1800s Antique Continental, Gilt Bronze, Ormolu, Empire Console, Pier Mirror!

Gorgeous antique secretaire a abattant, desk, French Empire style, mahogany, gilt, 1800s, 19th century! This stunning French Empire style marble-top mahogany fall-front desk, 19th century, projecting frieze drawer, with gilt metal crossed sword pulls, turned column supports flanking the fall-front panel, opening to gilt embossed leather writing surface, mirrored interior gallery, over dual cabinet doors, opening to reveal three drawers, above lower apron drawer, approximately 56.5" height 37.25" width, 17" depth. Dominated by Greco-Roman models, the Empire style - spare, noble, massive - had a studied dignity consistent with Napoleonic majesty. The characteristic furniture types were a bit stiff but imposing: their flat surfaces and sharp corners, together with their lack of moldings, produced an effect of grandeur that was not without beauty as per Timothy Corrigan The Empire style was deliberately propagandistic, and embraced what was most monumental in ancient art as suitable analogies to the new French Empire. Napoleon imposed a tyrannical centralization on artistic production, decreeing that it would be subject to control from Paris and overseen by the architects Percier and Fontaine...

Stunning Antique Jardinere, Italian, Renaissance Revival Mirrored, Crest, Cornice, 1800s, 19th Century! This antique hall tree is a stunning piece ...

Gorgeous Antique Desk, Writing Continental, Bronze Mounts, Porcelain Plaques, 1800's, 19th Century!! Antique Continental nineteenth century wr...

1800s Antique Renaissance Revival, Carved Display Cabinet / Vitrine Beautiful Antique display cabinet, Vitrine, Renaissance Revival, ...

Exceptional Antique Sideboard, Italian Renaissance Revival, Carved Wood, Foliates, Masks, Late 19th century, 1800s, 19th century! Monumental Italian Renaissance Revival carved sid...

Gorgeous Antique Sideboard, Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut, Figural, Cherub Crest, 1800s, 19th century!! Renaissance Revival figural car...

This timeless piece features a swing open cabinet and pull out drawer. The drawer and lower cabinet door are keyed for secure locking, complemented by one barreled skeleton key. This...

Antique American Empire Walnut Leaf Carved Pier Wall Console Mirror. Circa 19th Century. Measurements: 38" H x 22" W x 4.5" D

Impressive antique French Empire / Regency style burl wood beveled glass pier mirror with stately bronze mounts including human figured feet, maiden faces, and a cherub upon a horse ...

Impressive hand carved empire-style antique pier mirror with marble shelf. There are a few imperfections to plaster, as with age, pictured. M...

Mahogany wall mirror with gilt detailing. Manufactured in Denmark in the early to mid-19th century.

Classic 19th C. American gilt frame mirror, having a nautical themed lithograph top section. The mirror shows general wear, and signs of age and use, specifically as follows, the lit...