Parisians furniture makers like: beurdeley, dasson, durand, grohe, krieger, linke, millet sormani, zwiener and many others created true masterpirces. This field was for a long time neglected by the specialists in french decorative arts, but lately interest in this area of collecting, thanks to...
Parisians furniture makers like: beurdeley, dasson, durand, grohe, krieger, linke, millet sormani, zwiener and many others created true masterpirces. This field was for a long time neglected by the specialists in french decorative arts, but lately interest in this area of collecting, thanks to...
the Netherlands and the UK. We prefer to buy our clocks in original 'dirty' condition. We then clean the cases using a technique we have developed over many years. We employ two qualified clockmakers who overhaul the movements. Movements are thoroughly tested until we are satisfied that they...
• French Furniture-Makers (Menuisiers/Ebenistes) - Andre-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) - Charles Cressent (1685-1768) - Antoine-Robert Gaudreau (1680-1746) - Bernard Van Ryssen Burgh - Lacquer Decoration - J.F.Oeben (1720-63) - Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) - David Roentgen (1743-...
The twin train pendulum movement with a striking bell stamped 'Medaille D'Or - Samuel Marti - Paris 1900' - The back of the clock stamped 'Fabrication Français' - 'Made is France' - 'Paris'. In the 1860s Samuel Marti collaborated with another two celebrated renown French clock-makers:...
We saw the antique equipment that has been used in the process when it was all done by human labor before it became modernized at their operation in Epernay, another Champagne center. Women were not allowed to be involved in the process except for one job: attaching the labels. ...
Antique Fabric is harder and harder to find especially if you are searching for large pieces. The large pieces of fabric that are found are usually curtains or pieces taken from old quilts. The last couple of groups have been textile artists, thankfully they needed only small pieces and I ...
An antique, painted piece is rarely stumbled upon, authentic, or disregarded. The fragments of what seems to be a fainting chair are in the plastic bag. None of the elements were broken; they were disconnected and stuffed in the bag without care. ...
the pieces never fell into place. So savor this penultimate post, all 7 of you readers. I think I’ll take up hawking antique cookware and corny mugs at a bric-a-brac store somewhere in the countryside or upper 14thSt and hook my wagon up to ISIL’s tech scooter which might be an ...
French Louis Quatorze designer of formal gardens. Histoire du Roi (1667-72) Tapestry. Designed by Charles Le Brun, the Louis Quatorze designer. MAIN ANTIQUE STYLES - Louis Quatorze 1643-1715 - Regency 1715-23 - Louis Quinze 1715-74