Regency Canterbury with Drawer and Brass Casters
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Regency Period - The Regency period in English furniture design refers to the period when King George III, was declared unfit to rule in 1811, and his son ruled as proxy as Prince Regent, until 1820, and then, after the death of his father as George IV until his death in 1830. The Regency period was preceded by the Georgian period (George I, George II, and George III: 1714 - 1811), and was followed by the William IV period, which only lasted until 1837 when William IV died as was succeeded by Queen Victoria.
- Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.
- Turned Legs - are legs which have been turned on a lathe. In use from the 16th century, turned legs on tables, chairs and cabinets became more frequent until, by the 1830s, the Georgian square or tapered leg was rarely found except in country pieces.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Canterbury, Georgian mahogany with fluted legs & single drawer metal castors (A/F: chip to top)
A Sheraton rosewood canterbury with four curved divides and carrying handle above a single drawer, raised on turned tapering legs, terminating in brass castors. Provenance: Robert Milne Brand, Windsor Antiques, The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens.
An Australian cedar Canterbury, Tasmanian origin, mid 19th century, full cedar secondary timbers and original early brass castors and knobs, 59 cm high, 56 cm wide, 38 cm deep
A George III style mahogany music Canterbury, 20th century. 63 cm high, 48 cm long, 40 cm deep