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Rare lounge chair, Artelano and Samuel Coriat, France, Circa 1986
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare lounge chair in black leather and black lacquered metal, with tilt adjustment system using a locking screw. This lounge chair designed by Samuel Coriat began in 1986 and benefits from exceptional comfort and design.
Artelano : Founded by Samuel Coriat. Thirty-three years ago, he left Havas to found his own brand and design his first furniture. If he's just starting out, his style is already firmly defined: basic shapes and pure lines served by materials like glass, metal and lacquered wood. This taste for simplicity will subsequently guide his choices. His business is doing well but Samuel Coriat wants to take a step forward: he wants to become a publisher, that is to say, collaborate with designers on projects, from design to sale, including manufacturing. He contacts creators whose work, he thinks, matches what he likes. The first to be called, in 1987, was Pascal Mourgue. He then signed his first collection, “Atlantique”, for Artelano. The collaboration between the two men will continue and give birth to other creations. After the Italians Paolo Deganello, in 1992, and Carlo Bartoli, in 1993, Samuel Coriat worked in 1994 with the Frenchman Olivier Gagnère, for whom he produced the chairs and armchairs which today furnish the Café Marly...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Neo-Greek Inkwell by C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet and J. Brandely, France, Circa 1867
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Emmanuel Fremiet, Jean Brandely
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Diehl à Paris.
Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an escutcheon and flanked by two small lateral drawers forming two containers, surmounted by a lid representing a nestling. Central niche ornamented with a winged creature. Inkwell flanked by two felines. Toped by a penholder representing a Moorish head resting on an eagle claw.
This exceptional piece was realized thanks to the collaboration of ornemanist J. Brandely, sculptor E. Frémiet and cabinet-maker C.-G. Diehl. The motif of the fantasy creature dear to Diehl, is to be seen on the famous cabinet made by him in 1867 and now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197).
Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”, D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861.
In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love” (p. 133) and a jewelry case where “The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149).
For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors: Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...
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Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Inkwells
Materials
Copper
Renaissance Style Wooden Cabinet Attributed to H.A. Fourdinois, France, 1893
Located in PARIS, FR
A wooden cupboard, elaborately carved throughout, dated "1893" on the crest and attributed to H.A. Fourdinois. The upper section with a pair of cherubs at the center of a balustrade ornamented with two-handled urns, two architectonic doors below, carved with lady and gentleman in niches surrounded by extensive carving with classical motifs. The lower section with two drawers above a standing female caryatid support at each front corner. The all reposing on four gadronned round feet.
The Fourdinois company was founded in 1835 by Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois (1799-1871). The Universal Exhibition held in London in 1851 was undoubtedly their first great artistic and public success. Winning the Great medal for a neo-Renaissance buffet...
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Antique 1890s French Renaissance Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$16,214 Sale Price
38% Off
Pair of Neo-Renaissance Vitrines, Attributed to H-A Fourdinois, France, c. 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine pair of neo-Renaissance vitrines in richly carved wood, with three glazed sides framed by a relief frieze. Each opening to a drawer decorated with interlacing on the belt, and t...
Category
Antique 1860s French Renaissance Revival Vitrines
Materials
Marble
Pair of "Sèvres" Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Candelabra-Vases, France, Circa 1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in PARIS, FR
Large pair of baluster-shaped candelabra vases with seven lights, in gros bleu porcelain and chiselled and gilded bronze. The sconces, adorned with fol...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI More Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Crystal Chandelier "La Nef" Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1870
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent vessel shaped chandelier in gilded bronze and engraved crystal attributed to Baccarat, suspended by four articulated chains. A ceiling pendant decorated with prisms and a...
Category
Antique 1870s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$12,971 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Style Planter Attributed to l
Escalier de Cristal, France, circa 1880
By L
Escalier de Cristal, Edouard Lievre
Located in PARIS, FR
Large planter decorated on the belly with a rotating decoration of polychrome flowers and geometric patterns in cloisonné enamel on a red background. It is inserted in an important p...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Oriental Style Shelf, France, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Oriental style corner wall shelf in carved wood with moucharabieh decoration and mother-of-pearl pastilles on the edge of the shelf.
Category
Antique 1890s French Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Pair of Neo-Greek Pedestals, attributed to G.Servant, France, Circa 1880
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of patinated and gilded bronze turntable pedestals with for each of them, three paw feet, headed by stylized lion muzzles, ornated with beaded chains and joined by a fine foliate stretcher. The belt is adorned by a banded frieze cast in low-relief representing an ancient scene : “The Battle of the Lapithes and the Centaurs”.
These pedestals can be associated with the "Vases de Bacchus", presented by G. Servant at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, on which the similar ornamentation is applied.
(Reproduced in « Merveilles de l'Exposition Universelle de 1867 », Jules Mesnard, p°167)
Biography :
Georges Emile Henri Servant...
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Pedestals
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neo-Pompeian Gueridons Malachite top , by H. Picard, France, c. 1865
By Henri Picard
Located in PARIS, FR
A similar model was exhibited at the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition.
Rare pair of round table made of patinated and gilded bronze with a top veneered with malachite and circled with bronze mounts adorned with ovum and beads. They stands on three patinated bronze feet with lion heads and paws, linked with gilded bronze X braces.
Related Works:
The feet of these gueridons adopt a sleek design and are adorned with claws and lion heads. Inspired by a well-known model in the Barbedienne Company production and it has been reused many times by his workshop. These gueridons shows how the Barbedienne Company offered a range of furniture from the designs of its decorator Louis-Constant Sévin. He designed this model of gueridon few time after he joined the Barbedienne Company in 1855 and this model can be seen on different interior decorations of the Second Empire.
A tripod gueridon with feet like these ones can be seen on a picture showing the cold room of the Pompeiian house built for Prince Napoleon. (see picture attached, photograph by Laplanche J et Cie, between 1860-1866, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, PH15305). Most of the Ancient style furniture was made by Charles Rossigneux (1818-1908) but this gueridon shows that the Barbedienne Company took also part to this work.
Biography:
Henri Picard was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. He worked on the Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments gilding at the Louvre Palace. His production was in a rich and fine style, like a Japanese style inkwell, or his Pompeian style dining table centerpieces...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Greek Revival Gueridon
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Japanese Style Clock attr. to L
Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1885
By L
Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese clock in double patina bronze with suspended dial.
The portico and dial, with calligraphic Kanji numerals complemented by hands featuring an undulating dragon, are deco...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Oriental Style Amphora vases, Porcelaine de Paris, France, 1880
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of amphora vases in white and blue porcelain, richly decorated on each side with beautiful polychrome floral compositions framed by handles with openwork motifs of ori...
Category
Antique 1880s French Revival Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful ovoid-shaped covered vase in patinated bronze with golden highlights, with rich rotating decoration in relief. The lid, symbolizing Night, is decorated with a turtle, a moon, a dragon flying among the clouds ; and the belly, symbolizing the Day, is decorated with a rising sun, mountainous landscapes, and cherry tree branches.
The whole, topped with a flamed seed, is supported by three African-type atlantes dressed in a loincloth.
Historical and artistic context
This work of art combines elements of Japonism and Orientalism, two important movements representative of the taste of the time for exoticism. Indeed, this taste for Chinoiserie was revived at the end of the 19th century following the Franco-English military campaign against the imperial army in China in 1860. Napoleon III’s French troops bring back part of the treasure from the Summer Palace, constituting in 1863 the famous Chinese Museum of Empress Eugénie at the Palace of Fontainebleau. First in painting, the movement quickly spread to decorative arts and furniture.
This craze for the Far East is encouraged in France by the diffusion of Chinese ornamental works renewing the interior decoration of the luxurious Parisian residences of a clientele eager for something new.
It was also under the Second Empire that the Orientalists were propelled to the forefront. Emperor Napoleon III, aristocrats as well as wealthy bourgeois in search of exoticism fill the order books of the most renowned artists. It is then not the predominantly academic style of the Orientalists that counts but above all the exoticism that they show to a fascinated public.
Biography
Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neo-Greek Gueridons Attr. to L.C Sevin
F. Barbedienne, France, c. 1880
By Louis-Constant Sevin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of patinated and gilded bronze high guéridon attributed to L.C Sevin and F. Barbedienne, with for each of them, three paw feet joined by X shaped stretche...
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Gueridon
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Pair of "Chinoiserie" Pelmets, France, circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Dimensions of Pelmets :
Height : 50 cm (19,7 in.) ; Width : 177 cm (69,7 in.) ; Depth : 21 cm (8,2 in.)
Height : 50 cm (19,7 in.) ; Depth : 172 cm (67,7 in.) ; Depth : 20,5 cm (8 in.)
Dimensions of Tieback holders :
Height : 29 cm (11,4 in.) ; Width : 24 cm (9,4 in.) ; Depth : 21,5 cm (8,5 in.)
Amusing pair of "Chinoiserie" painted wood pelmets...
Category
Antique 1870s French Japonisme Curtains and Valances
Materials
Wood
$23,180 / set
Pair of Limoges Enameled "Marquis and Marquise" Vases, France, circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming pair of tight neck vases made in Limoges enamel on copper decors of galante scenes characters, the Marquis and Marquise.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Belle Époque Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$816 Sale Price / set
54% Off
Rare Pair of MR20 Armchairs, model by L. Mies Van Der Rohe, Germany, Circa 1970
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in PARIS, FR
A pair of soft-lined armchairs made of chromed steel tubes forming the seat, armrests and legs in one piece, with patinated red leather.
The MR20 armchair represents some of the e...
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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Louis XVI Style Commodes Attributed to Krieger, France, Circa 1880
By Antoine Krieger
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Louis XVI style commodes attributed to Krieger, in veneered wood and gilded bronze ; opening with three drawers, including one on the belt forming a writing desk and concealing two small side drawers. The commodes are decorated with an interlacing marquetry set with a double net on a green tinted wood background decorated in its center with florets. Rich ornamentation of chiseled and gilded bronzes decorated with acanthus friezes on the belt and garlands of flowers and frieze of posts at the corners, molded frames of water leaves on the side panels.
They rest on four fluted feet surmounted by Corinthian capitals, and with a Griotte marble top.
These commodes are inspired by those created by Jean-François Leleu delivered by order n° 32 of May 1st, 1773, with a third commode kept in London (Wallace Collection) for the bedroom of the Princesse de Condé at the Palais Bourbon in Paris. The central diamond, originally inlaid with a lily flower pattern, was changed during the Revolution. The pair is now exposed in the Petit Trianon in Versailles (see photo n°1 attached).
Jean-François Leleu (1729-1807), Parisian cabinet-maker, began his career as an apprentice in Jean-François Oeben’s workshop. Installed on the chaussée de la Contrescarpe, he became Maître ébéniste in 1764 and moved to rue Royale-Saint-Antoine. He worked for an aristocratic private clientele, including the prince de Condé for whom he delivered furniture between 1772 and 1777, or the comtesse du Barry...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$73,265 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Coffee table, by Roche Bobois, France, Circa 1980
By Roche Bobois
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful patinated iron coffee table. The square beveled glass top rests on four marble balls ending in four openwork sheathed feet, connected by a spacer.
Biographie :
Roche Boboi...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Splendid Giltwood Mirror, Italy, 2nd half of the 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
An important carved giltwood mirror with a rich frame beautifully decorated of arabesques. The top is richly ornamented with a cherub and surmounted by a mask on a spread shell. The ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Jardinieres-Candelabras by Boin-Taburet, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Boin-Taburet à Paris and numbered 34369 and 34370
Lovely pair of Louis XVI style planters with three light arms. Each jardiniere, with their liners in form of a basket based on a three leafy feet and a lobed base. The inner liners are removable.
The two French goldsmiths George Boin and his son-in-law Emile Taburet created around 1875 in Paris the company Boin-Taburet. They made many silver pieces inspired by the beautiful services of the eighteenth century. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, Georges Boin presented a “service de toilette” inspired by the work of François-Thomas Germain (1726-1791), and then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, several epergnes, including one of them executed after drawings by the famous artist Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), as well as tea sets of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Boin-Taburet firm also exhibited a tureen and platter after Pierre Germain...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Ottoman Style Chandelier Attributed to F. Barbedienne, France, c. 1870
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful oriental style six-light arms chandelier attributed to F. Barbedienne, made in patinated and gilded bronze. With a very Fine decoration of arabesques, cords and valances im...
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Antique 1870s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
$6,485 Sale Price
60% Off
Pair of Vases with Bouquets, Gien Manufacture, France, C1880
By Gien, Theodore Deck
Located in PARIS, FR
A charming pair of polychrome earthenware vases with gold-leaf interleaving, a technique in which Théodore Deck had become a specialist.
These oblong-shaped vases are decorated on e...
Category
Antique 1880s French Other Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Renaissance Style "Four Seasons" Cabinet by M. Lerolle, France, Circa 1890
By Lerolle
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed " Meubles D’Art, M. Lerolle, Fabricant, 61, Rue des Sts-Peres. Paris "
Remarkable carved wood cabinet, richly sculpted in the Neo-Renaissance style, and inlaid with vert de m...
Category
Antique 1890s French Renaissance Revival Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Orientalist Style Planter, France, Circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant Orientalist style rectangular planter in patinated and gilded bronze, resting on four lion paws. It is adorned with decorative friezes of water leaves, stylized floral medall...
Category
Antique 1870s French Neoclassical Revival Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Bronze
"Helix Spiral Swivel" glass table, France, Circa 1980
By Danny Lane
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful vintage oval table inspired by the style of Danny Lane, in stacked glass with removable top.
The unique design of the helical spiral tabl...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Tables
Materials
Chrome
$4,918 Sale Price
35% Off
Pair of Marble and Bronze Urns on Marble Pedestals, France, Early 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Measures: Height : 29 cm (11,4 in.) ; width : 61,5 cm (24,2 in.) ; depth : 55,5 cm (21,8 in.)
Total height : 139 cm (54,7 in.)
Important pair of rare Greek...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$74,466 Sale Price / set
29% Off
Pair of "Cloisonne" Enamel Vases, Attr. to l
Escalier de Cristal, France, C.1870
By L
Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Japanese-style roll-shaped vases, made in “cloisonné” enamel and gilded bronze. The cylindrical body is decorated with polychrom floral branches, flowers and butterflies on a...
Category
Antique 1870s French Japonisme Vases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Louis XV Style Vitrines Attributed to J.-E. Zwiener, France, Circa 1885
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted curved shape vitrines attributed to J.E Zwiener. Glazed on all sides, they open with two doors framed by gilded and chiseled Rocaille style foliated bronze mounts. Resting on four cabriole legs ending with lion’s paws, the whole is covered by a « brèche de Benou » marble top. This model was probably designed by L. Messagé.
Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener was born in Germany in 1849. In 1880 he sets up his extensive workshops in rue de la Roquette in Paris where he creates many original pieces of furniture. He imitated practically every style, ranging from ‘’Boulle’’ to Louis XVI and including extraordinary personal interpretations of the Louis XV ‘’exuberant’’ style. He participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibition, held in Paris, and was awarded the gold medal for his remarkable copy of that most famous piece of furniture, Louis XV’s desk. The catalogue of the exhibition included a wonderful elegy qualifying the work as perfect : « No criticism what-so-ever could be made ». As that other famous cabinet-maker François Linke, Zwiener had most of his bronzes modelled by Léon Messagé whose work was considered as being of the best possible quality.
Léon Messagé is a renowned designer and sculptor who integrated in his ornaments related to the Rocaille asymmetry, new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. But even though, Messagé found inspiration with these 18th century artists, such as Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, he didn’t simply copy their work and showed great originality, even extravagance, with some designs contained in "Cahier des dessins et croquis style Louis XV". He realized numerous sketches on grey paper before the execution of a reduced or life sized model of his ornaments, made of wax or terra-cotta. From 1885, Léon Messagé started working with important Parisian cabinet...
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lantern, attributed to Maison Millet, France, Circa 1890
By Maison Millet
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful lantern in double patina bronze and crystal. The central shaft is engraved with a Greek frieze centered on a star. The whole is suspended from a openwork crown decorated wi...
Category
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Metal Coffee Table, England, Circa 1930
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice Coffee table on three wrought iron curved legs with circular top, made of several patinated copper plates framed by hammered wrought iron, inlaid with bakelite trapezoidal motif...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Painting "The Music Lesson", French School, Circa 1840
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson, one illustrating a singing lesson and the other a Cello lesson.
The theme of the music lesson...
Category
Antique 1840s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$8,455 Sale Price / set
78% Off
Beautiful Louis XVI Style Writing Table, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Louis XVI style wooden writing table. The rectangular top, surrounded on three sides by a fine pierced and gilt-bronze frieze, above a d...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Planter and Decorative Dish Attributed to Samson
Cie, France, Circa 1880
By Samson
Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Important porcelain planter and decorative dish attributed to Samson
Cie.
They are decorated with golden and red friezes of intertwined lotus, fruits and flower cups, fans and...
Category
Antique 1880s French Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
$10,209 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Important Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Attributed to G. Durand, France, Circa 1880
By Gervais Durand
Located in PARIS, FR
Large veneered wood flat desk attributed to G. Durand, opening with three frieze drawers. Mounted with Rocaille style chiseled ormolu representing shells, foliage and flower garlands. Raised on four cabriole legs ornamented with chiseled ormolu.
This flat desk is inspired by the one executed by the cabinet-maker Joseph Baumhauer, which was offered by King Louis XV to Empress Elisabeth...
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
“Young Girl at the Fountain” Terracotta Lamp, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Numbered on its backside 359/576
Large sculpture made in patinated terracotta, with a servant girl filling her jug at the fountain, which is decorated in the lower part of a lion’...
Category
Antique 1880s French Table Lamps
Materials
Terracotta
$6,005 Sale Price
60% Off
Important Five Pieces Marble and Gilded Bronze Clock Set, France, Circa 1860
By Henri Picard
Located in PARIS, FR
Marked on the dial Furet
Bon, Hrs du Roy, à Paris
Measures: Clock – Height 98 cm (38 1/2 in.), width 70 cm (27 1/2 in.), depth 25 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Candelabra – Height 116 cm ...
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Charming Paris Porcelain "Deers in a Landscape" by Saunier, French School, 1819
Located in PARIS, FR
An oval porcelain plaque painted by Saunier, with deers in a landscape and a hovel in the background. It is inserted in a giltwood frame with pal...
Category
Antique 1810s French Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Important Carved Giltwood Mirror, Italy, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant sculpted giltwood mirror, of curved shape, with a rich rocaille openwork decoration of flowers, scrolls and acanthus leaves.
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
$14,442 Sale Price
35% Off
Louis XV Style Lacquered Wood Flat Desk by A.E. Beurdeley, France, Circa 1890
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamped twice A Beurdeley a Paris on the crosspieces.
Elegant Louis XV style double-side desk in lacquered wood and gilded bronze. It is adorned on all sides, in foliated bronze car...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
$105,093 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Neo-Greek Pedestals. C.G. Diehl
J.Brandely, France, circa 1867
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Lebeuf Milliet
Cie Creil Montereau, Jean Brandely
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional pair of neo-Greek style pedestals, made in blackened pearwood, gilded galvanic bronze and glazed earthenware. The sheath-shaped shaft is decorated with rectangular plates...
Category
Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Pedestals
Materials
Bronze
"Mazarin" Gilt Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful chiseled and gilded bronze chandelier with eight square section light-arms, attached to the shaft by female heads and adorned with acanthus leaves and ending with delicatel...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XIV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
$5,801 Sale Price
65% Off
Wooden
Enameled Display Sideboard Attributed to H.A Fourdinois, France, c1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Important two-tiered sideboard attributed to H.A. Fourdinois made in natural and carved wood : the lower part made up of four panels, two concave ones and two doors, richly ornated with a polychrome enameled floral decoration and gilt bronze plaques.
A large dual drawer is surmounted by the upper part of the sideboard, opening with two glazed doors, framed by detached columns. The entire unit is topped with a pediment onto which a female bust is carved in relief within a medallion on a gilt background.
With a matching set of twelve chairs.
The Forney library in Paris preserves order registers of the Fourdinois as well as sketches books and pictures representing pieces of furniture made by the Fourdinois workshops. In this documentation, some elements enable us to link this sideboard with Henri-Auguste Fourdinois’ productions, such as the large scrolls linking the upper part to the lower part of the sideboard, as well as the detached columns carved at their lower third. (picture n°1 attached)
Notebook containing ink-sketches coming from the Fourdinois workshop shows a project for a pelmet, beautified with a centering trophy composed of a torch and a quiver within in a foliage wreath, this motif obviously reused by the Fourdinois on the central decoration of the panels of our sideboard. (picture n°2 attached)
The firm of Fourdinois, considered during the Second Empire as the greatest furniture manufacturer in Paris, was founded in 1835 by Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois (1799-1871). It was developped in the context of the Expositions Universelles. At the time, the firm already produces furniture of the Neo-Renaissance style, such as a dresser that won the Great Medal at the London Universal Exhibition of 1851. The son, Henri-Auguste Fourdinois (1830-1907), joined the firm in 1860 and will become head of the firm in 1867. The high quality of his designs was remarked at the Universal Exhibition in 1862, when the jury awarded him two medals « for Excellence of Composition and Execution ». Henri-Auguste, now sole in charge, brought the firm to the summit of its achievements at the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris by winning the Grand Prize for his stand. Apart from the commissions he executed for the « Mobilier de la Couronne », he also produced high quality furniture for the Parisian bourgeoisie. The firm is at its zenith during the years 1862-1880. At this time, it is considered as an example to follow for other cabinet-makers, whether they are French, British or American.
Through the quality of execution and the extreme care taken in the decoration of furniture, H.-A. Fourdinois was particularly appreciated by Napoleon III and Eugenie...
Category
Antique 1860s French Renaissance Sideboards
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Pair of Lacquered Wood Encoignures, by A.E. Beurdeley, France, Circa 1890
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamped twice A BEURDELEY A PARIS on the back.
Charming Louis XV-inspired pair of encoignures in lacquer and gilded bronze. The animated facade ope...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Corner Cupboards
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Oriental Style Crystal and Gilded Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant Oriental style chandelier in pink tinted crystal and gilded bronze with six light arms, composed of an illuminating shaft formed by two superimposed cylinders, all decorated ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Spectacular Louis XVI Style Center Table, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful ceremonial table in mahogany veneer, black stained wood and gilded bronze. The top with symmetrical decoration presents an important marquet...
Category
Antique 1880s French Neoclassical Tables
Materials
Bronze
"the Japanese and the Oriental" Plaques, Attri. to L. Hottot, France, circa 1900
By Louis Hottot
Located in PARIS, FR
Important pair of metal with double patina plaques representing an Oriental woman and a Japanese woman, both dressed in traditional outfits, during the tea ceremony. Each is presente...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Japonisme Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
$40,355 Sale Price / set
30% Off
"The Flower Garden" Gilded Bronze Planter, France, 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV period Rocaille planter in chiseled and gilded bronze, scalloped with asymmetrical decoration of acanthus leaves and scrolls, and an openwork shell in its center. A...
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
$15,013 Sale Price
24% Off
Aesthetic Movement Jardiniere Attributed to G .Viardot, France, circa 1880
By Gabriel Viardot
Located in PARIS, FR
A large Japanese style boat-shaped jardiniere attributed to G. Viardot, made in carved wood, ornated with panels decorated with Japanese blossoming cherry tree branches and a trophy ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Aesthetic Movement Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Wood
Impressive Pair of Granite and Gilded Bronze Urns, France, 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
A very impressivel A-form pair of granit urns, each of Campana form, the rims cast with acanthus leaves, the bodies applied with foliate scrolls and flowers, with ram mask handles, o...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Granite, Bronze
$144,128 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Crystal Sugar Bowl, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Cut and engraved crystal and silvered bronze decor sugar bowl and cover.
Category
Antique 1880s French Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$2,113 Sale Price
20% Off
"Chobi" Carpet, Pakistan, circa 1980
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant geometrical Chobi carpet in beige tones, with decorative motifs in orange-red tones.
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,651 Sale Price
20% Off
Cut-Crystal Centerpiece Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1870
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant centerpiece attributed to Baccarat, composed of an oval cut-crystal cup and two circular cut-crystal cups decorated with stylized palmettes on a grid background, resting on a...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$11,890 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Neo-Greek Silvered Bronze Bowl Attributed to G. Servant, France, circa 1880
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful silvered bronze neo-Greek style bowl in a circular shape, adorned on the body with female masks in the antique style and on the sides with handles in the shape of busts of ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Decorative Bowls
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
"Rocaille" Bronze Chandelier by E. Colin
Cie , France, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Louis XV inspired chandelier in chiseled and gilded bronze with nine sconces. It consists of a baluster shaft decorated with a patinated bronze sph...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Oriental Style Polychrome Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Oriental style twelve arms chandelier with very fine geometric motifs of polychrome cold enamel on bronze. Suspended by three chains, it is centered by an ornamentation of tracery and stylized diamond-shapes. Twelve sconces and their assorted basins light the set, ending with a richly decorated enamelled...
Category
Antique 1870s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
$11,890 Sale Price
40% Off
Orientalist Chandelier Att. to E. Cornu and G. Viot
Cie, France, circa 1870
By Eugène Cornu
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare and important orientalist chandelier with 24 lights, in Algerian onyx, chiseled and gilded bronze and cloisonné enamel. It consists of a sh...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Onyx, Bronze, Enamel
Rare Neo-Pompeian Console and Its Mirror, Probably Italy, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming painted wood neo-Pompeian console and its mirror. The console, resting on four feet, is decorated with olive branches, two-tone triangle friezes and frieze of flowers on the belt, on a red background. The console is surmounted by a large matching mirror...
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Regence Style Wooden Display-Cabinet by C. Potheau, France, circa 1895
By Potheau
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Constantin Potheau, ébéniste, Paris.
Measures: Height 275 cm (108,2 in., width 160 cm (63 in.);
Upper part depth 48 cm (18.8 in.) / inside 42 cm (16.5 in.)
Lower part dept...
Category
Antique 1890s French Régence Buffets
Materials
Wood
Pair of "Bamboo" Stands attr. to H. Cahieux
F. Barbedienne France, circa 1855
By Henry Cahieux and Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
A similar model presented at the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition
Total height : 154 cm (60 5/8 in.) ; Width : 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.)
Cup : height 17 cm (6 ¾ in.)
Beautiful pair of bronze stands also named Bamboo candelabra. Each rests on three claw feet adorned with lion heads and separated with palms. A bamboo shaped shaft arises from this tripod and is topped with three buds supporting a circular red griotte marble top on which stands a cup in the Ancient style decorated with ivy.
The sobriety of the decoration enhances the quality of the bronze cast and the patina shades. The small chains falling from the top animates this work of a sleek design.
The model :
The design of these stands, inspired from Ancient tripods, is a well-known model in Ferdinand Barbedienne’s production as it was reused many times by the bronze-caster. Designed by the head-decorator Henri Cahieux, this model was edited by the Barbedienne Company as soon as 1855, named Ancient candelabra lamp-holder h. 1m35 and was sold 440 francs. From 1875, these stands were commercialised under the name Bamboo candelabra, tripod, lamp-holder and were offered in three heights : 1m90, 1m70 and 1m35. This model of stand could then be found in all catalogues of the Barbedienne Company.
This pair of candelabras allows us to see how F. Barbedienne offered during decades a range of furniture from the designs of his decorator. This type of stand could be seen in different interior decorations of the Second Empire
A model similar to ours was presented by the Barbedienne Company at the 1855 Universal Exhibition. For this occasion Empress Eugénie bought it for her toilet at Saint-Cloud Castle. A watercolor by Fortuné de Fournier made in 1860 shows them, set on both sides of a cheval mirror made by the Fourdinois Company. (see photo attached)
This model pleased the Empress so much that she ordered two other pairs in 1858 for her boudoirs at Compiègne and Fontainebleau Palaces.
Otherwise similar stands took place in the Pompeiian house built in 1856 by the architect Alfred Normand (1822-1909) for Prince Napoléon. Several pictures and engravings of this house show us these candelabras used...
Category
Antique 1850s French Greek Revival Floor Lamps
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
