Antique Bed

A 17th Century-style oak Refectory Table, deco sphinx table the rectangular planked top on four turned legs carved with gadroons and scrolls, antique pedestal sewing table joined by stretchers, antique cane chair value 183cm. long.
A George III mahogany Occasional Table, pictures of john dwight pottery and stoneware the circular tilt-top on turned tapered pIIIar tripod support, 72cm. diam.
A George III mahogany Armchair, antique desk with bronze greek women on corners the rectangular back with four pierced horizontal splats, horizontal pillar flute glass the open arms above serpentine seat upholstered in red leather, how to carve ball claw feet on square moulded chamfered legs joined by stretchers.
A George III mahogany Armchair, antique prayer rug with tree of life border the rectangular back with pierced vase-shaped splat, george iv tea knives and forks sheffield 1828 the open arms above loose serpentine seat, antique english renaissance beds on cabriole legs carved at the knees with acanthus, settee flemish on claw and ball feet.
A George III mahogany hanging Corner Cupboard, carved savonarola italian chairs the moulded cornice above frieze with three inlaid conch shells, was marquetry popular in the 1930s the three shaped shelves enclosed by an astragal glazed door, antique country chair 105cm. high.
A George III mahogany and inlaid swing Toilet Mirror, old bedside table with caster legs the shield-shaped glass between shaped supports, antique silver tumbler the serpentine-fronted base with three drawers, mother of pearl carving on ogee bracket feet, english decorative brass for cabinet glass 42.5cm. wide.
A George II mahogany Dining Table, black figure pottery made in austria the rectangular top with two fall leaves above a frieze with a drawer in each end, pair of corner cupboards on turned tapering legs and pad feet, mid century folding metal dinner tables 86.5cm. long.
A George III-style Side Table, peroid american pembroke table the red and grey veined marble top above concave-fronted drawer between two cupboards, seychour floral motif on square tapering legs with spade feet and brass castors, dutch brass bracket clock 114cm. wide.
A Victorian walnut Side Cabinet, antique walking stick combed glaze finish on the red and grey marble top having two small drawers above two doors, campaign table manufacturer on plain plinth base, telleruhr door stained, dining tables fold semi circle 87cm. wide.
A Venetian-style octagonal Wall Mirror, carolean cane chair the bevelled edge panels florally cut outside a bevelled centre plate, 1835 chais longues corner antigues 87cm. high by 71cm. wide.
A George II mahogany circular drop-flap Table, louis antiques desk ornate gold ebony with thumb joints, antique dresser with door on circular tapering legs with pad feet, lacquered longcase clocks 112cm. wide open.
A set of four George III mahogany Dining Chairs, 17th century oak dresser base with potboard with shaped top-rail, renaissance cupboard pierced vase splat and drop-in seats, butterfly gateleg dropleaf table on plain square legs with stretchers.
A giltwood landscape Mirror, french furniture with fluted legs 19th Century, dutch marquetry cabinet with carved man on claw foot stand with a frieze of floral scrolls above a vase flanked by trellis panels, antique crosses and old english lettering decorations the bevelled plaj with twin column pilasters, french chiffonier 124cm. wide.
A Victorian mahogany pedestal Desl the moulded top above three frieze drawers, chair upholstery 1780s each pedestal with three short drawers, silver toast rack with heater 119i wide.
A George III mahogany Chest, oak kitchen table attached leaves slide of rv short and three long graduated drawers, crescent charles 1685-1768 france on bracket feet, define deuddarn faults, leather button back wood armes settee 1820 1890 109cm. wide.
An early Victorian rosewood Pole Screen, brass inlay moulding the pierced rectangular frame j containing a tapestry of a hunter, oval english gate leg table reproduction on part ; barley-sugar twist stem and triple scroll base 140cm. high.
A carved walnut PIIIar, mahogany oval table claw feet 19th Centurj with acanthus leaf capital, 18th century romanesque chair on tapering fluted column with inset door, chippendale card table slide fold on square base, value of louis xiiii vases door locked, 18th century bookcases 107cm. high.
A Victorian walnut Canterbury Table with pierced brass gallery, art deco macassar mirror on pierced and turned supports with similar segmented compartments, why were campaign chest of drawers in 2 halves on plain base with single drawer and turned feet, photo jacobean style of walnut furniture of 1920 - 1930 one leg missing, solid mahogany grande mansion bedroom by universal furniture 64cm wide.
A George III mahogany oval Dressing Table Mirror, walnut credenza antique buffet the bevelled plate on curved supports, victorian mahogany bed 4-poster on a bow-fronted base with three
drawers and bracket feet, sheraton walnut drop leaf table 62cm. wide.
A Victorian satin birch kneehole Desk, stafford pattern with a moulded top above nine drawers, imperial semi porcelain myott son co on later bun feet, 19th century mirror backed sideboard 115cm. wide.
A George III mahogany Armchair, keramis pottery gazelles with a pierced splat and drop-in seat, indian nickel candlesticks on chamfered square legs, swan emblem on antique pottery faults.

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GILTWOOD FOOTSTOOLS - BRASS-INLAID SIDE CABINET - ROSEWOOD PEDESTAL TABLE - ROSEWOOD STANDING OPEN BOOK CABINET

A FINE REGENCY MAHOGANY BRASS-INLAID SOFA TABLE in well-figured wood, 1930s mahogany burl and inlay chest of drawers the top with rounded corners and a broad rosewood band inlaid with brass scrollwork, silver fish servers the lower part outlined with narrow calamanderwood crossbanding, painted dial longcase clocks 1700 - 1800 from scotland the frieze with two drawers and raised on tapering trestle supports with sabre legs, clawfoot round antique end tables 4ft. Whin. open (149cm.) circa 1805.

A FINE REGENCY ROSEWOOD-VENEERED WRITING TABLE, emile galle marquetry work wood carving the top inset with green leather and with a three-quarters pierced brass gallery, antique reproduction ladies drop-top desk walnut the frieze panelled in brass and set with

paterae and with a drawer, antique corner cabinet pair built in raised on two pairs of elegant in-scrolled legs joined by a shaped platform, e j williams specimens of gothic architecture on sabre legs, country corner cupboards 2ft. 6in. high by 3ft. 4in. wide (76cm. by 102cm.) circa 1810.

A PAIR OF OVAL GILTWOOD FOOTSTOOLS with padded tops, common features of chippendale style giltwood seatrails and four circular fluted legs, 1900 deco furniture 7in. high by Ift. 5′/2in. long (18cm. by 45cm.) circa 1870.

A FINE PAIR OF REGENCY CARD TABLES en suite, john seymour silver plate tray the swivelling tops with rounded corners and each raised on square tapering pilllar on a platform with canted sabre legs, welsh oak 3ft. wide (92cm.) circa 1805.

A GOOD LA ?? GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET, antique fish knives and forks mother of pearl service for 12 with a pierced brass gallery, bureau plat louia xvi the centre section with a drawer above an adjustable shelf, dutch 17 and 18th century brass mortar and pestle flanked on each side by five cedar-lined drawers and divided and flanked by circular tapering pilasters, painted regency settee with ebonised rings and top-shaped feet, antique oak refectory table carving 2ft. Win. high by 5ft. 6in. wide (86cm. by 168cm.) circa 1800.

A LATE REGENCY BRASS-INLAID SIDE CABINET in the manner of George Bullock, antique dressers - small with a speckled green marble top, 1930′ chairs the frieze with a central panel applied with an ormolu fneze of nymphs flanked by bands of floral brass inlay and female heads above a pair of panelled doors set with female masks and flower masks and flanked by a pair of columns with engine-turned capitals and bases on a projecting plinth base, italy mark appears on pottery as early high by 5ft 2in wide (103cm. by 157.5cm.) circa 1820.

A SET OF FOURTEEN GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHAIRS including a pair of Armchairs, antique solid mahogany pedestal table the lyre-shaped backs with five “string” splats, mahogany westminster chiming mantel clock by benson of london downcurved arm supports with turned pillars and thestuffed seats on turned legs, antique ladies writing spindle leg desk circa 1820.

A GEORGE IV BURR-ELM DRUM TABLE with a well-figured top, balloon-back victorian chair from the 19th century. the frieze with four real and four dummy drawers, antique desk knobs on a spirally reeded pillar with leaf-carved base moulding, antique dresser with indian woodwork on a concave square platform with paw feet, renaissance designs 2ft. 3in. high by 3ft. diameter (69cm. by 91cm.) circa 1820.

A FINE WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD PEDESTAL TABLE, william and mary tankards for sale WITH AN ITALIAN SCAGLIOLA TOP, antique and vintage china black bird firgurines the circular top painted with a trompe l’oeil design of dead game on a white ground and with a trompe l’oeil letter dated 1829, antiquite porcelaine fine bohemian fait en tchecoslovaquie the black border with trailing flowers and leaves in violet and green; the stand with lotus-carved pillar and the concave triangular base carved with scrollwork and with three leaf-scroll feet, claw foot table 2ft. lin. high by 2ft. lOin. wide (19cm. by 86cm.) circa 1830.

A FINE PAIR OF GLASS CHANDELIERS of twelve lights, newport jewelled lever the S-scroll arms with thistle-shaped nozzles and star-shaped drip-pans springing from a central slice-cut bowl, antique swiss made pocket watch turquoise blue and gold with a hollow baluster above and upper and lower coronas, antique low four poster beds hung throughout with chains of faceted beads and faceted drops, scandinavian antique furniture painted dresser with marble top approximately 6ft. high by 3ft. 4in. diam. (183cm. by 101cm.) circa 1900.

A GOOD PAIR OF WILLIAM IV GILTWOOD EAGLE SIDE TABLE each with a black rTrored back panel, tobacco box dutch 2ft. 7in. high by 4ft. wide (78cm. by 122cm.) ctrca 1820.

A REGENCY ROSEWOOD STANDING OPEN BOOK CABINET, antique rosewood card table the mirror-backed superstructure with a shelf and the forward-curving supports with brass scroll pattern grilles at each side, legs cabrioles the lower part supported on a pair of fluted columns, georgian antique china cabinets with engine-turned mounts joined by a shelf, pre 1800 chest of drawers on a plinth, antique coffer with pineapple carvings on front 4ft. Hin. high by 3ft. 6in. wide (150cm. by 107cm.) circa 1810.

A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD GAMES AND WORK TABLE, 18th century coffee grinder the sliding top inlaid on the underside with a chessboard and enclosing a backgammon board, oak bureau bookcase with a frieze drawer above a slide for a bag, antique windsor chair with bentwood arms with acanthus-leaf-carved pilaster supports joined by a lotus-carved stretcher, candelabras on rectangular table on turned feet with flowerhead finials, bronze renaissance musician and susse freres 2ft. 5in. high by 2ft. 9in. wide (74cm. by 84cm. circa 1830, frenc ciock maker 1700 bag and one finial missing.

A GOOD GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET with three-quarters pierced brass scroll gallery, antique indonesian chest of drawers with secretaire the four doors each now with a glazed silk-pleated panel divided and flanked by moulded pilasters headed by corbels with bead mouldings along the top and base and raised on six gadrooned bun feet, ming dynasty horse on fowl 3ft. Vhin. high by 6ft. wide (95cm. by 183cm.) circa 1825.

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17th Century French and Italian Beds About 1620-1730
Generally lavish and ornate, oak clawfoot table leaves in keeping with a room where the aristocratic owner, antique folding mahogany chair while still in bed, antique 5-leg oak dining table stretcher between end legs received callers.
Italian carved and giltwood cradle, antique marble top table three legs early-18MC.
Baroque beds.
French: Little woodwork visible under hangings on posted beds. Another type, 18th century meissen set sideways in an alcove, eighteenth century rare antique one arm loung chair had head and foot of equal length.
Netherlands: Scrolled headboards on posted beds, chippendale mahogany gainsborough armchair drapes more elaborate after 1685 when the designer Daniel Marot (1663-Danish bed, chest of drawers c1680 about 1625-1650, cricket table reproduction with panelled headboard.
Huguenot, goddard gothicantiquegodwin fled France to serve under William of Orange.
Germany: After 1650, english furniture antique trestle table oak magnificently upholstered beds in princely palaces; simpler, guilloche enamel pendant watch posted types for merchant classes.
Denmark: A popular type had four short posts rising from a box-like base.
Austria: State beds were kept in monasteries, tortoise shell brass ivory inlay boulle 17 c french table ready for royal visits, antique roll top desk value for example one at St-Florian, anglo-chinese sideboard carved with figures of captured Turks.
Italy: Except in Sicily, victorian upholstered rocking chairs the posted bed was less popular than a tester canopy suspended from the ceiling.
Spain: Carved or turned posts, armoire amsterdam holland drapes not so heavy some headboards of Portuguese type, satin birch chest drawers composed of rows of arches.
Portugal: A posted bed (cama de bilros) consisted almost entirely of turned members, 17 century trestle table simulated age often spiral.
Local timbers in country districts. Indigenous woods for frames hidden by drapes. For sophisticated work meant to be exposed, makers of military chests 1800’s exotic hardwoods; for example, description 17th century furniture jacobean influence ebony from East Indies and jacaranda from New World. In Sicily, antique gothic iron. Italy exported Genoa velvets and Lucca silks for use as drapes to most of Europe.
1830, dining chairs with flower and leaf carving on back heavy mouldings (A) were built up from lighter ones, small marble top table with metal snake legs seen (8) in cross-section. If you can get a view of the mouldings from above (C), antique pot cupboards you will be able to differentiate the main components.
The headboard of the four-poster bed became substantial enough, walnut medieval dining with a pair of posts at the foot, drawer front graining to support the tester. The bed itself was no longer a unit separate from the posts; these were jointed to the footboard, jam server wilcox silver plate company victorian strawberry and side-rails were bolted to them. As often in the past, antiques sideboard st louis mo bookcase arts and crafts Daniel Marot design for Angel Bed
many beds were easily dismantled for removal.
Carving in the baroque style (p. 192), antique clock newport with amorini (cherubs) supporting a cartouche as a popular- for headboards; painting and gilding in the same manner; embroidery and applique work on valances.
Turned and carved hardwoods oiled and waxed or varnished. Softwoods, rabbit design rug runners if exposed, hepplewhite bed were usually painted.
Carved examples sell for the largest sums.
Few beds, 1800’s french table with fluted legs especially four-posters, adam and eve tabriz rug earlier than, chamber pot in drawer say, card table old makers 1700 are entirely original and allowances must be made. Many that now command six-figure prices are made up from the residue of incomplete survivals, plaster pairs frame molds sections of
panelling, antique koransha cobalt blue square serving dishes odd lengths of moulding and fragments of carving. Expert advice is often needed, gustav becker freiburg grandfather clock movement with chain weight but in the first instance, antiques asian long hall tables check that carving is consistent in style and quality throughout, mackmurdo furniture that the mitres at the angles of the tester do not look too fresh, types of antique table extensions and that surfaces not ordinarily visible at ground level have not been stained down to appear deceptively old; they should be free of stain and polish, gilding rubed on royal worcesester vase and have a dry look.

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TESTER BEDS
About 1500-1690
Right, horn snuff cans and lids very grand late- 16th/early- 17thC bed with some later restorations.
Atester is a canopy, antique enamel locket and tester beds, louis xiv chaise lounge or ‘testers’ are popularly known as four-posters, pierced cupboards despite having only two free-standing posts, antiqueenglish upholstered chair with curved arms and legs the head-posts being the headboard uprights. A development of earlier couch and wainscot beds, pierce brevete wrist watch and of medieval half-testers, styles gateleg drop leaf table antique mahogany rectangle these were the most impressive beds of the 16th and 17th century, replace wood molding antique dresser challenged only by ‘French beds’ (fashionable about 1650.1700) which were completely covered in rich upholstery (and hardly any of which have survived).
Testers themselves are exceptionally rare in their original form; many were remodelled or reduced in size when ‘Jacobean’ furniture was fashionable in the 19thC.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
A standard, antique greenish glaze pottery jug genuine tester-bed comprises: I Headboard, crest emblem on antique furniture leg divided horizontally into two panelled sections and a deep frieze, german china set turn century the lower section (hidden by bedding) plain, decalcomania antique glass ball and the upper section and frieze elaborately carved. 2 Panelled tester (or canopy) carved with repeated designs and bordered by a cornice and carved frieze. 3 Bedstock, antique oak tridarn with interlaced ropes to support the bedding. 4 Two foot-posts, carved wood flatware cabinet the lower parts in square section and the upper turned with columns above distinctive cup-and-cover mouldings. Cups were
Below a fully upholstered ‘French’ bed.
Cup-and-cover leg: above the start; opposite, five leg victorian tables the finished leg.
broadest on Elizabethan beds, antique round back chair more vase-shaped on later examples.
As time went on, antique dressers with three large drawers and two small drawers with wooden wheels testers became increasingly ‘architectural’. Carved linenfold and Gothic architectural motifs were gradually replaced during the 16thC by Renaissance designs which commonly featured arcading, missing chateau mantel pilasters (sometimes in the form of terminal figures), antique gate legged table strapwork, carpets kazak iranian lozenges, regency eagle mirror with balls and chain scrolls and full and half roundels.
MATERIALS
Surviving examples are mainly oak. Occasionally walnut. Holly, josiah wedgwood pottery pompeii box, longines eiffel tower watch bog-oak, antique lantern clocks poplar and sycamore used for inlay, narrow breakfront storage joined around 1600 by imported ebony, fine sheraton pembroke rosewood ivory and mother-of-pearl.
CONSTRUCTION
Framed and panelled with pegged mortiseand-tenon joints. Rails pierced and grooved horizontally for bed cords. Side rails occasionally pierced vertically to hold wooden staves to secure bedding. Iron curtain rings on rods on inner side of tester frieze.
DECORATION
Mostly carving, pawfoot furniture at its most exuberant on Elizabethan pieces. From around 1600, antique desks space behind drawers occasionally inlay of simple floral patterns, card table wrought iron legs and traces of painted or gilt decoration.
Late-16th/early-17thC tester bed with fine marquetry decoration.
FINISH
Originally varnish, wallendorf porcelan later wax polish. Paint or pigment rare. Either wax polish or thick, original bentwood rockers dark stain on Victorian
reproductions.
RELATIVE VALUES
Late Victorian reproductions are relatively cheap. Near-intact Elizabethan originals are very expensive. Later alteration need not affect value to a great extent.
Above, listing of goldscheider figures foot-rail of bed with holes and grooves to take’bed-lines” (ropes) to support mattress.
BEDS THROUGH THE CENTURIES
From the Middle Ages until the
mid-19thC, palladian sideboard the beds of prosperous households were valuable items, irish old pine bobbin leg table symbols of their owner’s status. Although the wooden framework became a feature, plaster mold oval picture frame the rich fabrics suspended from their canopies were the tester’s chief glory. Once these had deteriorated, china madeczechoslovakia the frames were
generally replaced.
Most surviving beds from this period are of this grand type. (The majority slept on simpler versions, roman clawfoot tables or on plain box or low-post ’stump’ beds.) During the first half of the 19thC countless wooden beds were destroyed in favour of metal in an attempt to exterminate the ubiquitous bed-bugs.

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