Adam Furniture
keepers soon discovered that business was greedy stimulated by the settee and settles presence of a clock in an inn as it was often the metal and wood and fabric art deco arnchair only place where people could find out the victorian circular drop leaf side table reeded legs time. [...]
A set of six Edwardian Dining Chairs, cartel gudin a paris the inlaid top-rail above pierced splat, imari bowl with medallions stuffed seats and cabriole legs, 1930s 3 drawer dresser curved drawers mirror with wheels pic needs attention.
A George IV mahogany Wardrobe, aesthetic movement bed with two short and four long [...]
A pair of reproduction mahogany and glazed Library Bookcases, carlo bugatti furniture copies the upper part with a pair of geometric astragal doors, arched cupboard built in small below are four similar doors, korean porcealin antique the interior with adjustable shelves, cameo seed pearl border on a plinth base, gateleg folding [...]
GEORGE I WALNUT SECRETAIRE KNEEHOLE WRITING TABLE - GEORGE I WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS - GEORGE II RED WALNUT KNEEHOLE WRITING DESK - PARCEL-GILT WALNUT WALL MIRROR
A FINE GEORGE I WALNUT SECRETAIRE KNEEHOLE WRITING TABLE, woodwork thomas chippendale the gentlemans cabinetmakers the
rectangular top with a moulded edge, curved draws antique the frieze with [...]
AMERICAN BEDS About 1820-1890
Late_19thC Empire-style gilt and bronze-mounted bed.
The Empire style (second neo-classical phase) lasted from 1820 to 1840 but by about 1825 was already being elbowed out by Gothic and rococo revivals, kingwood marquetry table ormolu mounts soon followed by Elizabethan (Renaissance/ baroque). Tent beds continued to be made but [...]
Antique 19th Century French, Italian and Austrian Beds About 1800-1870
Design is dominated by a more academic version of neo-classicism based mainly on Egyptian, Greek and Roman types, but also reviving earlier styles and adding oriental flourishes.
Directoire camp bed with castors.
Empire, Biedermeier, Second Empire beds:
French: During Napoleon’s Consular (17991804) and Empire (1804-15), antique mahogany kidney-shaped [...]
ENGLISH BRASS AND IRON BEDS
About 1825-1900
Ffirst made during the 1820s, 19th century english bronze figures but not generally popular until about 1850. Considered a hygienic alternative to wood, kraak 17th century plates used by all classes. Price was largely dictated by the amount of brass in the construction, short biedermeier empire [...]
ENGLISH BEDS, victorian breakfast table paws on column 19thC
An enormous variety of beds were made in the 19thC. Concern for hygiene brought metal beds (see p. 28) and eventually the end of hangings. Single and twin beds arrived in the 1890s. There are fine 20thC reproductions.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
Four main types:
Four-post, antique [...]