ENGLISH SHERATON WRITING TABLE DESK DESKS BUREAU REGENCY
You are viewing a gorgeous English Sheraton writing table or desk with gorgeous inlay work. I hope the photos do this stunning piece some justice, it’s certainly better in the flesh and would make for a gorgeous piece for our home collection.
SHERATON REGENCY PARTNERS DESK WRITING BUREAU BRITISH
You are viewing an absolutely stunning English satinwood partners desk with exquisite Sheraton inlay. I hope the photos do this stunning piece some justice, it’s certainly better in the flesh and this would make a great addition to any home interiors scheme. The auction is for the desk only – although the chair and inkwell are also available if you are interested!
Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806), was an English furniture designer, and Baptist minister, born in Stockton-on-Tees. He appears to have lived in near poverty all his life. Around 1790 he began to work in London as a furniture designer and teacher of drawing. No furniture by his own hand has been identified; his reputation rests chiefly on The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, (1793-1794), a practical guide for cabinet makers and their clients which sums up the refined English Neo-Classical taste of the 1790s. It did much to disseminate what has become known as the Sheraton style, not just in Britain but throughout Europe and in North America.
English Sheraton Regency Walnut Partners Desk
Absolutely stunning English Regency style partners desk in sumptuous walnut – I hope the photos does this stunning piece some justice, it’s certainly better in the flesh – Large partners desk so great for a home office set up – Drawers and cupboards on both sides with locks – Main wood is walnut with satinwood banding and inlay including the Regency shell motifs
Sheraton furniture is characterized by its careful, rectilinear proportions and fine workmanship. Chairs with mainly straight rails and small decorative tablets in the backs are typical; seats are given generously deep upholstery, while legs are tapered, straight or turned: not a cabriole is to be seen. Cabinet pieces have rounded corners, convex or concave shaping, with pilasters and fluting. Mechanical contrivances and tambour doors were much favoured and so were silks—in festoons and swags for beds, and in pleats behind the glass doors of cabinets. Mahogany, satinwood, and other finely figured hardwoods were used; marquetry decoration is restrained, sometimes giving way to painted flowers or classical subjects on the most exuberant pieces.
Furniture in the Sheraton style includes Sheraton openfront bookcases, breakfront bookcases, desks, chests and commodes. Period Sheraton pieces command high fees.
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