Decorative Empire Style Wood Candle Stand With Bronze Angelic Figure
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Decorative Empire Style Wood Candle Stand With Bronze Angelic Figure. In very good condition
Early 20th Century Empire Tables
Brass, Bronze
From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.
Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.
Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.
Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.
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Decorative Empire Style Wood Candle Stand With Bronze Angelic Figure
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Decorative Empire Style Wood Candle Stand With Bronze Angelic Figure. In very good condition
Brass, Bronze
Antique French Empire Neoclassical Round Marble Top Eagle Carved Center Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Neoclassical Round Marble Top Eagle Carved Center Table. Item features a round marble top with raised edge, gold gilt eagle heads, lower shelf, ebonized finish,...
Marble
French Empire Mahogany & Gilt Center Table with Marble Top, Circa 1825
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (Circa 1825) mahogany and gilt round 3 legged center table on platform base with green lacquered bird heads and grey marble top.
Marble
French Empire Center Table by Potheau, Mahogany & Gilt Bronze, 3 Legs
By Potheau
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire mahogany & gilt bronze trim round center table on 3 legs with a revolving inset brown leather top and pearl medallions over 6 drawers with a stretcher (stamped: POT...
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Directoire / Early Empire Marble-Top Stand, circa 1780s
Located in Perkasie, PA
A handsome late 18th century French marble-top stand or petite console, dating to approximately 1780–1800, displaying the restrained neoclassical character associated with the transi...
Walnut
Empire Malachite Centre Table Gilt Pharaoh Legs
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning French Empire table in gilt with malachite base and top Such a great look to this piece which reeks of style and elegance The look is very high Empire with all the classical...
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Round, folding Demi Lune Mahogany Game Table, German
Located in Madrid, EX
This beautiful early 19th Century Game Table is quite a piece... when folded, it makes for an elegant demi-lune console table, perfect for an entrance way or samller room. When opene...
Mahogany
Table, Western Europe, circa 1920.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Mahogany table, Western Europe, circa 1920. Very good condition. Wood: mahogany dimensions : table height 78 cm width 132 cm depth 94 cm when unfolded 145 cm
Wood
19th C. French Empire Style Round Mahogany Bronze Mount Tilt Top Center Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century French Empire Style Round Mahogany Tilt Top Table w/ Bronze Ormolu. Item features ornate cast bronze ormolu, brass casters, carved central column, beautiful wood grain, ...
Bronze
Inlaid Empire Accent Table, Mahogany with Starburst Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite Empire-style accent table showcases the refined neoclassical elegance of the early 19th century. Crafted in richly figured mahogany, the round top is beautifully inlai...
Mahogany
$5,787 / item
French Empire Style Round Accent Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Early 19th-century French design anchored by a quartz top with a refined moulded surround, this table balances classical elegance with luxurious materials. Its bold brass frame featu...
Quartz, Brass
Continental Empire Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch Empire-style (Circa 1840) black lacquer Chinoiserie console table with adjustable mirror on back and bronze heads with black marble top.
Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Empire Corner Étagère, Mahogany & Giltwood, Berlin, Circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
An exceptional corner étagère made of mahogany, resting on three gold-patinated paw feet. The segment-shaped structure is supported by three stylized palm-form columns, featuring gol...
Glass, Mahogany, Giltwood
$11,132Sale Price|20% Off
Elegant Italian Empire Consoles Tables with White Marble Top, 1815
Located in Rome, IT
Empire mahogany and finely carved gilt-wood consoles tables with the rectangular Carrara white marble top. Timeless elegance for your interior. Measures: Height cm 102 width cm 124, ...
Mahogany
Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Attributed to Chapuis. The later circular black marble top above a frieze mounted with stylized laurel branches centered by flowerheads, raised on three square tapering legs surmount...
Bronze
French Mid-19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French mid-19th century Empire style mahogany, ormolu and Vert de Patricia marble center table, circa 1850. The table is raised by three legs with rectangular support...
Marble, Ormolu
Empire Style Dining Table in Cherry Wood with "Curule" Legs, 20th Century
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Empire style dining table with "Curule" legs. Made of solid cherry wood, it is of very high quality...., with a rare width of 115 cm It can be completely restyled after being fully...
Cherry
French Designer, Side Table, Mahogany, Marble, Bronze, France, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
A small Maison Jansen style claw foot and bronze mounted marble-top circular end or side table. Mahogany, Bronze, Marble France, 1940s
Marble, Bronze
Empire Style Mahogany Table de Milieu with a Verde Antico Marble Top
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine Empire style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany table de Milieu, with a Verde Antico Marble Top, in the Manner of Jacob Desmalter. The rectangular marble top above a frieze...
Marble, Bronze
20th century French Empire Style Marbre and Cherrywood Console Table, 1980s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Elegant Empire-style console table crafted in cherrywood, resting on four turned columns adorned with bronze rings. The top is made of speckled marble, bringing a refined and timele...
Marble
$35,000 / set
Impressive Pair of Northern European Empire Consoles
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Marble tops set on a veneered flame mahogany frieze with finely carved acanthus leaf molding. Supported by a pair of superbly detailed solid mahogany swans flanking a veneered stretc...
Mahogany
Empire table, France, ca. 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Empire table, France, ca. 1860. Very good condition. H 76.5 cm D 79 cm
Walnut
Italian Empire Period Serving Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Empire Period Serving Table. Neapolitan Empire period mahogany serving cart / trolley with broad recessed serving area for food service or bar with ormolu decorative carnival...
Ormolu
French Empire Console Table, Mahogany with Green Marble Top, Gilt Trim
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th-20th century) mahogany console table with a stretcher and gilt bronze trim with a green rectangular marble top.
Marble, Bronze
Large Empire style pedestal table in Mahogany and Mahogany veneer
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very handsome Empire-style pedestal table in mahogany and superb ormolu mount after a model by Jacob-Desmalter, the circular top in verde antico marble surmounting a mahogany frieze mounted with a band of laurel leaves between rosettes, supported by the heads of three finely chased ormolu female caryatids, each facing outwards, hair braided, bare feet and arms crossed, wearing armbands and a diaphanous gown, the brace centered by a chased covered urn flanked by three elegant squatting winged sphinxes wearing Nemean headdresses and braids tied in front, all resting on claw feet. The design of this superb pedestal table was inspired by a famous table-console or "double-sided console" made by the renowned Parisian cabinetmaker Jacob-Desmalter, itself based on designs by Napoleon's chief architects and ornamentalists, Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine...
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Opera Fantastico marble side table. The table is raised by three elegant lightly curved square tapered legs with hands...
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire Style Half Round Bracket Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style mahogany half round bracket console table with bronze doré trim and green marble top, 19th century.
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Mahogany Center Table with Onyx Top
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed rectangular center table with winged females, open stretcher, and onyx top.
Onyx, Bronze
19th Century French Mahogany Gueridon Table, Marble Top, Empire Style
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French mahogany gueridon table having circular moulded grey marble top raised on reeded turned tapering column and scrolled leaf-carved tripod base ending on bo...
Mahogany
$1,669Sale Price|20% Off
Game table circa 1840
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
a marquetery game table 19 century need restorations
Wood
A table and four chairs from the early 20th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A set of four chairs with a table from the early 20th century. The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: Table: height 79 cm width 125 cm...
Fabric, Walnut
Baltic Empire Style Writing Table or Desk, circa 1910 in Mahogany
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very fine Baltic writing or sofa table in the Empire style (and edging toward the Art Deco period that would follow.) In Cuban mahogany with carved trestle-base ending in carved li...
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Empire Game Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century excellent quality Italian Empire rent or games table of mahogany having a beautifully grained top with beveled edge. The table’s frieze holds four working drawers separa...
Mahogany, Giltwood
French Empire Early 19th Century Walnut Console Tables with Grey Marble Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Empire period walnut veneered console tables from the early 19th century, with dark grey marble tops, bronze mounts and tw...
Marble, Bronze
Empire - Consulate Style Oak Farmhouse Table with Parquet Top, 20th Century
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Oak farmhouse table with parquet top and four small drawers on both sides. Height under the apron 60 cm (height can be raised upon request). Excellent condition. Additional inform...
Oak
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Marble Top Console ~ Pier Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Marble Top Console ~ Pier Table is an amazing example of the style that launched a revolution felt around the Western World. Highly talented ...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$2,087Sale Price|32% Off
Neoclassical Style Brass and Lacquered Metal Mirror with Cup and Swan Necks.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Empire style mirror is made of brass and lacquered metal with decoration. This is a French work, circa 1940.
Metal, Brass
pair of 19th century Empire Period Giltwood and Marble consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most impressive pair of Continental 19th century Empire/Restauration Period Giltwood and Fleur de Pêcher marble consoles. This stunning pair of consoles is raised o...
Marble
Italian Rectangular Walnut Sorrento Side Table With Marquetry Inlay
Located in Viterbo, VT
Sorrento side table hand-crafted in Italy in the early 1800s using walnut and decorated with walnut and fruitwood veneer and inlaid marquetry veneer. The table has beautiful proporti...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Empire Console Table, France, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Original Empire console table, France, 1820, mahogany veneer with original brass fittings. The elegant columns with their brass capitals and bases stand on a rectangular base. The ba...
Mahogany
Inlaid empire side table circa 1800
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Inlaid empire side table circa 1800 professionally stained and repolished.
Wood
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative French 19th century Empire St. mahogany and ormolu center table. The circular table is raised by fine bun feet below elegant scrolled legs with hand...
Ormolu
Neoclassical Style Cream Faux Marbre Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully faux painted in a cream marble faux finish, the rectangular top raised on two volute form supports terminating in sunflower heads and enriched with foliate decoration.
Wood
Fine Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany Center Table inthe Manner of Jacob-Desmal
By Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Empire style gilt bronze mahogany gueridon or centre table With a verde antico marble top. In the manner of Jacob-Desmalter, circa 1880 Height 31 1/4 Diameter 35 in. A very fine Empire style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany guéridon after a model by Jacob-Desmalter, the circular verde antico marble top above a mahogany frieze mounted with laurel leaf banding in between rosettes and anthemions, supported of the heads of three finely cast gilt bronze female caryatids, each facing outward with hair in plaits, bare feet and arms crossed, wearing arm bands and a low cut diaphanous dress gathered up toward her breast, the stretcher centred by a chased covered urn flanked by three elegant crouching winged sphinxes wearing Nemes headdresses and plaits tied at the front. The design for this superb guéridon is based on a famous table-console or ‘console double face’ by the celebrated firm of Paris ébénistes Jacob-Desmalter which was itself based on designs by Napoleon’s chief architects and ornamentalistes Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine...
Bronze
$4,784Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Empire Mahogany Draw Leaf Dining Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Empire Mahogany Draw Leaf Dining Table with Bronze Mounts exudes elegance, and is extraordinarily versatile with two leaves that are always there when you need them, t...
Bronze
Fine 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Plaque Topped Gueridon
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French gilt bronze and porcelain plaque gueridon table. Napoleon hand painted with the Royal Vienna beehive mark. Signed.
Bronze
French 19th century 1st Empire Period Leather and Ormolu side table, circa 1805
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and most unique French early 19th century 1st Empire Period Leather and Ormolu side table, circa 1805. This charming table is raised on a tripod base with scrolled leather wra...
Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the top with ornate mounts, above a fall front opening...
Mahogany
Italian Bleached Mahogany Writing Desk / Console Table With Cabriole Legs
Located in Viterbo, VT
Writing desk or console table hand-crafted in Italy in the early 1800s using mahogany. The table has beautiful lines and great proportions, making it a piece that can fit easily in d...
Mahogany
Spectacular Temple Guardian Antique Empire Style Table Birdseye Maple Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Spectacular Temple Guardian Empire style table Root on solid beechwood. A classical table with three monumental, fully ...
Birdseye Maple
19th Century, Pair of Italian Empire Console
Located in IT
Paire de grandes consoles Empire en bois laqué, Toscane, début du XIXe siècle Dimensions : H 96,5 x L 133 x P 65,5 cm Cette élégante paire de grandes consoles Empire a été réalisée ...
Bronze
19th Century Original British Dinning Room Set with 12 Chairs, Satin Wood
By Joseph Fitter
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Hassle-free US shipping: We provide all necessary 100+ year-old certifications to ensure a flat 15% customs rate for our US clients Individual items are not for sale separately. A very popular supplier and manufacturer of furniture, Maple & Co. It is a perfect example of the English aristocracy and is still in great demand. The whole set is remarkable in that it has been kept intact this entire time, including the original 12 chairs at the table. The table has a rare unfolding system with two double action screw table expanders. One person alone can easily unfold the table by turning the handle. The system is patented by the company Joseph Fitter...
Leather, Upholstery, Satinwood, Lacquer
Empire style console leg. Resin. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Figure located on a rectangular base with fine moldings. A claw gives way to an oval shape from which emerge two wings with the tips rolled forward (with some lines of Persian air) a...
Other
French 19th century Empire st. Burl Walnut, Ormolu, and marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French 19th century Empire st. Burl Walnut, Ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble side table. This impressive circular side table is raised by a three Ormol...
Marble, Ormolu
Elegant Italian Empire Consoles Tables with White Marble Top, 1815
Located in Rome, IT
Empire mahogany and finely carved gilt-wood consoles tables with the rectangular Carrara white marble top. Timeless elegance for your interior. Measures: Height cm 102 width cm 124, ...
Mahogany
Pair of Early 19th Century French Empire Walnut Wall Consoles with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate two small corners or entry spaces with this elegant pair of wall-mounted consoles, crafted in France circa 1820. Each petite table is composed of a triangular body with a bo...
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Vintage French Empire Style Bronze and Marble Gueridon Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
This product is a pair of vintage French Empire style gueridon tables, featuring a tabletop made of marble with a bronze base. The elegant design and luxurious materials used in thes...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Empire France Lyra-Shaped Curly-Legs Side Tables, circa 1815
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid wood and partly boned. Round leaf with black-and-white interspersed marble, over simple frame and lyra-shaped curly legs on three-sided retracted base plate and dis...
Marble
Early 19th Century Empire Greek Vanity or Ladies' Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
An early 19th century gilt bronze and walnut veneer ladies desk or dressing table or vanity, with a rectangular grey fossil marble top above two mirror paneled doors and two drawers, flanked by Greek Revival female caryatids, above a folded leather lined writing surface and a frieze drawer, raised on square legs, joined by an incurved stretcher. The whole mounted with finely chased ormolu casts depicting winged figures, ribbons and foliage. Beautiful early 19th century French Empire small desk...
Bronze
Walnut and Gray Marble Empire Console, circa 1880
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Walnut and gray marble Empire console, circa 1880. Carved legs with leaf curved design on front legs and reeded legs in back.
Marble