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Place of Origin: French
Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved and hand-colored 19th-century map of Cantal, a mountainous departme...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Calvados France with Caen and Cider-Brandy Region, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Calvados France with Caen and Cider-Brandy Region, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved 19th-century map of the Calvados department in Normandy, northwestern France...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Bouches-du-Rhône France with Marseille and Rhône Delta, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Bouches-du-Rhône France with Marseille and Rhône Delta, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved 19th-century map of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southeastern Fra...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Aveyron France with Rodez, Millau and Wine Routes, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aveyron France with Rodez, Millau and Wine Routes, 19th Century
Description:
This detailed and decorative 19th-century map of Aveyron, a department in southern France, was dr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Aude France with Carcassonne and Languedoc Vineyards, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aude France with Carcassonne and Languedoc Vineyards, 19th Century
Description:
This elegant 19th-century map of Aude, a department in southern France along the Mediterranean...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Aube France with Troyes and Champagne Wine Region, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aube France with Troyes and Champagne Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This 19th-century map of the Aube department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ariège France with Foix and Pyrenees Landscape by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ariège France with Foix and Pyrenees Landscape by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This beautifully detailed 19th-century map of the Ariège department in southwestern France wa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ardennes France with Sedan and Military History by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ardennes France with Sedan and Military History by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This detailed and decorative 19th-century map of the Ardennes department in northeastern Fra...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Catholic Lourdes Souvenir Building with Music Box, France 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage silvered Music Box was a souvenir from a pilgrims journey to the famous City of Lourdes in France. It is made of metal and wood. The mu...
Category
1920s Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
This beautifully engraved 19th-century map of Ardèche, a department in southeastern France, comes from Alexandr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Hautes-Alpes France with Gap and Alpine Scenery by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Hautes-Alpes France with Gap and Alpine Scenery by Vuillemin
Description:
This elegant 19th-century map of the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France was created by A...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Basses-Alpes France with Digne and Lavender Region by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Basses-Alpes France with Digne and Lavender Region by Vuillemin, 19th c
This finely engraved 19th-century map of the Basses-Alpes department of France (known today as Alpes-d...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Allier France with Saint-Pourçain Wine Region by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Allier France with Saint-Pourçain Wine Region by Vuillemin, 19th c
This decorative 19th-century map of Allier, a central department of France, comes from the celebrated Nouve...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Aisne France with Soissons and Champagne Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aisne France with Soissons and Champagne Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This richly detailed 19th-century engraved and hand-colored map of the department of Aisn...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ain France with Vineyards of Bugey and Notable Portraits, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ain France with Portraits of Bichat and Joubert by Vuillemin, 19th c
This highly decorative 19th-century map of the French department of Ain is taken from the celebrated Nouv...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura 'circa 1960s'
By Madoura
Located in London, GB
Vintage ceramic egg figure from Atelier Madoura, Vallauris, France (circa 1960s). This egg-sized ceramic figure is painted with a stylized suited man w...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Children's Mannequin
Located in London, GB
A rare antique child mannequin,
circa 1880, French.
Losses to the outer fabric consistent with age and a dent to the metal top.
The boots are cast iron so there mannequin ...
Category
1880s Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique Knight Saint Carved Statue Figure St. George Soldier Medieval Armor Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
Rare Tall Carved Oak Statue Figure~~Medieval Knight or Saint with Armor~~St. George~~c. late 18th or early 19th century
HIGHLY CARVED~~notice the details~~St. George, a Christian saint who was a soldier in the Roman army...
Category
Early 19th Century Classical Roman Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Figure "Phoenician Dancer" by Demetre Chiparus
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in BILBAO, ES
Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947
Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base.
Signed "D. H. Chiparus".
Measures: 52 cms. with base and 42cm alt. total and 24 c...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Les Ébénistes du XVIII Siècle Français
Located in valatie, NY
Les Ébénistes du XVIII Siècle Français (18th-Century French Cabinet Makers.) Paris: Hachette, 1963. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket. French text. 341 pp. A thorough histo...
Category
20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Aphrodite; Moeurs Antiques by Pierre Louÿs, illustr. by Antoine Calbet -
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Rombaldi Éditeur, 1937.
Limited Edition.
8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 (194 x 156 mm). pp: 4, vii, 242. Five color lithographs including the frontispiece. Copies printed on Voiron laid...
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Andy Warhol's 'Flesh' Original Vintage Movie Poster, French, 1968
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Devon, GB
Conceived by Andy Warhol and young filmmaker Paul Morrissey while Warhol was recovering from gunshot wounds, 'Flesh' was the first of Warhol's experimental and avant-garde films to b...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th c. Giltwood Barometer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carved and Giltwood Louis XVI Style Barometer
Category
19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century French Carved Giltwood Virgin Mary Statue on Globe from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
Over three feet tall, this important antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Provence, France, circa 1860. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century French Wooden Maquette/Model of the Pantheon with Napoleon I Figure
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite and highly detailed wooden maquette, dating from the late 19th century, is a remarkable representation of the Pantheon in Paris. It stands as a significant example of Bonapartist art, crafted with extraordinary precision and attention to detail. The maquette is constructed from intricately cut, re-drilled, and assembled wood, designed to form a miniature model of a temple...
Category
19th Century Empire Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Birks Sterling Silver Ladies Compact with Enamel Portrait & Guilloche Decoration
By Henry Birks
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sterling silver ladies compact was made for the Birks retailer in presumably France in circa 1950. This compact features an enamel portrait done in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Revival French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Neo-Classical Style Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Barometer Wall Decor
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is amazing! It is a 19th century French Louis XVI style carved giltwood barometer. The crest appears to be a carved armillary of some sort with cascading laurel leaves and branc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Antique 17th Century Limoge Signed Plaque Of A Madonna Praying
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 17th Century French painted porcelain wall hanging plaque portraying the Madonna in prayer against a radiant sunburst backdrop. Intricately painted with foliate patterns ador...
Category
17th Century Other Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century "Globe De Marié" in Great Condition
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century "Globe de Marié" that was used for a demonstration of an intension to propose marriage to your beloved. The bottom part is made of hand painted wood and the decoration i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Bibliothecæ Alexandrinæ icones symbolicæ / elogiis illustratæ, by C. Giarda
Located in Middletown, NY
DISTINGUISHED PEDIGREE: from the libraries of Robert Hoe and John Barrymore.
Elegantly illustrated and bound copy with a famed pedigree that spans from Robert Hoe—the businessman, collector, and founding member of the Grolier Club in 1884— to "The Lamberts" (probably purchased in the epic Hoe library auction of 1911-1912), who gifted it to the colorful and famous actor John Barrymore. Their bookplates adorn the inside covers, will your bookplate be next?
Giarda, Cristoforo
Bibliothecæ Alexandrinæ icones symbolicæ … elogiis illustratæ
Milan: Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1628.
4to, 9 5/8 x 7 inches (244 x 178 mm); (xii) + 140 pp, not including plates and inscriptions. Engraved architectural title with Saints Peter and Alexander by Cesare Bassano, 16 copperplates of female figures; woodcut dropcaps and tailpieces throughout.
Later (circa 1890) red levant morocco binding by R. Petit (signed in gilt on front turn-in) with triple gilt frames on boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorative motifs in compartments; inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, professionally rebacked preserving original richly gilt backstrip in compartments; title and preliminaries stained, occasional spotting or light soiling and a few small light ink stains to covers.
[Praz p.349]
Provenance: Robert Hoe (blue morocco book label...
Category
17th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere Charles-François Delamarche Paris, 1805-1810 Circa
By Charles Francois Delamarche
Located in Milano, IT
Charles-François Delamarche
Ptolemaic armillary sphere
Paris, circa 1805-1810
Wood and papier-mâché
covered with printed and partly hand-coloured paper
It measures 15.74” in height, ...
Category
Early 1800s Empire Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Miniature Cast Bronze Grand Tour Architectural Model and Desk Thermometer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This miniature cast bronze architectural desk thermometer sculpture of a European monument dates to the 19th century to commemorate one of the Grand T...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Brass and Wooden Jewelry Scale
Located in High Point, NC
Loyally underhand for quickly weighing out gemstones and precious medals, this trustworthy sidekick was once the prized tool for the detailed work of the jeweler. Made in France in t...
Category
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nina Ricci gold plated triple twisted necklace, 1980s
By Nina Ricci
Located in Delft, NL
Nina Ricci gold plated triple twisted necklace, 1980s
A necklace with three twisted links by Nina Ricci. The necklace is gold plated. Marked in the clasp and on both sides of the l...
Category
Late 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
French 17th Century Weathered Carved Oak Christ Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice carved oak Christ figure with a strong expression. Beautiful weathered , France circa 1600-1700. Weathered, and losses. Measurement with the base
Category
17th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
12 Contes / 12 Stories by Mark Twain, illustrated by Jean Trubert
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of twelve stories by Mark Twain, translated into French and amusingly illustrated in color by Jean Trubert (1909 – 1983) a well known and prolific comic strip designer a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
COLLECTABLE ANTiQUE FRENCH NAPOLEON III LEATHER & HAND PAINTED CARD GAMES CASE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super collectable antique Napoleon III leather embossed and hand pa...
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
good antique gilt bronze singing bird box, by Flajoulot
Located in London, GB
A good antique gilt bronze singing bird box, by Flajoulot,
Circa 1910,
Going barrel movement,
Typical Flajoulet, clever design...
When wound and start/stop button sli...
Category
1910s Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Brooch by Line Vautrin, Beige Talosel Encrusted with Violetts Mirrors
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
This brooch by Line Vautrin is distinguished by its elegance and refinement, thanks to the inlay of rectangular purple mirrors arranged vertically. This arrangement creates a singula...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Impressive Large Size and Deeply Carved Oak Gothic Church Wall Bracket / Corbel
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique large Gothic Revival wall bracket with carved acanthus leafs
This handcrafted and hand-carved, Gothic Revival wall bracket is one of the largest we ever had the pleasure of offering. Together with the natural flowing and deeply carved, acanthus leafs and the Gothic rosettes around the upper rim it also has the most wonderful organic shape. The sheer size of this church relic, its striking design and its ancient patina makes it an absolute joy to own and look at. This is a great bracket for displaying a large saint statue...
Category
Early 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
Located in Paris, FR
A 18th century set presented in trapezoidal case made of light wood and inlaid with marquetry. The vanity case includes a gold wax case decorated with fl...
Category
1780s Louis XVI Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
1970s Gorgeous Smoking Set by Lalique, Signed on the Bottom, Made in France
By Lalique
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous smoking set in crystal by Lalique. made in France. The both pieces are signed on the bottom. Made in France. The table lighter works perfectly.
The items are in excell...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Mahogany Prayer Bench with Green Velvet
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique prayer chair in a bedroom for your daily devotions! Crafted in France, circa 1870, the traditional mahogany kneeler sits on...
Category
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
French Onyx and Enamel Miniature Table Cabinet
Located in London, GB
This elegant dressing table cabinet uses precious materials on a delicate scale, resulting in a piece that is both practical and luxurious.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Belle Époque French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Pelham Galleries Ltd Dealers in Antiques & Works of Art, Catalog First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Pelham Galleries Ltd Dealers in Antiques & Works of Art Established in 1928. First Edition catalog circa 2000 with black pictorial wraps; Unpaginated, profusely illustrated with color photos. Text is in English. The catalog contains fine furniture and decorative items, accompanied by extensive descriptions, including a beautiful harpsichord probably by the Couchet family of Antwerp, a pair of 17th century Neapolitan cabinets with painted glass panels, a pair of George II giltwood console...
Category
Early 2000s French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Guy Laroche Vintage Rhinestones Brooch
By Laroche
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Guy Laroche Brooch, made of green, blue and clear crystal inserted in a golden structure. Marked on the reverse.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Materials and Techniques: gi...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
'Paris-Champagne' Original Vintage French Movie Poster, 1964
By Sinclare
Located in Devon, GB
Although the film itself is somewhat unknown, released only in France and the Netherlands, this stunning French Moyenne poster for the 1964 Pierre Armand melodrama 'Paris-Champagne' ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
De re hortensi libellus, a 16th Century Children's Gardening Book
Located in Middletown, NY
Estienne, Charles
De re hortensi libellus (A small book on gardening); . . . vulgaria herborum, florum ac fruticum qui in hortis conseri solent nomina latinis vocibus efferre docens ...
Category
16th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Mid-19th Century Concert Grand Piano Signed Pleyel
By Pleyel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French mid-19th century, circa 1855, Louis XVI st. tulipwood parquetry and ormolu mounted, Model 2 Concert Grand Piano, signed Pleyel...
Category
19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ormolu
Bracelet by Line Vautrin – Beige Talosel Encrusted with Violetts Mirrors
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
This beige Talosel bracelet has been meticulously hand-sculpted by scarification to create an organic shape reminiscent of the emblematic creations of Line Vautrin.
Each link, there are seven in total, is adorned with purple mirrors subtly embedded in the Talosel to create a very shimmering and luminous effect that perfectly captures Line Vautrin’s poetic aesthetic. The small, irregularly shaped...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Schneider Glass, French-English Book by Edith Mannoni, 1992
By Verreries Schneider
Located in Atlanta, GA
Schneider, French and English Book by Edith Mannoni, 1992.
This book traces the factory's history and presents a hundred reproductions of original plates and sketches from the 1920s....
Category
1990s Art Nouveau French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Limoges France Oval Scalloped Porcelain Box With High Relief Rocaille Trim
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful Limoges porcelain oval scalloped shaped trinket box is handmade and hand painted in a soft mauve color and features high relief white rocaille and shell motif porcelain tri...
Category
Late 20th Century French Provincial French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Al' Ecu De France London Sw1 Ashtray Cobalt Blue
Located in Charleston, SC
Al’Ecu De France
Vintage Al'ecu de France Ashtray 01-930-2837 111 Jermyn Street London S.W.1
A glass catchall vide-poche (or ashtray) from the fine and exclusive A L'Ecu de France R...
Category
1980s Other Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique mantel clock is constructed in ebonised wood by the renowned Parisian maker of automata, Xavier Tharin (French, active mid 19th Century). The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case. The face is of white enamel, featuring black Roman numerals and signed 'Tharin a Paris', and is bordered in beaded ormolu. The pediment in which the face is set is decorated with ormolu mounts of stylized acanthus leaf form. The pediment is set onto a rectangular frame of ebonised wood, inside which is set a musical automaton...
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Fine 19th Century French Marquetry Prayer Kneeler (Prie-dieu)
Located in Austin, TX
French prayer kneeler (prie-dieu), 19thc., of carved marquetry case, having hinge top opening to velvet lined interior, over two drawers, all abo...
Category
19th Century Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Ebonized Duet Stand
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French ebonized duet stand made in the 1800’s. This antique was built for duet performances with back to back sheet music stands and adjustable brass candle holders. The functional...
Category
19th Century Other Antique French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th Century Antique Porcelain Doll Heads
Located in Casteren, NL
20th century antique porcelain doll heads, various sizes and ages.
25 items in total.
Originates France, dating, circa 1950-1960.
Category
1950s Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Metal Military Red and Blue Gasoline Tanks, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of metal military red and blue gasoline tanks, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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