An excellent Napoleon III walnut scroll arm chaise longue

Exquisite decorative architectural element, a wall hanging of generous scale. Sand cast bronze, with old verdigris patination and painstaking detail to the composition, the scales and twin heads of Horus. The energy expressed in beautiful coiled, tensile form. Bronze castings have a long tradition in Berlin, the most renown being the Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck that operated from 1851 until 1926. Horus, a god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing. Falcon cults, which were in evidence from late predynastic times, were widespread in Egypt. This coiled serpent form is equally reminiscent of Nehebkau a primordial snake god in ancient Egyptian mythology. Ultimately considered a powerful, benevolent and protective deity, he is described as a companion of the sun god Re. Egyptian revival: Egyptian culture first enchanted the West when Cleopatra captured the hearts of legendary Romans Julius Caesar...

A pair of Thomasville 'Ernest Hemingway' carved alder armchairs modern, each with armrests carved in the manner of antelope antlers, upholstered in sumptuous blush velvet. Provenan...

French Napoleon III chaise longue.

Chaise Longue from a Villa in the South of France, done by Maison Jansen in 1940's. Probably done by Matégot for Maison Jansen. Circa, 1940