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 Highly Important George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Commode

A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Commode

Height: 32" 82.5cm
Width: 40" 101.5cm
Depth: 23" 59cm

The commode has a serpentine front and sides with a well figured top carved with a leaf pattern to the edge. Below is a baize lined brushing slide, over four long graduated cock-beaded drawers, each with original gilt brass handles and escutcheon liners. The canted corners carved with shells, trailing fruit, flowers and acorns, above a leaf-carved bottom moulding, all raised on carved ogee bracket feet. The commode is an excellent colour and is well patinated throughout.

English, Circa 1760

This exceptional piece, which is very much in the Chippendale manner and certainly of a quality to suggest a leading London Cabinet-Maker, compares favourably with a commode illustrated in Marked London Furniture by Gilbert which has Philip Bell's trade label attached.

Philip Bell was probably the son of Henry and Elizabeth Bell from whom he succeeded in the business established at the White Swan, St. Paul's Churchyard. Interestingly, when he decided to update his trade card he employed Matthias Darly, the same man responsible for many of the drawings in Chippendale's Director.

Marked London Furniture by Gilbert. Plate 89, Page 94
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660 - 1840.