19th Century Heavily Carved Rosewood Side Table

A George IV Period Rosewood Library Table With Carved Lions Paw Feet English Circa 1820- 1830 This handsome table would have been commissioned for a grand library or study. The ov...

A fine quality late 19th Century mahogany and gilt brass etagere by Howard and Sons of Berners Street London English Circa 1880 This attractive piece by the important maker Howar...

A rare and finely constructed circular satinwood centre table most probably by Henry Thomas Peters of Genoa. Italy Circa 1830. The circular tilt top having a finely chosen cuts of book-matched West Indian satinwood veneer with a rosewood banded and moulded edge over a splayed in-curved quatroform base, terminating on four acanthus carved scrolled rosewood lions paw feet raised on brass castors. A very fine table with wide cuts of satinwood which would have been extremely expensive in the early 19th Century. Inspired by the French Empire design as viewed through the lens of English Regency, in particular the designs of Thomas Hope of 1807, along with the construction all point to Henry Thomas Peters being the maker, active in Genova around 1820 to 1850, being one of the leading cabinet makers of the period obtaining the title of ‘cabinetmaker of his Majesty’. Henry Thomas Peters’ English antecedents remain obscure although he probably began his career in England. However, he is not listed in Beard and Gilbert’s Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840. He arrived in Genoa in circa 1817, and by 1824 had established a workshop in Via Balbi, a neighbourhood in which the Royal Palace and other noble residences were located; today some of his works are preserved in the Palazzo Rosso, Genoa and were probably bequests from the various aristocratic families for whom he worked, including the Brignole Sale family. Peters was appointed by the Court of Savoy and produced furniture for their palaces in Turin, Genoa and Racconigi including the Palazzo Reale. Notably, in 1841, furniture for the wedding of Prince Vittorio Emanuele. In 1846, Peters and his extensive workshop won the silver medal at the Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manifatture Nazionali. As pointed out Peters was famed for producing furniture with the technical accuracy typical of English but adapted to the late Italian Empire style. A set of six Italian Giltwood...

Ceylonese 19th Century Carved Ebony Side Chair with Specimen Inlay Galle District Ceylon circa1840 This outstanding chair was conceived in the early rococo revival style and e...

An early 19th century Indo-Portuguese circular rosewood tilt-top side table, the top featuring a three inch jungle scene border with a scalloped apron of foliate design resting on an...

19th century oak side table from France with a banded edge around the top and a beveled edge with hand carved decoration. The top follows down to paneled sides, with three having gor...

19th-century mahogany side table the well-figured top with detailed carving depicting fruits and vine decoration. To the frieze fitted with a long drawer. Raised on very decretive en...

19th century carved flame mahogany side table circa 1890. Fine quality shaped top surface with matched flame mahogany veneers.  Single drawer for storage.  Turned column support whi...