Rare Small George II Bureau Bookcase/Cabinet boxhouse-antiques.comOf all the numerous woods used in the making of English antique furniture you are most likely to encounter mahogany. A brief introduction : Many different varieties of mahogany originated…
Antique Cabinets
Antique cabinets refer to furniture containing one or more doors, often with drawers, shelves and compartments. Cabinets can be partially glazed. Initially cabinet makers were provincial estate carpenters working mainly in oak and walnut. In…
Antique Chairs
In early times we all sat on the ground gradually elevating ourselves onto low stools or benches. Around the end of the 14th century the first of the chairs as we would recognize them today evolved. They…
Late 18th Century French Furniture
The tragic Queen Marie-Antoinette loved all forms of interior decoration, and furniture, in particular. Allegiance to her domineering and politically interfering Austrian mother, the Empress Maria Teresa, necessitated much of Marie Antoinette’s correspondence to be…
Lacquered Antique Furniture
Lacquered antique furniture demonstrates a highly complex and time consuming method of decorating. Lacquer (gum’lac) is derived from a tree which originates in central and southern China, the country considered the ‘birthplace of lacquering’. By the…
Secretaires
The usual definition of a ‘secretaire’ is a piece of furniture with an enclosed writing surface. Antique mahogany Secretaire circa 1790. For more information on this item view our website boxhouse-antiques.comSecretaires, asthey are known in…
Some brief insights into various woods antique furniture collectors and enthusiasts may encounter
Beech: Quite hard and common wood chiefly used in chair making, seat rails, seat frames, bent chair backs. However beech is very vulnerable to attack in the sapwood by wood boring insects. Occurs commonly in…
CHINOISERIE
The ‘China’ taste was all the rage in Europe starting in around the mid 17th Century and continuing throughout the entire 18th Century, with several ‘revivals’ following on in the later 19th and the early 20th Cent. This taste…
Queen Anne Walnut Furniture
If your eye is truly ” in ” then you will place the English ‘Queen Anne Walnut Period’ right at the top of your list of preferences. This short reign, 1702 – 1714 produced exquisite, quintessentially…
Antique Dressers
Antique dressers were originally made to be used in a kitchen but in recent times they are often upgraded into the dining room. A generous arrangement of working drawers along with a plate rack means…
