Late 18th Century Furniture

Nicely carved giltwood frame. Glass mirror to be installed. Some of the gilt has been rubbed off intentionally. Beautiful patina.

With a Christies, New York auction sticker on the back. The cabinet with carved cornice and openwork frieze. Carved sinuous floral vine supports flank the glass door with mullions in...

This elegant antique "Commode Sauteuse" was carved in Burgundy, France circa 1780. The fruitwood commode stands on cabriole legs ending with escargot feet over a scalloped apron deco...

Antique map titled 'Britain as divided under the Saxon Heptarchy'. An antique copper engraving map of England and Wales by Joseph Ellis depicting the period of the Saxon Heptarchy. E...

An intricately detailed, rare set of Georgian wrought iron pedestrian gates circa 1780. Stepped in history, these antique gates make an impressive entrance to a period country garden...

A gold, large antique French Louis XVI period barometer, signed by Torricelli in gilded wood and of oval shape with original scientific illustrations, in good condition. The detailed wall décor piece is consisting its original glass. Framed with gilt foliate trim and important pediment. Minor fading, due to age. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1750, France. The Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli...

George III Mahogany Chest, the top has a beautiful faded color and patina with canted front corners above a convex reeded quarter column. The two over four graduated drawers retain t...

Beautifully detailed. Hand sculpted terracotta on original marble plinth.

An 18th century English Porcelain Trompe L'oeil covered cauliflower form Box. This English Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Covered Cauliflower F...

Antique map titled 'The Kingdom of France (..)'. Large antique map of the Kingdom of France. Engraved by T. Kitchin. Published J. Blair, circa 1779.

Large boat bed in solid mahogany flamed, mahogany veneer, with rich decoration of finely chased and gilded bronzes, Empire period. Four baluster uprights, dec...

Antique print titled 'Colosse de Rhodes'. A vue d'optique of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Colossus of Rhodes w...

George III Mahogany Lattice back armchair. Seat with new top fabric. The rectangular lattice back above an upholstered tight seat with mahogany arms on sq...

Good set of 10 George III period mahogany dining chairs, the arched crest over shaped and pierced back splat, the seats over upholstered and standing on square tapered legs joined by...

A pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Sicilian Torcheres in original conditions, never restored with consistent signs of use and age that were likely used in a private church or chapel se...

An exquisite and elegant Florentine 18th century Louis XVI period carved, painted and gilded wood neoclassical console table, with Carrara white marble top. The rectangular frieze is...

Fine 18th century Swedish Rococo Gripsholm armchair in original color and padding, circa 1770. The armchairs got its name from the Gripsholm cast...

This very detailed miniature work designed to be set into an album of works for private viewing is of the Great Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan and was painted in...

This is one of the most stunning and unique period Louis XVI mirrors we have seen. The depth and finely detailed floral carvings include sunflowers, lilies, daisies and roses. The bo...

Antique 18th Century French Directoire armchair bergere. It’s made in beech wood and oak lacquered in off-white and upholstered in black ve...

Antique map titled 'The Republic of France divided according to its 103 Departments'. Decorative map of France. Includes a large cartouche and an in...

A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian rectangular wall mirror with its original mirror glass and blue color paint, made of handcrafted gilded Pinewood, in good condition. The wall decor ...

An exceptional and very unique Italian late 18th century Baroque st. giltwood and polychrome birdcage chandelier. The chandelier displays a most decorative birdcage design with wonde...

A pair of mounted antique carved wooden moulds from the Tucker collection. This pair is one of many moulds we are selling from this vast collection assembled by British make-up artist, Christopher Tucker. Dating from the late 18th to mid 19th centuries, these wooden moulds are exceptionally hand carved by talented Victorian artisans, their elaborate details originally used to cast details in composition for the frames of pictures and paintings. This set is inscribed with design number 8546 and features beautiful scrolling and foliage deeply carved into the wood. This results in a highly ornate and precise compo embellishment that appears as though it has been carved rather than cast. Each wooden mould comes with an accompanying custom-made steel display stand. Christopher Tucker (1941-2022) was an award-winning British make-up artist, specialising in prosthetics for theatre and film...

An extremely rare & important pair of 18th century George III sterling silver ice cream shovels / spades. Both cast in the Fiddle & Thread pattern, ...

This Georgian reclaimed stripped pine internal door is more than 200 years old. It has stood the test of time, crafted with 6 panels to either side. Str...

A rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie incense burner vase and cover, made for the Chinese market, circa 1800, blue cross swords and star mark, Pressnummer 58 A Museum Quality Piece. Painted in the sought after famille rose palette with sprigs of indianische Blumen and enriched in gilding, the simulated pierced body supported by four feet painted with stylized dragons, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial. 10" high x 6" wide x 6" deep The shape of this piece, which appears to be unrecorded in the literature, is inspired by similar Chinese porcelain censers from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1654-1722). An example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Yi-hua in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 65. Another in the British Museum, London (museum no. PDF, A.812) is catalogued as a perfume-holder. These porcelain examples are in turn inspired by ancient Chinese bronzes from both the Shang (1600-1046 BC) and the Zhou (1046-246 BCE) dynasties, an example of which was sold anonymously by Christie's New York, 22 March 2019, lot 1601. This chain of inspiration tracking backwards from the 19th century to antiquity provides a clear example of how ceramics, and indeed other mediums, are able to influence and motivate the works of later generations. For a Meissen porcelain snuff...

A Good Quality George III Period Mahogany Wine Table, Having Well Figured Circular Tilting Top With Elegant Reeded Edge, Raised On Turned Central Column Terminating With Elegant Reed...

Antique map titled 'A Map of England and Wales (..)'. Large antique map of England and Wales, with part of the continental and Irish coasts. Published J. Blair, circa 1779.

Rare Lombard desk from the 18th century. This rare center desk was made in Lombardy around the end of the 18th century. The desk is the result of the fine Lombard cabinet-making and ...

Circa 1780, this antique bullseye style fire mantel is a timepiece from history. Crafted in pine, it is over 240 years old and has an untouched original paint finish, telling the story of late 18th century Georgian England...

Dining chair or side chair hand carved solid cherrywood with maple inlays circa 1780, Austria. The Josephinische Stil was a popular style in Austria in the 18th century. This styl...

Antique map titled 'A Map of Great Britain and Ireland (..)'. Large antique map of the British Isles, with part of the French and Dutch coasts, and an inset of the Orkneys and Shetla...

Antique map titled 'A New Map of France (..)'. Original old map of France, divided into departments. With original/contemporary hand coloring. Published by John Cary, 1799. John Cary was an important and prolific London map seller...

Traditional George III period oak foot stool with new velvet upholstery. Having some old repairs but solid and sturdy. In very good antique condition...

A 18th-19th century, light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian secretaire is composed wit...

Pair of upholstered Venetian chairs on square-pointed legs with yellow-painted wooden frames with polychrome floral painting and festoons in relief. The backrest is designed as a lid...

Late 18th century Swedish drop-leaf table from the Gustavian era. The model is very unusual with a middle much narrower than typical, it's only 14 cm wide when the table is folded to...

Antique print titled 'Mausolee'. A vue d'optique of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Halicarnassus also spelled Halikarnassos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The monument was ...

Late 18th Century Baroque Florentine Hand Carved Giltwood mirror Large late 18th century spectacular Baroque period mirror, profusely hand carved...

A documentary punch bowl, decorated with transfer prints and enameling, dated and inscribed for D. Walker. Unmarked, but this class of dated creamware with enameled prints belongs to...

An incredible large estate made weather vane on a later base. Beautifully worn and with a wonderful patina, the vane features honest later repairs in copper to the centre, dating to ...

A fine antique George III serpentine chest, ca. 1790, with flamed mahogany drawers over bracket feet. Original brasses recently polished but rem...

18th century Italian neoclassical carved, lacquered and gilded wood dresser attributed to Francesco Bolgiè (1752?-1834). The fine and elegant commode is made of finely carved, lacquered and gilded wood. It presents several stylistic and material elements characteristic of the wooden works and of the furniture present in the Piedmont area, between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. The richness of the ornaments, the gold leaf, the iconographic program and the significant level of cabinet making that characterizes this furniture are testimony of a wealthy client and the valuable work of a sculptor at the service of noble and royal families. Stylistically can be attributed to the famous italian sculptor Francesco Bolgiè (1752-1834). The front of the furniture and the two side are characterized by a complex decorative architecture. Two horizontal perimeter bands show gilded carved geometric patterns and palmettes on a blue lacquered backdrop. The low frame, in the centre and on the front, has a half-moon element inside which is finely carved a lion with two cupids and laurel branches. Near the corners, at the top, are carved a female faces, while at the bottom are some bees. The fretwork of the vertical bands draws strings that support a bunch of grapes with vine leaves. The side walls are lacquered in ochre yellow and, at the centre, a frame with acanthus leaves outlines a lacquered space in the tones of the ancient rose violaceous, with in the centre an ornate leaf with fine girali. On the four sides of this frame four large golden flowers harmonize the together. The front, similar in composition, has a yellow ochre background, internal frame with palmettes and four flowers. The large internal space, lacquered in antique pink, shows in the center a woman’s fece with a composition of grapes and wheat ears; from the face depart fine phytomorphic girals with racemes, bunches of grapes and vine leaves. The nozzle of the original lock, placed on the front of the cabinet and on top, is in gilded bronze, chiselled with ribbon motif. The front panel opens downwards. The interior of the cabinet, entirely lacquered in red, has a shelf and therefore two compartments. The red color cinnabar deliberately recalls the characteristic Chinese lacquer, at the time much loved for the decorations to cineseria furniture. The special folding lock system, which allows the opening and closing of the front door, is the original one. The commode rests on four conical wood legs witch are carved with acanthus leaves and small ramage, gilded and lacquered. The top of the furniture is in grey marble bardiglio valdieri, lithotype that had great success in Piedmont, in the north of Italy, since the middle of the 18th century. On it were usually exposed bronzes, candlesticks, watches and sculptures. The sculpted subjects refer to a precise iconographic programme. The female head is identifiable in Ceres, Mother Terra, which in classical iconography is depicted with the head surrounded by a sert of wheat ears and a cluster of grapes. Ceres or Demeter in Greek, sister of Zeus, in Greek mythology is the goddess of fertility, the guardian of crops, protector of agriculture and wheat, constant nurse of youth and of the green earth, author of the cycle of seasons, life and death, protector of marriage and sacred laws. The representation of Ceres, and its meaning, are linked to bees, symbol of virtue and chastity, allegory of Mother Earth, rebirth, mercy and justice. Just as the leaves of the vine and its fruits: in many cultures, from Greco-Roman to Christianity, the vine is a symbol of well-being, fruitfulness and blessing; it represents an abundant life and the joy that flows from it; it reflects the desire for fertility and beauty. It is also a sign of devotion to the fruits of the spirit and protection from evil. Fullness, wisdom, youth, maturation, prosperity are all images associated with the vine. Sacrifice, faith and good will are the qualities required for the vine to bear fruit. The inverted bezel shows the iconographic image of Amor Vincit...

A very lovely Louis XVI period Sauteuse commode from the Provence region of France. Beautifully constructed from walnut having 2 drawers with carved fascias over tapered legs. Perfec...

A fine quality Georgian III period silver plated inkstand by celebrated English silversmith Matthew Boulton, displaying all of the timeless eleganc...

George III sterling silver epergne. Made by Thomas Pitts in London in 1774. Reeded and beaded oval frame; at base swags threaded through fixed rings with pendant oval vase medallions, overlapping four split-mounted leafing supports terminating in pierced and scrolled oval feet. Four reeded and scrolling leaf-capped and -wrapped arms, each terminating in oval basket, mounted to frame base alternating with four reeded and scrolling leaf-wrapped arms, each terminating in round basket, mounted to supports. Large oval basket...

This figurative butter or pate terrine in duck form, Meissen, c. 1780/90, impresses with its naturalistic painting and finely worked plumage structure. Such figurative service compon...

Puce and yellow painted marks, Lacking date mark, painters' marks Charles Buteux, gilder’s mark for Jean Chauvaux.

A hand carved late 18th/19th Century mythological marble Satyr mask with horns, weathered patina in good condition. The hand sculpted Italian Carrara marb...

Antique print titled 'la petite Beccassine'. Hand colored engraving of a small snipe. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' by Francois Nicolas Martinet, one of France’s foremost bird illustrators of the 18th century. Published in Paris from 1770 to 1786. It was a monumental effort to catalog 1035 known ornithological species of birds. A staff of 70 people, feverishly worked for an astounding 13 years to complete this amazing work by Francois Martinet and George LeClerc...

Pair of 18th century French Architectural carvings, ca. 1780.

PAIR OF GEORGIAN SWIRLED CUT GLASS URNS WITH DOMED LIDS Circa late 18th century, probably English Item # C104029 A fine pair of late 18th century Georgian cut glass urns with domed ...

18th century, pair of Italian neoclassical lacquered and giltwood gueridon Measurements: height 126 x max diameter 44 cm; diameter at the top 33 cm This fine pair of guéridon wa...

Decorate a wall or a shelf with this colorful antique platter from Provence; crafted in Moustiers, France circa 1780, the oval plate features grotesque people and is hand painted in ...

Louis XVI cylinder desk with marquetry Germany (Westphalia) Walnut etc. Classicism around 1795 Dimensions: H x W x D: 118 x 116 x 62 cm Description: Beautiful writing fur...

Rectangular, marquetry banded, fold-over top enclosing a leather playing surface with gold trim design. In french taste after a design by George Hepplewhite. When hinged top is open ...

18th Century Rustic European End Table in Stripped Oak will make a perfect addition to your casual decor! Solid oak planks form the top and apron sections, with four sturdy turned le...