Antique Lyre

Painted lyre-back bench with fluted apron. Storage space beneath seat.

The pierced and gilded lyre shaped hands are very nice indeed. The white marble is undamaged and decorated by well cast ormlou mounts.

Classic Form. This Chime hangs on wall and has 7 strung wires. Metal Balls are dropped on the wires to create a chime. Beautiful object

French Empire giltwood Lyre mirror with carved and gilt foliated lyre surmounting the framed mirror.

This leads on to outswept lyre-shaped arms faced with roundels and reeded decoration that extend down to the seat rail.

Regency mahogany lyre-shaped armchair, the down filled cushion seat on reeded turned tapering front legs, back swept back legs, all on brass casters.

Inlaid overall with floral sprays and birds. Rare lyre shaped. The silvered circular dial with roman chapter, the movement with a gilded suspended pendulum and a counter wheel on str...

Cast bronze sconces with raised paint work detail.

This exceptional Philadelphia games table was the product of a master cabinetmaker - the burled elm inlay is highly unusual - when opened, the top spins to initially reveal an inner ...

Circa 1920's gilt bronze Caldwell sconces four light neoclassical style. three pair available.

A beautifully carved wooden statue of a standing angel with lyre.

A beautiful pair of lyre back candelabra with amethyst and clear crystals and rosettes.

Superb quality Viennese Biedermeier tilt-top side table in which the lyre (one of the main motifs in Biedermeier) is the focus of the design.

This fabulous unusual lyre shaped tea caddy comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key.

Set of six painted chairs with lyre and arrow detailed backs on sabre-form legs

Pair of brass and iron andirons; lyre shape in solid brass; forged iron base and supports

Beautifully carved oval form side tables with galleried top and lower shelf supported by lyre form sides each with a single drawer

The lyre backs and arms are precursor to Directoire.

This table's importance is the dominance of one of the Biedermeier main motifs, the lyre, which supports the 2 drawer table-top. Walnut root veneer and burl in book-match pattern on ...

A.D.F. further calibration for half seconds and date, pierced and engraved gilt hands, blued sweep seconds and date pointer, movement with pinwheel escapement mounted on the tapered ...

Pair of 3 arm candelabras with triangular base. Trimmed with original crystals and fine crystal bobeches. Crystals include smooth, full cut, half pear, rosettes and flower petal acce...

Pair of Caldwell sconces with lyre shaped backplate four lights, circa 1920 (four pairs available).

Set of six Louis XVI lyre back chairs newly upholstered in navy leather with grosgrain trim and spaced nailheads.

The end lyres are ultimately supported by vigorously carved paw feet, all of which are tied together with a strongly turned medial stretcher.

Lovely round oak wine table from burgundy with a handsome swivel lyre pedestal permitting to straight up the table against a wall when not in use providing space to the crowded cellar.

This is a truly exceptional card table in many ways. The lyre is quite a bit larger than ordinarily seen and is developed, with respect to carving, a tad more than other examples: se...

A mahogany Regency lyre tall case clock with block and shell, attributed to David Greig, Perth, 1810-1831.

This pair of double lyre-shaped Biedermeier stools has characteristic details of Anton Bembe (one of the 3 most important Biedermeier cabinetmakers in Mainz), especially it's swollen...

The platform upon which the lyre sits is convex, creating a lightness of form.

The card table that Robert Mussey illustrates in Masterworks, where this observation is made, has a heavily reeded base and thick plinth with canted corners reminiscent of this card ...

The other lyre model has a smaller lyre that sits on a rectangular box.

Regency Period Lyre End Console Table, having a faux marble-top and gilt stencilled frieze above a faux rosewood frame, raised on carved and parcel-gilt lyre supports with brass stri...

Black and gold Empire side chair with lyre/swan form back

French neoclassical chairs with lyre shaped backs decorated with carved falcon heads.

Featuring a single board 1 3/8" thick top with deep original patina, two drawers decorated with large acanthus leaf carving and their original wrought iron teardrop pulls, heavy curv...

This worktable has an unusual lyre form basket composed of highly figured mahogany, crossbanded with rosewood.

The Regency worktable stands on lyre ends with an arched stretcher. It is fitted with a double depth drawer at the top and a single depth drawer under.

Console or side table of chestnut with carved lyre base and forged iron Stretcher, Spanish 18th century.

A successful Romantic sculptor and painter, Auguste Clésinger studied with his father, the academic sculptor Georges-Philippe Clésinger. In 1832, father and son traveled to Rome wher...

Samson figure of a classical lady playing a lyre, leaning on a pillar and standing on a grassy mound base.Incised ‘Sevres’ crossed L’s,also numbers 7 ‘S’Samson, late 19th century.  

This worktable relates to a group of lyre work tables produced primarily in Philadelphia.

9.5-cm enamel polychrome garland dial with Arabic numerals, fine engraved lyre shaped gilt hands, eight day spring driven movement with anchor escapement and half hour count wheel st...

Five candle arms, with faces carved and chased. Lyre form above, with their strings. Applied decorations of acanthus leaves, laurel leaves. rondels and a trophy of crossed horns over...

13-cm enamel dial with Arab numerals and polychrome garlands, finely pierced gilt brass hands with fleur-des-lis tips, eight day spring driven movement signed Planchon A Paris with a...

13-cm engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds under XII, blued steel Breguet hands,spring driven fusee and chain movement with platform anchor escap...

Set of Five Italian Walnut Dining Chairs Sheilded back with lyre central design Rush caned seats over fluted legs with spade foot Seat cushions includes with single welt sage colored...

Note the quality of the lyre and the carved leafage at the base of each lyre.

Note its artful use within the center of the lyre base, and also around the apron of the top and beautiful sections on the base, or plinth.

Empire mahogany poe table with one door having lyre and star motif and ball feet.

The corona exhibits a laurel wreath and lyre harp, attributes of the god Apollo. The frame perimeter is decorated with flower carvings.

A pair of 17th century Tuscan walnut lyre-legged trestle console tables, retaining their original lustrous patina, with the hexagonal tops; the two tables can be used together as an ...

A late, large-scale French Empire clock of a seated, classically draped youth sitting atop the clock case holding a lyre and scroll. The rectangular case is decorated with wreaths an...

only Lyre in place of medallion back.

AIS3019 A pair of two arm lyre-back sconces in a worn silver plate finish.

A most unusual lyre-formed lantern in brass with pierced decoration.

An unusual and rare 19th century continental specimen wood occasional / side table, the top inlaid with swags with a raised shaped gallery, below the frieze panels decorated with bra...

An exceptional 18th-century Italian Fratino table, handcrafted in solid walnut with beautifully aged patina and distinctive architectural presence. This elegant piece exemplifies the...

A striking 18th century Italian Fratino table, crafted in solid walnut and defined by the bold architectural lines and sculptural balance that make this form so enduringly desirable....

Empire Style, bleached mahogany and parcel-gilt center table. With an inset grey fossilized top.

Unique baroque table made in Southern Germany around 1750-60. The top, the apron and the foot of the table are decorated with an exquisite walnut and yew tree marquetry. The table is...

Unique baroque table made around 1750 in South Germany. Exquisite marquetry in cherrywood, kingwood, walnut and elm. The marquetry depicts presentations of roman weapons and armor o...

French Empire style gilt bronze and enamel chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got twelve lights. This chandelier is characterized by classical plate embellished with gilt bron...

Burton-Ching George III Style Burl Walnut Writing Desk.

This very unique haberdashery cabinet was produced during the 1920/30s in Germany. It features 10 drawers and 5 with cut glass fronts / folding doors and black metal handles and one ...

Handsewn fabric shade, dessin by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, hanging on a fabric-covered wire, brass-parts in the requested finish. Total drop custom made 2 x Edison screw sockets ...

The product of an immensely talented northern Italian woodworker, this beautiful oak socle pedestal dates to the 1600s. Intricate carvings in the style of the Renaissance embellish t...

An Art Deco chest of drawers in birch wood, marquetry, with three drawers and handles in copper and brass, the birch wood has been painted with floral motifs and lacquered, the key i...

Antique wooden garment display case. This piece is more than it seems. Each of the 12 glass-front drawers features two spring-loaded hinges, so the door bounces back to meet your ha...

An unusual North European mahogany desk armchair with original brass castors. Fully carved armrests with eagle heads, the design probably by a designer from Berlin or Copenhagen (e.g...

circa 1870 Large 19thC English Pine Shop Counter sku 1853 Width 226cm x Depth 64cm x Height 92cm Weight 79kg

c. 1920s/1930s; Grand Rapids Store Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids, MI Architectural retail display counter executed in figured hardwood with an impressive curved and faceted storefron...

Italian, Late 19th Century Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady White marble, garment in veined buff colored marble on fitted green marble pedestal Bust: 22 x 18 x 9 inches Pedes...