Bronze Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Total height with mirror: 383 cm (151 in.) Console : Height : 97 cm (38 in.) ; Length : 291 cm (114 in.) ; Depth : 47 cm (18 in.) Height with pedestals : 178 cm (70 in.) – Width of pedestals tops : 36 x 23 cm (14 x 9 in.) Provenance: Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé, for the Conte de Chambrun, 12 rue Monsieur, 7th arrondissement, Paris. This magnificent white carrare and bleu turquin marble Louis XVI style console is embellished with carved and gilded bronze ornaments. The belt, adorned with a fluted frieze, masks of Bacchus and rosettes, is standing on six spirally fluted feet with foliage on the extremities. The part meant to be placed against the wall is divided in several pannels framed with moulded and beaded bronze. Above the console stands a giltwood and white-painted mirror, richly decorated at its top with a carved head of Apollo flanked by acanthus leaves and treillis. The mirror is framed by two patinated bronze female figures, each holding seven-light candelabra and standing on pedestals richly adorned with laurel garlands and bronze frames. These are casts by F.Barbedienne, after models by J.A.J. Falguière and P.Dubois (they are signed to the base, one ‘FALGVIERE and F.BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR’, the other ‘P.DUBOIS’ and ‘F.BARBEDIENNE’). The original models of these bronzes were shown at the 1867 Exposition Universelle before being installed at the Château de Compiègne for the enjoyment of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie. The masterful console was commissionned to Barbedienne around 1880 to garnish the interiors of the Conte de Chambrun at the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé, 12 rue Monsieur, 7th arrondissement, Paris. This console was part of the sale of the count’s art and furniture collections that took place on the 18th of June 1900 after the count’s death (listed as lot n°52 in the sale catalogue). Born in 1810, died in Paris in 1892, Ferdinand Barbedienne, the most important caster of bronze pieces of art during the second half of the 19th Century, created and directed in Paris one of the major artistic founderies of his time. Barbedienne specialised in classical reproductions, whose models were exposed in famous European museums. Their illustrated catalogues included many diverse objects such as busts, ornemental sculpture (clocks, candelabras, cups) sometimes even life-sized and also bronzes for furniture. Apart from his own production, Barbedienne worked for the most renowned sculptors such as Barrias, Clésinger and Carrier-Belleuse. All his works were highly esteemed and he, himself honoured by contemporary critics. At the London exhibition in 1851 Barbedienne's firm won two « Council medals ». At the 1855 Universal Exhibition, he won a medal of honour. The success of Barbedienne's firm brought him many official commissions. At the London Universal Exhibition of 1862 Barbedienne won medals in three different categories : Furniture, Silversmith work and Artistic bronzes. Barbedienne was made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur in 1867 and Commander in 1878 when he was compared with « a prince of industry and the king of bronze casting ». His glory did not decline with the passage of the time for at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 the critics thanked Barbedienne for the example he set for other bronze-casters by the perfection of his bronzes. Paul Dubois (1829-1905) studied law before entering the workshop of Toussaint, then the School of Fine Arts. After travelling in Italy, he participated to the Salon of 1863 and won the third medal for the sculpture category. He won several other medals : the Medal of Honour with his Florentine Singer...

Louis XVI, Small Oval Mirrors, Bronze, Carved Wood, Floral Motif, France, 19th Century Chic pair of small oval mirrors each heavily cast in bronze with a floral and foliate motif su...

A fine and rare French 19th century gilt-bronze and pietra dura vanity stand, attributed to Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Tahan (1813-1892) - Maison Tahan, Paris. The ornate slender bronze body fitted with a rectangular vanity mirror surmounted with a beaded trim and blue-celeste Cloisonné enamel corners centering a ribbon bow supported by two reeded columns, each issuing a scrolled foliate candle arm, over a flip-top gilt-bronze compartment lined with a burgundy silk and fitted with 'pietra dura' marble inlay plaques...

This elegant, finely crafted mirror is made in bronze and gold leafed. Anasthasia Millot has learned to translate into bronze the fluidity of preferred textiles like jersey, crea...

Mid-Century Modern Large Mirror rectangular Frame Wood Frame w/ Round Mirror The Elyse Mirror is a modern rectangular wall mirror designed to stand out in any unique interior design...

Marie Suri The ovation mirror Rectangular wall mirror with steel medallions and bronze decoration in a patinated steel frame with mitered corners. C...

19th century French handmade bronze mirror with reliefs.

Small period French Empire mahogany trumeau with gilt bronze mounts representing cornucopias, ivy and marguerite flowers. The mirror is of small proportions with original glass. A ...

Stylish Italian Gio Ponti inspired burled wood and bronze mirror in the Art Deco style. Featured mirror is geometric in form with interesting curved cor...

Antique demi-lune console with pillar mirror North Germany Mahogany Biedermeier/Empire around 1820 Dimensions: H x W x D: 234 x 88 x 51 cm single height console: 78 cm, sing...

“Model 84” toilet mirror made of silver-plated bronze and beveled mirror, manufactured by WMF- Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik...

Superb and impressive entrance / entryway console consisting of a low 5-drawers cabinet with a marble top, on which is placed an imposing mirror with a carved frame. In walnut and b...

Elegant dressing table with table mirror 19th century Very pretty jewelry box and lady's vanity in gold bronze and onyx from the 19th century. The bronze is sculpted with deometric ...

An excellent quality early 20th century gilt bronze mirror by Caldwell Edward F. Caldwell and Co. Inc. New York The oval mirror within a guilloche and beaded frame, surmounted by an urn with rams heads draped with husk-festoons and above scrolling acanthus, the sides with large seated sphinxes seated on guilloche-panelled plinths, above further scrolling acanthus. J. F. Sandberg, Edward F. Caldwell and Company, The Magazines Antiques, February 1998, p. 331. The E. F. Caldwell & Co. Collection, Smithsonian Institution, a002155. The present model corresponds to a design for a pier glass mirror in the parlor room...

19th French handmade bronze mirror with reliefs.

Rococo Style, Patinated Bronze, Large Ornate Mirror, France, 1930s Solid Bronze horizontal wall or over the mantle mirror designed and produced in France, early 20th century. This e...

We can sell the pieces separately 19th century neoclassic gilt bronze Venetian console with mirror, onix marble top, Vincenzo Cadorin attributable. A piece unparalleled and elegant. Measures cm: Console H 83, W 88, D 31 Mirror H 111, W 43, D 4 Biography: Cadorin Vincenzo (1854-1925) Venetian sculptor born in 1854, he was trained in the studio of Benvenuti, he then studied at the Venetian Academy. In 1883 he exposed his first works in Rome and in the next year he won the gold medal in the exposure in Turin. (Luisa GIORDANO, Cadorin, Vincenzo, in Biographic Dictionary of the Italians, XVI, Rome 1973, p. 97). His most known work is the gilt carved wooden desk...

Transport yourself to the lavishness of the 19th century with this exceptional empire-style pier mirror. Crafted with utmost precision, the mirror boasts a stunning mahogany wood fr...

Hollywood Regency Style Grosfeld House Wall / Console / Pier Mirror, Bronze A Grosfeld house bronze mounted Lucite and distressed, beveled mirror frame with a clear clean center ...

A very fine French 19th century Napoleon III Empire style mahogany and ormolu-mounted freestanding Cheval swiveling mirror. The oval framed mirror plate surmounted with Empire style ...

19th century French Empire style trumeau mirror with matching console table, featuring a decorative mythological "Verre Églomisé" reverse paint...