Style > Napoleon III
The Napoleon III style also called Second Empire style can be summed up in one word: abundance – abundance of inspiration, profusion of materials and a wealth of décor. The décor is the strong point of this period. It was abundant, always using exquisite quality of materials, with plenty of furnishings and fabrics. Second Empire designers loved grand interior architecture elements. The focal points of rooms were fireplace mantels, mirrors, candelabras, sconces and chandeliers. Atlantes and caryatids were symbols of used and were synonymous of luxury.
Under Empress Eugenie’s influence, Louis XVI style furnishings and more precisely the furniture inspired by Marie-Antoinette were all in fashion. This style is often called “Louis XVI- Imperatrice”.
In general, the Napoleon III style is characterized by exuberant shapes, a profusion of decorative motifs, and a naturalism in the representation of human figures – such as those created by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, the sculptor famous for the Dance figure on the Paris Opera.
In the reign of Napoleon III, the city of Paris was transformed by the urbanisation work of the baron Haussmann. The development of investment property changed the city’s architecture. Architects and decorators could develop their talent and let their imagination flow.
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Width : 3' 11'' ⅝ Height : 2' '' ¾
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Particularly wide Napoleon III style spiral staircase with oak steps, mahogany handrail, iron posts adorned with lead rings, the central post and belt surrounding the spiral are iron.
Width : 5' 6'' ⅞ Height : 11' 5'' ¾
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Width : 2' 4'' Height : 5' 1'' ¾
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Width : 9'' ⅞ Height : 4' 3'' ⅛
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Width : 4' '' ⅞ Height : 3' 3'' ⅜
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This extraordinary monumental Breche violette marble mantel was designed by Jules Allard for the Manhattan residence of Edward J. Berwind in the end of the 19th century. A pair of gilded winged putti bearing…
Width : 7' 7'' Height : 14' 11'' ⅞
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Series of cast iron radiators in different sizes. Please contact us for details.
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Rectangular iron structure with central oval window with curlicue ended rods radiating out from a small central circle, framed with geometrical square angled motifs. Unfortunately we were not able to salvage…
Width : 9' 2'' ¼ Height : 13' 1'' ½
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The four shield shaped panels represent the four seasons.
Width : 9' '' ⅝ Height : 12' 5'' ⅝
French black marble mantel with modillions in the Napoleon III style from the 19th century. This mantle is designed with straight jambs on block feet and a small capital, rising up to a simple entablature. T…
Width : 3' 8'' ⅞ Height : 3' 3'' ¾
Beautiful sheet metal bird cage with Napoleon III style copper decorations from the 19th century. The wire screen cage, with three doors is topped with a pointed roof crowned with a pine cone and with rounde…
Width : 2' 9'' ⅛ Height : 8' 3'' ¼
This Napoleon III period double door is designed in the asymmetrical curved Louis XV style. Four panels with mirrors adorn each door. They are framed with curved moldings, the higher moldings delicately carv…
Width : 4' 11'' ½ Height : 9' 8'' ⅞
Large cast iron garden urn with a floral decor signed J.J.Ducel from the 19th century. The opening of the vase is surrounded by a classical frieze of pearls and cartouches. On either side a grotesque mask of…
Width : 4' 4'' ⅜ Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
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Elegant stained glass windows each representing a bird in a refined Japanese style decor. A bird spreads its wings rising from a bamboo branch above a small pond full of water plants and dragonflies with far…
Width : 5' 11'' ⅝ Height : 9' 3'' ⅜
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Width : 2' 1'' ⅝ Height : 6' 7'' ⅞
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Delicately colored double stained glass window with a frame of light blue glass, depicting wisteria falling from stylized volutes at the top and geraniums rising from other volutes at the bottom. The soft co…
Width : 3' 4'' ⅛ Height : 5' 11'' ⅝
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Pair of decorative friezes celebrating the arts made up of a series of enameled ceramic tiles joined together. The central elements are round medallions each representing a profession, which are framed by pa…
Width : 12' 1'' ¼ Height : 1' 9'' ⅝
Beautiful water pump in the Napoleon III style.with a lion face spout, and floral motifs on the shaft and the top.
Width : 2' 4'' ⅜ Height : 3' 6'' ⅛
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Reminiscent of the art of greenhouse architecture of the Napoleon III period, this iron garden shelf has three levels. With a half-moon shape, the three shelves decrease in size and are linked by an iron str…
Width : 3' 8'' ½ Height : 2' 8'' ⅝
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Capucine mantel with two fluted modillions above the jambs. The hearth opening is adorned with an inner frame.
Width : 4' 2'' Height : 3' 4'' ⅛
Elegant front door in wrought iron, audaciously combining geometrical features with charming naturalistic motifs - garlands of flowers and acanthus leaf volutes. Such a mixture of genres was typical of the s…
Width : 4' 7'' ½ Height : 8' 11'' ⅞
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Pair of large chandeliers with six branches, formerly gas lights adapted to electricity. Each branch describes a curve and a counter curve, and is adorned with gilded bronze acanthus leaf motifs. The…
Width : 3' 3'' ⅜ Height : 4' 1'' ¼
At the center of a rectangular mirror surrounded by a frame carved with a string of motifs, is a second oval beveled mirror. Topped with putti and adorned with scrolls of acanthus leaves, what distinguishes …
Width : 5' 6'' ⅛ Height : 6' 4'' ¾
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Pair of windows with a square wood frame base and wrought iron grid. Four circular motifs are set among the lines of both window grids: two simple ones and two decorated with small swirls.
Width : 3' 7'' ¾ Height : 4' 5'' ⅛
This pair of columns was carved in Breche marble. Of the height of pedestals, they are round decorated at the top with a delicately sculpted fluted frieze. They can be used alone to mark an entrance f…
Pair of iron archways supported by two pilaster filleted columns topped by capitals. The arches are composed of a motif of circles that follow the elegant curve of the archways.
These four radiators are coffers treated like screens, to let the heat through and all bear the company name plate.
Width : 4' 6'' Height : 2' 3'' ½
A large double window, topped by a smaller one. Each window is entirely paned with laminated translucent glass: large neutral color glass panes alternate with pink diamond shaped cabochons. The rim is …
Charming cast iron garden set of four chairs and a round table with a stone top. Made circa 1940 in the Napoleon III style. The chairs are richly decorated with lace-like trimmings, volutes of foliage…
Complete dining room walnut wood paneling. Originaly this was the dining room of the Count A. de Chavignac, decorated with hunting attributes and trophies painted and carved, including two large oil canvases…
Width : 22' 11'' ⅝
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Small black marble mantel with enameled insert.
Width : 3' 5'' ⅜ Height : 3' 2'' ¼
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Pair of cast iron grilles decorated with foliage at the cross sections.
Width : 1' 8'' ½ Height : 3' 3'' ⅜
Marquetry masterpiece of the 19th century The artist’s creativity led him to create this Baroque masterpiece. Set on a terrace with three sets of front steps, the building rises up two storeys. …
Width : 1' 6'' ½ Height : 2' 3'' ⅛
Built on an angle with perfect symmetry and a grey Carrara marble architectural structure and décor, this beautiful fountain focuses on a central white Carrara statuary marble figure. The half moon basin l…
Width : 6' 2'' Height : 10' 4''
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Decorative panel made of 80 enameled tiles. The panel represents a single scene in the manner of a painting. A woman stranded alone on rocks seems to shy away from impressive waves. Indeed on either side of …
Width : 4' 4'' Height : 5' 7'' ¾
Marble mantel from 19th century with bracket corbels in gray speckled marble from Caunes also called California.
Width : 4' 6'' ¾ Height : 3' 4'' ½
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The shape of this wood mirror is rectangular but focused on the central oval shape created by moldings. Cartouches link the oval to the frame. The top of the frame arches up under an imposing carved pediment…
Width : 3' 8'' ⅛ Height : 5' 3'' ¾
At the center of a rectangular mirror surrounded by a frame carved with a string of motifs, is a second oval beveled mirror. Topped with putti and adorned with scrolls of acanthus leaves, what distinguishes …
Width : 4' '' ⅞ Height : 5' 8'' ⅞
Flat mantel with canted jambs with a curved shelf, carved in violet Brocatelle marble from Jura, with contrasted hues of yellow and violet.
Width : 4' 3'' ⅝ Height : 3' 3''
Iron mesh garden gate and 8 panels of fence from the 19th century stamped with the manufacturer's name: Taffin - rue de la Chaîne - Rouen.
On a backdrop of fan like sun rays, two putti struggle to hold up a jug of water, which forms the water spout of this fountain. They stand on a rock and are framed by an arch decorated with floral emblems an…
Height : 5' 2'' ⅝
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Portrait of Félix Faure, president of France by Henri Rondel. The painting is signed and dated and was presented at the Salon of 1897. Henri Rondel was born in February 1857 in Avignon. He was the stu…
Width : 5' 3'' ¾ Height : 9' 8'' ⅛
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen