Auction Highlights 

Elegantly blending different periods and styles, with a Louis XV giltwood console, a Louis XV wood duchess chair and a pair of English ice coolers, this flat in the heart of Paris is a magnificent testament to the refined taste of a discerning collector.

Un pied-à-terre avenue Montaigne

The Empire style is showcased in this propertyt, with pieces of furniture by Biennais and Jacob Desmalter, featuring a series of mahogany armchairs decorated with lion heads, arrows and quivers, decorative symbols of the Napoleonic period.

Two Private Collections Dedicated to the Empire Taste

From Russia to England, neoclassical taste has invaded Europe since the 1770s thanks to the rediscovery of Pompei and Herculanum in the south of Italy. All Europe changed radically the furniture and the works of art with straight lines, laurel and pearls frieze and with Roman symbols.

The Neoclassical Fashion in Europe

France and Germany are the centre of porcelain in Europe in the 18th and 19th century. Meissen is represented with a mantel clock and a pair of impressive vases, while Paris will offer some ornithological plates. The silver section will present an Italian silver-gilt casket with other Italian decorative pieces together with some English and French objects.

From Silver to Porcelain, a View of European Taste

Paris

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

Marine de Cenival

Head of Department, Furniture

Louis-Xavier Joseph

Cataloguer | Furniture and Silver 

Julia Cottin

Pre Sale Coordinator | Decorative arts

Margaux Zoi

Pre-Sale Experience Coordinator | Pre-Sale Administration

 Flore Cadiou

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The Autumn Classic Design sale presents a selection of Furniture, Porcelain, Silver and Gold boxes from 18th to 20th century. This sale presents several Private collections from a Parisian flat and a Monte Carlo flat and several elegant groups of neoclassical and highly decorative pieces of furniture.&nbsp;