Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques
Portland, OR
Details
- Dimensions
- 50.25ʺW × 18ʺD × 110ʺH
- Styles
- Renaissance Revival
- Designer
- R. J. Horner & Co.
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Mirror
- Oak
- Condition
- Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Cinnamon
- Condition Notes
- Historic refinish, in excellent show room condition. Historic refinish, in excellent show room condition. less
- Description
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A spectacular & monumental antique carved oak hall bench/seat, by R. J. Horner & Co, New York, circa 1890.
The … more A spectacular & monumental antique carved oak hall bench/seat, by R. J. Horner & Co, New York, circa 1890.
The hall seat is very finely carved from quarter-sawn oak and having a tall arched top mirror back. The top of hall seat having an elaborately carved top with a central substantial finial carved as a rose bowl with flowers & leaves and flanked by a pair of carved griffins connected with a floral frieze and garlands and foliate. The mirror is bordered with egg & dart carving and the outside edge of the hall bench with a border of lapped chevron carving. Below the mirror is carved with scrolling foliate and a pair of carved acanthus leaf armrests raised on turned balusters carved with whimsical faces, the bench having a seat that would accommodate two people and the seat has a hinged lid with brass strap hinges & encloses a storage reservoir. The base having a fabulous carved frieze with two winged angels armed with spears and subduing a dragon, the frieze is flanked with a pair of bracket supports carved as bats and the hall bench is raised on compressed bun feet carved with acanthus leaves.
Condition is excellent, the hall seat has at some stage been sympathetically & professionally refinished and is in showroom condition and is ready to grace your space. less
Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques
Portland, OR
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