Pair of Centaurs in patinated bronze standing on ebonized wood stand. Period : XVIII th century The Centaurs are reductions of the original ones in marble. They were found by cardinal Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (1685-1764) during the excavation of the Villa Hadriana...
A pair of néoclassical sides cabinets, in burr-amboina, rosewood, amaranth and boxwood parquetry. They open to a drawer. The front legs are joined by two shelves. They stand on four tapering fluted legs. Ormoulu ornementation such as friezes, keyholes and sabots....
A medallion with roses and bouquets decorates the middle of a raspberry “caisson” ground. A frieze of vine leaves forms a delicate internal border, and a wider border is composed of a frieze of griffons, baskets of fruit and volutes Origin : Axminster Carpet Factory...
A side console table in ebony with two drawers It is decorated with a Chinese lacquer panel depicting Japanese flowering cherries on the stretcher. The front of the apron is embellished with a European lacquer imitating this Chinese panel. The table stands on four...
Secretaire with a flap, drawer and door. It has pronounced architectural features and is adorned with fluted pilasters. The panels are decorated with reliefs in European lacquer, over a black background, in imitation of Japanese lacquers. These lacquers, of an...
Drop-front secretaire. The upper section has a drawer and a fall-flap revealing ten drawers and a secret compartment containing four drawers. The lower section has two doors opening on to two flaps (one opening upwards and the other downwards), disclosing two...
