Posts Tagged ‘country’
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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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Mahogany Hepplewhite Chair - Georgian Chair - Sheraton Style Arm and Single Chair in Mahogany
A mahogany Hepplewhite chair of pleas the late eighteenth century arms show the more restrained curves of the seat, legs and stretchers are still bold and firm in proportion.
Value points: Quality of back splat carving.
A Country Hepplewhite design chair, c.1795, of [...]
Tags: CHAIRS, country, design, hepplewhite, Hepplewhite Chairs, late eighteenth century, mahogany, mahogany chair, proportion, quality, Range, Sheraton, square legs, style chairs, upright, value
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Country Chippendale chair in mahogany - Hepplewhite chairs - Hepplewhite arm and single chair
Country Chippendale chair in mahogany c.1760. Fully upholstered seat covered in tapestry pattern fabric. A good example of a better quality country chair.
Mahogany Chippendale chair of pleasing simplicity and proportion, c.1780. The splat is elegantly curved and the back, though square in [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, Chair, chippendale, country, hepplewhite, Hepplewhite Chairs, mahogany, mahogany chair, oak, Queen Anne, robert adam, walnut
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
CHAIRS — cabriole leg, low back
The lower back chairs are normally associated with the George I period. Certainly the design settled down around the 1720s and carved decoration became increasingly used.
A good George I example. The seat rail is much deeper than those of the previous section and the back is lower. The carved shell [...]
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