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Maison Millet, Pair of “ Tritons” Candelabras, France, Circa 1870
By Pierre Gouthiere, Maison Millet
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XVI style amphora-shaped vases in gilded bronze and "canon de fusil" patinated bronze attributed to Maison Millet. The neck, decorated with twisted fluting, i...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Royal Dux Bohemia, Art Nouveau Centerpiece, Bohemia, circa 1900
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in PARIS, FR
Bearing the mark Royal Dux and numbered 1252
Large enamelled porcelain centerpiece with golden highlights, representing a nymph sitting on a shell like a ship sailing on the waves, ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
H. Dasson, Pair of covered Vases « with Lions », France, Circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of green marble covered vases, set in an elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount, decorated with lion heads alternating with garlands of flowers. The molded lid is to...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XIV Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Baccarat Manufacture, Set of Four Crystal Wall-Lights, France, circa 1950
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful set of four four-light cut crystal wall-lights. From a central cup emerges the shaft consisting of a dagger surmounted by an inverted cup topped with a faceted sphere endin...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Neo-Gothic Chandelier, France, circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful neo-gothic chandelier with six lights, in patinated bronze with gilded highlights. The hexagonal architectural shaft is pierced with quadrilobed crosspieces, inspired by th...
Category
Antique 1870s French Gothic Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Louchet Frères, Pair of Orientalist Candlesticks, France, circa 1890
By Charles Louchet, Paul Louchet
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming pair of orientalist candlesticks in Algerian ribboned onyx and gilded bronze, with a barrel in the shape of a molded column. The binet, the central ring and the square base ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Other Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Enamel
A. Delafontaine & H. Cahieux Neo-Greek «Cupid» Chandelier, France, circa 1850
By Auguste Delafontaine, Henry Cahieux
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful neo-Greek chandelier designed by H. Cahieux, in patinated bronze with golden highlights with sixteen lights. The central shaft, composed of a basin decorated with palmette...
Category
Antique 1850s French Greek Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of "Carnation" Tables attr. to G. Durand, France, circa 1880
By Gervais Durand
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant pair of Louis XV style tables in marquetry, with a beautiful chiseled and gilded bronze ornamentation, opening with a belt drawer. The top, as well as the spacer, are surroun...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Chandelier and its Wall-Lights attr. to H. Vian, France, Circa 1890
By Henri Vian
Located in PARIS, FR
Chandelier – Height : 90 cm (35,4 in.) ; Diameter : 54 cm (21,2 in.)
Wall-lights – Height : 55 cm (21,6 in.) ; Width : 25 cm (9,8 in.) ; Depth : 12 cm (4,7 in.)
Charming set compose...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze, Sheet Metal
Porcelain Bowl, Compagnie des Indes, France (mount) - China, 18th/19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
China 18th Century (bowl) – France 19th Century (mount)
Beautiful enameled porcelain bowl in the pink-purple tones characteristic of the “Famille Rose” with polychrome decoration o...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinese Export Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Pair of torcheres “Night” & “Day” model by Carrier-Belleuse & E.Colin, 19th C
By E. Colin & Cie 1, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Total height : 257 cm (101,2 in.) ; Base height : 52 cm (20,5 in.) ; Base width : 48×48 cm (18,9×18,9 in.)
Exceptional pair of female torcheres, made in dark patinated bronze with g...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cut-Crystal Centerpiece attr. to Baccarat, France, circa 1880
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant oval cut-crystal centerpiece decorated with stylized palmettes on a grid background, resting on a silver patina bronze mount representing blooming branches.
Biography :
The ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Earthenware Planter attr. to F. Barbedienne, France, Circa 1880
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Marked M.s.L. et G.S.
Planter in earthenware of Montigny-sur-Loing decorated with painted flowers (so-called "à la barbotine") inserted in a blanc and gilded bronze mount, attrib...
Category
Antique 1880s French Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Pair of Vases with Covers Attributed to Samson & Cie, France, c. 1890
By Samson & Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Bearing the mark AR interlaced
A pair of large Chinese style white porcelain baluster shaped vases and covers attributed to Samson & Cie. Each finely painted with polychrome 18th c...
Category
Antique 1890s French Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of « Rams » Perfume Burners attr. to Maison Millet, France, Circa 1870
By Maison Millet
Located in PARIS, FR
Diameter base : 16 cm
Provenance : Michahelles Collection, Hamburg
Beautiful pair of Louis XVI style perfume burners in fluorite with elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount. The l...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Vases
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Pair of "Clair de lune" Vases attr. to Baccarat & E.Rousseau, France, circa 1880
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of blue-tinted crystal “rouleau” vases decorated with Japanese-style enameled decoration representing a gilded full moon reflecting a tree with flowering branches, sur...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Vases
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
The « Nymphs » Bowl by A-E Carrier-Belleuse and H. Journet & Cie, France, c 1878
By H. Journet & Cie, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Carrier et H Journet et Cie, 24 bd des Italiens, Sté des Onyx and numbered 2326
Diameter Base : 44 cm (17,3 in.) ; Diameter bowl : 49 cm (19,3 in)
Important and rare circular...
Category
Antique 1870s French Decorative Bowls
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of Serpentine Cassolettes attr. to H. Dasson, France, circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XVI-inspired baluster-shaped serpentine cassolettes, with an elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount. The lid, resting on an openwork gilded bronze frieze, i...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Serpentine, Bronze
Pair of "Rocaille" Wall-Lights by H. Vian, France, circa 1890
By Henri Vian
Located in PARIS, FR
Height with lights : 42 cm (16,5 in.)
Charming pair of Rocaille-inspired two-light wall-lights in chiseled, gilded and openwork bronze.
With a scalloped shape, they are decorated wi...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV-inspired bouillotte lamp in chiseled and gilded bronze with two light-arms decorated with foliage, topped with an elegant oval-shaped lampshade in beige pleated sil...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Cup with Cherubs attr. to A. Giroux, France, Circa 1870
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming oval-shaped cup, in gilded bronze and polychrome enamel with arabesque decoration. The leafy handles are surmounted by doves, and it rests on a polylobed base topped with le...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Paris Porcelain Vases, France, circa 1880
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Lovely pair of amphora vases in Paris porcelain, with polychrome rotating decoration of lilacs, roses, clematis, fuchsias and other natural flowers, on a white background. The foot a...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Dolphin" Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1900
By Maison Baguès
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Louis XVI-inspired chandelier in crystal and chiseled and gilded bronze with six lights. It is composed of a lit covered basin in gadrooned cut crystal, covered on its base with...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Napoleon III Planter by E.-J. Masselotte, France, circa 1865
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed MASSELOTTE and numbered 1064
Elegant oval Napoléon III planter in gilded bronze, with a rim decorated with braces intertwined with laurel leaves. It rests on four feet in the...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
Pair of "Cupids" Andirons, France, circa 1760
Located in PARIS, FR
Height : 22 cm (8,6 in.) ; Width : 23 cm (9 in.) ; Depth : 8 cm (3,1 in.)
With the bar – Width : 26,5 cm (10,4 in.) ; Depth : 55 cm (21,6 in.)
Charming pair of Rocaille andirons dec...
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Crystal Vases Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1920
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of baluster shaped vases attributed to Baccarat, made in fine cut-crystal, all-over decorated with star and diamond motifs. Mounted at the mouth with a large sterling silver ring...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Vases
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Important Pair of "Breche sanguine" Ewers by Maison Millet, France, Circa 1880
By Maison Millet
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XV style ewers in « Brèche sanguine » marble and gilded bronze. Rich Rocaille decoration with asymmetrical foliage motifs, resting on an elegant openwork scal...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Marquetry Display Pedestals Attributed to Maison Millet, France, c. 1890
By Maison Millet
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant pair of Louis XV inspired display pedestals attributed to Maison Millet. They are decorated on three sides with a beautiful marquetry of stylized flowers in “bois de bout”, i...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Paris Porcelaine Chandelier with Flowers, France, circa 1890
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming painted porcelain chandelier with a blue background, in the shape of a basin with a flared and openwork border decorated with foliage on a platinum background alternating wi...
Category
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Gilded Bronze Japanese Couple by E. Laurent & Raingo Frères, France, circa 1880
By Raingo Frères, E. Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed E. LAURENT and Raingo Fres and numbered 375 and 321 on the base
Charming pair of gilded bronze sculptures representing a Japanese couple in traditional clothing. The man pla...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neo-Greek Floor Lamps Att. to Lacarrière, Delatour & Cie, France, C 1860
By Lacarrière, Delatour and Co.
Located in PARIS, FR
Measures : Height without globe: 188,5 cm (74,2 in.) ; Base : 45 x 45 cm (17,7 x 17,7 in.)
Pedestal height : 136 cm (53,5 in.)
Lamp height : 52 cm (20,4 in.)
Beautiful pair of neo-G...
Category
Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Floor Lamps
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
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.
Related work :
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...
Category
Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Crystal Liquor Service attr. to Baccarat, France, circa 1900
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Tray – Length : 29 cm (11,4 in.) ; Width : 21 cm (8,3 in)
Carafe - Height : 19 cm (7,5 in.)
Charming crystal liquor service decorated with golden foliage composed of two carafes wit...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Crystal Serveware
Materials
Crystal
Pair of "Japonisme" Chandeliers by E. Soleau, France, Circa 1900
By Eugene Soleau
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed SOLEAU and E. SOLEAU PARIS
Beautiful pair of Japanese chandeliers in patinated bronze, gilded and silvered with five lights.
They are composed of three stylized fans, lined w...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Japonisme Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Orientalists Vases by F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1880
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne
Charming pair of small vases in partially enameled gilded bronze, with orientalist decoration of arabesques and foliage. They are adorned with cartouches with ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Other Vases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Important Louis XVI Style Commode by F. Linke, France, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Linke
Important Louis XVI style commode with a central domed projection, in amaranth and satin veneer, with concave sides, and richly decorated with chiseled and gilded br...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Vases with Elephants by F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1880
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne
Charming pair of small vases in gilded and enameled bronze, with orientalist decoration of arabesques and polychrome foliage on a blue background. They are dec...
Category
Antique 1880s French Vases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Set of Four Neo-Gothic Armchairs, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare set of four neo-Gothic armchairs in carved wood with straight backs, framed by a twisted frieze decorated with foliage at the corners, and ending in a point topped with a seed. ...
Category
Antique 1860s French Gothic Revival Armchairs
Materials
Silk, Wood
Exceptional Baccarat Chandelier and Its Ten Wall-Lights, France, Circa 1870
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance : Private palace, Italy.
Chandelier- Height : 255 cm (100,4 in) ; diam. : 170 cm (66,9 in).
Wall-lights - Height : 102 cm (40,1 in.) ; width : 58 cm (22,8 in.) ; depth...
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Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Set of Four Panels decorated with Allegories of art, France, Circa 1865
Located in PARIS, FR
Set of Four Panels Decorated with Allegories of Arts
France
Circa 1865
Height. : 180 cm (70,9 in.) ; Width : 63,5 cm (25 in.) ; Depth : 12 cm (4,7 in.)
Set of four large painted panels, in carved and gilded wood. The upper part of each panel is decorated with allegories of the arts, representing music...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Ormolu Clock "with a Swing", France, circa 1820
Located in PARIS, FR
Very fine floral and decorated Restauration period ormolu clock, figuring two baluster columns joint together by a floral arch, and topped by a crown of roses. Roman numbers indicate...
Category
Antique 1820s French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of "Holy Family" CandleHolders attr. to P.Poussielgue-Rusand, France, c1880
By Poussielgue-Rusand
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of gilded and silvered bronze candle holders with engraved shafts decorated with rings embellished with colored cabochons in imitation of semi-precious stones. The religious character of these candles is recalled by the presence of angels in medallions in the center of the shaft, and by the presence of members of the Holy Family in a mandorla on each side of the tripod foot.
A rich bestiary of fantastic animals inspired by the Middle Ages adorns the whole.
The abundance of details transforms these candle holders from simple utilitarian objects during a religious celebration into a decorative artwork.
Biography :
Placide Poussielgue-Rusand (1824-1889) is a Parisian goldsmith and bronze maker known above all for his liturgical objects (chalices, ciboriums, patens, monstrances, etc.) and church bronzes...
Category
Antique 1880s French Medieval Candelabras
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
"Pagoda" Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, France, circa 1885
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Japonisme clock in openwork patinated bronze with gold and silver highlights in the shape of a pagoda, at the corners presenting stylized dragons above uprights imitating b...
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Antique 1880s French Japonisme Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Tables attr. to J.-E. Zwiener, France, circa 1885
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV style tables forming a pair, in a scalloped shape, opening with a drawer on the belt and made in wood veneer. Their tray surrounded by a bronze mold is decorated wi...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Tables
Materials
Bronze
"Minerva" Crystal Bowl attr. to Baccarat, France, circa 1890
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming oval-shaped engraved crystal bowl with scalloped edges and decorated with a Greek frieze centered with a profile portrait of Minerva in a medallion. It rests on a gilded bro...
Category
Antique 1890s French Greek Revival Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Baccarat Crystal Chandelier, France, circa 1890
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful cut crystal chandelier with fifteen lights. The central shaft, decorated with cups from which pendants flow, has two rows of five and ten light-arms with shaped and twisted...
Category
Antique 1890s French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
"Dragon Turtle" Bowl attr. to Baccarat & F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1890
By Cristalleries De Baccarat, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful square-shaped bowl in engraved crystal decorated with bamboo and birds.
It rests on a gilded bronze dragon turtle, a legendary Chinese creature with the body of a dragon an...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
"Japonisme" Writing-Table by G. Viardot, France, circa 1880
By Gabriel Viardot
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful "Japonisme" writing table opening with a belt drawer with engraved decoration of bamboo and flowers and decorated with openwork leafy friezes in bronze, forming a writing tablet covered in velvet.
It rests on four feet mounted at the corners of lion masks in gilded bronze and joined by an openwork spacer, and ending in lion paws. It is topped with a molded Griotte marble.
Biography :
Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to inovate. G. Viardot succeded to his father’s business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris. Around 1870 he turned to the idea of producing « Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais ». The taste in Europe for exotic furniture...
Category
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Neo-Gothic Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare neo-gothic six-lights chandelier in patinated bronze with golden highlights. The hexagonal architectural shaft, like gothic arches, is centered by a red tinted crowned verrine, ...
Category
Antique 1860s French Gothic Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Vermeil Dishes by L. Lapar, France, circa 1885
By L. Lapar Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming suite of three small round dishes monogrammed in silver-gilt, with a slightly scrolled edge decorated with foliage scrolls.
Biography :
Parisian goldsmith, Léon Lapar took ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Platters and Serveware
Materials
Vermeil
Pair of Crystal & Gilded Bronze Girandoles attr. to H. Vian, France, circa 1890
By Henri Vian
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XVI-inspired cage-shaped girandoles in gilded bronze, with a crystal baluster shaft and with six light-arms. The whole is nicely decorated with crystal pendan...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Painting "The Saint-Cloud Fair" by Fernand Blayn, France, 1892
By Fernand Blayn
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed and dated F. Blayn, 1892
Painting exposed under n°127 at the 1892 Salon des Artistes français
Genre scene presenting a mother in front of her trailer preparing her two girls to the circus of the Saint-Cloud Fair.
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, during the holy Cloud pilgrimage, sumptuous feasts were given in the Saint-Cloud park. Each September, one of the oldest France funfairs gathered Parisians, merchants, showmen and actors.
Fernand Blayn...
Category
Antique 1890s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Gilded bronze Chandelier with Eagle Heads attr. to H. Vian, France, circa 1890
By Henri Vian
Located in PARIS, FR
Important Louis XVI-inspired chandelier in gilded bronze with 18 lights. The baluster-shaped central shaft in blue enameled bronze is surmounted by a fluted rod in gilded bronze surr...
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Neo-Greek Amphoras Vases by F. Levillain and F. Barbedienne, Circa 1880
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Ferdinand Levillain
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Levillain Fecit and F. Barbedienne
Pair of Greek style vases made two patina bronze. Each, designed in the shape of an amphora with a flare...
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Carved Giltwood Mirror, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
An important carved and gilded wood mirror, with a very fine decoration made of flower garlands wrapped around the moulded frame, sculpted with acanthus leaves. A large foliate shell...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
"Marshmallow" Sofa, Herman Miller , Italy, Circa 1980
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in PARIS, FR
An icon of post-war design, the Marshmallow sofa represents an optimistic and heroic moment in American history. This unique sofa has a very recognizable design with 18 round, separa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Canapes
Materials
Metal
Pair of Cloisonné Vases Attributed to A. Giroux, France, Circa 1860
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of cloisonné enamel square vases attributed to A. Giroux, with flared neck decorated on the belly with flowering lambrequins with oriental patterns on a blue and golden geometric. The mount in patinated and gilded bronze is composed of an openwork frieze on the neck, side grips with Fô dog heads forming the handles, the whole resting on four feet in the shape of elephant heads.
Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...
Category
Antique 1860s French Vases
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Painting "Le Moineau de Lesbie" by C.G. Brun, French School, 1860
By Charles Guillaume Brun
Located in PARIS, FR
Dimensions with frame : Height : 116 cm (45.7 in.) ; Width : 144 cm (56.7 in.)
Dimensions without frame : Height : 85 cm (33.5 in.) ; Width : 118 cm (46.5 in.)
Atrium with a rich Pompeian decor in which a young woman lying on a bed is playing with a sparrow, not paying attention to the man sat at her feet.
This painting is a major work of art of C. G. Brun, well-know for the precision of his technic, by the elegance of its composition, the pureness of the colors, the refinement of the touch and the expressivity of the characters.
This rare intimist scene in a interior decorated in the Pompeian style perfectly illustrates the taste of the time for the discovery of the villas of Pompei, thanks to the archeological excavations of the 18th century and the books published about them. To arrange its interiors based on the models of the Pompeian villas is then a trend that the most important people of that time will follow, as the Prince Napoléon, cousin of the Emperor Napoléon III, who orders the construction of a splendid Pompeian villa on the Avenue Montaigne, of which nothing remains but a few pictures and a painting by Gustave Boulanger, dated 1861 and called Répétition du « Joueur de flûte » et de la « Femme de Diomède » chez le Prince Napoléon.
This painting illustrates the poem « Fletus passeris Lesbiae » from the collection « Carmina » written by Catulle (87-54 av. J.-C.) : in his work, the author, in love with Lesbie, a married woman living in Rome, puts on a show a sparrow as the main center of interest of its mistress who neglects her suitor.
This theme has been represented many times in painting, like the version by Raphaël Poggi exposed at the Salon of 1865, or Lawrence Alma-Tadema in 1866 or Edward Poynter in 1907.
Painting exposed, as reference number 467, at the Salon of 1861 on the picture rail of the Palais des Champs-Elysées
Charles Guillaume Brun, born in Montpellier in 1825 and died in Paris in 1908, was registered in 1847 at the Paris Beaux-Arts school, where he studied under the direction of François- Edouard Picot (1786-1868) and of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). His participation in the Paris Salon began in 1851 with genre subjects (Young girl doing her morning prayer), but as soon as 1853, he regularly sent Orientalist scenes, located in Algeria (Prayer in 1859, Rendez-vous in Constantine in 1861, Moorish woman...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Beautiful Pair of Transition Style Armchairs "A Chassis", France, Circa 1880
By Michel Gourdin
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Transition style armchairs "à la Reine" and "à châssis", in carved and gilded wood and decorated with a flowery lampas by the Maison Tassin...
Category
Antique 1880s French Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood
"Faun and Bacchus" Bronze Candelabras After Clodion, France, Circa 1880
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of candelabras after a model by Clodion, representing a young Faun and a young Bacchus in patinated bronze, each holding three light-arms in chiseled and gilded bronze with vine...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI More Lighting
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
