Louis XV/XVI Transitional Style Chiffonier, 19th C

French Louis XV / XVI transitional style four-drawer marquetry-veneered commode with gilt brass chutes, pulls, and sabots. Dealer: S138XX

Louis XV / XVI transitional style side table or 'table a mouvante", the gilt metal mounted fruitwood side table with a brass gallery and two drawers, on slender cabriole legs termina...

French transitional Louis XV / XVI style bar cart in the manner of the Maison Jansen, the bookmatched Macassar Ebony top above shaped legs on wheels. Dealer: S138XX

Louis XV / XVI transitional style leather topped mahogany veneered small writing table or "Table a ecrire" late 19th century, and with rectangular leather inset top with three-sided ...

Louis XVI style carved giltwood armchair raised on turned tapered legs, back and seat caned, seat caning in distress condition, circa late nineteenth century. Dealer: S138XX

Louis Philippe Style Mahogany Meridienne, circa 1890, with scrolling arms and splay legs terminating in paw feet, now upholstered in gold chevron patterned cut velours. 35" H x 69" W...

A stunning, rare, and very fine quality French Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style mahogany inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener. Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, born in the late 19th / early 20th century, exceptionally executed Parisian work, retaining the original shaped marble top with contoured molded edge, over conforming solid mahogany case extensively inlaid with rich floral decoration and geometric trompe l'oeil marquetry-work. Embellished with finely sculpted and chisled gilt bronze ormolu mounts, the case fitted with three high quality locking bar mounted cabinet doors, each adorned with matched ornate escutcheon and opening thanks to the original keys, revealing a mahogany finished interior with single shelf. Featuring rare and exotic woods inlaid, all rising on bronze mounted transitional cabriole legs, ending in the finest quality patinated bronze sabots. Its three doors do not interfere with its delicate marquetry with decorations of geometric cubes and beautiful flowers on gilt gold ground, its two flat uprights with cut sides inviting finesse and harmony, while its bronzes, with antique motifs indicate the return to refined classic taste. A fine example of the Transition style, this chest subtly combines Louis XV marquetry with shapes that are already more rectilinear. From the middle of the 18th century, certain French artists, at the head of which the architects Blondel and Contant d'Ivry as well as the painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, rose up against the excesses of the rococo style and advocated a calming of lines by the use of classical or even ancient principles. If the "Greek" style was too categorical a response to these requests, the Transition style, soon launched by the Marquis de Marigny, brother of Madame de Pompadour and Minister of the Arts, was much more measured and appreciated. Dutch cabinetmaker Matthijs Horrix was also front and center, a leader a Transition style. Celebrated ebanista Jean-François Oeben was one of the leaders of this new taste, with Jean-Henri Riesener following in the 19th century. Oeben a genius with inlay, he gave birth to several patterns, both sober and elegant, such as the marquetry of bottomless cubes, which was adopted by many of his colleagues including Jacques Dautriche and Charles Chevallier. Jean-François Oeben was particularly known for his "Louis XV or Transition furniture, adorned with leaf veneers, flower inlays or geometric patterns", according to Pierre Kjellberg (Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe, éditions de l'Amateur, 1989). A small secretary in the Transition cabinet...

19th century French Louis XV style commode. Stunning 19th century French Louis XV style 2 drawer commode with hoof feet, bronze hardware ...

A very impressive and imposing late 19th century French, marble topped side cabinet, having a brass gallery to the top, three frieze drawers, the central one with a wonderful gilded ...

19th century mahogany chiffonier cabinet, the moulded top with pierced brass gallery of rectangular form raised over two lined brass g...

A stunning, finely detailed transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style, mahogany inlaid chest of drawers commode. Born in France durning the second half of the 19th century, the wonderf...

A fine 19th century Louis XV style country French - Provincial carved white-washed walnut bombé credenza vitrine. The slender and tall carved single-door...