Pair of French 19th Century Napoleon III Boulle Pedestal Vitrines

A high quality and elegant pair of French mid 19th century Napoleon III ebonized fruitwood and ormolu cabinet vitrines. Each statement making vitrine is raised by clock supports with...

A striking and most elegantly pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Kingwood, Tulipwood and ormolu cabinet vitrines. Each two door vitrine is raised by fine block feet with delic...

An impressive and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony and Giltwood Boulle vitrines. Each beautiful brass inlaid vitrine is raised on four short legs with an ...

A most elegant and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Napoleon III period, ebony, bone, giltwood, ormolu and glass cabinet vitrines. Each striking vitrine is raised by charming bun feet. Leading up each side are striking square and circular columns with ormolu foliate plinths and capitals, fine inlaid bone fillets and beautiful giltwood flutes. The door retains its original glass pane and is framed within a lovely beaded ormolu band. The ebony frame has fine inlaid bone fillets and intricately carved giltwood rosettes, which is repeated at each side of the cabinet. Inside are three upholstered shelves...

A good quality pair of 19th century French ebonized display cabinets, having classical gilded ormolu mounts. Adjustable glass shelves and mirror backs within, raised on plinth bases ...

A pair of traditional cabinets in the manner of Mathieu Béfort with an ebonized wood frame that are decorated with figural gilt bronze mounts, depicting male and female figures, alon...

Set of 2 French Boulle display cabinets, 1930s Ebonized wood with brass inlays on a red background. Fabric-lined interior, two glass shelves, and a compartment. Front opening with a ...

Rare pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted curved shape vitrines attributed to J.E Zwiener. Glazed on all sides, they open with two doors framed by gilded and chiseled Rocaille style foliated bronze mounts. Resting on four cabriole legs ending with lion’s paws, the whole is covered by a « brèche de Benou » marble top. This model was probably designed by L. Messagé. Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener was born in Germany in 1849. In 1880 he sets up his extensive workshops in rue de la Roquette in Paris where he creates many original pieces of furniture. He imitated practically every style, ranging from ‘’Boulle’’ to Louis XVI and including extraordinary personal interpretations of the Louis XV ‘’exuberant’’ style. He participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibition, held in Paris, and was awarded the gold medal for his remarkable copy of that most famous piece of furniture, Louis XV’s desk. The catalogue of the exhibition included a wonderful elegy qualifying the work as perfect : « No criticism what-so-ever could be made ». As that other famous cabinet-maker François Linke, Zwiener had most of his bronzes modelled by Léon Messagé whose work was considered as being of the best possible quality. Léon Messagé is a renowned designer and sculptor who integrated in his ornaments related to the Rocaille asymmetry, new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. But even though, Messagé found inspiration with these 18th century artists, such as Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, he didn’t simply copy their work and showed great originality, even extravagance, with some designs contained in "Cahier des dessins et croquis style Louis XV". He realized numerous sketches on grey paper before the execution of a reduced or life sized model of his ornaments, made of wax or terra-cotta. From 1885, Léon Messagé started working with important Parisian cabinet...