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Monbro Aine

19th Century French Mantel Clock, by 'Monbro Aine, Paris'
By Monbro Ainé 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
; 'Monbro Aine, Paris'. Having an urn of grapes with semi clad Putti on either side. An enamelled dial
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

MONBRO Aîné Son & JACQUIER - Bronze and Marble Clock with Puttis, XIXth century
By Monbro Ainé 1
Located in Beaune, FR
Superb clock in white marble and chiseled gilt bronze signed on the enamel dial "MONBRO Aîné Fils
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

19th Century Ormolu Figural Clock by Monbro Aine, Jacquier & Henri Picard
By Monbro Ainé 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monbro Fils Aine. The circular enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes inscribed MONBRO FILS
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Monbro - Important Meuble D'appui Napoleon III
Located in BARSAC, FR
Georges Alphonse Bonifacio Monbro (1807, 1884) known as MONBRO AINE Exceptional harmoniously curved
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets

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Bronze

Monbro - Important Meuble D'appui Napoleon III
Monbro - Important Meuble D'appui Napoleon III
H 38.19 in W 59.06 in D 17.72 in
Antique Gilt Bronze and Malachite Casket by Monbro Fils Ainé
By Monbro Ainé 1
Located in London, GB
Antique gilt bronze and malachite casket by Monbro Fils Ainé French, mid 19th Century Measures
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

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Malachite, Ormolu

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Fine Pietre Dure Pair of Side Cabinets by Mombro the Eldest, 19th Century
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"MONBRO AINE" for Georges-Alphonse-Bonifacio Monbro (1807-1884), 19th century, circa 1860. Measures: H
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A French Antique Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Henry Picard
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enamel dial signed: MONBRO FILS AINE / JACQUIER HER The bronze marked: H. PICARD Dimensions: Height
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A Close Look at napoleon-iii Furniture

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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