Stylish French oak Buffet de Corps
Circa 1800
Eminently practical painted storage cupboard
Height: 93 in / 236 cm
Width: 47 in / 119 cm
Depth: 19½ in /49.5 cm
Stylish French oak Buffet de Corps
Circa 1800
Eminently practical painted storage cupboard
Height: 93 in / 236 cm
Width: 47 in / 119 cm
Depth: 19½ in /49.5 cm
Study of a young woman reading in a deckchair
Artist unknown (indistinctly signed)
Painted circa 1900
Oil on board: 4½ x 7 in / 11.5 x 18 cm
Still-life of plums in a basket
Signed Furcy de Lavault
Oil on canvas: 24½ x 32 in / 62 x 81 cm
Pair of round-backed fauteuils
French, mid-late 19th century
Recovered in Bourgogne Bois de Rose fabric
by Nicole Fabre
Height: 33½ in / 85 cm
Width: 30 in / 76 cm
Seat height: 15 in / 38 cm
A large 19th century French glazed pottery dish
decorated with fish and water-lilies.
Made in Bordeaux circa 1860 – 70 by Jules Louis Vieillard
Marked underneath with manufacturers initials
and words ‘Cuvette and Nenufar’.
Diameter: 16 ¼ in / 42 cm
A 18th century gilt console table with fluted legs
and carved floral decoration, with its original
white marble top
French, circa 1780
Height: 32½ in / 82.5 cm
Width: 36 in / 91.5 cm
Depth: 16½ in / 42 cm
Single round backed occasional chair
French, second half of 19th century
Recently recovered in fabric from
Colefax & Fowler
Height: 34 in / 88 cm
Width: 21½ in / 55 cm
Depth: 19¾ in /50 cm
Large French toile bedspread printed in Nantes
A 19th century French toile de jouy bedspread depicting scenes
from the life of Henri IV. (1589-1610)
French, circa 1825
Width: 89 in / 228 cm
Length: 73 in / 185 cm
The toile was designed by the engraver Samuel Cholet (1786-1874) who worked in the city of Nantes until 1836. The subject was based upon Voltaire’s epic poem La Henriade the theme of which was the twin evils of religious fanaticism and civil discord, and tells the story of the young Henry of Navarre before his accession to the throne of France.
The subjects shown include:
The siege of Paris in 1589 by Henri III together with Henri of Navarre, soon to be Henri IV.
The entry of the King into Paris in 1594 in front of the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
The equestrian statue at Place Dauphine, Paris.
Summer flowers and fruit
Signed L. Gouillaud ’31
Oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 23 1/2 in / 82 x 60 cm