Welcome to Appleyard Antiques, the home of quality antique furniture and decorative pieces in Sydney’s Inner West. We have been trading in the Balmain area since 1992.
Please browse the current catalogue for our latest range of interesting pieces including Australian, French, Scandinavian and English furniture. Or check over the calibre of pieces we have recently sold. You can always beat the rush and subscribe to email updates for the latest stock, before it goes into the shop and get subscriber benefits including price discounts.
Or click through to our Restoration section for an insight into our techniques, including case studies.
We also do more than find, sell and restore great quality antiques and have a number of specialty services.
New Stock
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Side Table - William IV Dropside Table
Mid 1800s mahogany dropside table with rope twist legs and dense cuban mahogany top.Excellent quality.Dimensions: 430mm wide (1820mm wide open) x 1100mm long x 720mm highPrice: $2195 ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:15 by Patrick Robinson
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Puerta de la Casa Vieja
Beautifully patinated rustic Spanish door.Thick, chunky and aged by more than two centuries of use.Could be used as a feature piece, coffee table, or even as part of ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:16 by Patrick Robinson
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Appleyard Kauri Pine Dining Table
Hand made from salvaged 150 year old Kauri Pine boards, constructed with hidden morticed and tenoned joints and hand finished to a smooth lustrous finish.This table exudes age and ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:17 by Patrick Robinson
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Altar- Australian Cedar Altar
Tired of the prevailing orthodoxy?Start your own cult with this mid 19th Century Australian cedar altar.The sky is not the limit.Dimensions: 2000mm high x 850mm wide x ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:20 by Patrick Robinson
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Bed - Australian Eucalyptus and Cedar Bed
An Australian original Bedstead Circa 1830-1840 in Regency form made from indigenous eucalyptus and cedar. Spiral turning to the footposts. Original slats. Replaced canopy frame. Bolt covers replaced.In ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:21 by Patrick Robinson
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Table - Appleyard custom made Dining Table
Hand coloured and finished Baltic Pine table.Reclaimed, sustainable timber. Hand-made and finished to retain the patina and character of the 130 year old timber.Simple tapered legs and ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:22 by Patrick Robinson
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Box - Large Pine Treasure Box
Old pine and metal bound lift-lid box with added stenciling.Dimensions: 1200mm long x 800mm wide x 700mm highPrice: $685 now $479
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:23 by Patrick Robinson
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Table - Trestle Table
Great old timber trestle table in pine. Informal style: great for laptops, food, latte or people...
Not exactly right? We can make one to size for you using old timber ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:24 by Patrick Robinson
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Writing Desk - French Rococo Desk
A very pretty French Rococo revival desk Circa 1900 with a lovely warm revived finish.
The contrasting fruitwood and walnut veneers set it off nicely and brass mountings to the ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 18:27 by Patrick Robinson
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Bookcases - Baltic Pine Glazed Bookcases
3 to choose from: including a great pair of early 20th Century pine glazed bookcases from North Africa.
Large sizes with plenty of storage space and full timber- baltic pine ...
Posted 24 Nov 2010 14:39 by Patrick Robinson
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Tricks of the Trade
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Reviving a Cedar Chest
An example of surface revival to a cedar chest of drawers. The later, darker stained varnish was carefully removed with very fine steel wool and a homemade reviver to reveal ...
Posted 6 Oct 2011 13:23 by Patrick Robinson
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Repolishing... to do or not to do?
I try to keep the age of a peice, aka patination, self evident. Sometimes the existing finish on a peice, like this early 19th Century side table, is too far ...
Posted 19 Jul 2011 01:03 by Patrick Robinson
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New Workshop
I have just moved workshop to Balmain, entrance in the lane behind my Window at 394 Darling Street.
The address is: 394 Little Arthur Street, Balmain.
All repairs, conservations and ...
Posted 24 Nov 2010 15:20 by Patrick Robinson
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High prices for Australian cedar collection.
The contents of Denham Court, home of collector Dr Keith Okey, were auctioned recently by Sotheby's. In the auction were many peices of early Australian cedar, including sofas, tables ...
Posted 24 May 2010 05:32 by Patrick Robinson
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Australian Rose Mahogany Chest
This large Australian chest of drawers fetched nearly $10,000 at auction in Sydney this week (including buyer's premium and gst).
Made around the middle of the 19th century ...
Posted 24 Mar 2010 02:12 by Patrick Robinson
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Beeswax
Beeswax as a timber polish has probably been in use for thousands of years.
Gathered from beehives and mixed with a little turps or oil it has made a simple ...
Posted 16 Feb 2010 03:13 by Patrick Robinson
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Shocking Metaphors
The Melbourne Cup's winning trainer Mark Kavanagh lands the trifecta at Flemington on Tuesday:
"You've got to roll with the punches, and if you let those things take ...
Posted 3 Nov 2009 13:43 by Patrick Robinson
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Rare 'Fraustralien' Chest of Drawers
Following is an account of this poor fools adventures the last week or so, concerning an inherited chest of drawers, methylated spirits and a box of ...
DEZARNAULDS Late 19th ...
Posted 24 Mar 2010 04:18 by Patrick Robinson
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Burnt at Auction.
A late 19th century cedar table, bare-boned, but a possibility you think... looks okay... mmm.
But look underneath. The top's been flipped to hide a nasty scorching.
That ...
Posted 18 Oct 2009 01:03 by Patrick Robinson
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The Lure of the Trout
If you can't prove something is true but it could greatly increase the value of a peice if you make a connection between it and someone important, wealthy or ...
Posted 18 Oct 2009 01:29 by Patrick Robinson
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