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French Provincial Mantel Clocks

FRENCH PROVINCIAL STYLE

Removed from the fashions of the court, French Provincial style developed in the provinces of the country, such as Provence, Normandy, the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, French Provincial furniture was not as ostentatious as the designs being produced for the royal palaces, but elegant S-shape cabriole legs and ornate carvings elevated the sturdy chairs, sofas, tables and bedroom furniture intended for everyday use.

Although it varies by region, antique French Provincial furniture is unified by solid construction and an artisanal attention to design. While this furniture often followed the metropolitan trends — including the Rococo or neoclassical aesthetics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI — since it was produced in the French countryside it was more subdued with nods to its rustic settings.

Local materials like fruitwoods, oak, beech and walnut were used to construct large French Provincial armoires for storage and comfortable armchairs with rush-woven seats. Wrought-iron elements and carvings like floral details and scallop patterns were common as ornamentation. Furniture was frequently painted white or other muted colors that coordinated with gilt and would acquire a patina of age over time. Other wood was just stained with vibrant fabric such as toile de Jouy, which sometimes depicted pastoral scenes, adding color as upholstery.

The style arrived in the United States after World War I, with soldiers returning home wanting furniture like what they had seen in the rural homes and castles of France. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, designer John Widdicomb split from his family business, the Widdicomb Furniture Company, and had been focusing on Louis XV– and French Provincial–style furnishings since the early 1900s. Other American manufacturers such as Baker, Drexel, Henredon and Thomasville also responded to demand. Today antique French Provincial pieces and reproductions continue to be popular.

Find a collection of antique French Provincial dining tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: French Provincial
Antique French 19th C Japy Fil Classical Figure Bronze Slate Marble Mantel Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful 19th Century French Mantel Clock. Features a seated woman in the thinker position. She is wearing a large flowing dress, sitting on a Klismos chair with footed raised ove...
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Late 19th Century Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Slate, Bronze

Antique French 19th C Japy Fil Classical Figure Bronze Slate Marble Mantel Clock
Antique French 19th C Japy Fil Classical Figure Bronze Slate Marble Mantel Clock

Antique French 19th C Japy Fil Classical Figure Bronze Slate Marble Mantel Clock

French Empire Clock Mantel Gilded Spinx Marble 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire mantel clock in marble and gilt Piece is surmounted - very high Empire - by the gilded sphinx Classic Egyptian style with specicmen marble supports and Egyptia...
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1880s Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Marble

French Empire Clock Mantel Gilded Spinx Marble 1880
French Empire Clock Mantel Gilded Spinx Marble 1880

French Empire Clock Mantel Gilded Spinx Marble 1880

French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
French Alabaster and Gilt Brass Portico Mantel Clock with porcelain clock face. Provenance: From a 50 Madison Avenue estate. Dealer: S138XX
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Brass

French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock
French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock

French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock

Exceptional Antique French Bronze Clock 1860-1890s
Located in Media, PA
Exceptional antique french clock with superb bronze workmanship. Created by hand in the late 19th century, with utmost craftsmanship. The way the bronze figure is made is unreal, if ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Exceptional Antique French Bronze Clock 1860-1890s
Exceptional Antique French Bronze Clock 1860-1890s

Exceptional Antique French Bronze Clock 1860-1890s

Antique 19th Century French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock & Urns
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique AD Mougin French figural garniture clock and mantel urns. Made of marble and bronze with gilt accents and neoclassical styling featuring a figural b...
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Late 19th Century Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Antique 19th Century French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock & Urns
Antique 19th Century French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock & Urns

Antique 19th Century French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock & Urns

20th Century Chinese Cloisonne French Style Enamel Mantel Clock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
20th century Chinese Cloisonne French style enamel mantel (fireplace) clock. Item includes cloisonne enamel case, brass frame, battery ...
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Late 20th Century Chinese French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Brass

20th Century Chinese Cloisonne French Style Enamel Mantel Clock
20th Century Chinese Cloisonne French Style Enamel Mantel Clock

20th Century Chinese Cloisonne French Style Enamel Mantel Clock

Folk Art French Revolution Clock, Early 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French folk-art figural mantel clock in carved wood and composite commemorating a fighting unit “Les Sections du Temple” in the French Revolution. The clock depicts a single figure “sans culots” with a walking stick flanked on one side by a drum and on the other by a black mortar...
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Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Wood

Folk Art French Revolution Clock, Early 19th Century
Folk Art French Revolution Clock, Early 19th Century

Folk Art French Revolution Clock, Early 19th Century

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Classical 19th Century French Enamel Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded ormolu mantel clock. Having a broken arch pediment with a twin handled urn to the centre. The inset champlevé enam...
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Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Classical 19th Century French Enamel Mantel Clock
Classical 19th Century French Enamel Mantel Clock

Classical 19th Century French Enamel Mantel Clock

H 18.51 in W 9.85 in D 7.09 in
19th Century French Sevres Style Mantel Clock
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Located in Brighton, Sussex
An unusual and very good quality 19th century French Sèvres style porcelain and gilded ormolu mantel clock. Having a domed top with a painte...
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19th Century French Sevres Style Mantel Clock

19th Century French Sevres Style Mantel Clock

H 19.69 in W 7.09 in D 6.3 in
French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
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A very impressive and stylish early 19th Century gilded ormolu and green marble mantle clock, having two classical maidens either side feeding Rams, an Eagle above the circular white...
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French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820

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H 19.69 in W 20.08 in D 6.3 in
Antique French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful antique French gilt bronze clock by A. D. Mougin. Modelled in architectural form and covered with scrolling acanthus decoration to represent a romantic ruin. To the top ...
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Clock
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French Rosewood and Satinwood Portico Clock
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique and elegant French clock, with bronze details and fine inlaid wood, perfectly working. Perfect in a studio room. It's the typical clock of European noble houses...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Wood

French Rosewood and Satinwood Portico Clock
French Rosewood and Satinwood Portico Clock

French Rosewood and Satinwood Portico Clock

H 16.54 in W 8.67 in D 5.12 in
Japy Freres Louis XVI Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful, classically designed antique French gilt bronze clock set by Japy Frères. It features oval panels to the sides showing Fortun...
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Japy Freres Louis XVI Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Japy Freres Louis XVI Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set

Japy Freres Louis XVI Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set

H 16.25 in W 9.5 in D 7 in
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mahogany Portico Mantel Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep time in your office, study, or atop your mantel with this elegant antique potico clock. Crafted in France, circa 1860 and standing on bun feet over a rectangular base, the sophi...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mahogany Portico Mantel Clock
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mahogany Portico Mantel Clock

Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mahogany Portico Mantel Clock

H 20.5 in W 10 in D 5.5 in
Gilt Bronze and Marble Garniture, Clock Signed Raingo Fres, France, 19th Century
By Raingo Frères
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt bronze and marble three piece clock garniture. Clock signed Raingo Fres. France, 19th century. Clock works. Clock dimensions: 71 cm height, 46 cm ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Gilt Bronze and Marble Garniture, Clock Signed Raingo Fres, France, 19th Century
Gilt Bronze and Marble Garniture, Clock Signed Raingo Fres, France, 19th Century

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H 27.96 in W 18.12 in D 8.67 in
19th Century AD Mougin Parisian Napoleon III Clock & Garniture Set
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent, large, and original, French three piece mantel set from the late 19th century. The Napoleon III Second Empire period, Neoclassical style antique clock having an urn form finial with sculptural gilded bronze mounts, over architectural case made of the most beautiful variegated specimen marble, with various shades of salmon pink and white, black and silver veining, pierced flower blossom ormolu mounted columns flank the hand enameled fancy dial with Provincial figural scene, signed Guinchard & Martin, Castres, glass door with beaded gilt brass bezel, housing the high-quality eight day time and strike movement stamped AD Mougin...
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19th Century AD Mougin Parisian Napoleon III Clock & Garniture Set
19th Century AD Mougin Parisian Napoleon III Clock & Garniture Set

19th Century AD Mougin Parisian Napoleon III Clock & Garniture Set

H 18.5 in W 10.25 in D 6.5 in
French Antique Gilded Chiseled Bronze Clock
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb quality 19th century French bronze gilt mantel clock, retaining its original glass dome, and adorned with a finely detailed rustic female figure in period dress, reclining o...
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French Antique Gilded Chiseled Bronze Clock
French Antique Gilded Chiseled Bronze Clock

French Antique Gilded Chiseled Bronze Clock

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H 21.66 in W 14.18 in D 5.91 in
Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock, France
Located in Praha, CZ
- Antique Mantel clock with 2 side garniture - the clock case is from red marble with the boy at the top playing flute,made from a iron alloy - The Clock is in good working conditi...
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1930s French Vintage French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock, France
Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock, France

Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock, France

H 11.03 in W 14.97 in D 4.34 in
Antique French Louis XVI Marble and Ormolu Portico Clock
By Richard & Co.
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful Antique French portico clock retailed by the famous Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co of Regent Street, London. It is of the classical style of Louis XVI, made of white marb...
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Marble and Ormolu Portico Clock
Antique French Louis XVI Marble and Ormolu Portico Clock

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Previously Available Items
French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock, ca. 1820
Located in New York, NY
French Empire ormolu mantel clock, circa 1820, the case by Louis Stanislas Lenoir-Ravrio (French, 1783-1846), and depicting Apollo with his lyre by an altar, the dial with Roman nume...
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19th Century Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock, ca. 1820
French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock, ca. 1820

French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock, ca. 1820

H 19.5 in W 13 in D 5 in
French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
French Alabaster and Gilt Brass Portico Mantel Clock with porcelain clock face. Provenance: From a 50 Madison Avenue estate. Dealer: S138XX
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Brass

French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock
French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock

French Alabaster and Brass Portico Mantel Clock

H 22.25 in W 13.75 in D 4.5 in
19thc Exquisite Monumental French Boulle Clock wPedestal
Located in Pasadena, CA
19thc Exquisite Monumental French Boulle Turtle shell Clock w/Pedestal by Toussaint Lenoire. wonderful floral and ivy stencil work through the entire wooden frame. Lots of great work...
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1850s French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Metal, Brass

19thc Exquisite Monumental French Boulle Clock wPedestal
19thc Exquisite Monumental French Boulle Clock wPedestal

19thc Exquisite Monumental French Boulle Clock wPedestal

H 57 in W 19 in D 9 in
Cobalt Blue Enameled Cloisonne Carriage or Mantle Clock with Carrying Handles
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A colorful enameled cloisonne carriage or mantle clock. A lovely gold clock with a detailed floral enameled design in cobalt blue, turquoise, pink, and mint green. The piece sits upo...
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20th Century American French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Metal, Enamel

Cobalt Blue Enameled Cloisonne Carriage or Mantle Clock with Carrying Handles
Cobalt Blue Enameled Cloisonne Carriage or Mantle Clock with Carrying Handles

Cobalt Blue Enameled Cloisonne Carriage or Mantle Clock with Carrying Handles

H 9.5 in W 6 in D 3 in
Vtg Monumental Folk Art Painted Pine Chamblee Wall Clock Face Nice, France
Located in Dayton, OH
Oversized pine wall clock face with roman numerals. Marked Chamlee & Nice, France. Great for display along a wall or over mantel. Measure: 60".
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Late 20th Century French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Hardwood, Paint

Vtg Monumental Folk Art Painted Pine Chamblee Wall Clock Face Nice, France
Vtg Monumental Folk Art Painted Pine Chamblee Wall Clock Face Nice, France

Vtg Monumental Folk Art Painted Pine Chamblee Wall Clock Face Nice, France

H 1.75 in Dm 59.5 in
Majolica Clock with Birds Delphin Massier, circa 1880
By Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica wild rose flower clock with 2 birds signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880.   
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1880s French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Ceramic, Majolica

Majolica Clock with Birds Delphin Massier, circa 1880
Majolica Clock with Birds Delphin Massier, circa 1880

Majolica Clock with Birds Delphin Massier, circa 1880

H 7.5 in W 4 in D 8.5 in
Vintage Marble Corinthian Pillar Mantle Clock with Bronzed Figures Ormolu Mounts
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this nice vintage marble Corinthian pillared mantle clock with bronzed figures and ormolu mounts A very lovely ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Vintage Marble Corinthian Pillar Mantle Clock with Bronzed Figures Ormolu Mounts
Vintage Marble Corinthian Pillar Mantle Clock with Bronzed Figures Ormolu Mounts

Vintage Marble Corinthian Pillar Mantle Clock with Bronzed Figures Ormolu Mounts

H 16.15 in W 10.63 in D 4.73 in

French Provincial mantel clocks for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique French Provincial mantel clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage mantel clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used French Provincial mantel clocks made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original mantel clocks, popular names associated with this style include and A.D. Mougin. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for mantel clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,250 and tops out at $10,000 while the average work can sell for $3,025.

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