I N T E R I O R & G A R D E N D E S I G N – A N T I Q U E S
Graduated in the IESA and the finest parisian galleries, Pierre-Alain Clostermann is pleased to greet you with his selection of french and indian Decorative Arts, carefully chosen in view of their quality and their historic interest, characteristic of a time
COMMODE IN AMARANTH By Charles Cressent, around 1725-1735 H. 34 in ; W. 39 in ; D. 21 in Marquetry of amaranth on a soul of pine and oak, walnut drawers. Our commode has the typical assembling characteristics of the furniture made by Charles Cressent and the bronze ornaments of his repertoire, which does not found in no other cabinetmaker because Cressent was foundryman of his own models. The squared falls applied to…
Mantel clock – Love triumphant War Louis XVI period, after a drawing by François Vion H. 13 in ; W. 10,3 in ; D. 5,9 in Original movement – with a complicated calendar. Exceptional bronze clock finely crafted and presented in its original mercury gilding. On the theme of War and Peace, or Love triumphant over war, sometimes still made in the eighteenth century as ‘pièce de bureau à l’Amour et à Mars’. Allegories are represented by two…
Jacques Guillaume VAN BLARENBERGHE Walk the royal family in the park of Versailles Around 1745 Oil on canvas (except frame: H. 22 cm, L. 28 cm) Exceptional representation treated in miniature quality, presenting a young marmot showman distracting the court in a grove called “Jardin du Roi” at the Grand Trianon of Versailles. Provenance: Princess of Faucigny-Lucinge, born of Choiseul-Gouffier, great-granddaughter of Count de Choiseul (provenance label on the back) Catalog Raisonné: This work is illustrated in…
Impressionist’s white roses By Raymond Quibel Rouen’s impressionist school, first half of the XXth century H. 12,6 in. ; W. 16 in. Provenance : Private collection in Grenoble, work acquired from the artist then transmitted by inheritance to the last owner. Original gilt wood frame. Raymond QUIBEL (1883-1978) Raymond Quibel exhibited at the “Salon de l’École française” in 1912 and 1913 and then to “Société des Artistes Rouennais”, the “Société Nationale des Beaux Arts” in 1922…
Adult Turquoise parakeet, ringed Born in Belgium in 2011 L. 20 cm; Diameter: 3.9 cm Ring of the BOF (Belgian Ornithological Federation) n ° 3,9 / 11 – 002 – BOF – AC 677 The Turquoisine Parakeet (Neophema pulchella) is a small endemic parrot in Australia.
Large ginger jar mounted with lamp 19th century, mounting of the same period H. pot: 35 cm (13.8 in) – H. pot and basis: 40 cm (15.75 in) H. stalk: from 34 to 52 cm (13.4 to 20.5 in) Ginger jar of ovoid form, painted with blossoming prunus branches on cracked ice grounds, in the manner of Kangxi models.
Moonlight on the Vesuvius from Sorrento Italy, early 19th century View : H. 8 in ; W. 10 in View on the Vesuvius from Sorrento, some fishermen at night in an Italian landscape. Referring the Naples bay’s map, we may propose that this view was taken from the creek of Sorrento, in the south. Oil on panel, presented with his gilt wood original frame. The « Grand Tour » During the 18th and 19th centuries,…
Impressionist view of the Afon Miwl’s bridge (Abermule, Wales) By Henri Ottevaere (Belgian school) – Circa 1915 H. 13,6 in. ; W. 17,5 in. This painting was realized during the Ottevaere trip to England in the early twentieth century. It is representative of an impressionist period of Henri Ottevaere, whose productions shows some symbolism. After he will work in the style of Tervuren’s school ( Belgian Barbizon School). This bridge still exist today. We found it on…
Very rare 18th century ebony and ivory octant Georges II – Louis XV period, ca. 1750 Radius : 17,8 in Octant ebony and ivory – Signed by the French dealer Decard Bordeaux, retaining the name of the manufacturer * GREGORY fecit * Henry Gregory, optician and manufacturer of measuring instruments in London between 1744 and 1782. Same octant is presented in the collections of the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia – that belonged to John Barry, founder…
An Indian ivory and rosewood casket Vizagapatam – India, circa 1740 Dimensions (approx.): H. 6,7 in. ; W. 16,5 in. ; D. 12,6 in. This casket presenting a rare size and quality of vegetal decoration – in the Italian manner called ‘Tarsia a incastro’ (ivory flowers are directly inlaid into the solid rosewood, which reserves have been previously carved for each element) this great chest is decorated on all sides and opening by a drawer. The…
Very rare “lyre” sconces pair – Louis XVI period Pierre Gouthiere’s workshop – Parisian work, circa 1785 H. 19 in ; W. 12,5 in This unique and stylish pair of wall consists of a barrel -shaped lyre motif very popular time of Louis XVI, probably made for a music room. It is surmounted by a mask radiating suspended from a node by all ablaze trimmings. Both sconces fluted curved emerge from the instrument into an…