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Large Solid Mahogany Boat Bed from the Empire Period
Located in Paris, FR
Large boat bed in solid mahogany flamed, mahogany veneer, with rich decoration of finely chased and gilded bronzes, Empire period. Four baluster uprights, dec...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
Tripod Column 19th Century Gilded Wood in the Louis XIV Style
Located in Paris, FR
Important column tripod in carved and richly decorated gilded wood, forming a torch holder, in the Louis XIV style. The triangular shaft is flanked by a decoration of candelabras, fl...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Wood
"Scagliola" Cherry Red Column, Late 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Important column in stucco marble called "Scagliola" in imitation of red Griotte and black marble from Italy. This column of Neoclassical style with a Doric capital has a fluted shaf...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Scagliola
Octagonal Mirror with Murano Glass Beads, Early 20th Century
By Arte Nuova Murano
Located in Paris, FR
Murano glass mirror with glazing beads and cut sides. This charming Venetian mirror of octagonal shape is girdled with twisted golden glass rods and richly decorated with foliage, fl...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Murano Glass, Wood
Bronze Vase with Harvesting Putti in the Gout of Clodion, 19th Century
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Paris, FR
Covered pot in patinated bronze in the Louis XVI style, in the taste of Clodion. The main body is covered with a mythological decoration of putti connected to each other by branches of vine and bunches coming out of several horns of plenty, themselves held by a central putto enthroned on top of the lid. The latter, the only one wearing wings, has a serious and concentrated attitude. He stands on top of the triton shell...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Ring Holders in Mother of Pearl and Gilt Bronze, Palais Royal Work
By Palais Royal
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Charles X ring holders (baguiers) with ormolu mounts embellished with small flowers. A high backing of mother-of-pearl joins a small, ormolu bowl featuring openwork interlaci...
Category
Antique 1820s French Charles X Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
English Silver-Gilt and Agate Inkstand, circa 1830
Located in Paris, FR
Inkwell in agate set in a vermeil mount. The agate cut is closed by a finely chiseled lid of foliage patterns and whose grip is adorned with a head of putti. The handle, which is dec...
Category
Antique 1830s English George IV Inkwells
Materials
Agate, Silver
Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Paris, FR
Three-tones gold oval snuff box. The hinged lid is decorated with a country trophy medallion. The medallion is framed by a garland of green gold foliage and roses. The medallion is d...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Pair of large porcelain vases with "Valentine blue" background
Located in Paris, FR
Important pair of porcelain vases of baluster form with high neck, of Napoleon III period. The cobalt blue background called "Valentine's Blue" highlights a large cartouche of polych...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
White marble Odalisque from the Art Deco period
Located in Paris, FR
Art Deco sculpture in white marble representing a reclining odalisque, leaning on a cushion and holding a fan. The headdress is stylized, topped by a headband in the fashion of the 1930s and holds short, curly hair. The work on the face is fine and the look is accentuated by hollowed out almond-shaped eyes. The body is sculpted in the antique style and slightly androgynous. The young woman rests on a white marble base carved in the manner of a Turkish carpet, revealing geometric and floral motifs. A second base in Breche Medici supports the whole. Work of the French school of the early twentieth century.
Base dimensions: 63cm x 22cm x 3cm (24.80 in x 8.66 in x 1.18 in)
Overall dimensions: W: 65cm, D: 22cm, H: 40cm.
Overall dimensions: W: 25,6in, D: 8,7in, H: 15,7in.
THE FIGURE OF THE ODALISQUE IN ART
Odalisques are virgin slaves of the Ottoman seraglio. They were offered to the various women of the Sultan...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Three-Leaf Silk and Wood Screen 1900, Stamped Felix Bernard
Located in Paris, FR
Charming Art Nouveau period small three-leaf screen or mantel screen in carved mahogany decorated with embroidery on silk representing birds. The wooden panels are carved with stylized leaves and chestnut fruits. Each leaf is decorated with a bird embroidered on an Indian yellow wild silk. The upper part is openworked with six beveled glass panes set in place. Each panel is carved in the form of arabesques, in a fully Art Nouveau taste. The whole, foldable, rests on four small curved feet ending in a hoof. The central panel is slightly larger than the other two.
This small screen...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk, Wood, Glass
Pair of 1900's Blue porcelain vases from Tours
By Gustave Asch
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of 1900 vases in blue porcelain of Tours with gilded decoration of roses topped by ribbons. These gold-coloured motifs are typical of the Art Nouveau decorations of the ceramist...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Important self-playing piano "La Victoire" stamped Blanche-Petit & Goffart
Located in Paris, FR
Important automatic self-playing piano called "Bastringue", from the beginning of the XXth century, working with an interchangeable cylinder stamped by the organ and piano makers "J....
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
Pair of wrought iron Art Deco sconces
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of wrought iron sconces in the Art Deco style from the late 20th century. Each light fixture is composed of a shaft in twisted swirling rods giving movement and lightness to the...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wrought Iron, Iron
Important Louis XIV Style Miror with Parecloses
Located in Paris, FR
Large Louis XIV style mirror with mirror bars in blackened wood and rich gilded and embossed copper decoration. The pediment is adorned with a motif of a basket of overflowing flower...
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XIV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Copper
Pair of Candelabras "Aux Sphinges", Directoire Period
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of Directoire period gilt and patinated bronze and black and white marble candelabras. They present a decoration of winged sphinxes in patinated bronze carrying on their heads...
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Directoire Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sculpture "Memoria" in Patinated Bronze, Signed Emile Louis Picault
By Émile Louis Picault
Located in Paris, FR
Figure "Memoria" in bronze with brown and green shaded patina signed Emile Louis Picault. It represents a young woman seated, dressed in a drapery,...
Category
Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Large Bronze "Abduction of a Sabine Woman" After Giambologna, 19th Cent
By Giambologna, Ferdinando de Luca
Located in Paris, FR
Very large bronze sculpture with brown patina, based on the group "The Rape of the Sabine Women" by John of Bologna (Giambologna). This pivoting composition shows three figures in motion: a man on the ground defeated with his shield turned upside down, a second one arched clutching a woman launched towards the sky trying to escape, all on a naturalistic base. The Sabine man, the Roman and the Sabine woman are all depicted naked. This staging plays on serpentine lines known as "figura serpentinata" and diagonals giving a beautiful variety of volumes and a multiplicity of angles of view. The bronze is signed F. De Luca...
Category
Antique 1880s French Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of bronze Andirons "Alexander the Great and Diogenes"
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of patinated and gilt bronze andirons representing a soldier and a beggar. One shows a soldier with a Macedonian helmet with a sphinx-shaped crest, a breastplate moulding his ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Portico Clock, Restoration Period
By Lepine
Located in Paris, FR
Large gilt bronze portico regulator clock from the Restauration period. It takes the form of an antique architecture with four smooth Corinthian columns with acanthus leaf capitals. ...
Category
Antique 1820s French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large Murano Glass Chandelier Decorated with Gold
Located in Paris, FR
A large chandelier with eight arms of light made of translucent Murano spun glass inlaid with gold. The chandelier is decorated with flowers, foliage, rings and pendants of various shapes. The cup has flowers with individual petals in guilloche glass...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Gold
Louis XV Commode with Marquetery and Gilt Bronze Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV style chest of drawers with wood marquetry, decorated with gilt bronzes. It is decorated with marquetry of branches and flowers in different wood set in gilt bronze rocaille...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Griotte Marble and Gilt Bronze Column
Located in Paris, FR
A late 19th century column in griotte red marble with a circular shaft topped by an Ionic capital composed of a bronze moulding decorated with oves hosting the square top. The attic ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Pair of Ormulu Sconces in Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of ormolu and chased sconces with two light arms. The twisted plate is decorated with foliage and volutes. It is surmounted by a fire pot decorat...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Birdbath in Grey and Red Marble with Bronze Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
A grey and red marble birdbath. It rests on a shaft in the form of a ringed column. The capital of water leaves is in patinated bronze. The round basin wit...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Fountains
Materials
Marble
Bronze Sculpture "La Source" Signed Lucie Signoret-Ledieu
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture "La Source" in bronze with a medal patina signed Lucie Signoret-Ledieu. It represents the goddess Diana, goddess of the hunt, sitting on a rock from which a spring escapes ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Andirons with Lions in Gilded and Chiseled Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Large pair of gilt and finely chiselled bronze andirons in the Louis XVI style. They are surmounted by laying lions on a drape decorated with trimmings facing fire pots...
Category
Antique 1850s French Louis XVI Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Candelabras in Gilded Bronze
By Henry Cahieux and Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of candelabras in bronze and bronze signed Henry Cahieux (1825-1854) and Ferdinand Barbedienne. The shaft in the shape of vase with two handles is decorated with birds among branches, from which escape four arms of light in gilded bronze topped by a wader. The whole rests on a square base made of griotte Marble finished by four claw feet.
Henry Cahieux (1825-1854) was the chief decorator of the bronze art manufacturer Ferdinand Barbedienne. Although he died too...
Category
Antique 1880s French Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Very Large Baluster Candelabras, Signed Eugène Hazart
By Eugene Hazart
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of candelabras in bronze and gilded and Marblewhite with three arms of lights in the form of a bouquet of flowers. The shaft in the shape of vase is decorated with two handles e...
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Andirons in Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Louis XV style andirons with rocaille decoration. They are decorated with ormolu and chased putti sitting on a moving base. One putto wearing a crown of wheat is holding a sh...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Bronze
Bronze "The Girl with the Bird and the Shell" After Pigalle
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in patinated bronze representing a seated child feeding a bird, after Pigalle.
The original "the girl with the bird and the shell" is a counterpart of "the child with the cage" by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
The naked child...
Category
Antique 1890s French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust of "Diana the Huntress" After Houdon
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in bronze representing Diana the hunter after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741- 1828). In Roman mythology, Diana is the goddess of the hunt and of the night, similar to Artemis in...
Category
Antique 1890s French Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of White Marble Vases with Ivy Decoration, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Two large covered vases with foot in white Carrara marble of Greek Amphora form, carved with climbing ivy. The shape of the handles have a geometrical for...
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases
Materials
Marble
Figure in Bronze with Medal Patina "Muse Des Bois" After Henri-Louis Levasseur
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in bronze with a medallion patina called "Muse des bois" (Muses from the woods) after Henri-Louis Levasseur. It represents a young woman dresse...
Category
Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cartel and its Console in Boulle Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
Cartel with its base in Boulle marquetry and gilt bronze. The gilded bronze in moving foliage and scrolls of flowers are of rocaille style. The circular frame in finely chiseled bron...
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Restoration Period Clock in Gilt Bronze with a Young Woman
Located in Paris, FR
Clock in gilded and chiseled bronze representing a young woman sitting sideways dressed in the antique style, wearing a laurel crown and flowers, holding a veil above her head. She i...
Category
Antique 1830s French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture "La Renommée", Signed Julien Causse
By Julien Causse
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture depicting "La Renommée" in bronze with brown patina by Julien Causse. This young woman draped, bare shoulders, blows in a reed-shaped horn. She seems to be rising from a ro...
Category
Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Decorative Bronze Ewers in the Renaissance Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of decorative ewers in bronze with two patinas in the Renaissance taste. The handles are in the form of busts of nude women wearing diadems emerging from acanthus leaves and end...
Category
Antique 1890s French Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Restauration Period Sconces in Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of restoration period sconces with five light arms on two levels in gilt bronze and patina. The wall part is decorated with palmettes and scales motifs leading to a circular con...
Category
Antique 1830s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Restoration Period Pair of Porcelain Vases
Located in Paris, FR
Antique style pair of vases in the form of amphorae in polychromed porcelain from Paris. On a gold and burgundy background, stands out a medallion with a white background with fruits...
Category
Antique 1830s French Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Armchair by Pierre CHAPO from the 1970s, S15 MODEL
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Paris, FR
S15 armchair by Pierre Chapo in solid wood and white cream fabric (Lelièvre - Sherpas Craie). The elm structure is made by interlocking and assembling pieces, typical of Pierre Chapo...
Category
Vintage 1970s European Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Elm
Monoxyle Sculpture, "Tango", Signed R. Combellas
Located in Paris, FR
Monoxyle sculpture in exotic wood titled "Tango" and signed R. Combellas. The work is made of a single piece of wood carved with intertwined forms giving a feeling of movement and dy...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze of "Ariadne Riding a Panther", After Johann Heinrich Dannecker
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze group representing Ariadne riding a panther after a work by Johann Heinrich Dannecker. It represents a young nude woman wearing a crown of vine leaves as she is the wife of th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Table Basse Dans le Goût de Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table in the taste of Gilbert Poillerat in lacquered, oxidized and gilded metal. It rests on four openwork tapered legs with decorative globes on top. The base is joined by a ...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Metal
19th Century Large Burr Elm and Ormolu Lyre Clock
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning Restauration lyre clock crafted of burr elm veneer with hand-chiseled gilt and patinated bronze decoration. Rich foliage and floral motifs surround the ormolu dial, which ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Scandinavian Modular Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius
By Poul Cadovius
Located in Paris, FR
Scandinavian shelf by Poul Cadovius (Denmark, 1911-2011). Teak version with three wall panels supporting several shelves and boxes.
This wall system is composed of :
- 4 shelves
- 1 box with sliding doors in wood
- 1 glass sliding door cabinet...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Scandinavian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Chandelier with Eight Arms of Lights in Gilded Bronze and Pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Large chandelier with cut crystal pendants in the Louis XV style. The gilded bronze frame is composed of eight curved arms of lights and numerous crystals finished by rosettes. The c...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Large Corinthian Pedestal in Marble and Gilt Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Important sculpture stand in the shape of a Corinthian column. The foliage capital is in gilt bronze. This pedestal rests on a stepped foot decorated with gilded bronzes with leaf cr...
Category
Antique 1850s French Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Sculpture, "Diana's Nymph" After Lucie Signoret-Ledieu
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful statue in patinated bronze representing Diana, godess of the hunt, also called Nymph of Diana, after the work of Lucie Signoret-Ledieu. It represents the goddess seated on ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Four Peacock Blue Velvet Armchairs from the Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
This is a set of four Louis XV period armchairs in walnut wood. They are molded and carved with flowers. Each chair rests on four arched legs and has two sinuous armrests. Three of t...
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XV Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Desk from the 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Mid-Century Modern secretary desk in teak veneer from the 1960s. In the lower part, two doors open onto a shelf and a panel drops to reveal a desk space. The upper part ope...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Glass, Teak
Bust of "Psyche" in Patinated Bronze, by Boyer and Rolland
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bust of Psyche in patinated bronze by the founders Boyer and Rolland. It represents a young woman wearing butterfly wings in her hair with her head turned towards an insect placed on her shoulder. The little butterfly probably represents Cupid. It is an evocation of the myth Cupid and Psyche. The sculpture rests on a red marble base placed on a rectangular stand.
It is a sand casting made in the foundry of Boyer and Rolland whose mark is on the back of the bust. On the side, it is annotated Mm Léon Bertaux...
Category
Antique 1870s French Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III Brocatelle Marble Column
Located in Paris, FR
Brocatelle marble display column with sculpted and gilt bronze cap and base. The capital is embellished with ovals and fluting, and the base is decor...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Charles X Cut Crystal Casket with Ormulu Mounts
Located in Paris, FR
A rectangular cut-crystal casket with a "bamboo" cut. The crystal is set in an ormolu mount with finely chased flower bands. The lock is decorated with a motif of cornucopia. This bo...
Category
Antique 1820s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Bisque "Cupid Disarmed by a Vestal " After Louis-Simon Boizot
By Louis-Simon Boizot
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in bisque porcelain representing "Cupid disarmed by a vestal" after Louis-Simon Boizot. It represents a vestal dressed in a Greek-style draper...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture "Psyche and Love" Signed by Jean Bulio
By Jean Bulio
Located in Paris, FR
Statue in bronze with medal patina "Psyche and Cupid" realized by Jean BULIO. It represents Psyche, recognizable by her butterfly wingst. Her chest is bare and she is holding an arro...
Category
Antique 1850s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scandinavian Wooden Bookshelf from the 1960's
Located in Paris, FR
Scandinavian bookshelf from the 1960s. It is made out of wood and a blackened tubular metal structure. It's composed of a cabinet with a glass d...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Scandinavian Modern Shelves
Materials
Metal
Small vase in Vallauris ceramic, by Serafino Ferraro
Located in Paris, FR
Small ceramic vase decorated with metallic crystallizations by the artist Serafino Ferraro (1939-2017) from the city of Vallauris in France.
Vallauris ceramics encompass the product...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Hanging Lamp in Teak and Perspex Granite
Located in Paris, FR
Scandinavian style hanging lamp in teak and exotic wood with granite perspex lampshades. It is suspended by four black wires and is attached to the ceiling by a teak cube. This four ...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass, Teak
Small Bust Representing a Young Boy in Alabaster
Located in Paris, FR
Small alabaster bust representing a young boy wearing a drape. This very lively statuette shows him talking while turning to the left. This fine sculpture individualizes the child's hair strands...
Category
Antique 1880s French Busts
Materials
Alabaster