Louis XVI

LONDON.- Tonight Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Treasures: Princely Taste was led by the sale of a magnificent pair of Italian carved giltwood settees created for one of the most sumptuous Rococo interiors in Italy - the Gilded Gallery of Palazzo Carrega Cataldi. Setting a record at auction for Italian seating furniture when they sold, to a round of applause, for £1,721,250/$2,763,639/¤1,923,495, the settees sold for over three times the pre-sale high estimate of £300,000 -£500,000*.  A pair of Italian carved giltwood... [Lire la suite]

Vase balustre. Chine, époque Qianlong (1736-1795) pour la porcelaine France, époque Louis XVI, vers 1775-1780 pour la monture en bronze.  Photo Marc-Arthur Kohn H. 63,5 cm, L. 34 cm. Fêlure interne à l'une des attaches. Estimation : 250 000 - 300 000 € Le vase, de forme balustre, repose sur un piédouche de bronze ciselé et doré, orné de canaux rayonnants, ceints à la base d'un tore de laurier, le tout reposant sur un socle carré à compartiments amatis. Une corolle de canaux alternant avec des feuilles... [Lire la suite]

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Commode with secretaire en suite, attributed to Adam Weisweiler. Est. $5/7 million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Six years after the landmark auction of Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra,* Sotheby’s announces a second sale dedicated to the remarkable Lily and Edmond J. Safra Collections. The four-day auction will be held from 18 to 21 October 2011 in New York, featuring six dedicated sale volumes whose contents represent the pinnacle of their respective... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Miseroni (1551-1616), Italian, Milan , Late 16th Century Chalcedony cover carved with Venus and Cupid sleeping in a shell, with silver gilt mount in the form of Jupiter as a Swan. Estimate: £800,000-£1,200,000. Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- Sotheby's announces Treasures: Princely Taste, the sale of an outstanding selection of rare and important decorative art with links to some of the greatest collectors in European history, including Louis XIV, Cardinal Mazarin, King Alfonso XII, Prince Davidoff, the... [Lire la suite]

  Henri VI, Roi de France et d'Angleterre (1422 / 1453). Salut d'or, 2e émission du 6 septembre 1423 - Atelier de Paris. photo Richmond de Lamaze Couronne / HERICVS:DEI:GRA:FRA'CORRVM:Z:AGLIE:REX l'Archange Gabriel debout devant la vierge Marie, à qui il tend un parchemin portant le mot AVE, derrière les écus accotés de France et de France-Angleterre ; au dessus rayons de soleil. Revers : couronne / XPCáVINCITá etc... croix latine accostée d'un lis et d'un léopard, sous laquelle est une H onciale dans un polylobe... [Lire la suite]

Agnel d'or , Charles IV dit Le Bel (1322-1328). Courtesy Etude Gasser Audhuy Poids : 4,2 g.- Estimation : 2 500 / 3 000 € Royal d'or , Philippe VI de Valois (1328-1350). Courtesy Etude Gasser Audhuy Poids : 4,2 g. Estimation : 1 800 / 2 000 € Double d'or , Philippe VI de Valois (1328-1350). Courtesy Etude Gasser Audhuy Poids : 6,8 g.- Estimation : 6 000 / 7 000 € Écu d'or , Philippe VI de Valois (1328-1350). Courtesy Etude Gasser Audhuy Poids : 4,5 g.- Estimation : 1 000 / 1 200 € Franc à... [Lire la suite]

Exceptionnel lampas tissé à bras par la maison Le Manach vers 1900, en réplique fidèle du meuble d'été de la chambre de Louis XVI à Versailles par Camille Pernon. Courtesy Thierry De Maigret Soie, filé or, fond gros de Tours ivoire broché de grands bouquets de roses et de fougères en soie de couleurs tendres inscrits dans un réseau formant losange de branches de monnaies du pape et feuilles d'or mêlées. Hauteur du rapport : 161 cm (état neuf). - 23 mètres sur rouleau. Estimation : 5 000 - 10 000 € Bibliographie:... [Lire la suite]

A French 18th century Louis XVI cream-painted Lit à la Polonaise © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The arched headboard and footboard with carved pilastres surround, surmounted by four fluted supports holding the octagonal domed shaped canopy, the rectangular stretchers carved with ribbon-tied foliate swags, on short tapering fluted legs, raised on castors, with green silk drapery, cover and cushion, 210cm wide, 115cm deep, 295cm high (82.5" wide, 45" deep, 116" high). Estimate: AUD 15,000 - 20,000 - Unsold ... [Lire la suite]

A French Louis XVI 18th century giltwood fauteuil à la Reine by Claude Javoy © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd the oval padded back within a carved guilloche surround, on padded arm-rests and scroll acanthus carved supports, the serpentine seat on tapering fluted legs and toupie feet, stamped to the underside of the carcass CJVM. Sold for AUD 4,560 inclusive of Buyer's Premium Note: Claude Javoy, maitre in 1779 Bonhams. The Andre & Cecile Fink Liquidation Sale, 31 Oct 2010. Sydney www.bonhams.com

A pair of French 18th century Louis XVI cream-painted fauteuils. Most probably by Jean Avisse, Paris © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Each with channelled backrail, the padded back and armrests on scroll moulded supports, the square seats on tapering fluted legs, each surmounted by a carved patera(2). Dimensions:60cm wide, 53cm deep, 90cm high - Estimate AUD 10,000-15,000. Sold for AUD 9,600 inclusive of Buyer's Premium Note :Jean Avisse, maitre in 1745.Although not stamped, these chairs are from a set of fauteuils stamped by... [Lire la suite]