Westcountry Fine Furniture Auction Preview (1)
Published 12th April 2015
The April 2015 Quarterly Sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood includes the usual varied and interesting collection of furniture from the 17th to the 20th Century.
The section begins with a good collection of oak and country furniture. There is a small example of a 17th Century three tier buffet dating from circa 1660 (FS26/892). It has sustained a small amount of restoration but is competitively estimated at £1,000-£1,500.
There are two 18th Century oak coffer bachs (FS26/897 and FS26/898) with estimates at £200-£300 and £150-£200 respectively and Windsor chairs (FS26/902) to grace any kitchen or dining room, a pair of Victorian elm, ash and fruitwood elbow chairs, with an estimate of £400-£600 and a harlequin set of six elm, ash and fruitwood elbow chairs (FS26/903) with a pre-sale estimate of £500-£600.
If one mixed the old with the more contemporary then the Windsor chairs would look good around the octagonal oak dining table by Robert Thompson of Kilburn 'The Mouseman' (FS26/991). This attractive table with adzed top is estimated at £3,000-£4,000.
If you are looking for a really good 18th Century mahogany sideboard (FS26/920), which is not too large, then there is a beautiful quality George III example, estimated at a modest £1,000-£1,500.
Equally, there is a George III mahogany tallboy (FS26/924) of similar quality carrying a pre-sale estimate of £500-£600.
For those looking for a top quality writing table, there is a lady's late 19th Century satinwood tambour top writing desk (FS26/922), estimated at £600-£800.
There is an unusual pair of William IV rosewood combined chiffonier and open bookcases (FS26/946) estimated at £1,200-£1,500 and a fine quality Regency mahogany wing armchair (FS26/936) of robust proportions that carries an estimate of £400-£600.
Moving on through the century, there is a late Victorian inlaid ash bedroom suite of the Aesthetic movement (FS26/982). Comprising a wardrobe, dressing table, washstand, bedside cupboard and pair of bedroom chairs, the whole suite is estimated at £1,000-£1,500.
Into the 20th Century and a pair of Charles Eames brown buttoned leather chairs on cruciform bases (FS26/987) are estimated at £300-£400. The following lot is a lounge armchair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller (FS26/988) with black leather upholstery on an aluminium stand, which is estimated at £1,200-£1,500.