AUTUMN EXHIBITION 2013 Including a Designer Room launch

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1 AUTUMN EXHIBITION 2013 Including a Designer Room launch Exhibition opens Thursday 11th April 6.30pm 9.00pm and thereafter Wednesday Saturday 10am 5pm, Sunday 1pm 5pm (closed Monday and Tuesday)

2 Designer Room Showcase Experience the art of the sensual bedroom when Perth-based interior designers Anne Jooste and Judy Maloney, Italian linen specialists Busatti and the revered Cire Trudon candle, join Lauder and Howard Antiques and Fine Art in presenting Perth s second Designer Room showcase. Anne and Judy, doyennes of the West Australian design industry and the women behind some of Perth s and the world s most beautiful homes and interiors have chosen pieces from this exhibition, Ottoman Empire and the Lauder and Howard galleries to present this bedroom showcase. Lauder and Howard owners Les Lauder and Mark Howard, with Judy and Anne, are also extremely excited to welcome fellow Fremantle store Busatti Perth into their fold. Home to Busatti linens, which are one of the finest linens in the world today, and the beautifully scented Cire Trudon candle, which was a favourite of Napoleon and has been lauded for its quality since 1643, Busatti Perth shares the same passion for heritage and hand-crafted quality as Lauder and Howard to help bring this bedroom experience to life. Our designer rooms are not only designed to inspire, but also to envelop you in a sensual experience of beauty, history and art. Les Lauder and Mark Howard Cover image: This extraordinary set of chairs dates from the late 18th Century and belonged to Charles, Duke de Morny and his wife Princess Sofia Trubetskaya. De Morny (1811 to 1865) was the half brother of Emperor Napoleon IIIrd. The Princess Sofia was a Russian aristocrat said to be a daughter of Tsar Nicholas 1st. The chairs retain their original gilding and superb hand loomed Aubusson tapestry upholstery. George IInd period oak and mahogany crossbanded English dresser, of fine colour, with its original plate rack c1750. North West/West Midlands.

3 A late 18th century French walnut, oak and burr elm Armoire de Bresse Bresse is a province located in the Rhone-Alpes area of eastern France near Switzerland; the use of burr panels in the doors of armoires and buffets is a particular feature of Bressan country furniture. Two oak joined armchairs, English c , an English oak three panelled coffer c1680, a Nuremberg iron chest, 16th Century.

4 An early 18th century English oak bureau bookcase c , a George IInd style mahogany armchair c1890, a Dutch floral marquetry mirror, c1840. The original bun feet and the use of double d mouldings around the drawers are early details on this bureau bookcase. Such pieces, made in the country, invariably have solid panels, whereas the finest city made bookcases often had luxurious and expensive mirror panels to the doors. The carving on this mahogany armchair is deep and crisp, giving great definition to the ball and claw feet. A George IInd period burr yew and boxwood strung bureau, c1750, a Regence period French giltwood mirror c1720. Yew wood has always been highly prized in English cabinetmaking, and the use of burr yew an especial rarity, being used for more fashionable furniture, in the provinces. Yew rarely produces timber of sufficient width for cabinetmakers.

5 The use of cherry as a cabinet timber in England, is confined to provincial and country furniture, its susceptibility to woodworm means that little has survived. This chest is remarkable for the use of cherry throughout for primary and secondary timbers including its panelled back, and is in exceptionally original condition. The French trumeau mirror shows the story of Paul & Virginia a novel by Jacques Henri Bernardin de St Pierre, published in 1787, on the eve of the French Revolution. The novel s protagonists, Paul & Virginia live on the island of Martinique in a state of harmony without violence or unrest, and whilst they own slaves, they appreciate their labour and treat them well; in the novel, Paul & Virginia confront cruel masters. A George IIIrd period cherrywood chest of drawers c1780, a late 18th century French giltwood trumeau mirror, a Venetian gilt and polychrome blackamoor c1870. A walnut and oak chest on stand c1690. This chest on stand has a wonderful colour and is of unusually small size.

6 A good quality mid Victorian period oak and ebony strung three door wardrobe and dressing table, c1870. Stamped: R Garnett & Sons The secondary timber used for these pieces is good quality mahogany which is veneered using carefully selected quarter cut oak, showing decorative medullary rays. A rare queen sized solid mahogany four poster bed in late Regency style, West Indies c1830. Regency mahogany chest of drawers with original plate handles, c1820

7 A George IIIrd mahogany gentleman s press c1790 Facing page: Botany Bay Wood or Botany Bay Oak otherwise Allocasuarina commonly called she-oak began to appear in England in the 1790 s. Governor Phillip on his return to England in 1793, married Isabella Whitehead, whose family were longstanding customers of Gillow & Co. In late 1795 Gillow sent eleven pieces of furniture incorporating Botany Bay wood to London for sale. The use of this highly exotic timber with a dramatic crossbanding of calamander (or coromandel) is highly decorative. Calamander is a variety of ebony found in Ceylon or southern India. A very unusual Charles Xth period French mahogany child s bed, carved with swans. c1825. A fine quality breakfront wardrobe in Botany Bay Wood crossbanded with calamander, c1820. The secondary timber is fine quality cedar.

8 A fine quality Louis XVth style Brazilian rosewood and ormolu mounted bureau plat, French c1840. The finely shaped legs together with crisply modelled mounts distinguish this early 19th century piece. A mid 18th century Dutch oak serpentine fronted oak chest of drawers c1750; a Louis XVth period giltwood mirror c1750, a late 19th century ebonised elephant occasional table c1880. A mid 19th century neo-gothic oak serving table, c1850, a set of eight Louis XVth style caned beech dining chairs c1880

9 A fine and large Dutch colonial rosewood, padouk and ebony brass mounted coffer from Ceylon, late 18th century, a small black & gilt Cantonese lacquer table cabinet c1820. Set of eight Hepplewhite style mahogany dining chairs, including two armchairs, c1900. A finely carved mahogany birdcage action wine table, c1760 A fine quality George IVth period ebony strung mahogany breakfront bookcase c1820. This small scale breakfront bookcase is constructed from well chosen figured mahogany and enlivened by elegant ebony string lines.

10 A late Victorian neo-classical style pollard oak glazed cabinet, c1880. The use of tight burr oak complemented by crisply carved detail ensure this small drawing room cabinet is a fine decorative piece. A very fine quality mid 19th century burr walnut and arabesque inlaid glazed cabinet c1860. This cabinet is unusual for its refined inlay, carving and selection of figured veneers; it is veneered on mahogany, always a sign of high quality.

11 A William IVth period bird s eye maple open bookcase, c1835. A fine Barossa Valley redwood, kauri pine and painted, glazed dresser, c1870 This dresser was acquired in the Barossa Valley in th century French lockmaker s sign.

12 A late 19th century French beech butcher s block c1890, a fine quality French burr elm table de vigneron or wine tasting table c1830. A French mirrored, cut glass commode c1960, a lacquer and brass display cabinet by Maison Jansen, Paris c1960 A fine Australian Art Deco period dining suite in figured walnut c1940 A large French marble topped gilt and wrought iron console table c1930 Back page photo: A fine quality cut crystal waterfall pattern twelve light candle chandelier c1840, in the manner of Osler of Birmingham. Osler of Birmingham, a major crystal glass maker during the 19th century, made the famous crystal fountain for the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace London. (Since lost) Their famous clients included many Indian princes.

13 Lauder and Howard Antiques is a long established Australian antique business with three decades of experience. At Lauder and Howard we are committed to finding the unusual, the beautiful and the rare. View our multi-faceted collection on the website or visit us in our extensive showrooms. SEE THE FULL COLLECTION AT 17 BLINCO STREET, FREMANTLE, W.A Telaphone: , lauderandhoward@optusnet.com.au