EditorialPalais Royal: Escalier d'honneur designed by Contant d'Ivry. The stairwell consists of arched openings with grisaille-paintings in trompe-loeuil technique. Wrought-iron banister by Corbin and Caffieri. Today the Palais Royal is the seat of the Conseil ...
EditorialClaude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) philosopher, friend of Voltaire, co-author of the Encyclopedie; freemason, master of the lodge to the Nine Sisters in Paris. Marble, 1772 R. F. 1541.
EditorialJean-Jacques Caffieri, Benjamin Franklin, ca. 1785, plaster and dark brown paint, 29 7/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 12 1/8 in. (75.88 cm x 50.17 cm x 30.8 cm).
EditorialCompound Microscope and Case; Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes, French, 1714 - 1769, Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; abou...
EditorialPalais Royal: Escalier d'honneur designed by Contant d'Ivry. The stairwell consists of arched openings with grisaille-paintings in trompe-loeuil technique. Wrought-iron banister by Corbin and Caffieri. Today the Palais Royal is the seat of the Conseil ...
EditorialPair of firedogs Firebox of gilt bronze in the form of a tabouret on four fluted legs. Scalloped front plate with crossed branches and fruits. On canvas with brushes and frills a cat, gilt bronze fire goat. The basis is a tabouret on four conical, angl...
EditorialPair of firedogs Firebox of gilt bronze in the shape of a taburette on four fluted legs. Scalloped front plate with crossed branches and fruits. Poodle on canvas with tassels and frills, gilt bronze fire goat. The basis is a tabouret on four conical, a...
EditorialCartel clock Cartel clock, Cartel pendulum mounted in a gilt bronze case. On a large S-shaped volute, at the bottom left of the round face, the goddess Diana sits on the clouds and holds her arms spread towards the dormant Endymion, located on a smalle...
EditorialCompound Microscope and Case, Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes (French, 1714 - 1769), Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri (French, 1678 - 1755 (master 1714)), Paris, France, about 175...
EditorialWall Clock, Case maker Jacques Caffieri (French, 1678 - 1755 (master 1714)), Movement maker Julien Le Roy (French, 1686 - 1759 (master 1713)), Dial enamelled by Antoine-Nicolas Martini?re (French, 1706 - 1784 (master 1720)), Paris, France, about 1747, ...
EditorialBust of a Man. Jean Jacques Caffieri (Attributed to); French, 1725--1792. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: 64.5 ? 43.8 ? 33 cm (25 ? 17 1/4 ? 13 in.). Plaster. Origin: France.
EditorialFour Wall Lights; Attributed to Philippe Caffieri, French, 1714 - 1774, master 1743; Paris, France, Europe; about 1765 - 1770; Gilt bronze; Various, see extensions.
EditorialCompound Microscope and Case; Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes, French, 1714 - 1769, Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; abou...
EditorialFour Wall Lights; Attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; about 1751; Gilt bronze; Various, see extensions.
EditorialLouis Nicolas Victor de F?lix, Comte du Muy and Marshal of France (1711?1775), 1776, French, Paris, Marble, Height: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm), Sculpture, Jean Jacques Caffi?ri (French, Paris 1725?1792 Paris), The subject was given the Order of the Saint-Espir...
EditorialFour Wall Lights; Attributed to Philippe Caffieri, French, 1714 - 1774, master 1743; Paris, France, Europe; about 1765 - 1770; Gilt bronze; Various, see extensions.
EditorialCompound Microscope and Case; Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes, French, 1714 - 1769, Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; abou...
EditorialFour Wall Lights; Attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; about 1751; Gilt bronze; Various, see extensions.
EditorialClaude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) philosopher, friend of Voltaire, co-author of the Encyclopedie; freemason, master of the lodge to the Nine Sisters in Paris. Marble, 1772 R. F. 1541.
EditorialPalais Royal: Escalier d'honneur designed by Contant d'Ivry. The stairwell consists of arched openings with grisaille-paintings in trompe-loeuil technique. Wrought-iron banister by Corbin and Caffieri. Today the Palais Royal is the seat of the Conseil ...