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Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

NAPOLEON III STYLE

Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.

Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”

Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.

Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)

Find a collection of antique Napoleon III decorative objects, tables, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Napoleon III
Color:  Gold
F. Barbedienne, 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Cloisonnè Enamel Tazza Cup
Located in Firenze, IT
This French 19th Century antique lovely bronze and cloisonnè enamel tazza or cup with handles is an artwork made by Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810–1892). This Napoleon III period little...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Enamel, Bronze

Late 19th Century Napoleon III Bronze Tazza Dish
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant Napoleon III French bronze tazza dish, with fine engraving in geometric shapes. Nice old patina. Very decorative object. In good condition.  
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze

Ferdinand Barbedienne, A French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardiniere, C. 1870
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne, A French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardiniere, C. 1870, The Design Attributed to Louis Constant Sevin. An exceptional qualit...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

19th Century Small Dish Hand Painted Enamel and Ormolu Bronze
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant small footed dish. Made of gilded bronze and enamel, hand painted. In good condition.
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1890s French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze, Enamel

Ferdinand Barbedienne, a French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardiniere, C. 1870
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne, A French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardiniere, C. 1870, The Design Attributed to Louis Constant Sevin. An exceptional qualit...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel

A gilt bronze and violet crystal square bowl, 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A gilt bronze and violet crystal square bowl, very fine chasing of the bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period. H: 7 cm, W: 18 cm, D: 15 cm
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1870s European Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Crystal, Bronze

Bronze Cup by Barbedienne, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze cup by Barbedienne, Napoleon III period, 19th century. Measures: H: 21 cm, W: 33 cm, D: 20 cm, D: 12 cm.
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze

Alphonse Giroux and Duvinage, Japanese Bowl with Storks in Marquetry Cloisonné
Located in NONANCOURT, FR
Large cup in gilded bronze and silvered bronze held by three storks forming the base. It is decorated with a central marquetry in ivory and precious wood (rosewood, rosewood) partitioned in chiseled brass. This decoration represents a pheasant chasing a grasshopper at the edge of a water point and branches. Work in the Japanese taste signed in the decor "FD Bté" for Ferdinand Duvinage...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze, Copper

Antique French Grand Cut Crystal Compote / Bowl with Bronze Footed Base
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning and large scale antique French cut crystal compote / bowl with ornate bronze trims circa 1880. Measuring 12” tall, this piece makes an e...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Dore and Patinated Bronze Handled Tazzas w/ Putti
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period patinated and dore bronze tazzas/centerpieces. Each circular tazza top is beautifully patinated and further decorated with...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Gilt Bronze Putti and Marble Centerpiece
Located in Berlin, DE
Late 19th Century French Empire gilt bronze putti and marble centerpiece The centerpiece stands on a triangular, fluted base with arched feet; on th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Marble, Bronze

Napoleon III Bronze Fruit Bowl with Mythological Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
Carved of patinated bronze, this 19th century fruit bowl boasts a mythological scene with three winged Cupids wearing vine leaves, holding a cup and grapes. They are leaning against the central foot, which is richly decorated with vine leaves and clusters of grapes. It supports the bowl embellished with a Medusa head in the center, surrounded by a border adorned with grapevines. The decor refers to the festivals of Bacchus, god of wine in Greco-Roman mythology, that celebrated the beginning of the grape harvest, and where satyrs and Bacchantes...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Marble, Bronze

Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Glass Tazza, French, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and glass Tazza. French, circa 1870.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze

Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Agate Glass Tazza, French, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III gilt bronze and agate glass tazza. French, circa 1870.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze

Napoleon III Porcelain Basket
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delightful French basket mounted in doré bronze which provides the framework for the six panels veneered in mother-of-pearl and set with French porcelain plaques...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Bowls and Baskets

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Bronze

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Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bohemian crystal bowl mounted with gilt and chased bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Measures: H: 36 cm, W: 36 cm, D: 25 cm.
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H 14.18 in W 14.18 in D 9.85 in
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