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Napoleon III Gueridon

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
19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Side Table - Antique Serving Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An original, antique French Gueridon table from the Napoleon III period. The round top is made of hand crafted painted Pinewood and the chassis is a tripod. In original condition wit...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Pine

19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Side Table - Antique Serving Table
19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Side Table - Antique Serving Table

19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Side Table - Antique Serving Table

19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Table - Antique Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An original, antique French Gueridon table from the Napoleon III period. The painted Pinewood side table has a very decorative scalloped edge and e...
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19th Century Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Pine

19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Table - Antique Side Table
19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Table - Antique Side Table

19th Century French Gueridon Pinewood Table - Antique Side Table

19th Century Napoleon III Polished Iron Bistrot Table with Oak Parquet Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique gueridon table was crafted in Paris, France, circa 1870. The intricate iron base sits on three paw feet embellished wit...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Iron

19th Century Napoleon III Polished Iron Bistrot Table with Oak Parquet Top

19th Century Napoleon III Polished Iron Bistrot Table with Oak Parquet Top

Fine French Napoleon III Lacquered Tilt-Top Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French 1880s black lacquered "burgauté" tilt-top table with a central painted floral motif surrounded by a mother of pearl inlay and gilded foliage.   
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Wood

Fine French Napoleon III Lacquered Tilt-Top Table
Fine French Napoleon III Lacquered Tilt-Top Table

Fine French Napoleon III Lacquered Tilt-Top Table

French Napoleon III 1860s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Radiating Veneer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoleon III walnut guéridon side table from the mid-19th century, with radiating veneer, single drawer and lower shelf. Born in France during the Second Empire, this exquis...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Walnut

French Napoleon III 1860s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Radiating Veneer
French Napoleon III 1860s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Radiating Veneer

French Napoleon III 1860s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Radiating Veneer

Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and Painted Gueridon Table, France, circa 1860
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Exquisite neoclassical Napoleon III period French parcel-gilt and painted solid oak gueridon or occasional table having breakfront circular top with raised central plinth surmounting...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Oak, Paint, Giltwood

Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and Painted Gueridon Table, France, circa 1860
Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and Painted Gueridon Table, France, circa 1860

Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and Painted Gueridon Table, France, circa 1860

French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Table with Marble Top and Bronze Capitals
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoleon III period walnut table from the third quarter of the 19th century, with variegated grey and red marble top, entasis columns and bronze capitals. Born in France at the end of emperor Napoleon III's reign, this exquisite table features a circular variegated grey marble top accented with red motifs, sitting above a simple apron. The table is raised on three columns with entasis and bronze capitals, connected to one another through an in-curving lower shelf. With its elegant lines and refined décor, this French Second Empire walnut table...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Marble, Bronze

French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Table with Marble Top and Bronze Capitals
French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Table with Marble Top and Bronze Capitals

French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Table with Marble Top and Bronze Capitals

French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Lyre Base and Tray Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoleon III period walnut guéridon side table from the third quarter of the 19th century, with circular tray top, single drawer and lyre-shaped base. Born in France at the ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Walnut

French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Lyre Base and Tray Top
French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Lyre Base and Tray Top

French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Lyre Base and Tray Top

Napoleon III Painted Round Tilt-Top Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The tilt-top painted with faux marble design in the center surrounded by a vine and leaf pattern.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Paint

Napoleon III Painted Round Tilt-Top Table, Late 19th Century
Napoleon III Painted Round Tilt-Top Table, Late 19th Century

Napoleon III Painted Round Tilt-Top Table, Late 19th Century

Superb 19th Century French Gueridon
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Superb 19th Century French Gueridon
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Gueridon

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Bronze

Superb 19th Century French Gueridon
Superb 19th Century French Gueridon

Superb 19th Century French Gueridon

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Napoleon III Guéridon, France ca 1860

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