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Furniture — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

$221,075
Edward William Godwin 'Art Cabinet' English Aesthetic movement…
$90,440
A stunning and rare Colonial huon pine breakfast table with…
$54,970
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstatte carver chair from the Gallia…
$44,030
An exceptional and early Australian Colonial breakfast table,…
Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Furniture
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Charles II antique English oak four drawer chest with recessed returned moulding, squat bun feet and tear drop brass handles, 17th century, 85 cm high, 93 cm wide, 56 cm deep ***
*** A French Art Nouveau 3/4 bed with floral marquetry inlay, late 19th century, 135 cm high, 136 cm wide, 220 cm long ***
*** A Colonial huon pine chest of seven drawers, inverted breakfront with full turned columns and cushion moulded long drawer; birdseye huon pine with cedar and huon pine secondary timbers, Tasmanian origin, circa 1850. Note: Unusual drawer configuration. 128… ***
*** A French mirrored two door cabinet, hand painted reverse glass, wrought iron and marble top, circa 1920, 93 cm high, 124 cm wide, 36 cm deep ***
*** A Georgian mahogany chest of four drawers, early 19th century, 86 cm high, 90 cm wide, 47 cm deep ***
*** An antique English mahogany military campaign chest with fitted secretaire central drawers, original brass bindings to edges and corners, superb detailing with cockbeading and cross-banded edges, circa 1830. One of the finest examples seen in our rooms.… ***
*** An early Colonial Tasmanian prayer chair with finely carved scrolling back and centurion skirt legs, birdseye huon pine with later velvet upholstery, circa 1835, 96 cm high ***
*** A set of six Australian lyre bird pressed back dining chairs, 19th/20th century ***
*** George Thwaites & Son of Melbourne, fine antique Australian cedar servery with carved shield back, circa 1860. From an original 1853 design by Blackie. An imposing and impressive 171 cm high, 245 cm wide, 67 cm deep ***
*** A pair of French boule and ormolu bedside commodes with marble tops, 20th century, ', 76 cm high, 62 cm wide, 44 cm deep ***
*** Alexander Norton fine antique Australian cedar solicitor's cabinet, beautifully crafted with eight paneled doors, interior cabinet base fitted with compartments, Sydney origin, mid 19th century, bearing cabinet maker's circular label 'Manufactured by Alex… ***
*** An impressive antique Colonial Australian shop fitting sideboard, Baltic pine with eucalypt top, South Australian origin, circa 1865, 93 cm high, 401 cm wide, 53 cm deep ***
*** An antique faux bamboo English desk with embossed tooled leather top, 19th century, stamped 'Maple, London', 74 cm high, 137 cm wide, 66 cm deep ***
*** A fine antique English bijouterie table in the French style, rosewood veneer with fine ormolu mounts and beveled plate glass, late 19th century, 74 cm high, 81 cm wide, 50 cm deep ***
*** A French Art Deco hall stand, wrought iron and glass with original verdigris patination, circa 1925, 210 cm high, 98 cm wide, 18 cm deep ***
*** A Colonial double ended settee, finely carved cedar frame with contemporaneous black oil cloth upholstery, Tasmanian origin,19th century, board of Ordinance 'B.O.' stamp on the underside with broad arrow mark. 99 cm high, 205 cm wide, 95 cm deep ***
*** A fine Colonial secretaire bookcase with turned columns and cross-banded edging, N.S.W. circa 1840, interior fitted with satinwood fronted drawers and compartments, 229 cm high, 112 cm wide, 57 cm deep ***
*** Cabinet maker's tool chest. An impressive collection of antique hand-tools, wood planes, chisels and associated items, handsomely presented in original tool chest with sliding compartment insert, 19th century, 44 cm high, 94 cm wide, 45 cm deep ***
*** A pair of English carved walnut 'Sunflower' parlour chairs, late 19th century, 130 cm high, 56 cm across the arms ***
*** Industrial plan drawers, chest of sixteen drawers, Victorian ash, circa 1900, 166 cm high, 90 cm wide, 53 cm deep ***
*** An antique Davenport lady's desk, New Zealand totara veneer on Tasmanian huon pine and kauri, 19th century, 85 cm high, 52 cm wide, 50 cm deep ***
*** A fine French boulle fold-over card table, profusely inlaid with scroll brass floral marquetry on red tortoiseshell ground and adorned with handsome ormolu mounts, circa 1870, 80 cm high, 90 cm wide, 45 cm (extends to 89 cm) deep ***
*** William & Mary antique English oak chest of four drawers with ornate brass escutcheons and drop handles, late 17th century, 85 cm high, 87 cm wide, 49 cm deep ***
*** A fine Georgian mahogany bow front chest of five drawers with cockbeaded detailing, reeded edge and fluted columns, early 19th century, 105 cm high, 109 cm wide, 59 cm deep ***
*** A George I English chest on chest, walnut and pine with cockbeaded trim, concave moulded base rail, attractive cast brass drop handles (hand made but of a later period) and original brass escutcheons, circa 1725, 170 cm high, 98 cm wide, 51 cm deep ***
*** The Moderator's chair Removed from Scots' church, Collins Street, Melbourne, an Australian cedar Gothic revival Moderator's chair of lofty proportions, circa 1860. The two tapering column back posts with crocketed pinnacles and carved finials, flanking a… ***
*** Liberty & Co. English Arts & Crafts occasional table inlaid with Tudor rose motif, walnut, satinwood, ebony and beech circa 1900, ivorine makers plaque 'Liberty & Co Ltd London'. 71 cm high, 45 cm wide 45 cm deep ***
*** Gillow & Co. style 'Imperial' model English mahogany banquet dining table, with ten legs and six extension leaves, 20th century, 73 cm high, 134 cm long (extends to 498 cm), 142 cm deep ***
*** An antique cedar wall cabinet with carved pediment top, Launceston, Tasmanian origin, circa 1840, 95 cm high, 61 cm wide, 29 cm deep ***
*** An English Georgian oak bureau bookcase, circa 1780, interior fitted with numerous pigeonholes and drawers, 232 cm high, 112 cm wide, 58 cm deep ***
*** A fine Colonial Australian cedar three leaf extension D-end dining table, 19th century 74 cm high, 137 cm (extends to 314 cm) wide, 137 cm deep ***
*** Claremont House five piece salon suite, Australian blackwood and cedar, circa 1885. Reference: K. Fahy, A. Simpson & C. Simpson 'Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture' [David Ell Press, Sydney, 1985], page 421 plate 284 (features the sofa), page 442,… ***
*** A rare solid casuarina chest of five drawers, Baltic pine packing case secondary timbers with blackwood knobs, South Australian origin, circa 1870. Unusual peg joint construction throughout, and scratched in cock beading to the drawer blades, most likely… ***
*** Gillow (attributed) antique English rosewood davenport, 19th century, 94 cm high, 52 cm deep, 58 cm deep ***
*** An antique Welsh oak dresser with two drawers, 18th century, 82 cm high, 178 cm wide, 47 cm deep ***
*** A rare Colonial folding daybed, Australian cedar and leather with vase turned baluster legs on original brass castors, Sydney, New South Wales origin, mid 19th century, 37 cm high, 187 cm wide, 61 cm deep ***
*** An antique Museum display cabinet, Australian cedar and glass, 19th century, 175 cm high, 103 cm wide, 103 cm deep ***
*** An impressive huon pine chest of 8 drawers with full length carved corbels, Melbourne, Victorian origin, circa 1885, 144 cm high, 121 cm wide, 59 cm deep ***
*** William Champion (attributed) fine cedar and musk two door cabinet, cedar shield panel doors with applied rosette decoration, musk veneered hexagonal split columns and ogee moulded corbels with acanthus baluster supports below, Tasmanian origin, circa… ***
*** An antique Chippendale style gilt framed mirror with griffin finial, 19th/20 century, 140 x 80 cm ***
*** An antique English Regency sofa table, satinwood with cross-banded border and marquetry string inlay with fine out-swept legs and original brass castors, two drawers with original brass knobs and escutcheons, early 19th century, 73 cm high, 91 cm (extends… ***
*** C. A. Richter Designed Art Deco dressing table and chair, amboyna, walnut, mogador, mother of pearl and ivory, circa 1927, manufatured by Bath Artcraft Limited and retailed by Waring & Gillows. Illustrated in 'The Studio Year Book Of Decorative Arts,… ***
*** A French mid-18th century 'Arbalette' walnut chest of drawers, Rhone valley, with four full width drawers and brass handles and escutcheons; 98 x 118 x 50 cm. ***
*** A Colonial six drawer chest with unusual staggered top drawers, beautifully selected grains of cedar, huon pine secondary timbers with blackwood knobs, Tasmanian origin, circa 1860, 140 cm high, 123 cm wide, 55 cm deep ***
*** Cafe Australia Dining chair designed by Walter Burley Griffin & Marion Mahony Griffin manufactured by Harry Goldman of Melbourne, blackwood, circa 1916, modified back circa 1925, extremely rare, 54 cm across the arms ***
*** An Anglo-Indian campaign chest, teak with brass fittings, early 19th century, 88 cm high, 91 cm wide, 44 cm deep ***
*** A Georgian mahogany collector's chest with lift-top and unusual graduated sequence of six drawers, 19th century, 34 cm high, 38 cm wide, 18 cm deep ***
*** An early Colonial double ended settee, Australian cedar, circa 1835 235 cm across the arms ***
*** Robert Prenzel (attributed), a fine Tasmanian blackwood coal scuttle of generous proportions, carved in the Gothic manner with winged grotesque to the top and stylised griffin with shield initials to the hinged fall front with original tin liner,… ***
*** Palki or Tonjon antique Anglo-Indian sedan chair, circa 1800, rare. 85 cm high, 112 cm wide, 70 cm. Provenance: The Judith Heaven an the late Barrie Heaven collection, South Australia. ***
*** Robert Prenzel (attributed) Australian carved timber hall seat with lift-top storage base impressively carved with gumnuts and leaves, early 20th century 123 cm high, 115 cm wide, 55 cm deep ***
*** A rustic Colonial Australian pine kitchen dresser, Barossa valley, South Australian origin, 19th century, 197 cm high, 92 cm wide, 39 cm deep ***
*** An antique Australian huon pine eight drawer chest with carved corbels and hat drawer, Melbourne origin, circa 1880, 144 cm high, 123 cm wide, 60 cm deep ***
*** A fine antique English burr walnut fold-over card table, circa 1870, original finish and patination throughout, 74 cm high, 99 cm wide, 47 cm deep (extends to 94 cm deep) ***
*** A Georgian brass bound mahogany cellarette of octagonal form with tapering square form legs and brass castors, original zinc lined interior with bottle bezel, circa 1800, 65 cm high, 46 cm wide, 46 cm deep ***
*** A pair of Art Deco style macassar ebony console tables, late 20th century, 87 cm high, 120 cm wide, 40 cm deep ***
*** An early Australian late Regency, William IV double ended settee with carved cedar frame, Tasmanian origin, most likely Launceston, circa 1835-1840. Purchased from Toby & Juliana Hooper in 1983, 93 cm high, 230 cm wide, 66 cm deep ***
*** An Italian early 16th century polychrome sarcophagus with Latin inscription dated 1504, 81 cm146 cm wide, 48 cm deep high ***
*** Eric Nicholls, pair of bible chairs from the Men's Fellowship Room, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Kew, Australian hardwood and leatherette, circa 1919. Rare. 104 cm high ***
*** A fine specimen table, fiddleback blackwood, cedar and huon pine, Tasmanian origin, circa 1855 drawers fitted with compartments in huon pine with blackwood trim 76 cm high, 62 cm wide, 49 cm deep ***
*** An Italian polychrome carved timber chair, early 19th century, 103 cm high ***
*** A stunning antique middle Eastern wall mirror, turned and carved timber with bone and mother of pearl inlay, 19th century, 70 x 43 cm ***
*** An antique English oak library table with six drawers and inset embossed black leather top with gilt tooling, late 19th century, 75 cm high, 184 cm wide, 126 cm deep ***
*** A fine antique English burr walnut two door break-front bookcase, 19th century, 137 cm high, 245 cm wide, 53 cm deep ***
*** A fine pair of antique carved marble pedestals, 19th century, 116 cm high, 31 cm wide, 31 cm deep ***
*** A fine Colonial huon pine dressing table, Melbourne, Victorian origin, circa 1885, 182 cm high, 122 cm wide, 60 cm deep ***
*** Melbourne club: an antique Australian blackwood hall seat settle, Melbourne, Victorian origin, 19th century, 110 cm high, 145 cm long, 55 cm deep. [See also lot 146]. The Melbourne club is a private social club established at a gathering of 23 gentlemen… ***
*** An Australian cedar architect's plan chest, two sectional with fourteen drawers, late 19th century, 147 cm high, 120 cm wide, 82 cm deep ***
*** A fine Regency settee with scrolling high and low ends in the Greek Revival style, rosewood and mahogany, English, circa 1815, 85 cm high, 215 cm wide, 65 cm deep ***
*** A French Art Deco sideboard, rosewood inlaid with ivory, ebony and mother of pearl with vert marble top, circa 1925, 100 cm high, 194 cm wide, 59 cm deep ***
*** A French Art Deco style wrought iron and marble console, 20th century, 85 cm high, 182 cm wide, 29 cm deep ***
*** A Colonial campaign chest of drawers, Australian cedar and pine, 19th century, 117 cm high, 100 cm wide, 46 cm deep ***
*** An Anglo-Indian Colonial cellarette, Indian cedar, circa 1820, 64 cm high, 80 cm wide, 49 cm deep ***
*** An antique Chesterfield settee upholstered in leather, 19th century, 200 cm across the arms ***
*** A rare and primitive Australian chair hewn from a single slab of eucalypt with stick legs, mid 19th century. Most likely central Victorian goldfields origin. Few examples of this type of chair or stool construction survive today. This piece with its… ***
*** An Anglo-Indian Georgian padouk chest on chest, late 18th century, 180 cm high, 111 cm wide, 55 cm deep ***
*** An Australian blackwood two door bookcase with maker's label on the back 'Coogan'S, Tasmania', early 20th century, 183 cm high, 118 cm wide, 40 cm deep ***
*** An antique three-fold screen, floral oil painting on canvas, 19th century, 176 cm high, 183 cm wide ***
*** A Regency Etruscan revival dressing stool, carved mahogany with ormolu griffin mounts, circa 1820, 48 cm high, 50 cm wide, 50 cm deep ***
*** A pair of antique English Aesthetic movement mirrors with gilt and ebonized finish, 19th century, 137 x 63 cm ***
*** Trafalgar antique English butler's mirror in gilt frame, a fine example adorned with Victorious English eagle holding a cannon ball, early 19th century. Note: the ebonised trim in memory of Horatio Nelson. 101 cm high ***
*** An antique Australian huon pine eight drawer chest with carved corbels and cross-banded edge, circa 1880, 144 cm high, 122 cm wide, 59 cm deep ***
*** A superb Regency sewing table, mahogany and rosewood with ebony string inlay, plus sycamore top, circa 1820, 75 cm high, 46 cm wide (extends to 91 cm), 42 cm deep ***
*** A George II English burr walnut lowboy, feather and cross banded top with fine return corners, single drawer with double cushion cross grain moulded edge, fine cabriole legs terminating on pad feet, mid 18th century, 71 cm high, 76 cm wide, 51 cm deep ***
*** Charles II English oak chest of three drawers, circa 1680, 91 cm high, 101 cm wide, 58 cm deep ***
*** Altmann & Lindsay (Flinders Lane, Melbourne) set of six Australian cedar chairs with later leather upholstery, circa 1860s, 88 cm high, 49 cm wide ***
*** Hill & Sons of Sydney antique Australian cedar press on chest, mid 19th century, (missing slides), 236 cm high, 137 cm wide, 64 cm deep ***
*** A book box and papers by H. A. Nielsen, Port Douglas, North Queensland, circa 1920, Queensland maple, blackbean, palmwood, white beech, ebony and Queensland walnut, stamped 'H. A. Nielsen, Pt. Douglas, Nq, Australia, with accompanying chart of timbers… ***
*** An antique dwarf bookcase secretaire, finely selected flame mahogany fronts with fold out writing slope and compartments, early 19th century, 177 cm high, 85 cm wide, 40 cm deep ***
*** Early Colonial riding boot and whip stand, Australian cedar, Tasmania origin, circa 1840, 92 cm high, 92 cm wide, 37 cm deep ***
*** A Georgian fold-over tea table, flame mahogany, early 19th century, 74 cm high, 91 cm wide, 46 cm deep ***
*** Harry Goldman (attributed) impressive Australian blackwood dining suite comprising dining table and ten chairs, circa 1930, the table 77 cm high, 298 cm wide, 139 cm deep ***
*** A pair of Austrian Art Deco cylindrical three drawer bedside chests, Karelian birch and macassar ebony with ivorine handles, circa 1925, 77 cm high, 48 cm diameter ***
*** Jemima (Mima) Stormant, tilt-top occasional table, Tasmanian huon pine with painted floral board by Jemima Stormant, circa 1880., Jemima Stormant was the only child of John Stormant the overseer at Mt. Morriston in Tasmania, she married Robert Scott the… ***
*** The Scott family Tasmanian tilt top table with exhibition quality inlaid top in Australian native timbers including huon pine, casuarina, musk, blackwood and honeysuckle, circa 1885. Thomas Scott arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1820 aboard The Skelton, he… ***
*** Thwaites Colonial Australian pair of cedar hall chairs, Melbourne, mid 19th century, 98 cm high ***