Empire — Auction price
Lot 211 AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 - 1843)
A Park Avenue Collection CHRISTIE'S
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
06.12.1751 - 09.06.1843
France
Pierre-Philippe Thomire a French sculptor, was the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire. His fashionable neoclassical and Empire style furnishing bronzes (bronzes d'ameublement) established the highest standard in refined finish in the craft that the French called that of the fondeur-ciseleur, "founder-finisher".
CHRISTIE'S
A Park Avenue Collection
Date: 17.04.2024 14:00 UTC -04:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 267
Lot 650 A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FIVE-PIECE SUPPER SERVICE AND TRAY
Jean Elisée Puiforcat (1897 - 1945)
The Collector: New York CHRISTIE'S
Jean Elisée Puiforcat
05.08.1897 - 20.10.1945
France
Jean Elysée Puiforcat was a French silversmith, sculptor and designer. Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia calls Puiforcat the «most important French Art Deco silversmith».
CHRISTIE'S
The Collector: New York
Date: 01.11.2023 10:00 UTC -04:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 299