the liveliness of the rococo elements were toned down a bit
popularized by William Kent whose work at Houghton Hall in Norfolk and Chiswick House in London for Robert Walpole helped to establish the Palladian style
English circa 1755
A very fine English walnut dressing table having burl veneered and banded lift up top with a fitted interior
A superb set of four large scale English Chippendale dining chairs with finely carved crest rails and carved pierced splat back with upholstered saddle seats on squared molded legs with H-stretchers
Chinese Watercolor Harbor Scenes looking glass the liveliness of the rococoA pair of mid 19th century Chinese watercolors, on plinth paper, one labeled "Macao Harbour",depicting the Whampoa anchorage, the other depicting the entrance to the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta with ships from the U. S., Britain, the Netherlands and the Orient. Height: 5 3 4", Width: 9"; Height: 5", Width: 7 3 4"