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Exceptional antique Regency style complete paneled room in mahogany marquetry with fireplace, France 19th century

Exceptional antique paneled room from the late 19th century made in France in an English Regency Style. The panels are in marquetry of mahogany and wood of varied species (such as lemon tree). The upper part is made of stucco on wood. This decor in stucco is very refined: Athenian with ornaments of rams' heads, foliage and medallions decorated with women dancing in imitation of Wedgwood. Original stained glass windows are included. The medallions are exactly the same decoration as the stucco. The beautiful mantel with detached and fluted columns is also decorated with marquetry with griffins and vase with vegetal scrolls. The interior of the fireplace is made of Breccia Nuvolata marble. The sumptuous inlaid floor is also included.

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Mantle garniture in the orientalist taste in gilt-bronze with polychrome porcelain decoration

Polished and varnished bronze, polychrome porcelainThis exquisite orientalist mantle garniture was inspired by an eclectic range of decorative source materials and is characteristic of French works of art produced in the 1880s. Fashioned in gilt-bronze and ornamented with porcelain polychrome plaques decorated with vegetal scrolls and cartouches inspired by Iznik enamels, the clock takes the form of a piece of miniature architecture. The clock face is framed by two columns whose capitals support an open foliated pediment directly inspired by Islamic monuments. The clock is accompanied by a pair of vases of Byzantine form, the sides of which are encircled with a porcelain band that echoes the clock’s decoration. The body of the vases is also ornamented with chased bronze of the highest quality. This beautifully chased bronze work comprises palmettos of stylized organic shapes and delicate scrollwork. Certain of the bronze elements are executed in openwork, such as the handles of the vases.    Although not signed, this garniture is inscribed “Paris” under the face of the clock, indicating that this exceptional piece was the work of a French manufacturer. Created around 1880, this set is characteristic of the taste for eclecticism, the divergent sources used and the wide ornamental vocabulary taken from many different periods and continents that created this arresting and original work of art.