2525 N Pearl St Apt 1702, Dallas, TX The Library Part 2

 

  

12X15 PERSIAN RUG

    

Description
12 X 15
PERSIAN HERIZ 
NEW
1/4 THICK PILE
100% Wool
NEW
LIVING ROOM RUG / DINING ROOM RUG
COLOR : NAVY BLUE / CREAM COLOR / DEEP BLUE / BABY BLUE/ OLIVE GREEN/
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Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

This magnificent Victorian library bookcase is a work of both massive size and monumental beauty. Crafted of Cuban mahogany in the majestic Chippendale Revival style, this dynamic breakfront reaches a width of over 14 feet and a height of over 9 feet, and displays all of the aesthetic hallmarks of Thomas Chippendale's iconic designs.

This bookcase is a model of well-balanced, Chinoiserie design. The large central case is flanked on both sides by four supporting cases, arranged in a staggered placement, which gives this piece a sense of depth and architectural grace. The exceptionally carved decoration is simply without compare, from the open acanthus leaf, opposing C-scroll cresting and pierced fretwork gallery to the five pairs of Gothic arched astragal glazed paneled glass doors and ten scrolled panel moulded doors. As functional as it is beautiful, the bookcase features a writing slide, cleverly concealed within the central drawer. Compartments for pen and ink are neatly set inside next to a leather-lined writing surface, which can be set at an angle and further conceals two secret drawers.

The name of Thomas Chippendale is most closely associated with English Rococo-style furniture. More than a simple cabinetmaker, he was an innovator and visionary. His name has become synonymous with a distinguishable style not because the furniture was made by him or his factory, but because of his foresight in publishing his incredible designs. In 1754, he published the first of three editions of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, the first catalogue of furniture design. This catalogue allowed wealthy patrons to pick out particular elements for their furniture and to have it custom made for them by the Chippendale workshop. The Chippendale style reflected many elements of the Rococo, Chinese (called Chinoiserie), Gothic and, later, the Neoclassical styles. So popular were the designs with the wealthy class of the mid-18th century that soon other furniture makers were using The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director as a pattern book for their own shops. This book is probably the major reason he is one of the world's best-known and respected furniture makers to ever live.

A library bookcase with an almost identical cornice and frieze can be found in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1761, design no. VCVIII.

Early 19th Century Irish Flame Mahogany Bookcase

A very rare and fine early 19th Century Irish flame mahogany four door bookcase, of exceptional quality, stunningly hand carved with beautifully rich patination and grain. The shaped and curved crown with an ornately detailed centred arrangement of Neoclassical motifs comprising of scallop shell flanked with scrolls, flowerheads and trailing foliate over a simple deep frieze with beaded row and fluted border trim detail. Raised above four reeded and arched astragal glazed panel doors with brass closing slip which open to shelved interior and are flanked with four beautifully ring turned pilaster columns with spiral twist fluted detail. The lower section with another set of four pilaster columns separating four panelled doors with beaded row and brass closing slip detail, which open to reveal a fitted interior comprising of an arrangement of drawers with ring turned pulls and shelving. Supported on moulded platform base, terminating on ogee bracket foot to the rear and elegant scroll foot to the fore with fluting and sphere motifs, finely carved in high relief.

Antique English Inlaid Walnut and Gold Bronze Mounted Writing Desk, Circa 1880

From the Mariani Privé Custom Workshop, A Classic English Tufted and Adjustable Swivel Desk Chair, upholstered in antiqued glazed leather and raised on casters

 

 

Knoles are traditional English country-house sofas. You see them usually in velvets and trims.

  

Victorian Porters Chair in Hand Dyed Leathers

  

This is. A pair of our Victorian Porters chairs that we craft to order on a bespoke basis.
The style is very honest in its interpretation and feeling. These pieces bring a great deal of style and gravitas to a space.

  

Chippendale-Style Chaise Longue

English Chippendale-style chaise lounge with detailed ball and claw feet, gilt accents, and new taupe burned velvet upholstery, in pristine condition, circa 1895.

Chippendale Walnut and Mahogany Tripod Table

   

English 18th century side table fitted with a later drawer.

    

     

Antique Art and Craft Stylish English Victorian Solid Brass Floor Lamp Brass Standard Lamp.

Height. 130 cm. Width on base. 53 cm.
Antique Victorian solid brass floor lamp, brass standard lamp with marked on body. In good working order condition. Please see photos for detail and condition.
Solid and heavy piece!

Although no one knows who made the first Staffordshire dog, the starting point was certainly a dog celebrity: Dash, Queen Victoria’s closest childhood companion, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, painted by Landseer and appearing in many prints,’ says specialist Paul Atterbury.

By the 1840s, dozens of small potteries in Staffordshire were making spaniels in a variety of sizes, ranging from around 5cm in height to over 30cm.
‘They were made and sold as facing pairs. The earliest were simply fashioned from earthenware, press- moulded in two pieces and painted by women or children in lots of different colours: black, russet brown or lustre. The collar and chain are moulded in the figure and usually gilded, and some dogs have glass eyes.’

Early dogs are never marked. Despite their simplicity, they are well made with sharp modelling. The body is hollow and they feel relatively light. Gilding will probably look a bit worn. Later 19th-century dogs are slip-moulded and, as moulds are reused, the detail becomes blurred, figures clunkier and the painting cruder,’ 
‘I wouldn’t call the 20th-century versions fakes because production processes are the same, they were made in England and not meant to deceive. These are quite different from modern fakes from the Far East: they are heavy, shiny, with a garish, regular, mechanical look and brassy gilding.’

Sweet ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE 19th Century Tall Spaniel Dog Jug or Pitcher

   

 

What to look for when buying a Staffordshire dog ceramic:

Your checklist for genuine antique Staffordshire dogs...

1. Press-moulded body with defined modelling and a very small firing hole in the base. (Later versions are slip-cast and there will be a larger hole in the base).
2. Painted decoration: detailed with a face full of character and slight differences between the pair.
3. The back may be painted.
4. Soft gilding showing evidence of age.
5. Signs of crazing, or firing flaws on the base.
6. No maker’s mark.

STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY FIGURES OF SHAKESPEARE
19th Century

Large 19th Century Hunting Charging Oil Painting By Thomas Smythe

1 Fine Impressive Large Sporting Hunting Charge Scene Work Of Art Antique Oil Painting Signed Thomas Smythe 1825-1906.
 
Title Hunting Charge.

Impressive size being 120cm width of frame.
 
Subject beautiful portrait in side profile of a hunting scene charging along with horse and riders wearing traditional hunting dress red & black coats and black hats, your focus is drawn to the two riders in the centre the first is wearing a red coat with white trousers holding a whip riding a white horse in full galloping stride, just behind another gentleman rider wearing a top black hat and also having white trousers and riding boots also holding a whip stick and is on a dark brown horse also galloping along, further back to the right in the background you can see 2 others riders on brown horses wearing red and black coats and further back in the distance are 2 other riders on a gray horse and brown horse who are coming down hill by the tree line. To the far left in the distance you can see a pack of scent hounds all running towards the scent the prey. Set In open field countryside landscape with a mix of blue and grey overcast sky and birds flying overhead.
 
Oil on canvas.
 
Signed lower left corner by the known British artist Thomas Smythe.
 
An exceptional fine example of his work.
 
Set in a traditional stylish gilt frame.
 
Circa 19th century Victorian era. 

   

(would be hung over the sofa)

Oil Painting Of Queen Victoria's Dog 'dash' After Landseer

  

Oil on wooden panel of Queen Victoria''s spaniel ''Dash'' after the original by Sir Edwin Landseer. Dash the spaniel was the favourite dog of Queen Victoria before and during the early years of her reign. The animal did gain some fame and was painted by Landseer in 1836, this work is a competent period copy of that work. The painting is in good condition it has been professionally cleaned, the panel has been split some time ago and the join is still visible in some lights. The painting has been mounted in a gilt oval slip as per the original, the gilt frame is most likely a bit later in date. The frame has had some repair and woodworm treated and filled. The whole is ready to hang and really does have a great decorative look. C.1840.
 
Overall sizes in inches including frame: 14 1/2 by 16 1/4

(Hung over the Chaise Lounge)