Archive for the ‘19th Century Chairs’ Category
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
A mahogany Hepplewhite Chair - A Country Hepplewhite Design Chair - Georgian Chair
A mahogany Hepplewhite chair of pleasing proportions. The arms show the more restrained curves of the late 18th century although the seat, legs and stretchers are still bold and firm in proportion.
A Country Hepplewhite design chair of a type most frequently found [...]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Country Chair of c. 1800 - Regency Chair - A Regency Period Library Chair - A Gillows Chair - Balloon-Back Victorian Chair in Walnut
A very simplified country chair of c. 1800. The design owes something to Sheraton in the tapering front legs and squared style of the back. The two horizontal rails are very [...]
Tags: 19th century, cabriole, cabriole legs, chair, library chair, mahogany, oak, Regency, regency chairs, rosewood, sabre, sheraton, value, William IV
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Antique Dining Walnut and Mahogany Chairs, Regency, Victorian and George III Elbow Armchairs
A SET OF SIX WALNUT DINING CHAIRS, mid 18th century
Each with a pierced vase split and drop-in seat, on cabriole legs terminating in trifid feet.
A SET OF EIGHT EBONISED AND DECORATED ELBOW CHAIR
Each silver-painted with floral sprays and interlaced ovals with lozenges, [...]
Tags: A WILLIAM IV, Antique, armchairs, cabinet maker, cabriole, cabriole legs, CANED, cavendish square london, chair, CHAIRS, Dining Chairs, EBONISED, English, english furniture, george iii, mahogany, margaret street, Regency, rosewood, VICTORIAN, victorian mahogany, William IV
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
CHAIRS About 1815-1860
Above, an Austrian Biedermeier sofa, about 1820,
french Charles X mahogany ,armchair, about 1825.
Biedermeier (post-Empire) style in Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, 1815-35. Chairs – mostly without arms – have square-section legs, straight or slightly splayed, and low backs with top rails projecting at sides beyond uprights, enclosing lyre, vase, dolphin or triple reed motifs, or [...]
Tags: armchair, armchairs, bentwood chairs, CHAIRS, danhauser, Empire, empire style, french louis, gothic revival, italian renaissance, Napoleon, Renaissance, rosewood, upholstery
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
CHAIRS: English 19th Century Antique
About 1840-1915
More varied in style and quality than any time before or since, traditional hand-craftsmanship having to compete with cheaper mass-manufacture aided by machinery. Numerous (variously-interpreted) pastiches of historic styles (plus later reproductions) and new arts and crafts, aesthetic and progressive or art nouveau styles appeared at various times.
Sets of (usually [...]
Tags: Art Furniture, arts and crafts, BALLOON-BACKS, chaise longue, chamfered edges, country, Elizabethan, English, gothic architecture, hand craftsmanship, louis quatorze, Morris, old french, rococo, side chairs, VICTORIAN
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