French Antiques

			Very fine pair of Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension (Item No. 922) In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1780. Stamped "P H Poire JME" (Philippe Poirié, who was named Maître Ébéniste in 1765). 40" high by 27½" wide by 22½" deep

			Very fine, French, Regence period canapé a oreilles (Item No. 920) En arbalette form, in solid, carved walnut with needlepoint upholstery. Circa 1725.

			Fine, French, Louis XV style bronze d'ore chandelier (Item No. 919) With rock crystal, amethyst, and cut glass. Circa 1850. 45" high by 32" diameter

			Pair of fine, French, Provençal, Louis XV style fauteuils (Item No. 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 No. 684) Newly upholstered. 19th century. 18" wide by 18" deep by 18½" high (at the seat) and 37" high (at the back)

			Very Fine, French, Louis XV style bed of large dimension (Item No. 910) In tulupwood and kingwood with gilt bronze mounts. Late 19th century. Stamped "MILLET A. PARIS" (Jean Millet, french, active 1853-1918) Headboard 69¾" high by 69" wide

			Fine, French, Napoleon III period, black lacquer, gilt bronze, and incised gilt brass table a jeu (game table) (Item No. 813) Opens to reveal original felt playing surface. Circa 1860. Provenance: estate of Mexican film star Maria Felix. 34" wide by 16½ deep (closed)/33" deep (open) by 30" high

			Pair of very fine and rare Regence period chenets (Item No. 909) In gilt bronze with sphinxes. Circa 1720.

			Pair of fine, French, Louis XV period fauteuils (Item No. 908) In solid, carved beechwood. Circa 1750. Stamped "L.CRESSON"

			Very fine, French, Louis XVI period canapé (Item No. 123) With original painted surface. Stamped "Pillot." Circa 1780. 81" long by 26" deep by 40" high (at back)

			Fine French Empire style bronze d'ore and crystal chandelier (Item No. 906) With fifteen arms. Second half of the 19th century.

			Louis XV-XVI Transition period credence (Item No. 346) In carved walnut. Third quarter of the 18th century. 62½" wide by 26" deep by 49½" high

			Fine, Louis XV, mahogany armoire (Item No. 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. 98" high by 63" wide by 28" deep

			Pair of fine, Louis XV style marquise bergeres (Item No. 885) In solid, carved beechwood with serpentine, floral carved crests, scrolled arms, ample seats with serpentine floral-carved rail, and cabriole legs. One of identical pair shown. 19th century. 42" wide by 40" tall by 25" deep

			Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils (Item No. 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 No. 835) 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

			Pair of French, Jacob period, painted and parcel-gilded fauteuils (Item No. 720) One of identical pair shown. Stamped "Jacob Freres Rue Meslee." Circa 1800. Provenance: Collection of Old Versailles New York, New York. 35½" high (at back) 18" (at seat) by 22" deep by 21½" wide

			Very fine, French Provençal, Louis XV period mirror in solid, carved giltwood (Item No. 898) In the Rocaille form, vigorously carved with grapes, leaves, vines, the whole surmounted by a crest in the form of a "corbeille a fleurs" (basket of flowers). With later plate glass. 18th century. 52" high by 34" wide

			French, Provençal, Louis XV style petrin (Item No. 899) In solid, carved walnut. Late 19th or early 20th century.

			Pair of very fine, rare, late Louis XVI polychrome decorated doors within a door surround (Item No. 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. overall: 138" high by 95" wide by 23" deep: doors: 52" wide by 101" high