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19th Century French Elm Farmhouse Table on Reeded Turned Tapered Legs

Selling on consignment for private customers – NO GST

19th Century French Elm Farmhouse Table on Reeded Turned Tapered Legs

The beautifully grained three plank figured Elm top, above a plain scratch-moulded frieze, having a single central scratch-moulded drawer, resting on reeded turned tapered legs.

1880-1900

H.73cm W.197cm D.85cm

An unusually high, first half 18th Century French walnut, fruitwood and chestnut serving/centre/side table – CAC750

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An unusually high, first half 18th Century French walnut, fruitwood and chestnut serving/centre/side table. The thick single plank chestnut top above a walnut and fruitwood base, of a deep frieze, with two large cherrywood drawers and an applied moulding, resting on turned tapered walnut legs, joined by a plain side stretcher. Good overall faded colour and patination.

C.1740

H. 85cm W. 154.5cm D. 65cm.

19th Century Continental blue painted dresser CJZ500

19th Century Continental display dresser/sideboard

The moulded cornice above two framed doors, the central fixed. The base having a domed hinged fall-front, opening to reveal a narrow storage compartment, above two rectangular drawers, then two paneled doors, all having steel ringed handles. Resting on plain bracket feet. The well worn blue rustic painted finish has been applied for many years and should be retained.

C.1880

H.203cm W.124cm D.49cm

Style Riches Allpress Antiques

Style Riches Allpress Antiques

Jamie Allpress from Allpress Antiques at Malvern in Melbourne, who specializes in smart English and French city and country style pieces that look simply amazing in many different settings, agrees.

He is a young man with his own children and they are growing up fast, learning to value the past in order to fashion the future.

See article here “Style Riches”

Rosemary Laing -Burning Ayer #6

Rosemary Laing Burning Ayer #6, 2003 Type C Photograph 110.0 x 224.0 cm number 6 from an edition of 10

Provenance Private collection, Melbourne Exhibited ‘one dozen unnatural disasters in the Australian Landscape (part 1), Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney, 2003 ‘‘The unquiet landscapes of Rosemary Laing’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 23 March-5 June 2005

Illustrated This work has been illustrated and the series has been written about extensively including: ‘The unquiet landscapes of Rosemary Laing’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2005, illus. p.62-63 Abigail Solomon-Godeau, ‘Rosemary Laing’, Piper Press, Sydney, 2012, illus. p.131

‘For Laing, one’s place as a white Australian artist is inescapably a locus of contradiction and difficulty insofar as the indigenous people have historically been displaced. Or replaced. We find her work is always provisional, tactful, and a self-conscious investigation of her own imperfect belonging to homeland.’ (A.Solomon Godeau, Rosemary Laing, Piper Press, 2012, p. 28)

This is a climactic scene from the series ‘one dozen unnatural disasters in the Australian landscape’ 2003. In the series, spectacularly staged ‘disasters’ disrupt majestic landscape panoramas and Laing’s interventions recast the acts of invasion and colonisation as unnatural disasters; emphatic opposites to natural disasters like bushfire or flood.

The mesmerising image of flames pouring upward from Wirrimanu country near Balgo in Western Australia, has been made in the image of Uluru, with the sacred monolith fashioned from IKEA furniture powder coated in the red desert sand. The funerary pyre of a would-be Ayer’s Rock hints at disaster beyond itself.

Burning Ayer #6 riffs on the postcard trade that promotes Uluru as the essential, ancient Australia to throngs of tourist crowds. Laing takes aim at this sort of de-contextualised, pristine scenic photography that nullifies the contentious history of the site.

Godeau has said that ‘even in her deployment of a medium that freezes time forever, (Laing’s artworks) are concerned with critically mobilising the history of the present.’ So intricately researched, planned and executed are her images that the photographs represent one facet of a much larger sociological process at work beyond the picture plane.

In Defence of Clutter

In Defence of Clutter – Australian Period Home Style Article

Written by Henry Buckenham (Allpress Inc).

Apologies for your misspelt surname in the Article Henry!

Excerpt: We live in a world where clarity, sterility and purpose are the defining features of interior design. Forensic suits and cotton booties have replaced the tradition of shoes off at the door. Clutter has become an ugly word, but when did an appreciation of things become an offence against principles of design?

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A Pencil Drawing of a Rare and Unusual Late 18th Century English Jug.

A Pencil drawing of a rare and unusual late 18th Century English green and white tulip adorned pottery jug. (A.F.)

I sold this jug on consignment a few years ago and have just traded with another jug I have for sale.

Buying, Selling and Trading is all part of the business. Makes life interesting…

My customer that has enjoyed the jug the past few years has drawn this.

Beautiful, thanks Elizabeth.

H. 17.5cm

GATHERING WALNUT TREASURES IN MAY IN THE UK

JAMIE ALLPRESS – GATHERING WALNUT TREASURES IN MAY IN THE UK

Written and Published by my beautiful friend Carolyn McDowell of thecultureconceptcircle.com

Link to article here https://www.thecultureconcept.com/jamie-allpress-gathering-walnut-treasures-in-may-in-the-uk

A Beautifully Faded 18th Century French Fruitwood Louis XV Buffet a Deux Corps

CDF500

An impressive piece for your entrance, living area or kitchen.

A beautifully faded 18th Century French fruitwood Louis XV buffet a deux corps

The well moulded cornice, above a figured fruitwood top-rail, With two long panelled doors, attached by long stylish hinges.

The base having two slender moulded drawers, above two panelled doors and a well suited shaped apron, resting on attractive cabriole legs.

Having all the original steel work, handles, escutcheons and hinges.

The overall faded patina is exceptional, and brings this piece to the top of its market, as NOT over restored.

Exceptional.

$9,800

C.1770

Note: No GST as consignment.