Pair of Palatial Italian 18thC 5-Light Rococo Giltwood Cherub Torcheres

A beautifully cast matching pair of patinated bronze figural torcheres in the manner of Clodion modeled as classically draped young girls with garlands of flowers in their hair and h...

A fine quality late 18thC Adam period demi-lune console table; the entire table is painted a cream colour, the four shaped and tapered legs decorated with gilded wood fillets; the frieze is fluted all round with large gilded patterae above each leg. The painted top has an outer green banding decorated with garlands of flowers and gilding, the back of the painted top has a neoclassical fresco; depicting a classically draped winged Goddess surrounded by cherubs, flowers and scrolling, in the manner of Angelica Kaufmann...

A palatial scale Louis XVI style salon set comprising four arm chairs and a matching sofa. The deeply carved frames are finished in gold leaf and upholstered in antique turquoise Ita...

A large, beautifully carved and gilded mirror frame in the Louis XV style; open carving to the sides and corners with two carved birds on each of the four sides, the top further deco...

The candelabra are of gilt and patinated bronze of very high quality. They are basically deisgned/constructed in three sections. The middle section; the patinated central vases have twin handles in the form of decorative winged cupids, the front of the vase has a large gilded bronze mount of a winged cupid riding a lion/dolphin. The 'lid' of the vase supports seven swirling candle arms around a central stem topped with a flame. The elaborate base of the vase rests on a further very elaborate rectangular base with winged lions at each corner. It is hard to imagine a more elaborate and grandiose example of the French Empire decorative...

A rare, unique and dramatic pair of Rococo style marble topped giltwood triangular shaped consoles and complimentary slightly elliptical giltwood mirrors. The four pieces are believed to be northern Italian most likely from the Venetian region. The design and carving of the superstructure presented with bunches of grapes, vine leaves, branches and twigs. A winged dragon is shown swirling around and down the central leg of each console. The three legs are joined with a lower stretcher are all presented as vine tree trunks from which germinate more grape leaves and branches. They both have shaped red/grey mottled marble tops. The consoles show more signs of early to mid-18th century Rococo chinoiserie influence. The mirrors were likely made slightly later in the 19th century but in the same Italian region, and appear to have a more Japanese influence in their design especially the hawk/eagle leaning over the top of the mirror. The giltwood frames of the mirrors are completely covered with gilded branches and leaves. On the left side of each mirror is a 'fantastical' dragon-bird, his huge wings spread out and his long tail clinging around the lower branches. He looks up into the eyes of the top hawk/eagle who appears ready to attack the dragon-bird. The whole is a real virtuoso display of carving and whimsical Rococo design. Chippendale in England and his contemporaries were some of the first cabinet makers to design furniture in the Rococo style, the term taken from the French 'Rocaille' (rockwork), as in fantasy constructions such as grottoes. The style originated in France early in the 18th century when there was a reaction against the weighty classicism of the Baroque style. The consequent taste was for something lighter representing an escape from the stifling, self-conscious grandeurs of the Louis XIV period. As pioneered by designers such as Jean Berain and Pierre Lepautre...

Pair of Oversized palatial size torchères made of bronze silver-plate bases and alabaster lamp shades. Made in Italy, c. 1900's. *Size reference photo is from a 5'6" person standing...

A truly exquisite pair of 18th century Northern Italian torchère in painted and giltwood. The shades are pierced metal and polychromed. They are lined in a white silk.

A fine Italian early 18th century giltwood torchère on triform base carved on the front side, with seven scrolled gilt-metal candle arms. Measures: 215 x 45 cm.

Highly Carved 18thc. Torcheres

An important pair of monumental thirty-one light giltwood torchères after the model by Jacques Gondoin for the Hall of Mirrors At the Palace of Versail...

Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...