Helen Storey Antiques

1930s Deco Steel and Glass Showcase

Helen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:54:25 +0000

Period 1930s Deco steel and glass showcase.

17th c. Needlework of Parrot on Woven Silk

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:37:48 +0000

A 17th century needlework, probably continental, with gold silk and wool threads on what appears to be woven silk depicting a parrot in green, teal, blue, and reds, surroun-ed by flowering branches and three larger flowers at the base, two being tulips. 11 ½” h. x 9″ w. (sight), 14 ¾ x 12 3/8″ (frame).

17th c. Portrait of Lady with Pearls, de Bourbon

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:35:23 +0000

17th c. Portrait of Lady with Pearls, de Bourbon.

18th c. Four-Panel Spanish Screen

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:26:05 +0000

A fine four-panel screen of 18th century Spanish textile of silk velvet and silver thread, backed by gold silk (c. 1920). From the NY estate of Martha Baird Rockefeller, 2nd wife and widow of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

18th. c Copper Engraving Dressage after Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:21:24 +0000

Le Seigneur Charles Vicsount de Mansfield l’Ene Et le Seigneur Henry Cavendish le Cadet. [Pl. 42] London: J. Brindley, 1743. Copper engraving after Abraham van Diepenbeeck with later professional hand-coloring. Plate mark: 15 1/4 x 20 3/8 inches. Sheet size: 17 1/8 x 21 5/8 inches.

18th c. Italian Gilt Corner Table~ Pastoral Top

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:18:12 +0000

An Italian Giltwood and Polychrome-painted Corner table or console, late 18th Century. The fan-shaped top with an applied watercolor, gouache and chalk-heightened panel signed indistinctly E.C.S. and dated 1791 and depicting a Classical scene of women dancing in a ring around a Goddess with attendant musicians, temples and outbuildings beyond in a pastoral landscape over a guilloché-carved frieze and fluted circular tapering legs headed with leafy sprays on flowerhead-carved knob feet, regilt, top likely associated.

18th c. Italian Velvet & Gold Room Screen

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:09:11 +0000

18th c. Softpace Bow Coffeepot

Helen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:56 +0000

18th c. Softpace Bow Coffeepot

18th c. Irish Games Table

Helen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:58:06 +0000

An outstanding games table, Irish or English, c. 1740 (George II), extremely dense Cuban mahogany, shaped, folding-top over playing surface installed with counter wells, above conforming blocked facade with single drawer, on graceful cabriole legs with pad feet. All measurements are when table is closed.

18th Century Santos

Helen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:54:40 +0000

18th Century Santos

19th c. New Orleans Planter

Helen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:45:10 +0000

19th century planter found in New Orleans.

19th c. Painted Leather Six-Panel Screen

Helen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:43:37 +0000

Continental painted leather six-panel screen, 19th century screen, the painting refreshed or possibly later, domed panel with topnailed surround, embellished with birds, leaves and flowers.