MALLETT ANTIQUE FURNITURE
Welcome to mallettantiques.com. Mallett’s are specialist international antique dealers
in London and New York of high quality antique furniture and fine art. We can export
our antique furniture, paintings and objet d’art, world wide. The Continental and
Eng- lish Furniture section concentrates on antique tables, chests and case furniture,
chairs and armchairs, antique mirrors and desks from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
and has a wide selection of furnishings, suited to the modern taste for exceptional
antiques. Please navigate our antique furniture collection by selecting from the
lefthand menu or the links below to items from this catagory.
We have an unrivalled collection of English and Continetal antique furniture, which
in- cludes walnut furniture such as Queen Anne bachelors chests, kneehole desks
and sets of Georgian chairs with fine needlework coverings from as early as 1700.
Later George II and George III chests of drawers, case furniture, side tables and
occassional tables crafted of the finest mahogany and exotic woods, are exhibited
with Regency furniture and, Victorian furniture. The history of design and adoption
of external influences such as chinoiserie, the rococo, and neo classicism, are
traced throughout the Mallett collec- tions and balanced with the continental furniutre
collection.
Many of the important and revered English furniture makers and furniture designers
of the day are also represented. Important and very rare pieces designed by Thomas
Chip- pendale, John Linnell, John Mclean, Robert Adam, Vile & Cobb, and William
Kent, of- fer some of the most beautifully proportioned English furniture with the
finest quality decorations, of inlaid woods, carved mahogany or contrasting woods
and grains.
The adoption by English furniture makers of new exotic woods is no more prominently
shown than during the late 18th century and the 19th century. Sheraton in particular
used these woods such as satinwood, rosewood, harewood and burr woods to cre- ate
highly refined neo classical designs which were much lighter in concept than the
previous designs of Georgian periods. The 19th century saw these ideas and designs
abstracted further, Jackson & Graham and Collinson & Lock, created some
of the most elegant 19th century pieces, with exceptional marquetry and play of
colours and woods.
Antique giltwood furniture is also represented, some of the most important pieces
were decorated with gold leaf, which was burnished and matted to emphasise form
and beauty. We have several important 18th century giltwood side tables and consoles,
accompanied by an outstanding collection of giltwood mirrors, many with original
an- tique mirror plates. The provenance of many of our pieces is also exceptional,
we have pieces from Kedleston Hall, Tabley Hall, Hackwood Park and Harewood House
and several pieces are related to furnishings represented in the Royal Collections.
Should you require any further information or wish to purchase any of the English
antiques exhibited here then please do not hesitate to contact Mallett. We trust
that you will enjoy your visit to Mallett, and we look forward to helping you source
the finest antique furniture, decorative and fine arts from the extensive Mallett
collections.