Antique Flap Cabinet Mahogany Veneer Italy XX Century - Italy, Early XX Century

Italy, XX Century

A Neoclassical-style console table featuring a clear glass top that highlights its elegant design and quality materials. The top rests on a pair of plaster legs, modeled in the shape of opposing caryatids, lending a sculptural touch and striking visual impact. The choice of plaster for the legs, in addition to echoing the classical aesthetic, allows for fine, detailed workmanship. Crafted in Italy in the 20th century, this console table fits perfectly into both classic and contemporary decor, offering a harmonious blend of functionality and decoration.

Piedmont XX Century

This Piedmontese walnut trumeau features an elegant blend of antique and 20th-century elements. The antique drop-leaf base features maple inlays added later, further enhancing its charm. The 20th-century upper part features a pair of paneled doors inlaid with maple scrollwork, a motif that harmoniously repeats across the entire surface of the piece. A central inlay of various woods depicts a rural scene with a lady and knight, a theme also found on the central drop-leaf door. This door, when opened, reveals an internal cabinet with five drawers and an open compartment. The base is completed by a pair of drawers and pulls that support the drop-leaf door, while the curved feet and wrought bronze escutcheons and handles add a touch of refinement.

Italy, Early XX Century

Wooden mirror crafted in the Venetian Baroque style, featuring a finely carved and gilded frame. The carving features a rich decorative repertoire of floral, leafy, and scroll motifs that extend across the entire surface, lending the piece an elaborate and dynamic appearance. The perforated frame further enriches the design, creating a play of light and shadow that enhances the gilding. This piece is an expression of early 20th-century Italian decorative art, a period in which the Baroque style was reinterpreted with a modern sensibility. The mirror is ideal for spaces requiring a touch of historical elegance, offering a perfect balance between functionality and decorative aesthetics.

Italy, Early XX Century

A pair of perforated and carved wooden wall lamps featuring an elaborate design of leaves and swirls. The lacquered and gilded surfaces lend an elegant and refined look. Each wall lamp features three lights, supported by iron and pastiglia arms featuring a leafy branching motif. The wooden bobeches complete the ensemble with stylistic coherence. Made in Italy in the early 20th century, these wall lamps represent a significant example of decorative craftsmanship from the period, ideal for use in settings requiring period lighting. The use of quality materials and attention to detail make this pair of wall lamps a fascinating testament to the aesthetic taste of the era.

Oil on canvas. Central European school of the 18th century. The distinguished lady, who flaunts a dress enriched with bows and lace, is seated at her desk and holds a letter in her hand; at the bottom left an envelope bears traces of a name, unfortunately illegible, a device to make the portrayed character known. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in an early 1900s frame.

Italy, XX Century

Bronze sculpture depicting "The Painter" by Vincenzo Gemito, Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples. Manufacturer's mark engraved on the base.

France, XIX-XX Century

Gilded bronze table clock with cloisonné enamel plates. Roman numeral dial and movement marked Charles Pickard Paris.

France, XIX-XX Century

Gilded bronze table clock with cloisonné enamel plates. Roman numeral dial and movement marked Charles Pickard Paris.

France, XX Century

A pair of crystal bottles with a drop-shaped body and stopper. Manufacturer's mark under the base.

Italy, Early XX Century

Round mirror in carved and gilded wood. Beveled mirror, molded and carved frame, adorned with successive carved leaf applications. Small losses. Italy, early 20th century.

Europe, XX Century

Bronze sculpture depicting Napoleon Bonaparte on horseback. Artist unknown.

Oil on canvas from the late 19th century depicting a naval battle scene, with a Renaissance-style oared galleon at its center. The work, clearly historically inspired, features an allegorical female figure in the upper right corner, surrounded by cherubs, waving a tricolor flag (red, white, and presumably green) and holding a commander's baton surmounted by an eagle (symbol of imperial power). These iconographic elements recall the symbolism common in celebratory depictions of naval battles, where the female figure appears in the heavens as an emblem of victory and glory. She is gliding toward the armored soldier lying wounded on a rock in the lower left, gazing toward the celestial figure who is coming to recognize her patriotic value. The use of color and light emphasize the dramatic atmosphere. The arrangement of the elements with poorly defined outlines despite the richness of the details, harks back to the production of the late nineteenth century. The canvas has widespread loss of paint and requires restoration. It is presented in a period frame.