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Oak Door with moldings on both sides

Simple oak door with moldings on both sides.

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Stained glass window from a chapel with Mary as central figure

19th century stained glass window from a chapel in Bordeaux signed Mauméjean, Neo-Gothic style. Representing three hieratic standing figures placed on pedestals each in a separate stained glass panel. The central figure, is an woman dressed in bright green, representing Mary Magdalena, on her left, the pondering figure of a saint holding a staff, and on her right dressed in Roman attire a crowned King holding a harp and singing up towards the skies, representing King David. Above are three rosettes, featuring the faces of flying angel with red and green wings. The colors of the stained glass are strikingly bright, the features have been painted with attention to detail. Unfortunately we were unable to salvage the stone frame. This stained glass window is one of three – see items # 1027 and 1029.

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Extraordinary monumental fireplace signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson coming from the Berwind Estate, Fifth Avenue, New York

This extraordinary monumental fireplace was made out of Breche violette marble , Carrara Statuary marble , gilded bronze and green patina bronze. It was designed by Jules Allard for the Manhattan residence of Edward Julius Berwind, 828 Fifth Avenue, New York City, in 1894. Sculptures were realized by Louis Ardisson , french sculptor. The large low-relief representating the “Triumph of Neptune” is signed by both Allard and Ardisson : « J ALLARD ET SES FILS/INV » and « LOUIS ARDISSON FECIT ». A pair of gilded winged putti bearing Edward Julius Berwind’s monogrammed cartouche surmounts the overmantel, composed of an architectural frame molded with a copper-colored egg-and-dart friezes. This frame encloses a low-relief feature carved out of Statuary Carrara marble by Louis Ardisson featuring Neptune, surrounded by Nereids, dolphins and winged putti. The fireplace features a molded rectangular entablature adorned with a Statuary Carrara marble frieze also carved by Louis Ardisson , a winter allegory featuring putti and sleeping hounds, in a bronze frame that runs down on either side of the hearth. The mantel is flanked by a male Atlant and a female caryatid , with green-patinated bronze skin, hooded and draped in gilded bronze lion-pelts. They are exceptional by their monumental statue and quality achievement. When Edward J. Berwind moved to New York, he bought a large land on which he built in 1894 a sublime mansion at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 64th Street, only a few blocs away from Central Park and many wealthy neighbors such as William K. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, and Mrs. William B. Astor. For the interior decoration of this luxurious estate, he hires the famous decorator Jules Allard , a French established in the US in 1885. Jules Allard was then at the height of its fame : in collaboration with architect Richard Morris Hunt, he works for the wealthiest families of the East Coast of the United States, like the Vanderbilts. Thus he realized the decor of "Marble House", the summer residence of William Kissam Vanderbilt and his wife Alva in Newport, Rhose Island. Delighted with Allard's work, Edward J. Berwind hired him again in 1901 for the important decoration of his wonderful estate in Newport, "The Elms".

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Small Louis XVI style cast iron fireback with a duck and a swann

This cast iron fireback was made at the end of the 19th century. It is adorned with a swann and a duck in reeds. There is above them a laurel leaves crown hold by a knotted ribbon.

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Fireback with Hermes' caduceus and horns of plenty

This fireback was made of cast iron in the late 18th century. It is adorned with a canopy under which two horns of plenty frame a caduceus. Represented by a laurel or olive tree stick, surmounted by two wings and encircled by two interlaced snakes, the caduceus, in Greek mythology, is one of Hermes' attributes. It's used to heal the snakes' bites and represents through the snakes interlacing the union of the earth and the sky. Apart from Hermes, the goddess Iris was also represented with a caducée, because she was also Hera's messenger.

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Polychrome marble mantel probably from an 18th century altar

Mantel composed of an assemblage of polychrome marble elements probably from an 18th century altar in Northern Italy. The scrolls and foliage of the entablature and the jambs are made of different marbles. The ornate parts of the mantel appear to be made of four symmetrically arranged elements of the same shape.

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Regence style trumeau topped with a shell