A Unique Early 18th Century Diminutive George I Figured Walnut Bachelors Table

A fine and rare early 18th-century compact George I figured walnut bachelors chest The quarter veneered feather and crossbanded top opens on original hinges to reveal a veneered int...

A fine and rare small George I mahogany table of diminutive proportions, circa 1725. England The top, moulded to all sides and with reentran...

A superb and exceptionally well proportioned early 18th century figured walnut ‘pagoda topped’ double dome bureau bookcase, circa 1720 England. The upper section is surmounted with what is believed to be the original solid walnut finials and soft bevelled mirror plates, opening to a removal bank of walnut veneered and feather banded drawers, cantered by pigeonholes below two shelves. Candle slides are neatly stowed below the bookcase doors to reflect the light. To the moulded bureau, the fall opens to reveal pigeonholes, long and short asymmetric drawers each beautifully veneered in figured walnut and feather banded, cantered by a cupboard door which neatly conceals an open compartment and drawer. Below the fall, two short and two long graduating oak lined drawers are each book-matched in superb sections of hand-cut figured walnut veneers over bun feet. It should be noted that this exceptional desk and bookcase, is not only of the finest cuts of figured walnut veneer but exquisitely made at the pinnacle of design which had gradually evolved predominantly in London, during the late 17thand early 18thcentury. The actual description 'desk-and-bookcase' appears to be first recorded in the accounts of the Royal cabinet-maker Gerrit Jensen (fl.1680-d.1715) who supplied several for the Royal Household from 1710 (Bowett, op. cit.), and another described as 'a walnut writing desk, the top for books and patons and glass in the doors asked' for the 5th Earl of Salisbury, Hatfield House.  Another maker of this form of desk was the London cabinet-maker John Gumley (1691-1727) who advertised in Richard Steele's Lover on April 24 1714 that he 'hath taken for a Ware-house, and furnished all the upper part of the New Exchange in the Strand' continuing with an extensive list of his stock including 'Desks and Bookcases.' In 1714 he supplied one of these in walnut to James 1st Duke of Montrose for the sum of £11. Russian cabinetwork of this period was strongly influenced by Tsar Peter I return to Russia after his studies in London. He subsequently sent twenty-four cabinetmakers who were working in Amsterdam to London to train as furniture makers. One of these cabinetmakers named Fedor Martynov made furniture for the Empress Anna Ioannovna. Martynovs drawings are almost identical to the present piece. Literature Mallett’s Great English Furniture, London: Bullfinch Press 1991, p.248, fig 287, by Lanto Synge, English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, by Dr Adam Bowett, Woodbridge: Antique Collector’s Club, 2002 Chapter 7 Case Furniture 1689–1714 pp.221-223 fig. 7:53 A walnut bureau bookcase of the same form and period sold from the private collection of Patricia Kluge...

A bold and impressive George III carved mahogany serpentine concertina action card table, circa 1760. In the manner of William Vile & John Cobb, St Ma...

A fine George II figured walnut console table with Sienna Brocatelle marble top, circa 1740. England The moulded Sienna Brocatelle marble sits over a figured walnut moulded cavetto frieze, raised on eared solid walnut legs terminating on shaped pad feet. Lovely rich colour with well-patinated surfaces. Provenance Private Chicago collection Mallet Antiques...

Museum Grade George I Cocus Wood Card Table (Partridge). - English Circa 1725. The folding top with outset rounded corners and banded in quarter veneered parquetry top above a shape...

A fine late 18th century Hepplewhite period concertina action mahogany card table, in the French taste, having kingwood crossbanded serpentine top above shaped frieze, supported on c...

18th century George II mahogany game / tea table. Has flip top and one drawer. Table is 30.75 inches when opened. This is a rare form with the exaggerated shaped sides. Wonderful old...

George II Irish Mahogany card table with carved scalloped shell on frieze, raised on shell carved cabriole legs on pad feet. The table opens to reveal a green baize lined playing sur...

An extremely rare mid 18th century George II period walnut tea table having well figured foldover top enclosing divisions to well raised on elegant turned legs with carved lappet ...

A George I walnut card table, the hinged shaped top above a single small frieze drawer and raised on cabriole legs which terminate in pad fe...

A George III mahogany folding card table, circa 1760, the moulded top opening to a baize lined interior, the blind fretwork decorated friez...