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Parquetry Envelope Card Table by François Linke. French, circa 1880
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A gilt-bronze mounted parquetry envelope card table by François Linke.
Signed to the gilt-bronze 'Linke'.
This fine card table has a swivel top, with four 'envelope' panels, ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bronze
Napoléon III Sèvres, Style Three-Piece Garniture Set, French, circa 1870
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoléon III gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres style garniture set. Comprising a centrepiece and a pair of vases with lids, by 'Robert'.
Each pai...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Console Table in the Manner of François Linke. French, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted console table, in the manner of François Linke.
This fine console table has a shaped top above a crossbanded frieze centred by a foliate ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
Near Pair of Mahogany Consoles Dessertes by Maison Grohé, French, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A near pair of mahogany consoles Dessertes with exceptional gilt bronze Ram’s Head Mounts, by Maison Grohé.
Stamped ‘GROHÉ / A PARIS’.
Grohé, Guill...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Glass Tazza, French, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and glass Tazza.
French, circa 1870.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Agate Glass Tazza, French, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and agate glass tazza.
French, circa 1870.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Bronze
Work Table in the Manner of Gillows, English, circa 1820
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A work table in the manner of Gillows.
The hinged lobed sarcophagus compartment enclosing a tray and compartments.
Gillows
The name Gillows has been associated with the craf...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Aubusson Tapestry Depicting a Pastoral Scene, French, circa 1900
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Aubusson tapestry depicting a pastoral scene.
The tapestry depicts a pastoral scene of a young couple fishing by the side of a stream with a bridge and rural buildings in the m...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
Louis XV Style Cartel d'Applique After Jacques Caffieri. French, circa 1870
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze cartel d'Applique, after a model by Jacques Caffieri.
The white enamel dial inscribed 'Thiout Lainé/A PARIS', wit...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze ‘Juggler’ Figural Table Lamps by Roland Paris, German circa 1920
By Roland Paris
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An unusual pair of Art Deco patinated bronze ‘Juggler’ figural table lamps, by Roland Paris.
Each lamp is finely cast and with rich patination and depict a Chinese circus...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Mahogany Coiffeuse Attributed to François Linke, French
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany Coiffeuse attributed to François Linke.
François Linke
François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Dressing Table Attributed to François Linke. French, circa 1910
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany dressing table attributed to François Linke.
Two lock plates stamped 'Ch. Leidenroth Paris ALF. Schmidt Suc'.
François Linke
...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Table after Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1870
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany and Marquetry inlaid writing table after the model by Jean-Henri Riesener.
This finely inlaid writing ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Centre Table with Marble Top after Jacob-Desmalter, French
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany centre table with a Vert de Mer marble top, in the manner of Jacob-Desmalter.
The rectangular Verde Antico marble top sits above ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
By Susse Freres, Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze seven-light candelabra, after a model by Clodion, Cast by Suse Frères.
Stamped 'Susse Fres'.
The candelabra are in the form of patinat...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Jardinière by Maison Alphonse Giroux, French
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze Jardinière by Maison Alphonse Giroux.
Stamped 'Maison Alph GIROUX' a Paris'.
This elegant jardinière is in the form of an oval basket suspended between ropes by two finely cast putti. The jardinière retains its original painted metal liner.
Giroux (House of Alphonse Giroux et Cie)
Maison Giroux was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse Giroux in 1799 at 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, Paris. The store, specializing in small luxury goods and curiosities, expanded rapidly in the first half of the 19th century,
Francois oversaw the manufacture and design of small items of furniture until his death in 1848. He won the 'Prix de Rome' in 1825, and a silver medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1834.
Under the direction of Giroux's sons, Alphonse-Gustave and André, the company flourished and became by the late 1860s one of the most pre-eminent Parisian Maison de Haute Luxe (luxury stores).
In 1867, Ferdinand Duvinage...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Vitrine Table, François Linke and Léon Messagé French, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV Style gilt bronze mounted table Vitrine, by François Linke, the mounts designed by Léon Messagé.
Index Number 131.
This elegant tabl...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Twenty-Four-Light Figural Chandelier, French
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent Louis XVI Style gilt bronze twenty-four-light figural chandelier.
This fine chandelier is of large size at over 185 cm (73 inches) high. Finely cast in gilt bronze i...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt and Patinated Bronze Neoclassical Style Vase, French, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and finely cast gilt and patinated bronze neoclassical style vase.
This impressive vase is of oval shape with gilt and patinated bronze decoration of classical figures and...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Vernis Martin Mounted Parquetry Side Cabinet by Maison Krieger, French
By Maison Krieger
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional and very rare Louis XV style gilt-bronze and Vernis Martin Mounted Parquetry side cabinet by Maison Krieger.
Stamped to the carcass ‘K...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Large and Finely Carved George II Style Giltwood Mirror, English, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very large and finely carved George II style giltwood mirror.
This large and impressive carved giltwood and gesso mirror is over 267 cm (105 inches) high.
It is finely carve...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George II Floor Mirrors and Full-Leng...
Materials
Giltwood
Silver Mounted Sèvres-style Porcelain Cabaret Set, French, circa 1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine silver mounted Sèvres- style porcelain cabaret set.
The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory was founded to the east of Paris in the disused Royal Château of Vincennes, late in 173...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mahogany Centre Table with an Onyx Marble-Top by François Linke, French
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze mounted mahogany centre table with an onyx marble top by François Linke.
Linke Index number: 118 Linke title: 'Table Louis XVI, bois d'acajou bronze dorés.'
...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Center Tables
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
'The Soldier of Marathon' Bronze after a Model by Cortot Cast by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Jean Pierre Cortot
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'The Soldier of Marathon' - A large patinated bronze group after a model by Jean-Pierre Cortot, Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne.
Jean-Pierre Cort...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very rare Louis XVI period serinette or bird organ in the form of a transitional style gilt bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid miniature commode in the manner of gilbert, by Robert Richard, Paris.
With a label for ' RICHARD - maitre facteur d’orgues et mécanicien / Rue de richelieu à la bibliothèque Du Roy / Paris 1775'.
This rare Serinette or Bird Organ has a wooden cylinder barrel mounted by twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows that activates the mechanism.
The exceptional marquetry inlaid case is in the form of a gilt bronze mounted transitional style miniature commode. The top of the commode is inlaid with a landscape scene with buildings, opening to an interior with an allegory of Love Conquering All, represented by two doves perching on a bow and quiver. The front of the commode depicts two obelisks centred by a Fine musical trophy and each side is inlaid with panels depicting the Medici Vase. The back of the commode is decorated with floral marquetry.
A closely related Serinette dating from circa 1770, also in the form of a miniature commode, with the marquetry case stamped by the master marqueteur Leonard Boudin, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
The term serinette is derived from serine, French for finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes and produced a high, thin sound in imitation of birds. Other versions included a merline, which copied blackbirds and a turlutaine, which copied curlews. Used to teach caged birds to sing tunes, different barrels could be inserted to train different birds. It first appeared in France circa 1730 and became a popular drawing-room toy for fashionable women. An interesting painting commissioned in 1751 for Louis XV by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and now in the collection of the Louvre, depicts a refined lady seated in her salon playing a bird organ to encourage her bird to sing.
Robert Richard
Robert Richard was a Parisian organ and harpsichord maker and the mécanicien du roi to Louis XV and Louis XVI and was based in the Bibliothèque du Roi in rue de Richelieu.
Initially working alongside the Cliquot family who acted as 'facteur d'orgue du Roi', he is recorded as building an organ for the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, in Montreal in 1753 (destroyed in 1759) and as the inventor of a mechanical concert shown in an engraving by d'Eisen in 1769.
Canon Jean Marie De La Corne described Robert Richard as : ''Le plus habile ouvrier de paris, fameux mechanitien et Homme de probité''.
French, Dated 1775.
Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, The French Furniture of the 17th century, The Editions of the Amateur, 2008
Count Francois de Salverte, Cabinetmakers of the 18th century, Editions of Art and History, 1934
Raymond Russell, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume I - Keyboard Instruments,(London, 1968; p. 69.)
Elizabeth Miller...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Side Cabinet by Henry Dasson, French, circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany side cabinet with a Brèche Violette marble top, by Henry Dasson.
Stamped to the top of the carcass ‘Henry Dasson’.
Thi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Stands Attributed to François Linke, French, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany stands, firmly attributed to François Linke.
This delicate pair of mahogany pedestals or stands each have an inset green onyx top above a frieze mounted with allegorical scenes of music. The frieze contains a pull-out slide and the stands are raised on square section tapering legs headed by musical trophies and united by a shaped stretcher with a flambeau finial.
An almost identical Stand, with a green onyx top, typical slender legs and shaped stretcher is illustrated by Christopher Payne in François Linke (1855-1946) 'The Belle Époque of French Furniture', p. 53, pl. 44. It is described as a Stand or gaine and titled by Linke as 'Pedestal Louis XVI acajou et bronzes dorés', index number 56. It was available with or without a slide and a drawer, priced between 400 and 500 francs. A comparable version is also shown as a pencil drawing from Linke's Daybook and illustrated in Payne, p. 474.
The ribbon tied musical trophies that head the legs of each stand was a mount frequently used by Linke on a number of different items of furniture including vitrines, commodes and a Bibliothèque Louis XVI...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Pedestals
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cabinet with a Painted Panel, French
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted cabinet with a Vernis martin panel, in the manner of Paul Sormani.
This elegant cabinet has a rectangular Seravezza marble top with cant...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror, French, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and impressive Louis XVI style carved giltwood and gesso mirror.
At over 100 inches tall (260 cm) this impressive mirror is of large size and finely carved with a figural ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Rare Louis XV Style Tulipwood Bome Vitrine by Maison Krieger, French, circa 1880
By Maison Krieger
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important and extremely rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted bombe vitrine, firmly attributed to Maison Krieger.
The back of the mounts on the four cornice corners and the floral swags cast with the monogram LM possibly for Leon Message; an old, possibly original label on the back with ink inscription: '1181 (?), galbee vitrine, Lxv, bois Violette..101'.
This exceptional vitrine has a spreading pediment centred by a finely cast gilt bronze stylized acanthus, ‘C’-scroll and foliate cresting, above a glazed bombé central door and concave sides. The silk lined interior is fitted with adjustable shelves and the angles headed by superb gilt bronze figural espagnolettes with uplifted heads, plumes and ruffs. The lower galbée shaped section of the vitrine is mounted with foliate garlands and raised on cabriole legs with acanthus clasps and feet.
An almost identical vitrine of the same proportions, construction and design, stamped to the lockplate ‘Mon Krieger...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Petit Corner Vitrine by François Linke, French, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted petit corner vitrine by François Linke.
The gilt-bronze mounts stamped to the reverse 'FL'.
The back of the lock stamped 'C.T. LINKE'.
...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Corner Cupboards
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Encoignures by Paul Sormani, French, circa 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and marquetry inlaid Encoignures by Paul Sormani.
Stamped to the reverse of the bronze top rim's 'PS' for Paul Sormani.
Each corner ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Corner Cupboards
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Figural Clock Garniture by Maison Baguès French circa 1870
By Maison Baguès
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt and Patinated bronze figural clock garniture by Maison Baguès.
This rare example of a clock garniture by Maison Baguès has a twin train eight-day movement striking on a bell.
The garniture consists of a clock and a pair of candelabra en suite.
The clock has a Rococo cast case surmounted by a patinated bronze putto playing a lyre, above a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and pierced hands. The dial inscribed 'Eug Bagues, Paris'. The case terminates in four scrolling legs put down on an acanthus cast plinth base.
The candelabra en suite have gilt bronze pierced acanthus cast bases supporting patinated bronze putti each holding aloft three scrolling acanthus arms terminating in circular and foliate cast drip trays and nozzles.
Maison Baguès
The Baguès Company, located at 31, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes.
By 1880 the company had expanded into the production of bronze light fixtures in response to the development of electrical lighting. Carried on by Noël’s son Eugène and grandsons Victor and Robert, Maison Baguès continued to progress, adding intricately detailed iron lighting collections in the 1920s as well as stair banisters...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
'Le Puits Qui Parle' an Exhibition Bronze, Paul Eugène Mengin French, circa 1900
By Paul Eugène Mengin 1, Susse Freres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Le Puits Qui Parle' (The Speaking Well) - An Important Exhibition Bronze Group, by Paul Eugène Mengin.
Signed to the cast 'P MENGIN', and inscri...
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Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional pair of restoration period gilt-bronze allegorical groups depicting music and wine.
Each group is set on a naturalistically modelled base and finely modelled and ch...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Figural Groups. French, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional pair of restoration period gilt-bronze figural groups, allegorical of hunting and fishing.
Each group is set on a naturalistically modelled base and finely modelled...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Revival Gilt-Brass and Agate Dressing Table Box. French, c 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Renaissance Revival gilt-brass and agate mounted dressing table box.
French, circa 1870.
This fine box is applied with foliate engraved strap-work and side handles and finely po...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Encrier by Paul Sormani, French c 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XV Style gilt bronze Encrier, By Paul Sormani.
French, circa 1870.
Signed 'P. Sormani, Paris' to the underside of the cover.
Thi...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Double-Faced Clock. French, c 1870
By Julien Le Roy
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Napoléon III gilt bronze double-faced clock.
The white enameled dial signed 'Julien Le Roy A PARIS'.
This rare Rococo style figural clock h...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Table with a Marble Top. French, c 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted low table with a veined rouge marble top.
The table has an inset rectangular veined rouge marble top above a foliate mounted frieze centred b...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Empire Gilt-Bronze Clock Depicting Diana the Huntress. French, c 1820
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire Period gilt bronze clock depicting Diana the huntress.
The dial signed 'Thomas a Paris'.
The white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Breguet hands, the case sur...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Dressing Table Attributed to Linke, c 1910
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany Coiffeuse attributed to François Linke.
French, circa 1910.
François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Commode À Vantaux by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley, 1898
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and lacquer mounted mahogany commode À Vantaux by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley.
Stamped to the carcass with a 'marque au feu' for ‘A BE...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Régence Style Side Cabinet with Lacquer Panels Attributed to Paul Sormani c 1890
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A superb régence style gilt bronze mounted side cabinet with lacquer panels, firmly attributed to Sormani.
This large and imposing side cabinet has a shaped Rouge des Flandres marbl...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Rare Mahogany Folio Document Cabinet by François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Folio document cabinet by François Linke, with a unique locking system by Clément Linke.
French, circ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Fine Giltwood Cushion Mirror with Etched Side Plates, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine giltwood cushion mirror with etched side plates.
French, circa 1880.
The rectangular mirror plate is framed by marginal etched s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Regence Style Rouge Griotte Marble Jardinières on Stands, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine pair of Regence style gilt bronze and Rouge Griotte marble jardinières on stands.
French, circa 1870.
Each jardinière has a scrolling foliate frieze above a taperi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Lantern, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze lantern.
French, circa 1900.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Fine Empire Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Three-Light Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire style gilt and patinated bronze three-light chandelier, with a circular corona cast with stiff leaves and a pine cone boss above reeded suspension rods with swan termin...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
'Bacchantes', a Fine Patinated Bronze Figural Group After Clodion, circa 1870
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Bacchantes', a fine patinated bronze figural group after Claude Michael Clodion, French (1738-1814).
French, circa 1870.
Signed 'Clodion' to the base and inscribed 'BACCHANTE...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Walnut Side Cabinets with Sèvres-style Porcelain Mounts, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A good pair of gilt bronze-mounted walnut side cabinets with Sèvres-style porcelain mounts.
French, circa 1880.
The rectangular tops having out-stepped corners above a single ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Buffet by Maison Grohé, circa 1860
By Guillaume Grohe
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and impressive Napoléon III gilt-bronze mounted mahogany buffet with a rouge marble top, by Maison Grohé.
French, circa 1860.
Stamped twice...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Vases in the Manner of Pierre Gouthière
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Incarnat Turquin marble vases in the manner of Pierre Gouthière.
Each vase is mounted with finely cast gilt bronze fema...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Clock, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and champlevé enamel clock.
French, circa 1880.
The movement with impressed stamp to the backplate 'Vincenti et Cie 'Médaille D'Argent 1855', 'PARIS'.
Thi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Urns Attributed to Maxime Secrétant, circa 1890
By Maxime Secretant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted Bleu Turquin marble urns with Satyr masks, attributed to Maxime Secrétant.
French, circa 1890. ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Large Patinated Bronze Figural Torcheres Cast by Barbedienne, Dated 1872
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Émile Guillemin
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A highly important pair of large patinated bronze figural torcheres by Émile Guillemin, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne.
French, dated 1872.
Barbedienne Title: 'Deux Femmes, Indi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Canapé Upholstered with Aubusson Tapestry, circa 1880
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style Canapé, upholstered with Aubusson tapestry depicting a scene from Aesop’s Fables.
French, circa 1880.
The small town of Aubusson, on the River Creuse in France, had a long history of producing elaborate and costly tapestries. They were known for their elegance and delicate colouring and often depicted romantic pastoral scenes derived from artists such as Boucher; historic scenes, inspired by classical mythology; or more formalized architectural vistas.
Aubusson was particularly noted for its finely balanced compositions of garlands and bouquets which became famous and sought after throughout Europe.
Aesop was by tradition a labourer who was a contemporary of Croesus and Peisistratus in the mid-sixth century BC in Ancient Greece. The various collections that go under the rubric "Aesop's Fables" are still taught as moral lessons and for centuries have been influential subject matter for artistic endeavour.
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf:
In a village was a young boy who had a job watching the village's sheep. Two times he called out, "Wolf! Wolf!" Each time the villagers came running to help the boy. And both times the boy just laughed at the villagers and called them names. But then the wolf really did come and start eating the sheep. The boy called, "Wolf! Wolf!" but the villagers just ignored his calls. They thought he was just trying to trick them again. The wolf took his time and had a huge meal of the entire flock of sheep.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing:
Once upon a time there was a wolf who decided to disguise himself so he could get some food without working too hard. He took a sheep's skin and hung it over his body. Then he went into the sheep pasture and pretended to graze with the sheep. He fooled everyone. Even the shepherd didn't realize she had a wolf grazing with her sheep. Soon the shepherd moved the sheep into the barn and the wolf went with them. The barn door was closed and locked and the wolf was just about ready to have a nice meal when the shepherd came back. She decided she wanted some food for her meal. She grabbed the wolf who was still disguised as a sheep and killed him for her meal.
The Wolf and the Crane:
One day a wolf had a bone stuck in his throat. He called to a crane and hired him for a large sum of money to put her head in his mouth and remove the bone. The crane did as she was hired to do and got the bone out and then asked to be paid. The wolf just grinned and said, "Ha! You've already been paid. I let you take your head safely out of my mouth when I could have crushed you with my powerful jaws”.
The Wolf and a Mountain Goat:
One day a wolf looked up and saw a mountain goat eating on a ledge high up on the side of a steep mountain. The wolf called out to the goat, "You should come down here to eat, you might fall if you stay up there. And the grass is very tender down here." But the mountain goat was too smart for the wolf and called back, "I don't think you are worried about my dinner. You are just looking for your own food!"
The Wolf and the Lamb...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Canapes
Materials
Tapestry, Giltwood
Pair of Murano Glass Leaf-Form Wall Lights by Barovier & Toso, circa 1960
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Murano glass leaf-form wall lights by Barovier & Toso.
Italian, circa 1960.
Each light is in the form of a leaf with a spiral twisted stem and set on gilt backplates...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Impressive Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Ebony Bevelled Mirror, circa 1850
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine and impressive Napoleon III gilt bronze and ebony bevelled mirror.
French, circa 1850.
A fine and impressive Napoleon III gilt bronze and ebony bevelled mirror with cast...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
Fine Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set comprising a pair of candelabra and a brûle-parfum and cover.
French, circa 1890.
The brûle -parfum or censor with a domed champlevé enamel lid above a gilt bronze pierced guilloche border with ram's head mounts supported by a baluster column flanked by seated putti finely cast with musical instruments on a circular base. The candelabra en suite having a pair of of putti figures supporting candlearms with circular champlevé enamel drip trays and sconces.
Champlevé enamelling, is similar to cloisonné in that the enamel is applied to discrete cells separated by metal. However, in champlevé, cells or troughs are cast into or cut away from the metal base, leaving a raised metal line between the cells which forms the outline of a design. The cells are then filled with molten or powdered glass and fired.
Height of central vase: 25 cm
Width of central vase: 15 cm...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
