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Jardiniere with the royal coat of arms of France, Paris, France circa 1880
By Samson Cie
Located in Paris, FR
the Compagnie des Indes, oval with two chimera-shaped handles, with polychrome and gold decoration of
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Chimera

Materials

Porcelain

Renaissance Style, Carved Walnut Buffets, 19th Century
Located in Beaune, FR
Renaissance style walnut sideboard finely carved with chimeras. This sideboard opens with 4 doors
Category

19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

19th Napoleon III Salon Table Giltwood
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood carved and poliment sheet-gilded. Figurine carving in the form of chimera and satyr
Category

Mid-19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Chimera

Materials

Gold Plate

Antique-Inspired Console and its Mirror, Italy, 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
with carved wooden chimeras. The pediment with a Gorgon’s head in gilded bronze is crowned with two
Category

19th Century Italian Greek Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Pair of console tables with griffons in ebonized walnut wood, Italy 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
sculpture of the chimera with spread wings and a long neck and griffin head, on whose head is a sphere
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Chimera

Materials

Wood

20th Century French Art Nouveau Bronze and Glass Table Lamp
Located in LEGNY, FR
Exceptionnal table lamp from the art nouveau period made with silver bronze, representing a chimera
Category

Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze

Amazing Italian Bowl Made of Agate and Gilded Silver with Stones 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
agate bowl with acanthus leaf rim rests on four legs depicting winged chimeras. Mounted on a stalk of
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Stone, Agate, Silver

Spectacular Cartel Louis XV Signed Etienne Baillon in Paris
Located in ROUEN, FR
ornamentation of gilded bronzes with motifs of chimeras, egrets, garlands of flowers, shells in the rock spirit
Category

18th Century Antique Chimera

Materials

Gold

19th Century Napoleon III Style French Silver Plated Bronze Table Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
"Chimera". The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from
Category

19th Century French Rococo Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze

Important Italian Renaissance Polychrome Chest with Coat-of-Arms
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
with concentric moulded frames. The panel is centred with two winged chimeras with a foliated body
Category

16th Century Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Wood

Ancient Roman iIntaglio 1st-2nd Cent. AD 18 Kt Gold Ring depicting Pegasus
Located in Roma, IT
Chimera. This bond between Pegasus and Bellerophon represented the Roman virtues of valor and perseverance
Category

15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Chimera

Materials

Onyx, 18k Gold

Pair Italian Neoclassical Craved and Gilt Wood Mythical Beasts, mid 19th century
Located in Austin, TX
, or chimeras. The beasts are unfinished to the back, indicating they were originally part of a
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Chimera

Materials

Gesso, Softwood, Giltwood

19th Century English Victorian Hand Painted Letter Box, Dated 1890
Located in Stamford, CT
. With wonderfully naive ink decoration, including a Chimera being ridden by a sprite blowing an
Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Chimera

Materials

Wood

Pair of Empire Revival Twin-Light Lustre Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
has a concave tripartite base with winged paw feet, supporting three gilt-bronze eagle headed chimera
Category

19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Important Louis XIV Style Miror with Parecloses
Located in Paris, FR
chimeras with open mouths. The central bevelled glass mirror has a double frame of carved wood and friezes
Category

1870s French Louis XIV Antique Chimera

Materials

Copper

A Rare Renaissance Walnut Cabinet With Its Freestanding Carved Columns
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
chimeras resting on bunch of fruits. Fruits are applied on the spandrels too. The entablature consists of
Category

16th Century European Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Italian Renaissance Plate, Patanazzi Workshop Urbino, End of 16th Century
By Patanazzi Workshop
Located in Milano, IT
alternating symmetrical figures of winged harpies and chimeras. The ornamentation, outlined in orange, green
Category

16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Maiolica

Wooden Carved Lusterweibchen of a Medieval Noble Lady ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
characters. But they are not majority female. There are also well-known mystical creatures (dragons, chimeras
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Antique Chimera

Materials

Metal

Antique Italian Walnut Cassone
Located in Dallas, TX
Pegasus striking at a chimera. An Imp dances in the foreground. A ship rides on the sea in the background
Category

17th Century Italian Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

19th Century French Walnut Henri II Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
fletching motif. The elaborate foliate with chimera themes provide a background for each door panel, all
Category

1870s French Neoclassical Antique Chimera

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
style candelabra, a clock and a large chandelier with branches supported by children and chimeras. At
Category

1860s French Napoleon III Antique Chimera

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Blue White Medallion with Animals Wool Chinese Rug, circa 1870
Located in Firenze, IT
chimeras of the Chinese mythological bestiary more than fighting he seems to play happily with the happy
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chimera

Materials

Wool

Henri II Renaissance Period 1560’s Sculpted Double-Buffet
Located in Ross, CA
allegory of the Americas flanked by breasted chimeras and intricate low-relief acanthus foliage. The doors
Category

16th Century French Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Antique 19thC Austrian Silver, Enamel Rock Crystal Ewer, Rudolf Linke c.1890
By Rudolf Linke
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
rock crystal engraved with chimeras among scrollwork, silver gilt mounts pierced and enamelled. The
Category

1890s Austrian Other Antique Chimera

Materials

Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel

Large Italian 19th Century Console
Located in Hudson, NY
classically inspired images decorate all parts of this console, including a pair of chimera on the base
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Chimera

Materials

Burl

A late 16th century French Renaissance richly carved walnut center table
Located in PARIS, FR
dominated by Hugues Sambin designs including chimeras and fantastic zoomorphic creations, the furniture made
Category

16th Century French Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Exceptionel Bookcase Forming Desk, by G. Grohé, France, Circa 1860
By Guillaume Grohe
Located in PARIS, FR
finishing in Corinthian capitals. The whole is surmounted by a large pediment adorned with chimera and a
Category

1860s French Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Wood

French Empire Revival 19th Century Giltwood Carved Figural Console and Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
mirrored trefoil backboard centred by a flowering urn adorned by chimera, raised on a shaped base and
Category

Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Marble

Antique Lusterweibchen of a Patrician Lady ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
well-known mystical creatures (dragons, chimeras, animal and hybrid creatures) and popular
Category

Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Chimera

Materials

Iron

Large and Very Fine French Empire Period Ormolu and Malachite Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
chariot drawn by Chimera. The sculptural decoration is finely wrought and is indicative of the French
Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Chimera

Materials

Malachite, Ormolu

Antique Lusterweibchen of a Victorian Lady ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
characters. But they are not majority female. There are also well-known mystical creatures (dragons, chimeras
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Antique Chimera

Materials

Iron

19th Century Restauration Large Bronze Candelabra in the Néo-Greek Style
Located in Paris, FR
decorated with chimeras and openwork foliage in gilt bronze, above three claw feet. It is surmounted by a
Category

Mid-19th Century French Restauration Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze

Neo-Renaissance Style Buffet, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, such as grotesques, swirls, acanthus leaves, cornucopia, chimeras, cherub and portraits in oval medals
Category

Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Rare 18th Century French Walnut Renaissance Extending High Table Heavily Carved
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, Hugues Sambin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, two columns rise to meet four powerful winged chimeras, crowned with laurel and with lion claws and to
Category

18th Century French Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Circa 1925 Italian Neoclassical Greek Revival Bench by P. Mazzetti
Located in Chicago, IL
. Greek mythology chronicled the Sphinx as being the daughter of Orthous and Chimera or Laius and
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Chimera

Materials

Plaster, Pine

Early 19th Century English Regency Greek Revival Gilt Carving of a Sphinx
Located in Chicago, IL
. Greek mythology chronicled the Sphinx as being the daughter of Orthous and Chimera or Laius and
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Chimera

Materials

Gold Leaf

Rare Renaissance Table with Fixed Top
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
latter are flanked by two winged chimeras whose faces, with hooked noses and open mouths, are extremely
Category

16th Century Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Henri-Auguste Fourdinois - Exceptional Canopy Bed Know as François 1st Bed
Located in Beaune, FR
and chimeras. Dimensions Total height 2m71.5 Character height 91cm Total width at the top from corner
Category

19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Large Stunning Antique Fine Bronze Gothic Revival 12 Light Chandelier Pendant
Located in Lisse, NL
rich, gilt bronze canopy. The chimeras, the gargoyles, the earth angels and the multiple leaf patterns
Category

19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Chinese Carved Celadon and Russet Jade Mythical Animal, Ming Dynasty or Earlier
Located in Austin, TX
jade, Ming Dynasty or earlier, China. The mythical animal masterfully carved as a chimera, with a
Category

17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chimera

Materials

Jade

19th Century Burmese Jewel Inlaid Bronze Temple Guardian
Located in Forney, TX
Dogs, Japanese Komainu, Tibetan Snow Lion, and similar to the legendary Chimera creatures known as the
Category

Late 19th Century Asian Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze

Awesome Antique Bronze Gothic Revival 9 Light Chandelier with Phoenix Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
elaborate and with as many Gothic details as this fit-for-a-castle pendant from the late 1800s. The chimeras
Category

Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Chimera

Materials

Gold, Bronze

La Chimère aux Yeux Verts - Lithograph by O. Redon - 1888
By Odilon Redon
Located in Roma, IT
Chimera with Green Eyes is an original lithograph on Chine collé, realized by Odilon Redon in 1888
Category

1880s Symbolist Antique Chimera

Materials

Etching

16th Century French Carved Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
leaves. The panel is adorned with two chimeras back to back with a foliated body topped by a flipped
Category

16th Century French Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Gilt Patinated Bronze Figural Torcheres by Bouchon, Paris, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
on a shell-form gilt-bronze base headed by a roaring chimera. Wired for electricity. Signed ‘BOUHON
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze

Renaissance Cupboard from Loire Valley, France
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
pediment two corinthian columns framed by chimeraes support an entablature. In this little niche is
Category

16th Century French Renaissance Antique Chimera

Materials

Walnut

Antique Kerman Pictorial Rug Lion King Darius Achaemenid Mythological Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
chimera symbolizes the primordial chaos subdued only by divinely sanctioned kingship. The image evokes not
Category

Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Chimera

Materials

Wool

Sculpted 16th Century Chimera
Located in Sagaponack, NY
16th century granite sculpted Lamb "chimera" from Auvergne, France, on a black pedestal. Wolf in
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Chimera

Wonderful Turn-of-the-century Chimera Brooch
Located in Lombard, IL
Excellent turn of the century Chimera brooch. Handsome winged dragon handcrafted in 10kt yellow
Category

Early 1900s Unknown Antique Chimera

Materials

Pearl, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair of Hand Carved Winged Chimera Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian, Neoclassical, hand carved, gilt and polychrome, wooden, winged chimera sconces
Category

19th Century Antique Chimera

Materials

Wood

Ilias Lalaounis Chimera Bangle Bracelet in 18ct Yellow Gold, Rubies Diamonds
Located in Kenley surrey, GB
Add a touch of elegance to your wrist with this stunning Ilias Lalaounis Chimera Bangle Bracelet
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Chimera

Art Nouveau French 18K gold double chimera griffon dragon pendant brooch
Located in Versailles, FR
captivating French-made double chimera pendant brooch. Crafted with unparalleled skill, this piece seamlessly
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Chimera

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Antique Chandelier with Dragons / Chimeras, in Bronze and Brass, circa 1890
Located in L Etang, FR
Large chandelier in bronze and brass. Three winged chimeras or dragons support the opaline lamp
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Chimera

Materials

Brass, Bronze

H.B Cie, Choisy le Roi, France, Intense Green, Empire, Porcelain, Chimeras
By H.B Cie
Located in Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Pair of Empire Chimeras H.B & cie, Choisy le Roi, France, intense green, porcelain vases.
Category

Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Chimera

Materials

Faience

Chinese Porcelain Vase, China Tongzhi Period
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Rare porcelain vase with polychrome decoration of chimeras standing on a rock above the waves. Four
Category

1860s Chinese Qing Antique Chimera

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Fireplace Front
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Castle trim for fireplace, in bronze. Richly decorated with vases, foliage, scrolls, chimeras with
Category

Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Chimera

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Napoléon III Ormolu Chenets or Andirons with Fender, circa 1870
Located in Bern, CH
Pair of French 19th century Egyptian revival figural chenets or andirons in the form of Chimeras
Category

1870s Antique Chimera

Materials

Gold Plate, Bronze

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Antique Chimera For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique chimera for your home. Each antique chimera for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique chimera — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique chimera made by Empire designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — is very popular. David Young Cameron, Emile Huignard and Ernest Lucien Bonnotte each produced at least one beautiful antique chimera that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Chimera?

An antique chimera can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,100, while the lowest priced sells for $467 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.