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Antique Louis XVI style fireplace with round corners in Red from the North marble and gilded bronze ornaments

Antique Louis XVI style fireplace with fluted jambs forming rounded corners. It was made in the 19th century in a Red from the North marble and is decorated with gilded bronze ornaments, in particular on the frieze which is decorated with knotted ribbons and flowering branches.

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Earthenware umbrella holder representing a fish coming out of a wave

Umbrella stand in polychrome earthenware made in the 19th century, representing a fish coming out of a wave.

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Louis XVI period gilt wood overmantel with a double crown of flowers and olive tree branches

This wooden overmantel was made at the end of the 18th century and shows a beautiful decor in gilt wood with typical Louis XVI style motifs. The mirror is framed by a frieze of pearls and a laurel leaves crown. It is surmounted by a frame decorated with a palm frieze showing a relief decoration of a very rich double crown of flowers knotted with a ribbon from where are escaping olive tree branches.

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Ferdinand Duvinage – Pair of single-flower vases with a ivory marquetry decoration

This beautiful pair of single-flower vases was made by Ferdinand Duvinage between 1874 and 1884. He files in 1874, 1876 and 1877 patents for a marquetry technique of mosaic with metallic partitioning for furniture and art objects. His method is really original because it involves the combined union of ivory as a base, wood for the designs or ornaments, and copper or other metal to partitioning the ivory fragments. The firm continues to participate to World Fairs where they win many medals, even though they are not that much mentioned by the critics, we know that the productions with the Japanese vocabulary created under the direction of Duvinage were also very appreciated and were a real commercial success. He creates here, a beautiful pair of vases in glass with a shaped thin and elegant shape, that evokes a flower’s corolla and adorned on the walls with a enameled reed decoration. The vases rest on a gilt bronze base remarkably and finely chiseled lightened up with a marquetry decoration of ivory taking from the process invented by the artist.

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Louis XVI style trumeau with a ribbon and a flowers garland

This trumeau was made in the late 19th century in painted wood and stucco. The mirror is framed with friezes of pearls surmounted by a knotted ribbon. The painted in pink pediment receive a decor of flowers garlands.

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Trumeau in stucco and painted wood in the Louis XVI style

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Fireback from the 17th century with the arms of France and Navarre

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Mediterranean landscape, a rare iridescent dish by Delphin MASSIER

Made around 1900, this magnificent ceramic dish with metallic lustre is signed by Delphin Massier. Based in the Côte d'Azur, the Massier brothers ran a famous artistic pottery workshop. At the end of the 19th century, their highly distinguished creations adorned the drawing rooms of the Riviera's rich private mansions. The Massiers also worked for the crowned heads of Europe. The Massiers are considered to be the fathers of Vallauris decorative pottery, which was to become very famous in the 20th century. A large, spectacular dish, it pays tribute to the Mediterranean landscape, full of iridescence thanks to the use of the metallic lustre technique. The framing of the landscape and the tranquillity of the view, combined with the colours, are reminiscent of Japanese inspiration. Using a similar technique, a dish signed by Clément Massier, Delphin's brother, is in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

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BACCARA - Pair of Japanese style vases in red crystal

Founded under Louis XV, the French crystal factory Baccarat demonstrated its excellence at Universal Exhibitions throughout the 19th century. These ruby-tinted blown crystal roller vases feature an acid-etched decoration and golden. Japanese-style, their decor presents two pairs of finches in different positions. They move in a landscape of roses and other flowers on a carpet of flowering grass. The influence of Japanese prints is perceptible in the theme, as well as in the way of constructing the space and representing the landscape and animals. The Baccarat crystal factory produced numerous ruby-colored vases with decorations very similar to this one, in the 1880s. A set of three roller vases with a similar shape and decoration notably passed to Drouot; their gilded bronze frame bears the stamp of the crystal factory.

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Louis Philippe period trumeau with floral and plant decoration