English Furniture – What Do You Know? Test Your Knowledge!
The creation of fine furniture depends upon its requirements for social gatherings and entertainment its design reflecting changing conditions and modes of life
George III
David Garrick in Georgian London – Pleasurable Theatricals
During the 18th century in London actor David Garrick was the man everyone wanted to see, as audiences flocked to see Garrick’s Hamlet at the theatre
Mallett at London & New York – 150+ Years of Antiques & Art
Mallett, of London and New York started 2016 with an exhibition at their New York gallery of fine eighteenth century English furniture, clocks and decorations
Georgian Furniture – Exotic Timbers & Classical Style
The case of a George III regulator clock at Martyn Cook Antiques made Carolyn McDowall reflect on timbers used in the Georgian era of English furniture history
18C English Gentleman’s Furniture – Style Nurturing The Soul
Eighteenth century English gentlemen believed the character of the master of a house can be judged by the manner in which it is arranged decorated and furnished
The English Georgian Era – Monarchs Middling People & Mozart
English Georgian era (1714 – 1830) from monarchs to middling people and music of Mozart was a great gaze that began on horseback and ended in a railway carriage
The American Dream – Great Books Helping the Vision Pt 1
In the 18th century books about what was beautiful and right inspired those founding a new Rome in America to have a vision of liberty freedom & justice for all
The Age of Elegance – Health, Wealth, Wit and Society
During the Age of Elegance in England it was considered advantageous to go walking in the countryside and to enjoy a dip in the sea to benefit your health
Sensibility and Sense
The Georgian era in England began on horseback and ended in a railway carriage. As to the countryside, where the vast majority of England’s nearly six million people lived, it was mainly vast fields, sprawling common waste, wonderful woodland with bogs and moors being very treacherous places. Much of the…
Result Lot 69 at Sotheby’s – Commode by Chippendale
It seems someone believes the Harrington Commode is likely to be by eighteenth century master craftsman Thomas Chippendale based on the price received at Auction overnight at Sotheby’s, London