Paris Third Quarter of the 19th Century

Napoleon III two-door sideboard, made by the cabinetmaker Georges-Alphonse-Bonifacio Monbro. Structure in ebony veneered oak, embellished with semi-precious stones and gilded bronzes. White marble top arranged within the edge, front with two doors decorated with reserves with vases of flowers and fruit made of stones in the centre, uprights at forty-five degrees, bracket feet. The bronzes, chiseled and gilded, portray leafy friezes, phytomorphic elements, godrons, rosettes, masks and volutes. The pilasters of the uprights are also made of gilded bronze, decorated with bunches and grape leaves and culminating with a caryatid and a telamon. Interior doors veneered in mahogany. Stamped in several parts on the hull and on the bronzes. Restorations and replacements.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

French Napoleon III center bookcase, supported by wavy legs, the lower band on both the front and sides is shaped; on the front it has two doors finished with fake books, with applied leather ribs, so as to simulate an open bookcase. In the upper part there is an open compartment and an upper tray shelf. The etagere has a similar shape, but in the central compartment there are various shelves placed at different heights. Interior in mahogany, they are veneered in bois de rose, with a 45 ° cut and quadripartite on the tops; the furniture is decorated with gilded bronzes and worked with leafy volutes, in the shoes, on the uprights, on the lower band and in the side handles.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Gilded bronze table clock with porcelain inserts painted with winged putti inside reserves and floral compositions. WIde gilde bronze base decorated with relif floral motifs and a central panoply with musical instruments. The clock is surmounted by two putti that are playing with butterflies. Metallic enamelled vase with roman numbers for hours and arabic numbers for minutes; in the middle of the vise ther is the signature of Bollotteft. de bronze, rue Vivienne 33. Mechanism branded Japy Fils medaille d'argent 1844-1849.

France, Late XIX Century

Napoleon III side table in marquetterie exotic wood and bois de violette, France, late 19th century. Upper surface equipped with a removable glass tray and connected to the lower surface by wavy uprights. Entirely decorated with finely chiseled gilded bronzes, used to make the edge of the tops, the handles and the classic-style applications depicting corncucopias, leafy and floral elements, ribbons and masks. The goat-shaped shoes are also in gilded bronze. Restored.

Europe Napoleon III

Boulle style clock in wood decorated with faux turtle. Gilded bronze frames with winged dragons, cherubs, vases, male busts, gallant scene in the center and winged figure with lantern at the top. The bronze applications are finely chiseled. Gilt bronze display with hours in Roman numerals in enamelled metal. Openwork bronze hands. Mechanism replaced but coeval marked Japy Freres & C.ie medaille d'honneur.

France, Napoleon III

Pair of porcelain vases with gold decorations in the Empire style, with flies, with the imperial eagle on one side and Napoleon's "N"on the other. The vases bear the brand with a golden crown of the Parisian manufacture that made them on the bottom.