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Rocaille Antique Furniture

The Rocaille style is the most opulent, intentionally excessive version of the Louis XV form. It is characterized by exaggerated curves and extensive carving, sculpting, and ornamentation, most commonly including scrolls, seashells (fauna) and acanthus leaves (flora). In English-speaking countries, the Rocaille form is also known by the name "Rococo," (sometimes spelld "Roccoco") which is the Italian word for the style.

Very fine, Roman, Rococo period console table Very fine, Roman, Rococo period console table (Item No. 949)
In solid, carved, silvered wood with original marble top. Third quarter of the 18th century.

Fine, English, George III period mirror Fine, English, George III period mirror (Item No. 948)
In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1765.

Very fine, Italian Rococo period console table Very fine, Italian Rococo period console table (Item No. 933)
In solid, elaborately carved giltwood with Serravezza marble top, pierced skirt centered by a rocaille foliate ornament, complex volute floral and foliate-carved cabriole legs, and arched foliate stretcher. Mid-18th century.

Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings at The Audubon House, Key West, FL; previously on exhibition at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL.

Set of ten fine, Italian, Rococo, tall-back dining chairs Set of ten fine, Italian, Rococo, tall-back dining chairs (Item No. 928)
In solid, carved giltwood. 18th century.

43" tall (at back) by 22" wide

Very fine, Northern Italian, Rococo period overmantel mirror of large dimensions Very fine, Northern Italian, Rococo period overmantel mirror of large dimensions (Item No. 889)
In solid, carved giltwood, the pierced, scrolling frame with a shell cresting floral garlands. C-scrolls and foliate scrolls surrounding a later divided mirror plate. Mid-18th century.

66½" high by 71½" wide

Very fine, French Provençal, Louis XV period mirror in solid, carved giltwood 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

Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk (Item No. 894)
The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century.

32" by 64½" wide by 30" deep

French, Rocaille period, console table French, Rocaille period, console table (Item No. 670)
In solid, carved oak with original "rouge de langueduc" marble top. Mid-18th century.

34" wide by 19" deep by 33" high

Fine, Italian, Rococo style, polychrome-painted and laca povera bureau bookcase Fine, Italian, Rococo style, polychrome-painted and laca povera bureau bookcase (Item No. 857)
Late 19th or early 20th century.

93½" high by 42" wide by 21" deep

Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item No. 873)
19th century.

60½" high by 39" wide by 18" deep

Fine, Portugese, Rococo period, console table Fine, Portugese, Rococo period, console table (Item No. 864)
In solid, carved mahogany. Mid-18th century.

33" high by 40½" wide by 29" deep

Very fine, Italian, sculpted marble fountain base of large dimension Very fine, Italian, sculpted marble fountain base of large dimension (Item No. 859)
Sculpted in solid Carrara marble as a large shell supported by a child satyr and a putto upon a naturalistic base with integral foliate and shell-carved circular base. Circa 1850.

Provenance: From the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Meyer Naide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By repute, acquired from the Philadelphia home of Pearl S. Buck.

47" high by 41" diameter

Italian, Rococo period, walnut console Italian, Rococo period, walnut console (Item No. 838)
With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century.

60" wide by 35" high by 26½" deep

French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier French, Louis XV style, bronze d'ore and cut glass, twelve-light chandelier (Item No. 503)
In the Rocaille style. Late 19th or early 20th century. Electrified to American standard.

38" diameter by 37" high

Northern Italian, Rococo period, silver leaf console table Northern Italian, Rococo period, silver leaf console table (Item No. 587)
With ochre color marble top having a green border. Mid-18th century.

53" wide by 27" deep by 37" high

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