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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.
$ 4,995.00
Restauration period walnut enfilade with original black marble top and bronze hardware, c. 1815-1830. 66.5" L X 17.5" D X 38" H
$ 2,195.00
Front breastplate used by nineteenth century carabinier, or mounted rifleman, c. 1850. Iron covered with brass front plate. 16" H X 15.5" W X 10" D
$ 1,995.00
Brass bed with Louis XVI garland and Normandy basket, c. 1900. Includes headboard, footboard, side rails, and wooden slats. Fits standard single mattress. 43.75" H X 41.5" W X...
$ 3,500.00
Late seventeenth century hand painted Dutch gateleg table with drop leaves. c 1680. 51" W X 22.5" D X 29.75" H 65.5" L with leaves extended
$ 2,995.00
Large eighteenth century hand carved wooden statue of a French bishop. Scepter is nineteenth century. 39" H X 16" W X 8" D
$ 3,495.00
Napoleon III period gilt wood mirror with female mask, c. 1860. 55" H X 33" W
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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