French Antique Furniture

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Item No. 908

Pair of fine, French, Louis XV period fauteuils

In solid, carved beechwood (one of pair shown). Circa 1750. Stamped "L.CRESSON"

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. 978

Fine, French, Louis XIV period commode

Rosewood veneer with four drawers adorned with banded brass inlay and gilt bronze mounts. With original marble top. Circa 1700-1720.

Item No. 977

Very fine, French, early Louis XV period mirror a parcloses

In solid giltwood vigorously carved with flowers and acanthus leaves; the upper pierced cartouche centered by a winged dragon. Circa 1735.

59" high by 36" wide

Item No. 975

Rare, French, Louis XVI period secrétaire à abattant

Marquetry-inlaid with musical trophies, urns, and floral bouquets. Circa 1780.

Stamped "G. Kemp." (Guillaume Kemp - active 1757–86, master 1764).

Item No. 974

Fine, French, Louis XV period commode

In solid, carved walnut with gilt bronze mounts. From Provence, France. 18th century.

Item No. 971

Rare, Provençal, Regence period buffet presentoir a faience

In solid, carved walnut with four doors. Rococo design. Chapeau de gendarme cornice and traverse ajourée. From Nimes, France circa 1715-1727.

109" high by 63" wide by 17" deep

Item No. 969

Very fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV period commode

In solid, carved walnut with galbé façade and sides, pierced apron on the front and both sides ("traverse ajouree"). From Nimes, France. Second half of the 18th century.

Item No. 967

Very fine and rare French, Louis XV period chandelier

In solid bronze d'ore with original mercury gilding and original cut crystal. Circa 1750.

Provenance: From the chapel of Chateau de Sarthe.

52" high by 42" diameter

Item No. 963

Very fine and Rare French, Louis XVI period console

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.

47¼" wide by 35" high by 23½" deep

Item No. 960

Very fine, French, early Louis XV period console

In solid, carved giltwood with original surface and original marble. Circa 1730.

Item No. 959

Fine, French, Louis XV period armoire

In solid, carved cherry with double domed cornice. From Rennes, Brittany. Second half of the 18th century.

Item No. 958

Very fine, French, Louis XV period console

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.

Item No. 957

Fine, French, Regence period commode

In solid, carved walnut of arbalette form with original gray marble top. From Provence. Early 18th century.

Item No. 954

Fine, French, Louis XV period sauteuse

In solid, carved walnut with original bronze d'ore mounts having a pierced bottom apron ("traverse ajoulree"). From Nimes. Mid-18th century.

49" wide by 25" deep by 36" high

Item No. 952

Rare, Louis XVI period table de gibier (hunting table)

Double face (two-sided) of arbalette form in solid, carved walnut with one large drawer on the front. In the manner of Pierre Pillot, Nimes. Circa 1760.

36" high by 53½" long by 28" wide

Item No. 947

Fine, French, Louis XVI style bed

Queen size, in solid mahogany with mahogany parquetry veneer and gilt bronze mounts. Circa 1880.

Provenance: From the Vanderbilt country estate.

63" wide by 80" long

Item No. 946

Pair of fine, French, Louis XV-XVI Transition period console tables

In solid carved giltwood with marble tops. Circa 1765.

34½" high by 27½" wide by 17" deep

Item No. 942

Very fine Louis XV gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat and cartonnier

The cartonnier with circular white enameled dial signed "Masson a Paris", with roman hour markers and arabic minutes, above a case surmounted by a gilt-bronze monkey and enclosing six pigeon-holes, four containing tooled red morocco leather removable drawers, raised on scroll feet, the underside bearing the stamped initials "L V E " with an iron cross between the L and the V; the bureau plat with gilt-tooled red leather insert with a gilt bronze banded edge and scallop shells at corners, above five drawers, raised on cabriole legs mounted with chutes and terminating in sabots.

Mid-18th century, the bureau plat stamped migeon, the cartonnier dial signed masson.

Provenance: Property of a Pensylvannia collector.

Bureau plat: 29" high by 88" wide by 44¾"deep
Clock: 37" high

Item No. 941

Very fine, French, Neoclassical period, marquetry commode

With original marble top and original gilt bronze mounts. Late 18th century. Trace of a stamp "COSSON".

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