18th Century Parrot Engraving by François Nicolas Martinet

18th Century Parrot Engraving by François Nicolas MartinetA very decorative engraving of a parrot, by Franois Nicolas Martinet, from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 17701786. France, circa 177080. Why we like it Exquisitely engraved and hand coloured in the 18th century, it evokes the fashion for exoticism in the Enlightenment era Europe. Original hand colored copper plate engraving, signed in the bottom of the yellow border, mounted in a decorative mat and custom chinoiserie frame. History Over the course

With a moulded cornice and a pair of panelled cupboard doors

along with two other ancient fragments from the Museo Borbonico in Naples

The red-crowned crane is also a symbol of nobility

scrolled arms and reeded legs

75 in / 37

now mounted as lamp

A charming oil painting of two King Charles spaniels

with the finished reverse of the back and crisply carved rosettes even in the middle of the stretchers

seatrails stamped with 'SO'

and another set of ten sold anonymously Sotheby's

A sofa table

Côte d'Azur