French Formal Antiques

			Fine, French, Louis XV style chinoiserie sauteuse sans traverse (two drawer commode) (Item No. 924) In black lacquer, gilt-bronze mounted, painted and parcel-gilded; in the bombé form with veined marble top. 19th century.

			Pair of Napoleon III period (Neoclassical style), gilt bronze and porcelain three arm sconces (Item No. 923) With porcelain medallion depicting a satyr and a woman holding a goat flanking an athenienne (a small, decorative, tripod stand characteristic of the French Neoclassical and Empire periods). Late 19th century. 22" tall by 10¼" wide by 7½ deep

			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.

			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.

			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

			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

			French, 18th century, Louis XV period console table (Item No. 870) In carved giltwood having a gray and white marble top. 38" wide by 19" deep by 33" high

			Very fine, French, Neo-classical style, bronze d'ore and patinated bronze, six-light chandelier (Item No. 893) With sunburst canape, bronze-linked chain, patinated bronze cherubim playing horns, and centered by a gilt bronze torchere. Recently electrified to American standard. 19th century.

			Very fine, Louis XV style, kingwood amaranth and gilt-bronze mounted commode (Item No. 880) 19th century. 53½" wide by 24½" deep by 36" high

			Fine, French, Louis XV period mirror (Item No. 878) In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes, Provence. Mid-18th century.