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French Formal Antique Furniture
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Item No. 1175
Set of twelve French, Neoclassical style dining chairs
Painted and parcel gilded. Richly sculpted in a guilloché pattern resting upon tapered and fluted legs. 19th century.
A similar example is currently on display at Muse´e des Arts De´coratifs in Paris.
37" high by 20" wide by 18½" deep
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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.
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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
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Item No. 1167
Large, Important, French cache pot
Manufactured by the royal porcelain maker, Sèvres, in painted and gilded porcelain with gilt bronze mounts for the last French King, Louis Phillippe (r. 1830-1848).
The interior bears two stamps, the first having the King's monogram (LP) and the date (1844), and the other bearing the mark for "Château des tuileries", the royal residence where the piece was to be displayed.
14" in diameter by 12" high
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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
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Item No. 1153
French, Neoclassical style lamp
In gilt bronze and patinated bronze with a winged putto (cherub) holding two candelabra above a square plinth base elaborately cast in bronze d'ore.
Attributed to Henri Picard, who was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. Picard worked on Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre Palace.
Second half of the 19th century.
23" high by 13" diameter
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Item No. 1150
Pair of French, Louis XV period fauteuils
In solid, carved and patinated beechwood. Circa 1752.
Stamped: MICHEL GOURDIN
Michel Gourdin was recognized as a master ébéniste in 1752. Other works by Gourdin are represented in The Met, the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
36½" high by 25" wide
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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
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Item No. 1145
French, Louis XVI period, small canape
In solid, carved beechwood. Vigorously carved with neoclassical elements, the whole resting upon six spiral-turned, tapered, fluted legs.
Circa 1780. Signed: DELAISEMENT (Nicholas DeLaisment)
46" wide
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