Furniture

  • Pair of Regence Gilt Gesso Side Tables

    Pair of Regence Gilt Gesso Side Tables

    Pair of Regence Gilt Gesso Side Tables

    9868 A pair of Regence period gilt gesso side tables or stands, the rectangular velvet tops with gadrooned carving, the shaped frieze finished on all sides, centring on circular rosettes on a diaper field, supported by slender cabriole legs with female head capitals, with a shaped cross stretcher with central boss, on claw feet. Velvet tops 19th century, later over gilding.

    HMW Oppenheim collection

     

    Italian or German?

    1720

     

    Height: 28.5 ins (72 cms)

    Width: 16.25 ins (41.5 cms)

    Depth: 12.5 ins (32 cms)

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  • William & Mary Chinese Lacquer Secretaire Chest

    William & Mary Chinese Lacquer Secretaire Chest

    William & Mary Chinese Lacquer Secretaire Chest

    10285 A rare William & Mary Chinese lacquer secretaire chest, the fall front revealing a fitted interior with decorated drawers around a central door, paper recess below, the exterior decorated with elegant figures in lakeside pavilions, the sides with portraits of courtly ladies within borders of flowers and butterflies.

    Private French collection, Prof Ady and Gilberte Steg 1926-2021

     

    Chinese lacquer on an English cabinet

    1680

     

    Height: 57 ins (145 cms)

    Width: 36 ins (90 cms)

    Depth: 19 ins (48 cms)

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  • Fine Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Figural Torcheres

    Fine Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Figural Torcheres

    Fine Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Figural Torcheres

    10723 A fine pair of Italian Baroque giltwood figural torcheres, the figures as tritons with fins and leaf skirts, blowing horns and standing on auricular shell and ray bases. Regilded in 19th century the over the original gilding, unrestored condition.

    Italian, probably Florence.

    1670-1680

    Height; 51.5 ins (131 cms)

    Width 16 ins (41 cms)

    £25,000

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  • 10684 Chippendale pedestals

    Pair of Chippendale Mahogany Pedestal Cupboards

    Pair of Chippendale Mahogany Pedestal Cupboards

    10684 A pair of George III mahogany pedestal cabinets, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, the lift-up tops with a bold cavetto moulding, above a fluted frieze, the door panels quarter veneered and with rosettes to the corners and oval paterae in the centre, opening to a lined plate warmer and a cupboard, on tall plinth base. Original fittings and steel key.

    English, London. Chippendale workshop

    1775

    Height; 36.5 ins (93 cms)

    Width; 18 ins (46 cms)

    Depth; 17.5 ins (44 cms)

    Cf A pair of near identical dining room urns on pedestals from Rockbeare Manor and sold at Bearnes, Exeter 2013

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  • Italian Red and Gilt Lacquered Serpentine Commode

    Italian Red and Gilt Lacquered Serpentine Commode

    Italian Red and Gilt Lacquered Serpentine Commode

    10778 An Italian red and gilt lacquered serpentine commode, the moulded, grey shaped Bardiglio marble top above two full width drawers decorated with swags of flowers in embroidered style with sequins, on slender, faceted cabriole legs with pad feet. Unrestored, marble top probably a later replacement.

    Northern Italy

    1770

    Height: 34 ins (86 cms) Width: 55.5 ins (141 cms)

    Depth: 24.5 ins (62 cms)                                      £16,000

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  • Flemish Mounted Kingwood Travelling casket

    Flemish Mounted Kingwood Travelling casket

    Flemish Mounted Kingwood Travelling casket

    10781 A Flemish gilt brass mounted kingwood travelling casket, the rectangular top with symmetrical mirrored veneers with three large strap hinges, similar decoration to all sides, top lifts to a veneered compartment, fall flap encloses three slim drawers, locks with the original key.

    Flemish
    1680

    Width: 13.25 ins (34 cms)
    Height: 7.75 ins (19.5 cms)
    Depth: 9.5 ins (24 cms) £5,500

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  • William & Mary Marquetry Chest of Drawers

    William & Mary Marquetry Chest of Drawers

    William & Mary Marquetry Chest of Drawers

    10740 A fine William and Mary olivewood and fruitwood, floral marquetry chest of drawers, the rectangular top with birds among flowers bushes in an oyster olivewood panel surrounded by flower sprays to the corners, above a graduated arrangement of two short and three long drawers, similarly inlaid and with brass handles and escutcheons, the sides inlaid with a fine single bird eating fruits from a tree. Handles replaced.

    English, London

    1680-1700

    Height; 32.5 ins (91 cms) Width; 35.5 ins (91 cms) Depth; 20.5 ins (52.5 cms)

    SOLD

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  • 10742

    10742 George II Mahogany Card Table

    10742 George II Mahogany Card Table

    10742 A small George II mahogany fold-over card table, the rectangular top opening to a polished interior, above a frieze drawer with brass handle, standing on lappet-top tapering legs with pad feet. Unrestored.

    English 1740-1750

    Height; 28.5 ins (72 cms)

    Width; 28.75 ins (73 cms) Depth; 14 ins (36 cms)

     

    £2,200

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  • Louis XV Gilt Bronze Table Clock by Baillon

    Louis XV Gilt Bronze Table Clock by Baillon

    Louis XV Gilt Bronze Table Clock by Baillon

    10741 A Louis XV gilt bronze table clock by Jean Baptiste Baillon, the finely chased symmetrical and balloon-shaped case attributed to Cressent or St Germain, topped with a gilded bronze Cupid with two doves, the movement and enamel dial signed by Baillon, the movement inscribed No ‘666’, the hours marked in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic, the suspension modified, on a later ebonized and bronze-mounted shaped plinth base in louis XVI style.

    Clock 1745, later base

    Height: 13.75 ins (35 cms)                                          £8,000

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  • Ottoman Steel Arm Guard

    Ottoman Steel Arm Guard

    Ottoman Steel Arm Guard

    10743 An Ottoman steel arm guard of typical form, engraved with a pattern of flower heads within a calligraphic border inscription, Qur’an chapter II verse 255, and with the armourer’s mark from the Ottoman arsenal of Hagia Eirene.

     

    Ottoman

    Circa 1550

     

    Height: 14 ins (35.5 cms)                                            £800

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  • Italian Inlaid Table Top

    Italian Inlaid Table Top

    Italian Inlaid Table Top

    10506 An Italian baroque period inlaid white marble table top, inlaid with Siena, Nero and Verde marble, with the jewelled cross at the centre, the edges unfinished, originally an altar front. Later wrought iron base to fit.

     

    Italian, Naples

    18th century

    Height: 43cms

    Width: 133cms Depth: 77cms

    £5,500

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  • Italian Marble Octagonal Centre Table

    Italian Marble Octagonal Centre Table

    Italian Marble Octagonal Centre Table

    10530 A Late 18th century Italian octagonal marble centre table, white Carrara marble top inlaid with a fine panel of Spanish Broccatello within a border of Verde Antico and a deep edge moulding, on an associated 19th century veined white marble pedestal base.

    Italian, Rome

    1750-1800

     

    Diameter: 45 ins (114 cms)

    Width: 41.25 ins (105 cms)

    Height: 29.75 ins (75.5 cms)

     

    £12,000

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  • Large Roman Giltwood Serpentine Console Table with Jasper Top

    Large Roman Giltwood Serpentine Console Table with Jasper Top

    Large Roman Giltwood Serpentine Console Table with Jasper Top

    10480 A large Roman giltwood serpentine console table a with fine, veneered Sicilian Red Jasper top, the scrolled legs and apron with shell and leaf design, the complex cross-stretcher with a large leaf central finial.

     

    Italian, Rome

    1740-1750

     

    Height: 36 ins (91 cms)

    Width: 63.5 ins (161 cms)

    Depth: 32.75 ins (83 cms)                                                   £35,000

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  • Ottoman Carved and Painted Coffer

    Ottoman Carved and Painted Coffer

    Ottoman Carved and Painted Coffer

    10706 A rare Ottoman carved, painted and gilded coffer, the lid with an oval panel of a harbour view (possibly Constantinople?) within a border of scrolling flowers on a gilt background, the front and sides painted with swags of flowers supported by ribbons, the front with a military cartouche, the side panels carved with a tall flower vase, the stepped, spreading base carved with flowers among scrolls, original locks and handles. Unrestored condition.

     

    Ottoman Greece or Turkey

    1780 – 1820

    £14,000

     

    Height: 21.75 ins (55 cms)

    Width: 45.5 ins (116 cms)

    Depth: 22.75 ins (58 cms)

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  • Fourfold Embossed and Painted Leather Screen

    Fourfold Embossed and Painted Leather Screen

    Fourfold Embossed and Painted Leather Screen

    8550 A fourfold embossed and painted leather screen, English or Dutch mid 18th century panels, gilded and painted with parrots among flowering foliage and vines. With old damage.

     

    Early 18th century

     

    Height: 65 ins (165 cm)

    Width: 96 ins (244 cm)

    SOLD

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  • East African Lamu Throne Chair

    East African Lamu Throne Chair

    East African Lamu Throne Chair

    10565 An East African Lamu throne chair, hardwood and bone inlaid in traditional upright form, with pediment top with spindles and geometric inlay to the back, with straight arms leading down into an integral foot-rest, the back and sides strung with cotton thread.

     

    East African coast

    19th century

     

    Height: 45.75 ins (116 cms)

    Width: 27.5 ins (70 cms)                                               £7,500

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