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Auction Prices for Antique Cabinets, Chairs and Bookcases
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FURNITURE
Bookcases and Bureau-Bookcases
George III mahogany break-front bookcase, the upper part with a Greek key cornice and broken arch pediment closed by four glazed doors, and three cupboards below enclosed by panelled doors, 8 ft 4 in wide, 9 ft
high 950 0
George III mahogany break-front bookcase, the upper part in three sections, with four glazed doors with interlaced lozenge bars, enclosing adjustable shelves; the richly figured and crossbanded lower part with a pair
of cupboard doors at the Centre and eight graduated drawers at the sides, 8ft 2 in wide, 9 ft 3 in high 620 0
George III mahogany secretaire-bookcase, the moulded cornice carved with a Greek key band, fitted with a pair of 13-panel glazed doors, the lower part with secretaire drawer, the interior being crossbanded with
sycamore. Three long drawers below and on bracket feet, 3 ft 9 in wide 252 0
Late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century mahogany secretaire-bookcase, the glazed panelled doors with arched astragals, the centre with deep drawer forming a secretaire and with cupboard below with beaded
border panels. Stamped ‘Thomas Mosh, 102 Wardour Street’, 3 ft 8in wide, 7 ft 1 in high 189 0
Nineteenth-century oak bureau-bookcase, inlaid with motifs and birds in coloured woods, the double panel to the doors enclosing a single shelf, the fall-flap opening to reveal drawers and recesses, with two small and
three long drawers below, supported on bracket feet, 6 ft 1 in high 145 0
Georgian mahogany bureau-bookcase, the fall flap opening to reveal numerous drawers and recesses over four long graduated drawers with brass handles, supported on ogee bracket feet, 3 ft 5 in wide 90 0
Georgian mahogany hanging bookcase with a tambour sliding
front and one drawer below, 2 ft 2 in wide 28 0
Bureaux and Writing Cabinets
Queen Anne walnut bureau, crossbanded and inlaid with
herringbone bands, the sloping lid enclosing drawers, pigeonholes and a well covered by a slide, with two short and two long drawers below, on bracket feet, 3 ft wide
Queen Anne walnut secretaire with moulded cornice and a convex-fronted drawer above, the fall-front of burr figure, crossbanded and inlaid with herringbone bands, enclosing various drawers, a cupboard, removable
pigeon-holes with secret drawers behind, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, on bracket feet, 3 ft 7 in wide
George I walnut bureau-cabinet, the upper part with moulded cornice and glazed doors, each with six rectangular panes, the lower part with crossbanded sloping lid enclosing a fitted interior and four graduated long
drawers, on bracket feet, 3 ft 3 in wide
William and Mary walnut secretaire cabinet, the upper part with a cushion drawer and a fall-front with a shaped panel in burrwood, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, in straight grained wood, 3 ft 6
Early eighteenth-century banded walnut fall-front bureau with interior fittings and three graduated long drawers, 2 ft 10 in
wide
Regency mahogany cylinder bureau, with rounded tambour shutter enclosing a slide with a rising easel, two drawers in the frieze, on square tapering legs, 2 ft Hi in wide
Early Georgian oak and walnut bureau in two parts, the crossbanded sloping lid enclosing a fitted interior, with two short and three long drawers below, divided in the centre, the sides panelled, 3 ft 3 in wide
Regency satinwood secretaire-book cabinet with a rectangular top, shallow drawer in the frieze fitted with an adjustable leather-lined panel, with a shelf and pilasters overlaid with ebony guilloche, with ebonized paw
feet, 3 ft 8 in wide
Edwardian inlaid mahogany roll-front bureau with numerous drawers and writing fall, on taper legs, 2 ft 5 in wide
Early eighteenth-century oak fall-front bureau having interior fittings, well, and three graduated long drawers, on bracket feet, 3 ft 1 in wide
Cabinets
George III satinwood specimen cabinet with a cupboard above three bow-fronted drawers, all crossbanded with partridge-wood, the cupboard with oval panelled door enclosing two drawers and pigeon-holes, the
drawers all with divided interiors, with gilt brass handles and moulded legs on claw feet, 1 ft 2 in wide
Two William IV mahogany cabinets, each with brass trellis-panelled doors to the upper part, a long drawer in the centre and a cupboard enclosed by panelled doors below, on turned feet, surmounted by moulded scroll
pediments, 3 ft 3 in wide, 8 ft high
Eighteenth-century walnut cabinet with moulded cornice and
mirrored door enclosing shelving, on stand with fitted drawer and with turned legs and flat-shaped stretchers, 2 ft wide, 5 ft 2 in high 120 0
Early eighteenth-century elm and oak cabinet on stand, fitted with eleven drawers surrounding a central cupboard, crossbanded with walnut, the stand with spirally turned legs and stretchers, on turned feet, 3 ft 4 in
wide 84 0
Edwardian mahogany china cabinet, inlaid with boxwood and ebony lines, the centre bow-shaped glass door enclosing two shelves, and supported on short cabriole legs, 4 ft wide 22 0
Victorian mahogany music cabinet with railed gallery and glass-panelled door enclosing three shelves, 2 ft 9 in wide 11 10
Chairs—Dining Sets
Set of six early Charles II oak dining chairs, the spiral twist and square uprights with top-shaped finials and the splats formed of unusually slender spiral twist balusters, with solid seats and turned and square legs 1,800
Set of eight George III mahogany dining chairs, including a pair of armchairs, the rectangular backs with reeded uprights capped by leaves, each filled with five similar upright splats, the armchairs with reeded curved
arms, the upholstered scats covered with rust velvet, on square tapering legs with block toes 1,260 0
Set of eight George III mahogany dining chairs, including two armchairs, with moulded arched backs and pierced balloon-shaped splats carved with rosettes, the drop-in seats on square moulded legs 945 0
Set of six George III mahogany dining chairs with moulded shield-shaped backs, the splats pierced with interlaced curving bars and carved in relief with husks and wheat-cars, the serpentine upholstered seats on
tapering fluted square legs with block feet 630 0
Set of five Regency painted chairs, the broad curved top rails painted in colours with countrywomen and children spinning, weaving and talking in landscapes, on curved uprights with figure-of-eight horizontal bars, the
caned seats on turned legs, the frames channelled with broad gilt lines and grained to simulate rosewood 577 10
Set of eight George III mahogany dining chairs, including two armchairs, with moulded shield-shaped backs and channelled upright splats headed by stiff leaves, the slightly bowed and concave scats covered with green
and brown gros-point needlework, on moulded square legs with block feet headed by paterae (one armchair adapted from a single chair) 367 10
Set of nine Regency simulated rosewood chairs with scrolled uprights, caned seats and sabre legs, the curved backs inlaid with brass patterns 178 10
Set of six Regency mahogany rope-back dining chairs with
sabre legs and drop-in seats (two having arms) ll>ll ii
Set of six Georgian mahogany rope-back dining chairs, the stuff-
over seats upholstered in green hide 155 0
Set of four Hepplewhite mahogany dining chairs with pierced
vase splats and drop-in seats Set of six Victorian rosewood dining chairs on cabriole legs, the
scats and backs upholstered in figured damask Set of four Regency mahogany reeded frame dining chairs with
sabre legs
Set of six Edwardian inlaid walnut dining chairs with stuff-over scats
Set of six Victorian mahogany-framed dining chairs with upholstered seats and backs
Set of six Edwardian mahogany shaped-back dining chairs on cabriole legs, the stuff-over seats upholstered in uncut moquettc
Set of six Victorian mahogany dining chairs with upholstered
Chairs—Dining Single
George HI mahogany ladder-back dining chair with moulded uprights, the pierced bars centred with leaf sprays, the white damask upholstered seat on square legs and stretchers
George II mahogany dining chair with arched back and pierced splat carved with G-scrolls and wave ornament, the cut velvet seat on square legs
Nineteenth-century carved mahogany shield-back dining chair in the Hepplewhite manner, inset Wedgwood plaque
Pair of Victorian mahogany single chairs with floral seats and turned legs.
Chairs—Easy
George III mahogany library armchair, the stuffed back with a serpentine toprail, the padded incurved arms raised on down-curved supports headed by flowerheads and trailing leaves, the stuffed seat raised on
chamfered legs, upholstered in pink and blue gros point with a scale pattern
Victorian mahogany-frame button-back easy chair upholstered in blue velvet
Victorian walnut-frame spoon-back nursing chair on cabriole
legs, upholstered in Regency stripe fabric Victorian giltwood easy chair upholstered in damask
Chairs—Open Arm
George II mahogany open armchair with moulded uprights and waved top carved with leaves, the pierced interlace similarly carved, with scrolled arms and drop-in needlework seat worked with mythical animals, the
seat rail with nulled border, on cabriole legs with acanthus on the knees and claw-and-hall feet
Early George III mahogany open armchair, the padded arms with scrolled handles, on curved supports, on cabriole legs with carved acanthus foliage, ending in scrolled toes, with arched back and serpentine seat
covered with original petit-point needlework, the back with flora in a landscape, the scat
wilh a dog attacking a boar, in broad surrounds worked with
flowers and grapes on a tobacco-brown ground 504 0
George III mahogany open armchair with waved back and interlaced splat, the drop-in seat on cabriole legs, carved with leaves, with claw-and-ball feet 136 10
George III pine and bcechwood open armchair with moulded shield-shaped back and scrolled arms supports, carved with leaves, the bowed scat on tapering fluted legs headed by paterae 99 15
Victorian mahogany-frame open-armchair with buttoned back
upholstered in pink velvet 18 0