Recently Sold Antique Furniture and Collectables

Here’s another of our regular round ups of things you can no longer buy! We just want you to see the kind of top quality antique furniture that we are offering to our customers and to reassure you that, although the items in this article have been sold, there are thousands more in  our London showrooms and warehouses and you can see a selection of them on our website, here.

First to get a mention in this line up is this superb Antique Victorian Leather Reclining Armchair c.1860:

Antique Victorian Leather Reclining Armchair c. 1860

These chairs are unusual and quite rare so the new owner can be justifiably proud of themselves. We fully refurbished this chair before it was made available for sale and that included re-upholstering it in fine Scottish tobacco coloured leather. The chair bears a brass maker’s plaque for ‘Lansdown Brothers’, Bath as well as the Victorian registration mark showing that it was made circa 1860.

From chairs to musical instruments now, is there no end to our versatility? This time it’s a Vintage Piano Accordion 120 Bass by Fontanella:

Vintage Piano Accordion by Fontanella

Even those of us who cannot play a note will appreciate what a fine looking instrument this is. The maker, Cesare Fontanella was a well known Italian piano accordion maker who was active from 1925 till 1958. Italian craftsmanship at its finest.

The accordion was supplied complete with old travelling case and some sheet music.

Our next item is nothing if not practical – but lovely to look at too – it’s an Antique Edwardian Mahogany Revolving Bookcase c.1900:

Edwardian Mahogany Antique Revolving Bookcase c. 1900

This useful bookcase is typical of its period and is attributed to the renowned manufacturer and retailer Maple & Co. It has inlaid boxwood lines to the top and bottom and the top has an elaborate fruitwood inlay to the centre with bows, arrows and stylised foliage, as well as crossbanding and inlaid hatching around it.

There are pierced fretwork panels and the bookcase revolves on its base so that you can easily select your book. The best quality Edwardian revolving bookcases had cast iron bases, as this meant that they would be sturdy and not tip when full of books, whereas the lesser versions had simple wooden bases.

This bookcase measures as follows: Height 81 x Width 52 x Depth 52 and stores a lot of books for such a compact footprint.

If you would have liked to own one like this then don’t despair because although this one has been sold, our buyers are always bringing more fine items into stock and you can see some of our current stock of antique bookcases and antique furniture  on the website here, or, better still if you can, visit our London showroom.