Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Malachite, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Malachite, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Malachite, Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Malachite, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Metal
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
1840s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Silver, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Brass, Bronze
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Brass
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
19th Century American Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Enamel
1810s French Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu, Bronze
1850s French Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Enamel
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Metal
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Empire Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Brass
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Brass
1870s French Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Malachite, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Ormolu
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Pewter
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Enamel
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
19th Century Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Metal, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu, Bronze
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Brass, Ormolu
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Napoleon Mantel Clocks
Bronze
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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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Finding the Right Mantel-clocks for You
Personal time-telling devices may have migrated from our pockets to our wrists and finally onto our phones, but despite the convenience of a handheld digital timekeeper, nothing can beat well-made vintage, new and antique mantel clocks.
Invented by clockmakers in France and popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries, these practical yet ornate pieces were typically displayed on top of fireplaces or desks. While the most common mantel clocks were created in the traditional tambour style, which features a wide base that flares into an upright drum- or camelback-shaped case, modern clockmakers and furniture designers have experimented with their own ideas for these decorative objects over the years, introducing different forms and working with unconventional materials. A collection of whimsical, monochromatic handmade mantel clocks crafted by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk, called Floating Frames, for example, features minimalist frames of anodized wire and ceramic clockfaces.
When shopping for an antique, vintage or new mantel clock, don’t be afraid to branch out. Wood mantel clocks of any era will bring a classic, elegant allure to the shelving in your living room or the bookcase in your bedroom, while Empire-style mantel clocks will comparatively boast eye-catching gilt bronze and pronounced sculptural attributes. Some Art Deco mantel clocks will feature an integration of marble or glass and will likely be marked by the decorative embellishments associated with that particular furniture style.
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