Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Regency

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
A Pair of Regency Period Premier & Contra Partie Inlaid Cabinets
A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood & Parcel-Gilt Cabinets
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 Fine Regency Period Chandelier
A Pair of Regency Period Candelabra of the Finest Quality & in Outstanding Condition
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 Superb & Very Rare Pair of Regency Period Carved Giltwood Mirrors
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.

A Rare Regency Rosewood and Parcel-Gilt Revolving Bookstand

A Rare Regency Rosewood and Parcel-Gilt Revolving Bookstand

Height: 59" 150cm
Diameter: 27" 134cm

Of wonderful colour and excellent proportion. The circular pierced brass galleried top above four graduated revolving circular tiers with rope-twist brass mouldings and brass retaining bars to each compartment. Supported on a fluted trumpet stem with a concave sided triangular plinth which in turn stands on gilt bun feet.

English, Circa 1820

PROVENANCE
Frederick, 2nd Baron Hesketh (1916-1955) Easton Neston, Northamptonshire

LITERATURE
Christian, Lady Hesketh, 'Easton Neston, Nicholas Hawksmoor's Baroque Creation in Northamptonshire', Architectural Digest, January 1991, p.143

A related circular revolving bookcase is illustrated in Ackermann's Repository of 1810, plate 1, (see page 48 Ackermann's Regency Furniture & Interiors, text by Pauline Agius), This particular form of bookcase was secured by patent by Morgan and Sanders of Catherine St, Strand, London. For a further related example see Francis Collard, Regency Furniture, 1985, p.16.

The column support of this bookcase derives from a design for a floor standing torchere designed by Thomas Hope and which is illustrated in his Household Furniture & Interior Decoration, 1807, pl X.

The distinctive ebonised and fluted column support and the use of gilt-metal mounts are also reminiscent of the details on some of the furniture supplied to Southill, Bedfordshire for the Whitbread family. Much of this furniture was to the design of Henry Holland and made by Edward Marsh, whose business was subsequently re-named Marsh & Tatham. The trumpet stem on this bookstand also closely relates to that on an octagonal rosewood library table from Normanton Park, Rutland, (illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, fig.172). It is possible that the Normanton Park table formed part of the furniture commissioned by the Heathcote family from Thomas Chippendale the Younger.