Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

19th Century Furniture

A Regency Period Cruet Set
The Marly Horses After Guillaume Coustou
An Unusual Pair of Candelabra Attributed to the 'Great Glass-Man of Ludgate Hill
An Early Nineteenth Century Blue John Vase
A Pair of Chinese Gouache Paintings in their Original Padoukwood Frames.
A Rare Victorian "Huntsman and Hound" Cast Iron Stick / Umbrella Stand, Probably by W.H. Micklethwait Foundry.
A Regency Mahogany Games Table Attributable to Gillows of Lancaster
A Silver Plated Spirit Barrel
An Exceptionally Large Romanticised Cork Picture of Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
A Regency Period Japanned Fire Bellows,
A Nineteenth Century Oak Post Box in the Form of a Sentry Box.
A Most Unusual Oak & Silver Mounted Spirit Barrel on Stand
A Pair of Bronze Gladiators
A Regency Period Dining Table by Gillow of Lancaster
An Outstanding Nineteenth Century Chinese Lacquer Screen
A Nineteenth Century Three Tier Etagere
A Regency Period Rosewood & Parcel-Gilt Side-Cabinet
A Unusual Pair of Regency Hall Chairs
A Regency Period Mahogany & Ebony Writing Table
An Early Regency Oval Mahogany Occasional Table
An Exceptional Pair of Chinoiserie Cabinets Commissioned for the Chinese Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire & Attributed to Marsh & Tatham
A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood & Ormolu Consoles
An Unusual Chinoiserie Cream Ground Screen
A George III Sheraton Period Oval Tray
A Regency Period Ormolu Mounted & Brass Inlaid Rosewood Sofa Table
A Pair of Regency Period Amboyna & Brass Mounted Etageres with Simulated Marble Tops
A Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Curricle Bergeres
A George III Regency Period Drinking Table
A Rare 'Penfold' Hexagonal Oak Letter Box
A 19th Century Mahogany Presentation Wheelbarrow and Spade with Silver Plated Mounts by Elkington & Co.
A Nineteenth Century Tole Watering Can
A Victorian Oak and Silver Plate Caddy
A Regency Period Brass Tea Caddy
An Unusual Silver Cigar Table Lighter
A Regency Period Painted Tole Basket with Pierced and Gilded Decoration
A Pair Of 'Chinese' Painted Clay Nodding Figures
A Burr Walnut Kidney Shaped Writing Desk
A Pair of Regency Parcel-Gilt Corner Shelves
An Outstanding & Highly Important Side Cabinet Attributed to S. Jamar
A Burr-Ash, Burr-Yew & Marquetry Centre Table Attributed to George Blake & Co
A Nineteenth Century Mahogany Tobacco Jar
An Unusual Regency Period Mahogany Cellaret
A Regency Period Convex Mirror with Chinoiserie Decoration
A Silver Plated Double Wine Coaster in the Form of a Clinker-Built Dingy and inscribed "The Jolly Boat" on the stern
A Regency Period Day-Bed
An Important George III Mahogany Library Table of Superb Colour & Quality
A Magnificent Carlton House Boulle-Inlaid Table Designed for George, The Prince of Wales, The Prince Regent,
A Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne
A Regency Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
A Pair of Regency Day Beds
A Regency Rosewood and Brass-Inlaid Side Cabinet Attributed to Gillow of Lancaster
A Fine Regency Period Chandelier
An Important Chandelier Attributed To Perry & Co
A Pair of George IV Mahogany Hall Chairs in the Manner of Sir Robert Smirke
A Regency Period Giltwood and Ebonised Girandole Convex Mirror
A Pair of Regency Period Cut-Glass Candelabra
An Early Regency Period Cut Glass & Ormolu Chandelier
A Pair of George III Breakfront Cabinets
A Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinet
An Important Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinets
A Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Rosewood Etageres.
A Regency Period Amboyna and Brass Inlaid Sewing Table
A Nineteenth Century Decorated Tole Tray
A Rare and Unusually Large Early 19th Century Nodding Figure of a Chinaman Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Gianelli
A George III Satinwood and Decorated Bookcase
A Rare Anglo-Indian Polychrome Decorated Drum Table
A Regency Period Mahogany Extending Dining Table
A Regency Period Rosewood & Ormolu Mounted Secretaire Cabinet
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Regency Penwork Tables
A Nineteenth Century Etagere of Most Unusual Form and Fine Quality
A Fine and Rare PAIR of Regency Period Rosewood End-Support Tables By Gillows
A Garniture of Three 19th Century Bloor Derby Porcelain Bough Pots
A Novelty Victorian Silver Atomiser
A Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu and White Marble Paper Weights
A Pair of Canton Enamel Dishes With Handles
A Rare Mahogany Miniature Dumbwaiter
A Most Unusual Tea Caddy
A Nineteenth Century Country House Post Box
An Outstanding Campana Vase in Blue John or Derbyshire Fluorspar
A Charming Nineteenth Century Flower Press
A Mid Nineteenth Century Decorated Tole Jardiniere
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Bronze and Ormolu Oil Lamps
A Regency Period Carved Giltwood Convex Mirror
A Regency Period Hexagonal Brass Lantern
A Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinet
A Regency Period Rosewood Tray
A Pair of Regency Period Curricle Chairs
A Set of Three Cut Glass Decanters with a Claret Jug Ensuite
A Rare Regency Rosewood and Parcel-Gilt Revolving Bookstand
A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Console Tables
An Expanding Circular Dining Table by Robert Jupe
A Superb Pair of Empire Figural Candelabra
A Pair of Regency Period Cut Glass Lustres
An Extremely Rare Pair of Georgian Brass Candelabra
A Regency Period Gilt, Ebonised and Decorated Wall Sconce
A Regency Period Hall Seat Attributed to George Bullock
An Important Regency Mahogany Sideboard With a Pair of Pedestals en Suite. Attributed to George Oakley
An Elegant Georgian Mahogany Circular Dining Table
A George III Regency Period Convex Mirror by Thomas Fentham
An Unusual Regency Verre Eglomise Mirror
Sideboard With a Pair of Pedestals



An Important Regency Mahogany Sideboard With a Pair of Pedestals en Suite. Attributed to George Oakley

The table and pedestals inlaid throughout with satinwood, ebony and brass. The breakfront sideboard with four frieze drawers divided by a satinwood inlaid panel above each leg and a brass inlaid panel between the central drawers. The table standing on reeded turned legs with bronzed lion mask capitals and paw feet. The pair of pedestals, each with a drawer above a paneled cupboard door with brass inlay, and enclosing a shelf, and standing on bronzed paw feet. The sideboard and pedestals of the very finest quality and colour, the veneers carefully selected and the carving on lions' heads and feet crisp and detailed.

Sideboard Pedestals

Length 89 " 2m 19 Length: 19" 50cm
Depth: 28" 72cm Depth 21" 53cm
Height: 36 " 92cm Height 41" 1m05

English, Circa 1810

ATTRIBUTION

Towards the end of the Eighteenth century the influence of the French Empire style of furniture became more evident. Designers like Thomas Hope, the friend of the French architect Percier, interpreted the forms and motifs of the Greco-Roman eras and created a more monumental style of furniture.

One of the more successful of these 'interpreters' was George Oakley, a highly ambitious and successful businessman. Oakley became one of the most famous cabinet-makers and upholsterers in Regency London, even managing to attract Royal patronage.

Although numerous aristocratic clients are recorded in the Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, little documented furniture has been identified other than his work at Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire, in 1810. Amongst this work was a sideboard and pedestals. Unfortunately, only the pedestals remain, but they bear a striking similarity to our table and pedestals, strong enough for us to confidently attribute our table to Oakley.