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
19th Century Framed Oil Still Life Painting of Fruit, Grapes, and Melon
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century framed oil still life painting of fruit, grapes, and melon.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Napoleon III Period Black and Silver Mirror from France (H 53 1/2 x W 32 1/4)
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome large Napoleon III period wall mirror featuring a lovely moulded surround and a design around the frame of black and silver leaf, with original mirrored glass.
Dimensions...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
Distress Paint Decorated Swedish Napoleonic Style Center Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Swedish distressed paint decorated Napoleonic center table.
Category
20th Century Swedish Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bronze Centerpiece on Marble Base
Located in Dallas, TX
An exceptional 19th century French Napoleon III period bronze centerpiece on marble base depicts Bacchus and Ariadne in full relief, plus an intriguing dragon's tail handle on each s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century antique Napoleon III Style Mahogany Vitrine, Paris Mahogany bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Majestic French vitrine Napoleon III in transition style, Paris. Rich in extremely finely chiselled, fire-gilt decorative bronze fittings. Mahogany on solid softwood. High-angled, on...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Bronze Figure of Young Psyche by Paul Duboy
By Paul Duboy
Located in Paris, FR
This brown and gold patinated bronze figure was crafted by the French sculptor Paul Duboy. It features a little girl, psyche, standing on a naturalistic base. The bronze sculpture is set upon a round marble plinth...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Smoker Set in Red Glazed Earthenware 19th Napoleon III, De Bruyn Fives
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Five-piece smoker set. Four pots including a covered tobacco pot and a red faience tray which has a floral pattern.
Very nice enamelled earthenware work.
...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer, Attributed to Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
This stunning gilt bronze clock and barometer pair was created in circa 1860 in France. The two have been attributed to Raingo Frères, the prestigious, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century 3-Light Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A pair of 19th century bronze and ormolu candelabra, with beaded nozzles held by well cast winged cherubs perched on spheres, ending on square plinth bases.
Category
1840s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Napoleon III 'Man' Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Napoleon III andirons. The andirons are made or cast iron and have a natural brown patina. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century French Patinated Bronze Models of the Marly Horses
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of 19th century French patinated bronze models of the Marly Horses.
Category
1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Napoleon III Style Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th-20th century French Napoleon III style andirons. The andirons are made or wrought iron and have a natural brown patina.
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Napoleon III Caribbean Mahogany Curio Cabinet
Located in Stamford, CT
Napoleon III Caribbean mahogany, brass-mounted and gilt curio cabinet, circa 1840.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Napoleon III Fire-Gilt Fireplace Clock
Located in Berlin, DE
Fire-gilt fireplace clock, Rokokodekor sign. Ansonia New York, 19th century.
Bronze-gilt. Four-sided glazed housing on base with reliefed seed beads, leaves and flowers.
Approved roof trim. Digits sheet email with Arabic numerals. Brocothemia. Steel filled, formerly mercury pendulum...
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19th Century American Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Marble-Top Secretaire Bronze Decoration Napoleon III Period
Located in Sofia, BG
French chiffonier forming secretary, inlaid with violet wood and rosewood, flap opening with four drawers with red marble top. Falling cuffs and keyholes in gilded bronze.
Napoleon ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Russian School, Later 19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
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An icon of St Nicholas holding the...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Plaster Slaves with Bronze Patina, Many Losses and Flaws
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of plaster slaves with bronze patina. Many losses and flaws.
Measures: Height 49 cm and 45 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Antique French Cast Iron Chenets or Andirons, Napoleon III
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of antique chenets or firedogs cast with a head and shoulders bust of a military Generals, with a straight, pyramidal billet bar. With their rel...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Important Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain Clock Garniture, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important Napoléon III gilt bronze and turquoise porcelain clock garniture.
French, circa 1870.
This very fine clock garniture comprises of a clock and a pair of vase form candelabra.
The finely cast and chiselled gilt bronze case has a jewelled turquoise porcelain face with Roman Numerals above a plaque depicting children in a wooded landscape, flanked by expressive male and female cherub figures, cast in the round, beneath a scrolled pediment with torches en flambeau and surmounted by a turquoise vase and cover.
The pair of candelabra en-suite are in the form of turquoise porcelain vases...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Covered Cup in Marble from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Covered cup in marble from the 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century French Utzschneider & Cie Sarreguemines Pitcher
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare early 19th century French Utzschneider & Cie Sarreguemines Pitcher….Fleurus. Pattern.
The pitcher is a classical French Sarreguemines piece of pottery, from circa 1830.
This is an early piece of French transferware...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Napoleon III 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with the Arms of France. Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. It de...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique French Carrara Marble Mantelpiece
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Antique French statuary Carrara marble mantelpiece of large scale and great quality. This magnificent Napoleon III style mantelpiece is beautifully carved in the purest of white stat...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Important Vanity Mirror in Bronze Patine from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important vanity mirror in bronze patine from the 19th century with original bezeled mercury mirror.
Measures: 60cm x 37cm x 4 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Iron Napoleon III Period Console Table
Located in Austin, TX
French Napoleon III period iron console table. This piece was made with an antique balcony iron work from Aix en Provence, mounted with an iron top t...
Category
1890s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Gilt Napoleon III Rectangular Mirror
Located in Washington, DC
A Gilt Napoleon III Rectangular Mirror
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Pair of French Porcelain Hand Painted Plates from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of French porcelain hand painted plates from the 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Jardinière
Located in Sofia, BG
A very finely hand painted French barbotine ceramic jardinière Napoleon III period.
France,
circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1850-1880 Pair of Mirror Gilted in the Mercury N 3
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of mirrors in a wood frame and decorated with stucco mouldings gilded with the sheet. Mirrors are in the mercury, period N 3, 2m21 x 0m47 I don't separate this pair
Category
1850s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Scrolled Back Slipper Chair with Embroidery
Located in Buchanan, NY
A lovely 19th century French Napoleon III slipper chair. This magnificent French slipper chair features a scrolled back, and has been upholstered in a light fabric, with an embroider...
Category
1850s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Important, Rare French Ormolu Sevres Style Porcelain Jewelry Box on Bronze Table
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important French ormolu/bronze and Sevres style turquoise porcelain jewelry box casket on matching French ormolu/bronze table with Sevres style porcelain plaques.
Of palatial / monumental size!
"The Marie Antoinette Jewelry...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Putti Wall Appliques or Sconces, Bronze Gilded, Paris, 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of putti wall appliques or sconces, bronze gilded. Paris, 1870
Bronze patented, partially fire-gilded. Hand holding a cornucopia.
Unique pair of applique, fire-gilded. In th...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Zinc Finial Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two large scale table lamps. Can also work as a floor lamp. Created from a pair of matching zinc roof finial from a French chateau which had to replace its roof. These architectural ...
Category
1890s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Steel, Zinc
Pair of Iridescent Celadon Porcelain Lamps, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of bottle shapped iridescent celadon porcelain lamps. Chiseled and gilt bronze mount on an openwork circular base decorated with cartouches and swirls, two openwork handles and ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture in Concrete of a Bather Exiting Her Bath, 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in concrete of a bather exiting her bath, 20th century.
Category
1980s European Vintage Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Napoleon III Style Tortoise Shell Mirror with Pediment, 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Napoleon III style beveled mirror with a triple frame in embossed and gilt brass. Different parts of the frame are adorned with blackened wood baguettes. The central frame is enhance...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
Napoleon Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire period mirror, of gilded wood and gesso with a neoclassical style, having a molded frame decorated with palmette, foliated scrolls, and rosettes.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
Napoleon III Amphora Shaped Porcelain Sèvre Vase with Bronze Parts
Located in Weiningen, CH
Napoleon III Amphora shaped porcelain in the style of Sèvre vase with bronze parts.
Category
1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Napoleon III Porcelain Basket
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delightful French basket mounted in doré bronze which provides the framework for the six panels veneered in mother-of-pearl and set with French porcelain plaques...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French 'Grandy Fils' Fireplace Tools or Fire Tools
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Napoleon III fireplace tool set, fire irons made of brass. The toolset is signed 'Grandy Fils'. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Chinoiserie Cabinet, France, circa 1880s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming Napoleon III cabinet, lacquered black with Chinoiserie decor, and a red marble top.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Napoleon III Vernis Martin, Kingwood and Mahogany Cabinet by Linke
By Maison Grimard
Located in London, GB
A fine cabinet of the Napoleon III period
Retailed by Grimard of Paris
Almost Certainly by François Linke
Constructed in Kingwood and mahogany, with extensive decoration of high qu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Annular Dial Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important Napoleon III annular dial mantel clock is distinguished by its pendulum movement–a feature rarely seen in annular dial clocks. The pe...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century French Mirror with Carved and Giltwood Frame, Napoleon III
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century giltwood mirror of Napoleon III époque decorated with flowers and shells,
France, circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French 19th Century Bronze Candelabra with Animal Motif
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French 19th century bronze candelabra with animal motif.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Napoleon III Pedestal Clock “Parquet Regulator” after Jean-Henri Riesener, 1734
Located in Berlin, DE
A Model of Jean Henri Riesener (Received Master in 1768) executed in 1785. (inv. OA 5501 In Louvre Museum). 19th Century. This fine and sumptuous “Regulateur de Pendule” presents a fine amaranth. Of Sycamore oeuil de vermeuil, ebony and buis stringing marquetry. The base and the gaine are decorated with diamond shapes. The hours are inscribed in Roman numerals and the munutes in Arabic. It takes place in a magnificent gilt décor of three winged children playing with garlands on clouds. The regulateur is enriched with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms and pearls. The top of the gaine is enhanced with a frieze of palms and ovums, foliages and garlands of flowers. Each corner is ornated with fleurons. The front of the gaine is embellished by an Apollo mask (Sun Symbol) and each side with laurel crowns. Under the mask the cartouche is decorated by a stylized vase of flowers.
Foliated scrolls, flowers, garlands, cornucopias and musical instruments such as a harp (Apollo Reference) the cherubs are underlined by pearls, scrolls of Acanthus Leaves and garlands dawning out in foliages, framed with ropes until the lions feet. The feet rest on a base ornated with fleurons and foliages with buds of flowers ending in four conical feet with acanthus leaves.
With André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732) and Charles Cressent (1685–1768), Riesener was arguably one of the three greatest French ébénistes of the 18th century. Eventually taking over the workshop after Oeben's death in 1763, and marrying his widow some four years later. He is renowned for completing the famous bureau du Roi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Oval Napoleon III Table, circa 1850
Located in Opole, PL
Oval Napoleon III Table, circa 1850
We present you this black small table with an oval top, an openwork gallery made of brass, and an ornament.
The ...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood
Incredible Carved Marble Figure of Reclining Nude
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A carved marble figure of a reclining nude,
19th century
Measures: Height 16 1/4", Width 25", Depth 11".
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble
Carlsbad Bohemian Hardstone Inlaid Rosewood and White Metal Casket Box
Located in London, by appointment only
Bohemia, circa 1870.
This exceptional 19th century antique casket originates from Carlsbad, a spa town in the west Bohemia region of the Czech Republic. The town is officially known as Karlovy Vary and gained fame as a destination during the 19th century.
Its piping hot springs drew tourists from across Europe to 'take the waters' and their health benefits. The highly figured stones used on this exceptional box were locally sourced and are specific to the hot mineral rich springs of Carlsbad. Close inspection will reveal layer on layer of fine mineral...
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1880s Czech Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Agate, Marble
19th Century French Napoleon III Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Napoleon III firedogs made of wrought iron. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
French 1860s Walnut Side Table with Tambour Door, Marble Top and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French walnut tambour door side table from the mid-19th century, with variegated grey marble top and tapered legs. Born during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, this French walnut...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble
Napoleon III French Bronze Mantel Clock Set from the 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Napoleon III French Bronze Mantel Clock Set from the 19th Century
A figural set featuring putti, known as a mantel clock set, consisting of a mantel ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Blue and Yellow Neapolitan Tiles
By Riggiole
Located in New York, NY
Pair of blue and yellow Neapolitan tiles. Pair of large equestrian-themed floor tiles of bold blue and yellow design featuring mounted huntsmen, of Ita...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Gouaches Framed Flowers Basket, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of framed gouaches on papier representing each one a flowers basket in vase put on marble support and composed of peonies, dahlias, eyelets, tulips, periwinkles, forget-me-not, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Pair of Napoleon III Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Napoleon III lamps. Pair of engine turned period brass lamps previously converted from oil to electric on black bases; newly rewired with blac...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
1950'Chandelier Crystal Baccarat 6 Arms
Located in Paris, FR
Chandelier Crystal Baccarat ; ; prism with spikes,6 arms.
Good condition, circa 1950
Category
1950s French Vintage Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Crystal
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twelve-Light Chandelier with dragons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large late 19th century French Belle époque neoclassical revival style gilt bronze and crystal twelve-light oval shaped chandelier with drago...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Firedogs or Andirons
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Napoleon III period firedogs made of wrought iron. The andirons have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
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