Paris - Desk Accessories

Speaker Aircraft Engine Gold is inspired by radial aircraft engines from early 20th-century radial aircraft engines. Structure in aluminum alloy wi...

Speaker aircraft engine chrome is inspired by radial aircraft engines from early 20th-century radial aircraft engines. Structure in aluminum alloy ...

Large lighter key Circa 1970 Nonfunctional.

Small terrestrial globe on a blackened and waxed turned wood stand. The globe is made of polychrome printed paper mounted on plasterboard. It bears the inscription “globe terrestre d...

A mallard duck desk or smoker set in Parisian porcelain, composed of an ashtray, a desk tray, a business card box and a tobacco jar dressed in cellar leather...

Pair of modernist paperweights functioning as bookends, made of nickel-plated metal with a black marble base and adorned with a translucent glass sphere. Dimensions : H : 14 cm; W: 9 cm ____________________ Paire de presse papiers formant serre livres...

Signed Diehl à Paris. Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an escutcheon and flanked by two small lateral drawers forming two containers, surmounted by a lid representing a nestling. Central niche ornamented with a winged creature. Inkwell flanked by two felines. Toped by a penholder representing a Moorish head resting on an eagle claw. This exceptional piece was realized thanks to the collaboration of ornemanist J. Brandely, sculptor E. Frémiet and cabinet-maker C.-G. Diehl. The motif of the fantasy creature dear to Diehl, is to be seen on the famous cabinet made by him in 1867 and now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197). Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”, D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861. In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love” (p. 133) and a jewelry case where “The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149). For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors: Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...

Paperweight Golf Palladium made entirely in solid brass in palladium finish with golf ball pattern. Also available in gold or ruthenium.

Small ceramic pebble by Jacques (1926-2088) and Dani Ruelland (1933-2010). Signed Ruelland under the base. Circa 1960, France.

Paperweight golf gold made entirely in solid brass in gold finish with golf ball pattern. Also available in palladium or ruthenium.

Beautiful inkstand in carved crystal, with frame and cover in embossed silver. Signed by Lucien Gaillard (1861-1942), 107 rue La Boétie, Paris. Lucien Gaillard arises from silve...

This is a calligraphy set with a wooden lacquer box. There is a pen, an indien ink, a porcelain pot for water and a stone base to make the ink. And ...

Pivoting physical globe, in polychrome printed paper mounted on plasterboard. The globe is attached by a brass clamp to a cylindrical base in blackened and waxed turned wood. It’s in...

Zoomorph paperweight by Juliette Derel, France 1960'S

Bookrest bamboos in polished stainless steel, 24-karat gold-plated handcrafted.   

Large swiveling globe in plastered cardboard covered with printed paper. The meridian, attached to each pole, is in engraved brass. The base is in blackened turned wood. The colors a...

Pencil box golfer in polished solid brass in white bronzed finish. Base in solid brass in gold finish.

Lovely damascened metal smoking kit composed of a tray with branch-shaped handles and four removable containers. It’s adorned with flowers, red and gilt or...

Sterling silver inkwell made in Denmark, 1920. Very large size silver inkwell holder made of sterling silver, weight 620 grams. Good condition, some engraving on the silver as seen...

Important relief earth globe representing the oceans and the continents. The globe is made of painted plexiglas, fixed to the marble base by a brass axis. France around 1950.

Vintage corkscrew and bottle opener, key shape.

Paperweight Achille in carved travertine with genuine suede leather covering in olive green finish. Also available in other suede colors finish, on request.

Paperweight golf ruthenium made entirely in solid brass in ruthenium finish with golf ball pattern. Also available in gold or palladium.

Writing stand, Sterling silver and glass, by Gösta Konstantin Helenius, Ábo Sweden 1928. Square bottle, bevelled edges, size 6x6 cm, height tot. 9 cm. W...