Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Memorable Pieces

An Outstanding & Highly Important Side Cabinet Attributed to S. Jamar
An Important George III Mahogany Library Table of Superb Colour & Quality
A Most Exceptional George III Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Chest on Chest
A Magnificent Carlton House Boulle-Inlaid Table Designed for George, The Prince of Wales, The Prince Regent,
A George III Parcel-Gilt and Painted Satinwood Pier Table
A Pair of George III Giltwood Armchairs By Thomas Chippendale
An Important Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinets
A Pair of George III Blue John Cassolettes by Matthew Boulton
A George II Walnut Side Chair
A George III Sycamore, Tulipwood Rosewood and Marquetry Pembroke Table
An Outstanding Campana Vase in Blue John or Derbyshire Fluorspar
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Bronze and Ormolu Oil Lamps
A George III Chippendale Period Sidetable
A Rare Queen Anne Blue Japanned Bureau Cabinet
A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Commode
A Very Rare Pair of Cloisonné Cranes
Saved For The Nation
A George III Rolled Paperwork Box, decorated by Mary Earnshaw of Wakefield in 1795
A George II Period Carved Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Attributed to Giles Grendey
A George III Inlaid Occasional Table in the Manner of Pierre Langlois
A George II Period Pedestal
A Pair of George III Period Satinwood, Decorated and Parcel-Gilt Side Tables
The Spencer Perceval armchair from the Palace of Westminster
A Pierre Langlois Commode
A Pair of Robert Adam designed Giltwood Torcheres
A Rosewood and brass mounted side table by John McLean
A George III Mahogany Card Table in the Manner of Ince & Mayhew
A Jewel in the Crown of Queen Anne Furniture
An Expanding Circular Dining Table by Robert Jupe
A Fine Pair of Harewood And Inlaid Side Tables by William Gates
A Pair of Queen Anne Walnut Stools
A George II Carved Mahogany Side-table Attributed to Giles Grendey
A Very Rare Pair of Queen Anne Giltwood Border Glass Mirrors
A Regency Period Gilt, Ebonised and Decorated Wall Sconce
A Regency Period Hall Seat Attributed to George Bullock
A Pair of Georgian Dolphin 'Slab' Tables in the Manner of James Richards, after the Designs by William Kent
A George III Regency Period Convex Mirror by Thomas Fentham

The following images, taken from our archives, illustrate a small selection of pieces we have handled over the past 60 years and which have given us special pleasure and enjoyment. Either for the pieces themselves, their origins or the collections in which they have been placed.

An Important George III Mahogany Library Table of Superb Colour & Quality

An Important George III Mahogany Library Table of Superb Colour & Quality

Height: 31" 79cm
Width: 60" 152.5cm
Depth: 37 ½" 95.5cm

The writing table has a leather lined surface with a cross-banded border and moulded edge. The frieze, fitted with concealed drawers, is carved with a 'greek-key' ribbon that is sunk in tablets; while brass bas-reliefs of ring-bearing lions are tied at its rounded 'columnar' corners. It stands on four legs, comprising herm-tapered pillars capped by Grecian palm-wrapped urns, and with fluting created by bas-relief ribbons running the length of each leg before terminating in original brass castors.

English, Circa 1810

Provenance
Mrs Charles Wrightsman

Other tables related to the design of the present table are recorded:
M. Harris & Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, London, circa 1930, Part III, p. 406, no. F 20465, from the collection of Lt. Col. S. G. Goldschmidt, Kerfield House, Ollerton, Cheshire. It is interesting to note, this table is identical to ours apart from the direction of the greek key decoration. It is conjecture, but it is possible that they might have been made as a pair.
Christopher Hussey, English Country Houses Late Georgian 188-1840, London, 1955, p. 228, fig 439, in the Study, Scotney Castle, Kent.