Rare Wood, Patinated Iron and Gilded Bronze Dedicated Column, 1896

Pair of blackened wood columns with a very fine straw "Paille" marquetry frieze ornamented with geometrical motifs.

Measures: Height : 29 cm (11,4 in.) ; width : 61,5 cm (24,2 in.) ; depth : 55,5 cm (21,8 in.) Total height : 139 cm (54,7 in.) Important pair of rare Greek...

Bear the mark BY (for A.E. Beurdeley) Magnificent chandelier in chiseled, gilded and patinated bronze, with twelve lights. The shaft consists of an ovoid-shaped vase in blued patinated bronze...

Rare Napoleon III display pedestal with curved front, in wood veneer and chiseled and gilded bronze ornamentation. Topped by a rotating circular top underlined by a frieze of laurels...

A Louis XVI style wall-side veneered wood pedestal, mounted with fine gilt-bronze ornaments. Topped with “Brèche” marble.

A similar model presented at the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition Total height : 154 cm (60 5/8 in.) ; Width : 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.) Cup : height 17 cm (6 ¾ in.) Beautiful pair of bronze stands also named Bamboo candelabra. Each rests on three claw feet adorned with lion heads and separated with palms. A bamboo shaped shaft arises from this tripod and is topped with three buds supporting a circular red griotte marble top on which stands a cup in the Ancient style decorated with ivy. The sobriety of the decoration enhances the quality of the bronze cast and the patina shades. The small chains falling from the top animates this work of a sleek design. The model : The design of these stands, inspired from Ancient tripods, is a well-known model in Ferdinand Barbedienne’s production as it was reused many times by the bronze-caster. Designed by the head-decorator Henri Cahieux, this model was edited by the Barbedienne Company as soon as 1855, named Ancient candelabra lamp-holder h. 1m35 and was sold 440 francs. From 1875, these stands were commercialised under the name Bamboo candelabra, tripod, lamp-holder and were offered in three heights : 1m90, 1m70 and 1m35. This model of stand could then be found in all catalogues of the Barbedienne Company. This pair of candelabras allows us to see how F. Barbedienne offered during decades a range of furniture from the designs of his decorator. This type of stand could be seen in different interior decorations of the Second Empire A model similar to ours was presented by the Barbedienne Company at the 1855 Universal Exhibition. For this occasion Empress Eugénie bought it for her toilet at Saint-Cloud Castle. A watercolor by Fortuné de Fournier made in 1860 shows them, set on both sides of a cheval mirror made by the Fourdinois Company. (see photo attached) This model pleased the Empress so much that she ordered two other pairs in 1858 for her boudoirs at Compiègne and Fontainebleau Palaces. Otherwise similar stands took place in the Pompeiian house built in 1856 by the architect Alfred Normand (1822-1909) for Prince Napoléon. Several pictures and engravings of this house show us these candelabras used...

Italian, gilded and carved wood column with cherub faces and scrolls.

Column of carved and polychrome wood that has a capital reminiscent of the classical order (volutes, acanthus leaves in levels), a series of moldings separating the shaft from the re...

A dark red/brown circular marble column with a large gilded bronze Corinthian capital and a \r gilded bronze "socle" base. Topping the column is a thick 'larger' square white marble platform with similar square but slightly smaller white base both intended to give the somewhat short column...

A 19th century architectural ornament in the shape of a column or pedestal. Its fashioned from solid bronze weighing in excess of 15 kg. It has patinated beautifully over the spand o...

This is a very tall and heavy spiral carved dark solid wood column. It depicts a square top adorned with fluted side borders. This is followed by a ...

Ancient pair of columns in solid golden poplar wood, painted and sculpted by hand with mask details, hollow back to lighten the weight, hand-built by a craftsman and artist from the ...