Antique Furniture by Category

Armoires

• Fine, French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 1062)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original hardware and key. Mid-18th century. Nimes.
• Fine, Louis XV, mahogany armoire (Item 904)
  
  The stepped arched cornice over a floral vine carved frieze and two arched paneled doors above a pierced C-scroll and leaf carved apron raised on leaf carved cabriole legs. From Bordeaux, France. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 749)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From the Rhone Valley. Mid 18th-century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 793)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with double domed cornice. Mid-18th century fron Lyon.
• Very fine, French, Regence period armoire (Item 766)
  
  In solid, carved cherry. From Rennes, Brittany. Signed "FAIT PAR IEAN BAPTIS DEPOUEZ AN 1721" ("Made by Iean Baptis Depousez in the year 1791")
• French, Nimoise, Regence period armoire (Item 776)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Shown here with chicken-wire. Early 18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal armoire (Item 640)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, marriage armoire (Item 639)
  
  From Marseille. In solid carved walnut. Mid-18th century
• French, Neoclassical, period armoire de chasse (Item 596)
  
  A very unusual form, most likely from a hunting lodge in Southwestern France. In solid, carved cherry with additional storage cabinets on either side (see photo number three), which were used to store hunting gear. Late 18th century.
• French, early 18th century, Regence armoire (Item 294)
  
  In carved walnut, having the "coquille" or scallop carving and pierced apron characteristic of furniture from Provence.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 142)
  
  From Bresse, solid walnut with burl elm paneled doors, original hand forged hardware, full length door hinges, with a bottom drawer and beautifully scalloped apron ending in escargot feet.

Beds

• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period painted bed (Item 1043)
  
  The sides carved with Vitruvian scroll bands over a conforming leather upholstered panel flanked by square bellflower carved stop fluted stiles headed by paterae surmounted by foliate finials and raised on stop fluted tapered legs joined by rectangular leather upholstered rails carved with palmettes. Circa 1780.
• Fine, Italian, Neoclassical style, marquetry-inlaid bed (Item 1034)
  
  In walnut with ebony and satinwood veneers. Naples, Italy. Circa 1880.
• French, Provençal, Louis XV style marriage bed (Item 691)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with curved footboard. Early 20th century.

Buffets, Vaisseliers, & Sideboards

• Arlesian, Louis XV period, mangadou (storage compartment) (Item 1215)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• French, Art Nouveau period petit deux corps (Item 1213)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with elm burl panels. From L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1900.
• French Louis XIII period Deux Corps (Item 1168)
  
  In solid, carved walnut, having four elaborately sculpted doors, each one with an allegorical figure centered within a floral medallion representing the four seasons, also having a central drawer with embracing cherubs flanked by winged putti.
  
  The whole vigorously carved with foliate rinceaux design, vegetation and birds and resting on bun feet. Circa 1610-1630.
• Italian, Baroque period, credence (Item 1164)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with two doors, which open to reveal a single shelf; the panels framed in a guilloche pattern; the whole resting upon four bracket feet.
  
  From Tuscany. Circa 1670
• French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps (Item 1146)
  
  In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.
  
  In the manner of Hugues Sambin.
• Late 15th century, French, Gothic period coffre (Item 1064)
  
  In solid, carved oak. The front composed of three panels carved in Gothic architectural style with arches, ribs, rosettes, and columns; the two side doors carved with large "linen folds"; having two inside shelves.
  
  In very good condition with excellent patina; circa 1480 with some 19th century modifications.
• Very fine, French, Regence period buffet de chasse (Item 934)
  
  In solid, carved oak with marble top. Circa 1715.
• Italian Renaissance Credenza (Item 1080)
  
  In solid, carved walnut, the rectangular top above a conforming case with a breakfronted dentil molded edge, above two molded frieze drawers centered and flanked by putti heads over a pair of paneled doors centered by rayed ovals within with scroll carved border between stiles carved with standing putto figures and pendent foliage, raised on a conforming plinth.
  
  Mid-16th century.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Raoul Tolentino, New York, 1926
  • Sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 2, 1957, lot 185, illus.
  • By descent to the present owner
  A credenza with almost identical carving to the door panels formerly in the Kaiser Freidrich Museum, now the Bode Museum, is illustrated, Frida Schottmüller, Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance, New York: B. Westermann Co., 2nd rev. ed., 1928, p. 91, fig. 217.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period buffet (Item 1037)
  
  Of "galbé en arbalette" (serpentine) form in solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750 from Provence.
• Extraordinary Louis XV period buffet á glissant (Item 991)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Arles, mid-18th century.
• Fine, Spanish, Baroque period bargueño (vargueño) (Item 1014)
  
  Upper compartment having seven drawers inlaid with tortoise-shell, ebony, and etched ivory country scenes and resting upon gilt bronze claw ball feet with pierced, gilt bronze freize. Having original lower walnut and iron folding table. Late 17th century.
• Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience (Item 971)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.
• Fine, Florentine, Renaissance period credenzia (Item 955)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 17th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period credence (Item 346)
  
  In carved walnut. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period buffet de chasse (dit "meuble de port Bordelaise") (Item 848)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, with rouge royale marble top above molded paneled doors with reeded center stile, interior with a belt of drawers, molded chamfered stiles, scalloped volute apron on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes. Late 18th century.
• Very fine, French Regence style buffet a deux corps (Item 839)
  
  In solid, carved oak with a Bacchic mask centered over a molded, arched cornice and a pair of paneled doors carved with shells and delicate, scrolling foliage. 19th century.
• Louis XV period vaisselier (Item 433)
  
  In carved walnut. 18th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period vaisselier (Item 784)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 486)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 592)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gray marble top having fluted, chamfered corners and pierced bottom apron comprised of garlands, ribbons, and bows. Late 18th century.
• Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period vaisselier from Bresse (Item 545)
  
  In solid walnut inset with elm burl panels. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period buffet deux corps (Item 492)
  
  In solid oak with chapeau de gendarme cornice above "corbeille a fleurs" carved motif. 18th century from Normandy (Paye de Caux).
• Louis XV style buffet deux corps (Item 407)
  
  In solid cherry. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Louis XV period buffet (Item 338)
  
  18th century Provençal buffet in solid cherry.
• French, Louis XV buffet deux corps (Item 321)
  
  In carved walnut from Provence having two drawers above two cabinet doors, a pull-out work table or cutting board, "chapeaux de gendarme" upper cabinet doors, and original pierced hardware. Mid-18th century.
• French Provincial buffet (Item 108)
  
  In solid walnut, early 18th century.
• French Provincial, Restoration period buffet (Item 76)
  
  In solid cherry, inset with elm burl panels. Early 19th century.
• French Provincial, Louis XV buffet (Item 12)
  
  Solid walnut and elm burl, pierced key plates, three small drawers, two cabinets. Circa 1780's.

Chairs

• Pair of exceptional Louis XVI period fauteuils (Item 1147)
  
  In solid carved mahogany with giltwood accents, the front aprons inspired by the designs of Georges Jacob, the armrests adorned with mufles de lion (lion masks) in the manner of Jacob Frères (Georges Jacob's sons), and having unusual tapered and sprial-fluted back sabre legs.
  
  Late 18th century.
• Pair of Neoclassical period, Biedermeier fauteuils (Item 1198)
  
  In walnut veneer. Vienna, circa 1815.
  
  Provenance: Formerly with Rita Bucheit, Limited - Chicago, Illinois.
• Pair of Louis XVI, Ormolu-Mounted, Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt, Velvet Upholstered Fauteuils à la Reine (Item 1195)
  
  One with the initials 'M G' in white paint; both with illegible names in pencil on the inside of the chair rail.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XVI period Bergere (Item 1194)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood vigorously carved in neoclassical motifs (guilloches, acanthus leaves); the backrest having two fluted and detached columns; the whole resting upon spiral, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780, Paris.
  
  Stamped: Louis Charles Carpentier
• Set of twelve French, Neoclassical style dining chairs (Item 1175)
  
  Painted and parcel gilded. Richly sculpted in a guilloché pattern resting upon tapered and fluted legs. 19th century.
  
  A similar example is currently on display at Muse´e des Arts De´coratifs in Paris.
• Pair of Northern European, Louis XV period, tabourets (Item 1165)
  
  In solid carved giltwood; each one elaborately carved with seashells and acanthus leaves, the cabriole legs ending in escargot feet.
  
  Circa 1740.
• Pair of Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, blue-painted and parcel-gilded bergeres (Item 1161)
  
  Each having a gondola back, bacchic mask, and upholstered in a blue silk brocade. Late 18th century.
• Pair of French, Regence period fauteuils a la Reine (Item 1151)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• Pair of French, Louis XV period fauteuils (Item 1150)
  
  In solid, carved and patinated beechwood. Circa 1752.
  
  Stamped: MICHEL GOURDIN
  
  Michel Gourdin was recognized as a master ébéniste in 1752. Other works by Gourdin are represented in The Met, the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés (Item 1128)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. One of the period (mid-18th century), the other later (19th century). Each having six legs elegantly carved with shells, acanthus leaves, and pomegranates.
  
  Created for le Château de Dampierre, a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
• Set of five French, Louis XV period fauteuils à la reine (Item 1103)
  
  In solid, carved walnut.
  
  Attributed to Pierre Nogaret, (1718-1771), recognized as a master chairmaker in Lyon, June 1745. 18th century.
• English, George IV period, giltwood and upholstered confidante (Item 803)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of serpentine form with four seats, the whole resting upon casters. Circa 1825.
• French, Louis XV period bergere (Item 1094)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750.
  
  Stamped "E. MEUNIER" (Etienne Meunier)
• Assembled set of seven, Austrian, Biedermeier dining chairs (Item 1086)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with fan backs and matching green upholstery. From Vienna, First Biedermeier period, circa 1815.
• Set of eight, very fine Northern Italian, painted and parcel-gilded dining chairs (Item 806)
  
  Late 18th century.
• Pair of very fine Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension (Item 922)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1780. Stamped "P H Poire JME" (Philippe Poirié, who was named Maître Ébéniste in 1765).
  
  Poirié produced seating in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. While his Louis XV items were considered ordinary, his Louis XVI production was considered brilliant. His works are displayed in the Musee du Louvre, Musee de Beauvais, and Musee de Cognac-Jay.
  
  
• Pair of fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel gilded fauteuils (Item 1066)
  
  Of large dimensions with rounded backs draped with acanthus leaves, having Greek key apron and arms terminating in acanthus leaf carving; the front legs tapered and fluted, the rear legs of sabre form. Circa 1800.
• Pair of Fine, French, Louis XV style, crème painted bergere (Item 1018)
  
  Late 19th century.
• Very fine pair of French, Regence style marquises (Item 1017)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with arched, upholstered paneled backs and seats, scroll arm supports, and cabriole legs joined by stretchers and terminating in pied de biche. 19th century.
• Set of ten Italian, neo-classical, cream painted and parcel gilt dining chairs (Item 709)
  
  Circa 1780, two side chairs of a later date.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style, painted fauteuils (Item 1016)
  
  Highly carved with floral motifs resting upon elegantly shaped cabriole legs. Of large dimensions. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period, canapé (Item 1012)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Covered in silk damask. Early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau Viticole du Carcassone.
• Very fine, Venetian, Rococo period salon (Item 1001)
  
  Comprised of two fauteuils and matching canapé. In solid, carved walnut with Savonnerie tapestry. Mid-18th century.
• Pair of fine, Louis XVI style, painted and parcel-gilded fauteuils (Item 1000)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Pair of very fine, Venetian, Rococo period tall-back armchairs (Item 999)
  
  Each cartouche-shaped backrest with pierced foliate carved top rail, the downswept scrolled armrests, above the serpentine-fronted seat above a pierced apron, raised on cabriole legs with scrolled toes; upholstered à chassis. Circa 1730. Regilt.
• Rare, French, Louis XV period chair-back chaise longue (Item 997)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV period bergeres (Item 935)
  
  In solid, carved, painted wood. Circa 1745.
• Set of Eight French, Art Nouveau period tall-back dining chairs (Item 926)
  
  In solid, carved walnut in the manner of Louis Majorelle with carved floral crest, V-shaped upholstered backsplat, and seat in red leather with brass tacks. Shaped legs with conforming floral decoration. Circa 1900.
• Pair of fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV style fauteuils (Item 917)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with entretoises (stretchers). Late 19th century, newly upholstered.
• Set of ten French, Louis XVI style, giltwood, lyre-back dining chairs (Item 684)
  
  Newly upholstered. 19th century.
• Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils (Item 862)
  
  Each with foliate carved, channelled frame and carved, giltwood entertrotoise (stretchers). Legs terminating in pied de sabots. Each chair applied with a paper label to the underside:
  
  CALIFORNIA PALACE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOR, 21, LINCOLN PARK, SAN FRANCISCO/1958.54/armchair, wood carved, gesso and gilt; upholstered in silk and wool petit-point embroidery/France, style of about 1710/Lent by the W.H. Crocker Estate and with a stencilled label GUERDE/doreur encadreur/45 rue de Bourgogne 45/Paris/meubles batiment a cadres dor/aes Noir met imitation d'…./eatt/aemiation et oxidisation de 10r.
  
  One of six matching chairs shown. 19th century.
  
  Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958
• Pair of French, Louis XIV style fauteuils a la Reine (Item 835)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with les os de moutons stretchers, arched back, and foliate scrolled arms. One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Set of twelve, fine, French Restauration, painted and parcel-gilded chairs (Item 860)
  
  Comprising six armchairs and six side chairs, each with a scrolled, padded back. The armchairs with curved arms terminating in scrolling leafs above leaf-carved scrolling legs and back sabre legs. Circa 1825.
• Pair of Louis XIV style fauteuils (Item 452)
  
  In solid walnut with the "Les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers characteristic of Louis XIV furniture. One of these identical chairs was carved in the 17th century while the other was added in the 19th century to complete the pair ("fausse paire").
• Set of four Consulat style chaises (Item 774)
  
  Crème painted and parcel gilded with Greek key motif. 19th century.
• Pair of French, Regence style, carved giltwood and caned fauteuils (Item 661)
  
  One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Pair of Provençal ladder-back fauteuils (Item 753)
  
  In beechwood and elm with rush seats. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Set of eight, English, George III, dining chairs (Item 622)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany. Six side chairs being 18th century, with the two armchairs being later, 19th century additions to the set.

Clocks & Barometers

• French, Louis XVI style, gilt bronze and alabaster mantle clock (Item 1139)
  
  Delicately cast bronze, crowned with two seated cherubim, one holding grapes and the other a triangle; the clock's face surmounted by a Bacchic mask, flanked by ram's heads and ornamental, flowering trees; the whole mercury gilded and liberally adorned with acanthus leaves and resting upon an alabaster base and highly stylized, toupee feet.
  
  First half of the 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period cartel d'alcove (Item 1093)
  
  Mercury-gilded of Rocaille form. Paris, circa 1750.
• French, Restauration period mantle clock (Item 1082)
  
  Of large scale, in gilt and patinated bronze; Flora, a minor Roman goddess of spring, flowering crops, and sex sits atop the whole, her foot resting upon a seashell as she holds a cornucopia in one hand and an olive branch in the other; the base chased with a frieze of infant musicians.
  
  Circa 1814-1822.
• Fine, English, George III period, chinoiserie and parcel-gilt, tall-case clock (Item 802)
  
  With clock dial signed "Sam Vale - Coventry." Late 18th century.
• Normandy clock (Item 213)
  
  French, 18th century, Louis XVI period, tall case clock from Normandy. In solid oak with brass and pewter works. Signed by "Mortier."
• French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period, tall-case clock ("horloge de parquet") (Item 509)
  
  Violin form in solid, carved walnut. In working condition. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Louis XV, Provençal, tall case clock (Item 410)
  
  In solid black walnut with original, functioning mechanism and glass. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XVI period tall case clock (Item 303)
  
  From Normandy in blond oak with brass and pewter face. Adorned with carved ribbons, bows, torcheres and urns characteristic of the Louis XVI period. 18th century.

Commodes

• French, Regence period, petite commode (Item 1208)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original Rouge Royale marble top. Circa 1735 from Ile de France. Stamped "Fromageau".
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, bronze-mounted commode (Item 1205)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany and Cuban mahogany veneer having two central drawers flanked by side compartments; the whole resting upon four tapered and fluted legs. With original white marble top. Circa 1780.
  
  Signed: N. Petit
• French, Regence period, Provencal two-drawer commode (sauteuse) (Item 1204)
  
  Crème painted with rouge accents. With pierced bottom apron; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Circa 1725, from Aix en Provence.
• French Regence period commode scriban (Item 1197)
  
  In solid walnut and walnut veneer adorned with bronze d'ore mounts; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore sabots.
  
  Circa 1730.
• Exceptional, Venetian, Rococo period, Lacca Povera commode scriban (Item 1185)
  
  The rectangular top above the slant-front, opening to a writing surface with a central pigeonhole flanked by four short drawers, above the serpentine-fronted body with two long drawers, the paneled sides, raised on cabriole legs.
  
  Lacca Povera (also known as "Lacca Contrafatta") was a form of art originating in Venice incorporating decoupage (the cutting out of figural or natural forms), which are adhered to a solid surface, painted and hand-engraved, and then covered with a layer of layer of lacquer.
  
  Mid-18th century.
• Exceptional French, Louis XV period commode a portes (Item 1179)
  
  Of galbe form on three sides, the whole comprised of Brazilian rosewood and other exotic, marquetry inlayed woods. Having original veined marble, bronze d'ore mounts, locks, and keys. 18th century.
  
  Attributed to ébéniste du roi (royal cabinet maker) Gilles Joubert (1689 - 1775).
• Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel-gilt chest of drawers (Item 1155)
  
  Having two small drawers above two large drawers. Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 1116)
  
  In rosewood and amaranth having three central drawers with two side compartments. With original red marble top from Flanders (modern-day Belgium). Late 18th century.
  
  Stamped E.AVRIL Maître en 1774 (Etienne Avril, master in 1774)
• French, Louis XV period, floral marquetry inlaid commode (Item 1101)
  
  Of bombé form with unusual three-drawer construction, inlaid in floral marquetry, the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Mid-18th century.
  
  Signed "N.PETIT" (Nicolas Petit, Master in 1761 was a great Parisian cabinetmaker. Established rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine under the sign "In the Name of Jesus", in his 30 years as a master he established a lasting reputation. His career began with very refined dressers of bombé form in the Louis XV style, secretaries, desks, small tables, many finely decorated with blooming branches.)
• Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commodini (Item 1089)
  
  Having two drawers with original, gray-veined Carrara marble top. Adorned with musical instruments framed with foliage and floral motifs. Piemont, Italy. Circa 1780.
• French, Louis XIV period marquetry commode of small dimensions (Item 1087)
  
  In rosewood having three drawers and original Brèche de Médicis marble. From Paris, France. Late 17th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie commode (Item 970)
  
  Of bombé form in black lacquer with original gilt bronze mounts and original rose de Brignoles marble top. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Exceptional, French, Neoclassical period commode (Item 1065)
  
  Of demi-lune form having acajou moucheté (plum pudding mahogany) veneers and original hand-beveled marble top; having three central drawers, each one framed with bronze ornament and two functioning side compartments with hinged doors. Circa 1780.
  
  Stamped F. REIZELL twice to top and G. KEMP once to top.
  
  François Reizell was a German ébéniste who established his workshop on the faubourg Saint-Antoine. In 1770 he moved to the rue des Saints-Pères. His principal client was the prince de Condé for whom he supplied pieces at the Palais Bourbon and for the country houses at Chantilly and Villegenis.
  
  Guillaume Kemp, maître in 1764.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period marquetry commode (Item 1054)
  
  Of serpentine form with gilt bronze mounts and original Rouge Royale marble top. Stamped "I.C. SAUNIER".
• Fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period parquetry commode (Item 1040)
  
  Having three drawers adorned with bronze d'ore mounts, each drawer outlined with string-banded inlay. Having original gray Saint Anne marble top. Circa 1770.
• Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban (Item 1033)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Rare, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 989)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century. Nimes, France.
• Very fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 980)
  
  From Paris. Circa 1735. Stamped "L. DELAITRE" (Louis Delaitre, master 1738).
• Fine, French, Louis XIV period commode (Item 978)
  
  Rosewood veneer with four drawers adorned with banded brass inlay and gilt bronze mounts. With original marble top. Circa 1700-1720.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period commode (Item 974)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gilt bronze mounts. From Provence, France. 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV period commode (Item 969)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with galbé façade and sides, pierced apron on the front and both sides ("traverse ajourée"). From Nimes, France. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 957)
  
  In solid, carved walnut of arbalette form with original gray marble top. From Provence. Early 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 954)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original bronze d'ore mounts having a pierced bottom apron ("traverse ajoulree"). From Nimes. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie sauteuse sans traverse (two drawer commode) (Item 924)
  
  In black lacquer, gilt-bronze mounted, painted and parcel-gilded; in the bombé form with veined marble top. 19th century.
• Very fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 825)
  
  In walnut. Circa 1785.
• Very Fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 914)
  
  Milan, Circa 1780, school of Giuseppe Maggiolini, with possibly later beige marble top.
• Fine, French, Empire commode (Item 282)
  
  In blond mahogany with dark grey granite top and all original hardware. Early 19th century.
• Regence period, Provençal, three-drawer commode (Item 553)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top and pied de biche. Early 18th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie commode scriban (Item 439)
  
  Gilded and painted with ivory inlay. 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period "commode/scriban" (slant-top secretary) (Item 350)
  
  In walnut, with kingwood banding outlined with satinwood and ebony stringing. 18th century.

Corner Pieces

• French, Art Nouveau period encoignure (corner cabinet) (Item 1183)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with embossed leather panels. The central, conforming door opening to reveal three interior shelves. Ecole De Nancy, circa 1900.
• Pair of Italian, Neoclassical, painted corner cabinets (Item 564)
  
  With bow front tops above panel inset doors, raised on bracket feet, the whole painted with scrolls and flowering leafage on a pale green ground. Late 18th or early 19th century. (One of identical pair shown)
• Pair of Italian, painted corner cabinets (Item 285)
  
  Two 19th century, Italian, Neo-classical corner cabinets with polychrome finish.

Desks

• French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat (Item 1212)
  
  Double face with six functioning drawers, curvilinear in form resting on four cabriole legs, the veneer done in parquetry of Tulipwood, the top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, the whole adorned with bronze dore mounts. Part re-veneered. Circa 1735.
  
  Provenance: Juan Pablo Molyneux, famous Chilean architect
• French, Louis XV period, bureau de pente (Item 1202)
  
  In palissandre de Rio (Brazilian rosewood) with bronze d'ore mounts, the whole resting upon cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Slant front opens to reveal a leather writing surface and five drawers. Circa 1750.
  
  Attributed to Jean Lapie.
  
  Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, NY, November 11, 2000, Lot 171
• French Regence period commode scriban (Item 1197)
  
  In solid walnut and walnut veneer adorned with bronze d'ore mounts; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore sabots.
  
  Circa 1730.
• Exceptional, Venetian, Rococo period, Lacca Povera commode scriban (Item 1185)
  
  The rectangular top above the slant-front, opening to a writing surface with a central pigeonhole flanked by four short drawers, above the serpentine-fronted body with two long drawers, the paneled sides, raised on cabriole legs.
  
  Lacca Povera (also known as "Lacca Contrafatta") was a form of art originating in Venice incorporating decoupage (the cutting out of figural or natural forms), which are adhered to a solid surface, painted and hand-engraved, and then covered with a layer of layer of lacquer.
  
  Mid-18th century.
• Rare, Russian, Brass-Mounted Mahogany Architects Table (Item 1184)
  
  The hinged top fitted with a ratchet mechanism above a leather-lined writing surface and one drawer fitted with a sliding leather-lined surface and a secret inkwell drawer, flanked by candle slides, raised on tapering fluted legs ending in sabots.
  
  Last quarter of the 18th century. In the Manner of David Roentgen.
• Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat (Item 1174)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.
• French, Louis XV style, marquetry-inlaid bureau de pente (Item 1166)
  
  Inlaid with a combination of exotic woods, including walnut, Brazilian rosewood, satinwood, and birdseye maple; having a fall-front, which opens to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore ornament.
  
  In the manner of Hache (Grenoble, France). 19th century.
• Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry inlaid bureau plat (Item 1109)
  
  In walnut, rosewood, and boxwood having marquetry inlay on all four sides and top. The top and sides centered by decorative urns, the front having five drawers and a pull-out writing surface.
  
  Milan, circa 1780.
• Italian, Baroque period, painted slant-front desk (Item 972)
  
  Crème painted in scrolled arabesque forms with green, red, and black accents. With two drawers above fall-front lid, which opens to reveal four interior drawers and writing surface. Circa 1700.
• French, Louis XVI period, marquetry-inlaid secretaire abattant (Item 1085)
  
  In rosewood, walnut, and satinwood; having original marble top in gray with white veining; the fall-front opening to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers. Late 18th century. Bearing the signature of Jean Laurent Cosson ("COSSON").
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style, black lacquer (chinoiserie) bureauplat (Item 1061)
  
  With bronze d'ore mounts and original gilt, embossed leather blotter. Mid-19th century.
• Very fine, Louis XVI period bureauplat (Item 1055)
  
  In Cuban mahogany with gilt bronze mounts, having tapered and fluted legs. Bearing the signature of "Jean Laurent COSSON." Late 18th century.
• Fine, English Regency style bureau plat (Item 1038)
  
  In rosewood with brass trim; having three drawers; the top inset with gilt, embossed, dark-blue leather blotter; raised on brass casters. Finished on all sides, suitable for placement in the center of a room. Circa 1900.
• Italian, Baroque period, chinoiserie, painted and parcel-gilt secretaire bookcase (Item 586)
  
  Early 18th century.
• Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban (Item 1033)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.
• Rare, Alsacian, Louis XVI period bureau a cylindre (Item 1021)
  
  In walnut and other exotic woods; having marquetry and parquetry inlay and original brass mounts. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk (Item 894)
  
  The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century.
• Late Renaissance, Spanish credenzia table (Item 990)
  
  Late 16th or early 17th century in solid, carved walnut on all four sides with two drawers and wrought iron stretcher (restored).
• Very fine, French provincial, Regence period secretaire en bibliotheque (Item 872)
  
  From Southwestern France bearing the "Croix de Malte" in marquetry and with chapeau de gendarme cornice and arbalette façade on the drawers of the bottom compartment. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat (Item 937)
  
  In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830.
• Catalan, Baroque period, marquetry-inlaid, slant-front bureau (Item 816)
  
  In walnut veneer with boxwood inlay, monogram surmounted by a crown. Two small external drawers above three long drawers, with an additional six interior drawers behind fold-down writing compartment. First half of the 18th century.
• Fine, English, George I style, chinoiserie, fall-front secretary (Item 915)
  
  In black lacquer, painted and parcel gilded. Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Fine, Italian, Rococo style, polychrome-painted and laca povera bureau bookcase (Item 857)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table (Item 819)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.
• Spanish, iron-mounted, polychrome, parcel-gilt and bone-inlaid Vargueño (travelling trunk on stand) (Item 821)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century. The rectangular case enclosing fourteen drawers and two cupboard doors, on a later walnut stand fitted with two small drawers and with later carved embellishments.
• Italian, Louis XV period, inlaid secretary (Item 781)
  
  In walnut and fruitwood with slant-front stand in two parts, the upper part with arched molded cornice above a pair of cupboard doors; the slant front enclosing a fitted interior above a frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs; inlaid to form foliate scrolls and flowerheads. From Piedmont. Mid-18th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period, painted scriban (Item 761)
  
  With double chapeau de gendarme cornice and fold-down writing surface. Upper compartment comprised of two doors which open to reveal six drawers. Bottom, fold-down writing compartment opens to reveal five additional drawers. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.
• Italian, Regence period, black lacquer and gilt bronze bureau plat (Item 751)
  
  With gold-embossed, leather blotter, giltwood border, and legs terminating in bronze sabots (hoof feet). Early 18th century.
• French, Regence period bureau en pente (Item 667)
  
  Early 18th century and later. In solid, carved oak with legs terminating in "pied de sabots."
• French, Neoclassical style, flame mahogany bureau plat (Item 680)
  
  19th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period "cartonnier" (Item 614)
  
  Crème painted with ebonized accents, having four leather drawers above the writing surface and separated by a display alcove (shown here with Item 316, Greco-Roman, porcelain urn). 18th century.
• Louis XV style, Italian bureau plat (Item 414)
  
  With painted verde gris finish and embossed leather writing surface, exaggerated cabriole legs ending in pied de sabots. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie secretary ("dos d'ane") (Item 394)
  
  Painted and gilded with black lacquer base. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Important, French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period scriban (Item 525)
  
  From the port city of Nantes. In solid, carved acacia (mimosa tree). Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie commode scriban (Item 439)
  
  Gilded and painted with ivory inlay. 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period "commode/scriban" (slant-top secretary) (Item 350)
  
  In walnut, with kingwood banding outlined with satinwood and ebony stringing. 18th century.
• Spanish refectory table (Item 309)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. Late 17th or early 18th century. Extensive provenance available.
• 17th century, Spanish refectory table (Item 307)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. The land is one solid walnut board.
• French Provençal, Louis XVI style desk (Item 113)
  
  Carved cherry with four drawers on each side. 19th century.
• French, Transition Louis XV-XVI writing desk (Item 20)
  
  Pearwood, mahogany, ebony, and rosewood parquetry. Single drawer, brass-banded edge, finished back. Circa 1780's.

Bureau Plats

• French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat (Item 1212)
  
  Double face with six functioning drawers, curvilinear in form resting on four cabriole legs, the veneer done in parquetry of Tulipwood, the top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, the whole adorned with bronze dore mounts. Part re-veneered. Circa 1735.
  
  Provenance: Juan Pablo Molyneux, famous Chilean architect
• Rare, Russian, Brass-Mounted Mahogany Architects Table (Item 1184)
  
  The hinged top fitted with a ratchet mechanism above a leather-lined writing surface and one drawer fitted with a sliding leather-lined surface and a secret inkwell drawer, flanked by candle slides, raised on tapering fluted legs ending in sabots.
  
  Last quarter of the 18th century. In the Manner of David Roentgen.
• Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat (Item 1174)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.
• Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry inlaid bureau plat (Item 1109)
  
  In walnut, rosewood, and boxwood having marquetry inlay on all four sides and top. The top and sides centered by decorative urns, the front having five drawers and a pull-out writing surface.
  
  Milan, circa 1780.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style, black lacquer (chinoiserie) bureauplat (Item 1061)
  
  With bronze d'ore mounts and original gilt, embossed leather blotter. Mid-19th century.
• Very fine, Louis XVI period bureauplat (Item 1055)
  
  In Cuban mahogany with gilt bronze mounts, having tapered and fluted legs. Bearing the signature of "Jean Laurent COSSON." Late 18th century.
• Fine, English Regency style bureau plat (Item 1038)
  
  In rosewood with brass trim; having three drawers; the top inset with gilt, embossed, dark-blue leather blotter; raised on brass casters. Finished on all sides, suitable for placement in the center of a room. Circa 1900.
• Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban (Item 1033)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.
• Rare, Alsacian, Louis XVI period bureau a cylindre (Item 1021)
  
  In walnut and other exotic woods; having marquetry and parquetry inlay and original brass mounts. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk (Item 894)
  
  The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century.
• Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat (Item 937)
  
  In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830.
• Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table (Item 819)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.
• Italian, Regence period, black lacquer and gilt bronze bureau plat (Item 751)
  
  With gold-embossed, leather blotter, giltwood border, and legs terminating in bronze sabots (hoof feet). Early 18th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, flame mahogany bureau plat (Item 680)
  
  19th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period "cartonnier" (Item 614)
  
  Crème painted with ebonized accents, having four leather drawers above the writing surface and separated by a display alcove (shown here with Item 316, Greco-Roman, porcelain urn). 18th century.
• Louis XV style, Italian bureau plat (Item 414)
  
  With painted verde gris finish and embossed leather writing surface, exaggerated cabriole legs ending in pied de sabots. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• French Provençal, Louis XVI style desk (Item 113)
  
  Carved cherry with four drawers on each side. 19th century.

Secretaries

• French, Louis XV period, bureau de pente (Item 1202)
  
  In palissandre de Rio (Brazilian rosewood) with bronze d'ore mounts, the whole resting upon cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Slant front opens to reveal a leather writing surface and five drawers. Circa 1750.
  
  Attributed to Jean Lapie.
  
  Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, NY, November 11, 2000, Lot 171
• French Regence period commode scriban (Item 1197)
  
  In solid walnut and walnut veneer adorned with bronze d'ore mounts; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore sabots.
  
  Circa 1730.
• Exceptional, Venetian, Rococo period, Lacca Povera commode scriban (Item 1185)
  
  The rectangular top above the slant-front, opening to a writing surface with a central pigeonhole flanked by four short drawers, above the serpentine-fronted body with two long drawers, the paneled sides, raised on cabriole legs.
  
  Lacca Povera (also known as "Lacca Contrafatta") was a form of art originating in Venice incorporating decoupage (the cutting out of figural or natural forms), which are adhered to a solid surface, painted and hand-engraved, and then covered with a layer of layer of lacquer.
  
  Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, marquetry-inlaid bureau de pente (Item 1166)
  
  Inlaid with a combination of exotic woods, including walnut, Brazilian rosewood, satinwood, and birdseye maple; having a fall-front, which opens to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore ornament.
  
  In the manner of Hache (Grenoble, France). 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, marquetry-inlaid secretaire abattant (Item 1085)
  
  In rosewood, walnut, and satinwood; having original marble top in gray with white veining; the fall-front opening to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers. Late 18th century. Bearing the signature of Jean Laurent Cosson ("COSSON").
• Italian, Baroque period, chinoiserie, painted and parcel-gilt secretaire bookcase (Item 586)
  
  Early 18th century.
• Very fine, French provincial, Regence period secretaire en bibliotheque (Item 872)
  
  From Southwestern France bearing the "Croix de Malte" in marquetry and with chapeau de gendarme cornice and arbalette façade on the drawers of the bottom compartment. Circa 1715-1727.
• Catalan, Baroque period, marquetry-inlaid, slant-front bureau (Item 816)
  
  In walnut veneer with boxwood inlay, monogram surmounted by a crown. Two small external drawers above three long drawers, with an additional six interior drawers behind fold-down writing compartment. First half of the 18th century.
• Fine, English, George I style, chinoiserie, fall-front secretary (Item 915)
  
  In black lacquer, painted and parcel gilded. Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Fine, Italian, Rococo style, polychrome-painted and laca povera bureau bookcase (Item 857)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Spanish, iron-mounted, polychrome, parcel-gilt and bone-inlaid Vargueño (travelling trunk on stand) (Item 821)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century. The rectangular case enclosing fourteen drawers and two cupboard doors, on a later walnut stand fitted with two small drawers and with later carved embellishments.
• Italian, Louis XV period, inlaid secretary (Item 781)
  
  In walnut and fruitwood with slant-front stand in two parts, the upper part with arched molded cornice above a pair of cupboard doors; the slant front enclosing a fitted interior above a frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs; inlaid to form foliate scrolls and flowerheads. From Piedmont. Mid-18th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period, painted scriban (Item 761)
  
  With double chapeau de gendarme cornice and fold-down writing surface. Upper compartment comprised of two doors which open to reveal six drawers. Bottom, fold-down writing compartment opens to reveal five additional drawers. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie secretary ("dos d'ane") (Item 394)
  
  Painted and gilded with black lacquer base. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Important, French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period scriban (Item 525)
  
  From the port city of Nantes. In solid, carved acacia (mimosa tree). Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie commode scriban (Item 439)
  
  Gilded and painted with ivory inlay. 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period "commode/scriban" (slant-top secretary) (Item 350)
  
  In walnut, with kingwood banding outlined with satinwood and ebony stringing. 18th century.

Faience

• Exceptional cache pot Sèvres (Item 1192)
  
  In Sèvres porcelain and bronze d'ore.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: In original, silk-lined box indicating it was sold by "JANETTI PADRE & FIGLI TORINO UN EMPORIO ITALIEN"
• Apulian, red-figured, terra cotta lekanis (two-handled, ancient Greek bowl) (Item 1143)
  
  The cover painted with a naked male figure sitting and holding a spear and a seated woman on opposite sides, the two separated by palmette friezes, the rim of the lid decorated with a repeating, wave pattern.
  
  Circa: 340 B.C.E.
• Pair of French, Faience, covered jars (pilgrim flasks) (Item 1170)
  
  Each one depicting cherubs blowing horns and riding fantastical beasts on a blue background. The sides flanked by rams head masks. Nevers, France. 19th century.
  
  Signed: Antoine Montagnon
• Large, Important, French cache pot (Item 1167)
  
  Manufactured by the royal porcelain maker, Sèvres, in painted and gilded porcelain with gilt bronze mounts for the last French King, Louis Phillippe (r. 1830-1848).
  
  The interior bears two stamps, the first having the King's monogram (LP) and the date (1844), and the other bearing the mark for "Château des tuileries", the royal residence where the piece was to be displayed.
• Gallo-Roman amphora (Item 1144)
  
  In terra cotta. Recovered from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea between 1960 and 1972.
  
  50-200 AD.
• Ancient, Apulian lékanis (Greek vase with lid) (Item 1113)
  
  With red decoration, including female figure and acanthus leaves on black background.
  
  320 BCE. Magna Graecia.
• Ancient Canosan volute krater of large dimension (Item 1106)
  
  Painted with a warrior mounted upon a horse, the handles tightly curled to resemble the volutes on Ionic columns. The colors used in art of this period inspired the painted frescoes of Pompeii two centuries later.
  
  From Apulia, circa 320 BC (now Italy, but then Greece).
• Ancient Apulian bell krater of large dimension (Item 1105)
  
  With classical Greek figures in terra-cotta on a painted black background. A bell krater was an ancient Greek vessel sometimes used for diluting wine with water.
  
  From Apulia, circa 320 BC (now Italy, but then Greece).
• Large, Rennaisance period Hispano-Mauresque ceramic plate (Item 1104)
  
  Of unusually large size, tin-glazed and gadrooned with plant motifs. The center adorned with a bird in profile, the reverse decorated with concentric lines. From Spain, either Manises, Paterna or Triana. Circa 1550.
• Ancient Apulian Amphora (Item 1099)
  
  With classical Greek female figures in terra-cotta on a painted black background, ringed below with Classical Greek key border.
  
  From Apulia, circa 320 BC (now Italy, but then Greece).

Fireplace Mantels & Accessories

• Pair of Napoleon III period firescreens (Item 1200)
  
  Paintings of birds and landscapes on opaline glass inset in gilt brass frames.
  
  Circa 1870 by celebrated artist Narcisse Vivien (signed "NV").
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt bronze and alabaster mantle clock (Item 1139)
  
  Delicately cast bronze, crowned with two seated cherubim, one holding grapes and the other a triangle; the clock's face surmounted by a Bacchic mask, flanked by ram's heads and ornamental, flowering trees; the whole mercury gilded and liberally adorned with acanthus leaves and resting upon an alabaster base and highly stylized, toupee feet.
  
  First half of the 19th century.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XV style marble fireplace surround (Item 1063)
  
  With original cast iron and gilt brass insert and original hearth. Early 19th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Baroque period overmantle mirror (Item 1052)
  
  Crème painted and parcel-gilded. With original mercury glass. Early 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style fireplace surround (Item 1015)
  
  In solid, carved Carrara marble. 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style chenets (Item 114)
  
  In bronze d'ore.

Garden Accessories & Iron Furniture

• Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere (Item 1209)
  
  In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825
  
  Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005
• Art Nouveau period Jardiniere (planter) (Item 1191)
  
  In gilt bronze, having a rectangular shape with a stylized "Lily of the Valley" design, the whole upon four foliate legs.
  
  France, circa 1900.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Romanesque Double Cloister Capital (Item 1096)
  
  In veined white marble, carved with foliage, having a face framed by hands at each of the four corners, the whole resting upon two large goat hooves; some wear. Southern France; 13th Century.
• Pair of second-century style, limestone trapezophorum (Item 1083)
  
  In solid, carved limestone depicting horned lions. Trapezophorum were used as pedestals and supports for tables and benches. 19th century, Rome.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Very fine, Italian, sculpted marble fountain base of large dimensions (Item 859)
  
  Sculpted in solid Carrara marble as a large shell supported by a child satyr and a putto upon a naturalistic base with integral foliate and shell-carved circular base. Circa 1850.
  
  Provenance: From the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Meyer Naide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By repute, acquired from the Philadelphia home of Pearl S. Buck.
• Pair of French, Neoclassical style Jardinières (Item 1048)
  
  In sculpted terra cotta. 19th century.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.
• Pair of fine, Spanish, Baroque, wrought iron and brass torcheres (Item 884)
  
  17th century.
• Set of four plaster corbels (Item 853)
  
  Cast as praying angels. 19th century.
• Italian, Louis XV style, wrought iron console (Item 771)
  
  With marble top. 19th century.
• French, Green and gilt tole and cut glass, eight light chandelier (Item 617)
  
  Early 20th century.

Libraries & Vitrines

• Spanish, Art Nouveau period vitrine (Item 1092)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany with Mucha inspired, reverse-painted glass door; having original, beveled, curved glass and three interior shelves. Circa 1905-1910.
• Rare, Venetian, Baroque period vitrine (Item 1059)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with red velour interior. Late 17th century.
• Unusual, French vitrine table (Item 1053)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood, crème painted and parcel-gilded; having a display surface beneath hinged glass top. 19th century.
• Italian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded vitrine (Item 1041)
  
  With three interior shelves. Late 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period verrio (display cabinet) (Item 1004)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item 441)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal bibliothèque (Item 642)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• 19th century, Austrian, Biedermeier vitrine (Item 158)
  
  In walnut with original mirrored back, with new two glass shelves.

Lighting

• Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces (Item 1206)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.
• Pair of Italian, Neoclassical period candelabras (Item 1199)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; each having seven arms in gilt iron. Adorned with acanthus leaves; fluted central stem; the whole resting upon a tripd base with clawed feet.
• French, Empire style, gilt bronze chandelier (Item 1186)
  
  Having six arms, each with a bronze cast of a female bust, surrounding a blue ceramic center column; the whole surmounted by a torchiere.
  
  Second half of the 19th century. In the manner of François Rémond.
• Pair of French, Louis XIV period torcheres (Item 1169)
  
  In solid carved natural wood. The upper elements vigorously carved with acanthus leaves, the central columns, triangular in form, pierced and adorned with male masks, the whole resting on a tripod base having sculpted leaves, volutes and lambrequins. Circa 1670.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Sale in Versailles, Palais des Congres, Commissaire-Priseur Jean-Paul Chapelle, March 3, 1968-acquired by Georges Hereil, Paris.
  • 1981: The estate of Georges Hereil, by descent to GG.
• Pair of Italian, Neoclassical period Torcheres (Item 1163)
  
  Painted and parcel-gilded adorned with acanthus leaves, ram's heads, pateraes, and garlands, resting upon claw feet. Circa 1810-1815.
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt-bronze Bouillotte lamp (Item 1159)
  
  Having three lights with ram's head motif and pierced base. Circa 1900.
• Pair of Restauration period gilt-bronze and patinated bronze sconces (Item 1156)
  
  Each having two lights with winged putti holding cornucopia. Circa 1830. Not pierced (not electrified).
• French, Neoclassical style lamp (Item 1153)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze with a winged putto (cherub) holding two candelabra above a square plinth base elaborately cast in bronze d'ore.
  
  Attributed to Henri Picard, who was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. Picard worked on Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre Palace.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
• Pair of French, Regence style sconces (Item 1133)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze, in the form of stylized cherubim, each having two lights. Circa 1850.
• Pair of large, Baroque (Louis XIV) style torcheres (Item 1122)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of balluster form decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and grotesques (male figured masks). Inscribed "LA MARECHALERIE (...)/Avenue (...) PARIS FRANCE" 19th century.
• French, Restauration period chandelier ("lustre d'alcove") (Item 1115)
  
  Of small dimensions having five arms. In solid, gilt bronze. Circa 1835.
• Pair of French, Empire period, bronze d'ore candelabra (Item 1111)
  
  In patinated and gilt bronze.
  
  Circa 1810.
• Pair of English, George III period sconces (Item 1102)
  
  Of large dimensions in solid, carved giltwood, each having three arms. Never pierced for electricity. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI style bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 1095)
  
  Having six arms extending from a central stem ornamented with flowers, the whole surmounted by a crown. 19th century.
• Very fine, Empire style, gilt-bronze, sixteen light chandelier of large dimension (Item 881)
  
  Hand-chased. 19th century.
• Very fine, Empire period chandelier (Item 1077)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze, elaborately chased with ten arms, ornamented with winged angels crowned with laurel leaves, acanthus leaf corona, pinecone finial, and five chains adorned with acanthus leaves and grapes. Circa 1810.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style chandelier (Item 1072)
  
  In bronze d'ore with six lights. Circa 1870-1880.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV style sconces (Item 1071)
  
  Of Rocaille form in bronze d'ore. Circa 1860.
• Very fine, French, Charles X style, bronze d'ore and cut crystal chandelier (Item 1020)
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
• Fine French Empire style bronze d'ore and crystal chandelier (Item 906)
  
  With fifteen arms. Second half of the 19th century.
• Pair of fine, Spanish, Baroque, wrought iron and brass torcheres (Item 884)
  
  17th century.
• Italian, Baroque style, painted pine, ten-light Chandelier (Item 562)
  
  With circular corona having urn-form finials supporting a tapering round tier cresting in leafage carved scrolling candle arms. 19th century.
• Venetian, Louis XV style, gilt metal and cut crystal chandelier (Item 789)
  
  Early 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier (Item 503)
  
  In the Rococo style. Late 19th or early 20th century. Electrified to American standard.
• Important, French, Empire period, bronze d'ore, tole, and crystal chandelier (Lustre Argand) (Item 739)
  
  With crystal de Montcenis (predecessor to Baccarat). With original oil-burning mechanism invented by Swiss inventor François-Pierre-Ami Argand. Early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Property of a French Nobleman, Le Compte de Amxxx
• French, Louis XVI style (Neo-Classical), bronze d'ore, lantern (Item 710)
  
  With Baccarat crystal. Late 19th century.
• Italian, painted and parcel-gilded six-light chandelier (Item 679)
  
  In solid, carved wood. Late 19th or early 20th century.
• French Restauration style, bronze d'ore and patinated bronze, twenty-two light chandelier (Item 659)
  
  Late 19th century.
• French, Green and gilt tole and cut glass, eight light chandelier (Item 617)
  
  Early 20th century.
• Pair of Venetian, Neoclassical Gondola lanterns (Item 565)
  
  Mounted on poles. With largely original polychrome surface. Late 18th century.
• Art Deco chandelier (Item 356)
  
  Bronze d'ore and crystal with garlands. Early 20th century.
• French, Art Nouveau, bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 404)
  
  With frosted glass iris globes. Late 19th century.

Mirrors

• Italian, Regence period mirror a parcloses (Item 1203)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• French, Regence period mirror-trumeau (Item 1177)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with parcloses having the original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching pair of consoles murales item 1178 (hanging bracket consoles).
• French, Art Nouveau period, giltwood and composition mirror (Item 1160)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1890.
• Irish, George III period mirror (Item 1157)
  
  In giltwood exuberantly carved with branches, acanthus leaves, and berries. Circa 1770.
• French, Regence period miroir à parecloses (Item 1149)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• English, Chippendale period overmantle mirror (Item 1130)
  
  Of oval form in solid, carved giltwood, surmounted by a palmette and decorated with foliage scrolls. Mid 18th-century.
• French, Louis XIV period giltwood mirror (Item 1110)
  
  With parcloses. Circa 1720.
• Very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period mirror a parcloses (Item 964)
  
  In finely sculpted giltwood; decorated with garlands, leaves, flowers, and "entrelacs" (delicate vine tracery) surmounted by an urn; having mercury glass. Northern Italy, circa 1780.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror (Item 1030)
  
  In solid carved giltwood with parcloses. With original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa: 1735.
• Italian, Neoclassical period silver-leaf mirror (Item 387)
  
  With original mercury glass. Late 18th century.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror a parcloses (Item 977)
  
  In solid giltwood vigorously carved with flowers and acanthus leaves; the upper pierced cartouche centered by a winged dragon. Circa 1735.
• Very fine, French, Regence period mirror a parcloses (Item 1057)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having original mercury glass and original gilding; the pediment ajouré (pierced). Circa 1720.
• Fine, Venetian, Baroque period overmantle mirror (Item 1052)
  
  Crème painted and parcel-gilded. With original mercury glass. Early 18th century.
• Louis XV style, giltwood and gilt gesso pier mirror of large dimensions (Item 1026)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1880.
• Very fine, early Louis XV period overmantle mirror (Item 1003)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1735-1740.
• Very fine, French, Regence style mirror (Item 996)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Very Fine, French, Regence period mirror (Item 939)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1725. (Shown here over French, 18th century, carved sauteuse.)
• Fine, French, Louis XV period mirror (Item 878)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes, Provence. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine and rare, French Louis XV period, painted and parcel gilded trumeau (Item 856)
  
  With original mercury glass, original giltwood surface, and original painting. Mid-18th century.
• George III period, oval, carved giltwood mirror (Item 845)
  
  With pierced framework carved with rose branches and husk swags amidst s and c-scrolls and surmounted by ho ho birds at the shoulders, centering a tiered scrollwork crest. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Pair of very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, giltwood mirrors (Item 831)
  
  With original mercury glass and original giltwood surface. One of identical pair shown. Late 18th or early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: from the collection of Mexican film star Maria Felix La Donna.
• Very fine, Spanish, Neoclassical, flame mahogany and parcel-gilt coiffeuse (Item 824)
  
  The whole resting upon four acanthus-leaf decorated feet; the upper compartment with looking glass of large dimensions between two Corinthian columns resting upon a single drawer; The lower compartment having three drawers, with the top drawer opening to reveal a writing compartment; Circa 1820.
  
  Provenance: Collection d' Ariane Dandois.
• Italian, Neoclassical (Retour d'Egypt), carved and painted giltwood mirror (Item 280)
  
  With gilded sphinxes and foliage motif. Late 18th century or early 19th century.

Decorative Objects

• Faunesse With Child And Bacchus, Late 19th century bronze group Signed Clodion (Item 1189)
  
  Large French bronze sculpture representing a faunesse (female faun) holding her baby on her knees, and Bacchus playing at their feet, a well known model by Clodion. The faun and her child are girded with vine leaves and the child holds out a cup to Bacchus. In exchange, Bacchus lying on a bed of vine branches gives him a bunch of grapes. The thyrsus, symbol of Bacchus, lies on the bed of foliage. All the attributes of Bacchus are present in this magnificent composition by Clodion, whose quality of carving is matched only by the depth of its patina. A cherry red marble base supports this remarkable mythological group.
  
  Signed “CLODION” on the back (Claude Michel, known as Clodion (1738-1814). Circa 1850-1860
  
  Provenance: From the collection of Charles Auzoux (1836-1922)
• 19th century allegorical bronze entitled "La Genie du Travail" (The Genius of Work) (Item 1188)
  
  Signed "E. Picault" (Émile Louis Picault).
  
  Picault's work can be seen in museums in Chambéry (Le Semeur d'idées), Clermont-Ferrand (Hébé), Maubeuge (Le devoir, Honor patria), and Troyes (La famille, joies et peines).
• Pair of Arlesian, Louis XV style boxes (salt box - "boite a sel" and flour box - "fariniere") (Item 1187)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1900.
• Apulian, red-figured, terra cotta lekanis (two-handled, ancient Greek bowl) (Item 1143)
  
  The cover painted with a naked male figure sitting and holding a spear and a seated woman on opposite sides, the two separated by palmette friezes, the rim of the lid decorated with a repeating, wave pattern.
  
  Circa: 340 B.C.E.
• Belle Epoque Period Allegorical Sculpture in Alabaster "Two Children Reading". (Item 1181)
  
  Late 19th century. Signed Auguste Moreau.
• Set of four Art Nouveau period lithographs on fabric (Item 1121)
  
  Depicting The Four Seasons. Signed by Czechoslovakian artist Alphonse Mucha. First Series. Circa 1896.
• Imposing, Northern Indian, erotic stele (Item 1180)
  
  Richly sculpted in red sandstone featuring male and female figures (possibly deities) standing with interlocking arms flanked by ornamental columns. Rajasthan, 10th-12th century AD.
• Portuguese, Baroque period, blue and white painted tile (azulejos) mural (Item 1172)
  
  Featuring the God Neptune in his carriage holding a trident in his right hand while being pulled through the sea. Circa: 1710-1720.
• French, Art Nouveau period grand vase aux clématites (Item 1154)
  
  Signed Emile Gallé (1846-1904). Early 20th century.
• Gallo-Roman amphora (Item 1144)
  
  In terra cotta. Recovered from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea between 1960 and 1972.
  
  50-200 AD.
• Italian, Baroque period cabinet (Item 1142)
  
  In ebonized rosewood inset with etched ivory panels depicting frolicking cherubim, having two cabinet doors which open to reveal eight interior drawers above two additional drawers, the whole resting upon four bun feet.
  
  17th century.
• Ancient Canosan funerary vase (Item 1140)
  
  In painted terra cotta in the form of a sculpted female figure serving as a handle above a highly stylized head surrounded by leaf petals and centered with a floral emblem.
  
  From Canosa (part of Magna Graecia, ancient Greece, now part of Italy). Fourth Century BCE
• French, Louis XV style correspondence box (Item 1137)
  
  Embossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century.
• Directoire period fan and conforming giltwood frame (Item 1136)
  
  Paper painted in the "Gouache" technique with gilded accents. Circa 1790.
• The Birds of North America & Studer's Popular Ornithology (two volumes) (Item 1134)
  
  Columbus, Ohio: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878. In two volumes. Folio. Illustrated with 160 plates (119 color lithographic plates in first volume and 41 tinted lithographic plates in second volume), with tissue guards. Full gilt-lettered and decorated black morocco; spines gilt; inner dentelles gilt. Spines, edges, and joints slightly scuffed; internally clean. Ex-library with book-plates on front paste-downs and call numbers in pencil on title-pages; plates free of all markings.
  
  This comprises The Birds of North America and Ornithology: or, the Science of Birds.
  
  Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Renaissance period coffret (document box) (Item 1127)
  
  Of rectangular form, in solid walnut, having carved floret-framed paneled sides and the façade with carvings of maps and telescopes, the whole resting atop four paw feet.
  
  Early 17th century. Florence.
• Quajar Silver and Gold-Overlaid Steel Helmet (Dahl) and Matching Shield (Khula Khud) (Item 1125)
  
  The helmet in the form of a peacock, incised with floral details, with inscription-filled cartouches around the rim, a sun-boss to the forehead; the shield with a central sun-formed boss with facial features, with inscriptions-filled cartouches around the rim.
  
  Persia. Early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
• Iberian Earthenware olive jar (Item 1124)
  
  17th century.
  
  Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
• Large Megalodon tooth (Item 1120)
  
  Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago, during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. This specimen is of rare size and largely intact.
• Chinese. Ming dynasty, white marble "Horse and Deer" panel (Item 1119)
  
  Late 14th through early 17th century.
• Chinese, Northern Qi Dynasty gray pottery model of a kneeling Bactrian camel (Item 1117)
  
  6th century AD. Accompanied by the results of Oxford thermoluminescence test #C205g92, dated November 17, 2005, stating that the results are consistant with the suggested period of manufacture.
• Italian, neoclassical style, alabaster pedestal (Item 1114)
  
  19th century.
• Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, polychrome-painted wood sarcophagus panel (Item 1108)
  
  Brightly painted in ochre, red and black with Nut in profile to the right, wearing a tightly-fitting dress, broad collar and bracelets, a fillet across her forehead with a frontal lotus flower, sun disc above her head, lotus buds and flowers sprouting on either side of her feet and a bunch before her torso.
  
  As a divinity responsible for renewing the sun each day by swallowing the setting sun, Ra, each evening and giving birth to him by her womb in the morning, Nut was regarded as suitable imagery for the underside of the lid of sarcophagi, as this associated the deceased with re-enacting the journey of the Ra between heaven and earth. For further, see I. Shaw and P. Nicholson, British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, London, 1995, pp.207-208.
  
  Circa 332-30 B.C.
  
  Provenance:
  
  
  • Private collection, San Francisco.
  • Anonymous sale; Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 29 October 2007, lot 1390.
  • with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York (Art of the Ancient World, 2009, no.188).
  Published:
  
  
  • M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p.49, fig.34.
  
  Exhibited:
  
  
  • Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, June 2011-2018.
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, France, acquired from the above.
• French, Louis XV style, barometer and thermometer set of large dimensions (Item 1107)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. The barometer signed Torricelli, the thermometer signed Réaumur. 19th century.
• Ancient Canosan volute krater of large dimension (Item 1106)
  
  Painted with a warrior mounted upon a horse, the handles tightly curled to resemble the volutes on Ionic columns. The colors used in art of this period inspired the painted frescoes of Pompeii two centuries later.
  
  From Apulia, circa 320 BC (now Italy, but then Greece).
• Ancient Apulian bell krater of large dimension (Item 1105)
  
  With classical Greek figures in terra-cotta on a painted black background. A bell krater was an ancient Greek vessel sometimes used for diluting wine with water.
  
  From Apulia, circa 320 BC (now Italy, but then Greece).
• Japanese, gilt wood Buddha figure (Item 1100)
  
  Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base set on a tiered plinth, the hands held upward in the lap, the eyes downcast in a meditative pose under tightly curled hair and a domed ushisha, dressed in layered robes left open at the chest, al before a solid madela. Edo Period, Japan.
• Ancient Apulian Amphora (Item 1099)
  
  With classical Greek female figures in terra-cotta on a painted black background, ringed below with Classical Greek key border.
  
  From Apulia, circa 320 BC (now Italy, but then Greece).
• Romanesque Double Cloister Capital (Item 1096)
  
  In veined white marble, carved with foliage, having a face framed by hands at each of the four corners, the whole resting upon two large goat hooves; some wear. Southern France; 13th Century.
• English, George IV period, giltwood and upholstered confidante (Item 803)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of serpentine form with four seats, the whole resting upon casters. Circa 1825.
• Pair of second-century style, limestone trapezophorum (Item 1083)
  
  In solid, carved limestone depicting horned lions. Trapezophorum were used as pedestals and supports for tables and benches. 19th century, Rome.
• Egyptian polychrome and giltwood mummy mask (Item 1022)
  
  Ptolemaic to early Roman period (circa 332 b.c.-641 a.d.). On custom acrylic stand. Some losses and breaks, stabilized with metal brackets to reverse.
• French globe of large dimensions on ebonized and gilded metal stand (Item 818)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensions (Item 875)
  
  The panels circa 1800, the later frames mid-19th century. Each one painted with classical figures: Minerva, Apollo, Bacchus, and Diana. The frames inscribed "SALONE BALLO."
• Very fine, Italian, sculpted marble fountain base of large dimensions (Item 859)
  
  Sculpted in solid Carrara marble as a large shell supported by a child satyr and a putto upon a naturalistic base with integral foliate and shell-carved circular base. Circa 1850.
  
  Provenance: From the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Meyer Naide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By repute, acquired from the Philadelphia home of Pearl S. Buck.
• Pair of French, Neoclassical style Jardinières (Item 1048)
  
  In sculpted terra cotta. 19th century.
• French, Directoire style paravent (Item 1046)
  
  Oil on canvas. Late 19th century.
• Set of fine, English Regency period library steps (Item 1039)
  
  In solid mahogany, each step with gilt, embossed leather inset. Circa 1820.
• Important Roman statue ("acéphale de péplophore") of large dimensions (Item 1023)
  
  Sculpted in white marble. Second century A.D.
• French, Louis XV period verrio (display cabinet) (Item 1004)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item 873)
  
  In sculpted and blue-painted wood with gold accents, the lower part of arbalette form with a single, central drawer, top in faux marble, the legs of cabriole form; the upper part having a mirror with original mercury glass supported by two arms; the whole being of curvilinear form with a floral and shell motif. Circa 1850.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Napoleon III wool carpet gros point (Item 930)
  
  In dark red and beige, decorated with garlands of flowers and oval center medaillon. Fabric lined. Circa 1850.
• Pair of very fine, rare, late Louis XVI polychrome decorated doors within a door surround (Item 897)
  
  The pair of paneled doors decorated with antheniennes on pedestals surrounded by polychrome Vitruvian scrolled vines and feathers within a carved egg and dart and bead carved frame; the overdoor panel with similar decoration within a grapevine carved door surround with a scrolled leaf border. Probably Provence. Late 18th century.
• Very fine and rare, French Louis XV period, painted and parcel gilded trumeau (Item 856)
  
  With original mercury glass, original giltwood surface, and original painting. Mid-18th century.
• Set of four plaster corbels (Item 853)
  
  Cast as praying angels. 19th century.
• Very fine, Spanish, Neoclassical, flame mahogany and parcel-gilt coiffeuse (Item 824)
  
  The whole resting upon four acanthus-leaf decorated feet; the upper compartment with looking glass of large dimensions between two Corinthian columns resting upon a single drawer; The lower compartment having three drawers, with the top drawer opening to reveal a writing compartment; Circa 1820.
  
  Provenance: Collection d' Ariane Dandois.
• French, Regence period bureau en pente (Item 667)
  
  Early 18th century and later. In solid, carved oak with legs terminating in "pied de sabots."
• French, Neoclassical, period armoire de chasse (Item 596)
  
  A very unusual form, most likely from a hunting lodge in Southwestern France. In solid, carved cherry with additional storage cabinets on either side (see photo number three), which were used to store hunting gear. Late 18th century.

Panels

• Chinese. Ming dynasty, white marble "Horse and Deer" panel (Item 1119)
  
  Late 14th through early 17th century.
• Italian, Regence Period, gilt and polychrome-painted six-panel screen (Item 950)
  
  Inspired by the designs of Claude III Audran, "La Serie des Douze Mois" (The Twelve Month Series"). The frames vigorously carved in silvered wood; the panels 18th century the painting refreshed in the 19th century; each decorated in green grotesque style on gold background depicting zodiac signs and mythological gods.
• Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensions (Item 875)
  
  The panels circa 1800, the later frames mid-19th century. Each one painted with classical figures: Minerva, Apollo, Bacchus, and Diana. The frames inscribed "SALONE BALLO."
• Pair of very fine, rare, late Louis XVI polychrome decorated doors within a door surround (Item 897)
  
  The pair of paneled doors decorated with antheniennes on pedestals surrounded by polychrome Vitruvian scrolled vines and feathers within a carved egg and dart and bead carved frame; the overdoor panel with similar decoration within a grapevine carved door surround with a scrolled leaf border. Probably Provence. Late 18th century.

Petrins & Panetieres

• Very fine, French, Louis XV period panetiere and petrin ensemble (Item 887)
  
  In solid walnut. From Arles. 18th century.
• Very fine, Louis XV period Arlesian petrin (Item 983)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period panetière (Item 940)
  
  From Arles In solid, carved walnut. 18th century.
• Fine, Arlesian, Louis XV period panetiere of large dimensions (Item 767)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with reverse-arbalette facade and arbalette sides. Mid 18th century.

Sofas, Benches, Canapés & Settees

• French, Louis XVI period chaise longue (Item 1214)
  
  Crème painted with vigorously carved neoclassical elements. Circa 1780.
• French, Regence period tabouret (Item 1193)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pied de biche ("deer feet"). Covered with 18th centry tapestry. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Gallery Perrin (Paris)
• English, George III period cane settee (Item 1138)
  
  With curved ends and three seats, each seat having a circular cane-back panel inset with a hand-painted medallion, the whole resting upon elegantly-tapered legs and painted in bellflowers. Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period petite canapé corbeille (Item 1148)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, small canape (Item 1145)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Vigorously carved with neoclassical elements, the whole resting upon six spiral-turned, tapered, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780. Signed: DELAISEMENT (Nicholas DeLaisment)
• French, Louis XV period, giltwood canape (Item 1141)
  
  With exhuberantly-carved, sepentine frame, quintessential Louis XV motifs including seashells, acanthus leaves, and foliage, having three seats upholstered in floral-patterned, silk damask, the whole resting upon eight cabriole legs.
  
  Mid-18th century, attributed to Louis Cresson.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés (Item 1128)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. One of the period (mid-18th century), the other later (19th century). Each having six legs elegantly carved with shells, acanthus leaves, and pomegranates.
  
  Created for le Château de Dampierre, a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
• English, George IV period, giltwood and upholstered confidante (Item 803)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of serpentine form with four seats, the whole resting upon casters. Circa 1825.
• Large Mid-Century Modern Sofa (Item 1088)
  
  In two parts. Upholstered in muted, white, geometric floral pattern.
• William IV period, carved mahogany recamier (Item 538)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, curvilinear in form, with Neoclassical elements including cornucopia and paterae (circular or oval ornament resembling a dish, often decorated with leaves and petals. Commonly seen in a frieze in architecture or on a corner block in furniture), the legs of umbrella shape ending in casters. Circa 1835.
• Pair of very fine, Regency, giltwood benches (Item 944)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood, each with outscrolled-ends and a seat covered in cream silk damask by Brunscwhig & Fils, with paneled friezes applied with oak leaves and acorns, on incurved legs with lion's paw feet, the underside of each inscribed 65.1137 B and 38584.
  
  Probably Northern European, circa 1810.
  
  Provenance: Acquired from Partridge, London, 21 November 1990.
• Fine, French, Regence period, canapé (Item 1012)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Covered in silk damask. Early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau Viticole du Carcassone.
• Very fine, Venetian, Rococo period salon (Item 1001)
  
  Comprised of two fauteuils and matching canapé. In solid, carved walnut with Savonnerie tapestry. Mid-18th century.
• Rare, French, Louis XV period chair-back chaise longue (Item 997)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century
• Very fine, French, Regence period canapé a oreilles (Item 920)
  
  En arbalette form, in solid, carved walnut with needlepoint upholstery. Circa 1725.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period canapé (Item 123)
  
  With original painted surface. Stamped "Pillot." Circa 1780.
• Fine, Napoleon III period, giltwood canapé of large dimensions (meuble de chateau) (Item 871)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with five cushions in silk damask and two étiquettes (tags) bearing the inscription "PONTOI/ … JUILLET/1872." 19th century.
• Italian, Neoclassical, crème painted and parcel-gilt settee (Item 616)
  
  Late 18th or early 19th century. Rome or Naples.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item 851)
  
  The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French Provincial, Louis XV period settee (Item 850)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with upholstered seat and caned back. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item 807)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• French, Regence period, caned canapé (Item 674)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Early 18th century.
• French, Provençal, Regence period canapé (Item 649)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• French, Provincial, Louis XV period, walnut and caned canapé (Item 653)
  
  Mid-18th century.
• Charles X period lit de repos (Item 417)
  
  In solid walnut with four carved panels depicting dolphins supporting shields. Early 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period ottoman (Item 281)
  
  Very rare sofa in carved giltwood having the characteristic corbeille shaped back and outward curved seat. 18th century.

Recamiers, Chaise longues, & Duchesse Brisee

• William IV period, carved mahogany recamier (Item 538)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, curvilinear in form, with Neoclassical elements including cornucopia and paterae (circular or oval ornament resembling a dish, often decorated with leaves and petals. Commonly seen in a frieze in architecture or on a corner block in furniture), the legs of umbrella shape ending in casters. Circa 1835.
• Rare, French, Louis XV period chair-back chaise longue (Item 997)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century
• Fine, Napoleon III period, giltwood canapé of large dimensions (meuble de chateau) (Item 871)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with five cushions in silk damask and two étiquettes (tags) bearing the inscription "PONTOI/ … JUILLET/1872." 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item 807)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Charles X period lit de repos (Item 417)
  
  In solid walnut with four carved panels depicting dolphins supporting shields. Early 19th century.

Screens & Paravents

• Italian, Regence Period, gilt and polychrome-painted six-panel screen (Item 950)
  
  Inspired by the designs of Claude III Audran, "La Serie des Douze Mois" (The Twelve Month Series"). The frames vigorously carved in silvered wood; the panels 18th century the painting refreshed in the 19th century; each decorated in green grotesque style on gold background depicting zodiac signs and mythological gods.
• French, Directoire style paravent (Item 1046)
  
  Oil on canvas. Late 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.

Tables

• Italian, Renaissance Period side table (Item 1211)
  
  In solid carved walnut with gilded accents, rectilinear in form having central baluster adorned with swags and surrounded by four columns decorated with acanthus leaves, the whole resting on a guilloches patterned base resting on lion claw feet. Restorations of maintenance. Circa late 16th century or early 17th century.
• French, Regence Period console table (Item 1210)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, the whole resting on four legs terminating in hairy hooved feet, sculpted with volutes, shells and acanthus leaves. Surmounted by grey, blue Breccia marble with double bevel. Circa 1725-1730.
• French, Louis XVI period, console (Item 1207)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Bleu Turquin marble top. Circa 1780. In the manner of Henri Jacob.
• Italian Rococo carved giltwood console table (Item 1196)
  
  Fitted with an onyx top.
• Fine, English Regency tilt-top table (Item 1190)
  
  In faux painted specimen marble, mahogany, and parcel-gilt. On tripod base.
  
  Circa 1815.
  
  Formerly with Mallett Antiques.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Pair of French, Regence period consoles murales (hanging bracket consoles) (Item 1178)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching mirror-trumeau item 1177.
• Rare, French, Art Nouveau period side table (meuble d'entre deux) (Item 1176)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with birdseye maple panels. Circa 1900. Attributed to Eugène Gaillard.
• Italian, Renaissance style refectory table (Item 1162)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; carved on all four sides with gadrooned edge; the top inset with leather writing surface; the whole support vigorously carved with acanthus leaves and caryatids. Rome, circa 1825.
• French, Louis XVI period, adjustable, marquetry-inlaid pedestal table (Item 1158)
  
  Having two tiers, each with pierced, bronze d'ore gallery. Functioning mechanism allows the top tier to be raised.
  
  Stamped: JF LAPIE (Jean-François LAPIE) Master in 1763
  
  Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period demi-lune console (Item 1152)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with Carrara marble top. Circa 1780.
• Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 979)
  
  In solid, carved walnut having cabriole legs ending in pied de biche (deer feet) and reversable top, one side (shown) with marquetry inlaid board for checkers, the other in green felt suitable for card playing. Removing the top reveals an inset, marquetry-inlaid backgammon board. The whole delicately carved. Late 18th or early 19th century from Nimes, France.
• Pair of Venetian, Rococo period, painted and parcel-gilded console tables (Item 1126)
  
  With original Carrara marble tops. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period console (Item 1123)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XVI-style Mahogany and Brass-inlaid Game Table (Item 1098)
  
  With removable rectangular top above hinged surface opening to reveal slide-out baize game board surface with French inscriptions and hidden well with miniature roulette wheel and compartments with dominoes and game pieces, all of which remove for backgammon surface below, on turned and reeded supports with caster feet.
  
  Brass inlaid is lifting and needs securing on top. Removable top opens to baize surface, some light abrasions and surface grime, interior underneath with game piece compartments and wheel which have minor nicks, light abrasions. Legs have repairs, one appears a bit wobbly. Has some game pieces, probably not complete.
  
  20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, bronze d'ore gueridon (end table) (Item 1097)
  
  With painted marble top, the design inspired by the original paintings of François Boucher, with tripod base centered by an urn. 19th century.
• Romanesque Double Cloister Capital (Item 1096)
  
  In veined white marble, carved with foliage, having a face framed by hands at each of the four corners, the whole resting upon two large goat hooves; some wear. Southern France; 13th Century.
• Very fine, Genoese, Rococo period console table (Item 933)
  
  In solid, elaborately carved giltwood with Serravezza marble top, pierced skirt centered by a Rococo foliate ornament, complex volute floral and foliate-carved cabriole legs, and arched foliate stretcher. Mid-18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings at The Audubon House, Key West, FL; previously on exhibition at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL.
• Very fine, English Regency period, rosewood and brass-inlaid center table (Item 892)
  
  With original tilt-top mechanism, giltwood acanthus leaf and faux rosewood grain stem, and unusual square plinth (base) resting upon four bronze winged claw feet. Attributed to George Smith, circa 1805-1810.
• Italian, Rococo period, walnut console (Item 838)
  
  With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century.
• Large, Italian, Louis XVI period carved console (Item 931)
  
  From Torino with medallions, garlands, and acanthus leaves carved in solid linden wood. Original blue, gray, and beige Brocatello marble top. Circa 1780
• French Régence giltwood table with nero antico marble top (Item 1078)
  
  The shaped rectangular top above diaper-carved frieze centered by a shell-form cartouche, the four diaper-carved legs with shell-carved knees terminating in hoof feet and united by X-form stretcher. From L'ile de France, circa 1725.
• Rare, Florentine, Renaissance period refectory table (Item 763)
  
  In solid, carved black walnut. The top of two planks, both supporting elements styled as caryatids on both sides and joined by a stretcher, the whole resting upon claw feet. Late 16th century.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console table (Item 1076)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; of Rocaille form with arbalette front, cabriole legs, acanthus ornament, original, Breche marble top, and upper and lower cartouche (pierced shell aprons). Mid-18th century.
• Rare, French, Regence period, gilt-bronze mounted game table (tric-trac table) (Item 1068)
  
  Having rosewood veneers; with a reversible, gilt, embossed leather top, the reverse inlaid with an ebony and ivory chess board; the inside opening to reveal a recessed backgammon surface; having one drawer and two original candleholders. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Attributed to Pierre Migeon
• Fine, Northern Italian, painted and parcel gilded table de milieu (Item 1067)
  
  With marble top having outset corners above a scrolling foliate-carved frieze (en arabesque), with female masks at the corners, the whole atop tapering, stop-fluted legs terminating in lion's paw feet. Circa 1780.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 1060)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top.
• Unusual, French vitrine table (Item 1053)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood, crème painted and parcel-gilded; having a display surface beneath hinged glass top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style, bouillotte table (Item 1050)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze gallery and Gris St. Anne marble top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte (Item 1049)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood).
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style crème painted console table (Item 1047)
  
  With six tapered, spiral-turned legs, each surmounted by an ionic capital, and Carrara marble top. Mid-19th century.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 984)
  
  One side of reversible top having a chess board, the other a green, felt card surface, the whole resting on cabriole legs. The interior with ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. In rosewood with gilt bronze mounts. Paris, circa 1880.
• Fine, Spanish, Baroque period bargueño (vargueño) (Item 1014)
  
  Upper compartment having seven drawers inlaid with tortoise-shell, ebony, and etched ivory country scenes and resting upon gilt bronze claw ball feet with pierced, gilt bronze freize. Having original lower walnut and iron folding table. Late 17th century.
• Very fine, Louis XV period console table (Item 1011)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Early Louis XV Period console table (Item 1010)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Rouge Royal marble top. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, Regence period Table De Cabaret à Jeux (game table) (Item 1007)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with elegantly shaped cabriole legs terminating in pied de biche, gilt, tooled, and embossed leather top, four drawers (one per side), and pull-out drink holders at each corner. Circa 1715-1727.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item 873)
  
  In sculpted and blue-painted wood with gold accents, the lower part of arbalette form with a single, central drawer, top in faux marble, the legs of cabriole form; the upper part having a mirror with original mercury glass supported by two arms; the whole being of curvilinear form with a floral and shell motif. Circa 1850.
• French, Neoclassical style bouillote table (Item 995)
  
  In mahogany with brass banding and gilt brass pierced gallery. Late 19th century.
• Late Renaissance, Spanish credenzia table (Item 990)
  
  Late 16th or early 17th century in solid, carved walnut on all four sides with two drawers and wrought iron stretcher (restored).
• Fine, German, Regence period console table (Item 973)
  
  Vigorously carved with hairy, hooved feet and marble top. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine and Rare French, Louis XVI period console (Item 963)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having four tapered, fluted legs; adorned with garlands, bows, and rosettes; with original marble top and giltwood surface. Circa 1780. Stamped PILLOT.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 960)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console (Item 958)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Brèche violet marble top; bottom stretcher having having four legs centered by a vigorously carved floral bouquet. Circa 1750.
• Very fine, Roman, Rococo period console table (Item 949)
  
  In solid, carved, silvered wood with original marble top. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Pair of fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console tables (Item 946)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, each having an upper cartouche pierced with roses and lower cartouche centered with corbeille a fleurs (basket of flowers), the whole vigorously carved in guilloche (repeating, interlocking circles) motif, having volutes (scrolls) and acanthus leaves. With Breche marble tops in beige with rose veining. Circa 1765.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period, brass mounted console desserte (Item 927)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Of demi-lune form with three functioning drawers and original hardware. Circa 1780. Stamped "E. AVRIL JME".
  
  (Etienne Avril, Master 1774, was a principle supplier of furniture to Marie Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud.)
• Fine, French, Napoleon III period, black lacquer, gilt bronze, and incised gilt brass table a jeu (game table) (Item 813)
  
  Opens to reveal original felt playing surface. Circa 1860.
  
  Provenance: estate of Mexican film star Maria Felix.
• French, Rocaille period, console table (Item 670)
  
  In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louix XV period, giltwood console table (Item 876)
  
  Mid-18th century. Possibly Lyon.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted, dining table (Item 858)
  
  The oval top with three extensions above an apron raised on six fluted, tapering legs terminating in brass casters. In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Early to mid-19th century.
• Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table (Item 819)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.
• Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item 843)
  
  With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
• Very fine, Parisian, Neoclassical period, drop-leaf banquet table (Item 828)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany. Six tapered, fluted legs ending in original casters. With original extension mechanism and four later, matching finish, 20" wide, mahogany leaves. Circa 1780.
• Very fine, Spanish, Neoclassical, flame mahogany and parcel-gilt coiffeuse (Item 824)
  
  The whole resting upon four acanthus-leaf decorated feet; the upper compartment with looking glass of large dimensions between two Corinthian columns resting upon a single drawer; The lower compartment having three drawers, with the top drawer opening to reveal a writing compartment; Circa 1820.
  
  Provenance: Collection d' Ariane Dandois.
• Fine pair of Continental, Louis XV style, red painted and parcel gilded console tables (Item 812)
  
  With white-veined, liver-colored marble tops. One of identical pair shown.
• Rare, Northern European, Gothic period refectory table (Item 811)
  
  In solid, carved oak. Circa 1525-1550.
• Restauration period, extending dining table (Item 638)
  
  In solid mahogany and flame mahogany veneer with fluted, tapering legs above castors. Early 19th century.
• Parisian, Louis XV period table a jeu (Item 757)
  
  In kingwood, ebony, and ivory veneers with cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze sabot feet. Opens to reveal a green felt poker surface. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze mounted tric-trac table (Item 775)
  
  In mahogany with mahogany, pearwood, and ebony veneers. Top chess/checkers surface reverses to reveal leather writing surface. Inside reveals inlaid backgammon surface. With drawers at each side to hold gaming pieces. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Italian, Louis XV style, wrought iron console (Item 771)
  
  With marble top. 19th century.
• Renaissance style extending game table ("table a jeu") (Item 398)
  
  In solid walnut with casters and multiple inlaid playing surfaces for backgammon, checkers, chess, and a roulette wheel. 19th century from Paris.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.
• Catalan, Baroque period refectory table (Item 514)
  
  In solid carved walnut with lyre-shaped legs and wrought-iron stretchers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period "cartonnier" (Item 614)
  
  Crème painted with ebonized accents, having four leather drawers above the writing surface and separated by a display alcove (shown here with Item 316, Greco-Roman, porcelain urn). 18th century.
• Rare, French, Neoclassical, extension dining table (Item 598)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany, a wood that has been completely deforested. With tapered, fluted legs terminating in casters. Extends with original mechanism to twenty-three feet, seating for thirty people. Late 18th century from Ile de France (region of Paris).
• Northern Italian, Rococo period, silver leaf console table (Item 587)
  
  With ochre color marble top having a green border. Mid-18th century.
• George III style, carved mahogany, tilt-top table (Item 572)
  
  With circular pie-crust top, shell-carved cabriole legs terminating in carved paw feet. 19th century.
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.
• Spanish refectory table (Item 309)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. Late 17th or early 18th century. Extensive provenance available.
• 17th century, Spanish refectory table (Item 307)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. The land is one solid walnut board.
• French, Transition Louis XV-XVI writing desk (Item 20)
  
  Pearwood, mahogany, ebony, and rosewood parquetry. Single drawer, brass-banded edge, finished back. Circa 1780's.

Center Tables

• Fine, English Regency tilt-top table (Item 1190)
  
  In faux painted specimen marble, mahogany, and parcel-gilt. On tripod base.
  
  Circa 1815.
  
  Formerly with Mallett Antiques.
• Very fine, English Regency period, rosewood and brass-inlaid center table (Item 892)
  
  With original tilt-top mechanism, giltwood acanthus leaf and faux rosewood grain stem, and unusual square plinth (base) resting upon four bronze winged claw feet. Attributed to George Smith, circa 1805-1810.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.

Consoles

• French, Regence Period console table (Item 1210)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, the whole resting on four legs terminating in hairy hooved feet, sculpted with volutes, shells and acanthus leaves. Surmounted by grey, blue Breccia marble with double bevel. Circa 1725-1730.
• French, Louis XVI period, console (Item 1207)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Bleu Turquin marble top. Circa 1780. In the manner of Henri Jacob.
• Italian Rococo carved giltwood console table (Item 1196)
  
  Fitted with an onyx top.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Pair of French, Regence period consoles murales (hanging bracket consoles) (Item 1178)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching mirror-trumeau item 1177.
• French, Louis XVI period demi-lune console (Item 1152)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with Carrara marble top. Circa 1780.
• Pair of Venetian, Rococo period, painted and parcel-gilded console tables (Item 1126)
  
  With original Carrara marble tops. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period console (Item 1123)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Romanesque Double Cloister Capital (Item 1096)
  
  In veined white marble, carved with foliage, having a face framed by hands at each of the four corners, the whole resting upon two large goat hooves; some wear. Southern France; 13th Century.
• Very fine, Genoese, Rococo period console table (Item 933)
  
  In solid, elaborately carved giltwood with Serravezza marble top, pierced skirt centered by a Rococo foliate ornament, complex volute floral and foliate-carved cabriole legs, and arched foliate stretcher. Mid-18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings at The Audubon House, Key West, FL; previously on exhibition at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL.
• Italian, Rococo period, walnut console (Item 838)
  
  With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century.
• Large, Italian, Louis XVI period carved console (Item 931)
  
  From Torino with medallions, garlands, and acanthus leaves carved in solid linden wood. Original blue, gray, and beige Brocatello marble top. Circa 1780
• French Régence giltwood table with nero antico marble top (Item 1078)
  
  The shaped rectangular top above diaper-carved frieze centered by a shell-form cartouche, the four diaper-carved legs with shell-carved knees terminating in hoof feet and united by X-form stretcher. From L'ile de France, circa 1725.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console table (Item 1076)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; of Rocaille form with arbalette front, cabriole legs, acanthus ornament, original, Breche marble top, and upper and lower cartouche (pierced shell aprons). Mid-18th century.
• Fine, Northern Italian, painted and parcel gilded table de milieu (Item 1067)
  
  With marble top having outset corners above a scrolling foliate-carved frieze (en arabesque), with female masks at the corners, the whole atop tapering, stop-fluted legs terminating in lion's paw feet. Circa 1780.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 1060)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte (Item 1049)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood).
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style crème painted console table (Item 1047)
  
  With six tapered, spiral-turned legs, each surmounted by an ionic capital, and Carrara marble top. Mid-19th century.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Fine, Spanish, Baroque period bargueño (vargueño) (Item 1014)
  
  Upper compartment having seven drawers inlaid with tortoise-shell, ebony, and etched ivory country scenes and resting upon gilt bronze claw ball feet with pierced, gilt bronze freize. Having original lower walnut and iron folding table. Late 17th century.
• Very fine, Louis XV period console table (Item 1011)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Early Louis XV Period console table (Item 1010)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Rouge Royal marble top. Circa 1730.
• Late Renaissance, Spanish credenzia table (Item 990)
  
  Late 16th or early 17th century in solid, carved walnut on all four sides with two drawers and wrought iron stretcher (restored).
• Fine, German, Regence period console table (Item 973)
  
  Vigorously carved with hairy, hooved feet and marble top. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine and Rare French, Louis XVI period console (Item 963)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having four tapered, fluted legs; adorned with garlands, bows, and rosettes; with original marble top and giltwood surface. Circa 1780. Stamped PILLOT.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 960)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console (Item 958)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Brèche violet marble top; bottom stretcher having having four legs centered by a vigorously carved floral bouquet. Circa 1750.
• Very fine, Roman, Rococo period console table (Item 949)
  
  In solid, carved, silvered wood with original marble top. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Pair of fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console tables (Item 946)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, each having an upper cartouche pierced with roses and lower cartouche centered with corbeille a fleurs (basket of flowers), the whole vigorously carved in guilloche (repeating, interlocking circles) motif, having volutes (scrolls) and acanthus leaves. With Breche marble tops in beige with rose veining. Circa 1765.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period, brass mounted console desserte (Item 927)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Of demi-lune form with three functioning drawers and original hardware. Circa 1780. Stamped "E. AVRIL JME".
  
  (Etienne Avril, Master 1774, was a principle supplier of furniture to Marie Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud.)
• French, Rocaille period, console table (Item 670)
  
  In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louix XV period, giltwood console table (Item 876)
  
  Mid-18th century. Possibly Lyon.
• Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item 843)
  
  With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
• Fine pair of Continental, Louis XV style, red painted and parcel gilded console tables (Item 812)
  
  With white-veined, liver-colored marble tops. One of identical pair shown.
• Italian, Louis XV style, wrought iron console (Item 771)
  
  With marble top. 19th century.
• Catalan, Baroque period refectory table (Item 514)
  
  In solid carved walnut with lyre-shaped legs and wrought-iron stretchers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Northern Italian, Rococo period, silver leaf console table (Item 587)
  
  With ochre color marble top having a green border. Mid-18th century.
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.

Dining Tables

• Rare, Florentine, Renaissance period refectory table (Item 763)
  
  In solid, carved black walnut. The top of two planks, both supporting elements styled as caryatids on both sides and joined by a stretcher, the whole resting upon claw feet. Late 16th century.
• Late Renaissance, Spanish credenzia table (Item 990)
  
  Late 16th or early 17th century in solid, carved walnut on all four sides with two drawers and wrought iron stretcher (restored).
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted, dining table (Item 858)
  
  The oval top with three extensions above an apron raised on six fluted, tapering legs terminating in brass casters. In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Early to mid-19th century.
• Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table (Item 819)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.
• Very fine, Parisian, Neoclassical period, drop-leaf banquet table (Item 828)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany. Six tapered, fluted legs ending in original casters. With original extension mechanism and four later, matching finish, 20" wide, mahogany leaves. Circa 1780.
• Rare, Northern European, Gothic period refectory table (Item 811)
  
  In solid, carved oak. Circa 1525-1550.
• Restauration period, extending dining table (Item 638)
  
  In solid mahogany and flame mahogany veneer with fluted, tapering legs above castors. Early 19th century.
• Catalan, Baroque period refectory table (Item 514)
  
  In solid carved walnut with lyre-shaped legs and wrought-iron stretchers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Rare, French, Neoclassical, extension dining table (Item 598)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany, a wood that has been completely deforested. With tapered, fluted legs terminating in casters. Extends with original mechanism to twenty-three feet, seating for thirty people. Late 18th century from Ile de France (region of Paris).
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.
• Spanish refectory table (Item 309)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. Late 17th or early 18th century. Extensive provenance available.

End Tables, Night Tables, & Coffee Tables

• Italian, Renaissance Period side table (Item 1211)
  
  In solid carved walnut with gilded accents, rectilinear in form having central baluster adorned with swags and surrounded by four columns decorated with acanthus leaves, the whole resting on a guilloches patterned base resting on lion claw feet. Restorations of maintenance. Circa late 16th century or early 17th century.
• Rare, French, Art Nouveau period side table (meuble d'entre deux) (Item 1176)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with birdseye maple panels. Circa 1900. Attributed to Eugène Gaillard.
• French, Louis XVI period, adjustable, marquetry-inlaid pedestal table (Item 1158)
  
  Having two tiers, each with pierced, bronze d'ore gallery. Functioning mechanism allows the top tier to be raised.
  
  Stamped: JF LAPIE (Jean-François LAPIE) Master in 1763
  
  Late 18th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, bronze d'ore gueridon (end table) (Item 1097)
  
  With painted marble top, the design inspired by the original paintings of François Boucher, with tripod base centered by an urn. 19th century.
• Unusual, French vitrine table (Item 1053)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood, crème painted and parcel-gilded; having a display surface beneath hinged glass top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style, bouillotte table (Item 1050)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze gallery and Gris St. Anne marble top. 19th century.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.
• French, Neoclassical style bouillote table (Item 995)
  
  In mahogany with brass banding and gilt brass pierced gallery. Late 19th century.
• George III style, carved mahogany, tilt-top table (Item 572)
  
  With circular pie-crust top, shell-carved cabriole legs terminating in carved paw feet. 19th century.

Game Tables

• Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 979)
  
  In solid, carved walnut having cabriole legs ending in pied de biche (deer feet) and reversable top, one side (shown) with marquetry inlaid board for checkers, the other in green felt suitable for card playing. Removing the top reveals an inset, marquetry-inlaid backgammon board. The whole delicately carved. Late 18th or early 19th century from Nimes, France.
• Louis XVI-style Mahogany and Brass-inlaid Game Table (Item 1098)
  
  With removable rectangular top above hinged surface opening to reveal slide-out baize game board surface with French inscriptions and hidden well with miniature roulette wheel and compartments with dominoes and game pieces, all of which remove for backgammon surface below, on turned and reeded supports with caster feet.
  
  Brass inlaid is lifting and needs securing on top. Removable top opens to baize surface, some light abrasions and surface grime, interior underneath with game piece compartments and wheel which have minor nicks, light abrasions. Legs have repairs, one appears a bit wobbly. Has some game pieces, probably not complete.
  
  20th century.
• Rare, French, Regence period, gilt-bronze mounted game table (tric-trac table) (Item 1068)
  
  Having rosewood veneers; with a reversible, gilt, embossed leather top, the reverse inlaid with an ebony and ivory chess board; the inside opening to reveal a recessed backgammon surface; having one drawer and two original candleholders. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Attributed to Pierre Migeon
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style, bouillotte table (Item 1050)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze gallery and Gris St. Anne marble top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 984)
  
  One side of reversible top having a chess board, the other a green, felt card surface, the whole resting on cabriole legs. The interior with ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. In rosewood with gilt bronze mounts. Paris, circa 1880.
• Very fine, Regence period Table De Cabaret à Jeux (game table) (Item 1007)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with elegantly shaped cabriole legs terminating in pied de biche, gilt, tooled, and embossed leather top, four drawers (one per side), and pull-out drink holders at each corner. Circa 1715-1727.
• Fine, French, Napoleon III period, black lacquer, gilt bronze, and incised gilt brass table a jeu (game table) (Item 813)
  
  Opens to reveal original felt playing surface. Circa 1860.
  
  Provenance: estate of Mexican film star Maria Felix.
• Parisian, Louis XV period table a jeu (Item 757)
  
  In kingwood, ebony, and ivory veneers with cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze sabot feet. Opens to reveal a green felt poker surface. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze mounted tric-trac table (Item 775)
  
  In mahogany with mahogany, pearwood, and ebony veneers. Top chess/checkers surface reverses to reveal leather writing surface. Inside reveals inlaid backgammon surface. With drawers at each side to hold gaming pieces. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Renaissance style extending game table ("table a jeu") (Item 398)
  
  In solid walnut with casters and multiple inlaid playing surfaces for backgammon, checkers, chess, and a roulette wheel. 19th century from Paris.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.

Refectory/Library Tables

• Italian, Renaissance style refectory table (Item 1162)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; carved on all four sides with gadrooned edge; the top inset with leather writing surface; the whole support vigorously carved with acanthus leaves and caryatids. Rome, circa 1825.
• Rare, Florentine, Renaissance period refectory table (Item 763)
  
  In solid, carved black walnut. The top of two planks, both supporting elements styled as caryatids on both sides and joined by a stretcher, the whole resting upon claw feet. Late 16th century.
• Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table (Item 819)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.
• Rare, Northern European, Gothic period refectory table (Item 811)
  
  In solid, carved oak. Circa 1525-1550.
• Catalan, Baroque period refectory table (Item 514)
  
  In solid carved walnut with lyre-shaped legs and wrought-iron stretchers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.
• Spanish refectory table (Item 309)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. Late 17th or early 18th century. Extensive provenance available.
• 17th century, Spanish refectory table (Item 307)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. The land is one solid walnut board.

Vanity Tables

• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item 873)
  
  In sculpted and blue-painted wood with gold accents, the lower part of arbalette form with a single, central drawer, top in faux marble, the legs of cabriole form; the upper part having a mirror with original mercury glass supported by two arms; the whole being of curvilinear form with a floral and shell motif. Circa 1850.
• Very fine, Spanish, Neoclassical, flame mahogany and parcel-gilt coiffeuse (Item 824)
  
  The whole resting upon four acanthus-leaf decorated feet; the upper compartment with looking glass of large dimensions between two Corinthian columns resting upon a single drawer; The lower compartment having three drawers, with the top drawer opening to reveal a writing compartment; Circa 1820.
  
  Provenance: Collection d' Ariane Dandois.

Writing Tables

• Italian, Louis XV period "cartonnier" (Item 614)
  
  Crème painted with ebonized accents, having four leather drawers above the writing surface and separated by a display alcove (shown here with Item 316, Greco-Roman, porcelain urn). 18th century.
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.
• Spanish refectory table (Item 309)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. Late 17th or early 18th century. Extensive provenance available.
• 17th century, Spanish refectory table (Item 307)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. The land is one solid walnut board.
• French, Transition Louis XV-XVI writing desk (Item 20)
  
  Pearwood, mahogany, ebony, and rosewood parquetry. Single drawer, brass-banded edge, finished back. Circa 1780's.

Tapestries

• French, Baroque Period embroidered needlework panel (Item 1201)
  
  Probably depicting Saint Cyr, within a Regence style giltwood frame. Late 17th or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Collection de la Tour d'Argent, Paris.
• Flemish, Baroque period tapestry: La Vie d'Esther ("The Life of Esther") (Item 1171)
  
  Hand woven in fine silk and wool, depicting a scene from the biblical Book of Esther. From Flanders, in modern-day Belgium. Circa 1660-1680.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Napoleon III wool carpet gros point (Item 930)
  
  In dark red and beige, decorated with garlands of flowers and oval center medaillon. Fabric lined. Circa 1850.

Trunks, Cassone, Caixa & Coffres

• Portuguese, Baroque period coffre (Item 1182)
  
  In solid walnut elaborately carved in deep relief, the top having molded and mask carved edges centering an armorial cartouche flanked by dragons; the facade having a gilt iron escutcheon surrounded by dragons and winged figures; with deeply carved base molding on ball and claw feet, distinctive dovetails, and carved side panels set with carrying handles. Late 17th century
• Italian, Renaissance period cassone (Item 1173)
  
  In solid carved walnut, vigorously sculpted with leaves, vines and other vegetation; the façade featuring framed allegorical figures and flanked by caryatids, the gadrooned lid with tabernacle featuring sliding door which opens to reveal secret compartment, the bottom apron adorned with garlands of fruit, the whole resting upon elongated claw feet. Circa: 1550. Tuscany.
• Italian, Baroque period cabinet (Item 1142)
  
  In ebonized rosewood inset with etched ivory panels depicting frolicking cherubim, having two cabinet doors which open to reveal eight interior drawers above two additional drawers, the whole resting upon four bun feet.
  
  17th century.
• Renaissance period coffret (document box) (Item 1127)
  
  Of rectangular form, in solid walnut, having carved floret-framed paneled sides and the façade with carvings of maps and telescopes, the whole resting atop four paw feet.
  
  Early 17th century. Florence.
• Late 15th century, French, Gothic period coffre (Item 1064)
  
  In solid, carved oak. The front composed of three panels carved in Gothic architectural style with arches, ribs, rosettes, and columns; the two side doors carved with large "linen folds"; having two inside shelves.
  
  In very good condition with excellent patina; circa 1480 with some 19th century modifications.
• Spanish, Renaissance period walnut caixa (Item 945)
  
  The rectangular moulded top above carved panels depicting shell-headed flowering urn flanked by acanthus and divided by scrolled pilasters, the sides carved conformingly, with moulded plinth and scrolled feet, the feet replaced. Late 16th or early 17th century.
• Exceptional, Florentine, Renaissance period cassone (Item 1075)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-16th century.
• Rare, Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item 820)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with boxwood inlay. Having original hinged top of a single walnut board opening to reveal a partial compartment, the front with a hidden cupboard door opening to reveal three drawers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Fine, Italian, Renaissance period marriage cassone (Item 1029)
  
  The case in solid oak with punched leather, iron mounts, and domed top. Bearing the coats of arms of the Visconti and Pallavicino families. 16th century.
• Large, German, Baroque period chest (Item 912)
  
  In solid oak with domed top, the whole mounted with pierced scrolling foliate strapwork, corner mounts and a large escutcheon. 17th century.
• Very fine, Italian, Baroque period cassone (Item 903)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Late 17th century.
• Fine, Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item 877)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Spanish, iron-mounted, polychrome, parcel-gilt and bone-inlaid Vargueño (travelling trunk on stand) (Item 821)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century. The rectangular case enclosing fourteen drawers and two cupboard doors, on a later walnut stand fitted with two small drawers and with later carved embellishments.
• Florentine, Renaissance period, intarsia-inlaid cassone (Item 623)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with dome top. Late 16th or early 17th century.
• Italian, Baroque period cassone (Item 658)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century.
• French, Baroque period Malle (Coffre) (Item 769)
  
  Embossed leather with floral, metal studs. Late 17th century or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Chateau de Celery, Famiille Davies
• Florentine, Renaissance period cassone (Item 678)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 16th century.
• Companion pair of Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item 713)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century.
• Tuscan, Renaissance period cassone (Item 664)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 16th century.

Art Deco & Art Nouveau

• French, Art Nouveau period petit deux corps (Item 1213)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with elm burl panels. From L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1900.
• Art Nouveau period Jardiniere (planter) (Item 1191)
  
  In gilt bronze, having a rectangular shape with a stylized "Lily of the Valley" design, the whole upon four foliate legs.
  
  France, circa 1900.
• French, Art Nouveau period encoignure (corner cabinet) (Item 1183)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with embossed leather panels. The central, conforming door opening to reveal three interior shelves. Ecole De Nancy, circa 1900.
• Belle Epoque Period Allegorical Sculpture in Alabaster "Two Children Reading". (Item 1181)
  
  Late 19th century. Signed Auguste Moreau.
• Set of four Art Nouveau period lithographs on fabric (Item 1121)
  
  Depicting The Four Seasons. Signed by Czechoslovakian artist Alphonse Mucha. First Series. Circa 1896.
• Rare, French, Art Nouveau period side table (meuble d'entre deux) (Item 1176)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with birdseye maple panels. Circa 1900. Attributed to Eugène Gaillard.
• Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat (Item 1174)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.
• French, Art Nouveau period, giltwood and composition mirror (Item 1160)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1890.
• French, Art Nouveau period grand vase aux clématites (Item 1154)
  
  Signed Emile Gallé (1846-1904). Early 20th century.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Spanish, Art Nouveau period vitrine (Item 1092)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany with Mucha inspired, reverse-painted glass door; having original, beveled, curved glass and three interior shelves. Circa 1905-1910.
• Set of Eight French, Art Nouveau period tall-back dining chairs (Item 926)
  
  In solid, carved walnut in the manner of Louis Majorelle with carved floral crest, V-shaped upholstered backsplat, and seat in red leather with brass tacks. Shaped legs with conforming floral decoration. Circa 1900.
• Art Deco chandelier (Item 356)
  
  Bronze d'ore and crystal with garlands. Early 20th century.
• French, Art Nouveau, bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 404)
  
  With frosted glass iris globes. Late 19th century.

Baroque

• French, Baroque Period embroidered needlework panel (Item 1201)
  
  Probably depicting Saint Cyr, within a Regence style giltwood frame. Late 17th or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Collection de la Tour d'Argent, Paris.
• Portuguese, Baroque period coffre (Item 1182)
  
  In solid walnut elaborately carved in deep relief, the top having molded and mask carved edges centering an armorial cartouche flanked by dragons; the facade having a gilt iron escutcheon surrounded by dragons and winged figures; with deeply carved base molding on ball and claw feet, distinctive dovetails, and carved side panels set with carrying handles. Late 17th century
• Portuguese, Baroque period, blue and white painted tile (azulejos) mural (Item 1172)
  
  Featuring the God Neptune in his carriage holding a trident in his right hand while being pulled through the sea. Circa: 1710-1720.
• Flemish, Baroque period tapestry: La Vie d'Esther ("The Life of Esther") (Item 1171)
  
  Hand woven in fine silk and wool, depicting a scene from the biblical Book of Esther. From Flanders, in modern-day Belgium. Circa 1660-1680.
• Italian, Baroque period, credence (Item 1164)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with two doors, which open to reveal a single shelf; the panels framed in a guilloche pattern; the whole resting upon four bracket feet.
  
  From Tuscany. Circa 1670
• French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps (Item 1146)
  
  In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.
  
  In the manner of Hugues Sambin.
• Italian, Baroque period cabinet (Item 1142)
  
  In ebonized rosewood inset with etched ivory panels depicting frolicking cherubim, having two cabinet doors which open to reveal eight interior drawers above two additional drawers, the whole resting upon four bun feet.
  
  17th century.
• Iberian Earthenware olive jar (Item 1124)
  
  17th century.
  
  Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
• Pair of large, Baroque (Louis XIV) style torcheres (Item 1122)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of balluster form decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and grotesques (male figured masks). Inscribed "LA MARECHALERIE (...)/Avenue (...) PARIS FRANCE" 19th century.
• Italian, Baroque period, painted slant-front desk (Item 972)
  
  Crème painted in scrolled arabesque forms with green, red, and black accents. With two drawers above fall-front lid, which opens to reveal four interior drawers and writing surface. Circa 1700.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Rare, Venetian, Baroque period vitrine (Item 1059)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with red velour interior. Late 17th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Baroque period overmantle mirror (Item 1052)
  
  Crème painted and parcel-gilded. With original mercury glass. Early 18th century.
• Rare, Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item 820)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with boxwood inlay. Having original hinged top of a single walnut board opening to reveal a partial compartment, the front with a hidden cupboard door opening to reveal three drawers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Italian, Baroque period, chinoiserie, painted and parcel-gilt secretaire bookcase (Item 586)
  
  Early 18th century.
• Fine, Spanish, Baroque period bargueño (vargueño) (Item 1014)
  
  Upper compartment having seven drawers inlaid with tortoise-shell, ebony, and etched ivory country scenes and resting upon gilt bronze claw ball feet with pierced, gilt bronze freize. Having original lower walnut and iron folding table. Late 17th century.
• Catalan, Baroque period, marquetry-inlaid, slant-front bureau (Item 816)
  
  In walnut veneer with boxwood inlay, monogram surmounted by a crown. Two small external drawers above three long drawers, with an additional six interior drawers behind fold-down writing compartment. First half of the 18th century.
• Large, German, Baroque period chest (Item 912)
  
  In solid oak with domed top, the whole mounted with pierced scrolling foliate strapwork, corner mounts and a large escutcheon. 17th century.
• Very fine, Italian, Baroque period cassone (Item 903)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Late 17th century.
• Pair of fine, Spanish, Baroque, wrought iron and brass torcheres (Item 884)
  
  17th century.
• Fine, Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item 877)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Italian, Baroque style, painted pine, ten-light Chandelier (Item 562)
  
  With circular corona having urn-form finials supporting a tapering round tier cresting in leafage carved scrolling candle arms. 19th century.
• Spanish, iron-mounted, polychrome, parcel-gilt and bone-inlaid Vargueño (travelling trunk on stand) (Item 821)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century. The rectangular case enclosing fourteen drawers and two cupboard doors, on a later walnut stand fitted with two small drawers and with later carved embellishments.
• Italian, Baroque period cassone (Item 658)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century.
• French, Baroque period Malle (Coffre) (Item 769)
  
  Embossed leather with floral, metal studs. Late 17th century or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Chateau de Celery, Famiille Davies
• Companion pair of Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item 713)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 17th century.
• Catalan, Baroque period refectory table (Item 514)
  
  In solid carved walnut with lyre-shaped legs and wrought-iron stretchers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
• Flemish, Baroque period refectory table (Item 493)
  
  In solid oak with draw leaves at both ends. First half of the 17th century.
• Spanish refectory table (Item 309)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. Late 17th or early 18th century. Extensive provenance available.
• 17th century, Spanish refectory table (Item 307)
  
  Catalan refectory table with characteristic lyre-shaped legs in carved walnut and forged iron stretcher. The land is one solid walnut board.

Biedermeier

• Pair of Neoclassical period, Biedermeier fauteuils (Item 1198)
  
  In walnut veneer. Vienna, circa 1815.
  
  Provenance: Formerly with Rita Bucheit, Limited - Chicago, Illinois.
• Assembled set of seven, Austrian, Biedermeier dining chairs (Item 1086)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with fan backs and matching green upholstery. From Vienna, First Biedermeier period, circa 1815.
• 19th century, Austrian, Biedermeier vitrine (Item 158)
  
  In walnut with original mirrored back, with new two glass shelves.

Charles X

• Very fine, French, Charles X style, bronze d'ore and cut crystal chandelier (Item 1020)
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
• Charles X period lit de repos (Item 417)
  
  In solid walnut with four carved panels depicting dolphins supporting shields. Early 19th century.

Directoire

• Directoire period fan and conforming giltwood frame (Item 1136)
  
  Paper painted in the "Gouache" technique with gilded accents. Circa 1790.
• Italian, Neoclassical (Retour d'Egypt), carved and painted giltwood mirror (Item 280)
  
  With gilded sphinxes and foliage motif. Late 18th century or early 19th century.

Empire

• Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere (Item 1209)
  
  In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825
  
  Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005
• Pair of Italian, Neoclassical period candelabras (Item 1199)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; each having seven arms in gilt iron. Adorned with acanthus leaves; fluted central stem; the whole resting upon a tripd base with clawed feet.
• French, Empire style, gilt bronze chandelier (Item 1186)
  
  Having six arms, each with a bronze cast of a female bust, surrounding a blue ceramic center column; the whole surmounted by a torchiere.
  
  Second half of the 19th century. In the manner of François Rémond.
• Pair of French, Empire period, bronze d'ore candelabra (Item 1111)
  
  In patinated and gilt bronze.
  
  Circa 1810.
• Very fine, Empire style, gilt-bronze, sixteen light chandelier of large dimension (Item 881)
  
  Hand-chased. 19th century.
• Very fine, Empire period chandelier (Item 1077)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze, elaborately chased with ten arms, ornamented with winged angels crowned with laurel leaves, acanthus leaf corona, pinecone finial, and five chains adorned with acanthus leaves and grapes. Circa 1810.
• Fine French Empire style bronze d'ore and crystal chandelier (Item 906)
  
  With fifteen arms. Second half of the 19th century.
• Important, French, Empire period, bronze d'ore, tole, and crystal chandelier (Lustre Argand) (Item 739)
  
  With crystal de Montcenis (predecessor to Baccarat). With original oil-burning mechanism invented by Swiss inventor François-Pierre-Ami Argand. Early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Property of a French Nobleman, Le Compte de Amxxx
• Fine, French, Empire commode (Item 282)
  
  In blond mahogany with dark grey granite top and all original hardware. Early 19th century.
• Italian, Neoclassical (Retour d'Egypt), carved and painted giltwood mirror (Item 280)
  
  With gilded sphinxes and foliage motif. Late 18th century or early 19th century.

George III

• Irish, George III period mirror (Item 1157)
  
  In giltwood exuberantly carved with branches, acanthus leaves, and berries. Circa 1770.
• English, George III period cane settee (Item 1138)
  
  With curved ends and three seats, each seat having a circular cane-back panel inset with a hand-painted medallion, the whole resting upon elegantly-tapered legs and painted in bellflowers. Late 18th century.
• Pair of English, George III period sconces (Item 1102)
  
  Of large dimensions in solid, carved giltwood, each having three arms. Never pierced for electricity. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• George III period, oval, carved giltwood mirror (Item 845)
  
  With pierced framework carved with rose branches and husk swags amidst s and c-scrolls and surmounted by ho ho birds at the shoulders, centering a tiered scrollwork crest. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Fine, English, George III period, chinoiserie and parcel-gilt, tall-case clock (Item 802)
  
  With clock dial signed "Sam Vale - Coventry." Late 18th century.
• Set of eight, English, George III, dining chairs (Item 622)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany. Six side chairs being 18th century, with the two armchairs being later, 19th century additions to the set.
• George III style, carved mahogany, tilt-top table (Item 572)
  
  With circular pie-crust top, shell-carved cabriole legs terminating in carved paw feet. 19th century.

Louis Philippe

• Large, Important, French cache pot (Item 1167)
  
  Manufactured by the royal porcelain maker, Sèvres, in painted and gilded porcelain with gilt bronze mounts for the last French King, Louis Phillippe (r. 1830-1848).
  
  The interior bears two stamps, the first having the King's monogram (LP) and the date (1844), and the other bearing the mark for "Château des tuileries", the royal residence where the piece was to be displayed.

Louis XIII

• French Louis XIII period Deux Corps (Item 1168)
  
  In solid, carved walnut, having four elaborately sculpted doors, each one with an allegorical figure centered within a floral medallion representing the four seasons, also having a central drawer with embracing cherubs flanked by winged putti.
  
  The whole vigorously carved with foliate rinceaux design, vegetation and birds and resting on bun feet. Circa 1610-1630.
• French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps (Item 1146)
  
  In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.
  
  In the manner of Hugues Sambin.

Louis XIV

• Pair of French, Louis XIV period torcheres (Item 1169)
  
  In solid carved natural wood. The upper elements vigorously carved with acanthus leaves, the central columns, triangular in form, pierced and adorned with male masks, the whole resting on a tripod base having sculpted leaves, volutes and lambrequins. Circa 1670.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Sale in Versailles, Palais des Congres, Commissaire-Priseur Jean-Paul Chapelle, March 3, 1968-acquired by Georges Hereil, Paris.
  • 1981: The estate of Georges Hereil, by descent to GG.
• Pair of large, Baroque (Louis XIV) style torcheres (Item 1122)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of balluster form decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and grotesques (male figured masks). Inscribed "LA MARECHALERIE (...)/Avenue (...) PARIS FRANCE" 19th century.
• French, Louis XIV period giltwood mirror (Item 1110)
  
  With parcloses. Circa 1720.
• French, Louis XIV period marquetry commode of small dimensions (Item 1087)
  
  In rosewood having three drawers and original Brèche de Médicis marble. From Paris, France. Late 17th century.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Rare, Venetian, Baroque period vitrine (Item 1059)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with red velour interior. Late 17th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Baroque period overmantle mirror (Item 1052)
  
  Crème painted and parcel-gilded. With original mercury glass. Early 18th century.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Fine, Spanish, Baroque period bargueño (vargueño) (Item 1014)
  
  Upper compartment having seven drawers inlaid with tortoise-shell, ebony, and etched ivory country scenes and resting upon gilt bronze claw ball feet with pierced, gilt bronze freize. Having original lower walnut and iron folding table. Late 17th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XIV period commode (Item 978)
  
  Rosewood veneer with four drawers adorned with banded brass inlay and gilt bronze mounts. With original marble top. Circa 1700-1720.
• Pair of French, Louis XIV style fauteuils a la Reine (Item 835)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with les os de moutons stretchers, arched back, and foliate scrolled arms. One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Pair of Louis XIV style fauteuils (Item 452)
  
  In solid walnut with the "Les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers characteristic of Louis XIV furniture. One of these identical chairs was carved in the 17th century while the other was added in the 19th century to complete the pair ("fausse paire").
• French, Baroque period Malle (Coffre) (Item 769)
  
  Embossed leather with floral, metal studs. Late 17th century or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Chateau de Celery, Famiille Davies
• French, early 18th century, Regence armoire (Item 294)
  
  In carved walnut, having the "coquille" or scallop carving and pierced apron characteristic of furniture from Provence.

Louis XV

• Arlesian, Louis XV period, mangadou (storage compartment) (Item 1215)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat (Item 1212)
  
  Double face with six functioning drawers, curvilinear in form resting on four cabriole legs, the veneer done in parquetry of Tulipwood, the top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, the whole adorned with bronze dore mounts. Part re-veneered. Circa 1735.
  
  Provenance: Juan Pablo Molyneux, famous Chilean architect
• Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces (Item 1206)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.
• French, Louis XV period, bureau de pente (Item 1202)
  
  In palissandre de Rio (Brazilian rosewood) with bronze d'ore mounts, the whole resting upon cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Slant front opens to reveal a leather writing surface and five drawers. Circa 1750.
  
  Attributed to Jean Lapie.
  
  Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, NY, November 11, 2000, Lot 171
• Italian Rococo carved giltwood console table (Item 1196)
  
  Fitted with an onyx top.
• Pair of Arlesian, Louis XV style boxes (salt box - "boite a sel" and flour box - "fariniere") (Item 1187)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1900.
• Exceptional, Venetian, Rococo period, Lacca Povera commode scriban (Item 1185)
  
  The rectangular top above the slant-front, opening to a writing surface with a central pigeonhole flanked by four short drawers, above the serpentine-fronted body with two long drawers, the paneled sides, raised on cabriole legs.
  
  Lacca Povera (also known as "Lacca Contrafatta") was a form of art originating in Venice incorporating decoupage (the cutting out of figural or natural forms), which are adhered to a solid surface, painted and hand-engraved, and then covered with a layer of layer of lacquer.
  
  Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Exceptional French, Louis XV period commode a portes (Item 1179)
  
  Of galbe form on three sides, the whole comprised of Brazilian rosewood and other exotic, marquetry inlayed woods. Having original veined marble, bronze d'ore mounts, locks, and keys. 18th century.
  
  Attributed to ébéniste du roi (royal cabinet maker) Gilles Joubert (1689 - 1775).
• French, Louis XV style, marquetry-inlaid bureau de pente (Item 1166)
  
  Inlaid with a combination of exotic woods, including walnut, Brazilian rosewood, satinwood, and birdseye maple; having a fall-front, which opens to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore ornament.
  
  In the manner of Hache (Grenoble, France). 19th century.
• Pair of Northern European, Louis XV period, tabourets (Item 1165)
  
  In solid carved giltwood; each one elaborately carved with seashells and acanthus leaves, the cabriole legs ending in escargot feet.
  
  Circa 1740.
• Pair of French, Louis XV period fauteuils (Item 1150)
  
  In solid, carved and patinated beechwood. Circa 1752.
  
  Stamped: MICHEL GOURDIN
  
  Michel Gourdin was recognized as a master ébéniste in 1752. Other works by Gourdin are represented in The Met, the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
• French, Louis XV period petite canapé corbeille (Item 1148)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period, giltwood canape (Item 1141)
  
  With exhuberantly-carved, sepentine frame, quintessential Louis XV motifs including seashells, acanthus leaves, and foliage, having three seats upholstered in floral-patterned, silk damask, the whole resting upon eight cabriole legs.
  
  Mid-18th century, attributed to Louis Cresson.
• French, Louis XV style correspondence box (Item 1137)
  
  Embossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century.
• Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 979)
  
  In solid, carved walnut having cabriole legs ending in pied de biche (deer feet) and reversable top, one side (shown) with marquetry inlaid board for checkers, the other in green felt suitable for card playing. Removing the top reveals an inset, marquetry-inlaid backgammon board. The whole delicately carved. Late 18th or early 19th century from Nimes, France.
• English, Chippendale period overmantle mirror (Item 1130)
  
  Of oval form in solid, carved giltwood, surmounted by a palmette and decorated with foliage scrolls. Mid 18th-century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés (Item 1128)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. One of the period (mid-18th century), the other later (19th century). Each having six legs elegantly carved with shells, acanthus leaves, and pomegranates.
  
  Created for le Château de Dampierre, a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
• Pair of Venetian, Rococo period, painted and parcel-gilded console tables (Item 1126)
  
  With original Carrara marble tops. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period console (Item 1123)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, barometer and thermometer set of large dimensions (Item 1107)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. The barometer signed Torricelli, the thermometer signed Réaumur. 19th century.
• Set of five French, Louis XV period fauteuils à la reine (Item 1103)
  
  In solid, carved walnut.
  
  Attributed to Pierre Nogaret, (1718-1771), recognized as a master chairmaker in Lyon, June 1745. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period, floral marquetry inlaid commode (Item 1101)
  
  Of bombé form with unusual three-drawer construction, inlaid in floral marquetry, the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Mid-18th century.
  
  Signed "N.PETIT" (Nicolas Petit, Master in 1761 was a great Parisian cabinetmaker. Established rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine under the sign "In the Name of Jesus", in his 30 years as a master he established a lasting reputation. His career began with very refined dressers of bombé form in the Louis XV style, secretaries, desks, small tables, many finely decorated with blooming branches.)
• Very fine, Genoese, Rococo period console table (Item 933)
  
  In solid, elaborately carved giltwood with Serravezza marble top, pierced skirt centered by a Rococo foliate ornament, complex volute floral and foliate-carved cabriole legs, and arched foliate stretcher. Mid-18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings at The Audubon House, Key West, FL; previously on exhibition at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL.
• Italian, Rococo period, walnut console (Item 838)
  
  With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period bergere (Item 1094)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750.
  
  Stamped "E. MEUNIER" (Etienne Meunier)
• French, Louis XV period cartel d'alcove (Item 1093)
  
  Mercury-gilded of Rocaille form. Paris, circa 1750.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror (Item 1030)
  
  In solid carved giltwood with parcloses. With original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa: 1735.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror a parcloses (Item 977)
  
  In solid giltwood vigorously carved with flowers and acanthus leaves; the upper pierced cartouche centered by a winged dragon. Circa 1735.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie commode (Item 970)
  
  Of bombé form in black lacquer with original gilt bronze mounts and original rose de Brignoles marble top. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console table (Item 1076)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; of Rocaille form with arbalette front, cabriole legs, acanthus ornament, original, Breche marble top, and upper and lower cartouche (pierced shell aprons). Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, Italian, sculpted marble fountain base of large dimensions (Item 859)
  
  Sculpted in solid Carrara marble as a large shell supported by a child satyr and a putto upon a naturalistic base with integral foliate and shell-carved circular base. Circa 1850.
  
  Provenance: From the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Meyer Naide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By repute, acquired from the Philadelphia home of Pearl S. Buck.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV style sconces (Item 1071)
  
  Of Rocaille form in bronze d'ore. Circa 1860.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XV style marble fireplace surround (Item 1063)
  
  With original cast iron and gilt brass insert and original hearth. Early 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 1062)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original hardware and key. Mid-18th century. Nimes.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style, black lacquer (chinoiserie) bureauplat (Item 1061)
  
  With bronze d'ore mounts and original gilt, embossed leather blotter. Mid-19th century.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 1060)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period marquetry commode (Item 1054)
  
  Of serpentine form with gilt bronze mounts and original Rouge Royale marble top. Stamped "I.C. SAUNIER".
• Italian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded vitrine (Item 1041)
  
  With three interior shelves. Late 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period buffet (Item 1037)
  
  Of "galbé en arbalette" (serpentine) form in solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750 from Provence.
• Louis XV style, giltwood and gilt gesso pier mirror of large dimensions (Item 1026)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1880.
• Pair of Fine, French, Louis XV style, crème painted bergere (Item 1018)
  
  Late 19th century.
• Extraordinary Louis XV period buffet á glissant (Item 991)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Arles, mid-18th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style, painted fauteuils (Item 1016)
  
  Highly carved with floral motifs resting upon elegantly shaped cabriole legs. Of large dimensions. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style fireplace surround (Item 1015)
  
  In solid, carved Carrara marble. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 984)
  
  One side of reversible top having a chess board, the other a green, felt card surface, the whole resting on cabriole legs. The interior with ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. In rosewood with gilt bronze mounts. Paris, circa 1880.
• Very fine, Louis XV period console table (Item 1011)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Early Louis XV Period console table (Item 1010)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Rouge Royal marble top. Circa 1730.
• French, Louis XV period verrio (display cabinet) (Item 1004)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Very fine, early Louis XV period overmantle mirror (Item 1003)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1735-1740.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item 873)
  
  In sculpted and blue-painted wood with gold accents, the lower part of arbalette form with a single, central drawer, top in faux marble, the legs of cabriole form; the upper part having a mirror with original mercury glass supported by two arms; the whole being of curvilinear form with a floral and shell motif. Circa 1850.
• Very fine, Venetian, Rococo period salon (Item 1001)
  
  Comprised of two fauteuils and matching canapé. In solid, carved walnut with Savonnerie tapestry. Mid-18th century.
• Pair of very fine, Venetian, Rococo period tall-back armchairs (Item 999)
  
  Each cartouche-shaped backrest with pierced foliate carved top rail, the downswept scrolled armrests, above the serpentine-fronted seat above a pierced apron, raised on cabriole legs with scrolled toes; upholstered à chassis. Circa 1730. Regilt.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk (Item 894)
  
  The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Rare, French, Louis XV period chair-back chaise longue (Item 997)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period panetiere and petrin ensemble (Item 887)
  
  In solid walnut. From Arles. 18th century.
• Rare, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 989)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century. Nimes, France.
• Very fine, Louis XV period Arlesian petrin (Item 983)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period commode (Item 974)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gilt bronze mounts. From Provence, France. 18th century.
• Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience (Item 971)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV period commode (Item 969)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with galbé façade and sides, pierced apron on the front and both sides ("traverse ajourée"). From Nimes, France. Second half of the 18th century.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 960)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console (Item 958)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Brèche violet marble top; bottom stretcher having having four legs centered by a vigorously carved floral bouquet. Circa 1750.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 954)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original bronze d'ore mounts having a pierced bottom apron ("traverse ajoulree"). From Nimes. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, Roman, Rococo period console table (Item 949)
  
  In solid, carved, silvered wood with original marble top. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period panetière (Item 940)
  
  From Arles In solid, carved walnut. 18th century.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV period bergeres (Item 935)
  
  In solid, carved, painted wood. Circa 1745.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie sauteuse sans traverse (two drawer commode) (Item 924)
  
  In black lacquer, gilt-bronze mounted, painted and parcel-gilded; in the bombé form with veined marble top. 19th century.
• Pair of fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV style fauteuils (Item 917)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with entretoises (stretchers). Late 19th century, newly upholstered.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period credence (Item 346)
  
  In carved walnut. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, Louis XV, mahogany armoire (Item 904)
  
  The stepped arched cornice over a floral vine carved frieze and two arched paneled doors above a pierced C-scroll and leaf carved apron raised on leaf carved cabriole legs. From Bordeaux, France. 18th century.
• French, Rocaille period, console table (Item 670)
  
  In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period mirror (Item 878)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes, Provence. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louix XV period, giltwood console table (Item 876)
  
  Mid-18th century. Possibly Lyon.
• Fine, Italian, Rococo style, polychrome-painted and laca povera bureau bookcase (Item 857)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Fine, Napoleon III period, giltwood canapé of large dimensions (meuble de chateau) (Item 871)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with five cushions in silk damask and two étiquettes (tags) bearing the inscription "PONTOI/ … JUILLET/1872." 19th century.
• Very fine and rare, French Louis XV period, painted and parcel gilded trumeau (Item 856)
  
  With original mercury glass, original giltwood surface, and original painting. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item 851)
  
  The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French Provincial, Louis XV period settee (Item 850)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with upholstered seat and caned back. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period buffet de chasse (dit "meuble de port Bordelaise") (Item 848)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, with rouge royale marble top above molded paneled doors with reeded center stile, interior with a belt of drawers, molded chamfered stiles, scalloped volute apron on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes. Late 18th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item 441)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 749)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From the Rhone Valley. Mid 18th-century.
• Fine pair of Continental, Louis XV style, red painted and parcel gilded console tables (Item 812)
  
  With white-veined, liver-colored marble tops. One of identical pair shown.
• Louis XV period vaisselier (Item 433)
  
  In carved walnut. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item 807)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 793)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with double domed cornice. Mid-18th century fron Lyon.
• Venetian, Louis XV style, gilt metal and cut crystal chandelier (Item 789)
  
  Early 19th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period, inlaid secretary (Item 781)
  
  In walnut and fruitwood with slant-front stand in two parts, the upper part with arched molded cornice above a pair of cupboard doors; the slant front enclosing a fitted interior above a frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs; inlaid to form foliate scrolls and flowerheads. From Piedmont. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier (Item 503)
  
  In the Rococo style. Late 19th or early 20th century. Electrified to American standard.
• Parisian, Louis XV period table a jeu (Item 757)
  
  In kingwood, ebony, and ivory veneers with cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze sabot feet. Opens to reveal a green felt poker surface. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze mounted tric-trac table (Item 775)
  
  In mahogany with mahogany, pearwood, and ebony veneers. Top chess/checkers surface reverses to reveal leather writing surface. Inside reveals inlaid backgammon surface. With drawers at each side to hold gaming pieces. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Italian, Louis XV style, wrought iron console (Item 771)
  
  With marble top. 19th century.
• Fine, Arlesian, Louis XV period panetiere of large dimensions (Item 767)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with reverse-arbalette facade and arbalette sides. Mid 18th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period, painted scriban (Item 761)
  
  With double chapeau de gendarme cornice and fold-down writing surface. Upper compartment comprised of two doors which open to reveal six drawers. Bottom, fold-down writing compartment opens to reveal five additional drawers. Mid-18th century.
• Italian, painted and parcel-gilded six-light chandelier (Item 679)
  
  In solid, carved wood. Late 19th or early 20th century.
• French, Provençal, Louis XV style marriage bed (Item 691)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with curved footboard. Early 20th century.
• French, Provincial, Louis XV period, walnut and caned canapé (Item 653)
  
  Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal bibliothèque (Item 642)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal armoire (Item 640)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, marriage armoire (Item 639)
  
  From Marseille. In solid carved walnut. Mid-18th century
• French, Green and gilt tole and cut glass, eight light chandelier (Item 617)
  
  Early 20th century.
• Italian, Louis XV period "cartonnier" (Item 614)
  
  Crème painted with ebonized accents, having four leather drawers above the writing surface and separated by a display alcove (shown here with Item 316, Greco-Roman, porcelain urn). 18th century.
• Northern Italian, Rococo period, silver leaf console table (Item 587)
  
  With ochre color marble top having a green border. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 486)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV style, Italian bureau plat (Item 414)
  
  With painted verde gris finish and embossed leather writing surface, exaggerated cabriole legs ending in pied de sabots. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie secretary ("dos d'ane") (Item 394)
  
  Painted and gilded with black lacquer base. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period buffet deux corps (Item 492)
  
  In solid oak with chapeau de gendarme cornice above "corbeille a fleurs" carved motif. 18th century from Normandy (Paye de Caux).
• Louis XV, Provençal, tall case clock (Item 410)
  
  In solid black walnut with original, functioning mechanism and glass. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV style buffet deux corps (Item 407)
  
  In solid cherry. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Louis XV period buffet (Item 338)
  
  18th century Provençal buffet in solid cherry.
• French, Louis XV buffet deux corps (Item 321)
  
  In carved walnut from Provence having two drawers above two cabinet doors, a pull-out work table or cutting board, "chapeaux de gendarme" upper cabinet doors, and original pierced hardware. Mid-18th century.
• French, early 18th century, Regence armoire (Item 294)
  
  In carved walnut, having the "coquille" or scallop carving and pierced apron characteristic of furniture from Provence.
• French, Louis XV period ottoman (Item 281)
  
  Very rare sofa in carved giltwood having the characteristic corbeille shaped back and outward curved seat. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 142)
  
  From Bresse, solid walnut with burl elm paneled doors, original hand forged hardware, full length door hinges, with a bottom drawer and beautifully scalloped apron ending in escargot feet.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style chenets (Item 114)
  
  In bronze d'ore.
• French Provincial buffet (Item 108)
  
  In solid walnut, early 18th century.
• French Provincial, Louis XV buffet (Item 12)
  
  Solid walnut and elm burl, pierced key plates, three small drawers, two cabinets. Circa 1780's.

Rococo

• Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces (Item 1206)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.
• Italian Rococo carved giltwood console table (Item 1196)
  
  Fitted with an onyx top.
• Exceptional, Venetian, Rococo period, Lacca Povera commode scriban (Item 1185)
  
  The rectangular top above the slant-front, opening to a writing surface with a central pigeonhole flanked by four short drawers, above the serpentine-fronted body with two long drawers, the paneled sides, raised on cabriole legs.
  
  Lacca Povera (also known as "Lacca Contrafatta") was a form of art originating in Venice incorporating decoupage (the cutting out of figural or natural forms), which are adhered to a solid surface, painted and hand-engraved, and then covered with a layer of layer of lacquer.
  
  Mid-18th century.
• English, Chippendale period overmantle mirror (Item 1130)
  
  Of oval form in solid, carved giltwood, surmounted by a palmette and decorated with foliage scrolls. Mid 18th-century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés (Item 1128)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. One of the period (mid-18th century), the other later (19th century). Each having six legs elegantly carved with shells, acanthus leaves, and pomegranates.
  
  Created for le Château de Dampierre, a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
• Pair of Venetian, Rococo period, painted and parcel-gilded console tables (Item 1126)
  
  With original Carrara marble tops. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, Genoese, Rococo period console table (Item 933)
  
  In solid, elaborately carved giltwood with Serravezza marble top, pierced skirt centered by a Rococo foliate ornament, complex volute floral and foliate-carved cabriole legs, and arched foliate stretcher. Mid-18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings at The Audubon House, Key West, FL; previously on exhibition at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL.
• Italian, Rococo period, walnut console (Item 838)
  
  With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period cartel d'alcove (Item 1093)
  
  Mercury-gilded of Rocaille form. Paris, circa 1750.
• Very fine, Italian, sculpted marble fountain base of large dimensions (Item 859)
  
  Sculpted in solid Carrara marble as a large shell supported by a child satyr and a putto upon a naturalistic base with integral foliate and shell-carved circular base. Circa 1850.
  
  Provenance: From the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Meyer Naide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By repute, acquired from the Philadelphia home of Pearl S. Buck.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV style sconces (Item 1071)
  
  Of Rocaille form in bronze d'ore. Circa 1860.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 1060)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top.
• Italian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded vitrine (Item 1041)
  
  With three interior shelves. Late 19th century.
• Very fine, early Louis XV period overmantle mirror (Item 1003)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1735-1740.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item 873)
  
  In sculpted and blue-painted wood with gold accents, the lower part of arbalette form with a single, central drawer, top in faux marble, the legs of cabriole form; the upper part having a mirror with original mercury glass supported by two arms; the whole being of curvilinear form with a floral and shell motif. Circa 1850.
• Very fine, Venetian, Rococo period salon (Item 1001)
  
  Comprised of two fauteuils and matching canapé. In solid, carved walnut with Savonnerie tapestry. Mid-18th century.
• Pair of very fine, Venetian, Rococo period tall-back armchairs (Item 999)
  
  Each cartouche-shaped backrest with pierced foliate carved top rail, the downswept scrolled armrests, above the serpentine-fronted seat above a pierced apron, raised on cabriole legs with scrolled toes; upholstered à chassis. Circa 1730. Regilt.
• Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk (Item 894)
  
  The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience (Item 971)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 960)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console (Item 958)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Brèche violet marble top; bottom stretcher having having four legs centered by a vigorously carved floral bouquet. Circa 1750.
• Very fine, Roman, Rococo period console table (Item 949)
  
  In solid, carved, silvered wood with original marble top. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Rocaille period, console table (Item 670)
  
  In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, Italian, Rococo style, polychrome-painted and laca povera bureau bookcase (Item 857)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier (Item 503)
  
  In the Rococo style. Late 19th or early 20th century. Electrified to American standard.
• Northern Italian, Rococo period, silver leaf console table (Item 587)
  
  With ochre color marble top having a green border. Mid-18th century.

Louis XVI

• French, Louis XVI period chaise longue (Item 1214)
  
  Crème painted with vigorously carved neoclassical elements. Circa 1780.
• Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere (Item 1209)
  
  In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825
  
  Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005
• Pair of exceptional Louis XVI period fauteuils (Item 1147)
  
  In solid carved mahogany with giltwood accents, the front aprons inspired by the designs of Georges Jacob, the armrests adorned with mufles de lion (lion masks) in the manner of Jacob Frères (Georges Jacob's sons), and having unusual tapered and sprial-fluted back sabre legs.
  
  Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, console (Item 1207)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Bleu Turquin marble top. Circa 1780. In the manner of Henri Jacob.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, bronze-mounted commode (Item 1205)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany and Cuban mahogany veneer having two central drawers flanked by side compartments; the whole resting upon four tapered and fluted legs. With original white marble top. Circa 1780.
  
  Signed: N. Petit
• Pair of Louis XVI, Ormolu-Mounted, Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt, Velvet Upholstered Fauteuils à la Reine (Item 1195)
  
  One with the initials 'M G' in white paint; both with illegible names in pencil on the inside of the chair rail.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XVI period Bergere (Item 1194)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood vigorously carved in neoclassical motifs (guilloches, acanthus leaves); the backrest having two fluted and detached columns; the whole resting upon spiral, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780, Paris.
  
  Stamped: Louis Charles Carpentier
• Rare, Russian, Brass-Mounted Mahogany Architects Table (Item 1184)
  
  The hinged top fitted with a ratchet mechanism above a leather-lined writing surface and one drawer fitted with a sliding leather-lined surface and a secret inkwell drawer, flanked by candle slides, raised on tapering fluted legs ending in sabots.
  
  Last quarter of the 18th century. In the Manner of David Roentgen.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Set of twelve French, Neoclassical style dining chairs (Item 1175)
  
  Painted and parcel gilded. Richly sculpted in a guilloché pattern resting upon tapered and fluted legs. 19th century.
  
  A similar example is currently on display at Muse´e des Arts De´coratifs in Paris.
• Pair of Italian, Neoclassical period Torcheres (Item 1163)
  
  Painted and parcel-gilded adorned with acanthus leaves, ram's heads, pateraes, and garlands, resting upon claw feet. Circa 1810-1815.
• Pair of Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, blue-painted and parcel-gilded bergeres (Item 1161)
  
  Each having a gondola back, bacchic mask, and upholstered in a blue silk brocade. Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt-bronze Bouillotte lamp (Item 1159)
  
  Having three lights with ram's head motif and pierced base. Circa 1900.
• French, Louis XVI period, adjustable, marquetry-inlaid pedestal table (Item 1158)
  
  Having two tiers, each with pierced, bronze d'ore gallery. Functioning mechanism allows the top tier to be raised.
  
  Stamped: JF LAPIE (Jean-François LAPIE) Master in 1763
  
  Late 18th century.
• Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel-gilt chest of drawers (Item 1155)
  
  Having two small drawers above two large drawers. Late 18th century.
• French, Neoclassical style lamp (Item 1153)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze with a winged putto (cherub) holding two candelabra above a square plinth base elaborately cast in bronze d'ore.
  
  Attributed to Henri Picard, who was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. Picard worked on Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre Palace.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
• French, Louis XVI period demi-lune console (Item 1152)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with Carrara marble top. Circa 1780.
• French, Louis XVI period, small canape (Item 1145)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Vigorously carved with neoclassical elements, the whole resting upon six spiral-turned, tapered, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780. Signed: DELAISEMENT (Nicholas DeLaisment)
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt bronze and alabaster mantle clock (Item 1139)
  
  Delicately cast bronze, crowned with two seated cherubim, one holding grapes and the other a triangle; the clock's face surmounted by a Bacchic mask, flanked by ram's heads and ornamental, flowering trees; the whole mercury gilded and liberally adorned with acanthus leaves and resting upon an alabaster base and highly stylized, toupee feet.
  
  First half of the 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 1116)
  
  In rosewood and amaranth having three central drawers with two side compartments. With original red marble top from Flanders (modern-day Belgium). Late 18th century.
  
  Stamped E.AVRIL Maître en 1774 (Etienne Avril, master in 1774)
• Italian, neoclassical style, alabaster pedestal (Item 1114)
  
  19th century.
• Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry inlaid bureau plat (Item 1109)
  
  In walnut, rosewood, and boxwood having marquetry inlay on all four sides and top. The top and sides centered by decorative urns, the front having five drawers and a pull-out writing surface.
  
  Milan, circa 1780.
• Louis XVI-style Mahogany and Brass-inlaid Game Table (Item 1098)
  
  With removable rectangular top above hinged surface opening to reveal slide-out baize game board surface with French inscriptions and hidden well with miniature roulette wheel and compartments with dominoes and game pieces, all of which remove for backgammon surface below, on turned and reeded supports with caster feet.
  
  Brass inlaid is lifting and needs securing on top. Removable top opens to baize surface, some light abrasions and surface grime, interior underneath with game piece compartments and wheel which have minor nicks, light abrasions. Legs have repairs, one appears a bit wobbly. Has some game pieces, probably not complete.
  
  20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, bronze d'ore gueridon (end table) (Item 1097)
  
  With painted marble top, the design inspired by the original paintings of François Boucher, with tripod base centered by an urn. 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI style bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 1095)
  
  Having six arms extending from a central stem ornamented with flowers, the whole surmounted by a crown. 19th century.
• Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commodini (Item 1089)
  
  Having two drawers with original, gray-veined Carrara marble top. Adorned with musical instruments framed with foliage and floral motifs. Piemont, Italy. Circa 1780.
• Set of eight, very fine Northern Italian, painted and parcel-gilded dining chairs (Item 806)
  
  Late 18th century.
• Large, Italian, Louis XVI period carved console (Item 931)
  
  From Torino with medallions, garlands, and acanthus leaves carved in solid linden wood. Original blue, gray, and beige Brocatello marble top. Circa 1780
• Very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period mirror a parcloses (Item 964)
  
  In finely sculpted giltwood; decorated with garlands, leaves, flowers, and "entrelacs" (delicate vine tracery) surmounted by an urn; having mercury glass. Northern Italy, circa 1780.
• French, Louis XVI period, marquetry-inlaid secretaire abattant (Item 1085)
  
  In rosewood, walnut, and satinwood; having original marble top in gray with white veining; the fall-front opening to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers. Late 18th century. Bearing the signature of Jean Laurent Cosson ("COSSON").
• Italian, Neoclassical period silver-leaf mirror (Item 387)
  
  With original mercury glass. Late 18th century.
• Pair of very fine Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension (Item 922)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1780. Stamped "P H Poire JME" (Philippe Poirié, who was named Maître Ébéniste in 1765).
  
  Poirié produced seating in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. While his Louis XV items were considered ordinary, his Louis XVI production was considered brilliant. His works are displayed in the Musee du Louvre, Musee de Beauvais, and Musee de Cognac-Jay.
  
  
• Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensions (Item 875)
  
  The panels circa 1800, the later frames mid-19th century. Each one painted with classical figures: Minerva, Apollo, Bacchus, and Diana. The frames inscribed "SALONE BALLO."
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style chandelier (Item 1072)
  
  In bronze d'ore with six lights. Circa 1870-1880.
• Fine, Northern Italian, painted and parcel gilded table de milieu (Item 1067)
  
  With marble top having outset corners above a scrolling foliate-carved frieze (en arabesque), with female masks at the corners, the whole atop tapering, stop-fluted legs terminating in lion's paw feet. Circa 1780.
• Pair of fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel gilded fauteuils (Item 1066)
  
  Of large dimensions with rounded backs draped with acanthus leaves, having Greek key apron and arms terminating in acanthus leaf carving; the front legs tapered and fluted, the rear legs of sabre form. Circa 1800.
• Exceptional, French, Neoclassical period commode (Item 1065)
  
  Of demi-lune form having acajou moucheté (plum pudding mahogany) veneers and original hand-beveled marble top; having three central drawers, each one framed with bronze ornament and two functioning side compartments with hinged doors. Circa 1780.
  
  Stamped F. REIZELL twice to top and G. KEMP once to top.
  
  François Reizell was a German ébéniste who established his workshop on the faubourg Saint-Antoine. In 1770 he moved to the rue des Saints-Pères. His principal client was the prince de Condé for whom he supplied pieces at the Palais Bourbon and for the country houses at Chantilly and Villegenis.
  
  Guillaume Kemp, maître in 1764.
• Very fine, Louis XVI period bureauplat (Item 1055)
  
  In Cuban mahogany with gilt bronze mounts, having tapered and fluted legs. Bearing the signature of "Jean Laurent COSSON." Late 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style, bouillotte table (Item 1050)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze gallery and Gris St. Anne marble top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte (Item 1049)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood).
• Pair of French, Neoclassical style Jardinières (Item 1048)
  
  In sculpted terra cotta. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style crème painted console table (Item 1047)
  
  With six tapered, spiral-turned legs, each surmounted by an ionic capital, and Carrara marble top. Mid-19th century.
• French, Directoire style paravent (Item 1046)
  
  Oil on canvas. Late 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period painted bed (Item 1043)
  
  The sides carved with Vitruvian scroll bands over a conforming leather upholstered panel flanked by square bellflower carved stop fluted stiles headed by paterae surmounted by foliate finials and raised on stop fluted tapered legs joined by rectangular leather upholstered rails carved with palmettes. Circa 1780.
• Fine, Italian, Neoclassical style, marquetry-inlaid bed (Item 1034)
  
  In walnut with ebony and satinwood veneers. Naples, Italy. Circa 1880.
• Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban (Item 1033)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.
• Rare, Alsacian, Louis XVI period bureau a cylindre (Item 1021)
  
  In walnut and other exotic woods; having marquetry and parquetry inlay and original brass mounts. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• Set of ten Italian, neo-classical, cream painted and parcel gilt dining chairs (Item 709)
  
  Circa 1780, two side chairs of a later date.
• Pair of fine, Louis XVI style, painted and parcel-gilded fauteuils (Item 1000)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style bouillote table (Item 995)
  
  In mahogany with brass banding and gilt brass pierced gallery. Late 19th century.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Very fine and Rare French, Louis XVI period console (Item 963)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having four tapered, fluted legs; adorned with garlands, bows, and rosettes; with original marble top and giltwood surface. Circa 1780. Stamped PILLOT.
• Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat (Item 937)
  
  In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period, brass mounted console desserte (Item 927)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Of demi-lune form with three functioning drawers and original hardware. Circa 1780. Stamped "E. AVRIL JME".
  
  (Etienne Avril, Master 1774, was a principle supplier of furniture to Marie Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud.)
• Very fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 825)
  
  In walnut. Circa 1785.
• Set of ten French, Louis XVI style, giltwood, lyre-back dining chairs (Item 684)
  
  Newly upholstered. 19th century.
• Very Fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 914)
  
  Milan, Circa 1780, school of Giuseppe Maggiolini, with possibly later beige marble top.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period canapé (Item 123)
  
  With original painted surface. Stamped "Pillot." Circa 1780.
• Pair of very fine, rare, late Louis XVI polychrome decorated doors within a door surround (Item 897)
  
  The pair of paneled doors decorated with antheniennes on pedestals surrounded by polychrome Vitruvian scrolled vines and feathers within a carved egg and dart and bead carved frame; the overdoor panel with similar decoration within a grapevine carved door surround with a scrolled leaf border. Probably Provence. Late 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted, dining table (Item 858)
  
  The oval top with three extensions above an apron raised on six fluted, tapering legs terminating in brass casters. In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Early to mid-19th century.
• Italian, Neoclassical, crème painted and parcel-gilt settee (Item 616)
  
  Late 18th or early 19th century. Rome or Naples.
• George III period, oval, carved giltwood mirror (Item 845)
  
  With pierced framework carved with rose branches and husk swags amidst s and c-scrolls and surmounted by ho ho birds at the shoulders, centering a tiered scrollwork crest. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item 441)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.
• Pair of very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, giltwood mirrors (Item 831)
  
  With original mercury glass and original giltwood surface. One of identical pair shown. Late 18th or early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: from the collection of Mexican film star Maria Felix La Donna.
• Very fine, Parisian, Neoclassical period, drop-leaf banquet table (Item 828)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany. Six tapered, fluted legs ending in original casters. With original extension mechanism and four later, matching finish, 20" wide, mahogany leaves. Circa 1780.
• Pair of Italian, Neoclassical, painted corner cabinets (Item 564)
  
  With bow front tops above panel inset doors, raised on bracket feet, the whole painted with scrolls and flowering leafage on a pale green ground. Late 18th or early 19th century. (One of identical pair shown)
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI style (Neo-Classical), bronze d'ore, lantern (Item 710)
  
  With Baccarat crystal. Late 19th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, flame mahogany bureau plat (Item 680)
  
  19th century.
• Normandy clock (Item 213)
  
  French, 18th century, Louis XVI period, tall case clock from Normandy. In solid oak with brass and pewter works. Signed by "Mortier."
• Rare, French, Neoclassical, extension dining table (Item 598)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany, a wood that has been completely deforested. With tapered, fluted legs terminating in casters. Extends with original mechanism to twenty-three feet, seating for thirty people. Late 18th century from Ile de France (region of Paris).
• French, Neoclassical, period armoire de chasse (Item 596)
  
  A very unusual form, most likely from a hunting lodge in Southwestern France. In solid, carved cherry with additional storage cabinets on either side (see photo number three), which were used to store hunting gear. Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 592)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gray marble top having fluted, chamfered corners and pierced bottom apron comprised of garlands, ribbons, and bows. Late 18th century.
• Pair of Venetian, Neoclassical Gondola lanterns (Item 565)
  
  Mounted on poles. With largely original polychrome surface. Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period "commode/scriban" (slant-top secretary) (Item 350)
  
  In walnut, with kingwood banding outlined with satinwood and ebony stringing. 18th century.
• Louis XVI period tall case clock (Item 303)
  
  From Normandy in blond oak with brass and pewter face. Adorned with carved ribbons, bows, torcheres and urns characteristic of the Louis XVI period. 18th century.
• Pair of Italian, painted corner cabinets (Item 285)
  
  Two 19th century, Italian, Neo-classical corner cabinets with polychrome finish.
• French Provençal, Louis XVI style desk (Item 113)
  
  Carved cherry with four drawers on each side. 19th century.

Mid-Century Modern

• Large Mid-Century Modern Sofa (Item 1088)
  
  In two parts. Upholstered in muted, white, geometric floral pattern.

Regence

• French, Regence Period console table (Item 1210)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, the whole resting on four legs terminating in hairy hooved feet, sculpted with volutes, shells and acanthus leaves. Surmounted by grey, blue Breccia marble with double bevel. Circa 1725-1730.
• French, Regence period, petite commode (Item 1208)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original Rouge Royale marble top. Circa 1735 from Ile de France. Stamped "Fromageau".
• French, Regence period, Provencal two-drawer commode (sauteuse) (Item 1204)
  
  Crème painted with rouge accents. With pierced bottom apron; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Circa 1725, from Aix en Provence.
• Italian, Regence period mirror a parcloses (Item 1203)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• French Regence period commode scriban (Item 1197)
  
  In solid walnut and walnut veneer adorned with bronze d'ore mounts; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore sabots.
  
  Circa 1730.
• French, Regence period tabouret (Item 1193)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pied de biche ("deer feet"). Covered with 18th centry tapestry. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Gallery Perrin (Paris)
• Pair of French, Regence period consoles murales (hanging bracket consoles) (Item 1178)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching mirror-trumeau item 1177.
• French, Regence period mirror-trumeau (Item 1177)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with parcloses having the original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching pair of consoles murales item 1178 (hanging bracket consoles).
• Pair of French, Regence period fauteuils a la Reine (Item 1151)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• French, Regence period miroir à parecloses (Item 1149)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• Pair of French, Regence style sconces (Item 1133)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze, in the form of stylized cherubim, each having two lights. Circa 1850.
• Italian, Regence Period, gilt and polychrome-painted six-panel screen (Item 950)
  
  Inspired by the designs of Claude III Audran, "La Serie des Douze Mois" (The Twelve Month Series"). The frames vigorously carved in silvered wood; the panels 18th century the painting refreshed in the 19th century; each decorated in green grotesque style on gold background depicting zodiac signs and mythological gods.
• Very fine, French, Regence period buffet de chasse (Item 934)
  
  In solid, carved oak with marble top. Circa 1715.
• French Régence giltwood table with nero antico marble top (Item 1078)
  
  The shaped rectangular top above diaper-carved frieze centered by a shell-form cartouche, the four diaper-carved legs with shell-carved knees terminating in hoof feet and united by X-form stretcher. From L'ile de France, circa 1725.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror a parcloses (Item 977)
  
  In solid giltwood vigorously carved with flowers and acanthus leaves; the upper pierced cartouche centered by a winged dragon. Circa 1735.
• Rare, French, Regence period, gilt-bronze mounted game table (tric-trac table) (Item 1068)
  
  Having rosewood veneers; with a reversible, gilt, embossed leather top, the reverse inlaid with an ebony and ivory chess board; the inside opening to reveal a recessed backgammon surface; having one drawer and two original candleholders. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Attributed to Pierre Migeon
• Very fine, French, Regence period mirror a parcloses (Item 1057)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having original mercury glass and original gilding; the pediment ajouré (pierced). Circa 1720.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Very fine pair of French, Regence style marquises (Item 1017)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with arched, upholstered paneled backs and seats, scroll arm supports, and cabriole legs joined by stretchers and terminating in pied de biche. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period, canapé (Item 1012)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Covered in silk damask. Early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau Viticole du Carcassone.
• Very fine, Regence period Table De Cabaret à Jeux (game table) (Item 1007)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with elegantly shaped cabriole legs terminating in pied de biche, gilt, tooled, and embossed leather top, four drawers (one per side), and pull-out drink holders at each corner. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, French, Regence style mirror (Item 996)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Very fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 980)
  
  From Paris. Circa 1735. Stamped "L. DELAITRE" (Louis Delaitre, master 1738).
• Fine, German, Regence period console table (Item 973)
  
  Vigorously carved with hairy, hooved feet and marble top. Circa 1715-1727.
• Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience (Item 971)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.
• Fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 957)
  
  In solid, carved walnut of arbalette form with original gray marble top. From Provence. Early 18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Regence period mirror (Item 939)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1725. (Shown here over French, 18th century, carved sauteuse.)
• Very fine, French provincial, Regence period secretaire en bibliotheque (Item 872)
  
  From Southwestern France bearing the "Croix de Malte" in marquetry and with chapeau de gendarme cornice and arbalette façade on the drawers of the bottom compartment. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, French, Regence period canapé a oreilles (Item 920)
  
  En arbalette form, in solid, carved walnut with needlepoint upholstery. Circa 1725.
• Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils (Item 862)
  
  Each with foliate carved, channelled frame and carved, giltwood entertrotoise (stretchers). Legs terminating in pied de sabots. Each chair applied with a paper label to the underside:
  
  CALIFORNIA PALACE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOR, 21, LINCOLN PARK, SAN FRANCISCO/1958.54/armchair, wood carved, gesso and gilt; upholstered in silk and wool petit-point embroidery/France, style of about 1710/Lent by the W.H. Crocker Estate and with a stencilled label GUERDE/doreur encadreur/45 rue de Bourgogne 45/Paris/meubles batiment a cadres dor/aes Noir met imitation d'…./eatt/aemiation et oxidisation de 10r.
  
  One of six matching chairs shown. 19th century.
  
  Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958
• Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item 843)
  
  With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
• Very fine, French Regence style buffet a deux corps (Item 839)
  
  In solid, carved oak with a Bacchic mask centered over a molded, arched cornice and a pair of paneled doors carved with shells and delicate, scrolling foliage. 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Regence period armoire (Item 766)
  
  In solid, carved cherry. From Rennes, Brittany. Signed "FAIT PAR IEAN BAPTIS DEPOUEZ AN 1721" ("Made by Iean Baptis Depousez in the year 1791")
• Fine, French, Regence period vaisselier (Item 784)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• French, Nimoise, Regence period armoire (Item 776)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Shown here with chicken-wire. Early 18th century.
• French, Regence period, caned canapé (Item 674)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Early 18th century.
• Pair of French, Regence style, carved giltwood and caned fauteuils (Item 661)
  
  One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Italian, Regence period, black lacquer and gilt bronze bureau plat (Item 751)
  
  With gold-embossed, leather blotter, giltwood border, and legs terminating in bronze sabots (hoof feet). Early 18th century.
• French, Regence period bureau en pente (Item 667)
  
  Early 18th century and later. In solid, carved oak with legs terminating in "pied de sabots."
• French, Provençal, Regence period canapé (Item 649)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• Regence period, Provençal, three-drawer commode (Item 553)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top and pied de biche. Early 18th century.
• French, early 18th century, Regence armoire (Item 294)
  
  In carved walnut, having the "coquille" or scallop carving and pierced apron characteristic of furniture from Provence.

Renaissance

• Italian, Renaissance Period side table (Item 1211)
  
  In solid carved walnut with gilded accents, rectilinear in form having central baluster adorned with swags and surrounded by four columns decorated with acanthus leaves, the whole resting on a guilloches patterned base resting on lion claw feet. Restorations of maintenance. Circa late 16th century or early 17th century.
• Italian, Renaissance period cassone (Item 1173)
  
  In solid carved walnut, vigorously sculpted with leaves, vines and other vegetation; the façade featuring framed allegorical figures and flanked by caryatids, the gadrooned lid with tabernacle featuring sliding door which opens to reveal secret compartment, the bottom apron adorned with garlands of fruit, the whole resting upon elongated claw feet. Circa: 1550. Tuscany.
• Pair of French, Faience, covered jars (pilgrim flasks) (Item 1170)
  
  Each one depicting cherubs blowing horns and riding fantastical beasts on a blue background. The sides flanked by rams head masks. Nevers, France. 19th century.
  
  Signed: Antoine Montagnon
• Italian, Renaissance style refectory table (Item 1162)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; carved on all four sides with gadrooned edge; the top inset with leather writing surface; the whole support vigorously carved with acanthus leaves and caryatids. Rome, circa 1825.
• French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps (Item 1146)
  
  In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.
  
  In the manner of Hugues Sambin.
• Renaissance period coffret (document box) (Item 1127)
  
  Of rectangular form, in solid walnut, having carved floret-framed paneled sides and the façade with carvings of maps and telescopes, the whole resting atop four paw feet.
  
  Early 17th century. Florence.
• Large, Rennaisance period Hispano-Mauresque ceramic plate (Item 1104)
  
  Of unusually large size, tin-glazed and gadrooned with plant motifs. The center adorned with a bird in profile, the reverse decorated with concentric lines. From Spain, either Manises, Paterna or Triana. Circa 1550.
• Late 15th century, French, Gothic period coffre (Item 1064)
  
  In solid, carved oak. The front composed of three panels carved in Gothic architectural style with arches, ribs, rosettes, and columns; the two side doors carved with large "linen folds"; having two inside shelves.
  
  In very good condition with excellent patina; circa 1480 with some 19th century modifications.
• Italian Renaissance Credenza (Item 1080)
  
  In solid, carved walnut, the rectangular top above a conforming case with a breakfronted dentil molded edge, above two molded frieze drawers centered and flanked by putti heads over a pair of paneled doors centered by rayed ovals within with scroll carved border between stiles carved with standing putto figures and pendent foliage, raised on a conforming plinth.
  
  Mid-16th century.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Raoul Tolentino, New York, 1926
  • Sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 2, 1957, lot 185, illus.
  • By descent to the present owner
  A credenza with almost identical carving to the door panels formerly in the Kaiser Freidrich Museum, now the Bode Museum, is illustrated, Frida Schottmüller, Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance, New York: B. Westermann Co., 2nd rev. ed., 1928, p. 91, fig. 217.
• Rare, Florentine, Renaissance period refectory table (Item 763)
  
  In solid, carved black walnut. The top of two planks, both supporting elements styled as caryatids on both sides and joined by a stretcher, the whole resting upon claw feet. Late 16th century.
• Spanish, Renaissance period walnut caixa (Item 945)
  
  The rectangular moulded top above carved panels depicting shell-headed flowering urn flanked by acanthus and divided by scrolled pilasters, the sides carved conformingly, with moulded plinth and scrolled feet, the feet replaced. Late 16th or early 17th century.
• Exceptional, Florentine, Renaissance period cassone (Item 1075)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-16th century.
• Fine, Italian, Renaissance period marriage cassone (Item 1029)
  
  The case in solid oak with punched leather, iron mounts, and domed top. Bearing the coats of arms of the Visconti and Pallavicino families. 16th century.
• Late Renaissance, Spanish credenzia table (Item 990)
  
  Late 16th or early 17th century in solid, carved walnut on all four sides with two drawers and wrought iron stretcher (restored).
• Fine, Florentine, Renaissance period credenzia (Item 955)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 17th century.
• Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table (Item 819)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.
• Florentine, Renaissance period, intarsia-inlaid cassone (Item 623)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with dome top. Late 16th or early 17th century.
• Florentine, Renaissance period cassone (Item 678)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 16th century.
• Renaissance style extending game table ("table a jeu") (Item 398)
  
  In solid walnut with casters and multiple inlaid playing surfaces for backgammon, checkers, chess, and a roulette wheel. 19th century from Paris.
• Tuscan, Renaissance period cassone (Item 664)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. 16th century.

Restauration

• Pair of Restauration period gilt-bronze and patinated bronze sconces (Item 1156)
  
  Each having two lights with winged putti holding cornucopia. Circa 1830. Not pierced (not electrified).
• French, Restauration period chandelier ("lustre d'alcove") (Item 1115)
  
  Of small dimensions having five arms. In solid, gilt bronze. Circa 1835.
• French, Restauration period mantle clock (Item 1082)
  
  Of large scale, in gilt and patinated bronze; Flora, a minor Roman goddess of spring, flowering crops, and sex sits atop the whole, her foot resting upon a seashell as she holds a cornucopia in one hand and an olive branch in the other; the base chased with a frieze of infant musicians.
  
  Circa 1814-1822.
• Set of twelve, fine, French Restauration, painted and parcel-gilded chairs (Item 860)
  
  Comprising six armchairs and six side chairs, each with a scrolled, padded back. The armchairs with curved arms terminating in scrolling leafs above leaf-carved scrolling legs and back sabre legs. Circa 1825.
• Restauration period, extending dining table (Item 638)
  
  In solid mahogany and flame mahogany veneer with fluted, tapering legs above castors. Early 19th century.
• French Restauration style, bronze d'ore and patinated bronze, twenty-two light chandelier (Item 659)
  
  Late 19th century.

Transition Louis XV-XVI

• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period parquetry commode (Item 1040)
  
  Having three drawers adorned with bronze d'ore mounts, each drawer outlined with string-banded inlay. Having original gray Saint Anne marble top. Circa 1770.
• Pair of fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console tables (Item 946)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, each having an upper cartouche pierced with roses and lower cartouche centered with corbeille a fleurs (basket of flowers), the whole vigorously carved in guilloche (repeating, interlocking circles) motif, having volutes (scrolls) and acanthus leaves. With Breche marble tops in beige with rose veining. Circa 1765.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period credence (Item 346)
  
  In carved walnut. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item 441)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.
• Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period vaisselier from Bresse (Item 545)
  
  In solid walnut inset with elm burl panels. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Important, French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period scriban (Item 525)
  
  From the port city of Nantes. In solid, carved acacia (mimosa tree). Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period, tall-case clock ("horloge de parquet") (Item 509)
  
  Violin form in solid, carved walnut. In working condition. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Transition Louis XV-XVI writing desk (Item 20)
  
  Pearwood, mahogany, ebony, and rosewood parquetry. Single drawer, brass-banded edge, finished back. Circa 1780's.

Austrian

• Pair of Neoclassical period, Biedermeier fauteuils (Item 1198)
  
  In walnut veneer. Vienna, circa 1815.
  
  Provenance: Formerly with Rita Bucheit, Limited - Chicago, Illinois.
• Assembled set of seven, Austrian, Biedermeier dining chairs (Item 1086)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with fan backs and matching green upholstery. From Vienna, First Biedermeier period, circa 1815.
• 19th century, Austrian, Biedermeier vitrine (Item 158)
  
  In walnut with original mirrored back, with new two glass shelves.

English

• Arlesian, Louis XV period, mangadou (storage compartment) (Item 1215)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, English Regency tilt-top table (Item 1190)
  
  In faux painted specimen marble, mahogany, and parcel-gilt. On tripod base.
  
  Circa 1815.
  
  Formerly with Mallett Antiques.
• English, George III period cane settee (Item 1138)
  
  With curved ends and three seats, each seat having a circular cane-back panel inset with a hand-painted medallion, the whole resting upon elegantly-tapered legs and painted in bellflowers. Late 18th century.
• English, Chippendale period overmantle mirror (Item 1130)
  
  Of oval form in solid, carved giltwood, surmounted by a palmette and decorated with foliage scrolls. Mid 18th-century.
• Pair of English, George III period sconces (Item 1102)
  
  Of large dimensions in solid, carved giltwood, each having three arms. Never pierced for electricity. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• Very fine, English Regency period, rosewood and brass-inlaid center table (Item 892)
  
  With original tilt-top mechanism, giltwood acanthus leaf and faux rosewood grain stem, and unusual square plinth (base) resting upon four bronze winged claw feet. Attributed to George Smith, circa 1805-1810.
• English, George IV period, giltwood and upholstered confidante (Item 803)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of serpentine form with four seats, the whole resting upon casters. Circa 1825.
• William IV period, carved mahogany recamier (Item 538)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, curvilinear in form, with Neoclassical elements including cornucopia and paterae (circular or oval ornament resembling a dish, often decorated with leaves and petals. Commonly seen in a frieze in architecture or on a corner block in furniture), the legs of umbrella shape ending in casters. Circa 1835.
• Pair of very fine, Regency, giltwood benches (Item 944)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood, each with outscrolled-ends and a seat covered in cream silk damask by Brunscwhig & Fils, with paneled friezes applied with oak leaves and acorns, on incurved legs with lion's paw feet, the underside of each inscribed 65.1137 B and 38584.
  
  Probably Northern European, circa 1810.
  
  Provenance: Acquired from Partridge, London, 21 November 1990.
• Set of fine, English Regency period library steps (Item 1039)
  
  In solid mahogany, each step with gilt, embossed leather inset. Circa 1820.
• Fine, English Regency style bureau plat (Item 1038)
  
  In rosewood with brass trim; having three drawers; the top inset with gilt, embossed, dark-blue leather blotter; raised on brass casters. Finished on all sides, suitable for placement in the center of a room. Circa 1900.
• Fine, English, George I style, chinoiserie, fall-front secretary (Item 915)
  
  In black lacquer, painted and parcel gilded. Late 19th or early 20th century.
• George III period, oval, carved giltwood mirror (Item 845)
  
  With pierced framework carved with rose branches and husk swags amidst s and c-scrolls and surmounted by ho ho birds at the shoulders, centering a tiered scrollwork crest. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Fine, English, George III period, chinoiserie and parcel-gilt, tall-case clock (Item 802)
  
  With clock dial signed "Sam Vale - Coventry." Late 18th century.
• Set of eight, English, George III, dining chairs (Item 622)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany. Six side chairs being 18th century, with the two armchairs being later, 19th century additions to the set.
• George III style, carved mahogany, tilt-top table (Item 572)
  
  With circular pie-crust top, shell-carved cabriole legs terminating in carved paw feet. 19th century.

French

• French, Louis XVI period chaise longue (Item 1214)
  
  Crème painted with vigorously carved neoclassical elements. Circa 1780.
• French, Art Nouveau period petit deux corps (Item 1213)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with elm burl panels. From L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1900.
• French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat (Item 1212)
  
  Double face with six functioning drawers, curvilinear in form resting on four cabriole legs, the veneer done in parquetry of Tulipwood, the top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, the whole adorned with bronze dore mounts. Part re-veneered. Circa 1735.
  
  Provenance: Juan Pablo Molyneux, famous Chilean architect
• French, Regence Period console table (Item 1210)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, the whole resting on four legs terminating in hairy hooved feet, sculpted with volutes, shells and acanthus leaves. Surmounted by grey, blue Breccia marble with double bevel. Circa 1725-1730.
• Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere (Item 1209)
  
  In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825
  
  Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005
• Pair of exceptional Louis XVI period fauteuils (Item 1147)
  
  In solid carved mahogany with giltwood accents, the front aprons inspired by the designs of Georges Jacob, the armrests adorned with mufles de lion (lion masks) in the manner of Jacob Frères (Georges Jacob's sons), and having unusual tapered and sprial-fluted back sabre legs.
  
  Late 18th century.
• French, Regence period, petite commode (Item 1208)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original Rouge Royale marble top. Circa 1735 from Ile de France. Stamped "Fromageau".
• French, Louis XVI period, console (Item 1207)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Bleu Turquin marble top. Circa 1780. In the manner of Henri Jacob.
• Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces (Item 1206)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, bronze-mounted commode (Item 1205)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany and Cuban mahogany veneer having two central drawers flanked by side compartments; the whole resting upon four tapered and fluted legs. With original white marble top. Circa 1780.
  
  Signed: N. Petit
• French, Regence period, Provencal two-drawer commode (sauteuse) (Item 1204)
  
  Crème painted with rouge accents. With pierced bottom apron; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Circa 1725, from Aix en Provence.
• French, Louis XV period, bureau de pente (Item 1202)
  
  In palissandre de Rio (Brazilian rosewood) with bronze d'ore mounts, the whole resting upon cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Slant front opens to reveal a leather writing surface and five drawers. Circa 1750.
  
  Attributed to Jean Lapie.
  
  Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, NY, November 11, 2000, Lot 171
• French, Baroque Period embroidered needlework panel (Item 1201)
  
  Probably depicting Saint Cyr, within a Regence style giltwood frame. Late 17th or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Collection de la Tour d'Argent, Paris.
• French Regence period commode scriban (Item 1197)
  
  In solid walnut and walnut veneer adorned with bronze d'ore mounts; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore sabots.
  
  Circa 1730.
• Pair of Louis XVI, Ormolu-Mounted, Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt, Velvet Upholstered Fauteuils à la Reine (Item 1195)
  
  One with the initials 'M G' in white paint; both with illegible names in pencil on the inside of the chair rail.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XVI period Bergere (Item 1194)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood vigorously carved in neoclassical motifs (guilloches, acanthus leaves); the backrest having two fluted and detached columns; the whole resting upon spiral, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780, Paris.
  
  Stamped: Louis Charles Carpentier
• French, Regence period tabouret (Item 1193)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pied de biche ("deer feet"). Covered with 18th centry tapestry. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Gallery Perrin (Paris)
• Exceptional cache pot Sèvres (Item 1192)
  
  In Sèvres porcelain and bronze d'ore.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: In original, silk-lined box indicating it was sold by "JANETTI PADRE & FIGLI TORINO UN EMPORIO ITALIEN"
• Art Nouveau period Jardiniere (planter) (Item 1191)
  
  In gilt bronze, having a rectangular shape with a stylized "Lily of the Valley" design, the whole upon four foliate legs.
  
  France, circa 1900.
• Faunesse With Child And Bacchus, Late 19th century bronze group Signed Clodion (Item 1189)
  
  Large French bronze sculpture representing a faunesse (female faun) holding her baby on her knees, and Bacchus playing at their feet, a well known model by Clodion. The faun and her child are girded with vine leaves and the child holds out a cup to Bacchus. In exchange, Bacchus lying on a bed of vine branches gives him a bunch of grapes. The thyrsus, symbol of Bacchus, lies on the bed of foliage. All the attributes of Bacchus are present in this magnificent composition by Clodion, whose quality of carving is matched only by the depth of its patina. A cherry red marble base supports this remarkable mythological group.
  
  Signed “CLODION” on the back (Claude Michel, known as Clodion (1738-1814). Circa 1850-1860
  
  Provenance: From the collection of Charles Auzoux (1836-1922)
• 19th century allegorical bronze entitled "La Genie du Travail" (The Genius of Work) (Item 1188)
  
  Signed "E. Picault" (Émile Louis Picault).
  
  Picault's work can be seen in museums in Chambéry (Le Semeur d'idées), Clermont-Ferrand (Hébé), Maubeuge (Le devoir, Honor patria), and Troyes (La famille, joies et peines).
• Pair of Arlesian, Louis XV style boxes (salt box - "boite a sel" and flour box - "fariniere") (Item 1187)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1900.
• French, Empire style, gilt bronze chandelier (Item 1186)
  
  Having six arms, each with a bronze cast of a female bust, surrounding a blue ceramic center column; the whole surmounted by a torchiere.
  
  Second half of the 19th century. In the manner of François Rémond.
• French, Art Nouveau period encoignure (corner cabinet) (Item 1183)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with embossed leather panels. The central, conforming door opening to reveal three interior shelves. Ecole De Nancy, circa 1900.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Exceptional French, Louis XV period commode a portes (Item 1179)
  
  Of galbe form on three sides, the whole comprised of Brazilian rosewood and other exotic, marquetry inlayed woods. Having original veined marble, bronze d'ore mounts, locks, and keys. 18th century.
  
  Attributed to ébéniste du roi (royal cabinet maker) Gilles Joubert (1689 - 1775).
• Pair of French, Regence period consoles murales (hanging bracket consoles) (Item 1178)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching mirror-trumeau item 1177.
• French, Regence period mirror-trumeau (Item 1177)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with parcloses having the original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching pair of consoles murales item 1178 (hanging bracket consoles).
• Rare, French, Art Nouveau period side table (meuble d'entre deux) (Item 1176)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with birdseye maple panels. Circa 1900. Attributed to Eugène Gaillard.
• Set of twelve French, Neoclassical style dining chairs (Item 1175)
  
  Painted and parcel gilded. Richly sculpted in a guilloché pattern resting upon tapered and fluted legs. 19th century.
  
  A similar example is currently on display at Muse´e des Arts De´coratifs in Paris.
• Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat (Item 1174)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.
• Pair of French, Faience, covered jars (pilgrim flasks) (Item 1170)
  
  Each one depicting cherubs blowing horns and riding fantastical beasts on a blue background. The sides flanked by rams head masks. Nevers, France. 19th century.
  
  Signed: Antoine Montagnon
• Pair of French, Louis XIV period torcheres (Item 1169)
  
  In solid carved natural wood. The upper elements vigorously carved with acanthus leaves, the central columns, triangular in form, pierced and adorned with male masks, the whole resting on a tripod base having sculpted leaves, volutes and lambrequins. Circa 1670.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Sale in Versailles, Palais des Congres, Commissaire-Priseur Jean-Paul Chapelle, March 3, 1968-acquired by Georges Hereil, Paris.
  • 1981: The estate of Georges Hereil, by descent to GG.
• French Louis XIII period Deux Corps (Item 1168)
  
  In solid, carved walnut, having four elaborately sculpted doors, each one with an allegorical figure centered within a floral medallion representing the four seasons, also having a central drawer with embracing cherubs flanked by winged putti.
  
  The whole vigorously carved with foliate rinceaux design, vegetation and birds and resting on bun feet. Circa 1610-1630.
• Large, Important, French cache pot (Item 1167)
  
  Manufactured by the royal porcelain maker, Sèvres, in painted and gilded porcelain with gilt bronze mounts for the last French King, Louis Phillippe (r. 1830-1848).
  
  The interior bears two stamps, the first having the King's monogram (LP) and the date (1844), and the other bearing the mark for "Château des tuileries", the royal residence where the piece was to be displayed.
• French, Louis XV style, marquetry-inlaid bureau de pente (Item 1166)
  
  Inlaid with a combination of exotic woods, including walnut, Brazilian rosewood, satinwood, and birdseye maple; having a fall-front, which opens to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore ornament.
  
  In the manner of Hache (Grenoble, France). 19th century.
• Pair of Northern European, Louis XV period, tabourets (Item 1165)
  
  In solid carved giltwood; each one elaborately carved with seashells and acanthus leaves, the cabriole legs ending in escargot feet.
  
  Circa 1740.
• French, Art Nouveau period, giltwood and composition mirror (Item 1160)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1890.
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt-bronze Bouillotte lamp (Item 1159)
  
  Having three lights with ram's head motif and pierced base. Circa 1900.
• French, Louis XVI period, adjustable, marquetry-inlaid pedestal table (Item 1158)
  
  Having two tiers, each with pierced, bronze d'ore gallery. Functioning mechanism allows the top tier to be raised.
  
  Stamped: JF LAPIE (Jean-François LAPIE) Master in 1763
  
  Late 18th century.
• Pair of Restauration period gilt-bronze and patinated bronze sconces (Item 1156)
  
  Each having two lights with winged putti holding cornucopia. Circa 1830. Not pierced (not electrified).
• French, Art Nouveau period grand vase aux clématites (Item 1154)
  
  Signed Emile Gallé (1846-1904). Early 20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style lamp (Item 1153)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze with a winged putto (cherub) holding two candelabra above a square plinth base elaborately cast in bronze d'ore.
  
  Attributed to Henri Picard, who was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. Picard worked on Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre Palace.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
• French, Louis XVI period demi-lune console (Item 1152)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with Carrara marble top. Circa 1780.
• Pair of French, Regence period fauteuils a la Reine (Item 1151)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• Pair of French, Louis XV period fauteuils (Item 1150)
  
  In solid, carved and patinated beechwood. Circa 1752.
  
  Stamped: MICHEL GOURDIN
  
  Michel Gourdin was recognized as a master ébéniste in 1752. Other works by Gourdin are represented in The Met, the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
• French, Regence period miroir à parecloses (Item 1149)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• French, Louis XV period petite canapé corbeille (Item 1148)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century.
• French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps (Item 1146)
  
  In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.
  
  In the manner of Hugues Sambin.
• French, Louis XVI period, small canape (Item 1145)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Vigorously carved with neoclassical elements, the whole resting upon six spiral-turned, tapered, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780. Signed: DELAISEMENT (Nicholas DeLaisment)
• French, Louis XV period, giltwood canape (Item 1141)
  
  With exhuberantly-carved, sepentine frame, quintessential Louis XV motifs including seashells, acanthus leaves, and foliage, having three seats upholstered in floral-patterned, silk damask, the whole resting upon eight cabriole legs.
  
  Mid-18th century, attributed to Louis Cresson.
• Ancient Canosan funerary vase (Item 1140)
  
  In painted terra cotta in the form of a sculpted female figure serving as a handle above a highly stylized head surrounded by leaf petals and centered with a floral emblem.
  
  From Canosa (part of Magna Graecia, ancient Greece, now part of Italy). Fourth Century BCE
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt bronze and alabaster mantle clock (Item 1139)
  
  Delicately cast bronze, crowned with two seated cherubim, one holding grapes and the other a triangle; the clock's face surmounted by a Bacchic mask, flanked by ram's heads and ornamental, flowering trees; the whole mercury gilded and liberally adorned with acanthus leaves and resting upon an alabaster base and highly stylized, toupee feet.
  
  First half of the 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style correspondence box (Item 1137)
  
  Embossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century.
• Directoire period fan and conforming giltwood frame (Item 1136)
  
  Paper painted in the "Gouache" technique with gilded accents. Circa 1790.
• Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 979)
  
  In solid, carved walnut having cabriole legs ending in pied de biche (deer feet) and reversable top, one side (shown) with marquetry inlaid board for checkers, the other in green felt suitable for card playing. Removing the top reveals an inset, marquetry-inlaid backgammon board. The whole delicately carved. Late 18th or early 19th century from Nimes, France.
• Pair of French, Regence style sconces (Item 1133)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze, in the form of stylized cherubim, each having two lights. Circa 1850.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés (Item 1128)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. One of the period (mid-18th century), the other later (19th century). Each having six legs elegantly carved with shells, acanthus leaves, and pomegranates.
  
  Created for le Château de Dampierre, a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
• Louis XV period console (Item 1123)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Pair of large, Baroque (Louis XIV) style torcheres (Item 1122)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of balluster form decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and grotesques (male figured masks). Inscribed "LA MARECHALERIE (...)/Avenue (...) PARIS FRANCE" 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 1116)
  
  In rosewood and amaranth having three central drawers with two side compartments. With original red marble top from Flanders (modern-day Belgium). Late 18th century.
  
  Stamped E.AVRIL Maître en 1774 (Etienne Avril, master in 1774)
• French, Restauration period chandelier ("lustre d'alcove") (Item 1115)
  
  Of small dimensions having five arms. In solid, gilt bronze. Circa 1835.
• Pair of French, Empire period, bronze d'ore candelabra (Item 1111)
  
  In patinated and gilt bronze.
  
  Circa 1810.
• French, Louis XIV period giltwood mirror (Item 1110)
  
  With parcloses. Circa 1720.
• French, Louis XV style, barometer and thermometer set of large dimensions (Item 1107)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. The barometer signed Torricelli, the thermometer signed Réaumur. 19th century.
• Set of five French, Louis XV period fauteuils à la reine (Item 1103)
  
  In solid, carved walnut.
  
  Attributed to Pierre Nogaret, (1718-1771), recognized as a master chairmaker in Lyon, June 1745. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period, floral marquetry inlaid commode (Item 1101)
  
  Of bombé form with unusual three-drawer construction, inlaid in floral marquetry, the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Mid-18th century.
  
  Signed "N.PETIT" (Nicolas Petit, Master in 1761 was a great Parisian cabinetmaker. Established rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine under the sign "In the Name of Jesus", in his 30 years as a master he established a lasting reputation. His career began with very refined dressers of bombé form in the Louis XV style, secretaries, desks, small tables, many finely decorated with blooming branches.)
• Louis XVI-style Mahogany and Brass-inlaid Game Table (Item 1098)
  
  With removable rectangular top above hinged surface opening to reveal slide-out baize game board surface with French inscriptions and hidden well with miniature roulette wheel and compartments with dominoes and game pieces, all of which remove for backgammon surface below, on turned and reeded supports with caster feet.
  
  Brass inlaid is lifting and needs securing on top. Removable top opens to baize surface, some light abrasions and surface grime, interior underneath with game piece compartments and wheel which have minor nicks, light abrasions. Legs have repairs, one appears a bit wobbly. Has some game pieces, probably not complete.
  
  20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, bronze d'ore gueridon (end table) (Item 1097)
  
  With painted marble top, the design inspired by the original paintings of François Boucher, with tripod base centered by an urn. 19th century.
• Romanesque Double Cloister Capital (Item 1096)
  
  In veined white marble, carved with foliage, having a face framed by hands at each of the four corners, the whole resting upon two large goat hooves; some wear. Southern France; 13th Century.
• French, Louis XVI style bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 1095)
  
  Having six arms extending from a central stem ornamented with flowers, the whole surmounted by a crown. 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period bergere (Item 1094)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750.
  
  Stamped "E. MEUNIER" (Etienne Meunier)
• French, Louis XV period cartel d'alcove (Item 1093)
  
  Mercury-gilded of Rocaille form. Paris, circa 1750.
• French, Restauration period mantle clock (Item 1082)
  
  Of large scale, in gilt and patinated bronze; Flora, a minor Roman goddess of spring, flowering crops, and sex sits atop the whole, her foot resting upon a seashell as she holds a cornucopia in one hand and an olive branch in the other; the base chased with a frieze of infant musicians.
  
  Circa 1814-1822.
• French, Louis XIV period marquetry commode of small dimensions (Item 1087)
  
  In rosewood having three drawers and original Brèche de Médicis marble. From Paris, France. Late 17th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, marquetry-inlaid secretaire abattant (Item 1085)
  
  In rosewood, walnut, and satinwood; having original marble top in gray with white veining; the fall-front opening to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers. Late 18th century. Bearing the signature of Jean Laurent Cosson ("COSSON").
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror (Item 1030)
  
  In solid carved giltwood with parcloses. With original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa: 1735.
• Very fine, Empire style, gilt-bronze, sixteen light chandelier of large dimension (Item 881)
  
  Hand-chased. 19th century.
• Late 15th century, French, Gothic period coffre (Item 1064)
  
  In solid, carved oak. The front composed of three panels carved in Gothic architectural style with arches, ribs, rosettes, and columns; the two side doors carved with large "linen folds"; having two inside shelves.
  
  In very good condition with excellent patina; circa 1480 with some 19th century modifications.
• Very fine, French, Regence period buffet de chasse (Item 934)
  
  In solid, carved oak with marble top. Circa 1715.
• French Régence giltwood table with nero antico marble top (Item 1078)
  
  The shaped rectangular top above diaper-carved frieze centered by a shell-form cartouche, the four diaper-carved legs with shell-carved knees terminating in hoof feet and united by X-form stretcher. From L'ile de France, circa 1725.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror a parcloses (Item 977)
  
  In solid giltwood vigorously carved with flowers and acanthus leaves; the upper pierced cartouche centered by a winged dragon. Circa 1735.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie commode (Item 970)
  
  Of bombé form in black lacquer with original gilt bronze mounts and original rose de Brignoles marble top. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Pair of very fine Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension (Item 922)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1780. Stamped "P H Poire JME" (Philippe Poirié, who was named Maître Ébéniste in 1765).
  
  Poirié produced seating in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. While his Louis XV items were considered ordinary, his Louis XVI production was considered brilliant. His works are displayed in the Musee du Louvre, Musee de Beauvais, and Musee de Cognac-Jay.
  
  
• French globe of large dimensions on ebonized and gilded metal stand (Item 818)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Very fine, Empire period chandelier (Item 1077)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze, elaborately chased with ten arms, ornamented with winged angels crowned with laurel leaves, acanthus leaf corona, pinecone finial, and five chains adorned with acanthus leaves and grapes. Circa 1810.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console table (Item 1076)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; of Rocaille form with arbalette front, cabriole legs, acanthus ornament, original, Breche marble top, and upper and lower cartouche (pierced shell aprons). Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style chandelier (Item 1072)
  
  In bronze d'ore with six lights. Circa 1870-1880.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV style sconces (Item 1071)
  
  Of Rocaille form in bronze d'ore. Circa 1860.
• Rare, French, Regence period, gilt-bronze mounted game table (tric-trac table) (Item 1068)
  
  Having rosewood veneers; with a reversible, gilt, embossed leather top, the reverse inlaid with an ebony and ivory chess board; the inside opening to reveal a recessed backgammon surface; having one drawer and two original candleholders. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Attributed to Pierre Migeon
• Pair of fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel gilded fauteuils (Item 1066)
  
  Of large dimensions with rounded backs draped with acanthus leaves, having Greek key apron and arms terminating in acanthus leaf carving; the front legs tapered and fluted, the rear legs of sabre form. Circa 1800.
• Exceptional, French, Neoclassical period commode (Item 1065)
  
  Of demi-lune form having acajou moucheté (plum pudding mahogany) veneers and original hand-beveled marble top; having three central drawers, each one framed with bronze ornament and two functioning side compartments with hinged doors. Circa 1780.
  
  Stamped F. REIZELL twice to top and G. KEMP once to top.
  
  François Reizell was a German ébéniste who established his workshop on the faubourg Saint-Antoine. In 1770 he moved to the rue des Saints-Pères. His principal client was the prince de Condé for whom he supplied pieces at the Palais Bourbon and for the country houses at Chantilly and Villegenis.
  
  Guillaume Kemp, maître in 1764.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XV style marble fireplace surround (Item 1063)
  
  With original cast iron and gilt brass insert and original hearth. Early 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 1062)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original hardware and key. Mid-18th century. Nimes.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style, black lacquer (chinoiserie) bureauplat (Item 1061)
  
  With bronze d'ore mounts and original gilt, embossed leather blotter. Mid-19th century.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 1060)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top.
• Very fine, French, Regence period mirror a parcloses (Item 1057)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having original mercury glass and original gilding; the pediment ajouré (pierced). Circa 1720.
• Very fine, Louis XVI period bureauplat (Item 1055)
  
  In Cuban mahogany with gilt bronze mounts, having tapered and fluted legs. Bearing the signature of "Jean Laurent COSSON." Late 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period marquetry commode (Item 1054)
  
  Of serpentine form with gilt bronze mounts and original Rouge Royale marble top. Stamped "I.C. SAUNIER".
• Unusual, French vitrine table (Item 1053)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood, crème painted and parcel-gilded; having a display surface beneath hinged glass top. 19th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Baroque period overmantle mirror (Item 1052)
  
  Crème painted and parcel-gilded. With original mercury glass. Early 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style, bouillotte table (Item 1050)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze gallery and Gris St. Anne marble top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte (Item 1049)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood).
• Pair of French, Neoclassical style Jardinières (Item 1048)
  
  In sculpted terra cotta. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style crème painted console table (Item 1047)
  
  With six tapered, spiral-turned legs, each surmounted by an ionic capital, and Carrara marble top. Mid-19th century.
• French, Directoire style paravent (Item 1046)
  
  Oil on canvas. Late 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period painted bed (Item 1043)
  
  The sides carved with Vitruvian scroll bands over a conforming leather upholstered panel flanked by square bellflower carved stop fluted stiles headed by paterae surmounted by foliate finials and raised on stop fluted tapered legs joined by rectangular leather upholstered rails carved with palmettes. Circa 1780.
• Fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period parquetry commode (Item 1040)
  
  Having three drawers adorned with bronze d'ore mounts, each drawer outlined with string-banded inlay. Having original gray Saint Anne marble top. Circa 1770.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period buffet (Item 1037)
  
  Of "galbé en arbalette" (serpentine) form in solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750 from Provence.
• Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban (Item 1033)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Louis XV style, giltwood and gilt gesso pier mirror of large dimensions (Item 1026)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1880.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.
• Rare, Alsacian, Louis XVI period bureau a cylindre (Item 1021)
  
  In walnut and other exotic woods; having marquetry and parquetry inlay and original brass mounts. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Charles X style, bronze d'ore and cut crystal chandelier (Item 1020)
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
• Pair of Fine, French, Louis XV style, crème painted bergere (Item 1018)
  
  Late 19th century.
• Very fine pair of French, Regence style marquises (Item 1017)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with arched, upholstered paneled backs and seats, scroll arm supports, and cabriole legs joined by stretchers and terminating in pied de biche. 19th century.
• Extraordinary Louis XV period buffet á glissant (Item 991)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Arles, mid-18th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style, painted fauteuils (Item 1016)
  
  Highly carved with floral motifs resting upon elegantly shaped cabriole legs. Of large dimensions. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style fireplace surround (Item 1015)
  
  In solid, carved Carrara marble. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 984)
  
  One side of reversible top having a chess board, the other a green, felt card surface, the whole resting on cabriole legs. The interior with ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. In rosewood with gilt bronze mounts. Paris, circa 1880.
• Fine, French, Regence period, canapé (Item 1012)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Covered in silk damask. Early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau Viticole du Carcassone.
• Very fine, Louis XV period console table (Item 1011)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Early Louis XV Period console table (Item 1010)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Rouge Royal marble top. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, Regence period Table De Cabaret à Jeux (game table) (Item 1007)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with elegantly shaped cabriole legs terminating in pied de biche, gilt, tooled, and embossed leather top, four drawers (one per side), and pull-out drink holders at each corner. Circa 1715-1727.
• French, Louis XV period verrio (display cabinet) (Item 1004)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Very fine, early Louis XV period overmantle mirror (Item 1003)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1735-1740.
• Pair of fine, Louis XVI style, painted and parcel-gilded fauteuils (Item 1000)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Rare, French, Louis XV period chair-back chaise longue (Item 997)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period panetiere and petrin ensemble (Item 887)
  
  In solid walnut. From Arles. 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Regence style mirror (Item 996)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• French, Neoclassical style bouillote table (Item 995)
  
  In mahogany with brass banding and gilt brass pierced gallery. Late 19th century.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Rare, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 989)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century. Nimes, France.
• Very fine, Louis XV period Arlesian petrin (Item 983)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 980)
  
  From Paris. Circa 1735. Stamped "L. DELAITRE" (Louis Delaitre, master 1738).
• Fine, French, Louis XIV period commode (Item 978)
  
  Rosewood veneer with four drawers adorned with banded brass inlay and gilt bronze mounts. With original marble top. Circa 1700-1720.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period commode (Item 974)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gilt bronze mounts. From Provence, France. 18th century.
• Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience (Item 971)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV period commode (Item 969)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with galbé façade and sides, pierced apron on the front and both sides ("traverse ajourée"). From Nimes, France. Second half of the 18th century.
• Very fine and Rare French, Louis XVI period console (Item 963)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having four tapered, fluted legs; adorned with garlands, bows, and rosettes; with original marble top and giltwood surface. Circa 1780. Stamped PILLOT.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 960)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console (Item 958)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Brèche violet marble top; bottom stretcher having having four legs centered by a vigorously carved floral bouquet. Circa 1750.
• Fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 957)
  
  In solid, carved walnut of arbalette form with original gray marble top. From Provence. Early 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 954)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original bronze d'ore mounts having a pierced bottom apron ("traverse ajoulree"). From Nimes. Mid-18th century.
• Pair of fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console tables (Item 946)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, each having an upper cartouche pierced with roses and lower cartouche centered with corbeille a fleurs (basket of flowers), the whole vigorously carved in guilloche (repeating, interlocking circles) motif, having volutes (scrolls) and acanthus leaves. With Breche marble tops in beige with rose veining. Circa 1765.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period panetière (Item 940)
  
  From Arles In solid, carved walnut. 18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Regence period mirror (Item 939)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1725. (Shown here over French, 18th century, carved sauteuse.)
• Very fine, French provincial, Regence period secretaire en bibliotheque (Item 872)
  
  From Southwestern France bearing the "Croix de Malte" in marquetry and with chapeau de gendarme cornice and arbalette façade on the drawers of the bottom compartment. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat (Item 937)
  
  In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV period bergeres (Item 935)
  
  In solid, carved, painted wood. Circa 1745.
• Napoleon III wool carpet gros point (Item 930)
  
  In dark red and beige, decorated with garlands of flowers and oval center medaillon. Fabric lined. Circa 1850.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period, brass mounted console desserte (Item 927)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Of demi-lune form with three functioning drawers and original hardware. Circa 1780. Stamped "E. AVRIL JME".
  
  (Etienne Avril, Master 1774, was a principle supplier of furniture to Marie Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud.)
• Set of Eight French, Art Nouveau period tall-back dining chairs (Item 926)
  
  In solid, carved walnut in the manner of Louis Majorelle with carved floral crest, V-shaped upholstered backsplat, and seat in red leather with brass tacks. Shaped legs with conforming floral decoration. Circa 1900.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie sauteuse sans traverse (two drawer commode) (Item 924)
  
  In black lacquer, gilt-bronze mounted, painted and parcel-gilded; in the bombé form with veined marble top. 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Regence period canapé a oreilles (Item 920)
  
  En arbalette form, in solid, carved walnut with needlepoint upholstery. Circa 1725.
• Pair of fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV style fauteuils (Item 917)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with entretoises (stretchers). Late 19th century, newly upholstered.
• Set of ten French, Louis XVI style, giltwood, lyre-back dining chairs (Item 684)
  
  Newly upholstered. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Napoleon III period, black lacquer, gilt bronze, and incised gilt brass table a jeu (game table) (Item 813)
  
  Opens to reveal original felt playing surface. Circa 1860.
  
  Provenance: estate of Mexican film star Maria Felix.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period canapé (Item 123)
  
  With original painted surface. Stamped "Pillot." Circa 1780.
• Fine French Empire style bronze d'ore and crystal chandelier (Item 906)
  
  With fifteen arms. Second half of the 19th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period credence (Item 346)
  
  In carved walnut. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, Louis XV, mahogany armoire (Item 904)
  
  The stepped arched cornice over a floral vine carved frieze and two arched paneled doors above a pierced C-scroll and leaf carved apron raised on leaf carved cabriole legs. From Bordeaux, France. 18th century.
• Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils (Item 862)
  
  Each with foliate carved, channelled frame and carved, giltwood entertrotoise (stretchers). Legs terminating in pied de sabots. Each chair applied with a paper label to the underside:
  
  CALIFORNIA PALACE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOR, 21, LINCOLN PARK, SAN FRANCISCO/1958.54/armchair, wood carved, gesso and gilt; upholstered in silk and wool petit-point embroidery/France, style of about 1710/Lent by the W.H. Crocker Estate and with a stencilled label GUERDE/doreur encadreur/45 rue de Bourgogne 45/Paris/meubles batiment a cadres dor/aes Noir met imitation d'…./eatt/aemiation et oxidisation de 10r.
  
  One of six matching chairs shown. 19th century.
  
  Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958
• Pair of French, Louis XIV style fauteuils a la Reine (Item 835)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with les os de moutons stretchers, arched back, and foliate scrolled arms. One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Pair of very fine, rare, late Louis XVI polychrome decorated doors within a door surround (Item 897)
  
  The pair of paneled doors decorated with antheniennes on pedestals surrounded by polychrome Vitruvian scrolled vines and feathers within a carved egg and dart and bead carved frame; the overdoor panel with similar decoration within a grapevine carved door surround with a scrolled leaf border. Probably Provence. Late 18th century.
• French, Rocaille period, console table (Item 670)
  
  In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period mirror (Item 878)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes, Provence. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louix XV period, giltwood console table (Item 876)
  
  Mid-18th century. Possibly Lyon.
• Fine, Napoleon III period, giltwood canapé of large dimensions (meuble de chateau) (Item 871)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with five cushions in silk damask and two étiquettes (tags) bearing the inscription "PONTOI/ … JUILLET/1872." 19th century.
• Set of twelve, fine, French Restauration, painted and parcel-gilded chairs (Item 860)
  
  Comprising six armchairs and six side chairs, each with a scrolled, padded back. The armchairs with curved arms terminating in scrolling leafs above leaf-carved scrolling legs and back sabre legs. Circa 1825.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted, dining table (Item 858)
  
  The oval top with three extensions above an apron raised on six fluted, tapering legs terminating in brass casters. In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Early to mid-19th century.
• Very fine and rare, French Louis XV period, painted and parcel gilded trumeau (Item 856)
  
  With original mercury glass, original giltwood surface, and original painting. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item 851)
  
  The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French Provincial, Louis XV period settee (Item 850)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with upholstered seat and caned back. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period buffet de chasse (dit "meuble de port Bordelaise") (Item 848)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, with rouge royale marble top above molded paneled doors with reeded center stile, interior with a belt of drawers, molded chamfered stiles, scalloped volute apron on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes. Late 18th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item 843)
  
  With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
• Very fine, French Regence style buffet a deux corps (Item 839)
  
  In solid, carved oak with a Bacchic mask centered over a molded, arched cornice and a pair of paneled doors carved with shells and delicate, scrolling foliage. 19th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item 441)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.
• Very fine, Parisian, Neoclassical period, drop-leaf banquet table (Item 828)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany. Six tapered, fluted legs ending in original casters. With original extension mechanism and four later, matching finish, 20" wide, mahogany leaves. Circa 1780.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 749)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From the Rhone Valley. Mid 18th-century.
• Fine pair of Continental, Louis XV style, red painted and parcel gilded console tables (Item 812)
  
  With white-veined, liver-colored marble tops. One of identical pair shown.
• Rare, Northern European, Gothic period refectory table (Item 811)
  
  In solid, carved oak. Circa 1525-1550.
• Louis XV period vaisselier (Item 433)
  
  In carved walnut. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item 807)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 793)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with double domed cornice. Mid-18th century fron Lyon.
• Restauration period, extending dining table (Item 638)
  
  In solid mahogany and flame mahogany veneer with fluted, tapering legs above castors. Early 19th century.
• Pair of Louis XIV style fauteuils (Item 452)
  
  In solid walnut with the "Les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers characteristic of Louis XIV furniture. One of these identical chairs was carved in the 17th century while the other was added in the 19th century to complete the pair ("fausse paire").
• French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier (Item 503)
  
  In the Rococo style. Late 19th or early 20th century. Electrified to American standard.
• Very fine, French, Regence period armoire (Item 766)
  
  In solid, carved cherry. From Rennes, Brittany. Signed "FAIT PAR IEAN BAPTIS DEPOUEZ AN 1721" ("Made by Iean Baptis Depousez in the year 1791")
• Important, French, Empire period, bronze d'ore, tole, and crystal chandelier (Lustre Argand) (Item 739)
  
  With crystal de Montcenis (predecessor to Baccarat). With original oil-burning mechanism invented by Swiss inventor François-Pierre-Ami Argand. Early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Property of a French Nobleman, Le Compte de Amxxx
• Fine, French, Regence period vaisselier (Item 784)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• Parisian, Louis XV period table a jeu (Item 757)
  
  In kingwood, ebony, and ivory veneers with cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze sabot feet. Opens to reveal a green felt poker surface. Mid-18th century.
• French, Nimoise, Regence period armoire (Item 776)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Shown here with chicken-wire. Early 18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze mounted tric-trac table (Item 775)
  
  In mahogany with mahogany, pearwood, and ebony veneers. Top chess/checkers surface reverses to reveal leather writing surface. Inside reveals inlaid backgammon surface. With drawers at each side to hold gaming pieces. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Set of four Consulat style chaises (Item 774)
  
  Crème painted and parcel gilded with Greek key motif. 19th century.
• French, Baroque period Malle (Coffre) (Item 769)
  
  Embossed leather with floral, metal studs. Late 17th century or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Chateau de Celery, Famiille Davies
• Fine, Arlesian, Louis XV period panetiere of large dimensions (Item 767)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with reverse-arbalette facade and arbalette sides. Mid 18th century.
• French, Regence period, caned canapé (Item 674)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Early 18th century.
• Renaissance style extending game table ("table a jeu") (Item 398)
  
  In solid walnut with casters and multiple inlaid playing surfaces for backgammon, checkers, chess, and a roulette wheel. 19th century from Paris.
• Fine, French, Empire commode (Item 282)
  
  In blond mahogany with dark grey granite top and all original hardware. Early 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.
• Pair of French, Regence style, carved giltwood and caned fauteuils (Item 661)
  
  One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Pair of Provençal ladder-back fauteuils (Item 753)
  
  In beechwood and elm with rush seats. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI style (Neo-Classical), bronze d'ore, lantern (Item 710)
  
  With Baccarat crystal. Late 19th century.
• French, Regence period bureau en pente (Item 667)
  
  Early 18th century and later. In solid, carved oak with legs terminating in "pied de sabots."
• French, Provençal, Louis XV style marriage bed (Item 691)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with curved footboard. Early 20th century.
• French, Provençal, Regence period canapé (Item 649)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, flame mahogany bureau plat (Item 680)
  
  19th century.
• French, Provincial, Louis XV period, walnut and caned canapé (Item 653)
  
  Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal bibliothèque (Item 642)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal armoire (Item 640)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, marriage armoire (Item 639)
  
  From Marseille. In solid carved walnut. Mid-18th century
• Normandy clock (Item 213)
  
  French, 18th century, Louis XVI period, tall case clock from Normandy. In solid oak with brass and pewter works. Signed by "Mortier."
• French, Green and gilt tole and cut glass, eight light chandelier (Item 617)
  
  Early 20th century.
• Rare, French, Neoclassical, extension dining table (Item 598)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany, a wood that has been completely deforested. With tapered, fluted legs terminating in casters. Extends with original mechanism to twenty-three feet, seating for thirty people. Late 18th century from Ile de France (region of Paris).
• French, Neoclassical, period armoire de chasse (Item 596)
  
  A very unusual form, most likely from a hunting lodge in Southwestern France. In solid, carved cherry with additional storage cabinets on either side (see photo number three), which were used to store hunting gear. Late 18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 486)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie secretary ("dos d'ane") (Item 394)
  
  Painted and gilded with black lacquer base. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 592)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gray marble top having fluted, chamfered corners and pierced bottom apron comprised of garlands, ribbons, and bows. Late 18th century.
• Regence period, Provençal, three-drawer commode (Item 553)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top and pied de biche. Early 18th century.
• Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period vaisselier from Bresse (Item 545)
  
  In solid walnut inset with elm burl panels. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Important, French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period scriban (Item 525)
  
  From the port city of Nantes. In solid, carved acacia (mimosa tree). Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period, tall-case clock ("horloge de parquet") (Item 509)
  
  Violin form in solid, carved walnut. In working condition. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Art Deco chandelier (Item 356)
  
  Bronze d'ore and crystal with garlands. Early 20th century.
• French, Louis XV period buffet deux corps (Item 492)
  
  In solid oak with chapeau de gendarme cornice above "corbeille a fleurs" carved motif. 18th century from Normandy (Paye de Caux).
• Charles X period lit de repos (Item 417)
  
  In solid walnut with four carved panels depicting dolphins supporting shields. Early 19th century.
• Louis XV, Provençal, tall case clock (Item 410)
  
  In solid black walnut with original, functioning mechanism and glass. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV style buffet deux corps (Item 407)
  
  In solid cherry. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• French, Art Nouveau, bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 404)
  
  With frosted glass iris globes. Late 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period "commode/scriban" (slant-top secretary) (Item 350)
  
  In walnut, with kingwood banding outlined with satinwood and ebony stringing. 18th century.
• Louis XV period buffet (Item 338)
  
  18th century Provençal buffet in solid cherry.
• French, Louis XV buffet deux corps (Item 321)
  
  In carved walnut from Provence having two drawers above two cabinet doors, a pull-out work table or cutting board, "chapeaux de gendarme" upper cabinet doors, and original pierced hardware. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XVI period tall case clock (Item 303)
  
  From Normandy in blond oak with brass and pewter face. Adorned with carved ribbons, bows, torcheres and urns characteristic of the Louis XVI period. 18th century.
• French, early 18th century, Regence armoire (Item 294)
  
  In carved walnut, having the "coquille" or scallop carving and pierced apron characteristic of furniture from Provence.
• French, Louis XV period ottoman (Item 281)
  
  Very rare sofa in carved giltwood having the characteristic corbeille shaped back and outward curved seat. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 142)
  
  From Bresse, solid walnut with burl elm paneled doors, original hand forged hardware, full length door hinges, with a bottom drawer and beautifully scalloped apron ending in escargot feet.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style chenets (Item 114)
  
  In bronze d'ore.
• French Provençal, Louis XVI style desk (Item 113)
  
  Carved cherry with four drawers on each side. 19th century.
• French Provincial buffet (Item 108)
  
  In solid walnut, early 18th century.
• French Provincial, Restoration period buffet (Item 76)
  
  In solid cherry, inset with elm burl panels. Early 19th century.
• French, Transition Louis XV-XVI writing desk (Item 20)
  
  Pearwood, mahogany, ebony, and rosewood parquetry. Single drawer, brass-banded edge, finished back. Circa 1780's.
• French Provincial, Louis XV buffet (Item 12)
  
  Solid walnut and elm burl, pierced key plates, three small drawers, two cabinets. Circa 1780's.

Country French

• French, Regence period, petite commode (Item 1208)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original Rouge Royale marble top. Circa 1735 from Ile de France. Stamped "Fromageau".
• French, Regence period, Provencal two-drawer commode (sauteuse) (Item 1204)
  
  Crème painted with rouge accents. With pierced bottom apron; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Circa 1725, from Aix en Provence.
• Art Nouveau period Jardiniere (planter) (Item 1191)
  
  In gilt bronze, having a rectangular shape with a stylized "Lily of the Valley" design, the whole upon four foliate legs.
  
  France, circa 1900.
• Pair of Arlesian, Louis XV style boxes (salt box - "boite a sel" and flour box - "fariniere") (Item 1187)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1900.
• French, Art Nouveau period encoignure (corner cabinet) (Item 1183)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with embossed leather panels. The central, conforming door opening to reveal three interior shelves. Ecole De Nancy, circa 1900.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat (Item 1174)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.
• Pair of French, Louis XIV period torcheres (Item 1169)
  
  In solid carved natural wood. The upper elements vigorously carved with acanthus leaves, the central columns, triangular in form, pierced and adorned with male masks, the whole resting on a tripod base having sculpted leaves, volutes and lambrequins. Circa 1670.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Sale in Versailles, Palais des Congres, Commissaire-Priseur Jean-Paul Chapelle, March 3, 1968-acquired by Georges Hereil, Paris.
  • 1981: The estate of Georges Hereil, by descent to GG.
• French Louis XIII period Deux Corps (Item 1168)
  
  In solid, carved walnut, having four elaborately sculpted doors, each one with an allegorical figure centered within a floral medallion representing the four seasons, also having a central drawer with embracing cherubs flanked by winged putti.
  
  The whole vigorously carved with foliate rinceaux design, vegetation and birds and resting on bun feet. Circa 1610-1630.
• Pair of French, Louis XV period fauteuils (Item 1150)
  
  In solid, carved and patinated beechwood. Circa 1752.
  
  Stamped: MICHEL GOURDIN
  
  Michel Gourdin was recognized as a master ébéniste in 1752. Other works by Gourdin are represented in The Met, the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
• French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps (Item 1146)
  
  In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.
  
  In the manner of Hugues Sambin.
• French, Louis XVI period, small canape (Item 1145)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Vigorously carved with neoclassical elements, the whole resting upon six spiral-turned, tapered, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780. Signed: DELAISEMENT (Nicholas DeLaisment)
• Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 979)
  
  In solid, carved walnut having cabriole legs ending in pied de biche (deer feet) and reversable top, one side (shown) with marquetry inlaid board for checkers, the other in green felt suitable for card playing. Removing the top reveals an inset, marquetry-inlaid backgammon board. The whole delicately carved. Late 18th or early 19th century from Nimes, France.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Louis XV period console (Item 1123)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Set of five French, Louis XV period fauteuils à la reine (Item 1103)
  
  In solid, carved walnut.
  
  Attributed to Pierre Nogaret, (1718-1771), recognized as a master chairmaker in Lyon, June 1745. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period bergere (Item 1094)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750.
  
  Stamped "E. MEUNIER" (Etienne Meunier)
• Late 15th century, French, Gothic period coffre (Item 1064)
  
  In solid, carved oak. The front composed of three panels carved in Gothic architectural style with arches, ribs, rosettes, and columns; the two side doors carved with large "linen folds"; having two inside shelves.
  
  In very good condition with excellent patina; circa 1480 with some 19th century modifications.
• Very fine, French, Regence period buffet de chasse (Item 934)
  
  In solid, carved oak with marble top. Circa 1715.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 1062)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original hardware and key. Mid-18th century. Nimes.
• Unusual, French vitrine table (Item 1053)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood, crème painted and parcel-gilded; having a display surface beneath hinged glass top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte (Item 1049)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood).
• Pair of French, Neoclassical style Jardinières (Item 1048)
  
  In sculpted terra cotta. 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period buffet (Item 1037)
  
  Of "galbé en arbalette" (serpentine) form in solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750 from Provence.
• Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban (Item 1033)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.
• Regence period bureau console (Item 1031)
  
  In solid cherry with original patina, having one long central drawer. Circa 1700.
• Pair of Fine, French, Louis XV style, crème painted bergere (Item 1018)
  
  Late 19th century.
• Very fine pair of French, Regence style marquises (Item 1017)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with arched, upholstered paneled backs and seats, scroll arm supports, and cabriole legs joined by stretchers and terminating in pied de biche. 19th century.
• Extraordinary Louis XV period buffet á glissant (Item 991)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From Arles, mid-18th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style, painted fauteuils (Item 1016)
  
  Highly carved with floral motifs resting upon elegantly shaped cabriole legs. Of large dimensions. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period, canapé (Item 1012)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots. Covered in silk damask. Early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau Viticole du Carcassone.
• Very fine, Regence period Table De Cabaret à Jeux (game table) (Item 1007)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with elegantly shaped cabriole legs terminating in pied de biche, gilt, tooled, and embossed leather top, four drawers (one per side), and pull-out drink holders at each corner. Circa 1715-1727.
• French, Louis XV period verrio (display cabinet) (Item 1004)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Rare, French, Louis XV period chair-back chaise longue (Item 997)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period panetiere and petrin ensemble (Item 887)
  
  In solid walnut. From Arles. 18th century.
• Rare, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 989)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century. Nimes, France.
• Very fine, Louis XV period Arlesian petrin (Item 983)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period commode (Item 974)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gilt bronze mounts. From Provence, France. 18th century.
• Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience (Item 971)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV period commode (Item 969)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with galbé façade and sides, pierced apron on the front and both sides ("traverse ajourée"). From Nimes, France. Second half of the 18th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 957)
  
  In solid, carved walnut of arbalette form with original gray marble top. From Provence. Early 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period sauteuse (Item 954)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with original bronze d'ore mounts having a pierced bottom apron ("traverse ajoulree"). From Nimes. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period panetière (Item 940)
  
  From Arles In solid, carved walnut. 18th century.
• Very fine, French provincial, Regence period secretaire en bibliotheque (Item 872)
  
  From Southwestern France bearing the "Croix de Malte" in marquetry and with chapeau de gendarme cornice and arbalette façade on the drawers of the bottom compartment. Circa 1715-1727.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV period bergeres (Item 935)
  
  In solid, carved, painted wood. Circa 1745.
• Set of Eight French, Art Nouveau period tall-back dining chairs (Item 926)
  
  In solid, carved walnut in the manner of Louis Majorelle with carved floral crest, V-shaped upholstered backsplat, and seat in red leather with brass tacks. Shaped legs with conforming floral decoration. Circa 1900.
• Very fine, French, Regence period canapé a oreilles (Item 920)
  
  En arbalette form, in solid, carved walnut with needlepoint upholstery. Circa 1725.
• Pair of fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV style fauteuils (Item 917)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with entretoises (stretchers). Late 19th century, newly upholstered.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period credence (Item 346)
  
  In carved walnut. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Fine, Louis XV, mahogany armoire (Item 904)
  
  The stepped arched cornice over a floral vine carved frieze and two arched paneled doors above a pierced C-scroll and leaf carved apron raised on leaf carved cabriole legs. From Bordeaux, France. 18th century.
• French, Rocaille period, console table (Item 670)
  
  In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French Provincial, Louis XV period settee (Item 850)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with upholstered seat and caned back. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period buffet de chasse (dit "meuble de port Bordelaise") (Item 848)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, with rouge royale marble top above molded paneled doors with reeded center stile, interior with a belt of drawers, molded chamfered stiles, scalloped volute apron on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes. Late 18th century.
• Very fine, French Regence style buffet a deux corps (Item 839)
  
  In solid, carved oak with a Bacchic mask centered over a molded, arched cornice and a pair of paneled doors carved with shells and delicate, scrolling foliage. 19th century.
• Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item 441)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 749)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. From the Rhone Valley. Mid 18th-century.
• Rare, Northern European, Gothic period refectory table (Item 811)
  
  In solid, carved oak. Circa 1525-1550.
• Louis XV period vaisselier (Item 433)
  
  In carved walnut. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item 807)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 793)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with double domed cornice. Mid-18th century fron Lyon.
• Pair of Louis XIV style fauteuils (Item 452)
  
  In solid walnut with the "Les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers characteristic of Louis XIV furniture. One of these identical chairs was carved in the 17th century while the other was added in the 19th century to complete the pair ("fausse paire").
• Very fine, French, Regence period armoire (Item 766)
  
  In solid, carved cherry. From Rennes, Brittany. Signed "FAIT PAR IEAN BAPTIS DEPOUEZ AN 1721" ("Made by Iean Baptis Depousez in the year 1791")
• Fine, French, Regence period vaisselier (Item 784)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• French, Nimoise, Regence period armoire (Item 776)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Shown here with chicken-wire. Early 18th century.
• French, Baroque period Malle (Coffre) (Item 769)
  
  Embossed leather with floral, metal studs. Late 17th century or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Chateau de Celery, Famiille Davies
• Fine, Arlesian, Louis XV period panetiere of large dimensions (Item 767)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with reverse-arbalette facade and arbalette sides. Mid 18th century.
• French, Regence period, caned canapé (Item 674)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Early 18th century.
• Pair of Provençal ladder-back fauteuils (Item 753)
  
  In beechwood and elm with rush seats. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• French, Regence period bureau en pente (Item 667)
  
  Early 18th century and later. In solid, carved oak with legs terminating in "pied de sabots."
• French, Provençal, Louis XV style marriage bed (Item 691)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with curved footboard. Early 20th century.
• French, Provençal, Regence period canapé (Item 649)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• French, Provincial, Louis XV period, walnut and caned canapé (Item 653)
  
  Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal bibliothèque (Item 642)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal armoire (Item 640)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV period, marriage armoire (Item 639)
  
  From Marseille. In solid carved walnut. Mid-18th century
• Normandy clock (Item 213)
  
  French, 18th century, Louis XVI period, tall case clock from Normandy. In solid oak with brass and pewter works. Signed by "Mortier."
• French, Neoclassical, period armoire de chasse (Item 596)
  
  A very unusual form, most likely from a hunting lodge in Southwestern France. In solid, carved cherry with additional storage cabinets on either side (see photo number three), which were used to store hunting gear. Late 18th century.
• Louis XV period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 486)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, Provençal buffet de chasse (Item 592)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with gray marble top having fluted, chamfered corners and pierced bottom apron comprised of garlands, ribbons, and bows. Late 18th century.
• Regence period, Provençal, three-drawer commode (Item 553)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with marble top and pied de biche. Early 18th century.
• Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period vaisselier from Bresse (Item 545)
  
  In solid walnut inset with elm burl panels. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Important, French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period scriban (Item 525)
  
  From the port city of Nantes. In solid, carved acacia (mimosa tree). Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period, tall-case clock ("horloge de parquet") (Item 509)
  
  Violin form in solid, carved walnut. In working condition. Third quarter of the 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period buffet deux corps (Item 492)
  
  In solid oak with chapeau de gendarme cornice above "corbeille a fleurs" carved motif. 18th century from Normandy (Paye de Caux).
• Louis XV, Provençal, tall case clock (Item 410)
  
  In solid black walnut with original, functioning mechanism and glass. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XV style buffet deux corps (Item 407)
  
  In solid cherry. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Louis XV period buffet (Item 338)
  
  18th century Provençal buffet in solid cherry.
• French, Louis XV buffet deux corps (Item 321)
  
  In carved walnut from Provence having two drawers above two cabinet doors, a pull-out work table or cutting board, "chapeaux de gendarme" upper cabinet doors, and original pierced hardware. Mid-18th century.
• Louis XVI period tall case clock (Item 303)
  
  From Normandy in blond oak with brass and pewter face. Adorned with carved ribbons, bows, torcheres and urns characteristic of the Louis XVI period. 18th century.
• French, early 18th century, Regence armoire (Item 294)
  
  In carved walnut, having the "coquille" or scallop carving and pierced apron characteristic of furniture from Provence.
• French, Louis XV period armoire (Item 142)
  
  From Bresse, solid walnut with burl elm paneled doors, original hand forged hardware, full length door hinges, with a bottom drawer and beautifully scalloped apron ending in escargot feet.
• French Provençal, Louis XVI style desk (Item 113)
  
  Carved cherry with four drawers on each side. 19th century.
• French Provincial buffet (Item 108)
  
  In solid walnut, early 18th century.
• French Provincial, Restoration period buffet (Item 76)
  
  In solid cherry, inset with elm burl panels. Early 19th century.
• French Provincial, Louis XV buffet (Item 12)
  
  Solid walnut and elm burl, pierced key plates, three small drawers, two cabinets. Circa 1780's.

French Formal

• French, Louis XVI period chaise longue (Item 1214)
  
  Crème painted with vigorously carved neoclassical elements. Circa 1780.
• French, Art Nouveau period petit deux corps (Item 1213)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with elm burl panels. From L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1900.
• French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat (Item 1212)
  
  Double face with six functioning drawers, curvilinear in form resting on four cabriole legs, the veneer done in parquetry of Tulipwood, the top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, the whole adorned with bronze dore mounts. Part re-veneered. Circa 1735.
  
  Provenance: Juan Pablo Molyneux, famous Chilean architect
• French, Regence Period console table (Item 1210)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, the whole resting on four legs terminating in hairy hooved feet, sculpted with volutes, shells and acanthus leaves. Surmounted by grey, blue Breccia marble with double bevel. Circa 1725-1730.
• Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere (Item 1209)
  
  In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825
  
  Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005
• Pair of exceptional Louis XVI period fauteuils (Item 1147)
  
  In solid carved mahogany with giltwood accents, the front aprons inspired by the designs of Georges Jacob, the armrests adorned with mufles de lion (lion masks) in the manner of Jacob Frères (Georges Jacob's sons), and having unusual tapered and sprial-fluted back sabre legs.
  
  Late 18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, console (Item 1207)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Bleu Turquin marble top. Circa 1780. In the manner of Henri Jacob.
• Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces (Item 1206)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, bronze-mounted commode (Item 1205)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany and Cuban mahogany veneer having two central drawers flanked by side compartments; the whole resting upon four tapered and fluted legs. With original white marble top. Circa 1780.
  
  Signed: N. Petit
• French, Louis XV period, bureau de pente (Item 1202)
  
  In palissandre de Rio (Brazilian rosewood) with bronze d'ore mounts, the whole resting upon cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Slant front opens to reveal a leather writing surface and five drawers. Circa 1750.
  
  Attributed to Jean Lapie.
  
  Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, NY, November 11, 2000, Lot 171
• French, Baroque Period embroidered needlework panel (Item 1201)
  
  Probably depicting Saint Cyr, within a Regence style giltwood frame. Late 17th or early 18th century.
  
  Provenance: Collection de la Tour d'Argent, Paris.
• French Regence period commode scriban (Item 1197)
  
  In solid walnut and walnut veneer adorned with bronze d'ore mounts; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore sabots.
  
  Circa 1730.
• Pair of Louis XVI, Ormolu-Mounted, Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt, Velvet Upholstered Fauteuils à la Reine (Item 1195)
  
  One with the initials 'M G' in white paint; both with illegible names in pencil on the inside of the chair rail.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XVI period Bergere (Item 1194)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood vigorously carved in neoclassical motifs (guilloches, acanthus leaves); the backrest having two fluted and detached columns; the whole resting upon spiral, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780, Paris.
  
  Stamped: Louis Charles Carpentier
• French, Regence period tabouret (Item 1193)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pied de biche ("deer feet"). Covered with 18th centry tapestry. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Gallery Perrin (Paris)
• Exceptional cache pot Sèvres (Item 1192)
  
  In Sèvres porcelain and bronze d'ore.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: In original, silk-lined box indicating it was sold by "JANETTI PADRE & FIGLI TORINO UN EMPORIO ITALIEN"
• Art Nouveau period Jardiniere (planter) (Item 1191)
  
  In gilt bronze, having a rectangular shape with a stylized "Lily of the Valley" design, the whole upon four foliate legs.
  
  France, circa 1900.
• Faunesse With Child And Bacchus, Late 19th century bronze group Signed Clodion (Item 1189)
  
  Large French bronze sculpture representing a faunesse (female faun) holding her baby on her knees, and Bacchus playing at their feet, a well known model by Clodion. The faun and her child are girded with vine leaves and the child holds out a cup to Bacchus. In exchange, Bacchus lying on a bed of vine branches gives him a bunch of grapes. The thyrsus, symbol of Bacchus, lies on the bed of foliage. All the attributes of Bacchus are present in this magnificent composition by Clodion, whose quality of carving is matched only by the depth of its patina. A cherry red marble base supports this remarkable mythological group.
  
  Signed “CLODION” on the back (Claude Michel, known as Clodion (1738-1814). Circa 1850-1860
  
  Provenance: From the collection of Charles Auzoux (1836-1922)
• 19th century allegorical bronze entitled "La Genie du Travail" (The Genius of Work) (Item 1188)
  
  Signed "E. Picault" (Émile Louis Picault).
  
  Picault's work can be seen in museums in Chambéry (Le Semeur d'idées), Clermont-Ferrand (Hébé), Maubeuge (Le devoir, Honor patria), and Troyes (La famille, joies et peines).
• French, Empire style, gilt bronze chandelier (Item 1186)
  
  Having six arms, each with a bronze cast of a female bust, surrounding a blue ceramic center column; the whole surmounted by a torchiere.
  
  Second half of the 19th century. In the manner of François Rémond.
• French, Art Nouveau period encoignure (corner cabinet) (Item 1183)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with embossed leather panels. The central, conforming door opening to reveal three interior shelves. Ecole De Nancy, circa 1900.
• French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console (Item 1132)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with pierced central cartouche resting upon four cabriole legs and having original, Breche d'Alep marble top. From Provence, circa 1760.
• Exceptional French, Louis XV period commode a portes (Item 1179)
  
  Of galbe form on three sides, the whole comprised of Brazilian rosewood and other exotic, marquetry inlayed woods. Having original veined marble, bronze d'ore mounts, locks, and keys. 18th century.
  
  Attributed to ébéniste du roi (royal cabinet maker) Gilles Joubert (1689 - 1775).
• Pair of French, Regence period consoles murales (hanging bracket consoles) (Item 1178)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching mirror-trumeau item 1177.
• French, Regence period mirror-trumeau (Item 1177)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with parcloses having the original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa 1720.
  
  Originally created with a matching pair of consoles murales item 1178 (hanging bracket consoles).
• Rare, French, Art Nouveau period side table (meuble d'entre deux) (Item 1176)
  
  In solid, carved walnut inset with birdseye maple panels. Circa 1900. Attributed to Eugène Gaillard.
• Set of twelve French, Neoclassical style dining chairs (Item 1175)
  
  Painted and parcel gilded. Richly sculpted in a guilloché pattern resting upon tapered and fluted legs. 19th century.
  
  A similar example is currently on display at Muse´e des Arts De´coratifs in Paris.
• Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat (Item 1174)
  
  In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.
• Pair of French, Faience, covered jars (pilgrim flasks) (Item 1170)
  
  Each one depicting cherubs blowing horns and riding fantastical beasts on a blue background. The sides flanked by rams head masks. Nevers, France. 19th century.
  
  Signed: Antoine Montagnon
• Pair of French, Louis XIV period torcheres (Item 1169)
  
  In solid carved natural wood. The upper elements vigorously carved with acanthus leaves, the central columns, triangular in form, pierced and adorned with male masks, the whole resting on a tripod base having sculpted leaves, volutes and lambrequins. Circa 1670.
  
  Provenance:
  
  • Sale in Versailles, Palais des Congres, Commissaire-Priseur Jean-Paul Chapelle, March 3, 1968-acquired by Georges Hereil, Paris.
  • 1981: The estate of Georges Hereil, by descent to GG.
• Large, Important, French cache pot (Item 1167)
  
  Manufactured by the royal porcelain maker, Sèvres, in painted and gilded porcelain with gilt bronze mounts for the last French King, Louis Phillippe (r. 1830-1848).
  
  The interior bears two stamps, the first having the King's monogram (LP) and the date (1844), and the other bearing the mark for "Château des tuileries", the royal residence where the piece was to be displayed.
• French, Louis XV style, marquetry-inlaid bureau de pente (Item 1166)
  
  Inlaid with a combination of exotic woods, including walnut, Brazilian rosewood, satinwood, and birdseye maple; having a fall-front, which opens to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers; the whole resting upon four cabriole legs with bronze d'ore ornament.
  
  In the manner of Hache (Grenoble, France). 19th century.
• Pair of Northern European, Louis XV period, tabourets (Item 1165)
  
  In solid carved giltwood; each one elaborately carved with seashells and acanthus leaves, the cabriole legs ending in escargot feet.
  
  Circa 1740.
• French, Art Nouveau period, giltwood and composition mirror (Item 1160)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1890.
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt-bronze Bouillotte lamp (Item 1159)
  
  Having three lights with ram's head motif and pierced base. Circa 1900.
• French, Louis XVI period, adjustable, marquetry-inlaid pedestal table (Item 1158)
  
  Having two tiers, each with pierced, bronze d'ore gallery. Functioning mechanism allows the top tier to be raised.
  
  Stamped: JF LAPIE (Jean-François LAPIE) Master in 1763
  
  Late 18th century.
• Pair of Restauration period gilt-bronze and patinated bronze sconces (Item 1156)
  
  Each having two lights with winged putti holding cornucopia. Circa 1830. Not pierced (not electrified).
• French, Art Nouveau period grand vase aux clématites (Item 1154)
  
  Signed Emile Gallé (1846-1904). Early 20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style lamp (Item 1153)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze with a winged putto (cherub) holding two candelabra above a square plinth base elaborately cast in bronze d'ore.
  
  Attributed to Henri Picard, who was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. Picard worked on Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre Palace.
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
  
• French, Louis XVI period demi-lune console (Item 1152)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with Carrara marble top. Circa 1780.
• Pair of French, Regence period fauteuils a la Reine (Item 1151)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• Pair of French, Louis XV period fauteuils (Item 1150)
  
  In solid, carved and patinated beechwood. Circa 1752.
  
  Stamped: MICHEL GOURDIN
  
  Michel Gourdin was recognized as a master ébéniste in 1752. Other works by Gourdin are represented in The Met, the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
• French, Regence period miroir à parecloses (Item 1149)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1725.
• French, Louis XV period petite canapé corbeille (Item 1148)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, small canape (Item 1145)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood. Vigorously carved with neoclassical elements, the whole resting upon six spiral-turned, tapered, fluted legs.
  
  Circa 1780. Signed: DELAISEMENT (Nicholas DeLaisment)
• French, Louis XV period, giltwood canape (Item 1141)
  
  With exhuberantly-carved, sepentine frame, quintessential Louis XV motifs including seashells, acanthus leaves, and foliage, having three seats upholstered in floral-patterned, silk damask, the whole resting upon eight cabriole legs.
  
  Mid-18th century, attributed to Louis Cresson.
• Ancient Canosan funerary vase (Item 1140)
  
  In painted terra cotta in the form of a sculpted female figure serving as a handle above a highly stylized head surrounded by leaf petals and centered with a floral emblem.
  
  From Canosa (part of Magna Graecia, ancient Greece, now part of Italy). Fourth Century BCE
• French, Louis XVI style, gilt bronze and alabaster mantle clock (Item 1139)
  
  Delicately cast bronze, crowned with two seated cherubim, one holding grapes and the other a triangle; the clock's face surmounted by a Bacchic mask, flanked by ram's heads and ornamental, flowering trees; the whole mercury gilded and liberally adorned with acanthus leaves and resting upon an alabaster base and highly stylized, toupee feet.
  
  First half of the 19th century.
• French, Louis XV style correspondence box (Item 1137)
  
  Embossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century.
• Directoire period fan and conforming giltwood frame (Item 1136)
  
  Paper painted in the "Gouache" technique with gilded accents. Circa 1790.
• Pair of French, Regence style sconces (Item 1133)
  
  In solid, gilt bronze, in the form of stylized cherubim, each having two lights. Circa 1850.
• French, Art Nouveau period fire fender (Item 1131)
  
  In hand-forged wrought iron and brass, in the form of a butterfly, adorned with roses and leaves. Could also function as an umbrella stand ("porte parapluie"). Early 20th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés (Item 1128)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. One of the period (mid-18th century), the other later (19th century). Each having six legs elegantly carved with shells, acanthus leaves, and pomegranates.
  
  Created for le Château de Dampierre, a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
• Louis XV period console (Item 1123)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Pair of large, Baroque (Louis XIV) style torcheres (Item 1122)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Of balluster form decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and grotesques (male figured masks). Inscribed "LA MARECHALERIE (...)/Avenue (...) PARIS FRANCE" 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, marquetry-inlaid commode (Item 1116)
  
  In rosewood and amaranth having three central drawers with two side compartments. With original red marble top from Flanders (modern-day Belgium). Late 18th century.
  
  Stamped E.AVRIL Maître en 1774 (Etienne Avril, master in 1774)
• French, Restauration period chandelier ("lustre d'alcove") (Item 1115)
  
  Of small dimensions having five arms. In solid, gilt bronze. Circa 1835.
• Pair of French, Empire period, bronze d'ore candelabra (Item 1111)
  
  In patinated and gilt bronze.
  
  Circa 1810.
• French, Louis XIV period giltwood mirror (Item 1110)
  
  With parcloses. Circa 1720.
• French, Louis XV style, barometer and thermometer set of large dimensions (Item 1107)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. The barometer signed Torricelli, the thermometer signed Réaumur. 19th century.
• Set of five French, Louis XV period fauteuils à la reine (Item 1103)
  
  In solid, carved walnut.
  
  Attributed to Pierre Nogaret, (1718-1771), recognized as a master chairmaker in Lyon, June 1745. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period, floral marquetry inlaid commode (Item 1101)
  
  Of bombé form with unusual three-drawer construction, inlaid in floral marquetry, the whole resting upon four cabriole legs terminating in bronze sabot feet. Mid-18th century.
  
  Signed "N.PETIT" (Nicolas Petit, Master in 1761 was a great Parisian cabinetmaker. Established rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine under the sign "In the Name of Jesus", in his 30 years as a master he established a lasting reputation. His career began with very refined dressers of bombé form in the Louis XV style, secretaries, desks, small tables, many finely decorated with blooming branches.)
• Louis XVI-style Mahogany and Brass-inlaid Game Table (Item 1098)
  
  With removable rectangular top above hinged surface opening to reveal slide-out baize game board surface with French inscriptions and hidden well with miniature roulette wheel and compartments with dominoes and game pieces, all of which remove for backgammon surface below, on turned and reeded supports with caster feet.
  
  Brass inlaid is lifting and needs securing on top. Removable top opens to baize surface, some light abrasions and surface grime, interior underneath with game piece compartments and wheel which have minor nicks, light abrasions. Legs have repairs, one appears a bit wobbly. Has some game pieces, probably not complete.
  
  20th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, bronze d'ore gueridon (end table) (Item 1097)
  
  With painted marble top, the design inspired by the original paintings of François Boucher, with tripod base centered by an urn. 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI style bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 1095)
  
  Having six arms extending from a central stem ornamented with flowers, the whole surmounted by a crown. 19th century.
• French, Louis XV period bergere (Item 1094)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1750.
  
  Stamped "E. MEUNIER" (Etienne Meunier)
• French, Louis XV period cartel d'alcove (Item 1093)
  
  Mercury-gilded of Rocaille form. Paris, circa 1750.
• French, Restauration period mantle clock (Item 1082)
  
  Of large scale, in gilt and patinated bronze; Flora, a minor Roman goddess of spring, flowering crops, and sex sits atop the whole, her foot resting upon a seashell as she holds a cornucopia in one hand and an olive branch in the other; the base chased with a frieze of infant musicians.
  
  Circa 1814-1822.
• French, Louis XIV period marquetry commode of small dimensions (Item 1087)
  
  In rosewood having three drawers and original Brèche de Médicis marble. From Paris, France. Late 17th century.
• French, Louis XVI period, marquetry-inlaid secretaire abattant (Item 1085)
  
  In rosewood, walnut, and satinwood; having original marble top in gray with white veining; the fall-front opening to reveal a writing surface and interior drawers. Late 18th century. Bearing the signature of Jean Laurent Cosson ("COSSON").
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror (Item 1030)
  
  In solid carved giltwood with parcloses. With original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. Circa: 1735.
• Very fine, Empire style, gilt-bronze, sixteen light chandelier of large dimension (Item 881)
  
  Hand-chased. 19th century.
• French Régence giltwood table with nero antico marble top (Item 1078)
  
  The shaped rectangular top above diaper-carved frieze centered by a shell-form cartouche, the four diaper-carved legs with shell-carved knees terminating in hoof feet and united by X-form stretcher. From L'ile de France, circa 1725.
• Pair of very fine and rare French, Louis XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item 840)
  
  Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown)
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror a parcloses (Item 977)
  
  In solid giltwood vigorously carved with flowers and acanthus leaves; the upper pierced cartouche centered by a winged dragon. Circa 1735.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie commode (Item 970)
  
  Of bombé form in black lacquer with original gilt bronze mounts and original rose de Brignoles marble top. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Pair of very fine Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension (Item 922)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1780. Stamped "P H Poire JME" (Philippe Poirié, who was named Maître Ébéniste in 1765).
  
  Poirié produced seating in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. While his Louis XV items were considered ordinary, his Louis XVI production was considered brilliant. His works are displayed in the Musee du Louvre, Musee de Beauvais, and Musee de Cognac-Jay.
  
  
• French globe of large dimensions on ebonized and gilded metal stand (Item 818)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• Very fine, Empire period chandelier (Item 1077)
  
  In gilt bronze and patinated bronze, elaborately chased with ten arms, ornamented with winged angels crowned with laurel leaves, acanthus leaf corona, pinecone finial, and five chains adorned with acanthus leaves and grapes. Circa 1810.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console table (Item 1076)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood; of Rocaille form with arbalette front, cabriole legs, acanthus ornament, original, Breche marble top, and upper and lower cartouche (pierced shell aprons). Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style chandelier (Item 1072)
  
  In bronze d'ore with six lights. Circa 1870-1880.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV style sconces (Item 1071)
  
  Of Rocaille form in bronze d'ore. Circa 1860.
• Rare, French, Regence period, gilt-bronze mounted game table (tric-trac table) (Item 1068)
  
  Having rosewood veneers; with a reversible, gilt, embossed leather top, the reverse inlaid with an ebony and ivory chess board; the inside opening to reveal a recessed backgammon surface; having one drawer and two original candleholders. Circa 1725.
  
  Provenance: Attributed to Pierre Migeon
• Pair of fine, Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel gilded fauteuils (Item 1066)
  
  Of large dimensions with rounded backs draped with acanthus leaves, having Greek key apron and arms terminating in acanthus leaf carving; the front legs tapered and fluted, the rear legs of sabre form. Circa 1800.
• Exceptional, French, Neoclassical period commode (Item 1065)
  
  Of demi-lune form having acajou moucheté (plum pudding mahogany) veneers and original hand-beveled marble top; having three central drawers, each one framed with bronze ornament and two functioning side compartments with hinged doors. Circa 1780.
  
  Stamped F. REIZELL twice to top and G. KEMP once to top.
  
  François Reizell was a German ébéniste who established his workshop on the faubourg Saint-Antoine. In 1770 he moved to the rue des Saints-Pères. His principal client was the prince de Condé for whom he supplied pieces at the Palais Bourbon and for the country houses at Chantilly and Villegenis.
  
  Guillaume Kemp, maître in 1764.
• Exceptional, French, Louis XV style marble fireplace surround (Item 1063)
  
  With original cast iron and gilt brass insert and original hearth. Early 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV style, black lacquer (chinoiserie) bureauplat (Item 1061)
  
  With bronze d'ore mounts and original gilt, embossed leather blotter. Mid-19th century.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 1060)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top.
• Very fine, French, Regence period mirror a parcloses (Item 1057)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having original mercury glass and original gilding; the pediment ajouré (pierced). Circa 1720.
• Very fine, Louis XVI period bureauplat (Item 1055)
  
  In Cuban mahogany with gilt bronze mounts, having tapered and fluted legs. Bearing the signature of "Jean Laurent COSSON." Late 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period marquetry commode (Item 1054)
  
  Of serpentine form with gilt bronze mounts and original Rouge Royale marble top. Stamped "I.C. SAUNIER".
• Unusual, French vitrine table (Item 1053)
  
  In solid, carved beechwood, crème painted and parcel-gilded; having a display surface beneath hinged glass top. 19th century.
• Fine, Venetian, Baroque period overmantle mirror (Item 1052)
  
  Crème painted and parcel-gilded. With original mercury glass. Early 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style, bouillotte table (Item 1050)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze gallery and Gris St. Anne marble top. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte (Item 1049)
  
  In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood).
• Pair of French, Neoclassical style Jardinières (Item 1048)
  
  In sculpted terra cotta. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XVI style crème painted console table (Item 1047)
  
  With six tapered, spiral-turned legs, each surmounted by an ionic capital, and Carrara marble top. Mid-19th century.
• French, Directoire style paravent (Item 1046)
  
  Oil on canvas. Late 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period painted bed (Item 1043)
  
  The sides carved with Vitruvian scroll bands over a conforming leather upholstered panel flanked by square bellflower carved stop fluted stiles headed by paterae surmounted by foliate finials and raised on stop fluted tapered legs joined by rectangular leather upholstered rails carved with palmettes. Circa 1780.
• Fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period parquetry commode (Item 1040)
  
  Having three drawers adorned with bronze d'ore mounts, each drawer outlined with string-banded inlay. Having original gray Saint Anne marble top. Circa 1770.
• Louis XV style, giltwood and gilt gesso pier mirror of large dimensions (Item 1026)
  
  With original beveled glass. Circa 1880.
• Very fine, Neoclassical style Guéridon (Item 1024)
  
  In cast iron with "bleu turquin" marble top. Circa 1860-1870.
• Rare, Alsacian, Louis XVI period bureau a cylindre (Item 1021)
  
  In walnut and other exotic woods; having marquetry and parquetry inlay and original brass mounts. Last quarter of the 18th century.
• Very fine, French, Charles X style, bronze d'ore and cut crystal chandelier (Item 1020)
  
  Second half of the 19th century.
• Very fine pair of French, Regence style marquises (Item 1017)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with arched, upholstered paneled backs and seats, scroll arm supports, and cabriole legs joined by stretchers and terminating in pied de biche. 19th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style, painted fauteuils (Item 1016)
  
  Highly carved with floral motifs resting upon elegantly shaped cabriole legs. Of large dimensions. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style fireplace surround (Item 1015)
  
  In solid, carved Carrara marble. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style tric-trac table (Item 984)
  
  One side of reversible top having a chess board, the other a green, felt card surface, the whole resting on cabriole legs. The interior with ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. In rosewood with gilt bronze mounts. Paris, circa 1880.
• Very fine, Louis XV period console table (Item 1011)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original marble top. Mid-18th century.
• Very Fine, French, Early Louis XV Period console table (Item 1010)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Rouge Royal marble top. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, Regence period Table De Cabaret à Jeux (game table) (Item 1007)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with elegantly shaped cabriole legs terminating in pied de biche, gilt, tooled, and embossed leather top, four drawers (one per side), and pull-out drink holders at each corner. Circa 1715-1727.
• Very fine, early Louis XV period overmantle mirror (Item 1003)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1735-1740.
• Pair of fine, Louis XVI style, painted and parcel-gilded fauteuils (Item 1000)
  
  Late 19th or early 20th century.
• French, Louis XV style firescreen (Item 998)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.
• Very fine, French, Regence style mirror (Item 996)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Second half of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• French, Neoclassical style bouillote table (Item 995)
  
  In mahogany with brass banding and gilt brass pierced gallery. Late 19th century.
• Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen (Item 994)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
  
  La Famille Terray.
• Very fine, French, Regence period commode (Item 980)
  
  From Paris. Circa 1735. Stamped "L. DELAITRE" (Louis Delaitre, master 1738).
• Fine, French, Louis XIV period commode (Item 978)
  
  Rosewood veneer with four drawers adorned with banded brass inlay and gilt bronze mounts. With original marble top. Circa 1700-1720.
• Very fine and Rare French, Louis XVI period console (Item 963)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood having four tapered, fluted legs; adorned with garlands, bows, and rosettes; with original marble top and giltwood surface. Circa 1780. Stamped PILLOT.
• Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console (Item 960)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.
• Very fine, French, Louis XV period console (Item 958)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original Brèche violet marble top; bottom stretcher having having four legs centered by a vigorously carved floral bouquet. Circa 1750.
• Pair of fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console tables (Item 946)
  
  In solid carved giltwood, each having an upper cartouche pierced with roses and lower cartouche centered with corbeille a fleurs (basket of flowers), the whole vigorously carved in guilloche (repeating, interlocking circles) motif, having volutes (scrolls) and acanthus leaves. With Breche marble tops in beige with rose veining. Circa 1765.
• Very Fine, French, Regence period mirror (Item 939)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Circa 1725. (Shown here over French, 18th century, carved sauteuse.)
• Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat (Item 937)
  
  In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830.
• Pair of very fine, French, Louis XV period bergeres (Item 935)
  
  In solid, carved, painted wood. Circa 1745.
• Napoleon III wool carpet gros point (Item 930)
  
  In dark red and beige, decorated with garlands of flowers and oval center medaillon. Fabric lined. Circa 1850.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period, brass mounted console desserte (Item 927)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Of demi-lune form with three functioning drawers and original hardware. Circa 1780. Stamped "E. AVRIL JME".
  
  (Etienne Avril, Master 1774, was a principle supplier of furniture to Marie Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud.)
• Set of Eight French, Art Nouveau period tall-back dining chairs (Item 926)
  
  In solid, carved walnut in the manner of Louis Majorelle with carved floral crest, V-shaped upholstered backsplat, and seat in red leather with brass tacks. Shaped legs with conforming floral decoration. Circa 1900.
• Fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie sauteuse sans traverse (two drawer commode) (Item 924)
  
  In black lacquer, gilt-bronze mounted, painted and parcel-gilded; in the bombé form with veined marble top. 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Regence period canapé a oreilles (Item 920)
  
  En arbalette form, in solid, carved walnut with needlepoint upholstery. Circa 1725.
• Set of ten French, Louis XVI style, giltwood, lyre-back dining chairs (Item 684)
  
  Newly upholstered. 19th century.
• Fine, French, Napoleon III period, black lacquer, gilt bronze, and incised gilt brass table a jeu (game table) (Item 813)
  
  Opens to reveal original felt playing surface. Circa 1860.
  
  Provenance: estate of Mexican film star Maria Felix.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period canapé (Item 123)
  
  With original painted surface. Stamped "Pillot." Circa 1780.
• Fine French Empire style bronze d'ore and crystal chandelier (Item 906)
  
  With fifteen arms. Second half of the 19th century.
• Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils (Item 862)
  
  Each with foliate carved, channelled frame and carved, giltwood entertrotoise (stretchers). Legs terminating in pied de sabots. Each chair applied with a paper label to the underside:
  
  CALIFORNIA PALACE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOR, 21, LINCOLN PARK, SAN FRANCISCO/1958.54/armchair, wood carved, gesso and gilt; upholstered in silk and wool petit-point embroidery/France, style of about 1710/Lent by the W.H. Crocker Estate and with a stencilled label GUERDE/doreur encadreur/45 rue de Bourgogne 45/Paris/meubles batiment a cadres dor/aes Noir met imitation d'…./eatt/aemiation et oxidisation de 10r.
  
  One of six matching chairs shown. 19th century.
  
  Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958
• Pair of French, Louis XIV style fauteuils a la Reine (Item 835)
  
  In solid, carved walnut with les os de moutons stretchers, arched back, and foliate scrolled arms. One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• Pair of very fine, rare, late Louis XVI polychrome decorated doors within a door surround (Item 897)
  
  The pair of paneled doors decorated with antheniennes on pedestals surrounded by polychrome Vitruvian scrolled vines and feathers within a carved egg and dart and bead carved frame; the overdoor panel with similar decoration within a grapevine carved door surround with a scrolled leaf border. Probably Provence. Late 18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period mirror (Item 878)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes, Provence. Mid-18th century.
• Very fine, French, Louix XV period, giltwood console table (Item 876)
  
  Mid-18th century. Possibly Lyon.
• Fine, Napoleon III period, giltwood canapé of large dimensions (meuble de chateau) (Item 871)
  
  In solid, carved giltwood with five cushions in silk damask and two étiquettes (tags) bearing the inscription "PONTOI/ … JUILLET/1872." 19th century.
• Set of twelve, fine, French Restauration, painted and parcel-gilded chairs (Item 860)
  
  Comprising six armchairs and six side chairs, each with a scrolled, padded back. The armchairs with curved arms terminating in scrolling leafs above leaf-carved scrolling legs and back sabre legs. Circa 1825.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted, dining table (Item 858)
  
  The oval top with three extensions above an apron raised on six fluted, tapering legs terminating in brass casters. In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Early to mid-19th century.
• Very fine and rare, French Louis XV period, painted and parcel gilded trumeau (Item 856)
  
  With original mercury glass, original giltwood surface, and original painting. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item 851)
  
  The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century.
• Fine, French, Louis XV period buffet de chasse (dit "meuble de port Bordelaise") (Item 848)
  
  In solid, carved mahogany, with rouge royale marble top above molded paneled doors with reeded center stile, interior with a belt of drawers, molded chamfered stiles, scalloped volute apron on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes. Late 18th century.
• Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item 843)
  
  With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
• Very fine, French Regence style buffet a deux corps (Item 839)
  
  In solid, carved oak with a Bacchic mask centered over a molded, arched cornice and a pair of paneled doors carved with shells and delicate, scrolling foliage. 19th century.
• Very fine, Parisian, Neoclassical period, drop-leaf banquet table (Item 828)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany. Six tapered, fluted legs ending in original casters. With original extension mechanism and four later, matching finish, 20" wide, mahogany leaves. Circa 1780.
• Fine pair of Continental, Louis XV style, red painted and parcel gilded console tables (Item 812)
  
  With white-veined, liver-colored marble tops. One of identical pair shown.
• French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item 807)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century.
• Restauration period, extending dining table (Item 638)
  
  In solid mahogany and flame mahogany veneer with fluted, tapering legs above castors. Early 19th century.
• Pair of Louis XIV style fauteuils (Item 452)
  
  In solid walnut with the "Les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers characteristic of Louis XIV furniture. One of these identical chairs was carved in the 17th century while the other was added in the 19th century to complete the pair ("fausse paire").
• French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier (Item 503)
  
  In the Rococo style. Late 19th or early 20th century. Electrified to American standard.
• Very fine, French, Regence period armoire (Item 766)
  
  In solid, carved cherry. From Rennes, Brittany. Signed "FAIT PAR IEAN BAPTIS DEPOUEZ AN 1721" ("Made by Iean Baptis Depousez in the year 1791")
• Important, French, Empire period, bronze d'ore, tole, and crystal chandelier (Lustre Argand) (Item 739)
  
  With crystal de Montcenis (predecessor to Baccarat). With original oil-burning mechanism invented by Swiss inventor François-Pierre-Ami Argand. Early 19th century.
  
  Provenance: Property of a French Nobleman, Le Compte de Amxxx
• Parisian, Louis XV period table a jeu (Item 757)
  
  In kingwood, ebony, and ivory veneers with cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze sabot feet. Opens to reveal a green felt poker surface. Mid-18th century.
• French, Louis XV style, bronze mounted tric-trac table (Item 775)
  
  In mahogany with mahogany, pearwood, and ebony veneers. Top chess/checkers surface reverses to reveal leather writing surface. Inside reveals inlaid backgammon surface. With drawers at each side to hold gaming pieces. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Set of four Consulat style chaises (Item 774)
  
  Crème painted and parcel gilded with Greek key motif. 19th century.
• Renaissance style extending game table ("table a jeu") (Item 398)
  
  In solid walnut with casters and multiple inlaid playing surfaces for backgammon, checkers, chess, and a roulette wheel. 19th century from Paris.
• Fine, French, Empire commode (Item 282)
  
  In blond mahogany with dark grey granite top and all original hardware. Early 19th century.
• Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item 759)
  
  In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century.
• Pair of French, Regence style, carved giltwood and caned fauteuils (Item 661)
  
  One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI style (Neo-Classical), bronze d'ore, lantern (Item 710)
  
  With Baccarat crystal. Late 19th century.
• French, Provençal, Regence period canapé (Item 649)
  
  In solid, carved walnut. Early 18th century.
• French, Neoclassical style, flame mahogany bureau plat (Item 680)
  
  19th century.
• French, Green and gilt tole and cut glass, eight light chandelier (Item 617)
  
  Early 20th century.
• Rare, French, Neoclassical, extension dining table (Item 598)
  
  In solid Cuban mahogany, a wood that has been completely deforested. With tapered, fluted legs terminating in casters. Extends with original mechanism to twenty-three feet, seating for thirty people. Late 18th century from Ile de France (region of Paris).
• Louis XV style, chinoiserie secretary ("dos d'ane") (Item 394)
  
  Painted and gilded with black lacquer base. Late 18th or early 19th century.
• Important, French, Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period scriban (Item 525)
  
  From the port city of Nantes. In solid, carved acacia (mimosa tree). Third quarter of the 18th century.
• Art Deco chandelier (Item 356)
  
  Bronze d'ore and crystal with garlands. Early 20th century.
• Charles X period lit de repos (Item 417)
  
  In solid walnut with four carved panels depicting dolphins supporting shields. Early 19th century.
• French, Art Nouveau, bronze d'ore chandelier (Item 404)
  
  With frosted glass iris globes. Late 19th century.
• French, Louis XVI period "commode/scriban" (slant-top secretary) (Item 350)
  
  In walnut, with kingwood banding outlined with satinwood and ebony stringing. 18th century.
• French, Louis XV period ottoman (Item 281)
  
  Very rare sofa in carved giltwood having the characteristic corbeille shaped back and outward curved seat. 18th century.
• Pair of French, Louis XV style chenets (Item 114)
  
  In bronze d'ore.
• French, Transition Louis XV-XVI writing desk (Item 20)
  
  Pearwood, mahogany, ebony, and rosewood parquetry. Single drawer, brass-banded edge, finished back. Circa 1780's.