Versailles Antique

First created and supplied in 1708 by Boulle for Louis XIV’s bedchamber at Versailles, the original pair was one of only four furnishings deemed worthy enough to be rescued from both...

Maurice CHABAS Nantes 1862 - Versailles 1947 Cave in Brittany, study for the painting “Les Vierges des Falaises” (The Virgins of the Cliffs) Circa 1895 Oil on canvas Signed a...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

He also revived the tradition of family portraits (for example, The Family of the Marquis de Sourches, 1756, exhibited at the Salon of 1759, now in Versailles), placing his subjects ...

After Jacob Desmalter. The Grand Trianon Versailles Original was made in 1808 for Caroline Murat (Napoleon's Youngest Sister)

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.

This bust is part of the aesthetic of the Louis XIV period, a period marked by the grandeur and splendor of the arts, embodied by the works of the Louvre and especially the Palace of...

Pieces like this were created for the burgeoning Parisian middle class who sought to emulate the Versailles aesthetic within more intimate, domestic settings.

Exhibited at the Salon of 1817 and bought by the State for 12,000 francs, L'Amour was first exhibited at Versailles at the Grand Trianon and was moved to the Louvre in about 1850.

He decorated the Palace of Versailles. Its style is recognizable by the balance and nobility of the figures.

The artwork was printed around 1840, likely as part of the Galerie Historique de Versailles series, commemorating France's revolutionary victories.

Floral band, hand cut shade. Versaille style.

Unfolding from a quiet center, the scrolling acanthus leaves and palmette forms bloom outward in mirror-like symmetry, invoking classical French design idioms reminiscent of palace d...

Interchange station Interchange Ordinary station Station ordinaire Station de correspondance Lines List: Line 1: Vincennes – Maillot Line 2: Nation – Dauphine Line 3: Lilas – Cha...

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...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

Grand Tour Fine Group of Sculpture in Bronze after a Louvre Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. Diana is represented at the hunt, hastening forward, as if in pursui...

In this role, De La Rue presented a group entitled Bacchante qui enivre des enfants and four bas-reliefs of the Saisons to the king during an exhibition at Versailles in 1754. Before...

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...

Reduction of a vase forming part of the decoration of the North Parterre of the Palace of Versailles. Made in 1665 after the designs of the royal goldsmith Claude I Ballin. signature...

Félix-Hippolyte LANOÜE (Versailles, 1812 – Versailles, 1872) Italian Landscape with Bathers Oil on canvas, in its original frame D. 41 cm Signed lower right Circa 1840 Trained by Je...

Red Griotte was the favourite marble for Royal apartments in the 18th century, particularly for mantles, like the one in the office of Louis XIV in Versailles. Walnut & Burr Wal...

The clock mechanism bears the inscription ‘Burgeat à Versailles’, confirming its creation by Jérôme Burgeat.

Maurice Chabas (Nantes 1862 – Versailles 1947) Pensive Young Woman Graphite with white-chalk highlights on blue-grey paper 46 × 32 cm Unsigned Provenance Bruno Delarue Gallery, É...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

This overall floral lattice imbues the rug with delicate movement and texture, evoking the lush tapestries and Savonnerie carpets designed for the salons of Versailles and Fontainebl...

To possess such a carpet is to hold a fragment of the French decorative arts, a bridge between the formal halls of Versailles and the enduring, soulful craftsmanship of the French co...

Isabey was hired by the Palace of Versailles to paint portraits of the dukes of Angoulême and Berry.

The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory was founded to the east of Paris in the disused Royal Château of Vincennes, late in 1739-40. and moved to the village of Sèvres, west of Paris in 175...

Ideal for classic, transitional, or even eclectic interiors, this antique Savonnerie rug brings the opulence of Versailles into the heart of any space. Rich in heritage and artistry...

Today, the marble resides at the Musée du Louvre, while the bronze is proudly displayed in the gardens at the Château de Versailles. This French school piece is a fine nineteenth-ce...

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...

These antique lanterns were made after an 18th-century model for the Chateau of Versailles and use the octagonal 'Versailles' or 'beehive' form.

His works can be found in the Courtauld, the Harvard University Art Museums, the Hermitage Museum, the Louvre, the National Portrait Gallery, Versailles, and the National Gallery. Hi...

The grey-green color of the wood is sometimes referred to as "gris trianon" - having a connection to the interior decoration scheme of the Trianon Estate built in the 1600s near the ...

The original is now in the permanent collection of the Musée de Versailles. Origin: French Date: Circa 1895 Dimension: (H)31 in x (W)43 in x (D)24 in

Riesener for Louis XVI's bedroom at Versailles. The commode's central panel was inlaid with the ciphers of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, which, after 1789 was replaced with a pasto...

This desk uses the same basics as the famous desk of the King of Versailles. It features a superb marquetry decoration of bottomless cubes in rosewood and mahogany, flanked on the ...

Today, his works reside in major museums such as the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles. Riesener’s furniture is prized not only for its beauty, but for its precision and intellect...

Madame Sophie, Sophie-Philippe-Élisabeth-Justine de France, known as Madame Sixième and later Madame Sophie, was born at the Palace of Versailles on 21 July 1734 and died in the same...

"[1] Jacque also provided the illustrations for numerous books, in particular the Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith; The Indian Cottage, a novella published with Paul et Virgin...

It bridges the gap between the formal grandeur of Versailles and the sophisticated requirements of a modern "stately" interior, transforming any grand room into a sanctuary of histor...

The engraving was produced decades later as part of the Galerie Historique de Versailles, a major cultural project initiated under King Louis-Philippe to celebrate key moments in Fre...

We find in particular an example of this type of ornament on the pillars of the walls built all along the rue du Maréchal Joffre in the Potager du Roi at the Palace of Versailles.

The piece featuring three gallant couples around a tree is based on a model dated 1772 by Michael Victor Acier (1736, Versailles–from 1799), who worked in Meissen from 1762 and is of...

Created during the reign of King Louis XVI 1774 – 1793 (and understood to have been the property of one of the last Dukes of the French Nobility prior to the French Revolution and th...

He moved to the Paris region at a young age and completed a classical education at the Lycée Hoche in Versailles. Encouraged in his vocation by his father, himself an amateur painter...

Charles Jouas is well known for his passion for architecture, which he drew in this very distinctive style that we recognize here, but he is best known for his depictions of Gothic a...

Living in relative isolation, he died at his home in Versailles on December 11, 1947. Bibliography – Léon Bazalgette, Le Salon de la Rose-Croix, Essais d’art libre, Girard, Paris, 18...

(see photo attached) This clock is described in the inventory of Versailles clocks from 1787, in the Clock Cabinet of the King’s apartments at Versailles : « 1.

The engraving was produced several decades later as part of the Galerie Historique de Versailles, a grand national project initiated under King Louis-Philippe to commemorate pivotal ...

Drawing from the luxury of Sèvres Porcelain and Louis XV's famed bleu céleste service from Versailles, this elegant French porcelain vase features the trademark shade of blue and med...

Petersburg, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Palace of Versailles. One of the most successful types features views of Rome framed within panels of precious stones.

For instance, the National Museum of the Château de Versailles and Trianon preserves a remarkable five-legged tray in the shape of a plum blossom once owned by Queen Marie-Antoinette.

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 ...

Created from brass, crystal and glass. Designed by Mice Versailles.

Originally referred to as an oeil de boeuf vitrine for the bull's eye circular windows found in the Palace of Versailles, the round zinc cabinet features two display shelves accessib...

The face is enameled with a Roman dial and marked Versailles. The bronze figural garniture urns showcase swans at the base of the vessel with an additional scene wrapped around the ...

In 1824, for example, he sold to the 3rd Duke of Northumberland a pair of cabinets made by Domenico Cucci for Louis XIV at Versailles in 1683. These were substantial ebony cabinets f...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...