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Louis XIV
From the second half of the 17th century to 1715.
The Sun King made France into the wealthiest and most powerful country of Europe. The Chateau of Versailles established French classicism and gave birth to a National School of Art, which dominated Europe for the next hundred years. The Louis XIV style can be summed up in three words:
Majesty: a tendency towards luxury, the monumental and the grandiose, with a wealth of sculpture and gilding;
Balance: a quest for symmetry and perfection that gave a strong sense of order, formality and classicism;
Originality: new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and architectural rules.
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Cast iron fireback with two coats of arms linked together as in wedlock in a crowned cartouche, most likely celebrating a Marquis and his wife. The man’s shield on the left is as follows: quarterly,…
Width : 3' 3'' Height : 3' 7'' ¾
19 full squares of flooring, 11 other. See plan and pictures for dimensions.
Width : 21' 3'' ½
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Elegant Louis XIV style red marble from the North mantel from the 19th century. Of overall rectangular shape as is the tradition of the Louis XIV style, the mantel is Bolection with an important rounded mold…
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 3' 9'' ⅝
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Width : 1' 6'' ½ Height : 1' 6'' ⅞
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
Bolection marble mantel in the Louis XIV style from the 19th century with a beautiful luminous red hue of marble called Griotte. The slightly curved and carved in relief central molding runs across the entab…
Width : 4' 8'' ¾ Height : 3' 7'' ¾
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Width : 3' 7'' ¼ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
Nice series of four cast iron Medicis type vases from the 18th century. These vases are well balanced, have a beautiful color patina and stand on small bases. The Medicis vase has a curved profile, a large n…
Height : 2' 7'' ½
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Beautiful Louis XIV style 19th century mantel in Ardennes gray marble. The jambs, adorned with fluting, rise up to a slightly curved entablature. The moldings follow the curve of the hearth opening, but cont…
Width : 5' 9'' ⅝ Height : 3' 8'' ⅛
Cast iron fireback with the coat of arms of France, dated 1682. The shield is adorned with three fleur-de-lys and topped with a royal crown. Two palm leaves that delicately underline the structure of the shi…
Width : 3' 4'' ½ Height : 2' 9'' ½
Beautiful cast iron fireback celebrating the navy in the Louis XIV style from the second half of the 17th century. Two putti each holding a palm leaf stand on either side of a medallion that bears an anchor,…
Width : 2' 5'' ⅛ Height : 2' 4'' ¾
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Strong Louis XIV style large fireplace mantel in Rouge de France marble with curved molded shelf, elegantly simple paneled spandrels above slightly curved paneled jambs on block feet. Simple plain cast iron …
Width : 6' 3'' ⅝ Height : 3' 11'' ⅝
Elegant Bolection mantel with acroterion in the Louis XIV style from the 19th century. This mantel presents a large rounded molding typical of the Bolection mantel. The crowing pediment adorned with fluting …
Width : 4' 9'' ½ Height : 4' 6'' ¾
Very elegant Régence style Sarrancolin marble mantel. Mantle in the "Bolection" style inherited from Louis XIV, with a large rounded molding that runs along the hearth opening and spandrels that stretch to…
Width : 5' 2'' ⅝ Height : 3' 7'' ¾
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
Very original mantel made with elements of a closed bed from the 18th century. A symbol of old Brittany the closed bed used here was made of beech and chesnut wood and associated with wrought iron elements f…
Width : 6' 4'' ⅜ Height : 10' 6''
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This 18th century mantel is a very rare example of mantels produced during the Louis XIV period. Large with straight lines, following the Bolection design much favored at the time; a thick molding runs along…
Width : 5' 8'' ½ Height : 3' 6'' ⅞
This Medecis terra cotta garden vase is decorated across the middle with an Antique frieze. A parade of mythological characters surround the vase: Centaur, naide, putti and a young ephebe. This rich décor i…
Width : 2' 9'' ½ Height : 8' '' ⅞
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
With its full and slightly rounded shape this surprisingly large mantel prefigures the future Regence style. Powerful console jambs rise up to a slightly recessed curved Bolection entablature with molded rec…
Width : 5' 9'' ¼ Height : 4' 4'' ⅜
Series of six columns in a beautiful deep Languedoc red marble resting on cube granite bases. The column surfaces are smooth and are shaped with an entasis. Having no capitals, they perfectly support stautes…
Width : 1' 3'' ¾ Height : 8' 1'' ¼
Stock venue : Outside Paris
Beautiful pair of stone garden benches from the 19th century with classical well balanced proportions. The rectangular seats rest on pairs of fan shaped legs decorated with volutes.
Width : 9' 2'' ¼ Height : 1' 8'' ½
Stock venue : Outside Paris
Small stone baptismal font with carved gadroons, dated "1790". The bowl is carved in the stone.
Width : 2' 8'' ¼ Height : 1' '' ⅝
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This beautiful cast iron fireback bearing the coat of arms of the Kings of France (three Fleur de Lys azure) was destined for the military. Indeed, the coat of arms is flanked with military trophees (shield…
Width : 2' 7'' ½ Height : 2' 2'' ⅜
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This arch topped cast iron fireback is an example of late 17th century, Louis XIV design. The King’s coat of arms is placed at the center in a heart shaped cartouche framed by a shield with olive…
Width : 2' '' ¾ Height : 2' 2''
From the second half of Louis XIVth reign, this pair of brackets are beautifully balanced. A broad curve rises up from the vertical post to the horizontal one. A motif called “pig’s tail” at the cente…
Width : 3' 7'' ¼ Height : 3' 3''
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
From the second period of the reign of Louis XIV, this large bracket is beautifully balanced, very similar to the pair referenced as item 9391. The same design : a broad curve rising up from the vertical pos…
Width : 4' 11'' Height : 4' 1'' ¼
Oak chimney piece flanked by a pair of fluted Corinthian columns with gilded capitals supporting a classical entablature. The center of the overmantel presents a Louis XIV style decorative panel with gilded …
Width : 5' 11'' ⅝ Height : 7' 1''
Old pair of Louis XIV style milestones, with a square base rising into a cone shape. Milestones were often placed at the entrance of properties. They were used to mark property lines but mostly to pro…
Height : 4' 7'' ⅛
Three different types of marble were used in this beautiful stone altar. This polychrome design creates an original altar, with a red marble cross set against a background of deep green marble. With its trap…
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 2' 8'' ⅝
This cast iron vase of classical and pure lines is inspired by the Antique models. This reference to Antiquity is typical of the Louis XVI style in the late 18th century in France.
Height : 1' 7'' ¾
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Wood door painted a purple color, with different forms of moldings. The shapes in the lower part create a flower motif giving a country aspect to this charming door.
Width : 4' 3'' ⅛ Height : 7' 10'' ⅞
This fireplace mantel uses the molding and the two spandrels in relief under the entablature of the Louis XIV rounded mantel. It is crowned by an acroterion, shaped like a pedestal and decorated with fluting…
Width : 4' 4'' ⅜ Height : 4' 6''
Louis XIV style mantel from the second half of the 19th century carved in green marble from the Alpes. Rising on a pair of molded jambs, this mantel presents a curved entablature and wide spandrels decorated…
Width : 4' 7'' ⅛ Height : 3' 8'' ½
The Bolection mantel is specific to the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Of rectangular shape, it is adorned with a large molding that runs along the jambs and entablature. Red Griotte marble was a great …
Width : 4' 1'' ⅝ Height : 3' 5'' ⅜
Cast iron fireback with French royal shield, crown and palm leaves
Width : 2' '' ¾ Height : 2' 1'' ¼
Cast iron fireback with the French royal family coat of arms, with crown and palm leaves.
Width : 1' 10'' Height : 1' 10'' ⅞
Cast iron fireback with coat of arms of the French royal family with crown and palm leaves.
Width : 1' 7'' ¼ Height : 1' 7'' ¾
Cast iron fireback with French royal coat of arms, dated 1669, with crown and palm leaves.
Width : 2' '' ¾ Height : 2' 1'' ¼
This Louis XIV style Bolection mantel is carved in Sarrancolin marble from the West. The two tone marble hearth floor is available as well as its white enameled insert and iron curtain with its gilded frame.
Width : 4' '' ⅞ Height : 3' 5'' ¾
Rare pair of lead vases with dragon decor from the 1830's in the shape of monumental ewers. The vases are set on red marble bases; their pedestals are decorated with acanthus leaves. The vase widens into a f…
Width : 1' 11'' ⅝ Height : 3' 1'' ⅜
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Typical of the reign of Louis XIV, this mantel is representative of the Bolection style with a thick molding running along the hearth opening and the sculpted spandrels above. The mantel rises up into the sh…
Width : 5' 6'' ⅛ Height : 4' 3'' ⅝
Louis XIV style Bolection mantel, presenting a geometrical profile with a large molding that runs all around the hearth opening. This model is carved in violet Brocatelle from the Jura region in Franc…
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ Height : 3' 6'' ⅛
Imposing stone mantel from the second half of the reign of Louis XIV (circa 1690). Standing on powerful jambs that expand as they rise. The entablature presents curves that are reminiscent of the shape of a …
Width : 5' 3'' ¾ Height : 3' 7'' ¼
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Imposing radiant Louis XIV style large fireplace mantel in incarnate Turquin marble with curved moulded shelf, elegantly simple panelled spandrels above slightly curved panelled jambs on block feet. Very nic…
Width : 6' 6'' Height : 4' 3'' ⅝
Cast iron fireback from the 18th century decorated with the coat of arms of the French royal family symbolized by three fleur de lys under a crown, at the centre of two concentric chains of the orders of Sai…
Width : 3' 9'' ¼ Height : 3' '' ⅝