Archive for the ‘18th Century Furniture’ Category

Antique European Cabinets and Tables

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

In Spain the empire furniture co Italian feeling became acclimatized more readily than in France. In the antique drop leaf long table sixteenth century the webb burmese mt washington scents wood carving of Spain is of exceeding beauty.
CABINET OF WALNUT.
FRENCH (LYONS) ; SECOND HALF OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
Carved with terminal figures, masks, and trophies of arms,
(Victoria [...]

Antique 18th Century Upholstered Furniture

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The chief periods of English furniture. Foreign influences on English craftsmen. The Renaissance in Italy. The French Renaissance. The Spanish Renaissance. The Flemish Renaissance.
IN attempting to deal with the antique upholstered circular ottoman subject of old furniture in a manner not too technical, certain broad divisions have to be made for convenience
I in classification. The [...]