Antique pair of Hepplewhite period mahogany window seats

A pair of 18th century Hepplewhite period camelback side chairs, having honeysuckle & husk carved backs with shaped splats above serpentine shaped s...

An important pair of mid-18th century Chippendale period mahogany Library Armchairs, having unusual carved and scrolled cartouche-shaped backs, with scroll moulded set-back arms. The Chairs having stuffover seats with gadrooned borders, supported on blind fret carved cabriole legs with scrolled toes. For similar examples see Chippendale's Director, 'French Chairs' Plate XXI Further information: Similar examples of our Library Armchairs can be found in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale book Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director (1762). The pair resembles the right chair design in Plate XXI, catalogued by Chippendale as “French Chairs”. He described in his book that this model “may be executed to advantage, some of them are intended to be open below at the back: which makes them very light without having a bad effect.’ His design illustrates his familiarity with the fashionable French Rococo style represented by the curvilinear form of the chair and scrolled feet. The carved surface decoration on our Chairs is much less elaborate than that on the published design and is more reminiscent of the work of Robert Manwaring...

Raised on elegantly fluted, square tapering legs with carved acanthus paterae and block feet. The swept arms finished with show-wood on both front and back, the front side with fine...

Custom made benches with classic form upholstered in faux crewel fabric with piping and tassels, featuring 19th century turned Victorian legs.