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A French Louis XV antique stone fireplace with panelled console jambs supporting the carved scrolled entablature with central shell over scroll...

Pair of Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and marble commodes. French, 19th Century Measures: Height 82 cm ,width 134 cm ,depth 59 c...

A Marquetry-Inlaid Pedestal in the Louis XV Style Index no. 184 Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and floral marquetry to all sides on a bois satiné gr...

K0568 Pair of French kingwood bombe bedside chests of drawers with finely inlaid sides, each having original serpentine marble top above two oak lined f...

A beautiful antique marble top coffee table. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1920-30’s. It is of excellent quality, ...

A Louis XV period ormolu and marble mounted commode. French, 18th century. Measures: height 84cm, width 122cm, depth 68cm. With a veined grey marble top set above two small and ...

Rococo style chest/commode with marble top. This chest dates from the early 1900's and has its orginal marble top and cast brass handles. The chest has been restored and renovated ...

An antique surround in grey and pinkish red variegated marble. The frieze with carved shell to centre with C-scrolled and stiff acanthus end blocks. All beneath a generous serpentine shelf. Opening 120cm wide...

A large and impressive antique French table lamp in onyx and gilt metal. This was made in France and dates from around the 1930’s. It is o...

A pair of antique Rococo commodes renovated to the highest standard and custom painted to provide a modern interpretation. Matte black with white drawers...

Pair of Louis XV style chest of drawers,Night stands made by La Maison London Black lacquered with bronzes handles and filigree. Serpentine legs 2 x drawers per commode.  

Rococo style chest with 2 drawers and modern flat black finish. Original brass fittings. Measures: Width: 62cm / 24.4", Depth: 33cm / 12.9", ...

Louis XV Commode with 2 drawers renovated to the heighest standard with a redesigned pattern to the front and sides. Original brass fittings a...

Gustavian Haupt Chest with Three Drawers in a Gold Christian Lacroix Design. Originally from the 1930's fully restored and redesigned. Original brass fittings and marble top. Measu...

Gustavian commode with marble slab and frame with Butterfly Christian Lacroix Design. Fine original fittings in solid brass. Measures: Width: 81cm / 31.9" Depth: 45cm / 17.7" H...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this pair of antique Louis XV French giltwood Fauteuils Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide...

A Louis XV style commode from the early 19th century renovated to the highest standard with a harlequin pattern. Original cast brass metal fittings and marble top. 2 drawers. Measu...

Gustavian Haupt chest with three drawers in a gold Christian Lacroix design. Originally from the 1930s fully restored and redesigned. Original brass fittings and marble top. Measur...

Exhibition quality antique Louis XV French kingwood floral Marquetry ormolu mounted side cabinet having a white marble top above a beautiful ornate ormolu frieze above a pair of ou...

K0436 beautiful giltwood pier mirror, having original mirror with some foxing in finely decorated frame with foliage crest to centre. This antique mirror retains its original glass, ...

A beautiful and impressive antique cabinet. I would say it’s French and dates from around the 1930-50’s period. It has gorgeous inlaid floral designs and nice ormolu mounts througho...

A single antique Rococo commodes renovated to the highest standard and custom painted to provide a modern interpretation. Matte black with white drawers....

Antique Gustavian Bureau in birch wood dating from the 1920's/1930 with a lacquered photo print David Bowie over the front drawers and side. Fine grey marbled slab and solid origi...

A French Louis XV Fauteuil A La Reine in fruitwood. Beautifully carved with a good patina, newly upholstered in a stone coloured textured silk.

A pair of large Louis XV style gilt-bronze and Samson porcelain candelabra French, Late 19th century Measures: Height 68cm, width 54cm, depth 36cm Crafted with great artistry and skill by the Samson porcelain manufactory in late nineteenth century France, these exceptional candelabra feature superb full-length porcelain subjects set within elaborate gilt-bronze lighting branches. Made in the Louis XV style, each pair, symmetrical to each other in design, consists of five-lighting branches, a mount for the porcelain, and elegantly sculpted bases. The porcelain figures are that of a man and woman playing musical instruments, wistfully gazing towards each other while they stroll and play; he plays a variation on the bagpipes, probably the French cabrette, while she plays a large guitar-like stringed instrument. They stand 68cm in height and bear the Samson mark to the underside. Beautiful pieces, the porcelain figures of which can stand separately, they are wonderful examples of French antique...

A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted Vernis Martin and parquetry vitrine French, c.1880 Height 197cm, width 102cm, depth 49cm This remarkable work is a Louis XV style, Vernis Ma...

French Louis XV style Silver Giltwood Carved Three-Piece Salon or Parlor Suite Very fine original walnut frame three-piece salon suite, includes one settee and two armchairs, the sui...

Fantastic and unusual Chinese trade chaise longue in the Louis XV style, circa 1850. This daybed was likely made in Canton for export to the French market. It combines numerous styles in a very rare manner. The whole is raised on eight cabriole legs, with each knee carved with early 18th Century style arabesques on a punchwork ground. The rest of the frame is also decoratively carved with Chinese-style peonies and trailing vines. This style of low-relief carved decoration owes a lot to early 18th Century Queen Anne type decoration, more usually seen on period English chairs...

Louis XV/XVI transitional period commode is satinwood and serpentine in form standing on elegant cabriole legs. The front and sides of the commode ar...

An antique French louis xv revival kingwood and ormolu etagere in the manner of francois linke, late 19th century The circular quarter veneered and cross banded top with a pierced...

Featuring marquetry, parquetry, and gilt-bronze decoration, these intricate and elaborate side tables are crafted in stunning Rococo and Louis XV fashion. This pair of Louis XV s...

A very good quality 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mounts, three frieze drawers to one side, d...

Antique Victorian French display cabinet having an ebonised top, pretty quality oval sévres style plaque to the frieze, lovely ornate brass mo...

A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid dressing table by Maison Giroux. The underside of the drawer with a stencil mark and paper label for 'Alphonse Giroux &...

A very rare and important exhibition encrier by François Linke and Léon Messagé. French, circa 1900. Index number 709. Signed to the edge 'F. Linke'. This exceptional and ambitious encrier is modelled as two putti, each holding a standard and sitting on the water's edge, the two inkwells with hinged spirally-fluted covers with glass liners. This important inkwell is based on Léon Messagé's celebrated sculptural group 'La Source' and was originally intended by Linke to form part of his spectacular Stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Like seven or eight other pieces originally intended for inclusion on the Stand, it would seem the encrier was a casualty of both Linke's over-ambitious production schedule and the financial burden that the manufacture of such ornate and high quality work imposed. It was eventually shown on the Stand in September after the gilding was finished by Picard at a cost of 90 French francs. The costs of the model were very high: some 2024 francs (of which Message's combined fee was 1158 francs 40 centimes), underlining the originality and complexity. The 1900 Exposition example was sold, along with three important pieces of furniture from the Stand (the Grand bureau and associated armchair, and the Bahut Louis XV Mars et Vénus), to the South African banker and diamond merchant Solomon Joel. A further six encriers were produced up until 1925. Object Literature: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Époque of French Furniture, p. 90, pl. 97; p. 149, pl. 157; p. 150; pp. 182-183, pls 197 & 198 as exhibited at the Liege exhibition in 1905 & p. 480 for the original notes in Linke's Blue daybook of the late 1890s. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period. He was born in 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinetmaker Neumann, then in 1875 at the age of 20 he arrived in Paris where he lived until he died in 1946. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in Paris in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, and during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. The quality of Linke's craftsmanship was unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries and reached its peak with his spectacular Stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, where his Grand Bureau took the Gold Medal. He gambled his fortune and reputation on this Stand, exhibiting several breathtaking items of furniture with sculptural mounts of the most exceptional quality and proportion. His gamble worked and his reputation was established to such an extent that Linke continued to be the pre-eminent furniture house in Paris until the Second World War. As the Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's Stand: 'The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the Classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed....' The formation of Linke's distinctive style was made possible by his collaboration with the sculptor Léon Messagé. Together Linke and Messagé designed furniture for Linke's 1900 exhibition Stand, with exuberant allegorical figures cast in high relief, that exemplified Linke's ability to seamlessly merge the different mediums of wood carving, bronze and marquetry into a dynamic unified whole. Today Linke is best known for the exceptionally high quality of his work, as well as his individualism and inventiveness. All of his work has the finest, most lavish mounts, very often applied to comparatively simple carcasses. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented were never to be repeated. Bibliography: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003. Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions - London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; pp. 298 - 300. LeDoux - Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 439-43. Revue Artistique & Industrielle, (Paris), July-August 1900. Coral Thomsen, D. (ed), The Paris Exhibition 1900, The Art Journal, 1901; p.341. Léon Messagé (1842-1901) had a brilliant, but short lived career. He is best known for his incredible sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A gifted sculptor, Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet and Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. Messagé enjoyed great success as a designer/sculptor before his collaboration with Linke. Indeed he was mentioned as a Gold Medal winner at the 1889 International Exhibition and was especially praised for his work on a cabinet by Zwiener. He came into contact with Linke in 1885 and it appears from then on Linke employed him on a regular basis. Messagé was primarily influenced by Rococo ornament but he strove to re-interpret it. He did not produce slavish copies, and his original approach can be appreciated in Linke's celebrated Grande Bibliothèque and Grand Bureau exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A number of drawings by Messagé are recorded and after his success at the exhibition of 1889 he was encouraged to publish his designs. 'Cahier...

A Pair of Occasional tables in the Louis XV Transitional taste Constructed in tulipwood with kingwood employed in the cross banding and inlay work alongside boxwood stringing, and...

A Rare Louis XV Style Giltwood Fauteuil By François Linke, Paris. The scroll and channelled frame beautifully carved with rocaille...

A pair of French Louis XV style cream painted walnut armchairs, newly upholstered in an Orientalist linen with lime green accents.

A large and stunning antique table lamp in gilt metal & brass, with original textured glass shade inserts. We believe it’s French & dates from around the 1930-50’s period. It is o...

K0562 Rare XIXth century wall mirror, having original glass with minor foxing and moulded silver frame with engrave flower motifs and foliage crest to the centre. This antique mirror...

Pair Antique French 19th century Louis XV Style Giltwood salon chairs A superb pair of Louis XV-style gilt wood salon chairs. c.1870, France. Each...

A charming, hand-painted, Louis XV style, Italian writing desk or dressing table from the early 20th century depicting floral motifs with Rococo flourishes and gilded highlighting.

A three-fold Vernis Martin screen In the Louis XV Manner The frame constructed from carved and gilded wood in the Rococo manner, the triptych Vernis Martin panels depicting idyll...

A fine French Louis XV style Baccarat chandelier, in gilt & silvered bronze and hung throughout with crystal in smoked quartz & rose quartz. The spires and ball at the bottom are all...

A handsome Louis XV period black-painted and gilt stool, newly reupholstered in luxurious black/dark grey John Boyd Textiles 'Criollo' horsehair fabric...

A decorative pair of late 19th century French Louis XV walnut patinated bergères armchairs, upholstered in a blue velvet fabric, with carved decoration to the frame. Very comfortable armchairs. Great patina. The dimensions are: Height: 88cm (34.6in) Width: 62cm (24.4in) Depth: 64cm (25.2in) These pair of French armchairs are in good antique condition throughout with some signs of age. The seat and back have been professionally reupholstered and remain in good, clean condition. The antique carved...

This superb piece is an antique ormolu mounted Louis XV style table, masterfully crafted with kingwood, tulipwood, and parquetry, by the famed Parisian firm L'Escalier de Cristal. Th...

A gorgeous pair of antique French solid bronze pitchers. They were made in France, and date from around the 1890-1900 period. They are of stunning quality, and are purely decorative...

A quality pair of French 19th century light blue white painted carved cane armchairs. Finely hand carved and extremely comfortable this pair of armchairs features gorgeous sinuous li...

An outstanding Louis XV-style mahogany bureau plat after a model by Jacques B. Dubois, from the estate of Phyllis McGuire, the shaped leather-inset top above an elaborate frieze with...

Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Commode This delightful commode features a free-standing variegated marble top with a serpentine front and carved moulded edge. In t...

K0418 A XIXth century French mirror of versatile form could be positioned portrait or landscape, having original mirror plate with some foxing in beautifully carved and gilded frame....

A beautiful antique French style walnut nest of tables with burr walnut tops, dating from around the 1930’s period. The quality is superb, they are beautifully constructed with cris...

A late 19th century brass cage chandelier with crystal drops and prism to centre. A faceted crystal ball drop to bottom. the drops faceted and fea...

A fine Louis XV style wrought iron and gilt console d'Applique with a rouge de Rance marble top. French, Circa 1890.

Very attractive XIXth century French giltwood wall mirror, having original plate with minor imperfections in gilded and moulded frame with acanthus scrolls to top corners and shell crest flanked by floral motifs to the centre. This antique mirror retains its original glass, original gilt and original backboards, all in home ready condition. Fitted with four wall brackets...

An important mantle Clock 'à l'éléphant' in the Louis XV style. Constructed from gilt, hand-chased, and burnished bronze with patinated detail, the mantle clock on an asymmetric Rococo scrolling base with naturalistic features; the main body modelled as an elephant astride, mounted with a turbaned figure of a mahout (elephant keeper) in charge and his companion monkey, the elephant's back supporting a bamboo houdah enclosing the white enamelled dial marking the hours and minutes in Roman and Arabic numerals respectively, a tasselled cushion perched atop with two oriental figures holding parasols. French, circa 1840 Clocks incorporating animals reigned supreme during the Louis XV period, at a time when curiosity for new cultures was at its height. The exoticism found expression in the accounts of explorers describing rhinoceros, lions and elephants, which were enthusiastically absorbed into European decorative arts. The elephant acquired a particular aura following the diplomatic gift of the King of Siam to King Louis XIV of an elephant in 1686. Elephants had been used as motifs in horology since the Renaissance period, representing the theme of 'rulership' in the Kunstkammer, as seen in the Augsburg Automaton in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The Elephant Clock...

An elaborate bronze and crystal 10 arm chandelier. The scrolled foliate bronze frame, decorated with lead crystal centre stem and faceted dish beneath with a large crystal ball...