An exceptional late 18th Century English oak tilt top wine table. The well faded medullary ray grained circular top on a decorative unusually step turned support, resting on three unusual sabre style legs. This table stands out from the other wine tables, it’s just a little different! Having good overall colour and patination. This table was recently selected to be placed in an outstanding modern home along with many modern pieces for a photo shoot. It looked great!
Late 18th – early 19th Century English country oak tilt top wine table.
The well patinated circular four plank tilt top on a well turned support joined to three downswept cabriole legs terminating in a slight pad foot. Having good overall colour and patination.
Note: for a country wine table the turned support has very fine detail.
The circular two plank tilt top above the original rotating bird cage, on a fine turned support, resting on three out-swept cabriole legs having slight shaped pad feet.
Note: this table is still to be cleaned and waxed.
A pair of 19th Century French pine and elm stools of good proportions. The well patinated rectangular pine seats resting on rectangular out swept chamfered legs. Good faded colouring and overall wear.
A matched pair of late 19th Century English ash primitive stools. Each with front canted corners, resting on three Nullo turned gentle sprayed legs. Originally used in the Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturing trade.
The shaped oak top having well worn initials ‘W S’ also underneath resting on three outswept legs one square, one rectanglular and one hexagonal, very quirky!
George II English oak settle of small proportions.
The moulded top rail above two exceptional shaped fielded panels flanked by shaped arms on turned supports, joined to grooved support frails housing the rope cushion support, resting on turned legs joined by rectangular stretchers.
Having good overall colour and patination. Note: re-sewed the old Harrods recovering tag.
The plain moulded crest rail above a faded band of mahogany and five shaped fielded panels, flanked by shaped slab arms on turned supports, attached to the seat rail. The weaved hessian seat supporting a floating loose cushion, resting on bold front cabriole legs and bun feet.
Cheshire/South Lancashire
1750 – 1810
H. 3’ 5.5” – 105 cm
W. 6’ – 183 cm
D. 2’ – 61 cm
When dating a piece on the basis of it’s stylistic features it is vital to take into account its likely regional idiosyncrasies. Certain archaic features persisted in some regional traditions much longer than in others (for example the notched ends on boarded furniture in the West Country and the Renaissance-style carving in the Lake District). To judge this settle from the North-West by the stylistic standards of London furniture would lead to a wildly inaccurate date – certainly a much earlier one than is likely to be the case.
If, however, this piece is considered within its appropriate regional context, where features such as panelled backs, slab arms and cabriole legs survived as fashionable for an exceptionally long period, then a more realistic date is suggested.
A fully panelled mid-late 17th Century English oak joined settle.
The high two section vertical panelled and groove moulded back, supporting attractive shaped arms on well turned supports having an iron hinged seat lifting to storage box base above a carved front seat rail then a horizontal shaped panelled front, resting on square style legs.
