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Bonjour! Welcome to French Metro Antiques, direct importers of fine French antique furniture and accessories. We invite you to share our passion for aesthetics, language, history and the French culture.
Located on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas, French Metro Antiques is a mecca for those who have an appreciation for beauty, quality, and authenticity. We travel to France two times a year to personally select each accessory and piece of furniture that arrives at our door.
$ 795.00
Eighteenth century hand carved gilt wood polychrome figure of a bishop, c.1800. 14" H X 6" W X 3.5" D 3.25" X 3" D Base
$ 3,500.00
Empire period walnut bookcase with original bronze hardware including swan drawer pulls, c. 1810. Three interior shelves. Green fabric lining. Found in Cassis on the French Riviera. Includes two keys. ...
$ 2,250.00
Large oil on canvas in gilt wood frame. Signed by the artist, Jeanne Fourcaude-Cancelle, and dated 1901. Still life with vegetables and green and yellow faience. 29.5" H X...
$ 995.00
Early twentieth century wooden steam trunk with leather and brass trimmings and wooden runners. Ideal as a coffee table. 35.5" L X 20" W X 20.5" H
$ 1,295.00
Directoire period mahogany armchair with embroidered silk upholstery from a chateau in Normandy, c. 1790. 36" H X 24" W X 20" D17.5" H to seat
$ 1,295.00
Empire period mantle clock with bronze pendulum, c. 1810. In working order. Includes key. 19.5" H X 10.5" W X 5.75" D
When it comes to fine “meubles de luxe” or luxury furniture, there are few cabinet makers that truly stand out. However, a number of exceptional “Ebenistes” in the nineteenth century stand above the rest for their remarkable skill and versatility in styles, none more than Paul Sormani! Born in Venice in 1817, Sormani would eventually move to Paris in 1847 and become the preeminent Napoleon III period cabinet maker. He was noted for his specialized furniture reproductions in the styles of the Louis XIV, Louis the XV, and Louis XVI eras of the previous centuries, appealing to eighteenth century nostalgics. Detail on a Paul Sormani Vitrine Sormani won numerous medals and exhibited in Paris six times and once in London....
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