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Period: 1860s
Scottish 19th Century Victorian Carron Cast Iron Arched Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
An unusually large mid-19th century Victorian cast iron arched insert from Carron of Falkirk. A generous outer plate with a border cartouche, s...
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1860s Scottish Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Historical Marble Limestone Handcrafted Columns Table, Spain, 1864
Located in Madrid, ES
Impressive marble table. With limestone handcrafted columns taken from the Medinaceli Palace. XIX century palace in the center of Madrid disappeared in 1964. Columns were used as leg...
Category
1860s Spanish Neoclassical Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble, Limestone
Door Stop Cast Iron, Victorian Lion Serpent Original Green Red Gold
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Victorian, cast iron, door stop with a lion & a serpent, retaining original green, red & gold paint, 11 ¼” high
Rare doorstop, representing protection against temptation.
The lio...
Category
1860s English Early Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pendant Designed by Thue Christensen for Nordisk Solar, Denmark, 1960s
By Nordisk Solar Co., Thue Christensen
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant pendant designed by Thue Christensen for Nordisk Solar, Denmark, 1960s. This pendant features brushed and lilac lacquered metal rectangular elements.
Category
1860s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal
Gothic Revival English Oak Bevel Shield Shape Stand Mirror with Finials
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare Gothic mirror on legs with a unique shield shape and finials. Lead backed original bevel glass intact. Lovely patina and size with nice attention to subtle detailing,
circa 1...
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1860s English Gothic Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Oak
Antique Bluestone Well Cover, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
This well cover can be used to put on a well. The well cover is in a nice shape and in a good condition.
The well cover looks nice in a garden or also in ...
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1860s Belgian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
Comfortable Chest of Drawers in Chippendale Style
By Thomas Chippendale Jr.
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Comfortable chest of drawers in Chippendale style
A rare combination of excellent quality, the state of conservation is intact. Original surface, gloriously patinated over time
Category
1860s British Chippendale Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany
Lamps Pair Candlesticks Brass Repousee Chased 19th Century Antiquarian Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Pair of 19th century, antiquarian, baroque-revival, brass, repousse, pricket candlesticks upcycled into a pair of table lamps, 27“ high
Finely chased with characteristic Baroque...
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1860s English Baroque Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century French Commodes
Located in Dublin, GB
A fine pair of 19th century French commodes in the Louis XV style. Constructed in bookmatched kingwood veneers, inlaid with floral motifs, richly decorated with fine ormulo mounts, t...
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1860s French Louis XV Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Ormolu
Wooden & Enameled Display Sideboard Attributed to H.A Fourdinois, France, c1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Important two-tiered sideboard attributed to H.A. Fourdinois made in natural and carved wood : the lower part made up of four panels, two concave ones and two doors, richly ornated with a polychrome enameled floral decoration and gilt bronze plaques.
A large dual drawer is surmounted by the upper part of the sideboard, opening with two glazed doors, framed by detached columns. The entire unit is topped with a pediment onto which a female bust is carved in relief within a medallion on a gilt background.
With a matching set of twelve chairs.
The Forney library in Paris preserves order registers of the Fourdinois as well as sketches books and pictures representing pieces of furniture made by the Fourdinois workshops. In this documentation, some elements enable us to link this sideboard with Henri-Auguste Fourdinois’ productions, such as the large scrolls linking the upper part to the lower part of the sideboard, as well as the detached columns carved at their lower third. (picture n°1 attached)
Notebook containing ink-sketches coming from the Fourdinois workshop shows a project for a pelmet, beautified with a centering trophy composed of a torch and a quiver within in a foliage wreath, this motif obviously reused by the Fourdinois on the central decoration of the panels of our sideboard. (picture n°2 attached)
The firm of Fourdinois, considered during the Second Empire as the greatest furniture manufacturer in Paris, was founded in 1835 by Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois (1799-1871). It was developped in the context of the Expositions Universelles. At the time, the firm already produces furniture of the Neo-Renaissance style, such as a dresser that won the Great Medal at the London Universal Exhibition of 1851. The son, Henri-Auguste Fourdinois (1830-1907), joined the firm in 1860 and will become head of the firm in 1867. The high quality of his designs was remarked at the Universal Exhibition in 1862, when the jury awarded him two medals « for Excellence of Composition and Execution ». Henri-Auguste, now sole in charge, brought the firm to the summit of its achievements at the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris by winning the Grand Prize for his stand. Apart from the commissions he executed for the « Mobilier de la Couronne », he also produced high quality furniture for the Parisian bourgeoisie. The firm is at its zenith during the years 1862-1880. At this time, it is considered as an example to follow for other cabinet-makers, whether they are French, British or American.
Through the quality of execution and the extreme care taken in the decoration of furniture, H.-A. Fourdinois was particularly appreciated by Napoleon III and Eugenie...
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1860s French Renaissance Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
19th Century British Swaledale Marble Corbelled Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large 19th century British Swaledale marble fireplace surround in soft mushroom tones with many different types of fossils, a substantially deep shelf sits above an unadorned friez...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble
Elegant Pair of Bronze Torcheres by F. Barbedienne, P. Dubois and A. Falguière
By Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière 1, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paul Dubois
Located in PARIS, FR
MODEL PRESENTED AT THE 1867 PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION
Listed in the Ferdinand Barbedienne’s catalogue as the “Deux femmes debout” (Two standing ladies)
Signed on each one P. Dubois – F. Barbedienne Fondeur and A. Falguière – F. Barbedienne Fondeur
Rare pair of parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figures, representing two women dressed in Antique style costume with jewels, each upholding a seven lights-arm candelabra. Standing on round bronze bases and black marble socles.
Paul Dubois (1827-1905) entered the Paris Beaux-Arts School in 1858. He exhibited at the 1865 Salon the Chanteur Florentin, illustrating Florentine sculpture, observed after his journey in Italy. This work, cast that time in silvered bronze, was exhibited at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition (now preserved at the Orsay museum). Dubois' success brought him many commissions, both private (Portrait of Duc d'Aumale) and public (Jeanne d'Arc, in Reims). Appointed curator at the Luxembourg museum in 1873, Dubois became also a member of the Institute and finally headmaster at the Beaux-Arts School in 1878.
Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900) studied under Jouffroy at the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts, began his career at the Paris Salon in 1857 and won as soon as 1859 the “Prix de Rome”. Falguière became very quickly successful and was several times awarded medals at the Salon, such in 1868 with his marble sculpture Tarcisius the Christian Boy-Martyr, or at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition, where he won the first medal in his category. Thanks to that success, he was immediately commissioned by private collectors as well as by the French State, whom asked him in 1878 to realize the Triomphe de la République, placed in 1881 at the summit of the Paris Arch of Triumph...
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1860s French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Victorian Scottish Carron Hob Grate Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A medium sized mid-19th century Victorian Scottish Carron of Falkirk Hob Grate cast iron fireplace insert. A square front plate with corner embellishments- a slow arch opening and th...
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1860s Scottish Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Gilt Carved Center Table Egypt Style Ismail Pasha Gezireh Palace Kairo
Located in Epfach, DE
19th century carved parcel-gilt polychrome painted center table in the taste of Ancient Egypt, circa 1867-1870.
The top of the table is an original black Belgian marble top.
Supplied to Khedive Ismail Pacha for his Gezireh palace in Cairo, for the opening of the Suez Canal and commissioning the opera Aida by the composer Verdi .
Until 1998 this table was located in Villa Draneht Pasha in Oggebbio at Lake Maggiore in Italy, when the Peter Zervudachi estate was liquidated. He was Paul Dranehts grandson, the first owner of the villa. During the 19th century, Draneht served under four Egyptian ottoman viceroys, starting with Muhammad Ali Pasha, who patronized him to study medicine in Paris. Paul Draneht became a very loyal servant to all Viceroys and they thanked him for his efforts with titles and properties. His career accelerated under the last viceroy he served, Khedive Ismail Pasha...
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1860s French Egyptian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Gold
Polychrome Alloy Bronze Garniture, Orientalist Style, 1860
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Polychrome alloy bronze garniture. Orientalist style, 1860.
Machine clock signed 1570.
Category
1860s Austrian Islamic Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neo-Greek Floor Lamps Attributed to G. Servant, France, Circa 1870
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of Greek style floor lamps made in patinated bronze attributed to G. Servant, each surmounted of a frosted glass globe engraved of stars and a Greek motif frieze. The body of the vase, decorated with Greek style patterns such as palmets, Greek motif frieze and water leaves, stands on a shaft decorated with deer heads. Fine chains are connected to a delicate butterfly. The set is based on tripod legs with lion claw feet alternating large palmets.
Height : 183 cm (72 in.) ; 213 cm (83 3/4 in.) with glass shades ; Diameter : 43 cm (19 2/3in.)
Georges Emile Henri Servant (1828-c.1890), who took over his father in 1855 at their foundry, rue Vieille-du-Temple, in Paris, specialized in the production of neo-Egyptian style clocks, very popular in France since 1860’s, and also the making of Greek style decorative objects. He drew considerable attention to the high quality of his bronzes at the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition and then at the 1862 London Exhibition. At this time Servant exported up to 40% of his production, principally to the United States, where for instance, his clocks were sold with great success by Louis Tiffany Inc. or Hamann & Roche of New York. But his success came really at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition, where he was awarded a gold medal for his neo-Greek and Egyptian works (Les Merveilles...
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1860s French Greek Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Rare Napoleon III Boulle Large Sideboard Credenza, France, 1870
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning , very rare and large sideboard credenza with 4 doors in brass marquetry and brown tortoiseshell in a beautiful honey color. Two full main solid doors in the center, and two...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Carved Walnut Tall Trumeau Mirror with Plaster Cherub Plaque, circa 1860s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Beautiful large Trumeau mirror. The plaster or porcelain plaque has old repair. Measures: 84 tall x 48 3/4 wide x 4 1/2 deep. Gorgeous carved frame.
Category
1860s French Louis XV Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Marble and Ormolu Cassolettes
Located in Wilson, NC
Pair of French marble and ormolu cassolettes, the removable lids have a pineapple finial, the top of the bases with a reticulated frieze, with twig ...
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1860s French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble, Brass
Important Five Pieces Marble and Gilded Bronze Clock Set, France, Circa 1860
By Henri Picard
Located in PARIS, FR
Marked on the dial Furet & Bon, Hrs du Roy, à Paris
Measures: Clock – Height 98 cm (38 1/2 in.), width 70 cm (27 1/2 in.), depth 25 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Candelabra – Height 116 cm (45 ...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Asian Copper Clad Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
Asian copper clad chest is strapped with embossed brass banding and overlaid cartouches. There are red and blue inlaid buttons, inlaid with rosettes, on th...
Category
1860s East Asian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass, Copper
Lovely Crystal and Silvered Bronze Jardiniere by Cardeilhac, France, Circa 1860
By Cardeilhac
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Cardeilhac, Paris.
A jardinière consisting of an oval bowl in engraved crystal, decorated with a frieze of foliate waves and a rayed star in the bottom. It fits into a silv...
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1860s French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze Candle Pendant Light or Chandelier with Cherub
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and small six light chandelier with gilt bronze cherub and swan sculptures.
This top quality made, 19th century candle pendant or small chandelier could be perfect for you...
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1860s French Empire Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Neo-Greek Inkwell by C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet and J. Brandely, France, Circa 1867
By Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Diehl à Paris.
Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an escutcheon and flanked by two small lateral drawers forming two containers, surmounted by a lid representing a nestling. Central niche ornamented with a winged creature. Inkwell flanked by two felines. Toped by a penholder representing a Moorish head resting on an eagle claw.
This exceptional piece was realized thanks to the collaboration of ornemanist J. Brandely, sculptor E. Frémiet and cabinet-maker C.-G. Diehl. The motif of the fantasy creature dear to Diehl, is to be seen on the famous cabinet made by him in 1867 and now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197).
Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”, D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861.
In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love” (p. 133) and a jewelry case where “The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149).
For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors: Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...
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1860s French Greek Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Copper
French White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French white marble ‘Pendule D’Officier’ style mantel clock standing on turned toupie feet with applied ormolu mounts with stepped break arch pediment surmounted by a gilded laurel w...
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1860s French Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble
Rare Neo-Pompeian Salon Suite Attributed to J-P Mazaroz, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Neo-Pompeian salon attributed to Paul Mazaroz, composed of two armchairs, two chairs and a wooden mirror embellished with a gilded decor on a black lacquered background. A patinated ...
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1860s French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Clock with Cupids by D'Aureville, Chameroy and Maison Barbot, France, c. 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed D’Aureville et Chameroy, Maison Barbot
A very fine Greek style clock made in gilded bronze, standing on four claw feet. Topped with two cherubs reading a floor plan.
The...
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1860s French Greek Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Mid 19th Century, Koi and Water Plants
By Iwase Hirotaka
Located in Kyoto, JP
Iwase Hirotaka (1808-1877)
Koi and Water Plants
Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold wash and gold flecks on silk
Inscription: Hirotaka
Seal: Ille...
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1860s Japanese Edo Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Silk
19th Century Victorian Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A medium sized 19th century Victorian cast iron fireplace insert, showing good quality casting, probably cast in Falkirk, Scotland, circa 1860.
Category
1860s Scottish Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Elegant Pair of Flowery Valentine Porcelain Vases, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming pair of baluster shaped vases made in Valentine porcelain, with openwork handles enhanced with gold. They are decorated on the front with ...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Neo-Greek Clock Set by H. Houdebine, France, Circa 1867
By Henri Houdebine
Located in PARIS, FR
Dial signed H. Houdebine, Fabricant de Bronzes, Rue de Turenne 64, Paris
and clockwork signed Japy Frères & Cie – Médaille d’Honneur
A very fine neo-Greek style clock set made up of...
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1860s French Greek Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Occasional Side Table
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique Victorian walnut occasional side table of the highest order. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period.
It is of amazing quality, with ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Early Caucasian Kazak Konagend Rug
Located in Beirut, LB
One of the most exemplary Kazak weaves we witnessed in our 50+ years of antique rug dealing!
Tremendously fine and compactly woven, the warps and wefts give an impression of a fi...
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1860s Armenian Kazak Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
19th Century, Excellent Condition Lori Pambak Kazak Rug
Located in Beirut, LB
Lori Pambak rugs are some of the most sought-after Caucasian rugs. Woven in the mountainous Lori region of Armenia, rugs from these region are most ren...
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1860s Armenian Kazak Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
Napoleon III Black Chinoiserie Mirror from the estate of Jules Verne
Located in Hastings, GB
Stunning 19th century Napoleon III French black lacquered Chinoiserie mirror, acquired from the estate of descendants of Jules Verne’s...
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1860s French Chinoiserie Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Ersari Turkomen Very Rare small main carpet circa 1860 short term reduction
Located in WYNNUM, QLD
Acquired from a Viennese collector’s estate
The Ersari tribe of the wider Turkomen nation living in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran are one of the weaving tribes better known and understood by scholars. The Tekke Turkomen’s woven materials are perhaps best known in the West, followed by the Yomud, Salor and Ersaris. A Salor main carpet, 30% larger and about 40 years older than this piece recently sold in Austria for over $50,000, such is the scholarly , collection, and investment zeal found around the world . We are making this piece available at a short term steep discount to conincide with out launch on 1st Dibs .
These and other kindred tribes produce rugs, bags, Amalysks (bridal bags) and Engsis (Tent doors...
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1860s Turkestan Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
Mid 19th Century West Persian Bijar Carpet ( 7'8" x 14'3" - 234 x 434 )
Located in New York, NY
Mid 19th Century West Persian Bijar Carpet ( 7'8" x 14'3" - 234 x 434 )
Category
1860s Persian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
Antique Victorian Satin Wood Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A superb antique Victorian pedestal desk, beautifully made from satin wood. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-188...
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1860s British Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
Bronze Dore Faces, A Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare pair of Italian bronze dore faces mounted on wood. With acanthus leaves and florals on top of head. Numbered B 1769. Circa 1860.
Category
1860s Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Cast Iron Trestle Table
Located in London, GB
An unusual and charming trestle table, the top a single piece of beautifully coloured mahogany on an ornate cast iron base.
English c. 1865
H: 77cm (30.31in) W: 208cm (81.89in) D: 54...
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1860s British Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
French Card Table 1860 Empire Antique Games
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Good quality mahogany and rosewood French card table.
This stunning French card table stands upon shaped legs with ormolu mounts to the feet and knees.
circa 1860.
The shaped frie...
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1860s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French Mahogany Escritoire.
Circa 1860
This Escritoire Stands Upon Turned Feet.
Having Fluted Turned Columns, 3 Lower Oak Lined Drawers and 1 Upper Mah...
Category
1860s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany
Espectacular Pareja De Cántaros De Barro Españoles
Located in Madrid, ES
Están realizado en barro y son de origen andaluz , concretamente de los alfareros de Granada,dos piezas únicas que encajan tantos en ambientes modernos y con...
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1860s Spanish Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Ceramic
Set Victorian Dining Chairs Balloon Back Mahogany, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Here we have a set of 6 walnut victorian cabriole leg dining chairs.
The chairs are raised upon cabriole front legs featuring carved toes an...
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1860s Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany
French Pier Cabinet Marquetry Inlay Chest, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Here We Have a Quality French Marquetry Pier Cabinet.
The Cabinet Stands Upon Bun Feet.
The Central Door Having a Floral Marquetry Panel Featuring Urns, Flowers, Swags Etc.
The Do...
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1860s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Other
Victorian Settee Couch Walnut Antique, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive Victorian walnut settee.
Standing upon ring turned and carved legs with original brass and porcelain castors.
The uprights being of a carved form.
circa 1860
The sette...
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1860s Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Mahogany Card Table, Games Tables, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Card Table.
circa 1860
This piece is of a high Victorian Design with carved shaped legs a bulbous fluted column, ca...
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1860s Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany
French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This rather imposing escritoire stands upon turned feet.
The bottom panelled doors open to reveal an inner oak lined drawer.
The writing section having a drop down fall with a leat...
Category
1860s Empire Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Antique Cabinet Chest Drawers, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian burr walnut cabinet.
This excellent quality cabinet stands upon a plinth base with 2 panelled doors to the lower section.
circa 1860
The upper section featuring 10 mahog...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Stretcher Table, Antique Walnut Side Table 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Excellent Quality walnut stretcher table.
Having a Wonderful Shaped Top with Quality Burr Walnut Veneers and a Carved Moulding.
Standing Upon Shaped and Carved Legs and Stretcher.
...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
French Gueridon Table Mahogany Side Tables
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French mahogany Gueridon table.
This Impressive Table Features a Grey Flecked marble top.
circa 1860
The Column Being of a Turned Carved and Fluted Form.
The swept Legs Having Ca...
Category
1860s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Desk, Walnut Bonheur De Jour, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful French Walnut and Marquetry Bonheur de Jour.
Standing on Typical French Swept Legs with Ormolu Mounts and Kingwood Cross banding.
The Fall having a raised tablet with bea...
Category
1860s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
Antique Irish Centre Table, Walnut, circa 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Exceptional Burr Walnut Irish Centre Table.
circa 1860
Having the most amazing Quartered Burr Walnut Veneers to the Shaped Top.
The mouldings with typical Irish Detail.
The Baske...
Category
1860s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Centre Table Burr Walnut circa 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French Empire style burr walnut centre table.
Circa 1860
Standing on swept legs with cast gilt Mouldings.
This table has 1 x Mahogany lined drawer.
The shaped top featuring high ...
Category
1860s Empire Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Neo-Greek Bronze Floor Lamps by F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1860
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Height without/with lampshade : 168/185 cm (66,1 / 72,8 in.) ; Base : 43 x 43 cm (16,9 x 16,9 in.)
Beautiful pair of neo-Greek floor lamps in bronze with double patina, composed of cylindrical lamps, decorated on the body with a rotating frieze representing women dressed in the Antique style weaving and spinning, surmounted by lampshades with cut sides in red pleated silk with golden braid.
They are placed on pedestals from which hang thin chains attached to the slender shaft decorated with stylized leaves and flowers, resting on a tripod base decorated with large palmettes and ending in lion’s paws.
The stylistic repertoire used here, composed in particular of palmettes, masks, and nymphs, evokes Greek Antiquity, as does the reuse of forms of furniture and objects such as tripods and antique vases.
The rediscovery in the 18th century of the archaeological remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum allowed artists of all disciplines to draw inspiration from Antiquity while reinterpreting it.
This trend did not fade and, in the 19th century, many personalities fitted out their interiors with neo-Greek furniture, as was the case for the Maison Pompéienne built in 1856 by the architect Alfred Normand (1822-1909) for Prince Napoleon, or Empress Eugénie who bought from the Maison Barbedienne pedestals inspired by antique tripods.
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Pedestal model presented by Maison Barbedienne at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855. On this occasion, Empress Eugénie bought it for her bathroom in the Château de Saint-Cloud. This model pleased the Empress so much that she ordered two other pairs in 1858 for her boudoir in the palaces of Compiègne and Fontainebleau. (see photo attached)
Photo showing a floor lamp similar to ours in Empress Eugénie’s bedroom in the Château de Compiègne (Oise), in Architecture intérieure et Décoration en France des...
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1860s French Greek Revival Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bronze
Large Scottish 19th Century Victorian Arched Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large, Probably Scottish, 19th century mid Victorian arched fireplace insert with applied brass embellishments.
A wide and generous polished outer plate...
Category
1860s Scottish Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Desk by Howard & Sons
By Howard & Sons Ltd
Located in London, GB
A magnificent and very rare antique desk of the highest quality. This was made in England by Howard and Sons, it dates from the 1860-1880 period.
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Category
1860s British Mid-Century Modern Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century Biscuit Porcelain Portrait Bust of Napoleon Bonapart
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Mid 19th Century life size biscuit porcelain portrait bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in military attire after Jean-Antoin Houdon. Etched ' Buste Officiel Napoleon Empereur 1805' to bac...
Category
1860s French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Porcelain
