Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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Antique Japanese Porcelain Planter with Saucer, Hand-Painted Scene, Meiji Period
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant Japanese porcelain planter with a matching saucer is beautifully hand-painted with intricate, colorful scenes depicting traditional Japanese figures and landscapes. The ...
Porcelain
Lion Mask Garden Urn
Located in New York, NY
Lion mask garden urn. Beaux Arts period cream cast stone planter with bas relief apposing lion mask ring ‘handles’ suspending ful floral swags all above a zig zag ribbon banded base....
Cast Stone
Glazed earthenware pot, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware pot, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2026. Unique piece. H: 12.8 x 24.4 x 22.4 inches. - Born in 1975 in Man...
Ceramic, Earthenware
French Desvres Faience Jardinière, Hand-Painted, 1900s
By Desvres
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Desvres faience jardinière, or cache pot. Hand-painted in typical floral design with beautiful vivid colors of blue, green, yellow and red on white ground. A ni...
Faience
Contemporary Modern Lion Urn with Lid
Located in Dallas, TX
Impressive contemporary lion urn with lid included in purchase.
Limestone
$695
H 18.5 in W 8 in D 4 in
French Desvres Faience Figural Cat Wall Pocket Vase or Bouquetière by Geo Martel
By Desvres, Émile Gallé, Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine French faience wall pocket / vase. By Geo Martel, founder of the Gaëtan Level ceramics factory in Desvres starting circa 1900. In the form of a cat climbing with floral mark...
Faience
$3,250
H 8.5 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless. Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number). Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while. Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist". Her other awards include: 1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California) 1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film 1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council 1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University 1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award) 1986 Women’s Building Award 1984 Living Treasure of California 1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History 1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA...
Earthenware
Art Deco Japanese Porcelain Vases Meiji Period, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful pair of polychromed Kutani porcelain Japanese vases, circa early 20th century, Meiji period, Japan. Vases are hand painted and designed with two different sides; one...
Porcelain
$1,050Sale Price|66% Off
H 5.12 in Dm 12.41 in
Large Antique Meiji period Japanese Satsuma Bowl Figures with mark Japan 19c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Country of origin: Japan Age: Meiji Period 19th century Size: 39.5 cm / 40 cm Diameter Condition Period 19th century PRoC (1949 - now)
Porcelain
$775
H 5 in W 11.25 in D 7.75 in
19th Century French Hand Painted Faience Jardiniere Signed Henriot Quimper
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a buffet or table with this colorful antique faience jardiniere. Crafted in Brittany, France, circa 1880, the oval planter features crown shaped scalloped edges and is dress...
Ceramic, Faience
$885
H 7.29 in W 9.06 in D 4.73 in
Early 19th Century English Demilune Lusterware Bough Pot With Cover
By Hackwood & Co.
Located in Roma, RM
This demilune flower pot or bough pot for forcing springtime bulbs, is adorned with three landscape panels. Each panel, painted in pink lustre, depicts the same cottage in a pastoral setting from three different vantage points. Moulded into the top and bottom rims are acanthus leaves. Pieces in this shape, color and style have been attributed to the Hackwood company, and usually pieces like these, are not marked. William Hackwood & Son was an earthenware factory in Shelton, England, from 1818 until 1853. In addition to lustre ware...
Ceramic, Faience, Luster
Antique Salmon Red Concrete Garden Urn Planter
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome antique concrete garden urn or planter. This salmon colored paint encrusted urn is in fabulous vintage condition with lots of gorge...
Concrete
California Design Studio Stoneware Weed Pot / Vase Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
California design studio stoneware weed pot / vase, circa 1970s. The pot is in very good vintage condition and measures 7.7"D x 6.5"H. The piece is signed on the underside. #3805
Pottery, Stoneware
$5,250
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Beatrice Wood Signed Iridescent Luster Glaze California Studio Pottery Face Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted iridescent luster glaze and highly desi...
Earthenware
Antique Meiji Period Kutani Japanese Porcelain Temple Jar
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Antique Meiji period Japanese porcelain temple jar with intricate hand painted decoration and gilt. The jar in Classic Kutani colors with floral and phoenix birds all over the top an...
Porcelain
French Faience Tureen Desvres, circa 1900
By Desvres
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Tureen attributed to Desvres Circa 1900. Inspired by Rouen manufacture. Signed Arromanches.
Faience
19th Century French Marble Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th-century French carved marble mortar, rich with history and softened by centuries of use, its surface worn smooth with a patina that only 250 years of culinary tradition could ...
Marble
Art Nouveau planter, majolica, early 20th century, France
Located in Herentals, BE
Cache pot in majolica with floral motif. The cache pot is suitable for an inner pot with maximum dimensions: H 18 cm, diameter at the bottom 12 cm and diameter at the top 17 cm. H 7....
Ceramic
Pair 19th Century Embossed Brass Jardinieres with Tin Liners
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century embossed brass jardinieres with tin liners will make a great addition to your decor! Each features boldly embossed scenes on the entire exterior depicting a couple of gentlemen playing a board game while being watched by a woman holding a child, all set in a garden like scene with charming furniture, overhanging vines, and a family dog...
Brass, Tin
Large turquoise ceramic planter urn, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A monumental hand-crafted ceramic urn, vase, or planter. Drainage hole in bottom; can be used indoor or outdoor and the photos show both scenarios. Rococo and beaux arts flourishes a...
Ceramic
Big Ceramic Floor Vase by Accolay, No Signed, circa 1960-1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A big ceramic floor vase by Accolay with abstract glazes decoration. No signed. Perfect original conditions. Very exceptional in theses dimensions. Unique piece.
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Cast Iron Planters, a Pair
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of patinated cast iron planters hailing from France, circa 1900. With their proto-Art Deco design, they look like inspiration for the Chrysler building,-while their own design...
Iron
19th Century Painted and Gilded Brilliant Green Bohemian Glass Vase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely painted and gilded Bohemian brilliant green glass vase with a serrated top and a central oval painting showing a young ‘shepherd’ boy sitting ...
Art Glass