Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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$500Sale Price|20% Off
Victorian Garland and Swag Brass Frame FE
Located in New Windsor, NY
Garland swag and floral elements decorate this brass frame, circa 1880-1900. Foundry stamp on reverse, FE flanking a Hammer. Very good condition. Overall dimensions are 5.13" wide...
Brass
$1,555Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Giltwood Frame, Beaux Arts Style, Fruitwood, France, 1900
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5215 - Antique giltwood frame, very elegant : for painting, but also for mirror. It's not easy to find such beautiful and healthy frames, but I collected some many years ago. Now i...
Fruitwood
$800Sale Price|20% Off
G. Verdey " Life of the French Cavalry Summer 1914 " Watercolour 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Large Watercolor depicts the daily life of French soldiers belonging to the cavalry. This scene can be dated thanks to the clothes worn by the men in this work. Indeed, the bright bl...
Paper
$2,650
H 18 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Wonderful French Large Oval Bronze Ormolu Garland Embossed Picture Frame
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French large oval bronze ormolu garland embossed picture frame with easel back 18" H x 14" W.
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Giltwood Frame
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Early 19th century French giltwood frame. The inside dimensions 39.25 x 31.25
Giltwood
Arts and Crafts Hammered Copper Picture Frame, 1900s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Arts and Crafts copper picture frame made from sheet copper raised and hammered to create an animated surface with organic leaf ...
Copper
French Giltwood Picture Frame
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French giltwood picture frame with incised vine decoration and inner bead border. Warm gilt finish is in good condition with some losses to outer edges, slight corner ...
Giltwood
Italian 1970's Steel and Brass Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1970's finely crafted steel and brass picture frame. Folding stand may be used vertically or horizontally. Fine grosgrain fabric lining on reverse side.
Brass
$565
H 13 in W 8.67 in D 0.79 in
Large Antique Victorian Picture Frame, Brass, France, 1890s, 16 x 22 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful victorian picture frame from France circa 1890.
Brass
18th Century French Giltwood Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Important, beautiful gilded and carved wooden frame with typical 18th century French motifs Excellent condition Internal dimensions cm 20.8 x 26.8 This artwork, never before on the...
Wood
Antique Picture Frame, France, Circa 1900, 10 x 13 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful brass picture frame, France, circa 1900. Picture size: 10 cm x 13 cm. Passpartout size: 4 cm x 11 cm. The golden color of the brass with its warm sheen adds a special tou...
Brass
Large Antique Dutch Giltwood Barbizon Style Frame, Circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… A rich and elegant giltwood frame from the Netherlands, which originally held a landscape painting. Constructed from wood and gesso with a gold leaf o...
Gold Leaf
$1,850
H 7 in W 6 in D 4.5 in
Victorian Pierced and Etched Brass Pietra Dura Triple Fold Out Picture Frame
By Halstaff & Hannaford
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This ornamental 19th century tabletop triple picture frame was made in England by London based luxury goods and box manufacturer Halstaff and Hannaford of Regent Street. The brass f...
Stone, Brass
Large Art Nouveau Style Giltwood Picture Frame
Located in Cheshire, GB
A large decorative giltwood picture frame, of rectangular form, richly moulded with continuous high-relief ornament. The broad frieze is decorated with flowing Art Nouveau–inspired f...
Giltwood
$465Sale Price|39% Off
H 23.82 in W 21.07 in D 1.58 in
French Louis XVI Style Walnut Frame, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Early 20th century Louis XVI walnut frame, French. Carved ribbon bow typical of the Louis XVI style, the sculptures of the contours of the frame are of remarkable fineness. Good ...
Walnut
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H 11.4 in W 8.1 in D 1.75 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir France 1892-1924 Original Etching Portrait Berthe Morison
Located in Miami, FL
An etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). This is an etching on cream wove paper, made in France from the original drawing of Berthe Morisot realized by Renoir between the 1887 and 1897. This is the original (Stella 4) dry point impression signed in the plate at the lower left. This was first published by Theodore Durets for the Renoir Drawings in 1924. This was the only original etching of this work. Berthe Morisot was a contemporary and friend of Auguste Renoir and a successful impressionist painter in her own right. She and her sister Edma studied under Camille Corot. Measures: Including all paper margins of 282 mm by 203 mm (11.4 x 8.10 Inches). The printed image is 112.5 mm by 88 mm (4.5 by 3.5 inches). Catalog: In the Renoir raisonne catalogues as Delteil-4 and Stella-4. Provenance: Garrett Galleries, Dallas Texas1998, Encinitas, Ca Estate Sale, 2013, Kaminski Auctions...
Paper
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H 19.3 in W 24.02 in D 0.4 in
Jeanne Asimand Lahaye "Portrait of a Young Shepherd" Pastel 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This charming portrait is by the French artist named Jeanne Asimand Lahaye. It is dated 1911. The portrait shows a young man in profile, looking like a shepherd. It is done in pa...
Paper
Newcomb-Macklin Beaux Arts Style Carved and Gesso Frame
By Newcomb-Macklin Co.
Located in New Windsor, NY
Signed Newcomb-Macklin frame. Newcomb Macklin hand carved and gilded frame. Partial paper label intact. Antiqued carved and gesso Beaux-Arts style frame. Partial exhibition label int...
Gesso, Wood