Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843)

Like this clock celebrating the Battle of Austerlitz, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire, furniture magnified Napoleon’s glory.

The radical architect and designer of the 1930s created a set of eight pieces, whose simplicity contrasted with the design of Artisans de Marolles.

The Director of the Fesch Palace Museum, curator of Ajaccio’s museums and authority on 16th-century Italian painting has written a fascinating book on Napoleon’s tastes, from Jacques-Louis David to the Trianon and the secrets of the Empire style.

Led by a pair of beds, 18th and 19th-century decorative arts uncontestably dominated this sale, achieving the best results.

One of the great French figures of the pastry world, whose stores in Paris, London and Tokyo are always full, also has an appetite for art.

Saint James the Great is a sensual interlude in the art of Champaigne (1602-1674), a portraitist who found favor at court and became a painter of the New Testament after 1640.

Mobiles were a natural part of Philippe Hiquily's lifelong explorations of balance.

With numerous preemptions of objets d'art connected with his family, a new chapter of history is being written for "Le Roi des Français." Welcome to the gallery of the Orléans.

This instrument straight out of the 18th century contributed to the lifestyle of Marie-Antoinette’s time.

Philippe Claude Montigny is known for his restorations of Boulle marquetry medallions for furniture crafted during the reign of Louis XVI. The furniture he left behind features architectural forms and plain veneers, highlighting bronzes that took inspiration from classical antiquity.