19th Century Lacquered and Gilt Wood and Fabric French Fender, 1870

French screen from the second half of the 20th century. Design furniture with gilded iron base, wooden structure and woven wood panels of beautiful line and pleasant decor. Screen wi...

Italian torch holder from 19th century. Pleasantly carved, lacquered and gilded wooden and plaster object, pleasantly furnished. Large size candleholde...

Pair of Genoese consoles from the end of the 19th century. Furniture in carved, lacquered, gilded and painted wood in Empire style with beautiful lines and pleasant furnishings. Pair...

Elegant French chest of drawers from the second half of the 19th century. Crescent-shaped cabinet finely inlaid in walnut, mahogany, maple, briar, rosewood and fruit wood. Dresser wi...

Large 20th century Indian chest. Double trunk in carved wood and painted in pastel colors. Furniture mounted on wooden wheels to facilitate movement. ...

Italian bookcase from the second half of the 20th century. Furniture produced by AV Arredamenti Contemporanei in teak wood and teak veneer with black details, metal feet and adjustab...

Mid 19th-century French toile fabric folding screen in a beautiful sepia tone. The motif features a repeating medieval scene with excellent figuration an...

This very large camphor wood trunk is incredible with a wonderful old patina and large oxidized hardware. It is a wonderful storage piece and is tall enough to be used as a hall tabl...

Early French 19th century Empire mahogany and gilt bronze firescreen Screen has a period embroidered flower decorated insert.

Remarkable five panel folding dressing screen made of giltwood hand carved frame covered with fine beige silk hand embroidered with colorful fl...

Monumental 19th Century lacquered screen with a Chinoiserie design throughout. This fantastic screen features ten folding panels which are decorated on both...

A powerful and dramatic pair of Italian neoclassical carved and gilt wood mythical animal figures on faux painted bases, mid 19th century or earlier, Italy. The fantastic beasts are well carved, with dramatic wings that follow the sensuous curve of the neck, and a sinuous body ends in an eel-like tail gracefully curled in upon itself. The bearded heads feature a flattened snout with sharp teeth and a lolling tongue, and pointed horse ears and mane. The long forelegs stretched out in front of them and ending in pawed and clawed feet. The beasts have characteristics of several different mythical animals, making them hard to positively identify. The most likely candidates would be dragons, hippocampi, or chimeras. The beasts are unfinished to the back, indicating they were originally part of a relief decoration, possibly from a mirror. They have now been mounted to wooden bases faux painted to imitate porphyry. They would make perfect bookends or mantle sculptures.