Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Regency

A Regency Period Cruet Set
An Unusual Pair of Candelabra Attributed to the 'Great Glass-Man of Ludgate Hill
A Regency Mahogany Games Table Attributable to Gillows of Lancaster
A Regency Period Japanned Fire Bellows,
A Regency Period Dining Table by Gillow of Lancaster
An Outstanding Nineteenth Century Chinese Lacquer Screen
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
A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood & Ormolu Consoles
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 Regency Period Brass Tea Caddy
A Regency Period Painted Tole Basket with Pierced and Gilded Decoration
A Pair of Regency Parcel-Gilt Corner Shelves
An Unusual Regency Period Mahogany Cellaret
A Regency Period Convex Mirror with Chinoiserie Decoration
A Regency Period Day-Bed
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
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 Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinet
An Important Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinets
A Regency Period Amboyna and Brass Inlaid Sewing Table
A Rare and Unusually Large Early 19th Century Nodding Figure of a Chinaman Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Gianelli
A Regency Period Mahogany Extending Dining Table
A Regency Period Rosewood & Ormolu Mounted Secretaire Cabinet
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Regency Penwork Tables
A Fine and Rare PAIR of Regency Period Rosewood End-Support Tables By Gillows
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 Rare Regency Rosewood and Parcel-Gilt Revolving Bookstand
A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Console Tables
A Rosewood and brass mounted side table by John McLean
A Pair of Regency Period Cut Glass Lustres
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
A George III Regency Period Convex Mirror by Thomas Fentham
An Unusual Regency Verre Eglomise Mirror

REGENCY

The Regency Period made a distinctive contribution to English furniture. Previous interest in capturing the spirit of antiquity was now expressed in a detail that surpassed that of earlier decades. Thomas Sheraton's two published works, the Cabinet Dictionary of 1803 and the Cabinet-maker, Upholsterer and General Artists' Encyclopaedia, which came out in parts from 1804 to 1806, show in detail the new trend for the Regency style.

Designs appeared in Britain for the first time that incorporated lion paw feet and other exotic animals onto the ends of Grecian scroll arms. The 1798 Battle of the Nile, fought between the French and the English, led by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, was largely responsible for inspiring designs containing Egyptian elements as it established England as a Naval Supremacy in the final years of the Revolutionary Wars in France. Such designs were more archaeologically correct in following the excavated model than had been previously, inspiring furniture to be made with sphinx head finials and crocodiles supports. Nelson's increasing victories also led to furniture incorporating a number of marine elements, including anchors, cordage and dolphins.

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.