Table, Tripod, Tilt-Top, Mahogany, Flame-Figured, Column, Vase, Cabriole

- Unusual, elegant table and conversation piece - The finest pieces of bamboo furniture were painted to simulate tortoishell because the surface is similar to the ridging on tortois...

Due to their utilitarian nature, surviving pairs of 17th century candle stands/torchères are extremely rare and generally only seen today in great houses. The quality of the marquetry decoration and the attention to detail indicate that these candle stands were probably made for a substantial household. The turned stems displays the skill of the turner, and create fluidity, variety of form, emphasing the quality of the solid walnut grain and the floral inlay as well as holding and balancing the form of the top. The sweeping, scroll feet balance the proportion and fluidity of the candle stands/torchères, giving them presence. They are sturdy and in excellent condition. Virtually identical turnings and form. Both with octagonal tops, one with a central marquetry floral spray, the other plain. The upper sections with solid walnut baluster and ring turnings leading into lower octagonal sections decorated with marquetry floral sprays repeated 3 times. The stems supported by octagonal blocks with a repeat of the floral spray and scroll tripod bases with two floral sprays on the upper facing sections. Excellent original colour and patina. English. Height 96cm, Top diameter 29cm Moveable stands to support a candlestick or lamp were intended to supplement the fixed lighting arrangements of rooms. The evidence of inventories suggests that they did not become common in France until about 1650 when they accompanied fine tables and cabinets. Such stands, being sometimes in the form of gueridons. The fashion for decorative candlestands spread rapidly after the Restoration, when they were often made en-suite to flank a sidetable with a mirror above. Such sets are mentioned in lists of household goods and by contemporary writers. In 1664, for instance, Mary Verney is anxious to obtain “a table and stands of the same coler”. The Academy of Armory, published in 1688, defines a candle-stand as a “little round table...

These card tables are the same model with some minor differences; one has a plum pudding figured frieze and boxwood escutcheon and the other is slightly larger. It is difficult to source pairs...

- This table is a rare and attractive octagonal form with characteristic Renaissance legs. - It can serve as centre, dining or writing table. - The...

A George III tripod table of wonderful proportions and great untouched colour. The crisply carved spiral fluted stem ending in a tri-foot with acanthus carving on the knees terminat...

A handsome late 18th-century George III period mahogany tripod table with raised moulded edge. It features a well-figured single piece of solid mahogany for the tilt-top circular dis...

Fine 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Tripod Table A handsome late 18th-century George III period mahogany tripod table. It features a well-figured single piece of solid maho...

18th century mahogany tripod table of large proportions, the circular mahogany top sitting on a birdcage mount so you can turn the t...