French 19th Century Credenza Alexandre Hugnet

Credenza / Meuble d'Appui after Joseph Stockel and Guillaume Benneman in the style of Louis XVI. Easily modified model according to a design by Joseph Stockel and Guillaume Benneman....

This gorgeous French Credenza was made during the 19th century. It is decorated with walnut veneer and has additional satinwood inlays of flower twines. The curved front is accentuat...

This Nineteenth century French crotch mahogany demi-lune sideboard features a richly detailed design that includes a stunning marble top, intricate bronze mounts, and the elegant cro...

Early 19th century Louis XVI style ebonized fruitwood parquetry with inlaid porcelain and inserted guilloche gilt brass insert. The front of cabinet / sideboard has polychrome decora...

19th Century Country French Buffet ~ Enfilade ~ Credenza is a perfect example of the versatility of antiques in the modern home! A great choice behind the desk, in the family room, ...

An extraordinary, very fine quality, circa 1920s French gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany, burled walnut, tambour marble-top sideboard (credenza serve...

Elegant Early 20th-Century Sideboard in Mahogany This refined early 20th-century sideboard is a beautifully crafted piece, showcasing exquisite workmanship and timeless elegance. Ma...

A stunning, rare, and very fine quality French Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style mahogany inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener. Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, born in the late 19th / early 20th century, exceptionally executed Parisian work, retaining the original shaped marble top with contoured molded edge, over conforming solid mahogany case extensively inlaid with rich floral decoration and geometric trompe l'oeil marquetry-work. Embellished with finely sculpted and chisled gilt bronze ormolu mounts, the case fitted with three high quality locking bar mounted cabinet doors, each adorned with matched ornate escutcheon and opening thanks to the original keys, revealing a mahogany finished interior with single shelf. Featuring rare and exotic woods inlaid, all rising on bronze mounted transitional cabriole legs, ending in the finest quality patinated bronze sabots. Its three doors do not interfere with its delicate marquetry with decorations of geometric cubes and beautiful flowers on gilt gold ground, its two flat uprights with cut sides inviting finesse and harmony, while its bronzes, with antique motifs indicate the return to refined classic taste. A fine example of the Transition style, this chest subtly combines Louis XV marquetry with shapes that are already more rectilinear. From the middle of the 18th century, certain French artists, at the head of which the architects Blondel and Contant d'Ivry as well as the painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, rose up against the excesses of the rococo style and advocated a calming of lines by the use of classical or even ancient principles. If the "Greek" style was too categorical a response to these requests, the Transition style, soon launched by the Marquis de Marigny, brother of Madame de Pompadour and Minister of the Arts, was much more measured and appreciated. Dutch cabinetmaker Matthijs Horrix was also front and center, a leader a Transition style. Celebrated ebanista Jean-François Oeben was one of the leaders of this new taste, with Jean-Henri Riesener following in the 19th century. Oeben a genius with inlay, he gave birth to several patterns, both sober and elegant, such as the marquetry of bottomless cubes, which was adopted by many of his colleagues including Jacques Dautriche and Charles Chevallier. Jean-François Oeben was particularly known for his "Louis XV or Transition furniture, adorned with leaf veneers, flower inlays or geometric patterns", according to Pierre Kjellberg (Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe, éditions de l'Amateur, 1989). A small secretary in the Transition cabinet...

19th Century Louis XVI Demi-Lune Buffet crafted in richly figured walnut with elegant bookmatched veneer panels and a beautiful white marble top. Featuring a graceful demi-lune silho...

An elegant storage piece for a dining room or foyer, this 20th century Louis XVI style enfilade captures the refinement of the period in timeless finishes like marble and mahogany. T...