Versailles Antique

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, the fashionable and extremely popular Spanish portraitist of the Belle Époque, was born in Rome on July 24, 1841 and died at his residence in Versaille...

His participation at the Paris 1878 Universal Exhibition was highly remarked with a Louis XVI style table, all in bronze and considered as a « chasing masterpiece », and a copy of th...

The young painter received many official commissions: a painting, intended for the ceiling of a room of the Louvre, entitled "Puget presenting his Milon de Crotone to Louis XIV", por...

His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. He died at Versailles. The map was engraved by Robert Benard,...

His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. He died at Versailles. The map was engraved by Robert Benard,...

In March 1902, the firm was authorized by the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette's celebrated Grand cabinet à bijoux.

A fine and large French late 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany, kingwood bandings and fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquetry and gilt bronze mounts, After a...

In 1778, he modeled Voltaire, producing a portrait bust with wig for the Comédie-Française; one for the Palace of Versailles, and one for Catherine the Great. In 1778, he joined t...

Sevres was also conveniently near the home of Madame de Pompadour and the King's own Palace at Versailles. From the outset the king's clear aim was to produce Sevres Porcelain that ...

Sèvres was also conveniently near the home of Madame de Pompadour and the King's own Palace at Versailles. From the outset the king's clear aim was to produce Sèvres Porcelain that ...

We can mention table games Transition inlaid with a checkered plate flanked by two panels decorated with flowers surrounded by a set of nets, a small writing table Louis XV violet wo...

The young painter received many official commissions: a painting, intended for the ceiling of a room of the Louvre, entitled "Puget presenting his Milon de Crotone to Louis XIV", por...

Rare French antiques from Loyd-Paxton made their way into Versailles when it underwent renovations, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased furnishings, including a ...

Along the edges are depictions of the most famous tourist attractions around the city including Notre Dame, The Palace of Versailles, and the Hermitage of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

In 1753, King of France Louis XV became the main shareholder of the factory, transferring it to Sèvres, closer to Versailles and the castle of Bellevue, owned by la Marquise de Pompa...

Her console, which was later moved to the Grand Trianon at Versailles where it still stands, is of rectangular form and originally had a top inlaid with a mosaic copied from Herculan...

In 1753 Louis XV, became a major shareholder and the manufactory was transferred to Sèvres, closer to Versailles and the château de Bellevue, acquired by the Marquise de Pompadour.

They are now in the Petit-Trianon at Versailles (P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 99, fig. 111).

Peter Hughes, in his catalogue entry for the Wallace candelabra, cites that the palm-leaf candleholders are of the same model as those on the celebrated Ostrich candelabra supplied b...

His furniture was much copied during the nineteenth century, in particular the 'Bureau du Roi' at Versailles, of which a superb version was made for the 4th Marquess of Hertford and ...

In 1753 Louis XV, became a major shareholder and the manufactory was transferred to Sèvres, closer to Versailles and the château de Bellevue, acquired by the Marquise de Pompadour.

Amongst other commissions they created bronze ornaments for the stair rail in the Garde-Meuble building at Versailles and gilt-bronze decorations for Prince de Condé at the Palais Bo...

The Earl, very much a courtier and ‘townsman’, having spent time in Paris and Versailles, became passionate about the ‘style á la française’.

The Royal Court of Ayutthaya exchanged ambassadors far and wide, including with the French Court at Versailles and the Mughal Court in Delhi, as well as with imperial courts of Japan...

In 1768-1780 Pillement moved to Versailles, where he produced decorations for Marie Antoinette in the Petit Trianon.

Related commodes by Riesener famously include an example returned to Versailles in 1999 following its acquisition at auction in London for a record price of £7 million.

It was not until 1756 that it moved to the village of Sèvres, west of Paris, strategically placed en route to King Louis XV's palace of Versailles. Here it was also adjacent to Louis...

Nicolo Roccheggiani, possibly Lorenzo's son, was also a principle artist at the Vatican, involved in executing the famous tabletop Achilles Shield commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte,...

It was garlanded, nonchalant, associated with erotic marshmallow nudes by Francois Boucher and foppish courtiers costumed as shepherds pretending they understood Jean-Jacques Roussea...

.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards, c . 1750–55; malibu, ca, getty mus.). from 1756 the essential elements...

MANUFACTORY:  MEISSEN (M939) DATING: THIRD QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY / MADE CIRCA 1870 BLUE MEISSEN SWORD MARK WITH POMMELS ON HILTS FIRST QUALITY MAT...

The original bureau plat by Cressent was used for the signature of the Peace Treaty at Versailles in 1919. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet mak...

Arizzoli-Clementel. Versailles Furniture of the Royal Palace 17th and 18th centuries, Vol.