Archive for the ‘Antique Furniture’ Category

Louis XV Furniture and Cabinet Makers

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

It is a wonderful brand, made up of four initials, has long intrigued researchers and gave them a pretext for many hypotheses, the antique box juke wurlitzer more so because it was included in the antique doulton royal most remarkable items of furniture period of Louis XV.
Only in 1957 a pupil [...]

Boulle Furniture

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Andre Charles Boulle
Largest master furniture makers era is Flemish-born Andre Charles Boulle (1642-1732). Buhl was the first furniture tortoiseshell inlay (so-called. Machinery “Pike”). With this technique, he met in Flanders. The first significant work Buhl appear already in 1672. As head of the court after the death of Jean LESAs carpenter’s workshop in the Louvre, [...]

Henry II Style Antique Furniture

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Furniture style of Henry II
The existence of the antique marble base lamps with sitting woman and standing man style of Henry II refers to the french art nouveau sideboard period from 40’s to the flemish scroll stuart period furniture 80-ies the silver oval basket with handle XVI century. This style of furniture [...]

Antique European Furniture. End of XIX - Early XX Centuries

Friday, February 12th, 2010

European furniture. End of XIX - early XX centuries.
Rapid development of many artists and art workers perceived as a direct threat to the 18th century floral paintings arts. Protests against a factory making decorative and applied arts (furniture, dishes, ceramics, decorative fabrics) emerged first in England. This protest was expressed primarily [...]