Neoclassical Style Fireplace Wood Italy XIX Century - Italy, last quarter of the nineteenth century

Vis à Vis 1963

Mixed media (marker, watercolor) on paper. signed and dated lower right. Jean Cocteau was a multifaceted artist: writer, playwright, playwright, he also dabbled in visual arts, loving to experiment with all the avant-gardes of his century. Cocteau published his first book of drawings in 1923, at just 36 years old. In it the poet portrayed his friends Raymond Radiguet, Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, but also numerous scenes of daily life in Paris, Nijinski's Russian ballets, allegories, caricatures, poetic images. Cocteau revealed himself to be a talented sketcher, but above all an artist capable of capturing the essence of faces, behaviors, human weaknesses. The theme of the face, or rather of faces, often two profiles facing each other, vis à vis, recurs in his pictorial production. In 1962 the artist completed the construction of the open-air theatre in Cap d'Ail, on the French Mediterranean coast, whose flooring is decorated with this subject, two faces with a Greek profile facing each other, with an eye in between; the subject was then re-proposed by him in the following period - moreover the one imminent to his sudden death -, with different variations. In the drawing presented here we find the two Greek profiles, separated by the third eye but also by two twisted snakes, while in the drawing of the theatre we find leaves. The work is presented in a frame.

Italy, Mid XIX Century

Louis Philippe round table in walnut and walnut slab, Italy, mid-19th century. Turned base, culminating with three wavy legs decorated with reserves, curls and carved leaf elements.

Carved Chair

Carved chair with classic Greek motifs from the late 19th century. Made of mountain-style beech wood, it features simple floral carvings and classic Greek motifs across the entire surface.

Naples, Second Half XIX Century

Pair of Louis Philippe bedside tables of Neapolitan production, on the front they have a door in the lower part, an open compartment and an upper shelf with drawer in the band, supported by powerful and characteristic curled uprights. In mahogany.

Italy, XIX Century

Embossed sheet metal altar card with mercury mirror.

Tuscany, Late XIX Century

Louis Philippe cheval mirror, resting on two bases equipped with a drawer and connected by a pair of turned crosspieces; the uprights are carved in the shape of dolphins, to support the frame, decorated with a cymatium carved with leaf scrolls: the central psyche mirror has both a tilting movement and a rotation movement, thanks to a vertical pin. In mahogany, the interiors are in poplar.

Italy, Mid XIX Century

Pair of eclectic armchairs in carved, lacquered and gilded wood, Italy, mid-19th century. Wavy armrests ending in a curl, wavy legs; decorated with leaf and golden scroll carvings. Padded backs and seats.

Italy, Mid XIX Century

Pair of Louis Philippe reclining armchairs in walnut and beech, Italy, mid-19th century. Wavy legs and armrests, padded backrests and seats. Under the armrests there is a metal mechanism that allows you to adjust the inclination of the backrests.

France, Mid XX Century

Antique game table, supported by a central turned baluster resting on four wavy feet carved with leaf motifs and equipped with wheels, the under-top band features characteristic curled carvings; mahogany veneer, missing parts present.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Neo-Renaissance cabinet supported by bracket feet, on the front it has two paneled doors and a drawer, raised with flap door carved with central coat of arms, two drawers in the band; wavy uprights. In walnut.

Eastern Europe, Early XIX Century

Sideboard of Eastern European production, supported by plinth feet supporting uprights in the shape of tapered pilasters to frame a pair of retractable doors, the internal chest of drawers is missing; in the undercounter band there is a central drawer flanked by two pairs of overlapping drawers. In walnut, it is decorated with threads and inlays in maple and various essences, marble top; pine interior.

Italy, Mid XIX Century

Louis Philippe étagère supported by turned uprights, while the upper shelves rest on wavy uprights carved with leaf motifs; gilded, the upper part of the shaped shelves is lacquered.