pied de biche

Deer feet, typically found at the base of cabriole legs in Regence and Louis XV furniture. (c.f. pied de sabots)

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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. 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. 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. 1193 French, Regence period tabouret In solid, carved giltwood with pied de biche ("deer feet"). Covered with 18th centry tapestry. Circa 1725. Provenance: Gallery Perrin (Paris) 9¾" high by 22½" wide by 19¼" deep

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. 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. 1166 French, Louis XV style, marquetry-inlaid bureau de pente 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. 38¾" wide by 34¼" tall by 19½" deep

Item No. 1137 French, Louis XV style correspondence box Embossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century. 12¼" high by 7" wide by 7" deep

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. 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. 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. 1067 Fine, Northern Italian, painted and parcel gilded table de milieu 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. 33¼" high by 51½" wide by 28¼" deep

Item No. 1049 Fine, French, Louis XVI period console desserte In solid mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts and Gris St. Anne marble top. Circa 1780. Probably Bordeaux ("meuble de port" - imported wood). 52" long by 20" wide by 34" high

Item No. 1017 Very fine pair of French, Regence style marquises 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. 47½" high by 37" wide by 24" deep (seat depth)

Item No. 835 Pair of French, Louis XIV style fauteuils a la Reine In solid, carved walnut with les os de moutons stretchers, arched back, and foliate scrolled arms. One of identical pair shown. 19th century. 46½" high (at back) by 26" wide

Item No. 670 French, Rocaille period, console table In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century. 34" wide by 19" deep by 33" high