Furniture

Japanist Furniture by Edouard Lièvre

Who were the great French cabinetmakers of the mid-nineteenth century? Napoleon III furniture pieces are often anonymous. The "de style" furniture, which imitates those of the previous century, wer...

Tagged: Lièvre

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov 4.

Marriage at the Time of Pisanello 1 Reply

The usual keeping furniture in the Middle Ages was the coffer. In the fifteenth century in Italy, the coffer becomes a work of art. The cassone is a marriage chest offered to the bride in order to...

Tagged: Pisanello, cassone, coffer

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 14.

The Italian Influence at the Gobelins

The creation of the Gobelins in Paris is included in a highly political context in which art is important. The minister of Louis XIV was Mazarin, the Italian, a great lover of art. The Superintend...

Tagged: Cucci

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 8.

Mackmurdo's Chair 1 Reply

Architect and interior designer, student with Ruskin and influenced by William Morris and also connoisseur of Renaissance art, Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo was a pioneer in the renewal of the craft of ...

Tagged: Mackmurdo

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 7.

Transition between China and Greece 1 Reply

Concerning a commode stamped by Delorme, I discussed here last year about the early stages of Parisian commodes ornated with Chinese design lacquered panels. This theme is often associated quite ri...

Tagged: Dester

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 20.

André Charles Boulle, the Pioneer of Prestige 1 Reply

In the history of art, it is difficult to identify a single man who had alone a greater influence than André Charles Boulle. In the 1680s, his creativity is immense. He brings the elegance into th...

Tagged: Boulle

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 10.

Later Boulle 1 Reply

The first years of the eighteenth century saw a transformation in the shape of the French commode. Around 1723, the great pioneer André-Charles Boulle is still active, but he is 80 years old and it...

Tagged: Boulle

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 19.

The Rocking Bird of François-Xavier Lalanne 1 Reply

Lalanne is well known in Paris for his sheep used as stools, and easy to group in herds of various quantities. But the bestiary furniture of this artist is much wider, including chairs, buffets, ba...

Tagged: Lalanne

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 18.

Furniture Made by a Bronze Maker 1 Reply

In Paris in the eighteenth century, the work of the cabinetmaker and of the bronze maker were to complement each other, for the production of luxury furniture. At the end of that century and the be...

Tagged: Thomire

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 15.

The Reply of Ruhlmann to the Central Heating 1 Reply

Art history is inseparable from life. With Sotheby's, we see today how the generalization of comfort has impacted the work of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann. A century ago, the central heating is widespre...

Tagged: Ruhlmann

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 4.

A Viennese Dining Room 1 Reply

Designed by Josef Hoffmann and manufactured by Portois and Fix in 1901/1902, the dining room that Dorotheum will sell in Vienna on May 14 is typical of the art of this city at that time. It consist...

Tagged: Hoffmann

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 16.

When Linke copied Beneman's commode 1 Reply

At the end of the reign of Louis XVI, an opulent model of commode is created for the palace of Compiègne. It is a commode à encoignures, which means that both sides are formed of arc-shaped shelves...

Tagged: Benneman, Linke

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Apr 21.

With the stamp of Joseph 1 Reply

On 13 December 2005 at Artcurial in Paris, the stamp of Joseph recorded one of the most remarkable results at auction concerning eighteenth century French furniture, obtained on a flat desk of Loui...

Tagged: Baumhauer, Joseph

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 27.

Artistic Marquetry for King Louis XVI 2 Replies

A writing table stamped by Riesener comes at Sotheby's in London on July 8 (Lot 25). This small piece of furniture (77 cm high, with a top of 97 x 54 cm) is expensive: its very open estimate (1 to ...

Tagged: LouisXVI, Riesener

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Kim Nguyen Mar 26.

vente caritative chez Christies à venir

Qui est au courant de la vente caritative chez Christies à venir merci

Started by Claude Laurent Mar 25.

The Cabinet of Medals of the Gallé estate 1 Reply

Original, unique, extremely prolific. These are the adjectives that are applied to the work of Emile Gallé, glass and furniture maker, ceramist. Creator of what was called the School of Nancy, his ...

Tagged: Gallé

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 23.

The Bedside Table of Napoléon's Secretary 1 Reply

A beautiful mahogany table from the French Empire by Jacob-Desmalter is for sale by SGL-Enchères in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on March 15. François-Honoré Jacob, who took the name Jacob-Desmalter afte...

Tagged: JacobDesmalter

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 21.

Yves Saint-Laurent in an Armchair ... made by Eileen Gray 1 Reply

In the very large sale of the collection of the fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, the furniture of the 20th century will be led by an armchair made by Eileen Gray. It is a seat only 61 cm high....

Tagged: Gray

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Feb 25.

Jean Prouvé refurbished France 1 Reply

Architect, industrialist, designer, Jean Prouvé was all along his life in service of the popular classes. Member of the Resistance during World War II, he helped rebuild France. Since the 1930s, h...

Tagged: Prouvé

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jan 31.

Transition Renaissance - Louis XIV 1 Reply

In terms of furniture, the name of époque Louis XIV is mostly applied to the later years of his reign. The cabinet d'apparat (luxury cabinet) which I am discussing now, dated to 1670-1680, is earli...

Tagged: Gole

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jan 31.