Charles Cheriff Galleries

A Nice Late 19th Century Italian White Carrara Marble of a Boy Sketching Depicting a child sitting on marble step, writing. After the very famous model by Antonio Canova (1757-1822...

An Excellent Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Two Tier Tea Table Attributed to Paul Sormani Attributed to Paul Sormani The oval upper tier surmounted by a bron...

A Nice Late 19th Century Hand Carved Giltwood Rococo Style Mirror The beveled rectangular mirror surrounded by wonderfully carved scrolling foliage designs. The quality of this mir...

A Very Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine Bronze gallery above a centered glass door, flanked by glass panels on top of a single, spring released dra...

A Nice Late 19th Century Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Loving Couple by Alexandre Falguiere Signed A. Falguière The double figure bronze depicting a man comforting his beautiful ...

A Very Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Henry Dasson Henry Dasson The brèche rouge circular marble top above a...

A wonderful early 20th century gilt bronze mounted king size mahogany bed By François Linke With cartouche-shaped headboard, footboard an...

A Very Impressive and Palatial Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Cut Crystal Forty Eight light chandelier The large cage chandelier with multi-faceted and shaped crystals, beaded arms, cut crystal central column leading down to a large gilt bronze orb...

A wonderful late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted vitrine by Joseph Zwiener. Joseph Zwiener The serpentine-shaped brèche d’ alep marble top above a single centered glass door, flanked to each side by a conforming panel, the mirrored interior fitted with three adjustable glass shelves, the canted angles set with pierced foliate-cast clasps, above a bombé shaped apron, on cabriole legs with scrolled-acanthus sabots. The quality of the cabinetry and solid wood frame, along with the quality and design of the mounts, is characteristic of Zwiener’s oeuvre. Similar flower-filled cornucopia chutes can be found on other Zwiener models. Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the nineteenth century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modelling in his own interpretations of the eighteenth century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and ‘Vernis Martin’ panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as ‘dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s’est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.’ Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke, and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener’s departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II , he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his “Z” initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...

A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Samson Porcelain Oriental Decorative Vase The blue vase hand painted with four floral and interior scenes, the top and bottom decorated with...

An Interesting Early 20th Century Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mirror Pierced foliate design with scrolling acanthus leaves wrap around blind cartouches and blooming flowers. Details:...

An Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Six Light Chandelier The neck designed as a dragon flying through flames, lion masks leading into six perimeter lights. Details: Heigh...