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EMPIRE STYLE

From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in ​​Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.

Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.

Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.

Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.

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Style: Empire
Aubusson French 1800 - 23" x 13"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
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Early 1800s Albanian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Aubusson French 1800 - 23" x 13"
Aubusson French 1800 - 23" x 13"
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Empire Period Walnut Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century French Empire period side table or nightstand made of solid walnut and veneer of walnut and finished on all four sides. Book matched veneers with beautiful swirli...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Walnut

Danish Midcentury Birthday Table Flagpole with Dannebrog And Lion On The Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish birthday table flag, "Dannebrog", name of the Danish flag. It is placed on a green marble base, with a posed lion.   
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Early 20th Century Danish Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Marble, Silver Plate

20th Century Antique Araffia Velvet Textile Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
20th Century Antique Araffia Velvet Textile Pillow
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20th Century Unknown Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Cotton

Circa 18th Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Pillow Ca. 18th Century
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18th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton

English Needlework Pillow 1850 - 21" x 12"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
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1850s Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Romweber Empire Mahogany, Burl Wood, and Brass Nightstands, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional pair of Empire or Neoclassical style nightstands By Romweber USA, circa 1940s Mahogany cases, with gorgeous book...
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1940s American Vintage Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

19th Century French Tapestry Pillow - 13" X 11"
Located in Los Angeles, US
19th Century French Tapestry Pillow - 13" X 11", Floral Style
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19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

Early-19th Century English Tapestry Pillow - 15" X 10"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Early-19th Century English Tapestry Pillow - 15" X 10", Floral Design, Authentic
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Early 19th Century British Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
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16th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

17th Century Flemish Pillow - 19" x 9"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
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17th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Brussels 16th Century Pillow - 21" x 18"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
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16th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Circa 1850 Antique French Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Ca. 1850 Antique French Pillow
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1850s French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton

Circa 1930 Suzani Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Ca. 1930 Antique Suzani Pillow
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1930s Unknown Vintage Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton

Throw Pillow Made from 16th Century Flemish Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, US
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16th Century Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
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16th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Circa 1880 Antique French Needlepoint Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Ca. 1880 Antique French Needlepoint Pillow
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1880s French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

17th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
17th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow - 20'' X 14'', Needlework and Handmade, Brussels.
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17th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
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16th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

Circa 1850 Antique Portuguese Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Ca. 1850 Antique Portuguese Pillow
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1850s Portuguese Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton

20th Century Antique Araffia Velvet Textile Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
20th Century Antique Araffia Velvet Textile Pillow
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20th Century Unknown Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Cotton, Wool

Circa 1660 Antique Flemish Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
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1660s Unknown Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton

19th Cent Ebony Empire Commode or Nightstand, Refinished, Bronze Mounted
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th Century, Hollywood Regecny Style Commode, Chest or Nightstand. Bronze Mounted Empire Commode or Nightstand, Refinished in a fine ebony finish to suite the Hollywood Regency Decor of any home. 19th century Empire commode or nightstand. This fine commodes...
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1860s Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Marble

Empire Style Mahogany Dog’s Bed
Located in Spencertown, NY
The diminutive mahogany sleigh bed with green and white upholstery.
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Late 20th Century French Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Mahogany

Empire Style Mahogany Dog’s Bed
Empire Style Mahogany Dog’s Bed
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Giltwood Bed Corona
Located in Essex, MA
With acorn and oak leaf crest and scrolled swans. Probably used over a bed.
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1810s French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Other

Italian, Lombardia, Empire Mahogany and Ebonized Terrestrial Globe, ca. 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
the large globe retaining original artwork and centered inside a vertical ring and a larger horizontal ring, the rings raised on a framework of tapering ebonized columns joined by a ...
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Early 1800s Italian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Mahogany

Set of Three Painted Pine Children s Chairs
Located in Baltimore, MD
These delightful plank seat children’s chairs are in a rustic Empire style, with a scroll at the top of the back rail and turned legs at the front. In old worn buttermilk paint. Seat...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Pine

Pair of Brazilian Rock Crystal Obelisks on Stepped Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Add architectural elegance to any console or mantel with this refined pair of hand-carved rock crystal obelisks. Crafted in Brazil, each tall and slender monument rests on a stepped ...
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2010s Brazilian Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Rock Crystal

French 1890s Empire Style Lit en Bateau Doll Bed with Out-Scrolling Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style wooden lit en bateau doll bed from the late 19th century, with out-scrolling accents. Created in France during the last quarter of ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

19th Century French Empire Miniature Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century French Empire miniature sample commode with four dovetailed drawers. Made of burl of walnut veneer with oak and pine as secondary woods. Working locks with ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Walnut

Early 19th Century French Empire Apprentice Commode in Walnut with Lift Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century French Empire Apprentice Commode in walnut with lift top. Table top item.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Walnut

19th Century French Empire Marble Top Mahogany Bedside Table with Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1870 and built of mahogany wood, the elegant antique cabinet stands on front rounded columnar supports embellished with decorative bronze mounted rings at the...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Marble

Mid-18th Century French Part Metallic Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-18th Century French Part Metallic Tapestry Pillow - 23" x 9"
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Pair Large French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Obelisks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very large antique obelisks in the French Empire style with malachite veneers and neoclassical gilt bronze mounts including goddesses and masks...
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1970s Vintage Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Malachite, Bronze

Empire Nightstands, Walnut, Full Columns, Gold-Leaf, Brass, Italy, circa 1810
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, neoclassical and greatly restored Pair of Venetian Empire Nightstands, bedside tables or pillar cabinets from northern Italy, circa 1810. Walnut, veneered on softwood and ...
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1810s Italian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass, Gold Leaf

EARLY 19th CENTURY EMPIRE PERIOD BED HEADBOARD
Located in Firenze, FI
This beautiful Empire period shield headboard, dating to around 1810, is a masterpiece of craftsmanship made entirely of cherry wood. The gilded and carved wood finishes give a touch...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wood

17th Century Flemish Pillow - 18" x 10"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
Category

17th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool, Feathers

17th Century Flemish Pillow - 23" x 8"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
Category

17th Century Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool, Feathers

Elegant octagonal empire column bedside table
Located in Cesena, FC
Elegant empire column nightstand, octagonal. Origin: emiliana (Bologna) Empire-era (early 1800s) Entirely veneered in poplar burl with a special stain that enhances the intricate gr...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Poplar

17th Century Flemish Pillow - 22" x 11"
Located in Los Angeles, US
Good Condition, Original Design Modified.
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17th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Feathers

17th Century Brussels Botanical Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
17th Century Brussels Botanical Tapestry Pillow
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17th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Circa 1860 Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
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1860s French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton

Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
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16th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool

Contemporary Pillow Made from 18th Century French Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, US
18th Century French Tapestry Pillow 25'' X 11'', Authentic 18th Century French Piece
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18th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry Pillow - 25 X 21
Located in Los Angeles, US
16th-century antique Flemish tapestry pillow 25'' X 21''. Empire and traditional.
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16th Century Belgian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Feathers

Throw Pillow Made from 16th Century Flemish Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, US
16th Century Flemish Tapestry Pillow 18" x 12", authentic 16th century European piece
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16th Century European Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool

Ancient Empire Period Bed, Large and Completely Original
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique Empire Bed, Large and Original This large and original antique Empire bed dates back to the early 1800s. It is an important Empire bed that has never been restored and is com...
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1810s European Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

Period French Empire Neoclassical Wallpaper Screen by Zuber of Dufour
Located in Essex, MA
Period Empire neoclassical wallpaper screen. Either by Zuber of Dufour. Was always intended as a screen.
Category

Late 18th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Paper

Napoleonic Gilt-Bronze Portrait Medallion Napoleon, by Carlier Fecit, 1804-1806
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Napoleonic Gilt-Bronze Portrait Medallion of Napoleon, Signed Carlier Fecit, France, circa 1804–1806 An Empire-period gilt-bronze portrait medallion of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bronze, Ormolu

Schumacher Toile De La Prairie Pillow in Blue
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Toile De La Prairie with a self welt finish. A meadow’s worth of songbirds, butterflies, blooming branches, and seed pods intermingle...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Cotton

16th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
A striking sixteenth century Brussels tapestry fragment showcasing beautifully aged tones of antique taupe warm stone beige dusty mushroom brown deep indigo muted teal soft ivory and...
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16th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool, Cotton, Feathers

French Empire Mahogany 3-Fold Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) mahogany 3 fold screen with bronze trim and round pastel painting on top panel.
Category

19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bronze

Antique Angel Motif Sterling Silver Snuff Box
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful snuff box is made from sterling silver. The lid and sides are covered in an intricate floral design with musical instruments and a scene of two playing cherubs in its ...
Category

Early 20th Century German Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Sterling Silver

Early 20th Century French Empire Style Glass Ormolu Wood Fire Screen
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century French Empire Style Glass Ormolu Wood Fire Screen French, Early 20th Century Height 104cm, width 61cm, depth 39cm This early 20th century fire screen, created in ...
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Early 20th Century French Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Ormolu

Rare French, Early 19th Century Napoleonic Medal Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Rare French early 19th century Napoleonic medal cabinet on four gilt bronze pawfeet, a hinged door to the top and front opening to reveal four drawers containing 184 very fine bronzed plaster medals...
Category

Early 19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

16th Century Antique Brussels Floral Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
A vibrant sixteenth century Brussels tapestry fragment featuring stylized florals fruit and foliage woven in a beautifully aged palette of deep indigo muted teal golden wheat olive g...
Category

16th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Feathers

16th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
A refined sixteenth century Brussels tapestry fragment showcasing stylized fruit and foliage in a beautifully aged palette of soft sand beige warm wheat tan golden taupe muted olive ...
Category

16th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Feathers

Pair of Italian Empire-style bedside tables, 1950s
Located in Cantù, IT
Pair of Italian Empire-style bedside tables, 1950s
Category

20th Century Italian Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Empire Nightstand with Drawer and Door 19th Century in Solid Walnut
Located in Milano, MI
Antique Bedside Table in Empire Walnut with an elegantly threaded brass drawer surmounting a door concealing two interior shelves. The cabinet is solid walnut and has been fully line...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Brass, Bronze

18th Century Antique Florentine Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
18th Century Antique Florentine Tapestry Pillow 19'' x 18''
Category

18th Century Italian Antique Empire More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Empire more furniture and collectibles for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Empire more furniture and collectibles for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage more furniture and collectibles created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, tables, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire more furniture and collectibles made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Unknown pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original more furniture and collectibles, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Europa Antiques, Modenese Gastone, and Schumacher. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for more furniture and collectibles differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $125 and tops out at $95,530 while the average work can sell for $2,520.

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