Antique Swedish Biedermeier Birch Occasional / Coffee Table 1930s, 20th Century

This is a stylish antique Swedish birch Biedermeier sofa table with ebonized detail, circa 1820 in date. The table features a rectangular top w...

This is an elegant vintage Biedermeier Revival satin birch collectors bookcase purchased at great expense from Harrods, circa 1980 in date. The top features four glazed bevelled doors, each opens to reveal three adjustable glass shelves. The cabinet is well illuminated with four down lights. The base has four panelled doors opening to cupboards, one fitted with a central shelf and the other with two internal drawers. There is no mistaking its superb quality and very grand design, which is certain to make it a talking point in your home and stand proud in whichever room you choose to display it. Condition: In excellent condition having been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 207 x Width 191 x Depth 41 Dimensions in inches: Height 6 foot, 9 inches x Width 6 foot, 3 inches x Depth 1 foot, 4 inches Harrods founder Charles Henry Harrod first established his business in 1824, aged 25. The business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. The premises were located at 228 Borough High Street. He ran this business, variously listed as a draper, mercer and a haberdasher, certainly until 1831. During 1825 the business was listed as 'Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail', but this partnership was dissolved at the end of that year. His first grocery business appears to be as ‘Harrod & Co.Grocers’ at 163 Upper Whitecross Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1., in 1832. In 1834 in London's East End, he established a wholesale grocery in Stepney, at 4, Cable Street, with a special interest in tea. In 1849, to escape the vice of the inner city and to capitalise on trade to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in nearby Hyde Park, Harrod took over a small shop in the district of Brompton, on the site of the current store. Beginning in a single room employing two assistants and a messenger boy, Harrod's son Charles Digby Harrod built the business into a thriving retail operation selling medicines, perfumes, stationery, fruit and vegetables. Harrods rapidly expanded, acquired the adjoining buildings, and employed one hundred people by 1880. However, the store's booming fortunes were reversed in early December 1883, when it burnt to the ground. Remarkably, in view of this calamity, Charles Harrod fulfilled all of his commitments to his customers to make Christmas deliveries that year—and made a record profit in the process. In short order, a new building was built on the same site, and soon Harrods extended credit for the first time to its best customers, among them Oscar Wilde,Lillie Langtry, Ellen Terry, Charlie Chaplin, Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence...

William Tillman shaped rectangular coffee table having crossbanded top, on splay supports with brass caps and casters, 50cms high x 114cms x 50cms This is a fabulous Vintage coffee ...

This is a large superb satinwood Sheraton Revival coffee table, mid-20th century in date. The square table top features painted decoration in the manner of Angelica Kauffman, featuring trophies and musical instruments with a foliage and foliate border. It is raised on four panelled pedestal tapings legs. There is no mistaking the unique quality and elaborate design, which is certain to make it a talking point in your home and a fine embellishment to your reception room. Condition: In excellent condition. As a vintage antique item, the piece show signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, the table displays beautifully. Dimensions in cm: Height 44 x Width 122 x Depth 122 Dimensions in inches: Height 17.3 x Width 48.0 x Depth 48.0 Satinwood is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia. The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satinwood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys...

This is a large stunning Regency Revival Vintage mahogany rectangular two tier coffee table on dual scroll supports, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century. Provenance: H...

This is a beautiful vintage burr walnut coffee table with six useful and capacious drawers, late 20th C in date. The table is beautifully crafted from burr walnut with crossbanded ...

A stunning antique coffee / occasional table, this was made in Sweden and dates from around the 1840’s period. It is beautifully made from burr birch and ebonised solid wood. The sq...

Mid 20th century inlaid birch coffee table circa 1950. Coffee / occasional table.  A little bit of an unusual height makes this more suited to a sofa / side table. Rectangular top ...

Mid-20th century oak coffee occasional table circa 1940. Circular top which is quarter veneered and cross banded, with beaded detailing to the freize.  Supported by 4 scrolling le...

Mid 20th century Scandinavian birch shaped coffee table circa 1950. Unusual concave shaped sides.  Quarter veneer birch top with bur walnut around the outer edge. Standing on 4 flu...

20th century carved burr birch coffee table circa 1950. Fine quality Art Deco inspired coffee table. Stunning Swedish burr birch circular top.   4 carved grotesques form the legs, ...

A walnut coffee table designed and produced in Sweden, 1930s.