18th-century gouache on vellum depicting three children playing and a leaping dog, set against a green landscape with balustrades, Medici vases, and a pretty pink sky. The children appear to be arranging a large bouquet, as suggested by the basketful of flowers and petals scattered on the ground.
Pair of polychrome porcelain lamps from the Wong Lee factory. These lamps depict parrots perched on a beautifully decorated tree, holding a gilded bronze scroll in their beaks. The whole piece is mounted on chiseled gilded bronze bases. The lamps are topped with new powder pink silk lampshades lined with Declercq trimmings.
A pair of blue-and-white porcelain parrot lamps by Wong Lee. The lamps depict blue-and-white parrots perched on a tree trunk, holding a gilded bronze scroll in their beaks. The lamps are mounted on gilded bronze bases. They are topped with new green-lined silk lampshades featuring Declercq trimmings.
This pair of small Louis XV style tables is made of black lacquered wood, each topped with a tabletop framed by a gold border and decorated with chinoiserie motifs: floral patterns, sinuous branches, and birds, rendered in soft shades of green, ochre, and red. The whole rests on four slender, slightly curved legs. Although they form a pair, each table has a distinct decoration.
Embroidery on the back of the mirror depicts a religious marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph.
Northern Italy or France
Late 18th century
Pair of gilt bronze bulldog lamps with carved wooden dog heads and glass eyes. New beige silk-lined shades with Houles trim.
Rewired to current standards
Late 19th century
Pair of polychrome porcelain birds shaped lamps mounted on chased gilt bronze bases, in the Meissen style, with new powder-pink lined silk shades and Houles trimmings.
Pair of polychrome porcelain parrot-shaped lamps mounted on chased gilt bronze bases, in the Meissen style, with new powder-pink lined silk shades and Houles trimmings.
Rewired to current standards
Early 20th century
A small “indiscreet” bollard consisting of a three-seater seat upholstered in animal hair in the traditional style, all on a network of twenty stiff springs… a triple backrest also separated by three padded, buttoned rails topped with a Medici vase in gilded wood, entirely covered in Rubelli jacquard fabric, with Declercq trimmings.
Napoleon III period, 19th century
She is wearing a dressing gown: an elegant indoor garment very fashionable at the time. This garment is inspired by French fashion. Her hairstyle, typical of the 1670s–1680s, adopts the “hurluberlu” style.