19th Century French Louis XV Style Bonheur du Jour

A rare Bonheur Du Jour with gilt brass mounts and exquisite marquetry inlay with French Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted. A Louis XVI Style 19th Century piece with four uppe...

An unusual 19th-century Napoleon III desk Bonheur Du Jour in wood with yellow metal filets, a mat top, a top with golden metal rails, four little drawers, and a wide lower one with a...

A stunning Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet, glazed paneled doors with painted gallant scenes and exquisite ormolu mounts. Four beautiful hand painted panels “H . Martin “ signed by the family descendants of the Martin brothers (in the court of Louis XV) the first importers of lacquer painting who kept the art through the generations. Two central panels with romantic courting couples and the other two landscape scenes. Veneered wood, bronze mounts, curved glass with satin lined interior with two glass shelves. Vernis Martin. The Martin brothers were famous painters, gilders and varnishers who also worked for Louis XV in Versailles. Their dynasty lasted for almost eight decades, during which time they practiced in many fields, producing toilet sets, box sets, mirrors, small objects, cases, furniture, wood ornamentation, carriages and coaches. The Martins’ reputation and excellence overshadowed a great number of other painter-varnishers of the time they created a stylistic resurgence, associated with the technique of peinture à l’huile vernie-polie, which was directly connected to the art and style...

Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Ormolu mounted Bonheur du Jour by Louis Grade. This beautiful Bonheur du Jour is a superb example of the taste, a...

A Louis XV-Style bronze chandelier with twisted effect, glass pendants and finials, completed and rewired. Six candlestick holders and six light sockets working. The chandelier is ...

An oval shaped commode, a bedside type piece in transition between Louis XV and Louis XVI style. Rosewood and Pau-rosa, three drawers, exquisite marquetry, gilded bronze hardware and...

A very fine 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood, Walnut and ormolu mounted Bonheur Du Jour, the superstructure fitted with twin panel door applied w...

An antique French Louis XV style inlaid carved cherry Bonheur du Jour, 19th century with a raised brass galleried shelf above a wide beveled mirror back, flanked by two small brass g...

A good quality 19th century French ormolu mounted Bonheur du jour, having Sevres style porcelain plaques inset in to the doors with hand painted floral decoration. Cross-banding to t...

For sale is a fine quality 19th century ebony and Thuya wood Bonheur Du Jour. The bonheur du jour has a brass gallery around the top, above a central mirror...

For sale is a French 19th century Amboyna and Ebony Cabinet, with three quarter balustrade gallery, above two panelled doors set with Paris porcelain po...

A 19th Century French Louis XV Style kingwood and Walnut marquetry, ormolu mounted and galleried bonheur du jour, the top marquetry and galleried details. Two upper smaller drawers m...