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Click here to subscribePair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Inlaid Marquetry Inlaid Encoignures (corner cabinets) with Carrara Marble Top. One top drawer and fitted door, keys for each cabinet. Restoration to one marble top, one drawer is stiff, usual wear to inlay. Measures 40-3/4" H x 30-1/2" W x 21" Depth. Shipping: Third party. (estimate $3000-$4000)
A rare Charles II carved giltwood side table, the top inset with later yellow marble, within a scrolling leaf border, above a leaf, shell and scroll carved frieze, on scroll legs with carved acanthus leaves and fruit, united by a shaped 'X' stretcher with a flaming urn finial, on scroll feet, formerly the base of a cabinet on stand, 82.4cm high, 86cm wide, 54cm deep.
A mahogany secretaire cabinet, with a pair of geometric astragal glazed doors enclosing ten adjustable shelves, the base inlaid with stringing and fan and marquetry paterae, a secretaire drawer fitted with an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers with bone handles, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing one slide, on swept bracket feet, George III but top and base associated, 237.4cm high, 128.7cm wide, 59.3cm deep.
A rare pair of 19th century carved wood rustic plate stands in the manner of Robert Manwaring, of naturalistic form of entwined branches, carved with oak leaves and acorns, 55.2cm high, 72.5cm wide. (2) Furniture and interior items of 'rustic' design intended to look as if made of branches and twigs became popular in the late 18th century when there was a new interest in nature and the simple life. Such items were intended to furnish summer houses, grottos and cottages ornés. One of the proponents for 'rustic' furniture was Robert Manwaring, see 'The Cabinet and Chair Maker's Real Friend and Companion' published in London in 1765 for chairs made of yew or apple branches. The fashion for rustic furniture continued as late as 1820.
A Dutch kingwood and marquetry china display cabinet, of canted form, the arched pediment centred with a carved scrolling crest, inlaid with panels of urns of flowers, with scrolling leaves and birds, with a pair of shaped glazed doors enclosing two plush lined shelves and four shallow drawers, the base with a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf, on bun feet, late 18th / early 19th century, 234.2cm high, 175.5cm wide, 39.5cm deep.
λ A Regency rosewood side cabinet, the raised top carved with flowerheads and scrolls, with a shelf above a mirror and a Siena marble top, above a frieze drawer and an arched gilt brass lattice grille and silk door, enclosing a shelf flanked by pilasters, 123cm high, 62.3cm wide, 34.4cm deep.
λ A Regency rosewood and brass mounted secrétaire side cabinet in the manner of Gillows, the raised top above a drawer fitted with satinwood veneered drawers and pigeon holes, with a later leather writing surface, with panels of floral brass marquetry, with a pair of panelled doors enclosing three mahogany drawers, each fitted with faceted gilt brass handles, on cast brass lion's paw front feet, 128cm high, 85cm wide, 43cm deep.
A black lacquered drinks cabinet on stand, decorated in gilt with chinoiserie, with a pair of doors, revealing an interior with one shelf and the drawer fronts that formerly formed the interior of the cabinet, the stand with a frieze drawer, on bracketed legs, 162.7cm high, 95.8cm wide, 47cm deep.
A late Victorian bog oak collector's cabinet, the carved scale top with a plaque inscribed 'MADE BY Robert Garnett & Sons, WARRINGTON, FROM BOG OAK 3000 YEARS OLD DISCOVERED AT Thelwall, Cheshire, WHEN CUTTING The Manchester Ship Canal in 1891', above a pair of panelled doors enclosing eight slides, containing a collection of shells, minerals, counters, buttons, pottery shards and other items, 55cm high, 34.3cm wide, 24.3cm deep.
A modern Chinese hardwood cabinet, incorporating a pair of possibly 18th century carved wood panels, decorated with vases of flowers, a teapot, an incense burner and other items, the reverse carved, one with tigers, the other with deer, the interior with divisions and two drawers, 96.8cm high, 117.7cm wide, 48cm deep.
An Anglo-German oak and parquetry Nonsuch chest, the hinged top revealing a lidded till fitted with two drawers, the front with a pair of pedimental arches, inlaid with buildings and geometric and floral borders, with iron side carrying handles, late 16th / early 17th century, 67.4cm high, 123cm wide, 59.7cm deep. 'Nonsuch' chests resemble similar chests made in Germany but they are now thought to have been made in Southwark by émigré German and Netherlandish cabinet makers. Their decoration of parquetry spired buildings derive from prints by Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604). They became to be known as 'Nonsuch' chests after Henry VIII's palace of Nonsuch in Surrey because their decoration was thought, wrongly, to represent that building.
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