About Upper Road West
The road less traveled All pieces come from private estates and chateaux in remote parts of Europe including historic towns and villages in France, Spain, and Switzerland. Avoiding big cities and established marketplaces allows us to acquire the finest and most compelling interiors never offered before (some have remained in the same families, preserved for centuries). Not your average antiques dealer While we always has an available inventory of antique furniture and objets, we also organize buying trips for designers and households. Transform a buying trip into a va...Read More
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Featured Pieces
1860s French Iron Gold Leaf & Gray Marble Console
Located in Ross, CA
Scrolled Iron Marble Top Console (c. 1860). Simultaneously substantial and airy, this iron table with gold leaf detail is not overwhelming and will make an impact in space of any siz...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Revival Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
18th Century French Baker's Table
Located in Ross, CA
Imposing 18th century French "Baker's" table rests a large rectangular walnut top atop a sectioned hollow oak trunk on a separate curved base with four legs. The wood top can be lift...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Tables
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Vintage French Horn & Hide Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Ross, CA
A suite of 4 unique lounge chairs made of horns and stretched leather over wood frame.
Origin unknown, possibly made from bull horns and hides found in the foothill of the Pyrénées...
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Early 20th Century European French Provincial Taxidermy
Materials
Horn, Hide, Wood
Louis XVI Whitewashed Dining Chairs Reupholstered in Black Velvet, A Set of Six
Located in Ross, CA
Six whitewashed round back and round seat Louis XVI chairs, recovered in the last century in black velvet. Perfect for a dining room or kitchen, they may be recovered in a fabric of ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Louis XVI Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Louis XVI Style Blue Velvet Armchairs, a Pair
Located in Ross, CA
Pair of classic whitewashed Louis XVI armchairs with blue velvet, from a small chateau in the Dordogne valley. In excellent condition for their age, they may be kept as is, or refres...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Chairs
Materials
Suede, Wood
19th Century French Portrait Bust
Located in Ross, CA
This portrait bust in relief of a French nobleman is mounted in the original gilt frame, though the subject’s identity and the artist remain a mystery. Beautifully sculpted, the bust...
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Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Busts
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th C. Sicilian Glass Pharmacy Jar Set, 3 Pieces
Located in Ross, CA
Originally handblown in Sicily in the early 19th century, this impressive pharmacy pot incorporates two separate containers and a lid, and would have been...
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Antique Early 19th Century Empire Jars
Materials
Blown Glass
19th Century Ceramic Bust of a Man
Located in Ross, CA
A favored royal residence, Château d’Amboise was confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century. King Charles VIII actually died at the chateau in 1489 after knocking himself unconscious on a door...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Louis XVI Period Giltwood Barometer
Located in Ross, CA
This beautifully carved Louis XVI barometer follows the designs of Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist who was a student of Galileo and...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
18th Century French Painted Carved Wood Pediment
Located in Ross, CA
This rather large “fronton” or pediment spent the last 250 years dominating the entrance doors to an hotel particulier — or city mansion — in Lyon, France. Made of carved wood that was then painted, it is composed of 2 pieces that connect in the center, and can be affixed in a variety of manners. This elegant piece could serve as a large headboard...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oval Carved Wood Framed Bishop Portrait
Located in Ross, CA
Oval carved wood portrait of Casimir-Frédéric de Rathsamhausen-Wibolsheim (1698-1786). Known as Dom Léger, he was a Catholic cardinal at the Abbey of Murbarch in France's Rhine valley...
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
19th Century Silver and Gold Monstrance with Travel Case
Located in Ross, CA
A silver and gold monstrance with travel case (c. 1890). Also known as an ostensorium, this vessel was used as a reliquary for display in the private r...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Religious Items
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Bronze
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