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Beautiful antique fireplace in Louis Phillipe style carved out of Brocatelle marble

This large antique Louis-Philippe style fireplace was made out of Brocatelle marble during the 19th century.

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Prestigious antique fireplace in Scagliola as Sarrancolin Fantastico marble made after the fireplace of the Council Room at the Palace of Versailles

Prestigious antique fireplace made out of Scagliola painted in trompe-l'œil in faux Sarrancolin Fantastico marble with gilded ornaments. The large central leafy shell and the espagnolettes are characteristic of the Louis XV style . This beautiful chimney was made around 1880 after the model of the one that adorns the Council Room at the Versailles Palace. The latter was ordered by Louis XV in 1748 to replace the one commissioned by Louis XIV in 1701. The current fireplace, made out of Griotte red marble and gilt bronze, was installed in 1755. We also find the same model of fireplace, this time in white Carrara marble and gilt bronze , in the Ambassadors' Room of the Palais de l'Élysée, Presidency of the French Republic, in Paris. It is therefore an extremely prestigious mantelpiece model, realized to decorate exceptional places.

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Hercule, rare vase by Carrier-Belleuse.

Presented at the 1898 Salon of the National society of Beaux-Arts, under the number 4060, with three other vases: 'Save yourself!', 'Children and butterflies' (kept at the Petit Palais Museum in Paris) and 'Music'. Reproduced in 'The antique and modern decoration', 7th year, 1900, planche 66.

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Important Louis XV period fireplace in Rouge du Nord marble

This important fireplace was made of Rouge du Nord marble in the 18th century.Its decor is characteristic of the Louis XV style, its serpentine shaped frieze is adorned with a large central shell underlined by an oblong moulding. It leans on jambs with paneled decor. The two elements sides were made after in the 19th century.

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Large cast iron fireback with France's coat of arms

This large fireback was cast in the 19th century. It is decorated with the France's coat of arms composed of three fleur-de-lis under the Royal crown. A beautiful decoration of acanthus leaves scrolls comes to frame them.

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Small Louis XV period mantel in Violet Breccia marble

This small mantel was made of a beautiful Violet Breccia marble in the late 18th century. Typical of the Louis XV style, its serpentine header is adorned with a beautiful sculpted shell underlined by an oblong moulding that goes down the jambs. In the 18th century, the mantel's sides were not built, our mantel's ones were made later in a modern stone. They could be painted in faux marble

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Exceptional Napoleon III period mantel in veined Carrara marble, adorned with a rich décor of palmettes and arabesques.

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Louis XVI period stone and marble mantel

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SÈVRES Manufacture, Porcelain Tazza with Masks, 1846-1863

This splendid tazza in blue porcelain enhanced with gold was executed at the Sèvres manufactory between 1846 and 1863. The Vincennes manufactory, the ancestor of the Sèvres manufactory, was founded in 1740 by workers who had defected from the Chantilly manufactory. The Vincennes manufactory became royal in 1752, shortly before its transfer to Sèvres in 1756. It enjoyed growing popularity in the second half of the 18th century, and throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, continuing to the present day. This tazza features a highly elaborate shape and decoration. Its baluster stem alternates bands of deep blue with lighter shades embellished with gold filigree, and interlaced gold on a white background with an oriental motif. Three finely executed faun masks complete the decor. The cup itself is decorated with an alternation of more or less expressive male and female masks in relief, also enhanced with gold. Inside the tazza, numerous interlaced gold patterns, some more burnished than others, unfold on a white background. The manufactory stamps present under the base provide information about the creation of the piece: the tazza was crafted during the reign of Louis-Philippe (1830-1848), in 1846; the gold decoration was only completed in 1863, under Napoleon III (1852-1870). A pair of tazze of this model, dated 1854, were shown at the 1884 Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs exhibition. This tazza is therefore a magnificent testimony to 19th-century decorative art, both in its form and its decoration.

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Cheminée de style Louis XVI en marbre gris

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Louis XVI style Carrara marble mantel with sunflowers and fluted legs

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Louis XVI style Carrara marble mantel with floral décor

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in black Marquina marble

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Tony SELMERSHEIM, Art Nouveau Mantelpiece in Green Campan Marble, 1910

This highly original mantelpiece was carved in the Art Nouveau style in1910 by tony Selmersheim, in Campan green marble. The lintel is adorned with a vast curve imitating a pediment, ending at the corners in two curves echoing the shape of the upper part of the jambs. The interior of the mantel is highlighted by slightly mushroom-shaped curves, typical of Art Nouveau. The mantels are recessed at right angles to the inside, and follow two arcs on the outside. The ornamentation on the narrow sides is meticulous, echoing the curves underlining the cut-out jambs and featuring a beautiful “whiplash” line. This 1910 mantel was realized in Campan vert, a green marble with white veins. Green Campan is one of several varieties of Campan marble, including Ribbon Campan marble, Pink Campan and Campan Grand Mélange. It is quarried at the Campan site on the Payolle plateau (hamlet Espiadet) in the upper Adour valley in the Hautes-Pyrénées. In the late 19th and early 21st centuries, the green Campan variety became fashionable for cladding interiors, buildings and other edifices abroad, such as the cathedrals of Westminster, Peterborough and Bristol in the United Kingdom. Joseph Paul Tony Selmersheim (1871-1971) was the designer of this mantel. He was a 20th-century French architect, decorator, furniture designer and cabinetmaker. In 1890, he enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. To complement his courses, he enrolled in Eugène Grasset's classes at the Ecole Guérin and attended the “Atelier des Epinettes”, which trained art workers. In 1895, he founded and chaired the Société des cinq, which in 1895 became the Société des six with Charles Plumet, and finally became L'Art dans tout in 1897. This movement challenged the hierarchies between major and minor arts, the compartmentalization between artistic, craft, and industrial production, and sought to create a “social art”. In August 1903, Plumet and Selmersheim created the Ch. Plumet et Tony Selmersheim company, which produced and sold furniture and decorative items. Tony took over the business alone in 1904 and continued until 1938-39. Throughout his career, Tony Selmersheim took part in numerous Salons. It was at the Salon de l'Automne in 1910 that he exhibited this fireplace carved from his drawings. This fireplace is exhibited as part of a bedroom. It was presented with a slightly curved decorated by painter Charles Guérin, reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style. This style is reflected both in the absence of any clear demarcation between the lintel and the legs (on the contrary, the ornamentation is continuous) and in the plant-inspired lines running through the marble. This fireplace could be appreciated for its “very personal” character, says Amédée Marandet in the “Chronique artistique” section of the L'Aurore newspaper of May 13, 1911. Next to our fireplace, another was exhibited designed by Tony Selmersheim for the dining room, sculpted by Mr. Huve from a model by the sculptor Camille Lefèvre. After the 1910 Salon, these two Tony Selmersheim’s rooms, including our fireplace, were exhibited again at the 1911 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

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Louis XVI style molded mantel in veined Carrara marble

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Louis XVI style mantel with pilaster feet carved in veined Carrara marble

This fireplace features a mix of Ancient Greek motifs and vegetation, a typical Louis XVI combination. On the band are two distinct friezes, one of leaves and the other of pearls, recurring motifs under Louis XVI. A flower in relief is carved on the console part of the legs. It is composed of a central bud and leaves turning around it. The rest of the legs feature carved pilasters interspersed with field flowers. At the top garlands of laurel leaves encircle the pilaster, adding dimension to the leg. Carrara marble also adds dimension to the fireplace, with its gray veins standing out against the white background. This fireplace comes with its original cast-iron interior, featuring geometric and plant motifs in keeping with the Louis XVI-style.

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Modern Louis XV style fireplace in green veined marble

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Louis XVI style molded fireplace, in Arabescato marble

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Louis XV style fireplace in Carrara marble, with plant decoration

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Louis XV style fireplace, Pompadour model, in Spanish Brocatelle marble