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Wrought iron radiator screen

Wrought iron radiator screens upon which a marble top was placed.

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19th Century red Griotte marble mantel

Beautiful antique Regence style mantel made in the nineteenth century. The lintel is the support of a beautiful decoration of three large acanthus leaves and flowers. The corbel shaped jambs are covered with an oak leaf design, while the heads bear acanthus leaves, set at an angle. The use of Red Griotte marble makes this an exceptional piece.

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Antique walnut fireplace with Satyr mask

This large antique Napoleon III style fireplace was made out of walnut wood during the 19th century. The detached and twisted columns support a carved entablature, featuring a medallion and foliages. The trumeau mirror is elegantly decorated. The vertical pilasters are decorated with women's masks whereas the upper ledge is decorated with satyr's mask.

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Rare antique Regence period fireplace in Aleppo Breccia marble with its original cast iron insert

Rare antique Regence period fireplace made out of Aleppo Breccia during the 18th century. Both sides of the fireplace are curved and paneled.

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Maison KAYSER SOHN, Renaissance Personalities, Pair of plates decorated in corviniello

Copper, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell Signed “J. P. Kayser Sohn, Crefeld”; on the reverse “Corviniello Patent 82” (female figure) Signed “J. P. Kayser Sohn, Crefeld”; on the reverse “Corviniello Patent 83” (male figure) The house of Kayser Sohn, founded in 1862, in the area of Dusseldorf, originally specialized in the manufacture of metal objects. The company made a name for itself mainly in the production of Art Nouveau pewter ware that was manufactured in Krefeld based on highly finished models designed in their Cologne workshop. The Kayser Shon brothers reached the height of their careers between 1889 and 1902 and participated in various exhibitions at the beginning of the 20th century, notably in Paris, in 1900, where they won a gold medal, at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Turin, in 1902 (again winning a gold metal), and at the International Exhibition that took place in Saint Louis, in 1904.         The company was equally well known at the beginning of the 20th century for the very original inlay technique that used mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, a process that also involved electroplating, known as corviniello. This is a perfect example of the union of art and industrial technique, and this process was used to create the ornamentation in the central part of this plate.    One of the plates represents a young, elegant woman attired in a shimmering costume and wearing a feathered hat. The figure is finely engraved, giving an extremely realistic effect. The pendant plate represents a man with a belligerent look whose hand rests on the hilt of his sword. The artist has used the various materials to their best advantage in portraying his doublet. The close similarity in the treatment of the hands and the eyes allows us to attribute the design of the two personages to the same draughtsman. Executed mainly in mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, the two figures wear the Renaissance style costumes that were so fashionable at the end of the 19th century.    Perfected by Otto von Corvin, this technique required extreme precision in its execution and demanded both great concentration and expert knowledge of the materials used. The artisan first had to cut out the mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell elements in the most meticulous manner and then temporarily glue the pieces onto a die mould. The die mould was then varnished with an insulating coating while the pieces that were to be inlaid were covered with a conducting substance. The deposit of the metallic layer was done by electrolysis and it covered the bottom of the die mould, surrounding the glued elements. The die mould was then detached, exposing a smooth surface where the joints are extremely precise, with metallic filaments filling in the cracks.    Certain parts of the figures have been left blank and were not inlaid, such as the rings or the edge of the book the woman carries, thus leaving the metal background of the plate exposed and demonstrating the technical virtuosity of the casting.    The border, made entirely of metal, emphasizes the contrast between the polished gilt copper and the delicate scrolls interspersed with foliage. The finely engraved decoration is identical to those produced on other plates made by the Kayser Sohn company, which indicates that such plates with the same border were likely produced in quantity, differing only in the decoration used for the center. The difference of the dating of the two pieces (1882 for the female figure and 1883 for the man) further supports this supposition. Neo-Renaissance style. 

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Linear mahogany parquet flooring from the 19th century

Set of 19th century mahogany linear parquet flooring. 8 cm wide and of different lengths : mostly 78,74 inch and up to 118,11 inch. All this for a surface area of about 43 400 po2

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Small Louis XVI style mantel with Campan marble jambs

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Enjugerais marble

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Brocatel marble

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Louis XV period mantel in Rouge du Nord marble

Ref.5640
Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Enjugerais marble

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Rouge du Nord marble

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Enjugerais marble

Ref.5605
Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Carrara marble

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in Carrara marble

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Louis XVI style mantel in veined Carrara marble with fluted legs

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Louis XV period Turquin marble mantel with beautiful shell

This Louis XV-period fireplace is carved in Bleu Turquin marble. This marble quarried in the Apuan Alps, Sardinia, or the Alps, was often used for 18th-century fireplaces due to its hardness and blue-gray color. The fireplace’s band features a central palmette motif around which acanthus leaves develop in an almost symmetrical fashion. The rest of the band is quite simple, with moldings that follow the inner contours of the band, highlighting two surfaces. The console part of the leg is carved with a scroll from which an acanthus leaf unfurls. The rest of the leg is decorated with two flutes interrupted by circular motifs in the middle of the leg.

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Small Louis XV style fireplace, Pompadour model, in speckled black marble