Large Antique Rare Frieze in Gilded Wood

Pair of antique friezes in gilded wood with fruit (pears). They are all hand sculpted by an Italian artist 200 years ago ! It's very difficult to find ...

Rare pair of antique freezes with grapes in gilded wood: very beautiful. Probably they were part of some large mirror that broke, who knows where, when and how.

O/6461 - Simple and elegant antique friezes in gilded wood, to hang on the wall next to some photos, or under some anonymous lamp: to enrich it....

Antique Italian little frieze in gilded wood on plexi: perfect on your desk as a paper holder, or on any piece of furniture: to admire.

Long rare Italian frieze in gilded wood, like a stylized flower with leaves. Perfect on wall: if You hang a fabric fan on it, it can also be an a...

Italian frieze in hand-carved wood and gilded gold-leaf. Made by a good craftsman who carved it by hand, copying from an ancient frieze. (See all my p...

Rare antique angel sculpture. The angel is completely lacquered and gilded with large wings, holding a large candle. They are fantastic large in size made of hand carved wood and gilded with gold leaf. The gold has acquired a beautiful old patina. Perfect for a collection of sacred antique...

A stunning, four-light eagle pendant for the collectors of only the rarest Black Forest antiques. If you are a serious and lifelong collector of Black Forest antiques or even if you are the curator of a museum owning rare Black Forest pieces then the chance of you owning a large Black Forest chandelier like this still is very small. This, over three feet wide, eagle chandelier is the kind of Black Forest antique that you normally only find in books. For us to have been given the opportunity to purchase it from a German family of (former) nobles was an honor. The older lady we purchased it from had known it all her life, but she was moving to a much smaller home and she had no family members interested in antiques. This majestic eagle with both claws is holding a perfectly hand carved branch and from each of the four side branches grows a hand crafted, blackened metal, flower lampshade. The large size of this eagle, his perfect body posture, his excellent and warm patina and the great details really make this well balanced sculpture a marvelous antique to own, to use and to look at. The way in which this fierce predator is sticking out its neck and scanning the area with its piercing eyes is something that only a true master carver is capable of creating. To us, this unique and sculptural Black Forest chandelier is the perfect center piece for a hunting lodge or for a Black Forest collector's 'treasure trove' or 'inner sanctum'. We can also see it grace the entry hall of a museum. If you can imagine how this work of art chandelier would look over your large antique desk...

Beautiful 19th century carved and gilded wood pair of pair of antique friezes. Featuring large acanthus leaves carved into the wood. In antique good con...

This 64 inch high antique statue of a Bishop dates to circa 1650 and is German in origin. Starting in the 15th and 16th centuries, there was a large demand for ecclesiastical carvings throughout central and western Europe. Large statues were commissioned for churches and smaller items were for private use. This bishop statue...

Large statue of saint hand carved in wood during the late 17th century, or early 18th century. Some restoration. Sculpture portrays a saint and originall...

Museum quality and condition work of religious art with amazing, hand carved details. This amazingly hand carved wooden wall plaque is not only of great quality and condition, it also has a patina that is unlike anything you ever saw. Over the decades we have sold a number of unique and interesting crucifixes, but we had not yet come across one that is inside such a beautiful branches and leaf frame in the Swiss Black Forest style. For us to have found it in this amazing condition again felt like a blessing and we are grateful to be able it to offer it to our 1stdibs clientele first. At the centre of this Christian-work-of-art-wall-plaque and behind the original, mouth-blown convex glass 'window' is an even more detailed sepiolite sculpture of Christ on the cross. The details in this crucifix sculpture...