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Garden Court Antiques - fine European antiques with an emphasis focused on Georgian Period English furniture. San Francisco Design Center & 1stdibs 415 355

Garden Court Antiques was opened in June of 2002 in the San Francisco Design Center by Sue Coleman. Sue has been collector of fine European antiques for over 30 years. Early on she focused on Georgian Period English furniture, but through her years of travel throughout Europe she began to see the beauty and whimsy of country furniture throughout Europe. She began to see that quality had less to do

with a specific country or period and more to do with the individual pieces. The patina, the shape, the color, the texture and the most importantly the soul of the objects themselves began to draw her attention. As her taste changed and her eye for extraordinary pieces developed, she began to pull together a collection that is elegant without being fussy. GCA offers antiques and decorative objects that have rich patinas and unexpected charm that bring a warmth and elegance to one’s home. When asked what she looks for when shopping around the globe, her response: ‘I look for pieces that have soul. I can’t really describe what that means exactly, but I know it when I see it!”

Jim GallagherJim Gallagher has been working in the Design Center for the last 10 years. He has worked for Ed Hardy, Shears & Window and Sloan Miyasato before coming to work with Sue to open GCA. His knowledge of antiques as well as of the Design Center offers our clients a valuable tool when navigating the world of antiques in design.

21/08/2026

French Gilt-Bronze and Black Fossil Marble Two-Tier Gueridon, circa 1880

A gilt-bronze gueridon with circular black fossil marble top and lower tier. Three curved supports have projecting eagle-head terminals holding loose rings and terminate in large bird-talon feet. The incurved tripartite stretcher is centered by a cast foliate rosette.

French, circa 1880.

Provenance: From a John Wheatman-designed Presidio Heights residence, San Francisco.

Height: 29 in. (74 cm.)
Diameter: 29 in. (74 cm.)

Ref: CB104

https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/gilt-bronze-two-tier-gueridon-circa-1880/

19/08/2026

Italian Walnut Bench, circa 1880

A walnut bench with a straight crest rail above an open back divided by paired vertical supports and four scalloped horizontal back rails. The downswept open arms terminate in shaped supports continuing into the front legs. The long drop-in seat is newly upholstered in a striped textile, above a plain seat rail and raised on splayed sabre legs. The surface shows marks and wear consistent with age and use. Italian circa 1880.

Height: 36 in. (91 cm)
Width: 58 in. (147 cm)
Depth: 18 in. (46 cm)
Seat height: 19 in. (48 cm)

Ref: 26033600

https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/italian-walnut-bench-circa-1880/

17/08/2026

Spanish Baroque Carved and Gilt Architectural Element, circa 1790

A tall, narrow carved wood panel with scrolling acanthus foliage and volutes worked in high relief. Gilt ornament is set against areas of blue-green and dark painted ground, with losses revealing portions of the underlying wood. Probably conceived as part of a larger architectural or ecclesiastical decorative scheme.

Height: 53 in. (135 cm.)
Width: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Depth: 3 in. (8 cm.)

Ref. 26031150

https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/spanish-baroque-carved-architectural-element-circa-1790/

14/08/2026

"We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her." John Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1849.

An English Gothic Revival yew tub chair, circa 1880, against a pair of 18th century Italian walnut buffets, circa 1780. The buffets are carved with caryatid pilasters and set on bracket feet. The chair rests on barley-twist supports and spool-turned stretchers.

Both are on view at Garden Court Antiques, 1700 16th Street at Kansas, San Francisco. SoMa Design District. Weekdays 9–5 pm, or by appointment. gardencourtantiques.com

Ref: LGI10025 (chair) / JG240611200 (buffet pair)

11/08/2026

English Fruitwood Center Table with Octagonal Pedestal and Tripod Base, circa 1850

A round fruitwood center table with a plank-built top and molded edge above a plain frieze. The top is raised on a faceted octagonal pedestal set into a molded circular collar and shaped tripod base, terminating in three scroll feet with castors. English circa 1850.

Height: 28 in. (71 cm.)�Diameter: 34 in. (86 cm.)

Ref: 26053700

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07/08/2026

Large-Scale Carved Oak Eagle, Spain, circa 1900.

Modelled as an eagle displayed, wings fully outstretched, the head turned and beak open, the oak with a dark brown patina. The body worked in overlapping imbricated plumage, close and scale-like across the breast and neck, the flight feathers of the wings deeply gouged toward the tips. Talons set upon a naturalistic rocky outcrop. The wings carved separately and joined at the shoulders.

Height: 32 in. (81 cm.)
Width: 54 in. (137 cm.)
Depth: 15 in. (38 cm.)

Ref: 26009550
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06/08/2026

Carved Walnut Curule-Form Stool, French, circa 1830

Carved walnut stool of curule form, the opposing X-frames centered to each end by fairly dignified and naturalistically carved bearded masks within shield-shaped cartouches and joined by a pair of pierced and shaped stretchers. The arched legs terminate in flattened feet.

The padded rectangular drop-in seat is upholstered in cut velvet in a leaf-and-branch pattern, with coral pile against a tan ground, close-nailed to the frame.

Height: 18 in. (46 cm.)
Width: 19 in. (48 cm.)
Depth: 19 in. (48 cm.)

Ref: 26079400

https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/carved-walnut-curule-form-upholstered-stool-french-circa-1830/

25/06/2026

George II Walnut Chest of Drawers, English, circa 1720.

George II chest of drawers with two short drawers above three graduated long drawers beneath a molded rectangular top, the drawer fronts and bookmatched top in figured walnut, the top outlined by crossbanding, above oak sides, shaped bracket feet, brass escutcheons and brass bail handles. The reverse unfinished.

The chest retains an honest surface with wear and minor restorations consistent with age and use.

Height: 36.5 in. (93 cm.)
Width: 37 in. (94 cm.)
Depth: 26.5 in. (67 cm.)

Ref: 26069700

https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/george-ii-walnut-chest-of-drawers-english-circa-1720/

23/06/2026

Gothic Revival yew tub chair with continuous curved top rail above a pierced foliate back splat and turned uprights, English, late 19th century, circa 1880.

The rounded seat is upholstered in later cut‑velvet with a honeycomb pattern in ochre and red tones over a molded seat frame, above an apron carved with a repeating arcade of cusped lancet motifs, echoing Gothic tracery. Barley‑twist front and rear legs, linked by spool‑turned stretchers, draw on 17th‑century spiral turning traditions.

Height: 30 in. (76 cm.)
Width: 27 in. (69 cm.)
Depth: 20 in. (51 cm.)

Ref: LGI10025

https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/gothic-revival-yew-tub-chair-barley-twist-circa-1880/

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