«Portrait of a diamond woman», Regency time

«Portrait of a diamond woman», XVIII s.
Oil on canvas depicting a woman dressed in the hurluberlu at the Anne-Marie d’Orléans (sister of Philip II of Orleans the Regent) decorated with pearls and holding a diamond.

Is the woman in our portrait the Regent’s favorite or perhaps the very personification of the Regency time.

Height with frame: 99 cm
Width with frame: 79 cm
France
Period: XVIII century, Regency

17th century filigree silver pendant

Made using the traditional filigree technique typical of 17th-century Spanish craftsmanship the medallion features meticulous work of intertwined silver threads creating complex and detailed openwork designs.

Double-sided miniature, 17th century

Miniature pendant- double-sided painted fixed under glass representing the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, yellow gold frame decorated with spiral patterns in enamelled polychromy.

Spain

17th century

Pedestal with girandole, circa 1940

Pedestal with girandole with three metal lights and must gilded with foliage pattern and flowers, beads and taste buds in cut glass, porcelain flowers, glass tray.

Circa 1940

Italy

 

Swiss scriban, 19th century

Polychrome wooden scriban opening on three drawers and a flap, four small internal drawers, iron handles, key.

Switzerland,

19th century