Posts Tagged ‘rococo’
Monday, December 28th, 2009
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN CANDELABRA, antique barley twist end table with a figure of male flautist and a shepherdess, french ladies writing cupboard each backed by leafy branches mounted with porcelain flowers and supporting three candle-nozzles, art deco style candlesticks on a rococo base. llin. high (28cm.) mid-18th [...]
Tags: 18th century, A LOUIS XV, adjustable mirror, ARMOIRE, BOAR, BRASS-BOUND, BRONZE, CABINETS, cabriole, cabriole legs, CANDELABRA, CIRCULAR, CLOCK, DECORATED, FAUTEUIL, flautist, gilt bronze, INKSTAND, Jacques Dubois, jacques pierre, Jacques-Pierre Letellier, kingwood, LOUIS, louis xv, MANNER, marquetry, MOUNTED, PARCEL-GILT, PLAT, porcelain flowers, rococo, roses and tulips, shepherdess, SIDE, TABLE, TRUNK, tulipwood
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
A FINE Louis XV GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED COROMANDEL LACQUER LONGCASE CLOCK, antique dining chairs acorn legs the circular white enamel dial (damaged) signed Lepaute Her du Roy A Paris and contained within an arched ebony-veneered hood surmounted by a reclining female figure holding a cartouche, pastille burner german factory flanked by cherub [...]
Tags: 18th century, A LOUIS XV, ANOTHER, black lacquer, BOAR, bronze base, bronze bull, bronze mounts, bureau plat, cabriole leg, cabriole legs, catalogue number, CELADON, CLOCK, collection catalogue, Commode, CONSOLE, COROMANDEL, crackle, EBONY-VENEERED, ENGLISH, FAUTEUIL, fauteuils, FINE, FiRESCREEN, FOURTEEN, front, gilt bronze, kingwood, lacquer, leaf scroll, LONGCASE, louis xv, MANTEL, mantel clock, MEISSEN, MOUNTED, PARQUETRY, porcelain, POURRIS, rococo, Roy A Paris, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, SOFAS, waddesdon manor, WHITE
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
Louis XV GILT-BRONZE CANDELABRA, LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK, Louis XV PAINTED BERGERE, LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK, Louis XV BLACK LACQUER COMMODE
A PAIR OF Louis XV GILT-BRONZE CANDELABRA, each with a seated Chinese
figure with a gilt-bronze tree at one side mounted with porcelain flowers, on pierced
rococo bases, 13in. high (33cm.) mid-18th Century.
A PAIR OF [...]
Tags: 18th century, A LOUIS XV, aubusson tapestry, BERGERE, BRASS-BOUND, bronze tree, cabriole, cabriole leg, cabriole legs, CANDELABRA, CARTEL, cherub, CLOCK, Commode, copper, DECORATED, Dodge, enamel, enamel dial, FAUTEUIL, FINE, gilt bronze, IMPORTANT, jme, kingwood, kunstindustrimuseet, lacquer, louis xv, marquetry, marquise, MEISSEN, nozzles, PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT, PENDULE, porcelain, porcelain flowers, rococo, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, sun burst, TABLE, TOPPED, tulipwood, UPHOLSTERED, Walnut, WHITE
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
ITALIAN WALNUT CASSONE, SPANISH WALNUT TABLE, GERMAN SERPENTINE-FRONTED WALNUT COMMODE, XVI PROVINCIAL GILTWOOD LOOKING-GLASS, Louis XV WALNUT BOW-FRONTED STANDING CORNER
CUPBOARD
AN ITALIAN WALNUT CASSONE, the deeply panelled
top outlined with bead-and-reel, guilloche and egg-and-
dart mouldings, the sides and three panel front similarly
outlined and raised on massive paw feet, 2ft. 6in. high by
4ft. 21/iin. wide (61cm. by 128cm.) [...]
Tags: 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, A LOUIS XV, A LOUIS XVI, ABATTANT, ARMOIRE, BEDSIDE, BOW-FRONTED, BRACKET, BUREAU, cabriole legs, CARVED, Century, CHEST, CIRCULAR, Commode, CORNER, corner cupboard, CYLINDER, DECORATION, DUTCH, German, GLASS, glass panels, GOOD, guilloche, Italian, italian walnut, looking glass, louis xv, Louis XVI, mahogany, MIRROR, PARQUETRY, part, paw feet, rectangular plate, rectangular shape, rococo, SECRETAIRE, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, standing, Walnut, walnut table, WOOD
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
EBONISED CABINET ON STAND - GERMAN MARQUETRY CABINET - DUTCH GLOBES AND STANDS - LOMBARD MARQUETRY COMMODES - Louis XIV CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO PIER-GLASS
A FRANCO-FLEMISH CARVED EBONY-VENEERED AND EBONISED CABINET ON STAND, victorian breakfast table paws on column
the Upper part with three drawers in the cushion-shaped frieze and a pair of doors [...]
Tags: A LOUIS XV, CLOCK, colour plate, crest, DUTCH, EBONISED, EBONY-VENEERED, giltwood, kunstgeschichte, LOMBARD, marquetry, mobels, mouldings, mythological figures, ORMOLU, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PAIR, panelled doors, PARQUETRY, part, pier glass, platform base, purple heart, rococo, table globes, tapering pillars, tortoiseshell
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
LOUIS xv KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE - LOUIS xv MARBLE TOPPED KINGWOOD COMMODE - LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BRACKET CLOCK - LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODEL OF A FIREPLACE
ANOTHER PAIR OF LOUIS xv FAUTEUILS, chiffonier veneer victorian the moulded frames crisply carved with guilloche moulding, antique gilt french chiffonier the seatrails raised on cabriole legs [...]
Tags: A LOUIS XV, ANOTHER, bed, BOMBE, BRACKET, bracket clock, BREAKFRONT, BRONZE, cabriole legs, Commode, commode louis xv, drawers, EARLY, enamel dial, ENGLISH, fiowers, FIREPLACE, FiRESCREEN, kingwood, LOUIS, MANTEL, mantel clock, marble, ORMOLU, ormolu mounts, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PAINTED, PARQUETRY, queen marie, rococo, sofa, thibault, TOPPED
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
LOUIS xv SMALL GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE - LOUIS xv BOULLE CLOCK BRACKET - LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET
A LOUIS xv SMALL GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, mason’s patent ironstone of serpentine form and with a moulded mottled grey and white marble top, antique dining table 19th century england the frieze carved with [...]
Tags: 18th century, A LOUIS XV, ANOTHER, beechwood, bracket clock, cabriole, cabriole legs, candle sconce, CANDLESTICKS, cartouche, chinese porcelain, CLOCK, clock cases, CONSOLE, DECORATED, dial, fiower, gilt flowers, giltwood, Jacques Birckle, jean nicolay, kidney shape, louis xv, motifs, Nicolas-Jean Marchand, ORMOLU, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PARQUETRY, PLAT, rococo, scrollwork, seat, xviiie siecle
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CHENETS - LOUIS xv PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE EN PENTE - PAIR OF LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD CHAIRS - LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS-SATINE PARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CHENETS each with a lightly draped cherub perched on boldly swirling rococo scrollwork set with diaper panels, antique wood rectangular [...]
Tags: cabriole legs, canape, CARVED, cast, CHAIRS, cherub, diamond trellis, FAUTEUIL, fauteuils, firebrand, frieze, gilding, headdress, kingwood, louis xv, louis xv style, nozzles, orange shoes, ORMOLU, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, robe, rococo, SECRETAIRE, steel, STYLE, turque
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
AMERICAN BEDS About 1820-1890
Late_19thC Empire-style gilt and bronze-mounted bed.
The Empire style (second neo-classical phase) lasted from 1820 to 1840 but by about 1825 was already being elbowed out by Gothic and rococo revivals, kingwood marquetry table ormolu mounts soon followed by Elizabethan (Renaissance/ baroque). Tent beds continued to be made but [...]
Tags: aesthetic movement, AMERICAN, American Beds, BEDS, country craftsmen, elizabethan renaissance, Empire, EUROPEAN, Gothic, rococo
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Early 20th Century and 1920-30`s Art Deco French, Austrian and German Beds
Increased mechanization brings revolutionary changes in design, manufacture and distribution.
Revivals, art nouveau, modernist, Art Deco beds:
French: Hotels built on the Riviera in the 1880-1900 era installed imposing beds, antique olive wood commode chest many in pastiches of 18thC styles now known collectively [...]
Tags: art deco, Bedsteads, divan bed, German, le corbusier, louis xv style, marquetry, modernist art, modernist furniture, Renaissance, rococo, STYLE
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