M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS

Specializing in 18th century British furniture & accessories / early 20th century American art

 

 

 

FINE GEORGE III GONÇALO ALVES* COMMODE

Of Hepplewhite Design, England, c1780

 

Veneered throughout in highly figured and select gonçalo alves*, and enriched with kingwood cross-banding and satinwood

string line inlays; the edges of each drawer further cockbeaded in satinwood,

raised on splayed "French" feet siding a similarly veneered shaped apron;

distinctive Dublin pattern swan-neck handles.

 

** Gonçalo alves - also known as zebrawood (Albuera) or tigerwood due to the highly contrasting grain -

 is an extremely rare exotic wood, emanating from South America, particularly Brazil. 

 It was used for finer furniture in England for a relatively short period of time. 

Highly prized for its beauty, the cost of Gonçalo Alves was approximately 40% more than mahogany.  

 

Click Here, or on the image below to see more about French influences on English Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Little Boxes, Little Boxes on the Hillside...."

Below Is "Our Version"  (click here for more...) :

 Little boxes on a tabletop

Little boxes that are nicky nacky

Little boxes, little boxes,

Little boxes none the same

There are silver ones and a pink one

And some brown ones and two yellow ones

And they're all slightly wicky wacky

And none are just the same!

 

 

   

  

* 2013 - NEW & INCOMING CATALOG *

 

(Please See Below for Other  Special Catalogs)

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 * 2012 COLLECTION of 18TH CENTURY BRITISH FURNITURE *

 

 

 

* 2012 - NEW & INCOMING STOCK CATALOG *

 

 

 Additional Specialized Online Catalogs :

 

6 Early 20th Century American Paintings Under 6000.00

 200+ Year Old Gifts at 100.00 & Under

 Gifts 350.00 & Under

 Spirits & Wine

 THE SMALL & JEWEL-LIKE

EARLY BRITISH TABLE SILVER

EARLY BRITISH TABLE SILVER : A Short History

 


 

 

2013 EMAIL CATALOGS :

 

 

 

 For 2012 email Catalogs click HERE 

  

 


 

 

* Online Articles :

 

 

For Further ARTICLES of INTEREST by Millicent Ford Creech, click Here.

 

Also see Site Map

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

M. Ford Creech Antiques specializes in 17th, 18th, and early 19th century furniture and accessories.

Each piece is carefully selected in regard to quality, condition and uniqueness.  Although our 

concentration is  predominately British, we also offer a good selection Continental and American

antiques.  All furniture offered has a long history of occupancy in the United States.
  
The decorative arts include ceramics (early Chinese, Chinese export, early continental and English to 1800);

a good selection of 17th - early 19th century British silver;  including flatware, hollowware, and accessories;

 and a small collection of 19th/early 20th century tribal rugs.
  

We also offer paintings by a changing eclectic mix of American and European listed artists, with emphasis on

early 20th century American East and West Coast painters . 

  

 

 

Artists Currently & Recently In Stock:

    

  
 

Anton P. Albers, Jr.

Olive Parker Black

Jessie Arms Botke

David Davidovich Burliuk

Colin Campbell Cooper

Arthur Bowen Davies

Norwood Creech

Frederick Usher de Voll

Arthur Wesley Dow

Fremont Ellis

Gilbert Gaul

Arthur Clifton Goodwin

Oliver Dennett Grover

Emile Gruppe

Robert (Cozad) Henri

John William Hilton

Sigismund Ivanowski (2 works)

Hugh Bolton Jones (incoming)

Emil Kosa Jr.

Richard Hayley Lever (4 works)Maurice Logan

Gustave Madelain

Jean Mannheim

George Loftus Noyes

Robert Hogg Nisbet

Edward Henry Potthast

Jules Pascin

Edwin Roscoe Shrader

Frederick Carl Smith

William Lester Stevens

Gaspar Pieter Verbruggen II

Elisha Kent Wetherill (4 works)

Charles Herbert Woodbury

Carl Wuttke

Karl Julius Yens

 

 

 

Click for Fine Art Page

 

   

M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES
Laurelwood Collection

581 South Perkins Road
Memphis, TN 38117

901-761-1163 / Fax  901-761-1227

Wed - Sat 11-6, or by appointment

mfcreech@bellsouth.net

or

mfordcreech@gmail.com


 

 

          

 

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