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Monumental antique Neo-Renaissance style stone mantel coming from the Chateau of Montgeon

This impressive Neo-Renaissance style stone fireplace is in all likelihood a work realized circa 1870 by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard, designer of numerous interior decorations in Neo-Renaissance style for french castles, and in particular the fireplace in the Salon Biencourt at the Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau. A pair of solid columns topped with Corinthian capitals mask the jambs that support an entablature carved with lush arabesques. A succession of moldings sets this decor apart from the overmantel, with its central decoration of a carved medallion where a Muse is teaching a musician angel to play the viol. The medallion is set in the middle of a moulded frame, itself framed by two columns decorated with oblong and semi-circle panels. This fireplace model was conceived by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard for the Royal Chimney of the Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau, located in the Biencourt salon, which bears a Salamander, symbol of king Francis I. The designer of this famous fireplace supervised as well the decoration of the Chateau of Saint-Roch, including a fireplace where his style and his ornamental choices are also present : imposing columns, a monumental overmantel adorned with a huge medallion in the center of a modeled panneled and framed by pilasters. Working for the aristocracy in many castles around 1870, his renown certainly seduced the owners of the Chateau of Montgeon who lived there in the 19th century, Firmin de Cavelier de Montgeon and his son Albert de Cavelier de Montgeon. The castle having been dismanteled after a fire, the fireplace was disassembeled, making charcoal drawings of the colmuns appear on the walls, which precisely prove a made to measure decoration work for this exceptional fireplace.

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Beautiful antique Louis XV style fireplace with rich decor in white Carrara marble

Beautiful antique Louis XV style fireplace made out of white Carrara marble during the 19th century. The jambs feature curves and counter-curves and are carved with large acanthus leaves, shells and foliage with windings. The center of the frieze, also strongly curved, is adorned with a beautiful inverted leafy shell from which large leaves of acanthus escape. The sides of this fireplace are paneled and curved, bringing preciousness to this beautiful fireplace model.

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"Cacatoès" plat émaillé par T. Soyer

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An antique mirror in the Napoleon III style, pediment decorated with a lion's head

Antique Napoleon III style mirror made in the 19th century out of wood and painted stucco. The mirror is beveled.

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BARDIE Armand (cabinetmaker) - An antique Napoleon III style fireplace with its overmantel

Large oak wood fireplace and pierglass, Napoleon III style, made in the late 19th century or early 20th century. Stamp by BARDIE, cabinetmaker in Bordeaux for Armand Bardié (deceased in 1926) who owned a cabinetmaking factory at the 49 cours Georges Clemenceau in Bordeaux. He is also known as archaeologist and creator of the Museum of the Porte de Calhau and the Museum of Old Bordeaux.

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Antique painted trumeau decorated with an oil on canvas representing a gallant scene

Antique trumeau painted animated in the upper part of an oil on canvas representing a gallant scene.

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Set of 10 m² of terracotta floor tiles in square shape

Antique terracotta floor tiles of 10 m² in a square shape, from the 19th century. The sides are 7"7/8 for 1" to 1"3/16 thick.

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Louis XVI style mantel with roses in Breccia Nuvolata marble

This small Louis XVI style mantel was made in the late 19th century in Breccia Nuvolata marble. The straight entablature is adorned with three beautiful roses, on the middle and the corners. It is supported by the slightly curved jambs adorned with flutes and asperagus heads.

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Louis XVI style trumeau from the 19th century

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Baccarat, Pair of vases with wading birds, circa 1880

This pair of vases with stilt-walkers was made by the Baccarat crystal works around 1880. Founded under the reign of Louis XV, the French crystal manufacturer Baccarat demonstrated its excellence at World's Fairs throughout the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, it created this pair of vases in opaline glass, milky translucent glass with green and gold decoration. These two baluster-shaped vases are of high quality craftsmanship. Their Japanese-style decoration features two pairs of stilt-walkers, whose varied positions bring the surrounding waterscape to life. At the base of each vase, to represent the earth, the decoration is enhanced with green, while all details are executed in gold. The gradation of these hues enhances the whiteness and translucence of the glass. The influence of Japanese prints is perceptible in the theme, as well as in the way the space is constructed and the landscape and animals are depicted. Galerie Marc Maison has another pair of vases whose gold-glazed decorations depict a Japanese landscape with Far Eastern flora and fauna.

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Eugène ROUSSEAU, Vase with Japanese Picker, circa 1870-1880

This vase was crafted by master glassmaker Eugène Rousseau around 1870-1880. Eugène Rousseau (1827-1890) established himself in 1855 as a merchant specializing in porcelain and earthenware while also engaging in glasswork. His works reflect his interest in Japonism. The decoration of this vase is a testament to that interest. The treatment of perspective, the extreme stylization of cherry blossoms, and the female figure straight out of a Japanese print are all elements of East Asian inspiration. In addition to this surface treatment, the glasswork evokes a mountainous landscape in the background. The entire piece rests on an imposing glass base, with broken lines echoing the cherry tree branches in the upper part. The work of art is signed under the base.

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Louis XVI style fireplace in Rouge de Rance marble, 19th century

This Louis XVI style fireplace was made of Rouge de Rance, a Belgian marble mainly used in the decoration of the Palace of Versailles to meet the requirements of Louis XIV who wanted to use only the finest materials. Its straight lines are quite characteristic of the sobriety and elegance of the Louis XVI style which draws its inspiration from Greek Antiquity. This desire contrasts with the opulence and curves of the Rococo style and the Louis XV period. The ornamentation of this fireplace is also in the spirit of Louis XV. The entablature has a ram's head in its center which refers, in Greek mythology, to Jason and the Golden Fleece but also to the god of war Ares. The ram's horns are extended by simple ribbons and a branch of ivy attached to rings on the two ends of the entablature. Ribbons and ivy are decorative elements in the country taste which are recurrent in this style.