French Renaissance Style Carved Oak Armoire

Double size Louis XV style carved French walnut bed, bookmatched veneer panels on head board and foot board, nicely carved cabriole legs with shells,...

This intricately carved English oak Jacobian-style table features an inset leaf-carved border with several carved faces composed of foliage or "green men" on four corners. The tablet...

This unique early 20th century American Victorian Renaissance Revival mirror features ornate decoration. The whole is composed of ...

Handsome dark stained mahogany with carved detailed figures, coat posts, umbrella tins, mirror and hinged glove box; handmade in England by James Phillips & Sons during the 19th cent...

This handsome, well-patinated piece hails from Alsace, France. The molded and dentil cornice sits above a cherub-decorated frieze and stepped architrave that is supported by three Cl...

Original lock and key This piece of furniture shows no recess on its upper part. It opens with four folding-doors and two drawers within the belt. The key bears the date 1524 above cross motifs. Burgundy and Lyon regions subordinated themselves to architecture in a different manner than the other french schools. Rather than using particularly columns and pediments pieces of furniture from Lyon borrow architecture’s organization principles and rigorous designs. On the upper body a strong feeling of balance and symmetry appears with the folding doors reliefs. Swags of flowers and fruits held with knot cloth centered by a man seating on his arms. Here profiles, masks and chou de Bourgogne mingle with the structuring scrolls. The two lateral terms wear draperies and the goddess Diana in the center wears a belt of fruits similar to Hugue Sambin’s designs (Termes de Diane et de Venus, 1554, BNF). The two palm-leaves enriched drawers and the alternating scrolls belt balance the weight of the cornice with its alternatings consoles and tops. The lower body is also adorned by three terms with a feminine one in the center, all three are wearing fruits on their heads. The folding doors are centered upon a motif of cut cuirs by a mask in high relief. Wearing a feathered tiara...

With a façade articulated in rhythmic reliefs, this French armoire engages both light and shadow in a quiet interplay across its surface. Diamond-point panels and concentric rondels ...

Armoire in Carved Oak with Rosette Panels, France, 1950s A stately presence marked by repetition and relief, this French armoire composes its façade in a series of rhythmic medallio...