Posts Tagged ‘Antique’
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
George II period mahogany chair - Antique Chair in Oak - Chippendale mahogany chair in the Gothic style - A Chippendale mahogany ladder-back chair
A George II period mahogany chair, c.1735. quality Cuban mahogany has been used, the normally be associated with walnut; but there se Shaped splat has small scrolls and a shell
are topped [...]
Tags: Antique, ARMCHAIR, cabriole, cabriole legs, century, ChairChippendale, chippendale chair, cuban mahogany, leaf patterns, mahogany, mahogany chair, right angles, scrolled feet, Seventeenth, side, Upholstered
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Antique Set of Mahogany Chairs, Dining Chairs and Settee
A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
Each with a shield-shaped back and pierced vase splat, with a padded seat, on square tapered legs with spade feet, and a matching single chair of a later date.
A GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
With a floral-carved top-rail and [...]
Tags: 20th century, Antique, ARMCHAIR, cabriole legs, dining chairs, George III, mahogany, mahogany chair, Regency, SUITE, walnut
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
CHAIRS upholstered, Victorian spoon backs
The spoon back chair, usually with buttoned upholstery to the back, has become an accepted ’standard’ in the antique trade following its revival in the 1960s. Many such chairs are elegant, cheerful and, as with much rococo-derived furniture, slightly frivolous in appearance. The cabriole-legged variety is the most highly valued, followed [...]
Tags: 1880s, 1960s, Antique, ARMCHAIR, button back, cabriole, CHAIRS, example, mahogany, Missing, rococo style, walnut
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
CHAIRS country and kitchen : wooden seated, 1860-1930
This section also includes chairs for institutional and office use, made in large quantities by mass-production methods. On the whole they are more durable than rush-seated chairs and tend to be perennially favourite types such as the Windsor which is still going strong. In the mid- and late [...]
Tags: 18th century, Antique, cabriole, cabriole leg, CHAIRS, kitchen, value, windsor chair, Windsor Chairs, Windsors
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
CHAIRS — country, Northern England
These chairs fall into distinct categories and can normally be allocated to various parts of the country. Basically, they are either ladderbacks, with or without a top rail, or backs made up of vertical spindles. A great deal of research has been and is being carried out on this subject. For [...]
Tags: Antique, ARMCHAIR, carver, Chair, CHAIRS, chippendale, Country Chairs, design, English, north cheshire
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Carolean cane-back chair
Historical background
The art of twist turning and swash turning came to England from Spain and the Spanish Netherlands at the time of Charles II and revolutionized the shape of chairs, tables, stands and stools. Oak, which had previously been the dominating wood for furniture, was abandoned in favour of
Signs of authenticity
1. Walnut is [...]
Tags: Antique, back chair, Cane, cane seat, Chair, CHAIRS, charles ii, construction, English, furniture, oak, oval, restoration, restoration period, Spanish, stool, stools, stretcher, stretchers, twist, walnut, wood
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Panel-back Chair
variations which are quite distinct and recognizable, for the feudal lords were still the equivalent of petty kings in their own territories.
Earlier versions have completely boxed-in seats, a design which lasted until the end of the sixteenth century and overlapped the more sophisticated design with turned legs, built more on the
Historical background
These chairs were [...]
Tags: Antique, Chair, CHAIRS, flemish, furniture, oak, sixteenth century, stretcher, victorians, wood
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Hall Chairs
Small, formal and more decorative than functional hall chairs were first named by Robert Manwaring, a furniture designer, in The Chair-Makers Real Friend and Companion, published in 1865.
Thomas Sheraton noted in The Cabinet Dictionary that chairs such as those that are placed in halls are for the use of servants or strangers waiting [...]
Tags: Antique, cabinet makers, Chair, CHAIRS, English, FRENCH, furniture designer, mahogany, mahogany chair, pattern, Renaissance, side chairs, thomas chippendale, thomas sheraton, wooden chairs
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