Pair of Austrian veneered columns with lion's paw Biedermeier circa1840s

French center desk with solid mahogany veneer frame decorated with mercury-gilt bronzes such as sphinx heads, lion paws and friezes. Top covered in leather. Two drawers. Napoleon III era, Second Empire, ca. 1851/55. Dimensions: H. 77 cm. L. 135 cm. D. 70 cm. Notes Under the influence of Marie Antoinette, French artists began to draw inspiration from the 18th-century archaeological discoveries made in the Mediterranean during the time of Louis XVI. After the Revolution of 1789, under the Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1804), the Egyptian campaign drew even more attention to one of the cradles of civilizations. The "retour d'Egypte" style culturally and artistically had great success in France and Europe and reached as far as Russia; but much of this "Egyptomania" was politically driven to divert attention from the military failure of this campaign (defeat at Abukir, destruction of the French fleet by Admiral Nelson). The peak of this style's success was reached when the book "voyages dans le Basse et la Haute Egypte pendants les campagnes du general Bonaparte" by Dominique Vivant Denon...

Elegante pendola da tavolo con cassa di alta qualità in bronzo dorato rappresentante due putti che giocano con bolle di sapone su base in marmo rosso griotte. Soggetto molto raro. L'...

Large French gilt and burnished bronze table clock with male nude figure, probably David armed with a sword (David and Goliath story), placed beside a tree trunk inside which the cl...

Antique French gilt bronze clock depicting the trunk of a fluted column with a pair of doves resting on top and decorated with a bow and festoon framing the dial. White enamel dial ...

A Biedermeier period walnut desk from the mid-19th century, with three drawers and blond patina. Created in Austria during the second quarter of the 19th century, this Biedermeier wa...

This elegant Biedermeier writing desk comes from Austria from the early 19th century. It is made of spruce wood veneered with maple and impresses with its simplicity and elegance. Th...

We present very good condition, elegant and functional Chest of Drawers Vienna (Austria), made of walnut tree from 1840. (Biedermeier was a style in the art, literature , music a...

This is a beautiful five-drawer desk from the Biedermeier period. It was made in Germany around 1830s. The piece is veneered with walnut wood with an extraordinary black oak and mapl...