Furniture & Decorative Objects

Furnishings & exceptional items from the Renaissance to Napoleon III

Under the direction of Isabelle Bresset, the department holds sales of furniture and works of art from the Renaissance to the Second Empire, including the grandiose productions of the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Highlights to date include the Jean Rossignol Collection, the Château du Martinet, the Ledoux Lebard estate, and the collection of a porcelain connoisseur.

Our success in this field mirrors the development of pre-20th century art in general at Artcurial, as shown by the exceptional results posted by our Fine Arts department in 2006, when overall sales doubled to reach €13.8m.

Some recent prices


A Pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese powder blue vases The porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722), the mounts circa 1760-1770: En porcelaine de Chine bleu poudré, la monture de bronze ciselé et doré, le col orné de tiges rubanées et agrafes de feuillage, la base à décor d'agrafes, ornée d'oves pour l’un, soutenue par quatre pieds en enroulement.; High: 38 cm; €62,498, 15 December 2009


A Louis XVI Commode stamped by Charles Topino: En vernis européen or sur fond vert à décor de chinoiseries parmi des rinceaux, dessus de marbre blanc; 89 x 143 x 61,5 cm; €167,830, 23 June 2009


Console, 19th Century: 102 x 150 x 60 cm; €310,338, 18 December 2008


Meissen (porcelaine tendre): Pot, circa 1730; €74,532, 11 December 2007

: Napoleon’s fauteuil from the Grand Trianon by Jacob-Desmalter; €299,300

: Rare pair of baskets in Vincennes soft-paste porcelain from Louis XV’s first dinner-service (c.1755); €265,000, June 2006

: Set of eight Louis XV fauteuils.; €117,000, December 2006

: Pair of Louis XIV giltwood torchères; €84,000, December 2006

Auction dates

At the Hôtel Marcel Dassault:

Two prestige sales in June & December.

One mid-season sales in November, dubbed 18th Century Interiors, appeal to collectors, private buyers, and decorators, and offer a vast range of objects.

At Drouot

Weekly general sales for the thousands of professionals and private buyers who flock to Drouot every day.

Upcoming Auction

4 November 2010
16th to 19th Centuries Decorative Objects

Secrétaire à abattant d’époque Louis XV estampille de Pierre Roussel: En laque de Coromandel, placage de bois de rose, satiné et amarante, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, dessus de marbre brèche d’Alep restauré, à décor de paons parmi des rochers et des branchages de fleurs de pivoine, l’abattant découvrant un intérieur muni de six casiers et quatre tiroirs, la partie basse ouvrant par deux vantaux, l’intérieur aménagé de trois casiers; 117,5 x 71 x 36 cm; €115,784, 23 June 2010