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.

A George III Inlaid Occasional Table in the Manner of Pierre Langlois

A George III Inlaid Occasional Table in the Manner of Pierre Langlois

Height: 26" 67.5cm
Width: 18" 46cm
Depth: 15" 38cm

The serpentine shaped rectangular top, cross banded in kingwood and inlaid with floral marquetry in a variety of woods on a harewood background. The sides reflect the serpentine shaping of the top, and are also cross-banded in kingwood and inlaid with floral marquetry.

Having a drawer to one side and gilt-metal mounts to the tops of each of the four kingwood veneered cabriole legs which terminate in gilt-metal sabots.

English, Circa 1770

THE MOUNTS

The mounts on this french inspired table are comparable to the mounts found on an extensive group of furniture attributed to the leading émigré London cabinet-maker Pierre Langlois. Particular comparison may be made to a commode believed to have come from Malvern Hall, Warwickshire. A further comparison may be made between the inlaid borders to the top of the table and those found on the commode.

The treatment of the metal work on this table is also particular to a number of Eighteenth century English cabinet makers, principally Cobb, Chippendale and Langlois. The mounts used were of brass which was abraded and burnished before being heat treated and then finally lacquered. The gilded effect that this process produced had a very different look to the French fire-gilded process.

PIERRE LANGLOIS

The fashion for inlaid and ormolu-enriched furniture was accentuated by the French ebeniste, Pierre Langlois. Based in Tottenham Court Road, London, from the 1750's, Langlois specialised in furniture which made him the most renowned cabinet-maker of his time. His introduction of Parisian style to English furniture brought considerable business success. Commissions were received from the Royal family, the Dukes of Northumberland and Bedford, the Earl of Coventry and the Marquis of Zetland.