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French Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil de Bureau
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French Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil de Bureau
9949 A French Louis XV walnut fauteuil de bureau, a flower cresting to the top rail with outswept arms, the shaped seat with cabriole legs carved with flower heads and on scrolled feet.
French
1760-1780
Height: 34.5 ins (88 cms)
Width: 28 ins (71 cms)
Depth: 27 ins (69 cms) £3,800
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French Charles X Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mounted Gueridon
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French Charles X Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mounted Gueridon
9996 A French Charles X mahogany and gilt bronze mounted gueridon, the circular top with pierced gallery, the baluster stem with bronze capital, on a square plinth base with floral mounts, supported by bronze lion paw feet.
French
1825
Height: 34 ins (86 cms) £6,500
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Unusual Set of Eight George III Mahogany Saddle Seat Side Chairs
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Unusual Set of Eight George III Mahogany Saddle Seat Side Chairs
9992 An unusual set of eight early George III mahogany spindle back side chairs, the scrolled top rail with two tiers of turned spindles, the saddle seat with chamfered square legs joined by H-stretchers.
English
1760
Height: 36.5 ins (93 cms)
Width: 21 ins (53 cms)
Depth: 19 ins (48 cms)
£8,000
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Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand
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Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand
9965 A fine George IV Regency Period tortoiseshell Boulle inkstand, the top with two cut glass lidded ink bottles and pen tray, the body with a continuous scrolling design with gilt bronze masks to either side and frieze draw, standing on gilt bronze paw feet with a scrolled carrying handle. One ink bottle with a cracked neck.
English, London
1820
Width: 10.5 ins (26.5 cms)
Depth: 8 ins (20.5 cms)
Height: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms) £2,400
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Set of Regency Steel and Bronze Fire Tools
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Set of Regency Steel and Bronze Fire Tools
9934 A good set of Regency polished steel and bronze mounted fire tools, with unusual gadrooned, pommel tops, the tongs with narrow shoulders and the stems with turned knops, with a pierced, square shovel pan.
English
1825
Height; 30.5 ins (78 cms) £1,650
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Queen Anne Figured Walnut Cabinet on Chest
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Queen Anne Figured Walnut Cabinet on Chest
9787 A Queen Anne figured walnut cabinet on chest, the cross-banded doors with finely engraved locks and hinges, enclosing an interior with an arrangement of ten drawers and resting on a chest base with two short and two long drawers, on replaced walnut bun feet.
English
1700-1710
Height: 67 ins (170 cms)
Width: 38 ins (97 cms)
Depth: 19.5 ins (50 cms) £29,000
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A Group of Four English White Marble Plaques
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A Group of Four English White Marble Plaques
9895 A group of four English Neoclassical marble fireplace plaques, comprising a pair of corner blocks carved with lidded urns, and a pair of frieze panels carved with bellflower swags. Cleaned, some wear.
English
1850-1900
Height; 6 ins (15cms)
Block Width; 6.5 ins (16cms) Frieze
Width; 10.75 ins (27.5cms) £850
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An Unusually Large George III Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler
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An Unusually Large George III Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler
9880 An unusually large George III oval mahogany wine cooler, the coopered body enclosed with three brass bands, supported by four integral legs with ringed lion mask handles.
English or Irish
- 1800
Width: 31.5 ins (80 cms)
Depth 25 ins (64 cms)
Height: 24 ins (61 cms) £5,500
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Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Torcheres
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Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Torcheres
9878 A pair of Italian Baroque period giltwood and composition torcheres, the dished circular tops on spiral twisted stems, supported on a wide turned circular base with bun feet.
Italian, Florence
Late 17th century
Height: 36 ins (91.5 cms)
Top diameter: 11.5 ins (29 cms) SOLD
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A Very Fine George III Statuary Marble Rectangular Relief
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A Very Fine George III Statuary Marble Rectangular Relief
9846 A very fine George III statuary marble rectangular relief, in the style of John Flaxman, possibly Achilles retrieving the body of Patroclus, Achilles lunging with a shield towards a mounted warrior with Patroclus lying down. Originally a chimneypiece tablet.
English.
1795 – 1815
Width: 18 ins (45.75 cm)
Height: 8 ins (20.5 cm) £12,000
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An Irish George II Solid Mahogany Side Table
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An Irish George II Solid Mahogany Side Table
9814 An Irish George II solid mahogany side table, rectangular top with edge moulding, the shaped frieze with a central shell carving standing on cabriole legs with leaf carving to the knees and stiff, hairy paw feet.
Irish.
1750
Width: 153 cm (60.25 ins)
Depth: 61 cm (24 ins)
Height: 77 cm (30.5 ins) SOLD
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A French Louis XVI Style Ebony and Kingwood Marquetry Bureau Plat
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A French Louis XVI Style Ebony and Kingwood Marquetry Bureau Plat
9776 A Louis XVI style ebony and kingwood marquetry bureau plat, constructed from a 17th century bureau attributed to Renaud Gaudron, the rectangular top with a scrolling frieze of birds flowers and insects with ‘grotesque’ masks at the corners, the three frieze drawers similarly inlaid, dummy drawers to the reverse, the end panels with wreaths of flowers and scrolls, standing on square tapering legs with festoon mounts.
French.
1790-1820
The marquetry circa 1700, attributed to Renaud Gaudron, Rue de Richelieu, Paris
Width: 177.5 cm (70 ins)
Depth: 83 cm (32.75 ins)
Height: 81.5 cm (32 ins)
£30,000
Renaud Gaudron was a leading cabinetmaker or ebeniste working in Paris during the period of Louis XIV, he is recorded as furnishing the French Royal palaces between 1687-1713. From his workshop on Rue de Richelieu he supplied the leading tastemakers including the Prince de Conde and the Duc du Chartres as well as Royal clients such as the Duc de Bourgogne and apartments in the palace of Marly.
Gaudron, in common with most cabinetmakers of the time, rarely if ever marked his work but he has been erroneously identified with a brand AG found on extravagant marquetry pieces, some with cut brass and others with complex wood designs, as here. Corner masks with “grotesque” faces typify his output, frequently cut in fruitwoods into an ebony background. Two small eight leg bureau plats in the Royal Garde Meuble received from Gaudron are recorded in a contemporary inventory in 1688 as “wood marquetry of flowers…. having vases of flowers with birds and butterflies”.The marquetry on our bureau plat accurately represents finches among flowers, with butterlies, crickets and bees wandering around the borders and can be associated with recorded designs by Gaudron.
It is intriguing to understand the history of this desk, but it seems likely that originally it was supported on eight, column legs with stretchers and had a central drawer with two (or three) drawers on either side, though a bureau by Gaudron at Chateau de Tanlay, with cabriole legs and identical marquetry has recently been published*. It is probable that at the end of the eighteenth century due to structural wear and tear the legs were replaced and the format of the drawers altered to fit with the current neo-classical Louis XVI taste though the overall dimensions remain unchanged. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the table probably arrived in London where the locks were changed and some structural strengthening carried out. The English market was the principal centre for French furniture following the Revolutionary sales in Paris and London retailers such as EH Baldock were particularly attracted to the marquetry of Louis XIV for their English clients.
*Les ebenistes de la Couronne sous le regne de Louis XIV, C. Dumetrescu, 2021, fig 189
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An Italian Louis XV Burr Yew and Cocus Wood Bombe Ladies Reading Table
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An Italian Louis XV Burr Yew and Cocus Wood Bombe Ladies Reading Table
9769 An Italian Louis XV burr yew and cocus wood bombe ladies reading table, the lift-up lectern top with boxwood inlay in a scrolling design, above a silk lined slide and a fitted writing drawer, and with two doors to the front, all similarly inlaid, supported by cabriole legs joined with a veneered inlaid under tier, and on shaped bronze feet.
Italian, Naples?
1760.
Height: 28.25 ins (72 cm)
Width: 17.25 ins (43.5 cm)
Depth: 12.5 ins (32 cm) SOLD
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An Irish George II Mahogany Side Table
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An Irish George II Mahogany Side Table
9786 An Irish George II mahogany and marble topped side table, supported by bold cabriole legs with acanthus carving and ball and claw feet. Carrara marble top replaced.
Irish
1740
Width: 55 ins (140 cms)
Depth: 29.5 ins (74.5 cms)
Height: 30 ins (76 cms) Sold
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A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Feuchere and Vittoz
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A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Feuchere and Vittoz
9665 The Michelangelo Clock by Jean-Jacques Feuchere
A large Napoleon III gilt bronze and patinated bronze mantel clock by Feuchere and Vittoz, with a figure of Michelangelo seated, leaning on the Rebellious Slave and turning to his right with a folio cover inscribed Michel Ange Buonaroti Pittore Scultore e Architetto Fiorentino, the base supported by crouching figures with a garland of fruit on a shaped black marble base. Signed: J Feuchere scpt and Vittoz bronzier. Dark bronze patination; signs of later overpainting and some repair to patination.
1849-1851
French, Paris
Height: 32 ins (81 cms)
Width: 20 ins (51 cms)
Depth: 12.5 ins (32 cms) Sold
Jean Jacques Feuchere came from a distinguished family of Parisian bronze workers. Through his training under the Academic sculptor Jean-Pierre Cortot, he first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1831, winning a 2nd Class Medal in the Salon of 1834. Important commisions for monuments followed at this time; panels for the Arc de Triomphe and St Theresa for the Madeleine church among others, during a period of monumental building projects motivated by King Louis Philippe. Although trained as a Statuaire or figure sculptor, he is most well known for his work in the industrial arts, regarded as a slightly lower achievement. He contributed figures to the legendary surtout de table commissioned for the Duc D’Orleans in 1834, parts of which were coincidentally later bought by Vittoz in 1853 at the auction organised by the state following seizure from the family.
The original model for Michaelangelo was refused for the 1843 salon, following this disappointment he sold the model and all rights to the decorative bronze manufacturer Vittoz. Feuchere was an avid collector of renaissance art, paintings, drawings and works of art, most of his income was spent in this direction. He seems to have had little interest in copyright editions of his work and prefered to sell the models outright, this of course also suited the decorative bronze foundries who could benefit from long production periods without having to share the proceeds.
Vittoz had a well established bronze foundry for over 30 years at this point, but was keen to enter the new arena of trade exhibitions. His first Expo was in Paris in 1849, where among others he exhibited this clock as well as three others after Feuchere but his most well known display was at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. His products are described and illustrated in several editions of the exhibition journal and the Michaelangelo clock is very clearly shown in the illustrated catalogue. The Vittoz business and the rights to all models was sold to a rival company, Labroue, in 1852, allowing us to date this clock to between 1849-1852.
A later version of this clock, an edition signed by Labroue, is in the Louvre Museum
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A Pair of George IV Ebony and Gilt Bronze Mounted Side Cabinets
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A Pair of George IV Ebony and Gilt Bronze Mounted Side Cabinets
9507 A pair of George IV ebony and gilt bronze mounted side cabinets, constructed from a French 17th century ebony cabinet, with Siena marble tops above an engraved frieze drawer, the doors carved and engraved with classical scenes, standing on a shaped, ebonised plinth with gilt bronze mounts to the front and sides.
Written label for Emma Shaw-Lefevre, Heckfield (Place)
English
1820-30
Width: 27.5 ins (70 cms)
Depth 14.25 ins (36.5 cms)
Height: 40 ins (102 cms) £9,500
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