Pointillé Engraving, Entitled Marche Incroyable, Boilly Et Bonnefoy, 18th C

A delightful Louis XVI secretary, built in oak and polished mahogany veneer, it is topped with a grey Saint-Anne des Pyrénées marble. It is equipped with a high drawer, offering a beautiful storage space, just below, it reveals a flap, discovering a space of a sobriety characteristic of Louis XVI Secretaries.  It consists of a large niche under which are seven drawers, six of which are of identical capacity, all in mahogany veneer. The flap is covered with original Camel coloured leather. At the bottom, it is equipped with two doors, housing a new storage compartment. These three front doors are equipped with cut brass lock entries.  This numerical inferiority is compensated by the presence of two pearled brass pull handles on the top drawer. The fluted uprights of this piece of furniture end in four tapered legs with gilded alloy shoes for the front legs. The back is a magnificent work of wood veneer entirely of the period. Period : 18th century Dimensions : Height : 130cm x Width : 64cm x Depth : 33cm In the 18th century, the ingenuity and talent of cabinetmakers were used to make secretaries with shapes as diverse as their names and with a great wealth of ornamentation, secretaries with a wide range of colours, and secretaries with a wide range of colours.  of ornamentation, desk secretaries, of which we find in the 1760 General Inventory of Crown Furniture wonderful specimens, such as cylinder secretaries, usually made of solid mahogany, the "bonheur du jour", travelling secretaries...

Large color etching on wove paper, representing General Marceau, a military hero of the French Revolution. The model was created in 1798 by Antoine Louis François Sergent-Marceau, known as Sergent Marceau. Antoine Louis François Sergent, also known as Sergent-Marceau, was a French politician, painter, engraver born in 1751 in Chartres, France, and died in 1847 in Nice, France. He was mainly active during the classical period in the 19th century. The works of Antoine Louis François Sergent are mainly preserved in the Army Museum in Paris. Period : XVIIIth Circa : 26 Germinal Year VI - 15 April 1798 Dimensions : Height : 72cm x Width : 5cm x Depth : 2cm Very nice militaria object, very decorative, large size. Superb bright pastel colors,   The notice written underneath is to the glory of Marceau. Born in Chartres, soldier at 16, General at 23, died at 27. General-in-Chief of the Army of the West, he defeated the Rebels at Le Mans and Laval. Major General in the Ardennes, Sambre et Meuse armies, where he commanded the right wing, he was victorious at Fleurus, on the Ourthe, the Röer, the Hundsruck, he seized Coblentz (October 23, 1794).  Mortally wounded at Hoestback, he died on September 22, 1796 at Altenkirchen, surrounded by the Generals of the Austrian army...

Beautiful colour print by Theo Tobiasse (1927 - 2012), entitled "A light on St Mark's Square Did you know? Colour lithography is a superimposition of coloured areas. The artist uses...

Four magnificent old prints, enhanced, authored by Nicolas Arnoult, they have all been engraved: “In Paris at Nicolas Arnoult rue de la fromagerie à l'Image St. Claude, aux halles, w...

Magnificent pair of prints made by Gille, Marie, Joseph Albrier (1791-1863) French painter, representing two of the four Evangelists accompanied by their creatures in reference to the Tetramorph which is found in the Apocalypse of Saint John. They are enhanced by a refined frame in wood and gilded brass. Print N ° 1: Saint Luc, drawn by Joseph Albrier and engraved by Etienne, Frédéric Lignon (1779-1833). Period: 19th century Circa: 1820 Dimensions: height: 26.5cm x wide: 23.3cm x depth: 4.5cm Print N ° 2: Saint Marc drawn by Joseph Albrier and engraved by Jean Bein (1789-1857). Period: 19th century Circa: 1820 Dimensions: height: 26.5cm x wide: 23.3cm x depth: 4.5cm In Christian art, we often find a motif called the Tetramorhpe. From the Greek tetra “four” and morphé “form”, this term designates any representation of a pattern comprising four elements, or literally any image containing four shapes. It is the term used specifically to name the representations of the four evangelists, each being accompanied or represented by a creature. Three of them are animals while the last - the one that represents Saint Matthew...

Delightful polychrome print, intaglio, lithograph on a very nice ARCHES® paper. ARCHES® is the paper mill that offers the widest range of art papers made on round forms. ARCHES® Wate...

18th century framed fashion engraving.

Fine 18th century engraving of a stag, after the hunt, with a magnificient dog at rest, in a country scene, beautifully depicted.

Superb pair of 18th century English engravings.

We present you an engraving based on a painting by a Flemish painter, Erasmus Quellin (1607-1678). The template was made by Schelte Adams Bolswert (1581-1659). The whole is closed ...

Signed M. Ogier (Fecit:by), this set of four hand colored engravings is part of a larger edition of plates. These plates are numbered PL 16, 347, 365 and 386. The subject is probably...

Outstanding pair of 18th century hand-colored shell engravings by Albertus Seba (1665-1736). Plates Tab. LXIX and Tab. LXXIV. The Engravings ...