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Late Georgian Rosewood Tripod Side Table Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A Late Georgian Tripod Table
Constructed from well-figured rosewood, rising from tripod scrolled feet, in the Grecian taste, with lobed and ring-tur...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century French Tulipwood Table in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Tulipwood Table
In the Louis XVI Style
Veneered in a beautifully figured tulipwood with a contrasting kingwood inlay and decorated with mercury...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Belle Époque Oil on Canvas Painting of an Elegant Lady by Auguste Toulmouche
By Auguste Toulmouche
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Lady Admiring her Present
By Auguste Toulmouche (1829-1890)
An Oil on Canvas work depicting a well-heeled young lady, seated in her pink gown, admiring her new bracele...
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century Rosewood and Marquetry Inlaid Stool
Located in London, GB
A Rosewood and Marquetry inlaid stool
A delightful and practical seat made of rosewood and incorporating marquetry inlays of boxwood and harewood, supported on hidden casters with...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Rosewood
Pair of Early 20th Century English Carved and Painted Neo-Classical Jardinières
Located in London, GB
A Pair of hand carved Neo-Classical Jardinières
By Lenygon & Abbot
The design derived from the ancient Roman sarcophagus, these carved planters are supported on lion's paw feet, the oval fluted bodies dressed with Lion's masks.
circa 1920
The Lion Mask holding a ring in its mouth derives from Ancient Roman furniture...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Wood
Very Large & Impressive 19th Century 'Sèvres' Style Porcelain Vase on Pedestal
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
A Large & Impressive 'Sèvres' Style
Porcelain Vase
Standing at three feet tall, the baluster-shaped porcelain vase raised on an ormolu octagonal base with pearl band, and an ormo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Mahogany
19th Century Silver-Fitted Edwardian Dressing Table with Custom Interior
By A&J Zimmerman Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A Fine Edwardian silver-fitted dressing table.
Constructed from mahogany, with boxwood stringing and brass handles, the dressing table supported on splayed legs with stretchers an...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Vanities
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Belle Époque Display Cabinet in the Manner of François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A French Bijouterie
In the manner of François Linke
Designed in the Louis XV style and constructed in a wonderfully marked Kingwood, with precise...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Early 19th Century French Fire-Gilded Ormolu Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A pair of Restauration Period Ormolu Candelabra.
The fire-gilded surfaces with burnished and matte finish, modelled as one female and one male figure wearing togas, balancing on spheres, one holding a wreath and the other a cornucopia, with S-curved arms and 7 candle...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Restauration Candelabras
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Hardstone and Giltwood Table
Located in London, GB
An Italian Pietra Dura top occasional table
Constructed in carved gilt wood, having an unusual pietra dura inlaid rectangular platform; the table's legs terminating in scrolls, wi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Side Tables
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Porphyry
Rare Pair of 19th Century Marquetry Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
By E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
A pair of Marquetry display cabinets
in the transitional manner
By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris
Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Porcelain Lamps on French Gilded Bases
Located in London, GB
A pair of Japanese porcelain antique vase lamps of waisted form.
Dressed with French ormolu mount of unusual double gourd form, very finely painted with court officials, samurai, and gilded...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Crackleware Pale Celadon Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of chinese crackleware lamps.
Of baluster form, having applied Taotie masks dressed with French Ormolu mounts. These baluster form pale b...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Bohemian Crystal Red Cranberry Glass Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of Bohemian overlay facet cut lead crystal glass antique vase lamps of shaped form
with floral enamelling, mounted on painted wood bases. T...
Category
Antique 19th Century Czech Bohemian Table Lamps
Materials
Cut Glass
Mid-19th Century Pair of Figured Burr Walnut and Glass Panel Cabinets by Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A pair of burr walnut glazed side cabinets.
By Gillows
Designed in the Franglais manner combining English and French features, the side cabinets of serpentine outline veneered in...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
English Regency Period Gilded and Amboyna Side Cabinet with Green Silk Panels
Located in London, GB
A regency period parcel gilt and Amboyna
Breakfront side cabinet
Using the most striking amboyna veneers, of breakfront form and with parcel gilt highlights; the side cabinet re...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Cabinets
Materials
Silk, Giltwood, Amboyna
19th Century French Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Carrara Marble Vases
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Vases
In the Louis XVI Style
Each vase of ovoid shape carved from pure Carrara marble, on incurved bases and waisted socles with stiff-leaf borders, extensively ormolu-mounted with a shaped spout emanating a mermaid-styled handle and draped laurel swags.
French, circa 1890
These vases are desirable not only for their use of a pure white marble...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Pair of Marble and Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra by Eugène Hazart
By Eugene Bazart
Located in London, GB
A Fine Pair of Figural Candelabra
Signed Eugène Hazart of Paris
Constructed in Carrara marble and finely cast gilt bronze, rising from a square gilt panelled base, each candelabrum ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century, Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of Two Putti Cupid & Erato
Located in London, GB
Allegories of the Greek Gods Eros & Erato
An Italian Carved Sculptural Group
Carved from a single block of Carrara marble, the winged putti cavorting together, one playing a trum...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of French Jewelled White Marble and Gilt Bronze Mounted Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Ormolu-Mounted marble lamps
In the Louis XVI style
Each lamp of exquisite proportion, the ovoid marble bodies with a Grecian wave ormolu...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Marble and Ormolu Mantle Clock in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A mantel clock in the Louis XV manner.
Constructed in white Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the rectangular form base having bowed ends, rises from gilt toupie feet and has opposed gilt sphinxes and gilt bronze foliate mounts to the facia; the two train clock...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Blue Porcelain Elephant Clock Set in the Chinoiserie Style
Located in London, GB
A French Garniture de Cheminée in the Chinoiserie Taste
Constructed in blue turquoise porcelain with gilt highlights, Algerian onyx and bronze, ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Bombé Pedestal in the Louis XV Style by Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Marquetry Pedestal
By Maison Millet of Paris
Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and a bois de bout floral marquetry panel on a bois satiné ground, the corners dressed with acanthus ormolu mounts terminating in sabot feet; surmounted by a brèche violette molded marble top. The back of the mount bearing "MB" for Blaise Millet.
French, circa 1900
Dimensions: H: 49 in / 125 cm W: 14 in / 35 cm D: 14 in / 35 cm
Millet et Cie
Founded in 1853 at 11 rue Jacques- Coeur, and, after 1897, working from 23 Boulevard Beaumarchais, describing themselves as furnishers of 'meubles, bronzes d'art, genre ancien et moderne', according to their trade card; they were awarded numerous honours a Gold Medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and at the 1900 exposition, a Grand Prix for their efforts. Maison Millet is consistently ranked alongside Beurdeley, Dasson, and Sormani as one of the top Parisian furniture...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
19th century pair of Napoleon III floral marquetry cabinets with marble tops
Located in London, GB
A Striking Pair of Napoleon III Meubles d'Appui
The Marquetry attributed to Joseph Cremer
Constructed from tulipwood with inlay of various specimen woo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Small 18th Century George II Mahogany Card Tables
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Irish George II Mahogany Card Tables
Of unusually small size, the eighteenth-century folding card tables of rich and dark timber, on elegantly drawn shell-carved cabriole legs terminating in lion's paw feet; the shaped apron with a central carved shell; a gate-leg action allowing the tops to fold open, revealing a lined playing surface with rounded corners to support candle trays...
Category
Antique 18th Century Irish George II Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Bombé Form Marquetry Inlaid Pedestal by François Linke of Paris
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Marquetry-Inlaid Pedestal in the Louis XV Style
Index no. 184
Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and floral marquetry to all sides on a bois satiné gr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Swiss 'Black Forest' Carving a Dog Family
By Walter Mäder
Located in London, GB
A 'Black Forest' Dog Group
The naturalistically carved limewood group shows the bitch couchant and her three playful pups; glass eyes are used in all the figures, in the manner of Walter Mäder...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carved Marble Bust of Marie Antoinette's Confidante
Located in London, GB
Bust of the Princess of Lamballe
Marie Antoinette's Closest Confidante
Carved from statuary marble and resting on a waisted rectangular Carrara socle, the portrait bust of Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan, later known as Princesse de Lamballe...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century English Gilt Gesso Console Table in the Early Georgian Style
Located in London, GB
A Handsome Gilt console table of Early Georgian Style
The whole, gilt: the shaped and lobed cornered top of carved gesso having in the centre the figures of Diana and a stag in a ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Console Tables
Materials
Gesso
19th century Terracotta Chinoiserie Sculptural Group after François Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in London, GB
A Chinoiserie Sculptural Group
After François Boucher
This refined terracotta sculpture of a lady at her toilette was a popular motif first depicted in a painting by François Bouche...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Very Rare Italian Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of the Eros Di Centocelle
Located in London, GB
A remarkable grand tour marble sculpture of the
eros di Centocelle
The god of love carved from a block of statuary marble, raised on a ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
Very Rare 19th Century Coromandel Veneered Year-Running Clock by Thomas Cole
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker), Achille Brocot
Located in London, GB
A Superb Coromandel-Veneered Mantle Clock
The case constructed of very well-figured Coromandel giving the maximum amount of decorative effect, with gilt bronze accents; the plinth base of rectangular form, with everted stepped corners, and precisely chased gilt bronze figures, two representing Mercury-the god of travel and merchants with his winged helmet and coin purse in hand; the others representing Fortuna-the goddess of luck; the sides glazed, with mooresque arcaded pierced mounts enclosing a vase, in gilt bronze with overlapping palm trees above: the top of domed form with an octagonal platform, surmounted by an architectural dome, its engraved detail and structure reminiscent of Byzantine prototypes. The silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals for the hours, and within an arabesque dial divided into quadrants, with the key aperture at 6 o'clock. Below, the manual calendar, and a semi-circular thermometer. The dial signed by the retailer "Hunt & Roskell / London." The mechanism replaced with a one-year duration movement by Achille Brocot.
English, circa 1860
A closely related clock, by Thomas Cole, though not bearing his signature, with a case of identical form and differing bronze decoration, previously with Butchoff. A third known coromandel-veneered example, also unsigned, is discussed by John...
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Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Superb 19th Century Marquetry Cabinet in the Louis XIV Manner
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
An impressive Marquetry Inlaid cabinet
In the Louis XIV Manner of André-Charles Boulle
Constructed in ebony and ormolu, adorned in première-partie...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu, Pewter
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels
by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti.
A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commi...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Panelling
Materials
Wood, Pine
Mid-19th Century Exuberantly Carved Walnut Chair with Ruby Red Upholstery
Located in London, GB
An Exhibition-Quality carved chair
Possibly by Mssrs Hunter of London
An exuberant and striking example of mid-nineteenth century furniture craft, the single chair carved from so...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Rare 19th Century Pair of Black Lacquered Aesthetic Movement Étagère Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of black lacquered Étagères
In the early aesthetic Manner
The circular tables having lacquered surfaces with a striking sheen, highlig...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Oil on Canvas Framed Painting of a Daydreaming Woman by Coomans
By Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans
Located in London, GB
Beauty Daydreaming
by Joseph Pierre Olivier Coomans (1816-1889)
The oil on canvas work depicting a classical beauty as she ponders while seated in a lacquered chair, wearing rich...
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Regency Period Klismos Armchair with Leopard Head Carved Armrests
By Thomas Hope
Located in London, GB
A Regency Period Klismos armchair
In the manner of Thomas Hope
Carved from oak, with the typical Klismos construction having sabre back legs, the tapering front legs turned and reeded with baluster capitals; the swooping and curved studded toprail above a scrolling anthemion-carved crossbar; the straight armrests with applied anthemion terminals held by distinctive leopard head supports flanking the caned seat.
English, circa 1815
A seemingly identical armchair can be seen at Ickworth House, acquired by the National Trust in 1956 in lieu of inheritance tax. Another variant appeared on the market, with Temple Williams Ltd, sold circa 1956 to Wilfrid Evill.
Dimensions: H: 35 in / 89 cm W: 24 in / 61 cm D: 29 in / 73.5 cm
Provenance:
[Possibly] from the Collection of the Marquess of Bristol, at Ickworth House, Suffolk.
Bristol Collection dispersed in 1956, […], Private Collection, UK.
Comparative Literature:
Joy, Edward Thomas. English Furniture 1800-1851. London: Ward Lock, 1977, pp. 58 & 83.
Hope, Thomas. Household Furniture...
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
19th Century Pair of Occasional Tables in the Louis XV Transitional Taste
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Occasional tables in the Louis XV Transitional taste
Constructed in tulipwood with kingwood employed in the cross banding and inlay work alongside boxwood stringing, and...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Side Tables
Materials
Ormolu
One-of-a-kind 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Located in London, GB
*Winner of the 2022 Masterpiece Fair Furniture Highlight*
The 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Bog Yew Armchair
by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Carved entire...
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Yew
19th Century Pair of English Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Pedestals by Trollope
By Trollope & Sons
Located in London, GB
A pair of Ormolu-mounted pedestals
by Trollope & Sons
Constructed using rich mahogany, the pair of pedestals of square cross section on plinth supports, of slight taper form with...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marble and Ormolu Lyre Clock in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A French Clock Garniture
in the Louis XVI Manner
The clock and its accompanying candelabra constructed in gilt bronze mounted Italian Carrara marble; the timepiece with stepped elli...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Giltwood Chippendale Style Mirrors
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
A Pair of mirrors, from Designs in Thomas Chippendale's 'Director'
Constructed in carved gilded softwood, of asymmetrical addorsed form, the mirror plates housed within complex Rococo carving, incorporating 'S' & 'C' scrolls, foliage, and surmounted by Ho Ho birds, the design informed by Chippendale's Plate numbers 168, 169, 177 and 178.
Circa 1850
Dimensions: H: 70 in / 177 cm W: 35.5 in / 90 cm
Thomas Chippendale the Elder (1718-1779)
Yorkshire born, a highly skilled cabinet maker and designer, published in 1754 his 'Gentleman & Cabinet Maker's Director', a volume of instantly recognisable and idiosyncratic designs, that was reprinted time and again, serving as an essential manual for cabinet makers the length and breadth of England. Working from 60-62 St Martins Lane, London his output is regarded as the ne plus ultra of 18th century English cabinet...
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Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century 'Black Forest' Carved Clock with Hunter and Hound
Located in London, GB
A black forest carved hunt clock
Constructed from native Swiss Lindenwood, the clock movement denoting the hours in enamelled Roman numerals and housed w...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Mantel Clocks
Materials
Wood
Pair of English 19th Century Porcelain-Mounted Cabinets
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Porcelain-Mounted
Pier Cabinets
The English-made side cabinets with fixed-shelved interior constructed from rare amboyna with purpleheart crossbanding and boxwood strin...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Brass Lantern in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A good hall lantern in the Louis XVI Manner.
Of circular form, the frame in patinated bronze, cast and chased with a pattern of imbricated laurel leaves, with stud finials below, ...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Lanterns
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of French Mahogany and Bronze Open Bookcases
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in London, GB
A pair of Petit Bibliotheques in the manner of Adam Weisweiler
constructed using a finely patinated mahogany, brass and bronze; rising from bronze shod turned and tapering circular ...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Bookcases
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Trompe l'Œuil Painted Table in Simulated Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine trompe l'Œil painted occasional table
The top, of octagonal form, painted in imitation of costly specimen marbles, with a central motif depicting the Doves of Pliny...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Gilt and White Gesso Table with Painted Top Depicting Venus
Located in London, GB
A late Adam period work table
depicting Venus and Neptune
The slender gilt and white gesso decorated legs supporting a lockable oval tilt-top fitted with a mahogany-lined compartmentalised interior. The glazed top displaying a gouache of the Roman gods...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Adam Style Side Tables
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood, Gesso
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Cabinet by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
An Ormolu-mounted and mahogany parquetry cabinet
by François Linke
Constructed in the Louis XV transitional manner, in mahogany parquetry work, and dressed with ormolu mounts of ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Vintage Louis Vuitton Cabin Trunk with Original Monogram
By Louis Vuitton
Located in London, GB
A Louis Vuitton Cabin Trunk
Constructed in wood and monogrammed canvas and edged with brass guards, triple hinged, opening to reveal a tan l...
Category
Early 20th Century French Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Brass
George IV Period Games Table Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a finely figured goncalo alves; the end supports having square uprights, each enclosing three tapering and turned ‘triple spindles’, with ‘running pearl’ adornments, a...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George IV Game Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique Ètagerès Occasional Tables
Located in London, GB
Constructed the late 18th century French manner, in kingwood with marquetry inlays and dressed with bronze adornments; rising from tripartite swept leg feet, adorned with acanthus ca...
Category
Antique 1860s British Louis XV Side Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Flight from Troy, 19th Century French Bronze Sculpture
Located in London, GB
The Flight from Troy
Aeneas Carrying his Father Anchises
After Laurent Guiard (1723-1788)
An impressive bronze with fine patinated surface, depict...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Marble Busts of French Royal Figures on Marble Pedestals
Located in London, GB
A pair of Royal Busts
Of Clotilde of France, Queen of Sardinia
And Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Dauphine of France
Both noblewomen carved from marble and dressed in contemporary fashion, wearing luxurious flowing garments, their hair coiffed, done up and ribbon-tied. On Sienna marble octagonal pedestals.
French, circa 1880
Dimensions: H: 79 in / 200 cm
The Two "Marie Adélaïde's"
The marble portrait busts represent two French royal figures, Clotilde of France and her great-grandmother Marie Adélaïde of Savoy. Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière, known as Clotilde of France (1759-1802), was Queen of Sardinia and the younger sister of King Louis XVI of France, who was married to Marie Antoinette. Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685-1712) was the Dauphine of France and Duchess of Burgundy. The famous sculptor Antoine Coysevox...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Busts
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble
19th Century Mahogany and Satinwood Astrological Marquetry Centre Table
By Maple & Co.
Located in London, GB
A fine quality astrological centre table
firmly attributed to Maple & Co
Constructed in very finely figured mahogany and satinwood, and having marquetry inlay of superior quality...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Pair of 19th Century Scandinavian Mahogany Console Tables and Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Constructed using a well figured flame mahogany and rising from rectangular plinth bases, having fielded panel backboards trimmed with a running pearl motif, the columns, rising from...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scandinavian Neoclassical Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Very Rare French Boulle Marquetry Inlay Cheval Mirror
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary Boulle Marquetry inlaid cheval mirror
in the Louis XIV Manner
Constructed from bois noirci and dressed with fire gilded bronze mounts throughout, the surfaces de...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Rare 19th Century Ormolu Elephant Clock in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
An important mantle Clock 'à l'éléphant'
in the Louis XV style.
Constructed from gilt, hand-chased, and burnished bronze with patinated detail, the mantle clock on an asymmetric Rococo scrolling base with naturalistic features; the main body modelled as an elephant astride, mounted with a turbaned figure of a mahout (elephant keeper) in charge and his companion monkey, the elephant's back supporting a bamboo houdah enclosing the white enamelled dial marking the hours and minutes in Roman and Arabic numerals respectively, a tasselled cushion perched atop with two oriental figures holding parasols.
French, circa 1840
Clocks incorporating animals reigned supreme during the Louis XV period, at a time when curiosity for new cultures was at its height. The exoticism found expression in the accounts of explorers describing rhinoceros, lions and elephants, which were enthusiastically absorbed into European decorative arts.
The elephant acquired a particular aura following the diplomatic gift of the King of Siam to King Louis XIV of an elephant in 1686. Elephants had been used as motifs in horology since the Renaissance period, representing the theme of 'rulership' in the Kunstkammer, as seen in the Augsburg Automaton in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The Elephant Clock...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Gueridon Centre Table with Sèvres Style Porcelain Panels
Located in London, GB
A superb gueridon centre table.
with sèvres style porcelain panels.
Constructed from bois noirci and kingwood with mercury fire gilded ornament, the central support rising from a...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Center Tables
Materials
Ormolu