Archive for the ‘Victorian Chairs’ Category
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
GEORGE III PAINTED ARMCHAIRS - LIBRARY ARMCHAIR - GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR - DINING CHAIRS - HALL CHAIRS - GEORGE II UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIR
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR, the moulded
frame with oval back with padded arms and downswept
supports, the moulded serpentine seatrail centred by an
anthemion clasp, raised on circular tapering fluted legs
with fluted oval feet, circa 1770.
A GEORGE [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, armchairs, cabriole, cabriole legs, Chair, CHAIRS, corner, dining, dining chairs, FRENCH, french style, GEORGE II, George III, GILTWOOD, HALL, LIBRARY, mahogany, mahogany chair, oval, Regency, side chairs, Upholstered, WHITE-PAINTED
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Sheraton Single Chair in Mahogany with Straight Legs - A Regency Arm and Single Chair - Regency Mahogany Sabre-Leg Chair
A simpler Sheraton design with tapering legs normally made in mahogany, c. 1800. The arm uprights are of straightforward turning without the spiral reeding which adds greatly to price. An elegant and simple style
which remained popular [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, back chairs, bamboo, birch, Chair, construction, country, eighteenth century, furniture, Gothic, Lancashire, mahogany, nineteenth century, oak, quality chair, Regency, regency period, rosewood, Sabre, William IV
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
CHAIRSĀ upholstered, Victorian uprights
As the wavy curves of the rococo died out, so a new, severer, heavier and altogether more stolid form appeared. Built rather too enduringly and associated with the graver, more portentous side of Victorian life, these chairs have not yet found great popularity and many more would have been broken up if [...]
Tags: 18th century, ARMCHAIR, Arts, CHAIRS, classical design, Crafts, curves, EARLY, hepplewhite, mahogany chair, oak, Rococo, style, upholstery, victorian comfort, victorian life
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
CHAIRSĀ upholstered, occasional
The turn of the century saw an onslaught of a type of chair, neither for dining nor for long-term comfortable seating, which is aptly named ‘occasional’. They were made in a variety of styles and we show a selection on these pages which cover most of the normal types. Rather than dwell individually [...]
Tags: 17th century, 18th century, ARMCHAIR, CHAIRS, chippendale style, high quality, mahogany, original, upholstered chairs, wainscot
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