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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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
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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
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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
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
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
$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
20th Century Signed Still Life Pencil Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful, evocative Pencil Drawing Still Life with Flowers and Butterfly Early 20th century Signed at lower right The painting is embellished by a beautiful nineteenth-century la...
Wood, Paper
$575
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
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
Early 19thc Petite Baroque Giltwood French Picture Frame
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely Baroque French giltwood picture frame is a unique small size and would be a great enhancement to any piece of art. Note multi layers of carving on sides- truly a little g...
Giltwood
Antique Victorian Picture Frame, France, 1900s, 3 x 5 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful victorian picture frame from France, circa 1900s. French picture frames from the Victorian era are an expression of an epoch that was known for its decorative wealth and a...
Brass
Hand Carved Fruitwood Black Forest Frame Germany, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Black Forest picture frame. Striking German design from the 1900s. Hand-carved and hand-painted fruitwood frame. This wonderful hand-carved and hand-painted Black Forest ...
Fruitwood
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
$295
H 4.25 in W 5 in D 2.49 in
Tiffany Studios Style Antique Arts & Crafts Bronze Desk Calendar Frame
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts bronze desk calendar frame or picture frame In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 5"W x 2.5"D x 4.25"H Good original...
Bronze
Arts and Crafts Hammered Copper Picture Frame, 1900s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Arts and Crafts copper picture frame raised and hammered to create an animated surface. Sheet copper foot rest. Beautiful vinta...
Copper
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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
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