L&L Antiquités Decorative Objects

A contemporary post modern patinated bronze "Femme Hermes" sculpture, unsigned.

An Art Nouveau planter pot in blue with floral motifs, crafted by Gustave Asch for the Sainte Radegonde manufactory in Rodez, Aveyron, during the early 1900s. The vase showcases a m...

Charles Catteau (1880-1966) for Boch Freres Keramis, Belgium. Art Deco ceramic vase in cloisonné technique. Hand-painted with flowers, 1920s-1930s. Measures: 25 x 20 cm. In excell...

Beautifully modeled, cast and finished, this high-relief plaque of a nude male figure followed by a four-horse chariot driven by a robed female figure was produced the famous Barbedi...

Grand tour bronze sculpture of the "Crouching Venus" after the antique. Fine patina. 19th century. Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1821-1902). # nude fe...

F. Barbedienne fonduer Ferdinand Barbedienne (6 August 1810 – 21 March 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder. The son of a small farmer from Calvados, he started his career as a dealer in wallpaper in Paris. In 1838 he went into partnership with Achille Collas (1795-1859), who had just invented a machine to create miniature bronze replicas of statues. Together they started a business selling miniatures of antique statues from museums all over Europe, thus democratising art and making it more accessible to households.[2] From 1843 they extended their scope by reproducing the work of living artists and also diversified by making enamelled household objects. With the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 the firm briefly had to switch to cannon founding owing to the shortage of metals but resumed business afterwards. Following Barbedienne's death in 1892, he was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery and the firm was carried on by his nephew Gustave Leblanc until 1952. Among the principal artists reproduced by the firm were Antoine Louis Barye and Auguste Rodin. The Dying Galata (Italian: Galata morente...

Although unmarked, this rare and important, grand but at the same exquisite patinated bronze vase has just a very few little details, defying the shape of the handles, as well as the...

A bronze sculpture of Euterpe attributed to French metalworker Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). Embellished to the reverse with the official stamp of the Collas et Barbedienne foun...

Art Deco bronze sculpture male bust by Ugo Cipriani. Patinated bronze. Belgian black marble base. France 1930. Literatuur: “Art Deco sculpture” Alastair Duncan.

Art Deco sculptural Luminaire by Pierre Le Faguays titled "Les Porteuses d'Eau" ( The water carriers) depicting to females figures carrying an Alaba...

This exquisite Art Nouveau vase by Émile Gallé features acid-etched clematis flowers and leaves in warm brown and amber tones over a yellow ground. The design is meticulously carved ...

Small french Art Nouveau Barbotine Jardinière in the style of Hector Guimard. Very finely worked. Delicate form. very rare. Numbered and marked on...