French Antique Furniture

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Item No. 1218

French, Art Nouveau period canape and chaise (side chair)

In solid, carved giltwood. Having original gilding, upholstery, and fabric. Circa 1890, from the workshop of Louis Majorelle.

Louis Majorelle (1859-1926) was a French cabinetmaker and decorator in the Art Nouveau movement of the Nancy School, where he served as vice-president. Started in the 1890s, Majorelle's furniture production was embellished by interlacing and took its inspiration from nature: plants, water lilies, thistles, and dragonflies.

Majorelle is an internationally recognized figure of the Nancy School.

53¼" wide (canape) by 27½" deep by 44½" high (both, at the back)

Item No. 1216

French, Regence Period Mirror

In solid, carved giltwood with parcloses; in two sections, the pediment elegantly adorned with sea shells, scrolls, flowers, and acanthus leaves; the lower section rectangular in form with frame a la berain. Original mecury glass and original gilding. Circa 1720

Provenance: Sotheby's Monaco 1983

66 inches high by 34¼ inches wide

Item No. 1214

French, Louis XVI period chaise longue

Crème painted with vigorously carved neoclassical elements. Circa 1780.

65" long by 39½" high by 28" deep

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. 1212

French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat

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

57½" wide by 29" deep by 29½" high

Item No. 1210

French, Regence Period console table

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.

51¾" wide by 33¼" high by 25¾" deep

Item No. 1209

Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere

In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825

Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005

31½" wide by 21¾" deep by 16" high

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. 1207

French, Louis XVI period, console

In solid, carved giltwood with original Bleu Turquin marble top. Circa 1780. In the manner of Henri Jacob.

Item No. 1206

Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces

In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.

25" high by 14" wide by 5" deep

Item No. 1205

French, Louis XVI period, demi-lune, bronze-mounted commode

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

44" wide by 34" high by 19" deep

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. 1197

French Regence period commode scriban

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.

37½" high by 34¾" widey by 19½" (closed)

Item No. 1194

Exceptional, French, Louis XVI period Bergere

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

37" high by 27½" wide by 25" deep

Item No. 1189

Faunesse With Child And Bacchus, Late 19th century bronze group Signed Clodion

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)

22" high by 12¼" wide by 12½" deep, 12" diameter base

Item No. 1187

Pair of Arlesian, Louis XV style boxes (salt box - "boite a sel" and flour box - "fariniere")

In solid, carved walnut. Circa 1900.

Item No. 1186

French, Empire style, gilt bronze chandelier

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.

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