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Louis XV
From 1725 to 1750.
The Louis XV style evolved from the Régence style pushing further the movement of freedom of form. This is probably the most original period in the history of the French arts. Steering clearly away from the classical and antique references, the Louis XV style invented a new ornamental repertoire: the Rococo. Delicate and playful, the style is based on undulating lines and S curves, natural patterns and asymmetrical designs, focusing on interior design and furniture more than architecture with large white ceilings and central rosette plasterwork, pastel colors, high mirrors and a taste for the Chinese. Boucher is the painter of a period in which gallantry prevailed over the grandiose.
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Elaborate neoclassical design for this fireback from the 19th century with a mythological theme with Diana the Huntress with her bow and arrows and a flowing cape. Two women support the veils that surround t…
Width : 2' 8'' ¼ Height : 2' 7'' ⅞
Height : 12' 8'' ¾
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Width : 7' 2'' ⅝ Height : 4' '' ⅜
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Stone Pompadour mantel in the Regence style from the 19th century. The Pompadour model, named after the famous consort of Louis XV, is an expression of the limit between the large scale production mantel and…
Width : 5' 6'' ⅛ Height : 3' 6'' ½
Stock venue : Outside Paris
Beautiful Louis XV style 18th century mantel with asymmetrical decor. The straight and slightly curved jambs are Louis XIV in style, while the waving shelf, the lively decorated entablature shaped like a cro…
Width : 6' 6'' Height : 3' 11'' ⅝
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This elegant Louis XV style mantel is from the 19th century. The ornaments that adorn the entablature and jambs are enhanced by the generous curves of the mantel. The jambs are scrolled and decorated with pa…
Width : 5' 8'' ½ Height : 3' 9'' ⅝
Louis XV style white marble mantel with delicate light grey veins. Carved with a very symmetrical and rich décor, the canted curved jambs adorned with molded panels rise up to console scrolled heads…
Width : 4' 8'' ¾ Height : 3' 6'' ½
Nice Louis XV fireback representing "the Fox and the Stork" by Jean de la Fontaine. The scene is surrounded by delicate Rococo ornamentations.
Width : 2' 7'' ½ Height : 2' 7'' ½
This rare rectangular fireback bears a magnificent Regence décor. The sides are decorated with rosettes and cartouches. These vertical bands frame a large central Rococo design: large volutes, acanthus leav…
Width : 4' 4'' Height : 2' 10'' ¼
This Louis XV style mantel from the 19th century is in the Pompadour style, which typically favored panel ornaments on both the canted jambs and entablature and a central oval panel. However here the shapes …
Width : 5' 4'' ⅝ Height : 3' 5'' ¾
This period mantel is characteristic of Louis XV creations. Both large and thin, this very elegant mantel is composed of canted slightly console jambs and a curved entablature. The center of the frieze is ad…
Width : 6' '' Height : 4' 2'' ¾
Louis XV style Pompadour mantel with canted jambs and a curved entablature all adorned with moldings and panels. The marble has a pink beige base with dark veins enlivened by splashes of lighter hues.
Width : 4' 5'' ⅛ Height : 3' 5'' ⅜
Pompadour mantel in violet Breche marble with canted jambs and curved entablature and shelf. The décor is made of carved rounded panels on both the frieze and jambs.
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 3' 5'' ¾
This Sainte-Beaume yellow marble Pompadour mantel presents a slightly curved entablature and shelf. Both the canted jambs and entablature are carved with oblong moldings.
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 3' 5'' ¾
19th century Louis XV style mantel with very refined decor. The canted jambs adorned with panel motifs rise up to asymmetrical foliage with a touch of Rococo. At the middle of the entablature a shell is fram…
Width : 5' 7'' ¾ Height : 3' 8'' ⅞
Arch topped fireback with French Royal coat of arms (azure 3 Fleur de Lys) topped by a coronation crown. Acanthus leaves surround the shield. This elegantly curved composition is typical of Louis XV ornament…
Width : 1' 6'' ⅞ Height : 1' 7'' ¾
This arched fireback from the 18th century is adorned with a portrait representing Marie Leczinska, queen of France, wife of Louis XV, inspired by a portrait of her done by Louis Tocqué and exhibited in the…
Width : 1' 10'' ½ Height : 1' 11'' ⅝
Arched topped cast iron fireback with an eagle standing on a burning fire, its wings spread. This central figure is surrounded by volutes and foliage.
Width : 1' 8'' ⅞ Height : 1' 9'' ¼
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This perfectly square fireback is decorated with a central medallion, surrounded by a circle of pearls, on a backdrop of Rocaille leaves and volutes. The central character is Mercury, the Roman God of …
Width : 2' 8'' ⅝ Height : 2' 8'' ⅝
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
A Pompadour mantel with a central oval design flanked by carved panels that follow the generously curved lines of the hearth opening. These same motifs adorn the canted jambs.
Width : 3' 8'' ½ Height : 3' 2'' ¼
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Very elegant Pompadour white marble mantel. The carved panel decorations are slightly convex and are framed by delicate moldings. Complete with its original and finely decorated bronze air vents on both sides.
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 3' 5'' ⅜
This exceptionally large mantel is a remarkable example of Louis XV style as it was reinterpreted in the 18th century. By its size and sobriety this mantel stands out. A beautiful palm leaf central fe…
Width : 6' 4'' ¾ Height : 4' 2''
Large Louis XV style white marble mantel with delicate light gray veins. Carved with a very symmetrical and rich decor, the powerful canted curved jambs rise up to console scrolled heads with shells.…
Width : 5' 4'' ⅛ Height : 3' 8'' ⅛
Louis XVI style panelled room created in 1915 with beautiful Coromandel lacquer panels representing foliage and birds in an Oriental style. A Louis XVI style fireplace mantel with bronzes that is being clean…
Width : 20' 8'' ⅜ Height : 11' 1'' ⅞
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Because of the large scale this Louis XV mantel is rare for the 18th century. Delicately curved, it offers sober lines and subtle sculpted ornaments. The center of the entablature is decorated with a palm le…
Width : 5' 8'' ⅞ Height : 3' 5'' ⅜
This mantel presents a variation of the Pompadour style: on the entablature the central ornament is stretched out into an oval shape flanked by panels carved in relief. These same motifs adorn the jambs.
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 3' 6'' ½
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Eleven pairs of 19th century doors with stucco decorations and beautiful gilded and chiseled door bolts, locks and hinges, and an additional twelfth pair with beveled glass panes. Each door is decorate…
Width : 4' 2'' Height : 7' 11'' ⅝
Double entrance door in the Louis XV style and period, made in wrought iron. Each door bears the same two-part design, with geometrical square angled lines above and intertwined curlicue arabesques be…
Width : 6' 1'' ¼ Height : 10' 6''
Carved stone urns from the 19th century with a three tier form, decorated with acanthus leaves. They are in good condition with a nice patina. Originally destined to be pillar tops these could work beautiful…
Width : 1' 1'' Height : 1' 10'' ½
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
This white marble mantel is richly adorned with a mixture of flowers, scrolls of leaves and cartouches on both the entablature and jambs. The canted jambs are lightly curved and rise up to scrolled heads.
Width : 4' 5'' ½ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
Louis XV style white marble mantel, with canted console jambs adorned with acanthus leaves and hanging palm leaves. At the middle of the entablature a large fan shaped ornament made of carved leaves with scr…
Width : 5' 5'' ⅜ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
Grand Louis XV style white marble mantel from the late 18th century. The canted console jambs present a rich décor of scrolls, acanthus leaves and roses. On the side, rosettes in volutes underline the curve…
Width : 6' 2'' ⅜ Height : 3' 7'' ¼
Beautiful Louis XV style “three shell” mantel in Levanto marble from the 19th century. A classic of the Rococo style in which the play of curves and counter-curves created precise and symmetrical composi…
Width : 5' 8'' ⅞ Height : 3' 5'' ¾
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Louis XV Breche d'Alep marble mantel from the late 18th or early 19th century Carved in a very warm colored Breche d'Alep marble, this mantel is a very rich example of the Louis XV style. Resting on b…
Width : 5' 2'' ⅝ Height : 3' 8'' ⅞
White marble Pompadour mantel from the 19th century with enameled insert and two tone marble hearth floor.
Width : 3' 6'' ½ Height : 3' 2'' ⅝
Pompadour mantel with canted jambs adorned with fluted pilasters tops.
Width : 3' 8'' ⅞ Height : 3' 4'' ½
Pompadour mantel with canted and fluted jambs, carved out of Sarrancolin marble.
Width : 3' 8'' ⅞ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
Beautiful cast iron fireback in the Louis XV style from the 18th century. A canopy, formed by a central shell, lattice work, volutes and tumbling flowers on the sides shelters a charming country scene. A you…
Width : 2' 1'' ⅝ Height : 2' 1'' ⅝
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
19th century mantel in red Griotte marble. The Pompadour model is here enriched by strong scrolls on the jamb heads and a flattened oval in the middle of the entablature. The panels have all been carv…
Width : 4' 5'' ½ Height : 3' 5''
Beautiful stone mantel from the 18th century. Elegantly curved the center piece of the frieze is a bouquet. Pastoral themes were very popular in the second half of the 18th century.
Width : 4' 2'' ¾ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
Pompadour mantel with canted jambs and a décor of panels. The marble used is a Spanish pink named Duquesa Rosa.
Width : 3' 8'' ⅞ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
