Maison Pretot, Sideboard in Marquetry and Bronze, Napoleon III, Xixth Centurywoo

Massive secretaire with flap in marquetry of cubes on the doors and sides and bronzes (partly gilded): the flap covered with leather inside opens on...

Beautiful Provençal walnut kneader - Pétrin, with hinged tray to open on top, 2 "gendarme hat" doors, perforated crosspiece and interior tray This piece was used to knead dought whe...

Large two-door sideboard in the 17th-century style, made of wood painted in yellow/ochre tones with a stylized foliage design highlighted in green on the doors and sides. Italian...

Large 2-body scriban decorated with golden Chinoiserie on a black lacquered background, with a display window and stylized shelves in the upper part and a sloping desk and a double d...

Napoleon III kingwood, satinwood and fruitwood marquetry inlayed salon cabinet with surmounted by a conforming inset black veined marble top and having gilt brass moldings and mounts...

A stunning and most unique French 19th century Napoleon III Period ebony, ormolu, tortoiseshell, brass, pewter, Lapis Lazuli, mother of pearl, and black Belgian marble vitrine cabinet, signed Pretot. The four door buffet is raised by a beautiful scalloped shaped base with most elegant scrolled movements. The base is adorned with striking richly chased ormolu mounts of lovely rosettes, foliate Rinceaux designs, and a most impressive central mask of a bearded man amidst large acanthus leaves, all set on an ebony background with fine brass fillets. The two central doors are decorated with stunning masterfully executed scrolled foliate brass designs with intricately detailed maiden's faces, birds, and central pewter and colorful pietra dura urns above an exceptional lattice design with a Lapis Lazuli background and a bottom mother of pearl palmette all set on a superb tortoiseshell background. Each outer door retains its original glass pane set within a foliate ormolu band and a sensational inlaid frame with additional brass designs of interlocking geometric patterns, lovely scrolled foliate movements, finely detailed palmettes at each corner, and striking most charming pietra dura inlaid floral reserves. All four doors display foliate ormolu keyhole escutcheons and open to reveal two adjustable upholstered shelves...

Important Jeune Belfort (1813) Sideboard, France, Napoleon III 19th Century Sideboard, France, Napoleon III era 101 x 49 x 139cm with single central glass door. Ebony plated over oa...

Elegant antique French marquetry sideboard in the refined Louis XV style, distinguished by its graceful serpentine form and exceptional decorative craftsmanship. This sophisticated c...