dutch Colonial V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau/desk on stand, Batavia, circa 1730. This desk in the Queen Anne style was made in the Dutch Eas...

18th century Carved Oak settle with upholstered seat with profusely carved back standing on turned legs.

18th century Welsh oak hight back bench/settle, beautiful patina and condition.

Antique 18th century George III Oak Settle Hall Bench. Beautiful Primitive form with original patina. Additional information: Materials: Oak Color: Brown Period: 18th century ...

An English 18th century oak settle, hall bench With fielded paneled back and armrest The dimensions are 103 cm high, 183 cm wide and the depth is 68 cm Seat height is 43 cm T...

This is a wonderful antique Italian Renaissance Revival walnut, specimen wood and marquetry decorated cassapanca or hall bench, made in Lombardy Italy and Circa 1780 in date. It is smothered in the most wonderful carved panels with fabulous inlaid marquetry decoration with fruit wood and bone inlaid marquetry panels depicting communal and hunting scenes. It has a hinged seat allowing access to the storage box below, and is raised on wonderful scroll feet Condition: In excellent original condition having only been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 115 x Width 155 x Depth 60 Dimensions in inches: Height 3 foot, 9 inches x Width 5 feet, 1 inch x Depth 2 feet Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet...

Early 18th century oak bench from England with a highly carved back which has four raised panels, all with floral decoration, flanked with more decorative carvings. The arms are shap...