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$1,795 USDDrop Leaf Sofa Table Mid 1800s
Antiques:Furniture
A seriously functional & Beautiful Tuck a Way Table. Dating from the middle 1800’s. So slender being only 4 ¾” wide when folded! The leafs lift up & are held in place by a butterfly bracket. Beautiful figured mahogany top with a rich & mellow surface patina. True classical style. The workmanship is superb. Measuring 29” High x 30” wide, when fully open 30 3/8”x 30 ¾”. Across the bottom legs 16 ½”. This table is an amazing little wonder, so slim & elegant. Totally great for tea time, pull it out ...
$12,500 USDDesk Secretary Double Tambour Hepplewhite
Antiques:Furniture
Here is a fine and unusual early 19th century double tambour Hepplewhite secretary. The top section has two tambour slides revealing an interior of three drawers and nine compartments. The bottom has a fold over writing surface section, pull out slides, two side by side drawers and two serpentine front tambour slides. The legs, drawer fronts and slides all have string inlay. It measures 45”h x 38”w x 20” deep. It generally overall it is in very good condition. The surface patina is rich and ...
$2,900 USDDrop Leaf Table Unusual Style in Rosewood
Antiques:Furniture
Exceptional Drop Leaf Game or Tea Table from the middle 1800’s.They just doesn’t make them like this any more! Amazing proportion & design, incredibly solid & hand carved of Rosewood .One front pull out fitted drawer. This little beauty has a great & rich surface patina, & it really weighs a bloody ton for its size: measuring 28 ½” High x 29 ¾” Center Top x25” Deep & each side leaf measures 11” Long. I can see this table in the corner of a room or between two wing back chairs or even in a small ...
$4,450 USDDresden Porcelain Ebony Hanging Wall Shelf
Antiques:Furniture
Dresden/Meissen Wall shelf. 19th century hanging wall shelf in ebonized wood that has scalloped shelves, a mirror back and columns of exceptionally fine porcelain. As you can see the porcelain has flowers that are applied and if you look closely you can see little bugs like lady bugs and bees darting in and out of the flowers. The wall shelf is in very good condition – it is sturdy and it has the brackets at top for hanging on the wall. It was recently purchased from a Belfast, Maine Estate. It ...
$3,500 USDDesk Trunk Brass Bound Travel ,Campaign Type
Antiques:Furniture
Here is an outrageously wonderful 19th century campaign desk or trunk. This is a complicated trunk having a million things going on. First of all I should say that even though the wood looks like rosewood my feeling is that it is camphor wood or zellcover wood. It has a slight smell of camphor which is great and that would be my gut instinct. It is all brass bound with a surprisingly great amount of compartments. When you lift the lid it actually has a book rack in it and in the back there is ...
$75,000 USDDesk Tortoise Shell & Brass Inlay Napoleon III
Antiques:Furniture
19th Century Ebony Desk with Brass Inlay. This is a completely spectacular and highly sophisticated desk - overall in black ebony and tortoise shell. The desk is elaborately inlaid with brass and as you can see the brass is all over floral. It has two lined cupboard doors on the top with two doors under that. Underneath the desk top is a pull out writing surface. The felt is gone or it was either felt or leather covered writing surface which is worn - they always are. Underneath that is a pull ...
$12,500 USDDesk Dutch Marquetry Inlay Drop Front Incredible
Antiques:Furniture
I was so excited to have recently acquired this masterpiece Dutch Marquetry Desk! Every square inch of this desk is inlaid .The all over decoration / design of the desk just flows so naturally & as you can see just truly undulating .This desk was made in the 18th Century ,about 1760 & and naturally has had some minor restoration that is quite undetectable with the naked eye “so to speak” The drop front opens up to make a flat writing surface that is supported by the side pull out desk supports, ...
$16,500 USDDrop Leaf Table Hand Painted with Classical Scenes
Antiques:Furniture
Here is an outstanding late 18th Century Pembroke Table. The mahogany table is hand painted over almost the entire surface of the shapely top. The fine tapered legs have simple line string inlays on the outer edges and hand painted down the center of the leg with green bellflowers. Oddly enough this table is in remarkable condition! The hand painting is very well defined. It has shaped leaves and a bowed top, one drawer and tapered square legs ending in cupped brass castor feet. The drawer is ...
$12,500 USDEarly Dutch Marquetry Curio Cabinet
Antiques:Furniture
Late 18th Century or early 19th Century Dutch Marquetry Curio Cabinet. I actually have never seen a Dutch marquetry piece in this form – I absolutely love it. It has great signs of age and the surface is rich and lustrous. The contrast with the dark wood and lighter color inlays is spectacular along with the florals all the way around. Each shelf, and there are three, has a central oval medallion in floral designs. It has a mirror back; the glass is in all good condition. As you can see it has ...
$2,450 USDEarly European Primitive Carved Chest
Antiques:Furniture
Here is a spectacular primitive chest. It is European, it is deeply carved. It has primitive outside dove tail and inside has snipe hinges. It has hand bale handles on each side. Carved on the front and each side – the top and back are not carved. There is remnants of old blue paint showing through in certain sections. This is a fabulous size – it would make a fantastic wood box by the fire place or and occasional table or just at the foot of the bed. It is the size more or less of a large ...
$3,750 USDElegant Antique Burl Walnut Ladies Work Table
Antiques:Furniture
This is an exceptionally fine 19th century burl walnut inlaid ladies secretary. It has a top writing surface with small tooled leather insert. The back top section has a central door with sectioned drawer and cubby holes behind. The sides step down and hold a drawer – both having a decorative brass gallery. The frieze is fitted with one drawer having compartments and a large wood inlaid bag drawer. It is all supported by four well turned legs with bottom stretcher which rest on brass caster feet ...
$12,500 USDFine European Etagere
Antiques:Furniture
Ultra fine early 19th century French or English Regency Étagère. This is a remarkable piece as you can see. It has five graduated shelves; the overall étagère is in finely figured mahogany marquetry design. It is lavishly mounted in bronze Dore. There is so much movement in this piece it is astounding. It appears to me to be all original. It has early back boards on it, peg construction, the mirrors look in excellent condition and what I like most about this piece is that the mirrors make you ...
$16,500 USDEbony Credenza With Signed Hand Painted Porcelain Plaques
Antiques:Furniture
A most beautiful 19th century credenza in Rich black ebony on mahogany & mounted with gilt brass moldings. The credenza has a white marble top with shapely corners & inset hand painted plaques that are most likely Sevres or Limoges & have spectacular detail & are initialed by the artist. There are six plaques total. The credenza measures 45" high x 44" wide X 18" deep. Inside the drawer of the credenza is a black & white photo of this piece with a clock sitting on top & a letter of provenance ...
$1,295 USDFootstool Carved Mahogany Upholstered Silk
Antiques:Furniture
Wonderfully traditional footstool made in the middle 1800’s.Hand Carved of light brown mahogany with free flowing lines .Demure cabriole legs end in a tiny curl at the foot. In the center of the skirt are hand carved florals.This foot stool has been professionally upholstered within the last five years in a lemon yellow silk moiré fabric with fleur di lis design. This footstool is in exceptional condition ,beautiful & sophisticated in every way. Measuring 15 1/2” High x 23” Long x 17” Wide ...
$4,200 USDFrench Empire Davenport Desk - Ebony & Brass
Antiques:Furniture
19th Century Davenport Desk. The overall desk is ebonized rosewood and it is lavishly embellished with bronze Dore and a good amount of brass string inlay. First when you lift the top compartment with the bronze Dore gallery you can see it is a full fitted interior compartment in a very interesting wood- I don’t know exactly what it is but it could quite possible be U wood or bird’s eye maple. It has a locking mechanism. You lift the top desk surface you can then lift the lid back and you can ...
$1,375 USDFaux Marble Decorated Sewing Stand 19th Century
Antiques:Furniture
Here is an amazing 19th century sewing stand in a rather unique form – examples like this are rare. The round ball top opens from the center to reveal a lift out tray and an open bottom where you would store your sewing materials. The tri-footed stand is extremely shapely. The stand is faux decorated to resemble marble – it is in a dark teal color with gray veining – this faux decorating or marbleizing was professionally done. These types of stands are generally made of a base wood – I have only ...
$4,250 USDFrench Stand With Painted Porcelain Basin Signed
Antiques:Furniture
Wow is all that I can say about this 19th century Basin Stand. Be sure to look at the close up photos. The stand is carved wood with elaborate gold leafing in the rococo shells. Under the gold leaf you can see remnants of the gesso .The surface is painted in a cream color enamel & not only that but the surface has a wonderful inscribed detail of a basket weave on the top & a triangle design all around the sides. NOW as if that wasn’t enough excitement, it has an inset porcelain basin on top. The ...
$1,495 USDGarden Cast Iron Bench Chair Table
Antiques:Furniture
Outstanding Victorian Garden Set in Cast Iron. In the grapes & Vine pattern , so popular throughout the 19th Century, The pattern is well defined as you can see & the feet are so well defined being a grape leaf. I really like the natural movement in this set , it just flows with the rhythm of nature. The condition is excellent , it is in black paint which is also very interesting. The sofa 38” Long x 28” High to top of back x 14” High from seat to floor x 12 ½” seat depth. The chair 16” Long x ...
$695 USDGarden Chairs Cast Iron Matching Pair
Antiques:Furniture:Chairs, Furniture,Architectural,Garden
Add a touch of nostalgic elegance to the garden with this wonderful pair of cast iron chairs. From a wonderful estate in Rockland Maine. The chairs are wonderfully casted in iron with a grape & vine motif. They date from the late 1800’s are very sturdy ,there are a few lawyers of white paint on them which adds so much charm & just screams of antiquity! Small in size measuring 27 ¼” high to top of chair back x 15 ½” from floor to top of seat x 15 ¼” seat width. The possibilities are endless with ...
$595 USDHand Painted Stand Spool Turned Legs
Antiques:Furniture
Nice country Ladies sewing stand .This is a joyful little piece of furniture. This spool turned stand is in overall original black paint, with colorful hand painted flowers & a red bird on the top lid. On the front, more flowers & on the pull out drawer underneath is hand stenciling in gold with a bird. Around the spool turnings is more gold stenciling. The interior of the lift top & pull out drawer is lined with old wall paper in a tiny all over print on blue ground. This is a precious little ...
$4,800 USDInlaid French Liquor Cabinet
Antiques:Furniture
Outstanding French Liquor Cabinet. The cabinet is delicately inlaid on all four sides with elegant florals in scrolling reserves. The cabinet doors open out on all four sides and are all fitted with mirrors which are held on with brass moldings. There is an attached label inside that reads Ameublements, Meubles De Fantaisie les Fils d’Alfred Wimphen 25 Rue de Fqubourge St Antoine 25 Paris. It has the original inset marble top. The cabinet has elaborate bronze mounts and handles. It measures 25 ¾ ...
$16,500 USDIrish Georgian Inlaid Chest on Chest
Antiques:Furniture
Quite the impressive early chest on chest! As you can see it is quite spectacular in Mahogany with lavish amounts of satin wood inlay. The top crest has nice architectural moldings with three small drawers below that & three graduated drawers, this top section sits securely into the base with three more graduated slightly larger drawers, all resting on a shapely bracket base. The chest has the original Chippendale drawer pulls & escutcheon’s, the surface patina is rich & lustrous with a French ...
$18,500 USD18th Century Irish Game Card Table
Antiques:Furniture
This is a handsome Irish game Table - circa 1760’s. The table measures 29 ¼”h x 35 ¾”w x 17 ¼”d. It is made of rich brown mahogany with a carved edge of ribbons and floral sprays. It has bar and bead molding around the base of the table top which is carved and applied. There is a 1” section missing at the very back of the table. The canted Marlboro legs have a few sections of carved edges knocked off. The surface is somewhat dirty and dry with a few faint old line cracks on the top. The interior ...
$1,250 USD19th Century Adirondack Twig Table
Antiques:Furniture
One of the greatest 19th century Adirondack twig tables .This one is just the way I found it. It has a minute amount of remnants of old green paint that has worn off over the years. The exposed wood is dry but yet has great rich warmth to it. The style is so fascinating, it is just as knotty & gnarly as can be but tastefully so! The table is in very fine condition, is very sturdy & a very rare find indeed! Dating from the 19th century & measures 26 ¼” high x 20 ½” diameter of top & 20 ½”span at ...
$1,295 USD19th Century Oriental Marble Stand
Antiques:Furniture
This is an absolutely wonderful intricately carved 19th century pedestal – in a hard wood that in some places appear to be rosewood and in other places a wonderful dark brown color. It has four carved friezes with bam boo carvings down the legs. The top has an inset rouge marble in the center and there is a nicely carved beaded molding all around the edge. It measures 33” h x 12” wide @ widest point and the diameter of the top is 11”. Striving For Excellence It isn’t brilliance or just getting ...
$2,200 USD18th Century Mini Furniture Still Bank
Antiques:Furniture:Bank
Here is something quite spectacular - I have never in my career ever seen anything like this one. It is a miniature bow front chest dating from the 18th Century. It is mahogany with highly figured birds eye maple veneers and a lighter color banded inlay. The drawer pulls are made of whale ivory. The back as I hope you can see is moveable. It is on hinges and I believe that this miniature chest did start out as a bank and it looks like it has had a little bit of restoration in those areas like ...
$1,850 USD19th Century Carved Wood Torchere Pedestal
Antiques:Furniture
Nice torchere “pedestal” completely hand carved of what appears to be oak. It has as you can see incorporated several different designs – which makes it scream of that look of antiquity. I believe this torchere dates from the middle 1800’s and overall the condition is fabulous. It is very sturdy – the surface extremely dry – just the way we found it – with that look we love – perfect to display a wonderful bronze or early candlestick on top. The base consists of three carved legs – on one of the ...
$5,500 USD19th Century Carved Wood Gold Gilt Arm Chair
Antiques:Furniture
Here is one of the most outrageous chairs I have ever laid eyes on. There is no way that your eye can stay stationary while looking at this chair. I believe it dates from the 19th century – as you can see it has the most incredible bold movement. The carving is truly excellent – and it is carved! The carving is so elegant – it is well defined and the cherub faces are just very very precious - they do look like a chubby cheeked little baby. As you can see this chair is in full gold gilt! It is ...
$5,500 USDLibrary Table Desk Carved Inlay Marquetry
Antiques:Furniture
Incredible 19th Century Library Table !So hard to describe this one , everywhere /every angle has so much going on !Made of light brown mahogany or walnut , its hard to tell. The carvings are well defined ,On each corner of the columns is a carved mythological mans face ,the scrolling acanthus leaf feet really look more like a classical dolphin, the dimension & detail is that good! The entire top is parquetry in light & dark shades & framed in a carved top molding above the carved skirt. This is ...
$4,800 USD19th Century Classical Carved Mahogany Desk Work Stand
Antiques:Furniture
This is a very exciting classical work stand/desk. It is made of highly figured rich brown mahogany sitting on a massively fine incredibly carved base. The carving is so bold – each talon of the foot is exceptionally well defined. It has two drawers with the original hardware. When you open the lift top there is a green felt desk top section that can be propped up to a slanting position. On either side of the desk top section there are compartments for inkwells and other desk items. The surface ...
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