Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Sheraton

A George III Sheraton Period Oval Tray
A Regency Period Ormolu Mounted & Brass Inlaid Rosewood Sofa Table
A George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Secretaire Bookcase Attributed to Henry Kettle
A George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Cabinet
A George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Flower Stand or Bough Pot
A Pair of George III Sheraton Period Cabinets
A Regency Period Amboyna and Brass Inlaid Sewing Table
A Rare Pair of George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Pole Screens
A Pair of Sheraton Rosewood Armchairs
A Pair of George III Sheraton Period Rosewood Armchairs
A George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Bonheur du Jour
A Fine George III Rosewood Sofa Table
A Pair of George III Sheraton Period Chests of Drawers
A Fine Pair of George III Sheraton Period Mahogany Card Tables
A Fine & Rare George III Regency Period Satinwood and Ebony Inlaid Canterbury
A George III Sheraton Period Mahogany Side Table
A Sheraton Period Yew Wood Tea Caddy
A Pair of George III Sheraton Period Bedside Cupboards
A George III Mahogany Canterbury
A George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Secretaire Bookcase
A Fine George III Sheraton period satinwoood cheveret
A Georgian Oval Library Table
A Pair of Sheraton Side Tables
An Unusual George III Verre-Eglomise Mirror
A George III Sheraton Period Mahogany Stool

THOMAS SHERATON

Born in 1751 in Durham, Sheraton moved to London around 1790. A religious man, he published several religious tracts before being ordained as a baptist minister in 1800. Much of English furniture made between 1790 and 1800 followed Sheraton's lighter more feminine style that made use of more exotic woods, such as Satinwood, Rosewood and Tulipwood whilst incorporating painted motifs. He was the author of three pattern books of which the Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, published in fortnightly editions, was the most important.

An Unusual George III Verre-Eglomise Mirror


An Unusual George III Verre-Eglomise Mirror

Height: 56" 142cm
Width: 27" 69cm

Having a carved eagle flanked by stylised urns to the top above a verre eglomise panel depicting Charlotte at Werther's tomb, a famous scene from the novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, or, The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. The novel, published in 1774, recounts an unhappy romantic infatuation that came to unfortunate end and was a very popular design motif for a period following the publication of the work. The panel signed and dated; L.Phillips, 1792.

Verre Eglomise: A process of decorating glass by drawing and painting on the reverse side and backing the decoration with metal foil, generally gold or silver leaf. The process credited to Jean-Baptisté Glomy (d.1786) who lived on the Rue de Bourbon. Thomas Sheraton utilised the concept in his designs published in the Cabinet Makers' and Upholsterers Encyclopedia (published 1805). Reference: The Dictionary of English Furniture. Pg 363

English, 1792