les os de mouton

Literally "Sheep's horn," this term refers to sinuous stretchers that are a quintessential element of Louis XIV furniture.

Antiques From Our Gallery

Item No. 1213 French, Art Nouveau period petit deux corps In solid, carved walnut inset with elm burl panels. From L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1900. 81½" high by 42¾" wide by 20½" deep

Item No. 1147 Pair of exceptional Louis XVI period fauteuils 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. 36½" high by 23½" wide

Item No. 1208 French, Regence period, petite commode In solid, carved walnut with original Rouge Royale marble top. Circa 1735 from Ile de France. Stamped "Fromageau". 32" wide

Item No. 1204 French, Regence period, Provencal two-drawer commode (sauteuse) 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. 46" wide by 35" high by 25" deep

Item No. 1202 French, Louis XV period, bureau de pente 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 39½" wide by 38" high by 17½" deep

Item No. 1201 French, Baroque Period embroidered needlework panel Probably depicting Saint Cyr, within a Regence style giltwood frame. Late 17th or early 18th century. Provenance: Collection de la Tour d'Argent, Paris. 40" high by 37" wide

Item No. 1183 French, Art Nouveau period encoignure (corner cabinet) In solid, carved walnut inset with embossed leather panels. The central, conforming door opening to reveal three interior shelves. Ecole De Nancy, circa 1900.

Item No. 1175 Set of twelve French, Neoclassical style dining chairs 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 Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. 37" high by 20" wide by 18½" deep

Item No. 1174 Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat 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.

Item No. 1169 Pair of French, Louis XIV period torcheres 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. 66" high

Item No. 979 Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table 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.

Item No. 1128 Pair of French, Louis XV style canapés 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. 45" wide by 35" high

Item No. 1123 Louis XV period console In solid, carved beechwood with original rouge de Languedoc marble top. Mid-18th century. 55" wide by 24" deep by 33¾" high

Item No. 1108 Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, polychrome-painted wood sarcophagus panel 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. 43¾" high

Item No. 838 Italian, Rococo period, walnut console With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century. 60" wide by 35" high by 26½" deep

Item No. 950 Italian, Regence Period, gilt and polychrome-painted six-panel screen 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. 109" high by 168" wide

Item No. 934 Very fine, French, Regence period buffet de chasse In solid, carved oak with marble top. Circa 1715. 42½" high by 61" wide by 21½" deep

Item No. 1078 French Régence giltwood table with nero antico marble top 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. 31½" high by 44" wide by 23" deep

Item No. 970 Very fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie commode Of bombé form in black lacquer with original gilt bronze mounts and original rose de Brignoles marble top. Late 18th or early 19th century. 50½" wide by 35½" high by 25½" deep

Item No. 922 Pair of very fine Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension 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. 40" high by 27½" wide by 22½" deep