Rosewood Teapoy with Glass Bowls and Canisters
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.
- Rosewood - A dense timber that varies in shade to very light brown to almost black. When rosewood is cut and sanded the colour of the timber will turn black, and after polishing and exposure to daylight, the surface will gradually lighten over time to light brown with black streaks.
The name comes from the odour emanating from the timber when it is planed, sanded or cut.
Rosewood was very popular for use in Victorian furniture in the second half of the 19th century, and at that time most of the rosewood was imported from Brazil. However it also grows in India and Indonesia.
It is used in the sold for chairs and table legs, but for carcase furniture such as side cabinets and bookcases, and for table tops it is always used as a veneer.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A superb Anton Seuffert card table of New Zealand native timber with original label underneath and original Seuffert/Teutenberg base. Card tables were a Seuffert speciality and his 1875 raffle advertisement in the Auckland Herald valued card tables of this
A single pedestal side table, 66 x 66 x 56 cm
A mahogany William IV breakfast table, circa 1830s. The circular table in deep tones with bull nose edging above a shallow skirt, supported on an octagonal pedestal to a concave triangular base with generous reeded volute feet and small recessed casters. H
A William IV mahogany drum style table, circa 1830s-40s, the top with fine figuration and gadroon edging above a deep skirt centred with a leather insert and raised upon a substantial conical pedestal to a triform base with large conical feet terminating i