Napoleon III Furniture
NAPOLEON III STYLE
Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.
Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”
Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.
Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)
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Style: Napoleon III
Framed Original Opera Costume Design Water Color, By Charles Betout
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor opera costume design by Charles Betout, the principal costume designer for the Comédie-Française in Paris from 1919 til his death in 1939. Betout was renowned for...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Paper
Important Napoleon III Lion Inkwell, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Office inkwell in Siena yellow marble and bronze Napoleon III 19th century
34cm x 20cm
Very good condition.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique French
Year
Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French fireback. The date of production, 1878, is cast in the fireback.
The fireback has a natural brown patina and can be made black/pewter upon request at no extra c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Collectible White Porcelain Ashtray Hotel Intercontinental Paris France 1950
s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Collectible Ashtray Intercontinental Paris le Grand Hotel France.
From the InterContinental Paris le Grand Hotel France, collectible.
Ivory white ceramic with gold Imperial crown logo and inscriptions.
A cream crackled ceramic ashtray with gilt edge from the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris, France.
Manufactured by Bausher Weiden Bavaria white Porcelain Germany...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bohemian Cut Crystal Box, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bohemian cut crystal box, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Bohemian cut crystal box, brass mounting, late 19th century, Napoleon III period.
H: 15cm, W: 19cm, D: 11cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
A. Giroux, Wall-mounted Letter Rack, France, circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Japanese-inspired wall-mounted letter rack in chiseled and gilded bronze with geometric uprights imitating bamboo. The letter compartment is made up of three glass panes eng...
Category
1860s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century (late) Painting Officer
s Helmet By Jules Desgoffe 1864-1905
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century (late) Painting Officer's Helmet By Jules Desgoffe 1864-1905. Beautiful painting purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questi...
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Late 19th or early 20th century French Napoleon III fireplace basket, fire basket made of wrought iron and cast iron. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III period fireplace basket with period andirons and new grate. The fire basket is made of cast iron and wrought iron. The basket is in a good condition ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Very Fine Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Candelabras by Victor Raulin
Located in Tarzana, CA
A very fine pair of 19th century French gilt bronze Napoleon III figural candelabras by Victor Raulin.
Each modeled in a form of a standing putti supporting a branch with a seven-a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th Century French Napoleon III period fireplace basket. The fire basket is made of wrought iron and cast iron. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
French, Sevres Style, Gilt Bronze, Porcelain, Mantle Clock by Vincent
Cie
Located in New York, NY
An antique Napoleon III arched mantle clock, featuring pink porcelain panels with hand painted portraits of Marie Antoinette and courtship. A hinged door p...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Gold Leaf
19th Century French Octagonal Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak side table from France with an octagonal shaped top. The top has a carved decorated band inside a beveled and carved decorated edge. The top follows down to a lovely...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Late 19th or early 20th century French Napoleon III fireplace basket. The fire basket is made of wrought iron and cast iron. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Silver and Crystal Ewer, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silver and crystal ewer, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Beautiful ewer, Napoleon III period, 19th century in silver and crystal.
H: 29cm, W: 15cm, D: 13cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Silver
19th Century Liqueur Cellar
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely little liqueur cellar from the second half of the 19th century with orientalist inspiration.
Small elephant resting on a base. On its back a small barrel which must have conta...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Glass
Exceptional Napoleon III Bronze Mounted And Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Antique French Bronze mounted writing table with particularly fine form dating to the late 19th Century. The table features all over Bronze mounts including Caryatid figures o...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Engraving, under Glass, Representing an Elegant Front and Back
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century engraving, under glass, representing an elegant front and back
Measures: W 31cm, D 21cm, H 5cm.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireplace basket, fire basket made of wrought iron and brass. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Brass
Antique French 19th Century Napoleon III Jewelry Box Inlaid Brass Pearl Thuya
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Marvelous & luxurious ! This most rare 19th century French antique Napoleon III jewelry box.
Great large size jewelry box that can be used to store your jewelry in style! Very rar...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique French Fireplace Tools or Fire Tools, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireplace tool set. The toolset consists of a stand and two fire irons. Made of wrought iron and brass. It is in a good condition and is fully functi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Brass
Still Life Painting, Flowers Vase Painting, Flowers of Peonies, Oil on Wood
Located in Breganze, VI
Flowers artwork, antique oil painting, Still Life with Bouquet of Pink Peonies flowers proposed here is an
oil painting on wood of the Nineteenth Century. It also has a wood frame. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Ormolu and Porcelain Mantel Clock by Wilson
Gander, London
By Wilson
Gandar
Located in Norwich, GB
French gilded ormolu mantel clock with blue hand painted floral porcelain panels (the panels all separately signed ‘Creilliet Montereai, Medaillon D’or, ...
Category
1850s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Wooden Sculpture of Simon the Zealot, Napoleon III Period, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large wooden sculpture of Simon the Zealot, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
Sculpture in carved wood representing Simon the Zealot, with two attributes: the first, the saw, objec...
Category
19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century German Napoleon III
Flower Basket
Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th Century German Napoleon II period fireback with a flower basket.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a black / pewter patina. The fireback is in a good condition, no cr...
Category
19th Century German Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireplace basket. The fire basket is made of wrought iron. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional. The total width of the front of...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Stunning Vertiko with marquetry, half cabinet, Napoleon III, 1880s, France
Located in Wien, AT
Stunning Vertiko, half-cabinet, made in the 1880s in France, Napoleon III.
An extraordinary piece of furniture that is an statement piece for any interior. The particularly masterf...
Category
1880s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Window Seat
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak window seat from France with an exquisitely hand carved back, depicting a central carved face surrounded by acanthus leaves. The arms are hand turned and are attache...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique Landscape Mountain Painting, Sheep And Shepherds, Oil On Canvas, XIX
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a mountain landscape painting with sheep and shepherds. Antique oil on canvas painting. XIX century.
This oil painting on canvas has an origina...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Canvas
$3,490 Sale Price
27% Off
Napolean III Boulle Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Lady writing cabinet form the 19th century, French Napolean III period, with inlay in the Boulle style. With a centered cabinet door, surrounded by open shelves, three drawers over a...
Category
19th Century Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$10,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Porcelain Covered Vases, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of porcelain covered vases, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A pair of 19th century Napoleon III period porcelain covered vases with gallant scenes, signed Dresden, Germany.
...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A Napoleon III mahogany bureau plat desk on cabriole legs
Circa 1890
The desk has been finished with ormolu mounts and the legs with winged lions
At each end is an intricate laurel r...
Category
1890s Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Napoleon III Style French Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
20th century French Napoleon III style fireplace basket - fire basket made of wrought iron and polished brass. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
French Napoleon III
Dancers
Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III style fireback with two dancers.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter at n...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique French Stand for a Roasting Jack, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III period stand for a roasting jack. The stand is hand forged and made of wrought iron. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Early 20th century French Napoleon III fireplace basket - fire basket made of wrought iron and cast iron. The basket is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Wrought Iron Dining Table Base, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wrought iron dining table base, 20th century.
Twentieth century wrought iron dining table base or pedestal table, Napoleon III style.
H: 73cm, D: 100cm
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th century French school, large painting signed Joseph Paul Martin dated 1857
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
19th century French school, architectural scene by Joseph Paul Martin (1799- after 1861). Oil on canvas signed and dated 1857. Our painting is set into a beautiful 19th century gold ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
French 19th Century Napoleon III Oval Marble Top Side Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
French 19th Century Napoleon III Oval Marble Top Side Table. Table has an oval form with a three quarter brass gallery surround over a white...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique French Napoleon III
Roman Scene
Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with a Roman scene. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. It is in a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Hst Erotic Subject, Framed, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Oil on framed canvas, oval, depicting an intimate scene of a young woman in her bedroom
Illegible signature lower right
Good general condition, some scratches and small paint losse...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Paint
French Napoleon III Imari Porcelain and Bronze Dore Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Napoleon III (19th Century) chandelier with red, white and blue Imari porcelain bowl and top section with bronze dore 8 foliate form arms suspended on a stylized filigree chai...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Brass Rococo Inkwell, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 19th-century French inkwell in gilded brass, designed in the Napoleon III style with Rococo influence. The piece showcases flowing curves, ornate foliate scrolls, and a shell-like ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
$645 Sale Price
50% Off
19th Century French Napoleon III Cheval Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large 19th century French Napoleon III chevalet, or cheval mirror, made of rosewood with ebonized details. Turned columns and finials and nicely ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Pair of French Hand Blown Slice Cut Crystal Flutes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French cut crystal stemmed flutes. The cutting style around the top is thumbprint while the body is slice cut.
This pair would service well as toasting glasses...
Category
1860s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Crystal
$120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bronze Group Of Putti Blacksmiths, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze group with brown patina, composed of 3 sculptures: 2 blacksmith putti forge their arrows on an anvil.
Wear and tear, missing parts (tools) and old restorations (hammer). ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,479 / set
A 19th Century Napoleon III Period Bronze Mirror.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century Napoleon III period bronze mirror.
A 19th century Napoleon III period bronze mirror.
H: 116cm, W: 69cm, D: 12cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Aubusson Carpet Napoleon III Period (10
10" x 15
-330 x 457)
Located in New York, NY
19th Century French Aubusson Carpet Napoleon III Period
10'10" x 15' - 330 x 457
Category
1890s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique French Napoleon III
Hunter
Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with a hunting scene. The fireback is made of cast iron. The patina is natural brown. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. The fireba...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Gilded Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Gilded Mirror will make a splendid addition to any room! The proportions are somewhat unusual, tall and narrow, making it ideal for special s...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Small Pedestal Table, Napoleon III Style, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small pedestal table, Napoleon III style, 20th century.
Early 20th century pedestal table, Napoleon III style, wood and gilt bronze, marble top, Louis XVI style.
H: 56.5 cm, D: 50 cm
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Blue Opaline Vases with Gold Accents, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of blue opaline vases with gold accents, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Pair of 19th century vases from the Napoleon III period in blue opaline.
H: 26 cm, D: 13.5 cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Opaline Glass
19th Century French Second Empire Period Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Second Empire Period marble top buffet is a timeless example of the magnificent furnishings that emanated from France during t...
Category
1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Napoleon III Patinated Bronze
Marble Clock
By Napoléon III
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III Gilt and Patinated Bronze and White Marble Clock, circa 1870, of rounded rectangular form, the circular white enamel dial signed "Gros A Lyon", the movement strike on be...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large French Wrought Iron Fireplace Tools or Fire Tools, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Large 19th century French Napoleon III fireplace tool set consisting of fireplace tongs and a shovel. The fire irons are made of wrought iron. They are in a good condition and are fu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Bronze Dore Napolean Ink Well, France.
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Encrier set with richly-veined Verde Antico marble base mounted with pair gilt-bronze inkwells flanked on either side of a Napolean bust. The marble base with pen tray rest on sh...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Marble-Top Secretaire in Blackened Wood Napoleon III Period
Located in Sofia, BG
Lady's secretaire of blackened wood and nets decorated with rosettes and scrolls in gilded brass. It opens on the front with a drawer and a flap discovering niches and small drawers ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,479 Sale Price
32% Off
Nineteenth-century German Porcelain Group Lady with Bird
Located in Pistoia, IT
Polychrome porcelain group depicting a young woman opening a bird cage. German manufacture of the 19th century. The group is based on a 1772 model by Johann Carl Schönheit for the M...
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19th Century German Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large French Napoleon III Period Table Mirror With Drawer, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Large antique French Napoleon III period blond fir table mirror with storage drawer. Modern glass mirror. Wood back.
Drawer dimensions 42 x 16 cm / 16.53 x 6.29 .in
Glass dimensions...
Category
1880s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Large Giltwood and Gilt Bronze French Candelabra, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
Large giltwood and gilt bronze candelabra in the Louis XVI style, Paris, circa 1870.
Each candelabra has 18 arms, on two tiers.
The candelabra can be wired for use with modern lights...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Napoleon Iii furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Napoleon III furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, building and garden elements, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Napoleon III furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Baccarat, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, and Ferdinand Barbedienne. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $49 and tops out at $2,500,000 while the average work can sell for $3,313.
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