Ormolu Shelves

An antique French open music cabinet offers Kingwood and Satinwood construction with mesh sides, foliate cast ormolu and raised on cabriole legs, circa 1920 Measures - 45"h x 20.2...

An antique French display vitrine offers mahogany construction with single curved glass door opening to shelved interior over base havin...

A Napoleon III ormolu and glass etagere by Maison Alphonse Giroux, cast as faux bamboo, with three circular tiers each with a glass shelf, stamped 'MAISON ALPH. GIROUX PARIS' to the top front rim. Literature: C. Payne, Paris Furniture: the luxury market of the 19th century, Éditions Monelle Hayot, 2018, p. 77 (illustrated). Artists Biograpy: Alphonse Giroux, "the merchant of the princes", is an important Parisian manufacturer of luxury furniture and accessories, whose products were intended for an aristocratic and bourgeois clientele, installed as early as 1799 at No. 7, rue du Coq Saint -Honoré, then Boulevard des Capucines. Founded by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux under the name "A. GIROUX in PARIS", it was taken over by the Giroux children and remained active under the name of "Alphonse Giroux et Cie" until 1867, when the direction is taken over by Ferdinand Duvinage...

An antique French Louis XVI style cabinet offers kingwood construction with bookmatched facing, single glass door opening to shelved int...

French Transitional style ormolu mounted wood étagère French, late 19th century Measures: Height 80cm, width 54cm, depth 37cm This fine étagère—a shelved side table...

An antique French Louis XV by Edouard Poteau (Paris, France - late 19th century) bookcase offers marble top surmounting kingwood bookmatched case having double doors with shaped glas...

French Japonisme style gilt bronze and faience standing jardinière French, late 19th century Measures: Height 84cm, width 69cm, depth 48cm Th...

A Regal pair of Louis XV style French ormolu-mounted marble top Bibliotheques with rosewood, Kingwood, Tulipwood, and mahogany veneers. These elegant French bookcases showcase the re...

This corner unit, crafted from mahogany and gilt bronze, functions as a cabinet and a tiered shelf. The cabinet, quarter-circle shaped in profile, is supported by paw feet and features, to the front, twin curvilinear doors. The doors, which open to a single shelf, feature gilt bronze trellises backed by drapery. Above the cabinet unit are two shelves, the shelves supported by three gilt bronze columns, the columns terminating in gilt bronze pinecone...