Posts Tagged ‘cabriole legs’
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
George III Wing Armchair Upholstered - Mahogany Wing Armchair - Eighteenth Century French Armchair
A George III wing armchair upholstered in leather c.1770. Note the square stretcher and leg construction of ‘Chippendale’ design. The curve of the wings is pleasant but the arms are a little stiff.
Price Range: $200 $300
N.B. As these chairs command high prices [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, bamboo, cabriole legs, century, CHINESE, chippendale, Crafts, design, eighteenth, George III, mahogany, mahogany chair, original, Regency, regency period
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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 reproductions, 1880-1930
The return to 18th century styles in the 1880s affected chairs almost more than other furniture. Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite chairs were produced in varying grades of quality and exactitude. Queen Anne cabriole legs with ‘fiddle’ backs soon followed and, of course, the medieval oak craze had to be met by chair makers [...]
Tags: back chair, cabriole legs, CHAIRS, chippendale, chippendale chair, chippendale style, English, hepplewhite, Hepplewhite Chairs, Jacobean, Jacobethan, style chairs
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Chippendale dining chair
Historical background
Designs for Thomas Chippendale’s chairs were freely available once his pattern book, The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director was published in 1754 and were
Signs of authenticity
1. Solid, heavy mahogany, smooth and silky to the touch.
2. Underframes of beech, plane or sycamore.
3. Crest rails fitting into tops of side rails where design scrolls [...]
Tags: Cabinet, cabinet maker, cabriole, cabriole legs, Chair, Chippendale Chairs, chippendale period, decoration, design, dining, furniture makers, mahogany, restoration, square legs, thomas chippendale
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Queen Anne wing chair
The Palladian architecture of the early eighteenth century suited the English landscape beautifully, but the high ceilings and spaciousness of the interiors were more suited to warmer climates. Porters in draughty halls sat out their on-duty hours in deep, hooded chairs which almost entirely enclosed them. In drawing rooms, their masters and [...]
Tags: cabriole, cabriole legs, Chair, CHAIRS, design, drawing rooms, eighteenth, eighteenth century, English, furniture, mahogany, Queen Anne, Queen Anne Wing, seating furniture, stretcher, wing chair
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Queen Anne spoon-back chair
Historical background
The transitional shape of chairs at the end of the seventeenth century included the curved S-scrolling legs with pronounced `knees’ and a carved central splat. These two key features were swiftly followed. by the
Signs of authenticity
1. Back made up of five parts: two side supports (or ’stiles’: continuation of back legs); [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, back chair, back seat, cabriole, cabriole leg, cabriole legs, Chair, CHAIRS, example, front seat, mahogany, Queen Anne, queen anne chairs, seat frame, seventeenth century, square corners, walnut veneer, wood
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Late 1700`s Chair
The variety of chairs burgeoned in the mid to late 18th century, with French styles remaining popular. Although elements of the Rococo style lingered, chairs began to look more Neoclassical and became squarer and straighter. cabriole legs were rejected in favour of turned, tapered supports, often fluted or decorated with reeding, and oval [...]
Tags: 18th century, armchairs, blue silk, cabriole, cabriole legs, Chair, CHAIRS, CHINESE, corner, design, desk chairs, English, FRENCH, french styles, furniture, George III, gilding, louis xv, mahogany, mahogany chair, Neoclassical, Queen Anne, Rococo, rococo style, side, side chair, side chairs, sofas, stools, walnut
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Early XVIII Century Chairs
EARLY in the 18th Century, Queen Anne-style chairs had a solid, narrow splat, usually of a vase or baluster shape, which fitted into the centre of the back rail. The frame tended to be straight and narrow, with rounded shoulders, and the seat was rounded or balloon-shaped with an upholstered seat.
Queen Anne [...]
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