Object Description
An Exceptional Quality Mid 19th Century Oval Kingwood And Brass Étagère, Having Two Exceptionally Well Figured Tiers With Crossbanded Decoration, United By Elegant Turned Brass Upright Supports Headed By Acorn Finials, Terminating On Original Brass Castors.
There are a huge variety of these low Étagères, or whatnots to be found on the market these days, mainly due to their incredible versatility in terms of their function.
This particular example is actually one of the best, of the best. It is oval in shape, much more desirable than square or rectangular, a good, practical functional size and it is constructed using the best quality gilded brass, alongside beautiful kingwood veneers. Most importantly it is also late Regency in terms of it’s original construction date, which is much, much rarer than those which you will find from the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The word Étagère is derived from the French word for a set of open freestanding shelves and although in England the term Whatnot is much more common the two phrases are pretty much always interchangeable these days, although more often than not you will find that the term Whatnot is used to describe larger variations of this design, whereas Étagère will be used to describe this smaller variants.
Circa 1830.
Height 23in.
Width 18.5in.
Depth 13.5in.