French Antiques

			Very fine and rare, French Louis XV period, painted and parcel gilded trumeau (Item No. 856) With original mercury glass, original giltwood surface, and original painting. Mid-18th century. 100" tall by 50" wide

			Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item No. 851) The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century. 37½" high by 33½" wide by 76" long

			Fine, French Provincial, Louis XV period settee (Item No. 850) In solid, carved walnut with upholstered seat and caned back. Mid-18th century.

			Fine, French, Louis XV period buffet de chasse (dit "meuble de port Bordelaise") (Item No. 848) In solid, carved mahogany, with rouge royale marble top above molded paneled doors with reeded center stile, interior with a belt of drawers, molded chamfered stiles, scalloped volute apron on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes. Late 18th century. 40" high by 61" wide by 25½" deep

			Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item No. 843) With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725. 30¼" high by 31½" wide by 17" deep

			Pair of very fine and rare French, Louix XIV style, wrought-iron consoles (Item No. 840) Each with a shaped, breche d'alep marble top above a pierced break-fronted frieze with c-scrolls, quatrefoils, and diamonds and three pierced aprons raised on scrolled supports headed with cherubim. Circa 1900-1920. (one shown) 78" wide by 37" high by 21¾" deep

			Very fine, French Regence style buffet a deux corps (Item No. 839) In solid, carved oak with a Bacchic mask centered over a molded, arched cornice and a pair of paneled doors carved with shells and delicate, scrolling foliage. 19th century. 103½" high by 58" wide by 25" deep

			French, Louis XIII-XIV transition period canapé (Item No. 665) In solid, carved walnut with "les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers. Late 17th century. 81" wide by 33" deep by 46" high

			Louis XV-XVI Transition period vitrine (Item No. 441) In solid, carved walnut with carved flora and fauna motifs representative of the Louis XV form and musical instruments characteristic of the Louis XVI form. 18th century.

			Set of six French, Louis XV style chaises (Item No. 834) In solid, carved walnut with leather upholstery. 19th century. 19" wide by 39" high (at back) 19" high (at seat)

			Very fine, Parisian, Neoclassical period, drop-leaf banquet table (Item No. 828) In solid Cuban mahogany. Six tapered, fluted legs ending in original casters. With original extension mechanism and four later, matching finish, 20" wide, mahogany leaves. Circa 1780. 30" high by 68" diameter (148" long, fully extended)

			Louis XVI, ormolu and brass-mounted, mahogany bureau à cylindre (Item No. 823) The white marble top with a three-quarter pierced gallery above three frieze drawers, the cylinder opening in conjunction with a black leather-lined writing surface, each side with a writing slide; with four drawers around a kneehole, raised on round tapered brass-fluted legs ending in toupie sabots fitted with casters. 49" high by 63¾" wide by 29½" deep

			French, Louis XV period armoire (Item No. 749) In solid, carved walnut. From the Rhone Valley. Mid 18th-century.

			French globe of large dimensions on ebonized and gilded metal stand (Item No. 818) Late 19th or early 20th century. 37" high by 34" diameter

			Fine pair of Continental, Louis XV style, red painted and parcel gilded console tables (Item No. 812) With white-veined, liver-colored marble tops. One of identical pair shown. 53" wide by 35" high by 22" deep

			Rare, Northern European, Gothic period refectory table (Item No. 811) In solid, carved oak. Circa 1525-1550. 100" long by 40" wide by 31" high

			French, 18th century, carved sauteuse (two-drawer Provençal commode) (Item No. 225) In walnut, with Louis XV cabriole legs and carved acanthus leaf and coquille (seashell) motif. 50½" wide by 25" deep 33½" high

			Louis XV style, Provençal buffet a glissant (Item No. 580) In solid, carved walnut. Third quarter of the 19th century 63" wide by 57" high by 25" deep

			Louis XV period vaisselier (Item No. 433) In carved walnut. 18th century.

			French, Louis XV period chaise longue (Item No. 807) In solid, carved walnut. Mid-18th century. 80" long by 34" wide by 40" high (at back)