449 - IMPORTANT BEDROOM AND STUDY FURNITURE by Henri DUPUY DE LOME, Henri II style, Napoleon III period, made of molded and carved oak with acanthus scroll decoration, comprising:

IMPORTANT BEDROOM AND STUDY FURNITURE by Henri DUPUY DE LOME, Henri II style, Napoleon III period, made of molded and carved oak with acanthus scroll decoration, comprising: - A DOUBLE CANOPY BED with the upper headboard adorned with a cartouche bearing the Dupuy de Lôme coat of arms surmounted by a count’s crown; the lower part of the headboard adorned with a lion’s mascaron 256.5 x 214 x 148.5 cm Interior dimensions: 198 x 125 cm Complete with its bed frame, mattress, and woven cotton upholstery featuring a polychrome floral design accented with gold thread (tapered legs) - NIGHTSTAND with all sides opening to reveal a drawer and a door Recessed top of veined white marble 85.5 x 44.5 x 45 cm - CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH DOORS, decorated with burst cartouches framed by foliage scrolls and ribboned laurel wreaths, opening to reveal two drawers and two doors concealing three English-style drawers Recessed veined white marble top 101 x 145 x 55 cm - WEEKLY CHEST decorated with burst cartouches framed by acanthus scrolls, featuring seven drawers Wooden top (stained and warped) 151 x 85 x 44.5 cm - PAIR OF VANITY TABLES with one drawer along the waist, gray-veined marble top, turned posts, and H-shaped crossbar with twisted columns, patina legs 82.5 x 88.5 x 47 cm - LARGE FLAT DESK with two drawers along the waist, turned legs with twisted columns and an H-shaped crossbar on spindle legs 72.5 x 160 x 78 cm (top slightly loose and showing a few cracks; drawer handles are worn; one drawer has a replacement metal handle) - OFFICE ARMCHAIR and THREE CHAIRS with turned legs, H-shaped crossbars, and baluster-style crossbars on patin-style legs; the armrests of the armchair are topped with balls adorned with rosettes on a guilloché background Period upholstery in green railway-style moleskin (worn) Armchair: 97 x 65 x 56 cm Chair: 88 x 46.5 x 43 cm (joints weakened) INCLUDED: - A SET OF 6 CURTAIN HOLDERS in oak L. 19 cm (One is missing its metal mounting pin) - A FOOTSTOOL in blackened walnut with gadroons and fluting, the uprights featuring beaded crossbars on patin-style legs 32 x 41.5 x 35 cm - A FOOTSTOOL made of oak, carved with an acanthus rosette, featuring baluster-style legs with H-shaped turned crossbars on spindle-shaped feet 18.5 x 31.5 x 20 cm - A SMALL WALL-MOUNTED SHELF in oak with carved and openwork vine tendrils The undulating top 28 x 29 x 20.5 cm Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var region, then passed down through the family Biography | Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme French naval engineer (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885). He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.