Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for CollectorsHayden, Arthur
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Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors
Hayden, Arthur
Collectors and collecting; Furniture -- History
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Chest, Gothic, carved with parchemin panels, with a
wrought-iron lock, from Nuremburg Castle, German, about
1500. Christie, January 29, 1904 31 10 0
Cabinet, walnut wood, of architectural design, with folding
doors above and below and small drawers, carved with
arabesque foliage and scrolls in relief, and with
columns at the angles, 69 in. high, 38 in. wide,
French, middle of the sixteenth century. Christie,
April 12, 1904 21 0 0
Coffer, oak, the front divided by six buttresses, the steel
lock pierced with tracery, 65 in. long, 46 in. high,
French, late fifteenth century. Christie, May 6, 1904
126 0 0
Coffer, large walnut wood, the whole of the front and sides
carved in low relief, the lock is rectangular, and
pierced with flamboyant tracery, French (provincial),
early part of the fifteenth century, 84 in. wide, 36 in.
high. Christie, May 6, 1904 50 8 0
Coffer, walnut wood, the front and sides divided into
arch-shaped panels containing Gothic tracery, 86 in.
wide, 32 in. high, French, fifteenth century. Christie,
May 6, 1904 52 10 0
Chair, walnut wood, with semicircular seat, the back
composed of six upright rectangular panels, each
containing various forms of Gothic tracery; below is a
longitudinal panel of tracery, 27 in. wide, 29 in. high,
French or Flemish, fifteenth century. Christie, May 6,
1904 91 7 0
Credence, oak, with folding doors and drawers above and
shelf beneath, the corners are returned, the various
door panels, &c., carved in low relief; at the back
below is linen fold panelling, 54 in. wide, 62 in. high,
probably French, early sixteenth century. Christie, May
6, 1904 336 0 0
Cabinet, walnut-wood, in two parts, of rectangular form,
with folding doors above and below, and two drawers in
the centre, carved with grotesque terminal figure and
gadrooned mouldings, strapwork and duplicated rosettes,
French work, early seventeenth century, 78 in. high, 48
in. wide. Christie, May 6, 1904 110 5 0
Cabinet, walnut-wood, in two parts, of rectangular form,
with folding doors below and door above; at the sides
are terminal male and female figures, the centres of the
doors carved, 92 in. high, 49 in. wide, French work
(Lyons School), second quarter of sixteenth century.
Christie, May 6, 1904 99 15 0
[1] By the kindness of the proprietors of the _Connoisseur_ these items
are given from their useful monthly publication, _Auction Sale Prices_.
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