Tag: Louis XV

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La Gazette Drouot

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Auction Industry

Art Price Index: Luxury 18th-Century Pocket Boxes, a Reflection of Refined Social Customs

Illustrating the habits and customs of a refined and privileged society, exquisite small objects dating to and just after the Age of Enlightenment still arouse envy... and that's no sin! Sené & Neisser (goldsmiths) and Puyroche (watchmaker), Switzerland, c. 1805, spyglass in chased yellow gold and polychrome enamel decorated with alternating friezes…

May 22, 24
La Gazette Drouot

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Beaulieu, The Charm of a Provençal Château Perfected by Pierre Guénant

Cherished by its aesthete owner, Pierre Guénant, the Château de Beaulieu plays on its Provençal charm while cultivating the air of a Venetian palace. Attributed to Jean Joseph Foucou (1739-1815), two large marble bacchantes figures, late 18th- early-19th century, h. 97 and 99 cm/3.18 x 3.24 ft.Estimate: €15,000/20,000 Twenty minutes from…

May 14, 24