Barometer in Golden Wood, Louis XVI Period

Cicery, signed. Barometer-thermometer in carved and gilded wood with its lacquered background in green tones, the circular-shaped barometer in the central part, the rectangular-shap...

Mirror in gilded and carved wood, adorned with a ribbon, garlands of flowers and a beaded frieze, oval in shape. French work realized circa 1880. Dimensions : H 66 x L 68 x P 7...

Louis XVI style fireside chair in gilded and lacquered wood. Padded seat, backrest and cuffs, the top of the backrest decorated with the attributes of music, connecting dice decorate...

Pair of Louis XVI style two fires candleholders in chiseled and silvered plate. Oval tapered base standing on four decorated with a laurel wreath torus and cartouches. Central struct...

DUMEZ, stamped. Louis XVI style chandelier in carved and gilded wood with 8 arms of lights, decorated in the upper part with a gadroon and laurel leaves on the shaft, the bobeches a...

Louis XVI style bouillotte lamp in gilt bronze with three-light. Square shape shaft topped by a pine cone and adorned by an arrow. A trefoil surface supports the three lights with bobeches adorned with engraved rings. Circular base forming a cup. Circular lampshade in cracked green sheet...

Very charming carved and gilded acanthus leaf framed Louis XVI period wall barometer with glass covered central dial and glass thermostat beneath; bot...

This beautifully carved Louis XVI barometer follows the designs of Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist who was a student of Galileo and...

A Louis XVI period Gilt-wood Barometer, with an interesting crest design of a Globe & rolled-up map, capped by a laurel wreath. The barometer & thermometer combination contained by a...

A magnificent nearly 250 year old Louis XVI period (1774–1793) hand carved and painted parcel gilt French wall thermometer and barometer signed Carcano. Exquisitely hand-crafted in Paris, France in the second half of the 18th century, exceptionally executed in Neoclassical inspired opulent period King Louis 16th taste. Impressive large size and fine quality craftsmanship, richly detailed, sculpted, polychrome decorated wooden case, surmounted by an ornate carved pineapple topped urn finial, garnished with a single garland swag, over a contoured and rounded solid wood frame creating a most elegant elongated banjo cartel clock silhouette, adorned with brilliant water gilded running ornamentation, outlining the beautifully aged light and airy muted pale green paint finish. Featuring the original hand decorated enamel dial signed Antonio Carcano (1755-1820) a distinguished scientific instrument inventor. The dial is signed: "Jofeph" "Carcano" "Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis"  "Fripiere au phenix" Having a hand-blown glass thermometer retaining remnants of the hand-painted paper label inscribed with atmospheric condition details, over an early barometer with hand painted dial and metal hands, protected behind convex glazed glass face. Mechanical: The wooden planked verso is fitted with an open channel that retains the original mechanical components, including a pair of liquid metal mercury filled glass tubes, vacuum mechanism, long column blown glass tube, stringing, and more. It does not appear to be working / operational, the string/rope deteriorating with age, etc.. but having the original parts is an exceptionally rare occurrence and highly unusual, as workings were commonly damaged and lost centuries ago. Dimensions (approx): 43" High, 12" Wide, 2.5" Deep History: Antoine Carcano (c. 1755-1820) An early maker of barometers, thermometers, and an inventor of various scientific instruments. Of Italian descent, he became famous in Paris, first at 37 rue de la Roquette and then at Place Dauphine. He supplied barometers and other scientific instruments to the Ecole Militaire in 1786; the following year he supplied a tube barometer to British optical instruments manufacturer Peter Dollond (1731-1821). During the Empire his clientele included Sir Benjamin Thompson...

French Louis XVI (18th Century) barometer with original scientific illustrations and mercury vial framed with gilt foliate carvings & ebonized ...

Oval with a ribbon bow over an oval glass fronted barometer with grisaille painted panel with metal directionals. Inscribed Selon Torricelli.