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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.)

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Style: Napoleon III
Pair of Bronze Candlesticks, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Bronze candlesticks, 19th century A pair of bronze candlesticks, decorated with Chimeras, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Measures: H: 22 cm, W: 15 cm, D: 10 cm.
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Bronze

Pair of French Napoleon III Bronze Candlesticks by Foundry F. Barbedienne 1860s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pair of very elegant classicist candlesticks in fine patinated bronze, signed BARBEDIENNE. The execution of the casting is extremely finely worked with delicate leaves on the outer wall of the candlestick, with a head of antiquity on the upper part of the stem which flows into the lower part with fluting and side volutes. The 3 curved legs stand on raised feet with delicate strappy sandals. Measures: The diameter at the top is 3.5cm and at the bottom 13.5cm Ferdinand Barbedienne (* August 6, 1810 in Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay, Calvados department, France; † March 21, 1892 in Paris) was a French sculptor, bronze ware manufacturer, and gallery owner. One of the most important and popular Éditeurs d'art, or publishers of art articles, he had most of the French sculptors of his time under contract. Life and work Ferdinand Barbedienne was the son of a farmer. At the age of 13, he learned the Craft of saddlery. In 1822 he moved to Paris, where he first worked as a clerk in a wallpaper shop. He received start-up capital from his employer to open his own store, which he set up on Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in 1834. He pursued the idea of exhibiting bronze statues in addition to his core business and mass producing them in small format. In 1838, he joined forces with the mechanic Achille Collas, who had developed the machine á reduction (réducteur for short); a device based on the principles of the pantograph that could reproduce three-dimensional objects in any size - reduced or enlarged. On November 29, 1838, both signed the founding contract for the company Société Ferdinand Barbedienne et Achille Collas, which aimed to commercially exploit the mechanized production of sculptural works for an initial 20 years. Barbedienne took care of the commercial management of the company, while Collas contributed the patent on his invention and seven existing machines, and with his profound knowledge of machinery was responsible for the production processes. Together they decided on the subject matter of the objects, the selling prices, and all other financial matters. In 1841, they produced casts of the Apollo of Belvedere, the Spinario, and 21 pieces with the motif of a bas-relief of the Parthenon. These were followed by versions of the Laocoon group, the Venus of Arles, and the Borghese Fencer, among others. Special interest was initially shown in works from antiquity, for which casts from the Atelier de Moulage in the Louvre served as models. The company continued to produce works by representatives of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giovanni Bologna or by French sculptors such as Jean Goujon, Jean-François Flamand, Pierre Puget, François Girardon, Antoine Coysevox...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Candle Holders

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Candlesticks with Angels, Napoleon III Period
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century Bronze Candlesticks with Angels hail from the Napoleon III Period, and feature stunning angels on elaborately detailed tripod bases acting as caryatids for the cand...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Candle Holders

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Bronze

Pair Candelabra 19th Century Napoleon III
Located in Warsaw, PL
A pair of five-arm candlesticks Napoleonic style. Patinated bronze angels holding a bouquet of gilded bronze flowers with curved and leafy arms. The whole stands on a base made of...
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Malachite, Bronze

Pair of Candelabra 19th Century Napoleon III
Located in Warsaw, PL
These finely cast 19th-century figural candelabras were made from gilded and burnished bronze, each mounted on Belgian black marble bases and signed by Charles Cumberworth. The sculptures are modelled after African villagers. The female figure is wearing a headwrap and loose dress...
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Bronze

Napoleon III Candlestick Angel White Marble, and Fire-Gilt Bronze, 1860s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Napoleon III candlestick angel white marble 19155, candlestick from France, circa 1860, an angel carries the candleholder and stands between a discarded mask and a tambourine. The...
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Bronze

Early 20th Fireplace Surround in Gilt Bronze and Black Marble Neo-Classical
Located in Marseille, FR
Neo-classical fireplace surround in gilt bronze and black marble. Work in the style of Ferdinand Barbedienne
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Marble

Pair of French Napoleon III Candlesticks Bronze & Bronze Firegilt by A. Daubrée
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pair of French Napoleon III candlesticks in bronze and bronze fire gilt designed, manufactured and signed by Alfred Daubrée, Nancy. The cast bronze body...
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Bronze

19th Century French Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Female Caryatids Candlesticks
Located in Berlin, DE
19th Century French Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Female Caryatids Candlesticks A pair of early 19th century gilt bronze candlesticks having nozzles wit...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Candle Holders

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Four-Light Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of 19th century gilt-bronze candelabra, each with a tapering reeded stem supporting three foliate cast candle branches and one central branch, raised on lion head and paw, on a ...
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Bronze

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19th Century Napoleon III Period Bronze Candle Sconce with Female Face
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Magnificent Pair of Double Patina Bronze Candlesticks Signed Barbedienne 19th C.
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Magnificent pair of gilded and silvered bronze candlesticks. They are signed under one of the "Barbedienne" legs Period : 19th century Circa Period: 1880 Dimensions: H38.5cm The feet, in silvered bronze, represent a lion's head and paw, a distinctive ornament with connotation of victory. The knot, the bell and the terrace are in gilded bronze with acanthus leaf motifs. The acanthus is the symbol of control and overcoming the trials...
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Large Pair 19th Century Classical Candelabra
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A large and impressive pair of 19th Century classical gilded ormolu and white marble candelabra. Each with scrolling foliate seven branch sconces, supported by maidens dressed in flowing gowns...
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Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Nine-Light Candelabra, Emblematic of Hunting
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19th Century Black French Antique Wrought Iron Napoleon III Candelabra
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Pair of 19th Century Candlesticks
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A pair of French 19th century ebonized oak candlesticks. Skillfully turned in a faux bamboe.
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Pair of 19th Century Candlesticks
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H 7.09 in W 3.55 in D 3.55 in
Napoleon III Style Gilt Bronze Sconce By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
In this Napoleon III Style Gilt Bronze Sconce By Gherardo Degli Albizzi You can appreciate both hunting and vegetal motifs in the form of a boar and oak leaves that create a sinuous ...
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Pair of Bronze Candelabras, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of bronze candelabras, France 19th century. The Historicism candelabras have 7 candleholders. They are decorated with rocaille, lattice...
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19th Century Pair of French Bronze Candlestick Holders
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A simple and elegant pair of 19th century French “Flambeaux” gilt bronze candlesticks crafted in a traditional baluster form, rising above a heavy circular base. The turned and knopp...
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Fine Pair of 19th Century Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of late 19th century gilt bronze and marble five-light candelabra. Bronze-mounted black Belgium marble with four foliate branches about a central stem.
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19th Century Pair of gilt bronze candlesticks
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19TH century French Candlesticks, Ormolu, marble, a pair
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Mantelpiece in Regule, Sea Green Marble, Emile Picault
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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Pair of Bohemian Candelabras, 19 Century
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Pair of Chased and Gilt Bronze Eight Arms Candelabras
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Pair of Gilded and Patinated Candlesticks
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of gilded and patinated candlesticks. Late 19th - early 20th century. Measures: Height : 74 cm Width: 29 cm.
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Pair of Bronze Candlesticks, Napoleon III France
Located in London, GB
Pair of neoclassical bronze candlesticks, Napoleon III period in France circa 1860. The second Empire style was a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts, which use...
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Pair of 19th Century Napoleon III Carved Marble and Bronze Decorative Columns
Located in Dallas, TX
Turn these antique columns into table lamps or use them as decorative candle holders. Crafted in France circa 1870, each column sits on a square base and features decorative bronze m...
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Napoleon III Bayeux Porcelain Oil Lamps
Located in Paris, FR
Large pair of oil lamps with glass globes, engraved with twisted floral motif. The intricately crafted Bayeux porcelain paunch is decorated with bouquets of flowers in white medallio...
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19th Century French Pair of Arts and Crafts Bronze Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century French 'Arts & Crafts' style bronze candlesticks.
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