The Treasure sale will offer important pieces of furniture with prestigious and historic provenances: a Royal silk panel made for King Louis XVI private apartments, a mahogany chair which most likely belonged to a set intended for the boudoir of the Hameau of Marie-Antoinette at Versailles, a bergère made for the comte d’Artois, King Louis XVI’s brother and subsequently King Charles X, at the château de Fontainebleau, a writing table made for Madame Adélaïde, Louis XV’s daughter, for the château de Bellevue and a pair of candelabra made for the duchy of Lorraine during the Louis XIV period. European royalty is also present with a Berlin porcelain vase from the Prussian court, a silver gift offered to the King Umberto of Italia, an Imperial snuff-box offered by tzarine Catherine II the Great and several pieces from French aristocratic families such as the Castellane and the Chancelier Pasquier, but also from British and Spanish aristocratic families.

The Treasure sale will offer important pieces of furniture with prestigious and historic provenances.

Prestigious Provenances

In this sale, the finest gilt-bronze made by the Boulle family will be offered with an impressive Boulle bureau plat. We will also present a large Régence bracket-clock and an impressive chandelier attributed to Jean-Louis Prieur. The art of bronze with other elegant material is also seen with a gilt-bronze mounted Sèvre porcelain Choiseul vase and a fine Louis XV encoignure. Fine silver pieces are also to be shown with a Belgian silver water fountain and a pair of Belgian soup tureens. Damascened metal will be also exhibited with a large pair of Spanish perfume burners.

The Art of Metal

In this enchanting group of lots, nature reveals itself in myriad forms, sizes, and materials—each work a tribute to the flora and fauna that have long inspired artists and artisans across continents. From Fanfani’s commanding sculpture of a woman atop her camel to the delicate Parisian chinoiserie snuffbox, the collection moves gracefully between the monumental and the miniature. The five grand Imari porcelain vases echo the vitality of blossoming gardens, while a pair of Japanese screens shimmers with dew-laden autumn grasses rendered in poetic restraint. Nature’s presence becomes almost animate in the life-size Minton peacock, its plumage captured in radiant ceramic, and takes on refined elegance in Dubois’s commode with foliate marquetry. Completing the panorama are Neapolitan hardstone table tops and Castrucci workshop panels, whose painstakingly assembled stones transform petals, leaves, and creatures into enduring mosaics. Together, these works celebrate the timeless beauty of the natural world in all its artistic guises.

This group of lots celebrates nature’s beauty across diverse forms, scales, and materials.

A Tribute to Nature

Paris

Head of Department, Furniture

Louis-Xavier Joseph

Senior International Specialist, English and European Furniture; Head of Department, Classic Design, London

João Magalhães 

International Head of Decorative Arts, Global Head of Russian Works of Art

Helen Culver Smith

Senior coordinator |  Furniture department | Head of sale | Silver department

Marine de Cenival

Cataloguer | Furniture and Silver 

Julia Cottin

Specialist, Deputy Director | Furniture

Adèle Bourbonne

Specialist, Head of Department, Vertu and Gold Boxes

Alexandra Starp

Cataloguer and Department Coordinator | Russian Works of Art and Decorative Arts

Sinead Rampersad

Ceramics Consultant

Rebecca Wintgens

Specialist, Sculpture

Stephanie Veyron

Associate Specialist | Sculpture

Clémence Bertrand

European Head of Sculpture

Christopher Mason

Consultant | Japanese Works of Art

Mark Hinton

Jon Adjetey

Cataloguer, Furniture

Cameron Di Leo

Consultant | Clocks &amp; Barometers

Jonathan Hills

Pre Sale Coordinator | Decorative arts

Margaux Zoi

Pre-Sale Experience Coordinator | Pre-Sale Administration

 Flore Cadiou

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Sotheby’s is thrilled to present the next Treasures sale which will present a selection of the finest furniture, silver and ceramics with prestigious provenances from the 17th to 19th centuries, made with the most precious materials.

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