Posts Tagged ‘piece of furniture’

Antique English Oak and Walnut Bureau. William and Mary, Queen Anne and George I

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 [...]

Antique English Escritoires

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

DESKS: ESCRITOIRES
Approximately 1680-1720
William & Mary mulberry wood fall-front escritoire.
0riginally known as a scrutoire or scriptor, this was a valuable piece of furniture in its day, its flat fall-front providing a good surface for
decorative veneers. The earliest versions are small and mounted on a stand, but the majority of survivals are large and sit on a [...]