Facet Fable
Rare octagonal Venetian mirror in etched glass and micro-mosaic, Circa 1865
Located in Paris, FR
facets, known in the square of Venice as conteries, was exchanged in enormous quantities for gold powder
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
H 35.83 in W 29.53 in D 2.37 in
Togetherness I
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
mutually dependent and suffocating partnership, the artists play out scenarios arising from the facets of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Togetherness II
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
mutually dependent and suffocating partnership, the artists play out scenarios arising from the facets of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sugar Skull
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
out scenarios arising from the facets of marriage. They use themselves as subjects performing
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vanitas I+II
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
out scenarios arising from the facets of marriage. They use themselves as subjects performing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled #3 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Abstract drawing
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
:
"Painting, for me, is an expressive endeavor in which one depicts the evolution of the various facets of the
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Untitled #2 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Abstract drawing
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
:
"Painting, for me, is an expressive endeavor in which one depicts the evolution of the various facets of the
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Untitled #1 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Abstract drawing
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
:
"Painting, for me, is an expressive endeavor in which one depicts the evolution of the various facets of the
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
The rain child #8 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Figurative painting
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
in which one depicts the evolution of the various facets of the artistic self. There is, on each
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 45.67 in W 35.04 in D 1.97 in
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By Andréason & Leibel
Located in Arlöv, SE
A shiny white porcelain figurine/sculpture titled Dalmation is a human skull redefined as a simplistic industrial form. Inglazed dots in different sizes imply the human's best friend...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 5.12 in W 4.93 in D 6.89 in
Edmé Beauchêne disarticulated human skull with museum provenance, France
Located in Leuven , BE
Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780, Île-de-France – 1830, Paris), was a French physician, surgeon and anatomist. He was Chief of l'hopital Saint-Antoine Paris, the Deputy Chief...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
17th century oil on copper portrait - St. Jerome
Located in Braintree, GB
In this antique 17th-century oil painting on copper, we see St. Jerome, encased within an intricately adorned wooden frame. Jerome assumes the role of a penitent, deeply engrossed in...
Category
Antique 17th Century European Paintings
Materials
Copper
Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1:1 cast model of a human skull in patinated bronze. Its made from a cast of a real human skull, probably female, and is complete with teeth, lower- and upper jaw. This particular ...
Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Coastal Heart Shape Sea Shell Encrusted Mirror
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A coastal heart-shaped shell encrusted mirror. This piece would be fabulous in a grouping of similar mirrors, or on its own. Covered in a variety of seashells, this beauty is certain...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Shell
Mid-18th Century George II - George III Period English Mirror
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century George II-George III period mirror, English. Walnut with parcel gilding. Central round gilt cartouche in the well shaped top crest. Gilt bordered bevelled glass mirr...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Walnut
19th C. Diminutive Plaster Phrenology Head, Atribb. A.L. Vago London, C.1870
By Vago
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Diminutive Plaster Phrenology Head, Attributed to A.L. Vago London. C 1870
This diminutive plaster Phrenology head, attributed to A.L. Vago London circa 1870, stands as a f...
Category
Antique 19th Century English High Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Magnificent Venetian Murano Glass Mirror
Located in Rome, IT
This beautiful Venetian mirror features etched floral motifs adorning the mirrored frame. Along the edges of the frame are glass rope accents and numerous glass pink and blu flowers....
Category
1990s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Blown Glass
E. Cremer Still Life Painting of Fruit a Chinese Ginger Jar, Etc Antique C 1881
Located in London, GB
An original large late 19th century oil on canvas still life of Fruits Nuts and Early Objects by artist E. Cremer. signed and dated at the lower right. Housed in its superb quality o...
Category
Antique 1880s Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 12 in W 14 in D 4 in
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière With Cut Glass Liner, Wilhelm Binder Germany c1900
By Wilhelm Binder
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver jardinière in elliptical basic form on four lion paw feet with volute attachment, straight vertical wall with regular openings in the form of rhythmically staggered co...
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
H 5.01 in W 16.93 in D 10.52 in
Exceptional Terracotta Skull
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional French sculpture of a human skull,
warm Brown colored Terracotta with a good,old patina,
mounted on a black base,
nice and refined sculpting with an eye for detail,
very ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Mounted Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Anatomical model: a human skull model life size, Stuttgard, Germany 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
Human skull anatomical model life size 1:1 Model with cranial sutures detachable 2 parts plus three cervical vertebrae for medical educational aid. The skull and vertebrae are made o...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Cubist Still Life "Violin" by Agnes Weinrich, Signed, Dated 1922
By Agnes Weinrich
Located in New York, NY
Still life painting (Violin, Flowers), Oil on canvas, by Agnes Weinrich, Signed and dated "22", Unframed: 20" x 16", Framed 27.5 x 23".
Agnes Weinrich (1873-1946) was an early fem...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Stool Luba Solid Wood Dark Ritual Patina - Period: Art Deco
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Antique large wooden "Luba" stool with a very attractive dark ritual patina.
The body of the stool is carved as an asexual woman, with smooth facial features characterised by larg...
Category
20th Century African Other Stools
Materials
Wood
Late 17th Century Spanish Carved Painted and Polychrome Ceiling Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in 17th century Spain circa 1670, or probably coming from a private chapel ceiling, the interesting mirror features six carved cherub head figures around the recessed frame, ...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Oak, Mercury Glass
Italian 19th Century Carved Carrara Marble Figural Fountain Jardinière Planter
By Giovanni Battista Lombardi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century carved Carrara marble figural fountain "Jardinière" modelled as a standing Putto and a Satyr supporting a sea-shell, on a rockwork base (drilled for ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
H 50.5 in W 31 in D 26 in
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0.70ct Diamond pendant by Facet & Fable
Located in London, Mayfair
is authentic, handmade and one-of-a-kind.
The Illuminate Collection by Facet & Fable.
Through this
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
John Hardy Cinta Dragon Pendant In 18Kt Gold With Sapphires Quartz And Diamonds
By John Hardy
Located in Miami, FL
the fable. As the story goes… there is an ancient story of a dragon known as the Naga. He lives on the
Category
2010s Balinese Modernist Drop Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, Quartz, Sapphire, Spinel, Gold, 1...
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H 2.25 in W 2.25 in L 3.4 in
“The Syrinx Fable, ” Daphnis et Chloé (Cramer 46)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Marc Chagall (1897-1985)
Title: “La Fable de Syringe (The Syrinx Fable),” from
Category
1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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You are likely to find exactly the facet fable you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as an abstract version. Making the right choice when shopping for a facet fable may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a facet fable to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, black, beige and more. Creating a facet fable has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Emmanuelle Messika and Nicholas & Sheila Pye are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paper, photographic paper and crayon — can elevate any room of your home.
How Much is a Facet Fable?
The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a facet fable in our inventory may begin at $876 and can go as high as $16,600, while the average can fetch as much as $5,853.
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