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Country Homes Antiques Scotland est1985
Important H Mower & Stephenson Georgian mahogany brass gallery mahogany sideboard
H Mower & Stephenson Georgian mahogany brass gallery sideboard. Cabinetmakers stamp. A fine piece of quality Georgian furniture with pedigree made in the third quarter of the18th century. Very nice condition throughout, original handles and fittings. Very rare item.
Full condition report.
There’s been a cabinet makers repair to one left side front leg, Very well done and very old repair most likely done in the 18th century when this sideboard was still in the hands of wealthy Londoners. The repair may well have been done by the cabinet makers who made this fine sideboard as it could not have been repaired better. For me the quality of this sideboard is un surpassed. Made from the finest quality Spanish mahogany of the time. This timber is the timber that started the mahogany revolution, tight grained, nice to plane over, very dense, at the same time excellent carving charictoristics, with stunning looks. Finished with polish to embellish the grains.
Georgian Furniture ( What is antique furniture really worth then to us )?Â
How on Earth have we lost our appreciation for such fine things as this ?, This fine timber has now GONE, never to returm. All we have to remind us of what we have taken from this Earth are items like this. Still better by far than anything made today. Still serving humans through many generations since, and in all that time, adding no carbon foot print to our struggling Planet, for around the last 250 years. This is what i call saving the planet.
How can it be that items like this have dropped so much in value, yet Ikea non bio degradable furnishings flurish ! (Folly). The truth is this Georgian sideboard will only become ever more rare as it continues to serve us through time. Its time of appreciation will return again. Its all we have to remind us of who we once where as humans. Perfectionists with pride in our skills, workmanship and lovers of quality.
I say, if you could just slow down World, you could see better, clearer, and just maybe see this wood again through the pine trees that we now only make fence posts and toilet paper of. The tree that made this sideboard was itsself probably 100-200 years old, 250 years ago. Looked after, this sideboard will still be exactly like it is now in another 250years time and longer. What is this sideboard really worth then to us?, 500years from the seed to the bin? maybe 600-700years, nobody knows as we only found this mahogany 270 years ago. Georgian furniture that has been looked after, will last many more generations to come. Maybe in 1000 years time we will still be selling Georgian mahogany furniture. We will always need furniture and art. Georgian furniture gives us both.