19th Century Prints from Thomas Sheraton's Drawing Book

A fine pair of George III Hepplewhite period mahogany & upholstered Window Seats, having serpentine fronts & scroll-over sides, supported on well-shaped cabriole legs with corner bra...

An important pair of mid-18th century Chippendale period mahogany Library Armchairs, having unusual carved and scrolled cartouche-shaped backs, with scroll moulded set-back arms. The Chairs having stuffover seats with gadrooned borders, supported on blind fret carved cabriole legs with scrolled toes. For similar examples see Chippendale's Director, 'French Chairs' Plate XXI Further information: Similar examples of our Library Armchairs can be found in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale book Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director (1762). The pair resembles the right chair design in Plate XXI, catalogued by Chippendale as “French Chairs”. He described in his book that this model “may be executed to advantage, some of them are intended to be open below at the back: which makes them very light without having a bad effect.’ His design illustrates his familiarity with the fashionable French Rococo style represented by the curvilinear form of the chair and scrolled feet. The carved surface decoration on our Chairs is much less elaborate than that on the published design and is more reminiscent of the work of Robert Manwaring...

Superb pair of 18th century English engravings.

Beautiful pair of antique mid 19th century engravings with original antique gilded wood frame. Both engraved by Jazet Jean Pierre Marie ( France 1788/ 1871 ca.) on different subjects. - "Louis XV at the battle of Fontenoy" on May 11, 1745 from a work by the painter Emile Jean Horace Vernet made in 1828 - "The Last Day of Pompei" from a work by the painter Frédérick-Henri Schopin...