19th Century French Directoire Style "Rafraichissoir" Wine Cooler Side Table

A sensational mid-19th century Wine Bottle Cooler - Basket beautifully crafted in copper. A perfect accessory for any wine lover.

A very lovely 19th century side table from the Provence region of France. Wonderfully constructed from walnut with exceptional patina - rich and luminous.

A very handsome later 19th century French Louis XVI style side table soundly constructed from beautiful walnut. Wonderful fluted and tapered legs with a single drawer. Perfect as an ...

A very charming 19th century oval shaped side table from the Provence region of France. Wonderfully constructed from beautiful walnut with simple and elegant lines.

A very charming and rustic mid-19th century side table from the Southwest of France. Soundly constructed from beautifully patina'd pine with a single deep drawer and classical lyre s...

A very beautiful 19th century French Louis XVI style marble top console table - side table. Beautifully constructed from silvered gilt wood and a stunning marble inset top surface. A...

A 19th century Louis Philippe style French rafraichissoir, or side table with wine coolers, made of solid walnut with fluted turned legs and cane shelves. Red veined marble top has two wine bucket inserts. Marble top is repaired. Waxed patina. These small wine tables...

A scarce antique country French rafraichissoir table (wine cooler) desserte server with beautifully aged patina. Circa 1800 Hand-crafted in Pro...

This is a fine antique French Directoire marble topped and ormolu mounted mahogany console table, dating from Circa 1840. The shaped Carrara marble top features a decorative three quarter pieced brass gallery over a frieze drawer decorated with beaded panels. It is raised on four elegant tapering and fluted Doric columns united by an undertier on cone shaped ormolu mounted feet. It has beautifully refined proportions and retains excellent colour and patination. The Botanical name for the mahogany this item is made of is Swietenia Macrophylla and this type of mahogany is not subject to cites regulation. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 87 x Width 87 x Depth 32 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 10 inches x Width 2 foot, 10 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch Directoire style was a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design in France concurrent with the Directory (November 2, 1795–November 10, 1799), the later part of the French Revolution. The style uses Neoclassical architectural forms, minimal carving, planar expanses of highly grained veneers, and applied decorative painting. It is a style transitional between Louis XVI and Empire. The Directoire style was primarily established by the architects and designers Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pier François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853). In its use of Neoclassical architectural form and decorative motifs the style anticipates the slightly later and more elaborate Empire style, which was introduced after Napoleon established the First French Empire. It reflected the Revolutionary belief in the values of republican Rome. Ormolu - Gilt Bronze (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze.The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt bronze'. The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object. Carrara marble - is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It is quarried at the city of Carrara in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany, Italy). Carrara marble has been used since the time of Ancient Rome; the Pantheon and Trajan's Column in Rome are constructed of it. Many sculptures of the Renaissance, such as Michelangelo's David, were carved from Carrara marble. For Michelangelo at least, Carrara marble was valued above all other stone, except perhaps that of his own quarry in Pietrasanta. The Marble Arch in London and the Duomo di Siena are also made from this stone, as are the interiors of Manila Cathedral, the cold-white marbles of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque and the campus of Harvard Medical...

Good early 20th century teak wine cooler/coffee table of oval form, with barrel stave construction and heavy gauge brass banding, having splayed legs and ...

A Dutch 19th century wine table, side table. A Biedermeier walnut wine table or side table on a column tripod ball foot base with a drawer, ca. 1840-1860. The measurement is 61....

This fruitwood occasional table is topped with an inset piece of stunning red Rosso Francia marble and surrounded by a 3/4th gallery over an apron with a single drawer. The drawer co...