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Antique Louis XIV style fireplace in yellow Brocatelle marble

This antique Louis XIV style fireplace was made out of beautiful and bright yellow Brocatelle marble during the 19th century. The "Bollection", characteristic of Louis XIV style, can be seen in the opening of the fireplace. At the ends of the entablature, the spandrels are made up of moulded panels.

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Gilt bronze 19th-century Romantic clock set with the Four Seasons

This Romantic style garniture set was made in the 19th century. Including a clock and two candelabras, it is a beautiful gilt bronze garniture carved in a meticulous way over its entire surface, in the manner of romantic goldsmith's work. Like many Romantic works, the decoration is inspired by the Renaissance style , with many arabesques and grotesques. The important clock features a dial decorated with interlacings where the hours are painted in enamel. Four young women, allegories of the Four Seasons, were modeled after late medieval and early Renaissance statues, standing on winged chimeras. The arch front is crowned with two cherubs girl and boy, while the pedestal is chiselled of beautiful scrolls. The two candelabras with six branches are also richly carved and adorned with three musician children on their feet. The chiseling of the bronze is very fine and alternates smooth and textured surfaces to bring out the luxuriant ornamentation.

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Carved oak woodwork transition style, end of the 19th century

This transition style oak panelling was reinstalled at the end of the 19th century.- from 18th century elements. It is composed of a mantel and its overmantel, a double door and a panneauté décor with a rhythm of Louis XV and Louis XVI style carved decorations such as stylized inhabited shells or garlands of flowers. The overmantel, adorned with carved floral elements, surmounts a Louis XV style oak mantel. The fluted and acanthus leaf jambs support a serpentine entablature with an oblong molding adorned in its center with a stylized shell framed with scrolls inhabited by acanthus leaves and flowers.

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Paul SOYER, Renaissance-Style Clock Set, circa 1875

This clock set in the spirit of the Renaissance was executed by Paul Soyer around 1875. Paul Soyer (1832-1903) worked as a chaser in Paris from the 1850s. Gradually, he learned the technique of enamel to replace ornamental bronzes in furniture decoration. He opened a workshop as an engraver-enameller in 1861 and then collaborated with renowned enamelers and goldsmiths, such as Claudius Popelin, Charles Duron, and Gustave Baugrand. It was as a collaborator of the latter that he won his first bronze medal at the 1867 Universal Exposition. Following this success, he opened a larger workshop and specialized in various enamel techniques, with a preference for painted enamel. He participated in all the French and foreign Universal Expositions, as well as the Expositions of the Union Centrale des Beaux Arts appliqués à l'Industrie. Regularly rewarded, notably with a gold medal in 1878, he was hors concours and a jury member from 1889, the year he received the Legion of Honor. His production, very varied, includes both small decorations for jewelry and true enamel paintings, as well as enameled art objects for goldsmithing and plaques intended for cabinetry. A follower of Popelin, he remained faithful to the art of the Renaissance and the early 17th century, particularly fond of the technique of polychrome enamels associated with grisaille, and that of gold camaieu.