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Picture This LXXXIII
In Bonhams’ Home & Interiors sale in Knightsbridge on the 24th of May 2016, lot 116 is catalogued as a “George III mahogany mule chest” (fig. 1) which may well be correct. Fig. 1. “George III mahogany mule chest”, (Bonhams) … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Auction Alerts
Tagged carcase, cock-beading, drawer, low dresser, mahogany, mule chest, runner
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Picture This LXXXII
The work of deranged cabinetmaker, Anne Nomalous, has surfaced again: Evidence of her hand has appeared, this time, in the upside-down cyma recta top moulding of a laburnum chest of drawers in Lawrences’ upcoming fine art sale on Friday the … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Auction Alerts
Tagged cabinetmaker, chest of drawers, cyma recta moulding, laburnum, laburnum oyster
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Taxing Times
England invested an inordinate amount of money in building and maintaining a naval fleet to better protect her island shores and foreign interests during the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries. Government coffers were kept topped-up with monies raised through all manner of … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques
Tagged cockfighting, elm, lock, looking glasses, mahogany, stick chair, tax, thrown chair, walnut, Windsor chair
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