Napoleon III Furniture
NAPOLEON III STYLE
Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.
Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”
Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.
Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)
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Style: Napoleon III
17th Century French Napoleon III Gridiron
Located in Soest, NL
17th century hand forged French gridiron, made of wrought iron. It is used to grill small pieces of meat quickly over the fire. Sometimes they are put in the fire or else on a trivet...
Category
17th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III 'Apollo with Horse' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III fireback. Apollo, god of light, sun, truth, prophecy, music, joy and horses. Also the saving God, both in emergency cause...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th - 20th Century French 'The Cobbler and the Financier' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
Late 19th or early 20th Century French Napoleon III period fireback.
The fable of the cobbler and the financier (Jean de la Fontaine 1621-1695). A financier's troubled rest is inte...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Framed Oil Still Life Painting of Fruit, Grapes, and Melon
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century framed oil still life painting of fruit, grapes, and melon.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Napoleon III French Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French Napoleon III vitrine, or display cabinet, made of solid and veneers of mahogany. Original blown glass paned door with...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Bronze Group Of Putti Blacksmiths, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze group with brown patina, composed of 3 sculptures: 2 blacksmith putti forge their arrows on an anvil.
Wear and tear, missing parts (tools) and old restorations (hammer). ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,474 / set
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Marble Top China Curio Cabinet Vitrine
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Bronze Mount China Curio Cabinet Vitrine
Dimensions : 55.5" Tall X 26" Wide X 13" Deep
This very nice vi...
Category
1910s French Vintage Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Fireplace Andirons Brass & Wrought Iron Firedogs, France, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of andirons of the made circa 1900
Wrought iron firedogs
France
Good condition
Shipping:
52 / 28 / 44 cm 4 kg.
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Brass
French trompe l'oeil book side table, Napoleon III, wood, inlaid and leather
By Napoléon III
Located in Valladolid, ES
A delightful wooden side table with inlay and trompe-l'oeil bookend decoration on the lower drawer, in the Napoleon III style.
The tabletop features an excellent inlay figure with f...
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1890s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique French Napoleon III Andirons or Firedogs, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III 'Bacchant' andirons. Priest of Bacchus, god of wine and vivid social gatherings. The andirons are made of cast iron. They are in a good condition.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique French Napoleon III Fireplace Screen or Fire Screen, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III three-panel fireplace screen. The screen is made of brass, iron and iron mesh. It is in a good condition and is fit for use in front of the fireplace.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Carved Napoleon III Oak and Velvet Mirror, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Large and gorgeous frame, with hand-carved thistles motifs applied to a deep teal blue velvet background. The wood is oak. New mirror.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Velvet
A pair of small Napoleon III kingwood display cabinets on stands
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of small Napoleon III kingwood display cabinets on stands, each of rectangular form with a single glazed cupboard set on a base with two disguised frieze drawers flanking a la...
Category
1870s Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
Still Life with Fruit And Cheese, Oil On Canvas, Antique Painting, 19th Century.
Located in Breganze, VI
The antique paintings Still Life with Fruit proposed here is a Beautiful oil painting on canvas from the 1800s and dresses with
a gilded frame in pure gold leaf from the 19th centur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French fireplace grate. The grate consists of two Napoleon III period andirons, made of cast iron, and a recently forged grate, made of wrought iron.
The basket is in a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
French Napoleon III Period Fireback / Backsplash, 19th C.
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III period fireback depicting a woman.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. The...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with the Arms of France. Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. It de...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century French 'Marie Leszczyńska' Fireback
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III period fireback with Marie Leszczynska, queen of France and wife of king Louis XV. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Paintings With Marine, Sea and Boat, Small Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Old Marine Paintings, features a small painting, depicting a stretch of sea with a
fisherman and a small boat, a late 19th-century Oil on Canvas Painting. 19th century....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Buffet by Maison Grohé, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and impressive Napoléon III gilt-bronze mounted mahogany buffet with a rouge marble top, by Maison Grohé.
French, circa 1860.
Stamped twice...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Urn, Charleville Design
Located in Washington, DC
Napoleon III Urn, Design, Charleville Design
Cast Iron
Category
1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Umbrella Stand, Circa 1890
Located in Doylestown, PA
A large carved wood umbrella stand with 15 compartments, the end posts are twined with finial tops and the base has niches to hold the umbre...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique French 'Mars' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III period fireplace fireback with the god mars. God of strength, fertility and protector of cattle.
The fireback is made of cast iron black / pewter pa...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Napoleon III Bronze Bacchus Putti Clock, 1870s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Napoleon III bronze Bacchus putti clock, France, 1870s Height: 7.4"(18.8cm), Width: 6.1"(15.5cm), Depth : 3.3"(8.4cm). In perfect working order. Very good condition !
Category
1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Cut Crystal and Ormolu Vase
Located in New York, NY
In the early 19th century the typical, but fine flower vase was made of porcelain. The better ones were mounted in gilt bronze. But the most fashionable were of cut crystal and gilt ...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Crystal
19th C. French Napoleon III Fireplace Tools
Located in Soest, NL
19th Century French Napoleon III companion set. The tool set consists of thongs, shovel and stand. Made of wrought iron and brass. It is in a good condition and is fully functional.
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French fireplace grate. The grate consists of two Napoleon III period andirons, made of cast iron, and a recently forged grate, made of wrought iron.
The basket is in a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Napoleon III Carved Giltwood Oval Marginal Frame Mirror
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoleon III Carved giltwood oval Marginal frame mirror.
This finely carved giltwood and gesso mirror has an oval bevelled mirror plate, marginal borders and an exuberant a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
French Louis Napoleon III Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Louis Napoleon III style fireback with the arms of France. This is the coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major ...
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique French Napoleon III Fire Grate, Fireplace Grate, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French fireplace grate. The grate consists of two Napoleon III period andirons, made of cast iron, and a recently forged grate, made of wrought iron. The basket is in a ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Oil On Canvas - Normandy Cows Signed Collignon
Located in BARSAC, FR
Oil on canvas depicting a countryside landscape with a herd of Norman cows.
Signed Collignon, late 19th century, in its original wooden and gilded stucco frame.
Very good condition
...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique French Napoleon III 'Cupid' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with a cupid. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. The condition is...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Aubusson Carpet Napoleon III Period (10'10" x 15'-330 x 457)
Located in New York, NY
19th Century French Aubusson Carpet Napoleon III Period
10'10" x 15' - 330 x 457
Category
1890s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wool
Dutch Wrought Iron Blow Poker, Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Late 19th or early 20th century, Dutch Napoleon III period blow poker. The blow poke is made of wrought iron. It is in a good working condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Napoleon III Style 'The Hunter' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Napoleon III style fireback with a hunter.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter at no ext...
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Gilt bronze and silver-plated bust of Diana, 20th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt bronze and silver plated bust of Diana, 20th century, Napoleon III style
Early 20th century gilt bronze and silver-plated bust of Diana, Napoleon III style.
h: 37cm, w: 20cm, ...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Table Lamp in Blue Opaline Glass, Napoleon III Style
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative French table lamp crafted in vibrant blue opaline glass with elegant brass mountings.
The lamp features a brass stem with detailing at the base and was originally designed...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Picture "St Jerome and the Lion" in Fabric - France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unique and exquisite picture representing the biblical episode of Saint Jerome removing the thorn from the Lion's paw. The picture is made entirely of fabric, and is in relief.
The scene is set in an oasis in the desert...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Boîte en marqueterie de paille
Located in VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON, FR
Boîte en marqueterie de paille du XIXe siècle
Bon état
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Straw
White Opaline and Brass Lamp
Located in New York, NY
White Opaline and Brass Lamp. Napoleon III period while opaline glass vase lamp with brass collar and tripod base originally mounted for gas, retaining original pierced gallery colla...
Category
1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Napoleon III Style Jardinière or Planter
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French Napoleon III style marquetry jardinière, or cachepot, made of veneers of mahogany with ebonized panels and inlaid brass floral decoration. Cast bronze ha...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Suite of 5 Framed Engravings, Antique Scenes, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 5 Framed Engravings, Antique Scenes, 19th Century.
Suite of 5 framed antique engravings from the 19th century, depicting scenes in ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Napoleon III Style Centaur Andirons/Chenets 19th/20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Napoleon III Style Centaur Andirons
19th / 20th century,
Patinated pair of Napoleon III style andirons
Mythological centaurs holding a spheres, on ped...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Napoleon III Painted Tôle Cabinet, circa 1880s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very unusual Napoleon III iron cabinet, painted with a wood trompe-l'oeil. Elegantly outlined in black tubular iron, lending definition to its elegant lines: the bombé bottom section...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Dutch Copper Log Holder, Log Bin
Located in Soest, NL
Dutch Napoleon III period 19th century copper log holder, log bin
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Pair 19th century candelabra styled in the form of medieval knights
Located in Wijnegem, BE
Pair 19th century Napoleon III gilded - and silver-plated bronze candelabra styled in the form of medieval knights in armor on hexagonal marble bases.
France c. 1870s
Dimensions:
H...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Giltwood Mantel ~ Floor Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Giltwood Mantel ~ Floor Mirror is a magnificent expression of the Rococo style, one of the many historical styles that were revived duri...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French Napoleon III Period 'Cupids' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th C.
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III period fireback with three cupids. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. It i...
Category
19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Napoleon III Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Napoleon III style fireback with the arms of France. This is the coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynast...
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Napoleon III Period 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III period fireback with the arms of France. The coat of arms consists of a star (symbolizing prestige, honor, and patriotism), and leaves of the palm t...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Porcelain "Dove" Planter by L'Escalier de Cristal, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Inscribed HA et Cie and numbered 403
Signed in red Escalier de Cristal Paris
Beautiful planter in gilded and painted porcelain. The rounded belly with a platinum background is decor...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn, Fireback / Backsplash, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French fireback with the goddess Aurora. She renews herself every morning and announces the arrival of the sun.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brow...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique French Napoleon III 'Good Samaritan' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th C.
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French fireback with the parable of the good Samaritan. The style of the fireback is Napoleon III and it is from that period.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of Gilded Bronze and Marble Cassolettes, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of gilded bronze and marble cassolettes, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Pair of 19th century cassolettes, Napoleon III period, in marble and gilded bronze.
H: 44cm, W: 22cm...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Napoleon III 'Little Red Riding Hood' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with little red riding hood and the wolf. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made blac...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century Napoleon III Carcel styled Lamps
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Pair of 19th Century Napoleon III Carcel styled Lamps. Repurposed to electric from oil including glass globes. Gorgeous with hunting scene. Unique
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,464 Sale Price / set
49% Off
Napoleon style secretary, France, around 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Napoleon style secretary, France, around 1870.
Very good condition, after professional renovation. The furniture is finished in high gloss in French polish.
dimensions: height 138 ...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French Napoleon III Style 'Return from the Hunt' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Napoleon III style fireback with a scene of a hunt returning.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black...
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20th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Bronze Candleholders, Greek Female Figures
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Bronze Candleholders, Greek Female Figures. Grand Tour or Napolean III style/ period
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$320 Sale Price
55% Off
Bouhon Frères Fireplace Tool Set, Fire Tools, 19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
19th Century French Napoleon III fireplace tool set - fire irons made of brass. Bouhon Frères were prominent French producers of fireplace tools in the 1...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Furniture
Materials
Brass
Napoleon Iii furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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