Napoleon III More Clocks
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
Antique French Bronze & Marble Three-Piece Mantel Set Clock Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French two marbles mantel clock late 19th century circa 1890.
Set of a clock and two pedestals.
Mercury pendulum
The French movement of the clock will be checked befor...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Marble, Brass
Majestic 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Candelabras and Clock Garniture
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Wonderful imperial antique french gilt bronze garniture with clock and a pair of candelabras very finely hand worked with nice floral design and beautiful angels, very decorative for...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Antique French Clock Set by Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra, the central circular dial surrounded by a laurel wreath and bow ormolu mount, with plaques depicting biblical scenes in relief on either side, surmounted by a large patinated bronze group, the pair of ten light candelabra similarly decorated with patinated bronze male...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Enamel, Bronze
Antique French Bronze and Marble Mantel Set Clock Cherub Putti Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French gilded bronze mantel clock with putti cherub on the top of the clock late 19th century circa 1890.
Set of a clock and two amphora...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
French Gilded & Champleve Clock Garniture
Located in Newark, England
Fine French late 19th century three-piece clock garniture comprising of a pair of candle sticks and clock in a matching set. The garniture boldly cast with rococo influence in the Lo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Metal, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Second Empire Period Patinated and Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This three-piece mantel clock set contains a clock and two candelabra. The set was produced circa 1860, during the Napoleon III period, and demonstrates the eclecticism typical to de...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Ormolu, Bronze
Napoleon III Period Three-Piece Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Lerolle Frères
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III period three-piece gilt bronze clock set by Lerolle Frères
French, c. 1860
Clock: Height 59cm, width 52cm, depth 23cm
Candelabra: Height...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Ormolu, Metal, Bronze
Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine
Located in London, GB
The acclaimed French bronze foundry, Delafontaine, created this remarkable mantel clock. At the time this piece was crafted, in c.1860, the company was directed by Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine (1813-1892). The firm was famous for its high-quality artistic bronzes, which can today be viewed in major art collections, such as the Louvre in Paris.
Shaped like an upside down ‘T’, this gilt bronze...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
A Napoléon III Marble Mantle Clock
By J. Pradier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoléon III Marble Mantle Clock With A Patinated Bronze Figure of 'Phryné' by James Pradier. France, Circa 1860.
Surmounted by a finely cast pa...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Griotte Marble, Bronze
Sèvres Style Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock by Kreisser
Located in London, GB
This gilt bronze mounted mantel clock is formed about a beautiful sky-blue, parcel gilt Sèvres style porcelain vase. The enamel dial is mounted within a gilt bronze drum that is drap...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Ormolu, Bronze
Antique French Bronze and Marble Mantel Set Clock Cherub Putti Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French clock named "The hour will ring" (visible inscription) signed by the sculptor Lorenzo Vergnano with stamp and number 553 on the back.
It represents a building p...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Metal
Important Napoleon III Period Cartel, 1870, Dial Signed by Gorini Daleau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Cartel d'époque Napoléon III, 1870, cadran signé par Gorini Daleau, à Poitiers. Bronze d'or original
Measures: H 91cm, L 44cm, P 20cm.
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
19th Сentury Napoleon III Period Clock
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century Napoleon III period clock in Griotte marble and Regula.
Measures: H: 43 cm, W: 25 cm, D: 17 cm.
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1870s European Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Griotte Marble
French Clock Napoléon III Original Label on the Back, 1867
By Napoléon III
Located in Milano, IT
French watch Napoléon III Original label on the back 1867
Important French watch III with original label of the retailer beautiful back of the watch.
The ...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
$4,325 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Ormolu Bronze Clock Mantel by Maison Marquis Movement by Languereau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and monumental 19th century French ormolu bronze mantel clock by Maison Marquis.
The movement by Languereau.
Paris, Circa 1855
The dial signed 'Marquis A Paris...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
Important Cercles Tournants Rotary Clock set by Deniere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very Large Important and Rare Napoleon III Period Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Sculptural rotary 3-piece clock set ("Pendule A Cercles Tournants") compr...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
Price Upon Request
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French Louis XVI Style Bronze Mantel Clock
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Napoleon III Period Three-Piece Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Lerolle Frères
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Napoleon III period three-piece gilt bronze clock set by Lerolle Frères
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Gilt Bronze and Marble Garniture, Clock Signed Raingo Fres, France, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
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Gilt Bronze Clock, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
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Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Clock
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Louis XVI Style French Mantel Clock in Gilded Bronze
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Cloisonné Bronze Watch-Holder
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Gilded Bronze Clock "Venus and Cupid" in the Louis XVI Style
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Located in Saint Ouen, FR
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Second Empire clock
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French Napoleon III Oeil De Boeuf Wall Mounted Pendulum Clock, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III Oeil de boeuf wall clock
South West of France
Ebonized wood
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Napoleon III French Wooden Clock
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden clock from 1860s France. A classic circular shape, evocative of French Bistro style, with a wide wooden rim painted a stylish black. Roman numera...
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Statuary Marble and Blue Porcelain Clock Garniture with Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, by appointment only
19th century 3-piece clock garniture comprising of a clock and pair of 4 branch candelabra. Statuary marble with classical blue porcelain columns with C...
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19th Century French Mantel Clock Ormolu Mounted Mantel
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French late 19th century mantel clock, the case of carved mahogany accented with ormolu mounts. A French label inside the back traces its history through a French family, starting ...
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19th Century French Gilt Mantel Clock with Wood Base, Girl with Bird
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century French gilt mantel clock with wood base, girl with bird
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Rare French Napoleon III Oeil De Boeuf Hand Painted Wall Mounted Pendulum Clock
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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H 24.22 in W 19.69 in D 5.52 in
White Marble Clock, Golden Bronze and Antique Black, Allegory of Peace
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H 12.21 in W 10.24 in D 5.12 in
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