Italian Decorative Art

The eleventh Ginkgo 03 applique is in cast brass natural finish, this brass working technique allows you to have shapes rich in details such as the natural veins of the leaves and their movement; this five leaves applique is a perfect decorative wall highlight alongside jungle or trompe l'oeil wallpapers or to be integrated in a nature inspired interior project. Bronzetto suggests the natural brass finish for the Ginkgo Leaves...

5 fogli mosaico Bisazza originale, anni 90 montati su rete. dim 30 x 30 cm adatti uso rivestimento vasi, cornici, rivestimento. adatti anche per uso in esterno. fogli pronti da inco...

Our ceramic plate "Mediterranean Nuances" is handmade and hand-painted in Italy: realized in majolica painted in polychrome, it is characterized by elegant decorative motifs of the Deruta tradition colored with different variations of blue and brown tones following the original Renaissance painting technique. The particular shape of this dish is traditionally called "a priest's hat". This majolica can be exposed as an centerpiece or it can be used as a fancy wall dish...

16 fogli mosaico Bisazza originale, anni 90 montati su rete. dim 30 x 30 cm adatti uso rivestimento vasi, cornici, rivestimento. adatti anche per uso in esterno. fogli pronti da inc...

The fifth leaves Ginkgo applique is in cast brass natural finish, this brass working technique allows you to have shapes rich in details such as the natural veins of the leaves and their movement; this five leaves applique is a perfect decorative wall highlight alongside jungle or trompe l'oeil wallpapers or to be integrated in a nature inspired interior project. Bronzetto suggests the natural brass finish for the Ginkgo Leaves...

A northern Italian early XVIII century painting of Francesco Perezzoli, depicting the birth of Venus. Oil on canvas. Original guild wood frame. Italy circa 1700.

Italian antique frieze in hand-carved wood and gilded gold leaf. Very rare. (See my published ancient friezes). You can hang it on the headboard, on a...

18th-Century wall plaque "Secundum Joannebi".

This is a large antique carved portrait. An Italian, oak decorative relief panel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Of superb proportion and wonderful craftsmanship D...

This large cartouche panel was carved from wood and hand-painted with a central coat of arms in Italy during the 1700’s. Inspired by a 16th century Fr...

Italy, 18th Century Ceramic hanging platter. Measures: Ø 34 x D 5 cm.

Italian mid-century shaped solid brass mirror 1950 gold, the mirror has some age spots and scratches as per the original.

19th century Portrait of Tiziano Vecellio and Rembrandt Measures: (2) Oil on canvas, 25 x 18.5 cm Frame 46 x 37 cm The two portraits depicting the artists Tiziano Vecellio and Rembrandt are to be counted among the reproductions of those famous self-portraits made by the two painters throughout their careers. As far as Titian is concerned, the artist creates numerous self-portraits that shoot him in different ages of his life and in different poses from time to time. An example is the one kept in the Prado Museum (Tiziano Vecellio, Self-portrait, 1560, oil on canvas, 86 × 65 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid), which portrays the now elderly master, as in the present case. The thick white beard reaches almost to the chest, depicted almost in profile, while here the bust is frontal and the face turned three-quarters; his gaze is then turned to the outside of the painting and his expression seems tired and thoughtful. The broad forehead is uncovered and cut by a tight black bonnet from which no hair comes out. A thin white collar separates the face from the rest of the body dressed in an elegant and sober black dress, just like in this portrait. The figure clearly emerges from the background devoid of objects or furnishings, so that nothing distracts our gaze from the image of the famous artist who thus wants to be remembered. Another example is the self-portrait in Berlin (Self-portrait, 1552, 96 x 75 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin), which depicts the elderly artist, but decorated with a rich dress and placed in a physical space. Finally, the lost self-portrait in oil on paper, cited by Vasari in his Lives in 1545, keeps a low profile, as evidenced by the rather modest dress...

ANTONIO FRANCIONE (1907 -1987 - Italy) - 'Pompeii' - Fine quality frieze style painting - watercolor and gouache over graphite on paper - extraordinary quality and composition - sign...

Untitled mid-century modern Italian impressionist oil on board painting of a village or town square landscape. The painting features beautifully detailed b...

Wax relief depicting a vase with flowers Italy, mid-19th century Signed "Scot. inv et fecit" Measures: 37 x 44 x 7,5 cm.  

An exceptional and extremely decorative Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood decorative wall decor. The wall decor is centered by a beautiful richly carved tied blooming...

An Italian pair of Baroque style silver plated, two-light wall sconces from the 19th century. These antique wall lights from Italy each feature sha...

A stunning and extremely decorative complete set of four Italian 19th century Florentine st. Pietra Dura marble and giltwood wall plaques. Each w...

A light-blue, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian wall mirror made of hand blown crystal glass. Original colored mirror glass, enhanced by detailed flower decoration, designed by Luig...

1930s colored drawing inscribed on the back "Promenade" This important drawing we can very likely attribute to the Italian master Carlo Carrà. The beauti...

A beautiful Italian grand Tour Style Pietra Dura mosaic on marble Plaque with gilt framing. Picture is a bird on branch with leaves and flowers.

Moses and the bronze serpent depicted in low relief carving in Italian Marmo Ross di Verona. Handcrafted replica of a Tau Cross XIII century artifac...

Great image by Gastone Breddo From the Pittori Italiani D'Oggi Collezione Verzocchi. A portfolio of prints Published 1950. The cover is shown i...

Nerone & Patuzzi inspired; Nioi; Craftsman; Italy; Art; Wall Piece; Wall Panel; Hand-Crafted; Hand-Carved; Giovanni Ceccarelli; Luigi Marchisotti; Nioi Hand-Carved Wall Panel in t...

Serpent & Galleon, Ink on Paper, in an 18th Century GiltWood Frame.

An extraordinary piece of op art, this wall decor by Splot Design will make for a bold and iconic addition to a contemporary interior. Eclectic and singular, it exudes a sophisticated vintage allure...

A very handsome Italian 18th century white Carrara marble and giltwood plaque. This finely carved white Carrara marble plaqu...

A beautiful and decorative collection of nine early 20th century Italian herbiers framed in a large painted white nine-pane window frame, each catalogued by hand with the Latin or bo...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Wonderful Italian Empire original giltwood frame. Early 19th Century Internal measurements cm 13 x 10 Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certifica...

Enclosed in a frame entirely covered in black nappa leather, this unique decorative wall sculpture is composed of pure geometric shapes of different colors arranged in an abstract st...

Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing Jellyfishs, from the Japanese Sea Life Series This marine style print is available in 6 different natural re...

Important ink drawing representing animated landscape with ruins and aqueduct in the background Venetian school Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certific...

A pair of 18th century Italian spolvero patterns printed onto canvas and adorned with 18th century Italian fragments and red fanthom quarts points. Spolvero is an early method us...

Inspired by optical art (op art), this wall decor is an extraordinary artwork by Splot Design, to display in a refined and contemporary interior. Eclectic, powerful, and bold, it is ...

Part of the Optical Emotion Collection by Splot Design, this gorgeous wall decor draws inspiration from optical art (op art). A unique accent piece for a contemporary interior, it is...

Series of two prints representing 2 different ancient Italian vases of Villa Giustiniani. It is printed with an antique press and colored by our best loc...

Vesuvius is the tribute of Atlasproject to the most powerful and romantic presence of nature in the landscape of Naples. Much wealth and much misery have come down over the centuries from Vesuvius, “the great exterminator”, as it was called by the famous poet Leopardi. The Vesuvius mirror recalls the amazing force of nature through the combination of the materials selected: lavic stone, fused glass, copper. The geometries of the design retrace the relentless descent of incandescent lava, while the mirror suggests to the spectator...

A most elegant and high quality true pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Rosso Antico marble and ormolu wall plaques. Each striking plaque is framed within a circular mottled ormolu border with a fine seashell reserve at the top flanked by beautiful foliate movements. At the center are the handsome Roman soldier and the elegant maiden set on their original Rosso Antico marble backgrounds...

Long Italian antique frieze in silvered copper on wooden base. It is no longer easy to find these ancient friezes: this is very decorative and can be hu...

Celebrating the human body by dissecting it. The human body as a great system of signs and symbols. We are expression, beyond words and gestures. A perspective of the flesh in wh...

Pair of antique friezes in wood in the shape of a flower. They bear traces of lacquering, now erased by time. I just had the centrale part redone, to gi...

Clepsydra As a journey through the time, where lives can cross or never meet, the lines run along the surface of the Clepsydra mirrors, approaching the most diverse materials whil...

Guglielmo Napoli (Pavia, 1868 - Genoa, 1945) The betrothed Oil on panel, 46.6 x 68 cm Frame 73 x 81 cm Signed lower left "Gugl . mo Napoli Dipinse" The work in questi...

Great image by Enzo Morelli From the Pittori Italiani D'Oggi Collezione Verzocchi. A portfolio of prints Published 1950. The cover is shown in the images Unframed. It gives you...

Elegant hand-watercoloured botanical prints representing some different types of flowers Lilium Narcissus. Each print is an artisanal Florentine product, reproducing images of the...

Italian Salvator Rosa last 17th century giltwood frame. Internal measurements cm 20 x 30 Pure example of Italian Salvator Rosa gild wood frame of 17th century. "Salvator Rosa" is th...

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....

Pietro Consagra, Prospetto di edificio frontale, Edition 58/100. Silk-screen printing on shaped cardboard, eg. 58/100, 65.5 x 57 cm 1999 Signature in pencil lower left Publisher BGS ...

A Beautiful Italian grand tour style pietra dura mosaic on marble plaque with gilt framing. Picture is a bird on branch with leaves and flowers.

Eclipsis I The fascinating performance of the moon casting its shadow onto Earth inspired this mirror by Atlasproject. The typical geometries of the design and the refined materia...

This beautiful pair of sconces features zig zag brass frame and 5 iridescent blue Murano glass flowers.These flowers were made by hand in Murano and their center piece is made of a c...

A remarkable set of three early 20th century Italian cello backs, each frames in a deep shadow box with a simple white gallery frame. Perfect for the classical music aficionado in yo...

George Lambert (1700 - 1765) Bucolic landscape with characters Measures: Oil on canvas, 50 x 74 cm Frame 59 x 84 cm George Lambert with Richard Wilson is recognized as one of the greatest interpreters of English landscape painting. Lambert was born in Kent and studied art with Warner Hassells and John Wootton...

An Italian hand-carved wall plaque, with its original painted and gilt finish, from the 19th century. This antique wall decoration from Italy features a rectangular-shaped molded surround, with quarter-circle inner edges, that frame a carved assemblage of helmet, horn, arrows, and foliate motif at center with carved-rope and bow-tied ribbon in gilt. The original hand-painted finish has a faux marble background in gray hues, with green, red and gilt accents on the center carvings. This 19th century Italy carved plaque...

Stunning now, stunning forever. Crafted to stand the test of time, our mirrors become family heirlooms for future generations that can be passed down and cherished for years to come. Unparalleled reflections of its timeless and mystery silvering, a deep dive into glass life, that both honors and reimagines Sabrina Landini's contemporary vision. This wall...

Eugenio Zampighi (Italian, 1859-1944) A fine and charming Italian 19th/20th century oil on canvas Titled "A Joyous Family" depicting an interior scene of a seated joyous mother with her smiling toddler child on her lap, as her young daughter amuses them while holding a small kitten picked-up from the cat...