Burl Sideboards

Cabinet with two center doors in amboyna that open to show one shelf the two outside doors are in macassar ebony and open to reveal a top draw with a lower shelf. The cabinet has all...

Natural amboyna burl case, with four brass-welted doors accented by heavy brass pulls and backing plates. Doors open to reveal five drawers and a single shelf. Four corners are adorn...

A fine Louis XV Period Vaisellier, constructed in Burled Ash and Fruitwood, and originating in Bresse, France. The Frame, composed by a three-door lower cupboard serving as a buffet, surmounted by a raised shelved back with arched canopy & flanked by enclosed cupboards. The central section with front rails designed to store exposed plates. For similar, though less elaborate examples, please refer to The Antiques Directory...

Rare sideboard attributed to Eliel Saarinen (father of Eero Saarinen) designed before his immigration to the United States. In a style that we now refer to as "Art Deco," this style was considered the "National Romantic Style" in Finland essentially a twist on what became known worldwide as Art Deco with its strong vertical lines and medieval references. The workmanship of this cabinet and its materials is magnificent. Note the carefully matched panels of golden masurbjork (birch root), the intricate carvings of medieval knights (very similar to those guarding Saarinen's Helsinki Railway Station built in 1906) and the high contrast of golden and dark birch wood seen again in Saarinen's furniture designed in the United States in the late 1920s. While Saarinen's son Eero went on to become the more famous of the two, it was Eliel who could be considered the grandfather of Nordic Art Deco...