Jan's French Antiques

A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Aubusson Silk Five-Piece Salon Suite, attributed to Maison Forest, Paris. The finely carved suite comprises a bergère-style canapé (settee) with padded sides and four open-arm fauteuils, each richly decorated with carved floral motifs, scrolls, and acanthus leaves, and raised on elegant cabriole legs. An old cut-out stenciled label beneath one armchair reads: “Fabricant des Meubles Forest – Paris, 31 Rue Cambacérès.” Circa: 1890–1900.

Note: All gilding mostly original. The Aubusson silk tapestry in worn/used condition. The frames are of superb quality and would benefit from re-upholstery.

Maison Forest was one of the important late 19th- and early 20th-century Parisian luxury furniture firms specializing in highly refined historicist furniture, especially Louis XVI, Empire, and Belle Époque revival styles. The firm is often simply signed “FOREST” or “MAISON FOREST PARIS” on furniture. Maison Forest was founded in Paris in 1883 at 14 rue Pierre-Picard, Paris, later operated from 31 rue Cambacérès, Paris. Exhibited internationally, including at the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition. Maison Forest belongs to the great tradition of Parisian luxury ébénisterie that revived Louis XVI, Louis XV, Empire, and Napoléon III
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A Very Fine and Exceptionally Carved Italian 19th-20th Century Baroque Revival Style Whimsical White Carrara Marble Wishing Wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The intricately carved marble relief circular wellhead depicting carved figures of dancing and cheerful children (Putti) among vines, flowers and fruits, dancing and playing musical instruments with a backdrop of castles, landscapes, forests and wreaths. Circa: Florence, 1900.
Wellhead Height 32 inches (81.3 cm)
Wellhead Diameter 51 inches (129.6 cm)
Marble steps (lower level) 92 inches (233.7 cm)
Marble steps (upper level) 70 inches (177.8 cm)
Depth of each step 11 inches (28 cm) #19 centuryItaliansculpture #

A Fine and Rare French Belle Époque Gilt-Bronze and Frosted Enameled Decorated Glass Lantern. The tall, slender lantern is suspended from gilt-metal branches and leaves set with clusters of red berries, the gilt-bronze frame enriched with green and gilt polychrome lattice, acanthus leaves, and floral rosettes. It is fitted on two-sides with hand-painted panels depicting exotic birds amid flowering branches, the top surmounted by a dramatic gilt-bronze wheat-sheaf motif. Circa: Paris, 1900.

Note: Though this beautiful lantern appears to be unsigned and unmarked, similar painted and decorated glass lanterns and decorative painted glass pieces were produced by the renown French firm ‘Cristalleries de Baccarat’ (founded 1764), in the late 19th century through early 20th century.

Overall Height: 47 inches (119.4 cm)
Overall Width: 23 1/2 inches (59.7 cm)
Overall Depth: 12 inches (30.5 cm)
Body Depth: 7 inches (17.8 cm)

A Fine and Rare French Belle Époque Gilt-Bronze and Frosted Enameled Decorated Glass Lantern. The tall, slender lantern is suspended from gilt-metal branches and leaves set with clusters of red berries, the gilt-bronze frame enriched with green and gilt polychrome lattice, acanthus leaves, and floral rosettes. It is fitted on two-sides with hand-painted panels depicting exotic birds amid flowering branches, the top surmounted by a dramatic gilt-bronze wheat-sheaf motif. Circa: Paris, 1900.

Note: Though this beautiful lantern appears to be unsigned and unmarked, similar painted and decorated glass lanterns and decorative painted glass pieces were produced by the renown French firm ‘Cristalleries de Baccarat’ (founded 1764), in the late 19th century through early 20th century.

Overall Height: 47 inches (119.4 cm)
Overall Width: 23 1/2 inches (59.7 cm)
Overall Depth: 12 inches (30.5 cm)
Body Depth: 7 inches (17.8 cm).

An Exceptional French Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted End-Cut Marquetry Two-Drawer Serpentine-Shaped Bombé Commode by François Linke (1855-1946). Circa: 1910-1915. The serpentine-shaped marble top above ribbon-tied laurel festoons, with a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse with fruit and flowers, centered by an oval medallion with a ribbon-tied laurel-cast wreath framing falling vines above a pair of intertwined cornucopiae, flanked to each corner by a Herculean lion-pelt, the sides similarly-inlaid and with a laurel-cast festoon above and palm fronds below, on four square-tapering legs, each with reeded tapering mount and scrolled acanthus foot, the back left Herculean lion-pelt mount signed F. Linke and with FL cast to the underside of the upper lock escutcheon plate.

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A Very Fine and Charming Italian Late 19th to early 20th-Century Carrara Marble Sculpture Group Titled “The Village Celebration” by Professor Antonio Garella (Italian, 1863-1919). The intricately, impressive and exceptionally carved statuary marble group depicting a dancing and singing group of Italian villagers, dancing and singing in a lively embrace, holding hands and arms. The joyful scene includes a figure playing an accordion, another holding a wicker basket, and a hunter with a rifle slung over his back, accompanied by his hunting dog. The sculpture is elegantly mounted on a swiveling, carved green marble pedestal. Signed: Profre A. Garella – Galleria P. Bazzanti, Firenze. Circa: Florence, 1900.

A Very Fine and Palatial Pair of French 19th/20th Century Régence Revival Style Gilt-Bronze (Ormolu) Four-Light Figural Lanterns. The impressive pair of lanterns with a pierced circular strap-work corona above a lion-mask handle, surmounting a pierced dome above lambrequins, centered by a branch issuing for nozzles, within a bowl-shaped cage, headed by a pierced scrolling foliate frieze, flanked by four standing warriors or knights, each above a grotesque mask, with a scrolling foliate lower terminal, headed by four flame finials. The interior with a suspending four-light candelabrum. All original mercury gilt. Circa: Paris, 1900. Note: Each lantern weights approximately 250 lbs. Provenance: Christie’s London Sale 6426 - The Nineteenth Century Interior - March 22, 2001 - Lot 225 Height: 60 inches (152.4 cm) Width: 26 inches (66.1 cm)
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Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)
Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
Depth: 26 in (66.04 cm)
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Set of 2

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Very Fine French Louis XV Style Mahogany and Satinwood Gilt-Bronze Mounted Figural Cartonnier Bureau-Plat (Desk). The shaped rectangular top inset with a recent tooled leather writing panel surmounted by a Serre-Papiers Cartonnier, each corner mounted with female ormolu caryatids, fitted with three drawers to the undulating frieze, raised on cabriole legs. Circa: Paris, 1880-1890.

Height: 40 1/4 inches (102 cm)
Width: 65 1/2 inches (166.5 cm)
Depth 35 3/4 inches (91 cm)

Ref.: A2468 - Lot 11310

⚜️Whimsical 19th-20th Century Italian Baroque Revival style white Carrara marble wishing well head, very fine and exceptionally carved, raised on a two-stepped octagonal marble base. Intricately carved marble circular relief well head depicting sculpted figures of joyful dancing children (Putti) among vines, flowers, and fruit, dancing and playing musical instruments with a background of castles, landscapes, forests, and wreaths, Florence, circa 1900. Note: We have the video of Part II of this amazing Wishing Well. Please feel free to request a copy. Literature: Jan’s & Co. sold a similar well head. Fine French Antiques, Inc. in 1999,