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Historic Furniture Designs

Collection of antique furniture items, including intricately designed cabinets and chairs reflecting different historical styles.

Sgabello, Carved walnut, Shaped back bears decoration of paired rosettes, leaves, and scrolls centering a fleur-de-lys and heraldic ornament. Moulded octagonal seat on panelled spreading box frame, moulded and dentillated at base. Front and rear leg panels joined by single stretcher. The front panel bears paired bound and scrolled leaves and centers a panel of feathering., Italy, 16th century, furniture, Decorative Arts, Chair, Chair
Sgabello, Carved walnut, Shaped back bears decoration of paired rosettes, leaves, and scrolls centering a fleur-de-lys and heraldic ornament. Moulded octagonal seat on panelled spreading box frame, moulded and dentillated at base. Front and rear leg panels joined by single stretcher. The front panel bears paired bound and scrolled leaves and centers a panel of feathering., Italy, 16th century, furniture, Decorative Arts, Chair, Chair
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Archaic style rectangular incense burner 16th-17th century China. Archaic style rectangular incense burner. China. 16th-17th century. Earthenware with green glaze. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). CeramicsPulpit Model with Staircase, walnut, pearwood, oak, with central column around which a bombe spiral staircase rotates terminating in a similarly curved inverted cone form standing area of the pulpit surmounted by a carved scroll canopy attached above to the column, all resting a rectangular geometrically inlaid marquetry floor-base, France, mid-19th century, models and prototypes, Decorative Arts, Pulpit Model with StaircaseCabinet for Storage. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 35.7 cm (11 1/2 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 7/8"high; 17 1/4"wide; 9 3/4"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernard Krieger.unknown (unknown), work, Kaappi, not dating, oak, special category: furnitureTriple Choir Stall with Canopy. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 121 x 80 5/8 x 17 7/8 in. (307.3 x 204.8 x 45.4 cm). Date: 15th century.Beneath a carved canopy, the choir stalls are further decorated along the seat backs with gothic blind arcades and tracery. The seats here are in their lower position; when raised, a misericord provides a shallow seat against which the monk could rest during the liturgical offices. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Antike Standuhr im Karolyi Schloss in Fehí rvarcsurgo Ungarn *** antique Longcase clock at Karolyi Castle in Missing rvarcsurgo Hungary 1033903004Howard Weld, Shaker Cupboard with Drawers, c 1936 Shaker Cupboard with DrawersPlaque, wood, Transcribed from label on B 'Presented by Mr. George A Hearn', Europe, late 18th century, Decorative Arts, PlaqueBarrel Piano ca. 1860 George Hicks British When the crank is turned, pins on a rotating cylinder engage hammers that strike the strings, playing any of ten tunes, including "Yankee Doodle." At the same time, a bell rings and the articulated figures move in time to the music. One figure deposits coins in a trough. Shown with front string cover panel removed. Barrel pianos were developed in the early nineteenth century. One of the earliest builders was Joseph Hicks in Bristol, England, who had established a successful business by at least 1816 building both barrel pianos and barrel organs. Another member of the family, John, was soon active in London. It is probable that George Hicks, who lived in Brooklyn and built this barrel piano, was another relative. Technical description: Dark-stained pine case with mahogany lid, enclosing a vertical pine soundboard and, below and in front of the soundboard, a crank-operated pinned barrel that activates felt-covered mahogany hammers striking 24 trCorners Industry school in. JózefTable screen China. Table screen 60932Summer flat, second anteroom, ovenCupboard. Satin placing, gilded and chiseled bronze (entrance to lock and key), cherry and rosewood veneer (leaves), wrought iron (Cremona), 1701. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 77640-4 Cabinet, bronze, chisel, dore, forge iron, marquetry, cherry, furniture, rosewood, veneer, reverse, satine, lock, regence style, leaves, 18th century, wood, furniture. Child wear of oak, fully painted. The channeled corner styles that are crowned with black wood balls are carried by fabric pins. They continue at the head end. In between balusters and a line with cut-away rollerwork. Claw pieces form the transition to the sides. On the outside representations: a wood sawmill and drying shed (headboard), a shipyard with a ship (foot end), Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (side) and a king in triumphar (side).Clock ca. 1770-90 Clockmaker: Festau Le Jeune (probably Simon-François). Clock 196547Console Table, by Dolci Giovan Battista, 1766 - 1767, 18th Century, wood carved and gilded, red Seravezza marble top. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Palazzo Pitti. Whole artwork. Wall table console gold rinceaux volutes marble top small statue candles vases.Drawing, Stained glass window; Designed by John C. Wolf; USA; brush and watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board; Mat: 45.7 × 35.7 cm (18 in. × 14 1/16 in.) 22.5 × 10.5 cm (8 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)Corbel 15th century French. Corbel. French. 15th century. Wood. Made in Normandy. Woodwork-ArchitecturalFloral boarder Iznik tiles. Dated 16th CenturyScreen. unknown, authorTwo shields, Anonymous, 1400 - 1500Tall Case Clock. Works by John Wood, Jr.; American, 1736-1793. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 254 × 47.6 × 22.9 cm (100 × 18 3/4 × 9 in.). Mahogany and tulip wood, brass, iron, and glass. Origin: Philadelphia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Brauweiler near Pulheim, St Nicholas' Abbey Church, medieval offering box on the west wallFloral ornament on a wooden door panel, Palais de la Bahia, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco, AfricaStaircase model, Walnut, Staircase model in English style., France, mid-late 19th century, models and prototypes, Decorative Arts, Staircase modelShadow of lamp on the wall of a church with Azulejo tile mural at Jardim de Julio de Catilho in Alfama district, Lisbon, Lisboa, PortugalSedan Chairs Beijing ChinaThe 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: a Chinese loom for wicker-work weaving. Photograph, 1904.METAL MIRROR with BIRDS, SUN, MOON AND PINEAPPLE MOTIF Silver book lock, consisting of three parts, lock sealant silver, minerva head book Rotterdam education Academy of Fine Arts and Technical Sciences Cool Coolvest Dijkzigt G.J. de Jonghweg City Triangle Blaak Academy of Fine Arts and Technical Sciences Rotterdam.Joan Busquets i Jané / Armario, siglo XX. Colección privada.Carved Walnut Sideboard. Fourdinois., attributed to C.M. Ferrier & F. von Martens, 1851.Set of six panels 18th century French. Set of six panels. French. 18th century. Oak, wax-polished. WoodworkVirginia House, Mexican carved furniture, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia. Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. United States Virginia Henrico County Richmond, Pedestals, Woodwork, Vases, Interiors.Church Birdcage; USA; turned, cut, and stained mahogany, cherry, pine, cut brass, wire, enamel-painted metalPositive Organ. This musical instrument is a Chamber Organ and is thought to have belonged to the epoch of Louis XIII.French military accoutrements including sword of the royal guard. From 'Histoire de la maison militaire du Roi de 1814 a 1830' by Eugene Titeux, Paris, 1890.Insect hotel, Egestorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, EuropeOttoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlaysOrgans of the human body. Gouache () on glass.Old metal mailbox post, detail of an old mailbox, tool to send letters abroad, communicationBriefkasten aus Italien italienischer Briefkasten Copyright: xZoonar.com/angetax 5154425Ottoman Turkish art with geometric patterns on woodNevada City, Montana. Ghost town with old time music boxOrnate Blue Bird Cage G, Bird CagesLate 18th century decorative furniture, 1911-1912.Artist: Edwin FoleyFloor easel Empty antique floor easel with golden details Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 7313032Candelabra 15th-16th century European. Candelabra 47163106.11.2024, Austria, Salzburg, weather, weather stations, weather station of the city association with barometer and thermograph, Austria18th Century filing-cabinet and clock attributed to Jean-Francois Leleu, the clock case designed by Jean-Claude Thomas Chambellan Duplessis, the Younger and finished by Jacques-Laurent CossonOttoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlays on a chest boxToy altar card - PlaceatMerida, Yukatan, Mexico.