Marquetry Sideboards

Beautifully crafted French marquetry wood sideboard / server cabinet with double inlaid front door featuring individuals in period attire. The sides of the credenza features beautifu...

20th c., commode by Maitland-Smith, the two-drawer chest with brass ring pulls, raised on square tapering legs, maker's metal tag to inner drawer. The fine marquetry and parquetry on this piece is extensive and varied; 5 panels depicting an urn with flowers, keyhole detail on legs, a wave form band running around the front and sides. While this piece is highly decorated, it looks crisp and tailored. Hand made in the Philippines, the furnishings of Maitland-Smith celebrate artisan skills in an age of...

This fine and large sideboard, or console table, commands attention, and yet exudes both the grace and the refined elegance of the neoclassical style, which has enjoyed continued revivals in England from the 18th century onward. This particular piece is reminiscent of the work of Robert and James Adam, Scottish architects and designers of the 18th century, who were famous for executing many prominent buildings and also for presiding over a particular style of neoclassicism which was widely used for interior decorations and furniture. This sideboard is of curved, rectangular form and is particularly striking for the frieze which runs around its width, just below the top. The frieze features marquetry decorations of fruit baskets and scrolling arabesques, intersected by small, arched painted panels of classical women stood atop pedestals, on a green ground. The painted panels are framed within beaded gilt borders, and the frieze is bordered above and below with gilt banding. The centre of the frieze features a wide drawer, and each of the curved ends open into shallow cupboards...