Antique Chairs, Tables & Cabinets - Furniture from Westland London

Stock: 6591

A tall carved mahogany glazed bookcase or collectors cabinet in the Robert Adam late Georgian manner. There is a blind fret carved design on the cornice over two full length astragal glazed doors, with Rams heads carved on the lower apron, supported on Adam style carved shell cabrioles over ball and claw carved feet. English, late 19th century.

The interior to be silk lined in a James Hare silk fabric.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	63" 160 cms	86" 218.4 cms	17" 43.2 cms

Stock: 12499

A pair of William IV style mahogany armchairs. The deep-buttoned backs and stuffover seats upholstered in cherry red cowhide. The crinoline stretcher base connects the front turned legs to the splayed back legs all raised on brass castors. English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	24" 61 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	27 3⁄16" 69 cms

Stock: 15435

An antique Victorian mahogany, three door dresser, with two moulded draws, flanked by a pair of carved corbels. The central doors on both the upper and lower cupboards are fixed, with only the outer doors opening. All are set beneath a moulded cornice, over a plain frieze with a further pair of carved corbels
Welsh, Circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
	62 3⁄8" 158.5 cms	92 1⁄2" 235 cms	17 7⁄8" 45.5 cms

Stock: 15285

A Regency early Victorian style mahogany window seat or hall bench with turned and rolled end supports and raised on six turned tapering legs.
English, late 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	65 7⁄8" 167.5 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms

Stock: 15359

A highly unusual and attractive Gothic Revival oak and inlaid ebony Victorian sideboard attributed to the renowned English furniture designer Charles Bevan(1820s-1882).

The undercut top shelf, with a raised three quarter gallery, rests above three neat drawers beneath which is a central set of recessed open shelves, flanked by two cupboards with quatrefoil paneled doors. The brass ringed handles, hinges and locks are original and the whole is supported on a sturdy plinth base. A finely made piece of furniture with great attention paid to detail and carving.
English, late 19th century.

Notes: Charles Bevan was a Victorian Gothic Revival designer who was noted for his marquetry designs. In earlier years he worked with prestigious furniture manufacturers and designers including Gillows and J. P. Seddon and became very well known his work featuring in catalogues and periodicals. A woodcarver and cabinetmaker of some distinction in 1872 he set up in partnership with his son, designing and manufacturing marquetry furniture until his death in 1892.Examples of his work can be viewed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and can also be found in various English country mansions.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	70 1⁄8" 178 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 15286

A rare metamorphic, George III mahogany triple top table. This D shaped Georgian table folds out firstly as a tea table and then to a games table with 4 counter wells. The elegant leaves rest on tapered legs which terminate in pad feet. English, circa 1780.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29 5⁄8" 75.2 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms

Stock: 15287

An early 20th century burr walnut serpentine pedestal desk, containing an arrangement of nine short dovetailed drawers, which rest on shapely cabriole legs. Original green tooled leather top. English, c.1910.

	Width	Height	Depth
	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	31" 78.8 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms
Knee hole	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 15230

An ornate four fold leather backed screen with painted panels held by leather bands and metal stud work. Each panel is painted in the Baroque manner with depictions of birds, vines and flowers within decorative borders. The panels are almost certainly 19th century or earlier and have been re-lined and mounted on the later screen which is backed with leather panels.
19th century, possibly Italian or Spanish.

Provenance: Hadspen House, Castle Cary, Somerset.

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	Width overall	Height
	83 7⁄8" 213 cms	91 11⁄16" 233 cms

Stock: 10933

A small and compact, late Georgian mahogany gentleman's dressing or toilet chest of drawers. Oak lined and cross banded on the front, the top lifts to reveal a slide mirror and various lidded and open compartments for dress accessories. The handles are 19th century in the 18th century Sheraton manner. English late 18th century.

Photos before restoration & polishing.

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	width	height	depth
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	36" 91.5 cms	20 7⁄8" 53 cms

Stock: 14972

A grand, golden oak Gothic Revival buffet attributed to the designer Charles Bevan for C. Hindley and Sons, 19th century London furniture dealers. The mirrored galleried back, topped by pineapple finials, sits above a deep shelf supported on quatrefoil pierced brackets under which is a wide worktop. The triple doors beneath open to reveal a double shelved cupboard and a racked storage area. C. Hindley & Sons, 134, Oxford Street, London is stamped on the back. English, circa 1870.

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Charles Bevan (1820s-1882) was an English Gothic Revival designer. The patterns of his designs defined him as a master craftsman in the Geometric style. He worked with a number of furniture manufacturers and designers, including Gillows, J. P. Seddon & Hindley & Sons and exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1867.

Charles A Hindley & Son cabinet makers and furniture dealers, were established in 1773 at 31 to 32 Berners Street later moving in 1844 to 134, Oxford Street, London. The firm existed until 1916 when it was absorbed into Marshall and Snelgrove.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	57 7⁄8" 147 cms	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms

Stock: 15177

A sturdy and comfortable bombe shaped Art Deco wicker armchair stained in the traditional apple green and with diamond pattern motif. English, 1920's.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	30 1⁄2" 77.5 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 10153

A charming and decorative Victorian triple arched embossed leather screen mounted on an wooden frame with striking hand painted floral decoration of lilies of the field, water lilies, irises & bull rushes on the panels. English, circa 1870.

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	width	height	depth
Overall	59 3⁄8" 151 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 14997

An antique walnut Victorian canterbury with a single drawer and bobbin turned spindles. Four small knopped finials surmount the burr walnut top rail and the whole is supported on turned legs with their original brass and porcelain cup castors. English, circa 1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	22" 56 cms	19 1⁄2" 49.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 14554

An impressive and large baptismal font entirely carved from Ashburton Marble. This is a soft grey and blush pink, lightly veined marble with evidence of fossil remains of creatures, principally corals, crinoids and brachiopods, that lived in the Devonian Sea 360-380 million years ago, It was quarried in Devon in the west of England mainly during the 19th century. The deep, round font bowl sits on a sturdy circular column and is further supported by four tall Ashburton and Swedish Green Marble pillars. The whole font rests on it's original, octagonal stone base. English, late 19th century.

Notes: Ashburton Marble is more accurately a form of limestone and not a true marble but was described as such as it was capable of taking a high polish resembling marble. It was brought to prominence in the Victorian era. In 1852 a Devon newspaper 'The Western Times', reported that some large blocks of marble had been excavated from quarries adjoining the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton. It was suggested at the time that the marble be used for the making of chimneypieces as the veins and colour were considered very decorative and superior to that found in any other quarry in South Devon. It featured in many of of the great houses, buildings and churches throughout the country including Salisbury Cathedral. This marble was still being quarried at the Linhay Quarry into the late 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
font bowl	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms
overall	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	44 3⁄16" 112.2 cms

Stock: 11268

THE EMPEROR'S BED

A grand and impressive, large and rare Portuguese emperor-sized mahogany bed carved from copper hued Honuduras mahogany. The head and the foot are of the same height and each is centred by a large stylised, gadrooned urn festooned with bellflowers and flanked by two smaller urns flanked by pairs of tall decorative spindles. All are carved on both sides.

The scrolled and leaf carved top bars are surmounted by carved lattice work panels. The bed is supported on four sturdy cabriole legs resting on lion paw and ball feet. It is held together by four massive threaded bolts operated by a key.
Portuguese, circa 1890.

Preliminary images prior to revival of polish.

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	width	length
External	78 11⁄16" 200 cms	91 11⁄16" 233 cms
Internal	71 1⁄2" 181.5 cms	81 1⁄2" 207 cms

Stock: 14460

A sturdy three seat Arts and Crafts antique oak church pew, with a central pierced quatrefoil panel on the back repeated on each curved and shaped side panel. English late 19th.

Photos before cleaning.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	68 1⁄8" 173 cms	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 14298

An octagonal Arts & Crafts antique oak font with a fine inset silvered bowl covered by a lid and a deeply carved acanthus, rosette and vine frieze set above eight arcaded panels, supported on a column resting on a spreading ogee base. One of the panels bears a commemorative plaque the dedication of which says:
" To the Glory of God. This font was gifted to Newington United Free Church, Edinburgh by Miss Alison Telford on the 16th January 1924, her eightieth birthday. She was the first girl baptised in this church 1844 ".
Scottish, early 20th century.

Provenance: Newington United Free Church, now the Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh

Notes: The Queen’s Hall has been at the heart of music making in Edinburgh since 1979 when, after a public appeal, the Church of Newington and St Leonards was bought and converted into a 900 seat concert hall . Since then it has become known internationally as the setting for the much loved Edinburgh International Festival Morning Concerts and an ideal space for chamber music.

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	width	height
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	37" 94 cms

Stock: 14299

A very decorative and unusual Arts & Crafts antique oak pedestal. The moulded square top is set above four carved panelled sides raised on a moulded plinth base. Each panel has a medieval figure carved in high relief representing the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Provenance: Originally from Ravensby Hall in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.
Circa 1900.

Notes: Ravensby Hall, with its turrets, bays, and gables built in the 1870s for The Thomson family of Dundee, is an elegant country house incorporating both Gothic and Scottish Baronial styles. The Thomson family had acquired their wealth through the 19th century, initially in shipping, and then later by expanding into publishing, buying the Dundee Courier in 1886. Ravensby Hall was intended as their country retreat, befitting a family of their status in Scottish society.

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	width	height	depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 11412

An Arts & Crafts four sectioned antique panelled walnut & leather room screen to stop the draughts. Each section with gilt tooled leather panels, depicting cherubs cavorting amongst a cacophony of fruits, foliage and birds, set with walnut frames beneath a galleried walnut cornice.
English late 19th century.

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	width	height
	94 1⁄2" 240 cms	74 13⁄16" 190 cms

Stock: 13757

A fine and slender carved wood and applied gesso jardiniere with a mirrored top and delicately carved figures of the Three Graces. Their arms are linked around the foliate decorated column which is supported on a tripod of large carved scrolled feet.
English late 19th century.

Notes: There are some small cracks and wear commensurate with age.

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	Width	Height
	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	46 1⁄4" 117.5 cms

Stock: 13528

A large Arts and Crafts Neo Gothic oak dinner gong and stand, in the manner of Howard & Sons, with carved quatrefoil stretchers complete with striker.
English, 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	37 3⁄16" 94.5 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms

Stock: 12884

A carved oak Eagle Lectern. The hexagonal base carved " Dei Gloria in Memoriam " God's glory in memory, Edwin James Taylor Died 5th February 1931, with Gothic tracery.
English 1930s.

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	width	height	depth
	20 7⁄8" 53 cms	64" 162.5 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 11597

An Aesthetic brass and cast iron stick stand with a central embossed brass panel depicting a bird perched on a branch.
English circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	28" 71 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 12350

A substantial Edwardian carved oak church lectern in the Neo Gothic manner. The double sided reading surfaces separated by quatrefeuille carved triangular sections and carved ends on a waisted baluster column above a large shaped base.
English, dated 1906.

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	width	height	depth
	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	58 1⁄8" 147.5 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 12390

A Victorian spoon backed armchair well carved in light mahogany with sculpted features on the arns and on the cabriole legs. Typical of the period with deep buttoned upholstery. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	31 1⁄8" 79 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms

Stock: 12381

A bronze and wrought iron dinner gong in the Arts and Crafts manner together with the striker. The hammered gong has sections neatly cut out supposedly to change the resonance.
English, early 20th century.

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	Diameter (gong)	Height (stand)	Width (stand)
	22 13⁄16" 58 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	31 1⁄2" 80 cms

Stock: 12323

A carved mahogany armchair in the Georgian Chippendale manner of generous elegant proportions typical of the period with excellent carved detail with a high pierced splat back;. The blue leather upholstered seat flanked by handsomely scrolled arms descending to ornate florally carved cabriole front legs with ball and claw feet. English, early 19th century in the mid 18th century manner.

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	width	height	depth
	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms

Stock: 12259

A carved oak Victorian magistrates chair with a high upholstered back and stuffed over-seat from the Stratford Magistrates Court in south London. Image before restoration and re-upholstery. English, late 19th century.

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Stock: 12498

An attractive and understated Baltic sofa canapé in the Empire Biedermeir manner of the early 19th century. Guilt brass mounted and built in solid wood with a mahogany veneer and still with its original striped fabric which is repairable. This furniture is elegant and stylish and would complement a modern environment. Image before restoration.
North German, early 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	74 1⁄4" 188.8 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	29" 73.6 cms

Stock: 8005

An elegant white painted beechwood sofa canapé in the manner of Louis XVI carved with a typical Neoclassical detail of vitruvian scrolling bellflowers and lambs tongue, supported on four tapering and fluted legs to the front. French, late 19th century, ( reupholstered in the 20th century).

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	Width	Height	Depth
	68" 172.7 cms	41 1⁄2" 105.4 cms	26" 66 cms

Stock: 11588

A very large Coalbrookdale cast iron hallstand, the elements cast in the form of tree branches and with the Coalbrookdale Foundry diamond registration marks to the back.
English, registration mark for 1865.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	81 1⁄2" 207 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms

Stock: 11656

A colourful Oriental style four fold hand painted and lacquered wooden room screen each shaped panel with a depiction of a young musician maid playing a flute. This is remarkably similar to an oil on canvas painting by Chen Yifei (1946-2005), a famous Chinese artist, painter and director please see last image. There is evidence that this screen has been over painted as shadowy outlines can be seen behind the figures and the screen and original paintings could be of an earlier date.
English, date unknown.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	67 11⁄16" 172 cms	72 3⁄16" 183.5 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms

Stock: 11953

A rare pair of satinwood veneered & painted commodes in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, with shaped crossbanded and painted tops, over a shallow central carved top drawer over two deep lower drawers, flanked by concave panelled side cupboards supported on shaped decorated turned legs. Each cabinet contains two concealed draws.

English, circa 1900.

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	width	height	depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms	21 7⁄8" 55.7 cms

Stock: 11926

A mahogany D end extending dining table in the manner of Holland and Sons with two extra leaves. The top with moulded edge, plain frieze, baluster turned and reeded legs, brass caps and castors.
English, mid 19th century.

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	top width	height	top length
Opened	48" 122 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms	92 1⁄8" 234 cms
Closed	48" 122 cms	28 7⁄8" 73.5 cms

Stock: 11807

A giltwood and gesso antique console table in the Louis XV French Rococo manner, with high relief shell and rocaille decoration on the serpentine frieze and the lower stretchers, supporting a white marble top.
French,19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	23 13⁄16" 60.5 cms