Rare Mid-19th Century Finely Carved Ceylonese Solid Ebony & Padouk Wall Bracket

A finely carved with an unusual base 19th century Anglo-Indian solid teak tilt-top tripod / occasional table. India, Possibly Bombay, circa 1840. The circular solid teak top with a...

Finely carved mid 19th century Italian giltwood open armchair of wide proportions in the Rococo manner. Italy, Venice Circa 1860. The asymmetrical scroll and leaf-carved top rail, centred on a stylised shell within over scrolled uprights, above a newly upholstered grey silk padded and dished seat between scroll-ended arms, raised on a decorative foliate carved scrolling X-frame base with a conforming central stylised shell. In excellent condition having a wonderful look to the gilt work this gondola style chair...

An exceptional quality and rare pollard oak 19th century architectural twin pedestal inverted breakfront sideboard. English, circa 1850. The quarter cut inverted breakfront top...

A very fine and impressive European walnut monopodia library armchair, upholstered in a Rosie Uniacke cotton velvet moss, an almost identical armchair having been published in ‘Engli...

An elegant and rare early 19th century burr root maple drum top table on splayed triform base. Scandinavian circa 1820. The circular top with ra...

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...

An associated or 'collected pair' of second quarter 19th century British Colonial, Anglo-Ceylonese / Anglo-Indian carved ebony wall brackets / shelves / sconces of large scale having...

A pair of 19th century carved oak wall brackets, having lintel shelves above putti and with floral head dress and wings in the Baroque manner.

A Spanish carved-wood capital wall bracket from the 19th century. This antique architectural wall ornament from Spain features a rectangula...

A lovely pair of vintage midcentury Italian neoclassical style gilded wood wall brackets shelves with hand carved acanthus leaves design. Marked "Made In Italy" on reverse. They are ...

This is a serpentine mirrored wall bracket of large proportions.

Interesting pair of antique French Napoleon III gilt bronze and wood wall shelves or consoles with cherub supports and wood tops. These stunning antique French wall brackets...