Posts Tagged ‘bun feet’
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Antique English Bureau.
A William and Mary period, c.1690, antique walnut bureau ia furniture of great quality. The tapering octagonal section solid walnut legs of this antique furniture terminate in bun feet and the flat, shaped stretcher is also veneered in walnut. The arched shaping of the frieze with its small edge moulding, like a cock [...]
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
DESKS: ENGLISH BUREAUX AND BUREAUX CABINETS
About 1690-1740
Walnut veneered two-part bureau, about 1700.
Acombination of the bureau on stand and the escritoire, having an upper desk section with a fitted interior mounted on a chest of drawers; can have a cabinet above with further interior fittings for ledgers, papers.
Initially made in two sections with applied ‘waist’ moulding [...]
Tags: brass, bun feet, bureau, bureaux, Cabinet, chest of drawers, CHESTS, chests of drawers, cornice, Desk, Desks, Drawers, ENGLISH, interior fittings, mirror glass, moulding, secret compartment, veneer
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
DESKS: BUREAUX AND BUREAUX CABINETS
About 1690-1740
Walnut veneered two-part bureau, about 1700.
Acombination of the bureau on stand and the escritoire, having an upper desk section with a fitted interior mounted on a chest of drawers; can have a cabinet above with further interior fittings for ledgers, papers,
Initially made in two sections with applied ‘waist’ moulding around [...]
Tags: brass, bun feet, bureau, bureaux, chest, chests of drawers, cupboard, Desks, drawer fronts, Drawers, iron, mahogany, mirror glass, ormolu, Queen Victoria, secret compartment, swing, Value
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
English Walnut and Mahogany Secretaires
A William and Mary period fall-front secretaire cabinet on chest in walnut. c. 1690. The heavy mouldings in cross grained walnut, convex cushion drawer, and bun feet show the Dutch influence of William’s reign. The piece is veneered in fairly straight grained English walnut without much figure and shows herring-bone inlay [...]
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