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Monday, December 28th, 2009
Louis XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK, BRONZE HANGING LANTERN, LOUIS XV CANED BEECHWOOD FAUTEUIL, Louis XV PAINTED WINDOW SEAT, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
A GILT BRONZE HANGING LANTERN, the pentagonal body with five serpentine
glass panels surmounted by urns and swags of berried foliage, with five leaf-cast scroll
supports, 2ft. Hin. high (90cm.) 19th Century
A Louis XV ORMOLU CARTEL [...]
Tags: 19th century, apple green, ARMCHAIR, beechwood, bracket, bracket clock, bronze, BUREAU, cabinet, cabriole legs, CANED, CARTEL, CENTURY, chamfered corners, CONVEX, corner cupboards, FAUTEUIL, flaming torch, FRUITWOOD, furniture, GILT-BRONZE, GILTWOOD, glass, glass panels, HANGING, inlaid, kingwood, LANTERN, leaf cast, louis xv, MANTEL, mantel clock, ORMOLU, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT, parquetry, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, SECRETAIRE, Serpentine, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, swags, TABLE, two doors, VENETIAN, WHEEL, WINDOW, window seat
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
LOMBARD WALNUT COMMODES, Louis XV/XVI TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE, LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, Louis XVI SIDE CHAIRS
AN UNUSUAL SUITE OF GERMAN GROTTO SEAT FURNITURE comprising a three-seat
settee, six armchairs and a rocking chair, the tall carved silvered backs and seats with gilt-
wood dolphin arms on rockwork legs, the rocking chair [...]
Tags: 19th century, Abraham Roentgen, AMARANTH COMMODE, ARMCHAIR, ARMCHAIRS, bronze, BUREAU, cabriole, cabriole legs, CARTEL, CENTURY, CIRCULAR, commode louis xv, COMMODES, design, EBONY, enamel dial, flowerhead, FRONT, furniture, GEOR, GILTWOOD, GROTTO, Hans Huth, Jean-Joseph de Saint, KNIFE, louis xv, louis xvi, Mahogany, MANTEL, MARQUETRY, nicolay, ORMOLU, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PAINTED, rocking chair, ROSEWOOD, ROSEWOOD-VENEERED, sabots, saddle shape, schloss rheinsberg, SECRETAIRE, SETTEE, SILVERED, TRANSITIONAL, tulipwood, walnut, WHEEL, xviiie siecle
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE, DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET, ORMOLU AND BRONZE WALL CLOCK
A RARE AND VERY IMPORTANT LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE
A CERCLES TOURNANTS attributed to Thomire, the enamel hour and minute rings decorated in the manner of Coteau with exceptionally finely drawn gilt [...]
Tags: 18th century, 19th century, acanthus, alternative arrangements, ANOTHER, Antique, BREAKFRONT, cabinet, CANDELABRA, CERCLES, chimney piece, collection, commode, CORNER, coteau, design, enamel dial, English, escapement, GILT-BRONZE, gryphons, IMPORTANT, louis xv, louis xvi, Mahogany, manner, MANTEL, mantel clock, marble urn, musee des arts decoratifs, musee des arts decoratifs paris, neo classicism, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, Paris, PLAQUE, polychrome, SECRETAIRE, SIDE, summer flowers, TOURNANTS, TRIPOD, VERY
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, Louis XVI MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, MILANESE MARQUETRY COMMODE
A Louis XVI MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, the rectangular marble top
above a frieze drawer outlined with brass mouldings, the brass moulded fall front enclos-
ing a fitted interior of drawers and pigeon-holes above three long drawers brass-moulded
and flanked [...]
Tags: anthemion, ARMCHAIR, BOW-FRONT, BUREAU, CANDELABRA, CENTURY, circular plates, commode, COMMODES, CORNER, CYLINDER, escapement, French, frieze, GOOD, louis xv, louis xvi, Mahogany, mantel clock, MARQUETRY, NORTH, OCTAGONAL, ORMOLU, PAINTED, paw feet, PILASTERS, rectangular section, river god, royal exchange, SECRETAIRE, shell motif, SIMULATED, timepiece
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU CANDELABRA, ROYAL GILTWOOD BERGERE, A GOOD EMPIRE ORMOLU AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD SIDE TABLE
A GOOD PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU CANDELABRA, each in the form
of a winged female figure supporting on her head a tapering column and a star-studded
globe which supports a gueridon with a candle-nozzle and is [...]
Tags: 19th century, A, anthemion, Antoine-Nicolas Lesage, bergere, CANDELABRA, candlesticks, CENTURY, chamfered corners, charles x, CHARLES X ORMOLU, chinese figures, CIRCULAR, circular base, circular plate, circular plates, CORNER, CUP, decoration, figure, French, George Alphonse Jacob-Desmalter, GOOD, grand trianon, green marble, gueridon, INDIAN, JASON, louis philippe, lyres, MANTEL, mantel clock, marble, marble base, pagoda, paw feet, ROSEWOOD, roundels, ROYAL GILTWOOD, SECRETAIRE, SET, SIDE, SILVERED, star studded, suspension, TRIPOD, WHEEL, WING
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