Pappilon is a mother, daughter collaboration of ideas spanning 'some' decades of new and old. Both having a fascination with interiors and art we like to think we have a unique style and taste where we select individual pieces for their own stand-alone worth and value and like family, it is a growing family of unique antique pieces that makes us love what we do.
The philosophy we both share is 'Things of quality have no fear of time'. Antiques which have withstood the test of time relate to a quality found in craftsmanship most often lost in today's modern age. This doesn't simply mean we stick with the old but the ethos of what we stand for is that even antiques for the future should have a consideration to its longevity and quality as well as its style.
At Pappilon we pride ourselves on seeking out items for the home by selecting unique pieces of furniture and furnishings not simply as a ready-made style but where each individual item has something to say for itself, much like the individuals who buy from us.
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George I Walnut & Feather Banded Fall Front Bureau Bookcase
This is a superb George I figured walnut & feather banded bureau bookcase. Displaying a charming swan neck pediment, of shaped cavetto section, with ebony inset detailing. Featuring a pair of mercury mirror doors framed by moulded gilt slip, enclosing shelves and pigeon holes above two candle slides. The bureau section with a dividing cross-grained waist moulding, demonstrating feather & cross banded fall opening to reveal a further arrangement of drawers, pigeon holes, and a central cupboard bordered by fluted column hidden drawers. The base housing four short and two long graduated feather banded, oak-lined drawers, fitted with pierced brass plate handles. Raised on later shaped bracket feet. Exuding quality throughout its construction retains excellent colour and patina. Historic repairs throughout, with some of the veneer having blistered over the years.
This bookcase comes apart into two sections for ease of transport.
measurements
Height:
221 cm
Width:
99 cm
Depth:
51 cm
Depth Top 27cm
measurements
declaration
Pappilon has clarified that the George I Walnut & Feather Banded Fall Front Bureau Bookcase (LA387347) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1720