INTERIOR OF ROOM, ABOUT 1782.
(From engraving after Stothard.)
It may be here remarked that the earlier pieces of the eighteenth century were polished much in the same manner as was old oak previously described. Highly polished surfaces and veneers, and that abomination "French polish," which is a cheap and nasty method of disguising poor wood, bring furniture within the early nineteenth-century days, when a wave of Philistine banalities swept over Europe.
| £ | s. | d. |
| Side table, Chippendale, with gadrooned border, the front boldly carved with
a grotesque mask, festoons of flowers and foliage, on carved legs with claw
feet, 64 in. long. Christie, February 14, 1902 | 126 | 0 | 0 |
| Tea-caddy, Chippendale mahogany, square, with four divisions, the borders carved
with rosettes and interlaced riband ornament, the sides inlaid with four
old Worcester oblong plaques painted with exotic birds, insects, fruit, flowers,
and festoons in colours on white ground, 10 in. square. Christie,
February 6, 1903 | 52 | 10 | 0 |
| Fire-screen, Chippendale mahogany, containing a panel of old English petit-point
needlework, worked with a basket of flowers in coloured silks,
on pillar and tripod carved with foliage and ball-and-claw feet. Christie,
December 4, 1903 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Armchairs, pair large Chippendale mahogany, with interlaced backs carved
with foliage, the arms terminating in carved and gilt eagles' heads.
Christie, January 22, 1904 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| Cabinet, Chippendale mahogany, with glazed folding doors enclosing
shelves, and with cupboards and eight small drawers below, the
borders fluted, 8 ft. high, 8 ft. wide. Christie, January 22, 1904 | 67 | 4 | 0 |
| Chairs, set of six Chippendale mahogany, with open interlaced backs, with scroll
tops, carved with foliage and shell ornament, on carved cabriole legs
and ball-and-claw feet. Christie, January 22, 1904 | 102 | 18 | 0 |
| Table, Chippendale, oblong, cabriole legs, carved with shells, &c., on claw feet,
surmounted by a veined white marble slab, 53 in. wide. Christie, March 4,
1904 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| Settee, Chippendale mahogany, with double back with scroll top, carved
with arabesque foliage, the arms terminating in masks, on legs carved
with lions' masks and claw feet, 54 in. wide. Christie, April 12, 1904 | 278 | 5 | 0 |
| Mirror, Chippendale, carved with gilt, 88 in. high, 50 in. wide. Christie,
May 18, 1904 | 94 | 10 | 0 |
