Antique Furniture
You may be surprised at what I am going to tell you, but some of these mathematicians, that is, those who are not complete nuts (but anyhow, this brand doesn't tend to marry), make some pretty good, loyal husbands. They'll do a lot to earn their peace of mind if you see what I mean.
"Wait a minute K" I said, "I remember this nice looking old rocking chair that used to belong to your granny. If I ever knew you, you surely kept it, no?"
"Yeah" my friend sighed "sure. But this is another great problem. She says it will not do. It creaks and it's not safe for the baby, or the belly, or both. It won't do. She wants something modern, with reclining features and a matching ottoman. It should cost a fortune. You know, our flat is quite small. I'll have to get rid of the old".
"I see" I said, trying to earn time for digesting his sad story. Then I added: "But what are you doing here, at the pharmacy?"
"Looking for a rocking chair" he answered.
I love K, and this was the opportunity to demonstrate what true friendship really means. You should understand that K-theory, predates shopping in the internet, and sending this guy alone to buy a modern rocking chair was senseless, and even cruel. "Look what we'll do" I said to K. "I'll get you a new modern glider rocking-chair, which will be the most comfortable chair your wife will ever experience, and in exchange I'll take from you the old one. This way we solve both your problems. Ok?" You should have seen the grateful look at his eyes. That day I made my modest contribution to the advent of K-theory, and please don't ask me what it is.
In return I got a beautiful originally signed antique Michael Thonet rocking chair. God bless K's granny. Come and have a look at the other wonderful pieces of antique furniture from my collection.
List of Antique Furniture Items
Antique English Nesting Tables with Japanned Lacquer Paintings
Using skilled and extremely time-consuming techniques, Chinese and Japanese artisans produced lacquer furniture of a quality and beauty rarely seen in Europe before the 16th century. The oriental lacquer became known in Europe through Portuguese and Spanish traders who brought furniture items of excellence to Europe in the ship-loads that arrived from the East. Soon after, in the early seventeenth century, the European manufacturers, extremely influenced by the imported lacquer furniture designs, adopted the Asian lacquerwork techniques and artistic approaches and formed a unique technology and style known as Japanning.
The set of the 3 rare antique English Nesting tables presented here is a beautiful example of the mature Art of Japanning which developed from this interesting and fruitful encounter between east and west.
שלושת שולחנות ההגשה האנגלים העתיקים Nesting Tables שלפניכם מייצגים את המיטב שבמפגש התרבויות בין המזרח למערב. הטכניקה המסורתית ועתיקת היומין של ציור בלכה (לקה) שחורה שפותחה בסין וביפן במאות הראשונות לספירה, אומצה בהתלהבות על ידי יצרני ואומני הריהוט האנגלים של סוף המאה ה-17 ושולבה בהצלחה בתעשיית הנגרות האנגלית המיומנת. התוצאה מרהיבת עיניים - איכות ויופי.
Height of Large Table : 2' 2.4" - 67 cm - 26.4
in
Size of Large Table Top Painting : 1' 8.9" x 1' 1.8" - 53 x 35 cm - 20.9 in x
13.8 in
Height of Medium Table : 2' 1.2" - 64 cm - 25.2 in
Size of Medium Table Top Painting : 1' 4.9" x 1' 1.2" - 43 x 33.5 cm - 16.9 in x
13.2 in
Height of Small Table : 2' 0" - 61 cm - 24 in
Size of Small Table Top Painting : 1' 1" x 1' 0.6" - 33 x 32 cm - 13 in x 12.6
in
Wooden frame legs and top: Walnut wood
Painting Technique: Japanning black lacquer and guilt tracery
Origin: England
Manufacturing: England
Age: more than 220 years old (circa 1780) - all wooden joints, Japanning lacquer
painting and guilt tracery are original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1009/13 - Click for More Details on the Antique English Nesting Tables
Antique What-not (Etagere) with Marquetry Shelves
A what-not is a type of furniture with open shelves supported by uprights. The English what-not (AKA whatnot shelves) was derived from the French Etagere and was very popular in England in the first three-quarters of the 19th century. The Victorian whatnot presented here is a gentle light weight collectible piece with three kidney shaped shelves.
Each shelf is decorated with a beautiful hand made unique marquetry art work of flowery pattern made with high quality wood veneers in various dies of brown, beige and black. Look at the fine open fretwork brass gallery on top of the upper shelf and imagine all those delicate ornamental objects, trifles, small china and what not you can put on it - why not?
כוננית ה-
what not נועדה להצגה של חפצים יפים ושכיות חמדה בחדרי האירוח של משפחות המעמד
הבינוני-הגבוה בצרפת ובאנגליה של המאה ה-19. השם what not - מה לא, הוא מעין מקבילה
אירופאית למושג הישראלי "כלבויניק" ומרמז על כך שלכוננית אין שימוש מוגדר והיא
"מזמינה" את בעליה לשים בה מה שירצו.
Height: 2' 6.3" - 77 cm -
30.3 in
Size of kidney shaped shelf: 10.6" x 1' 5.7" - 27 cm x 45 cm -
10.6 in x 17.7 in
Height between shelves: 9.4" - 24 cm - 9.4 in
Wooden shelves and uprights: Ebonized Mahogany wood
The upper shelf gallery and the shelves decorated edges: Brass
Origin: England
Manufacturing: English
Age: more than 140 years old (circa 1860) - all marquetry and wooden elements are
original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1004/08 - Click for More Details on this beautiful What-not
Antique Piano Bench and Notes Cabinet - Edwardian Era
This piano seat is a genuine piece of the Edwardian era music room furniture. The rectangular piano bench design (erroneously called piano stool or piano chair by antique furniture dealers and collectors) was first introduced at the late 19th century. This type of piano bench usually had an upholstered cushioned seat that could be lifted giving the musician a storage compartment for his sheets. The frame of the bench was made of solid black oak wood with side carrying handles. In this unique collectible piano bench, the beautifully carved wooden door at the front opens to the side, revealing a cabinet interior, originally designed for music notes books.
כסא
לפסנתר אנגלי עתיק מן התקופה האדוארדית עם
כרית ישיבה מרופדת בד קטיפה עבה בדוגמת תבליט פרחוני. כרית המושב נפתחת כלפי מעלה
ומאפשרת גישה לתא ששימש לאכסון ספרי תווים. הדלת המגולפת בקדמת הספסל נפתחת לצד
ימין ומאפשרת גישה לארונית מגרות.
Height from floor to seat: 1' 9.7" -
55 cm - 21.7 in
Height from floor to handles: 1' 11.6" - 60 cm - 23.6 in
Width of cabinet box: 1' 7.7" - 50 cm - 19.7 in
Width between handles: 1' 10" - 56 cm - 22 in
Depth: 1' 1.4" - 34 cm - 13.4 in
Wooden frame and door: Black oak wood
Cushioned seat upholster: Traditional robust velvet
Origin: England
Manufacturing: English / European
Age: more than 100 years old (circa 1900) - all upholstery and wooden elements are
original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1002/06 - Click for More Details on the Edwardian Piano Bench
Antique Victorian Gate Leg Table - Scalloped Tabletop
This is a magnificent antique Victorian tea table with a mild elliptic shape tabletop which is conveniently suitable for four guests. The tabletop has a perfect scalloped edge and a beautifully carved pattern on the stripe around the circumference. It is a rare piece of high quality sophisticated woodworking. A gate-leg table (AKA gate-legged table or gateleg table) is a table which usually has one or two drop leaves (flaps) that are supported when in use by a hinged leg swung out from the frame. The beautiful piece presented here has 2 flaps, 2 gates and 6 legs.
שולחן תה
מתקפל gate leg היה הפתרון המושלם של הגברות האנגליות המארחות בתקופה הוויקטוריאנית
- מהודר, יציב ולא תופס מקום. לאחר שהפגישה הסתיימה קיפלו, ושמו בצד. לשולחן שלנו
יופי מדהים ומבנה הנדסי מתוחכם שמאפשר פתיחה של השולחן לפי מספר האורחים. כמה סוכר?
Height: 2' 5.5" - 75 cm -
29.5 in
Depth when closed: 1' 0.2" - 31 cm - 12.2 in
Dimensions of elliptic tabletop: 3' 3.4" x 2' 6.3" - 100 cm x 77 cm
- 39.4 in x 30.3 in
Wooden frame and top: Mahogany wood
Origin: England
Manufacturing: English
Age: more than 150 years old (circa 1850) - all wooden elements are original and
genuine.
Our ref #: F1003/07 - Click for More Details on the Victorian Gate-Leg Table
Rare Antique Victorian Windsor Chair - Caned Seat and Back
This hand-crafted Windsor chair is a rare example of the extraordinary design and craftsmanship qualifications of the English woodworking at the mid 19th century. Its sophisticated design combines the Windsor chair's traditional Fan-back style with delicate rounded handholds and arm supports, a beautifully carved comb at the top of the back and a superb wickerwork that forms the caned seat and the caned mid splat of the chair's back.
This chair was made with great care and investment - just as it graced the home of a nineteen century gentleman so it will today.
לכסא וינדסור
Windsor chair ויקטוריאני יפייפה זה שלפניכם, מסעדי יד עגלגלים ועדינים העשויים עץ
מכופף. מושב הכסא והחלק המרכזי של משענת הגב עשויים קש - מקלעת נצרים המשולבת
במסגרת העץ ומעניקה לכסא מראה קליל ומושלם. פריט מוזיאלי.
Height from floor to seat: 1' 3" -
38 cm - 15 in
Height from floor to handholds: 2' 1.2" - 64 cm - 25.2 in
Height from floor to back comb: 2' 11.4" - 90 cm - 35.4
in
Width between handholds: 1' 9.7" - 55 cm - 21.7 in
Width of seat: 1' 6.5" - 47 cm - 18.5 in
Depth of seat: 1' 2.6" - 37 cm - 14.6 in
Wooden frame, spindles and legs: Yew and rosewood
Origin: England
Manufacturing: English
Age: more than 150 years old (circa 1860) - all canning and wooden elements are
original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1005/09 - Click for More Details on the Genuine Antique Windsor Chair
Antique Victorian Balloon Back Chairs - Carved and Upholstered
The Balloon Back chair was born around 1830 and remained popular in England until the 60s of the 19th century. The name derives from the form of the back of the chair which was shaped like a hot-air balloon, rounded at the top and tapered towards the seat (this type of back is sometimes referred to as peanut-shaped).
The elegant pair of chairs in front of you represents the upper quality of this trend - the lightness and gracefulness of the chair's contour outlines, the sophisticated and rich hand carved wooden back, smooth curved and tapered cabriole front legs and a comfortable wide upholstered seat which enabled the English ladies of the Victorian era to spread their bell-shaped expanding skirts.
כסאות עם גב מעוגל דמוי בלון Balloon Back chairs היוו פריט ריהוט בסיסי במערכת חדר האוכל של משפחה אמידה בתקופה הויקטוריאנית. מרופדים, נוחים, יפים למראה - בבקשה לשבת.
Height from floor to seat: 1' 5.7" -
45 cm - 17.7 in
Height from floor to peak of back: 2' 11.4" - 90 cm - 35.4
in
Width of seat: 1' 5.7" - 45 cm - 17.7 in
Depth of seat: 1' 3.7" - 40 cm - 15.7 in
Wooden frame, back and legs: Rosewood
Origin: England
Manufacturing: English
Age: more than 150 years old (circa 1850) - all upholstery and wooden elements are
original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1006/10 - Click for More Details on this pair of Antique Balloon Back Chairs
Antique Victorian Balloon Back Chair - Rosewood and Stuff-Over Seat
The Rosewood legs of this beautiful genuine Victorian Balloon Back chair are shaped in the cabriole form of the Rococo Revival and relate this way with the delicate curvature of the balloon shaped back. The crafted floral carving of the crest and the middle rails of the back integrates beautifully with the curved outline of the upholstered seat and emphasizes the union of lightness, elegance and grace rendered in this unique item of Victorian furniture.
השם "כסא עם גב דמוי בלון" Balloon Back Chair הוענק לפריט ריהוט ויקטוריאני אופייני זה בשל הכתפיים המעוגלות של משענת הגב המתחברות למתניים צרות ומחוטבות הבוקעות מן המושב המרופד. לא פלא שנשות החברה האנגליות אהבו את הכיסאות היפים הללו. וגם הגברים.
Height from floor to seat: 1' 5.3" -
44 cm - 17.3 in
Height from floor to peak of back: 2' 8.3" - 82 cm -
32.3 in
Width of seat: 1' 4.5" - 42 cm - 16.5 in
Depth of seat: 1' 2.6" - 37 cm - 14.6 in
Wooden frame, back and legs: Rosewood
Origin: England
Manufacturing: English
Age: more than 150 years old (circa 1850) - all upholstery and wooden elements are
original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1010/13 - Click for More Details on this Antique Victorian Balloon Back Chair
Antique Tilt-Top Tea Table with Marquetry Tabletop
This beautiful rounded Mandala shaped Tilt-Top tea table of the 18th century is probably one of the most elegant styled pieces of tea serving furniture with high quality marquetry inlay on its table top. The rhombus shaped wood tiles of the marquetry form a majestic pattern of 3D cubes as well as a perfect 2D sequence of six-pointed stars - what a magnificent picture to look at when the table is placed in an upright position against a wall until needed.
שולחן לתה שיש לו משטח הגשה מתקפל Tilt-Top Tea Table היה המצאה גדולה שאפשרה לארגן את חדר האירוח האנגלי מסוף המאה ה-18 בצורה נוחה ויפה לעין. לאחר שהסתיים טכס שתיית התה היה השולחן המקופל נשאר בחדר כפריט ריהוט דקורטיבי מרשים כאשר משטח ההגשה היפייפה שלו משובב את העין ביחודיות עיצובו - מלאכת מחשבת של אמנות ואומנות.
Height: 2' 4" - 71 cm -
28 in
Diameter of rounded mandala tabletop: 1' 10.8" - 58 cm - 22.8 in
Wooden frame and top: Mahogany and walnut wood
Origin: England
Manufacturing: European
Age: more than 200 years old (circa 1800) - all wooden and bronze elements as well
as the tilt-top brass latch are original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1007/11 - Click for More Details on this distinctive Tilt-Top Table
Antique French Plant Stands with Marble Tops - Belle Epoque
A pair of breathtaking antique marble top French plant stands styled a La Belle Epoch fashion from the 70s of the 19th century. They are a perfect match in size and design with delicate and elegant ornamented Ormolu styled mountings, long tapered legs and pierced gilt brass galleries which surround the marble tops. Have a look.
כל אספן ריהוט עתיק יודע שיש רהיטים שהולכים בזוגות, לעיתים זוגות זהים כמו כסאות אנגלים ולעיתים משלימים כמו צמד מעמדי העציץ Plant Stand הצרפתים הנהדרים האלה. אחד גבוה וצר והשני נמוך ומעוגל, שניהם מדהימים ביופים, מעוצבים בקלילות ובהדר שאפיינו את אפנת ה-בל אפוק Belle Epoque הצרפתית של שנות ה-70 וה-80 של המאה ה-19.
רגלי עץ מהגוני מחוטבות, לוח שיש מהודר, עיטורי נחושת וברונזה מוזהבים בטעם עשיר ומעודן של תחילת האר-נובו Art Nouveau האירופאי ובעיקר שיק צרפתי שאין שני לו. מתאים - גם אם אין לך עציץ.
Antique French Plant Stand - Articulated Mahogany Frame with Octagon Marble Top
Height: 3' 3.8" - 101 cm - 39.8 in
Width of octagonal marble plant stand top: 11.8" - 30 cm - 11.8 in
Wooden frame legs and top: Mahogany and walnut wood
Origin: French
Manufacturing: French
Age: more than 130 years old (circa 1880) - all wooden and bronze elements as
well as the ornamental brass mountings are original and genuine.
Antique French Plant Stand - Classic Mahogany Frame with Rounded Marble Top
Height: 2' 7.9" - 81 cm - 31.9 in
Diameter of rounded marble top: 1' 4.5" - 42 cm - 16.5 in
Wooden frame legs and top: Mahogany and walnut wood
Origin: French
Manufacturing: French
Age: more than 140 years old (circa 1870) - all wooden and bronze elements as
well as the ornamental brass mountings are original and genuine.
Our ref #: F1008/12 - Click for More Details on this beautiful pair of Antique French Plant Stands
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Antique Furniture