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Wooden overmantel, Louis XIII period

The sculptures on this wooden overmantel are made up of expressions and fruit. This Provincial work is very original for the period it is from. From the period and in the style of Louis XIII.

Ref.1558
Large Oak antique mantel with Hood from a Chateau

This exceptional Neo-Renaissance style fireplace comes from the Péclavé castle in the town of Samazan in the Aquitaine region. The castle belonged to the De Dieu de Samazan family and came into the possession of the Merle de Massonneau family by inheritance, Marie-Thérèse Josèphe De Dieu having married in 1880, Simon Merle de Massonneau d’Aiguillon. The coat of arms of the DE DIEU DE SAMAZAN family is carved on the arched overmantel. The shield has three geometrical features, a square, a circle and a triangle, considered by some to be Greek letters. The blazon’s crest bears a count’s crown, a helm with a hackle and a banner engraved with the words “MONTJOYE St DENIS”. The blazon is supported by winged lions standing in profile and carved in high relief. On either side are shields, swords, lances and halberds. Laurel leaves complete the decoration. Such use of wood and of a large decorative features above the mantel evokes the Renaissance style. The jambs are fluted columns carved in full relief and have a very unusual design of a carved rounded base. They rise up to composite order capitals, decorated with acanthus leaves and volutes. The consoles above are decorated with square rosettes, which are characteristic of the Louis XVI style. Elaborately carved, this mantel is of the highest quality and is a rare work of art.

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Antique Louis XIV style fireplace in yellow Brocatelle marble

This antique Louis XIV style fireplace was made out of beautiful and bright yellow Brocatelle marble during the 19th century. The "Bollection", characteristic of Louis XIV style, can be seen in the opening of the fireplace. At the ends of the entablature, the spandrels are made up of moulded panels.

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Antique Regency period fireplace in Grey Sainte Anne marble, 18th c.

Rare antique 18th century Regence period fireplace made out of Grey Sainte Anne marble. Both jabs are fluted. The frieze is slightly curved.

Ref.10488
Antique Regence style overmantel mirror with a painting representing a gallant scene

This antique Regence style overmantel mirror was made in the19th century. Molded with shells and painted white, it is divided into two parts, accommodating a mirror in the lower part and a painting in the upper part. The oil on canvas, damaged, represents two characters, a man and a woman, in a landscape not far from small houses. No doubt a gallant scene in the taste of the Regency, the man sits at the edge of a pond, perhaps fishing, while the woman raises her skirt so as not to stain it. The blues and greens of the trees and the brush strokes recall the style of Fragonard.

Ref.3833
Antique cast iron stove in the Napoleon III style decorated with caryatids

Rare antique Napoleon III style stove made in the 19th century out of painted cast iron decorated with caryatids and a lion's head. The top is in Northern Red marble.

Ref.11965
Antique stone garden bench

Antique garden stone bench, probably dating from the 18th century. The back has a trench probably intended to receive a gutter.

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Antique Louis XVI style fireplace with half columns in Bleu Turquin marble

Antique Louis XVI style fireplace carved in the 19th century in Bleu Turquin marble. The jambs are figured as fully fluted half columns.

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20th century fireback with French coat of arms and putti

Cast iron fireback decorated with an Armes de France coat of arms accosted with putti and crowned with a crown.

Ref.13529
Painted and moulded wood trumeau

This trumeau was made in the 19th century in wood painted in white. It is adorned with thick mouldings that are framing the mirror with a curved top and also come to adorn the pediment.

Ref.13073
Batch of around 4,5 m² of terracotta floor tiles in square shape

Antique terracotta floor tiles of around 4,5 m² in a square shape, from the 19th century. The sides are 6"5/16 for 9/16" to 1" thick, for a total of about 190 tiles.

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Batch of around 34m² of terracotta floor tiles in square shape

Mixed of antique terracotta floor tiles of around 34 m² in a square shape, from the 19th century. The sides are 8"7/16 for 1" to 1"3/16 thick, for a total of about 800 tiles.

Ref.13045
Batch of around 5 m² of terracotta floor tiles in square shape

Antique terracotta floor tiles of around 5 m² in a square shape, from the 19th century. The sides are between 6" 5/16 to 6" 11/16 for 13/16" to 1" thick, for a total of about 200 tiles

Ref.14357
Fireback, dating from around 1600, representing the arms of Angelique d'Estrées

Ref.14826
Batch of about 75 m² of Versailles oak parquet, 18th century

Ref.14302
Louis XVI style rounded trumeau with floral decoration

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Napoleon III style mantel in painted wood

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Louis XVI style mantel in Rouge du Nord marble

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Napoleon III style Modillon mantel adorned with water leaves in Carrara marble

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Louis XIV style mantel in Rouge du Nord marble

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Napoleon III style gilded trumeau topped with a putto

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Wall-mounted fireplace with trumeau, carved and gilded wood, elements from the 18th and 19th centuries

Architectural fireplace in carved and gilded wood, composed of a 19th-century fireplace base embellished with 18th-century relief decorations. The 19th-century gilded stucco overmantel is surmounted by a pediment adorned with a crowned coat of arms framed by rocaille scrolls and supported by a protruding lion's head. The central coat of arms bears the Latin motto "Linea recta brevissima" (the shortest path is the straight line). The Latin expression Linea recta brevissima is due to the Greek mathematician Euclid (circa 300 BC) and translates as "the straight line is the shortest." While not strictly speaking a heraldic motto, it was used by many families from the lower ranks of the nobility or the bourgeoisie in northern Italy and France. It is often used by institutions or universities in reference to geometry and the sciences. The base of the fireplace features a high-relief decoration of garlands of flowers and fruit: burst pomegranates, roses, grape clusters, and various foliage, treated with lavish naturalism. The side jambs are each adorned with a sculpted, polychrome cartouche depicting a crowned coat of arms. The coat of arms on the left features a tower, likely of urban or seigneurial origin; the one on the right is quartered with coats of arms featuring rich heraldic motifs, surrounded by a twisted collar. The sculpted elements, likely taken from 18th-century furniture or woodwork, were reused in a later neo-Renaissance structure, following a common practice in the 19th century, in an effort to enhance the original decor.

Ref.15893
Louis XVI style gilded trumeau decorated with pearls

Ref.6208
Louis XV style Pompadour model fireplace, in Rouge du Nord marble

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Philippe-Joseph BROCARD (1831-1896), attr to Orientalizing vase

This tall-necked, oriental-style vase is the work of Philippe-Joseph Brocard (1831-1896), a Belgian glass artist and enameller. Brocard began his career as an antique restorer and developed a passion for the masterpieces of Mamluk glass. He was among the first glassmakers to popularize orientalism in the glass arts. Through his research, he rediscovered a technique for applying gold and polychrome enamel to glass dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, used in Islamic art. He did not patent this technique until 1891. The quality of the vase's execution and decoration is exceptionally refined. The oriental-inspired motifs depict networks of interlacing patterns and flowers in copper tones enhanced with blue. On the body, two polychrome enamel medallions create a counterpoint to the vertical handles of clear glass. The neck is decorated with pseudo-Arabic calligraphic characters. The whole presents an elegant contrast between the transparency of the glass and the decorative density of the enamels. This exquisitely crafted object seems to have come straight out of a tale from the Arabian Nights.