Rare 18th C. French Wood Chess Set Directoire Style

**First Time At Auction** Western Europe, France, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A wonderful, rare wooden chess set of the Directoire style, meaning that the knight is of abstract design rather tha

Rare Early 18th C French Empire Miniature Porcelain Demitasse Set, Including Coffee, Sugar, Milk, 4 Cups & 6 Saucers, With Paper Work. Condition: Generally Very Good Condition. One Cup's Handle has ol

Dimensions: H 56" x W 29" Condition: No issues to note.

This circa 18th century Provence-style French walnut wood wedding Armoire is elegantly designed and features large hinges. Measures 82 x 70 x 29 inches.

1813 CHESS Philidor Introduction to Gameplay Strategy 1000s of Moves Games Rules François-André Danican Philidor was an 18th-century French chess player and was regarded as the best chess player

18th Century French style Jar & Cover c.1870, the body decorated with upright stripes of amber and brown with green leaves to the top, the domed lid decorated with stylised leaves, a leafage finial, a

PLATES. Set of monuments with inscriptions. Marked. Dimensions: D 9.5" Condition: 3 with breaks and repairs. Small edge chips.

Rare French amboyna wood box, circa 1760, with bronze mounts and bead trim, with a silk lining. [4" H x 12 3/4" W x 9 1/2" D]. Lining fraying; beading loose.

Ca. mid to late 18thC. Overall very good condition, with expected age appropriate wear and wood losses (as shown within the pictures). Stains and wood edge issues, seam separations, inactive old worm

Non-fireable, partially bored touch hole, fully pivoting and set on 18th c. French style carriage with brass spoke wheels. Barrel length is 11 1/2" long, overall length 18“x 8 1/2“ x 5 1/2

Pendulum driven by its own weight along the rack, movement with later pin pallet escapement. Rack balanced by a polychrome and parcel gilt carved wood figure, set upon a decorative ogee form wall brac

A French monumental double side doors (pair) from a main mansion's entrance, hand-carved in French wood, 18th Century from Paris, France. Original Louis XV style. Beautiful quality of Art work. Availa

Pair of Large Terra Cotta Busts and Carved Wood PedestalsThe French 18th Century style busts each portraying a woman draped in a toga, her hair bound in laurel leaves or gardens of flowers, on plinths

1714 Japanese SAMURAI Swords Illustrated Woodblock WAR Morikuni Kojidan CHINA A rare, 18th century sino-japanese woodblock print of Samurai bound in the fukurotoji style. This is set was authored by T

1714 Japanese Illustrated Woodblock SAMURAI Swords WAR Morikuni Kojidan CHINA A rare, 18th century sino-japanese woodblock print of Samurai stories bound in the fukurotoji style. This is set was autho

18th c. Two-Over Three Drawer Dresser, cockbeaded edge drawers with brass batwing drop bail pulls, oak secondary wood, set on French feet, 41" high, 39" x 20". Repaired right back leg break; top scrat

Antique French Rococo Style Pastoral Oil Painting. Professionally framed in French style carved wood and gold tone frame. French Rococo style Pastoral scene of an 18th century style couple in romantic

French 18th Century antique commode Bombe chest of drawers cabinet produced in the Louis XIV style. Carved walnut wood, with serpentine top, three drawers, shaped apron, scroll feet. Brass hardware. H

Pair of Carver's Guild Panier de Fleur Wall Mirrorscontemporary, carved and parcel gilt wood, modeled in the French 18th century style, completed in the guild's Versailles finish, labeled to verso. 54

Napolean. One of a kind original Chaudet. Chaudet was a french sculptor in a neoclassical style. He lived and created several busts and sculptures of Napolean Bonapart, at the time Napolean was in pow

Rare silver etui, 18th century (Necessaire) with goldstone insets, probably French, together with a small letter "This set was presented to me at Paris… by Louis XV signed B. Franklin." Together

Antique 18th Century Continental French Kingwood Clock Wall Bracket Bronze Mounts in Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Ormolu Inlaid Wood Bracket Sconce Shelf Dimensions Approx: 5 3/4"H x 7"L x 4"W Light Wea

Louis XV style late 18th-early 19th C. French fauteuil arm chair with wood peg construction. Charming floral (sunflowers) carved crest, apron, and knees. Scroll carved arm rests, Graceful cabriole leg

1790 1ed Vaillant Africa Voyages Hottentot Ethnology Zoology Birds Giraffe 2v SET François Le Vaillant was an 18th-century French explorer known for his descriptions of animals and birds in Afri