Woolly Rhinoceros Skull Fossil with Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene
Located in Tucson, AZ
This genuine woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) skull fossil represents one of the most iconic megafauna of the Pleistocene Ice Age.
Steel
Fossil Ice Age Bison Skull on Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene
Located in Tucson, AZ
This outstanding and remarkable skull piece captures the free roaming spirit of the ancient bison.
Stainless Steel
Fossil Ice Age Bison Skull on Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene
By Stefano Piccini
Located in Tucson, AZ
This outstanding and remarkable skull piece captures the free roaming spirit of the ancient bison.
Stainless Steel
Fossil Ice Age Cave Bear Skull on Custom Walnut Base
Located in Tucson, AZ
A commanding cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) skull fossil, preserved from a species that once inhabited caves across the European continent, this specimen reflects the rugged environments...
Stainless Steel
Fossil Walrus Skull & Tusks (Odobenus sp.) on Custom Walnut Base, Holocene
Located in Tucson, AZ
DETAILS Specimen: Odobenus sp. Geological Period: Holocene Age: 10,000 Years Old Origin: Alaska, USA Dimensions (Fossil): L 13 x D 9 x H 17 in (L 33 x D 23 x H 43 cm) Weight (Fossil)...
Stainless Steel
Bison Skull on a Fossil Agate Coral Decorated with Crystal Quartz Points
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Bison skull on a fossil agate coral decorated with tangerine crystal quartz points.
Agate, Coral
Original Engraving of The Skeletal Giant: Megatherium Anatomy, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
It was sent to Spain the year after its discovery and remains there to this day. Furthermore, the fossils of Megatherium, including a skull collected by Charles Darwin during his vo...
Paper
Fossil Skull of Halijsaurus on a Stand
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Halisaurus squamate is a kind of marine reptile of the Mosasaurids family and of the Halisaurinae subfamily. He lived 75-65 MA (million years ago).
Decorated Bison Skull / Art Accessory
By Interi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bison skull on a fossil agate coral decorated with crystal quartz points.
Sold
H 12.6 in W 31.89 in D 10.24 in
Dolphin Fossil Skull, Porpoise Bakersfield California, Miocene Period in Acrylic
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
Dolphin Fossil Skull Porpoise Bakersfield California Miocene Period (15 Million Years Old) in Acrylic custom case Porpoise, is a group of aquatic mammals similar appearance to...
Acrylic
Whale's Tooth mounted on custom acrylic base
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
They lived in the oceans and ate the same food as Carcharodon Megalodon, so they competed with large predatory sharks for food. The fossil skull of L. melvillei had a curved base, wh...
Acrylic
Fossil Oreodont Skull from USA, 35 Million Years Old
Located in London, GB
A world class fossilised Oreodant fossil specimen. An extinct superfamily of prehistoric artiodactyls with short faces and fang-like canine teeth. Since 1986 Dale Rogers has b...
Other
Russian Jet Fossil Carving of a Human Skull, Half Life-Sized
Located in New York, NY
Russian jet fossil carving of a Human Skull, half life-sized.
Stone
Large Megacerops Fossil Skull
Located in London, GB
Megacerops skull, Chadron formation, Late Eocene, 38-34 million years before present. Length: 29 inches (73.7 cm). Condition: Restored from fragments, approximately 70% complete. ...
Other
Rare Saber Tooth Cat Fossil Skull
Located in London, GB
A rare fossilized skull from one of the most iconic prehistoric predators. A Saber tooth cat skull from the largest known genus, Machairodus giganteus, dating to the Late Miocene, ar...
Fossil Steppe Bison Horn with Skull Piece 'Bison Priscus'
Located in Groningen, NL
Fossil Steppe Bison Horn with skull piece (Bison Priscus) A fosile of a Steppe Bison Horn, Bison Priscus.
Horn
Fossil Steppe Bison Horn with Skull Piece 'Bison Priscus'
Located in Groningen, NL
Fossil Steppe Bison horn with skull piece (Bison Priscus) A fosile of a Steppe Bison Horn, Bison Priscus.
Horn
$2,250
H 22 in W 13 in D 16.25 in
African Impala Horn and Partial Skull Mount, 1st Quarter 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The upper section of the skull mounted on a carved oak backplate with a molded edge.
Bone
Large Buffalo Skull with Native American Foot Print
Located in Asheville, NC
This Extra Large buffalo skull features black horns decorated with two red foot prints. It skull has a natural rustic beauty. The red animal footprints on the horns appear to be thos...
Large Nile Crocodile Skull Replica on Wooden Base, 95 cm
Located in BEEKBERGEN, NL
An impressive and highly detailed replica of a large Nile crocodile skull (Crocodylus niloticus), presented on a solid wooden display base. Measuring approximately 95 cm in length, ...
Oak, Composite
Bronze Lion Skull Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
A bronze sculpture depicting a lion's skull, mounted on a wooden base. This striking and realistic artwork reflects expert craftsmanship and attention to anatomical detail. Features...
Bronze
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tusk on Custom Walnut Stand
Located in Tucson, AZ
Transporting the viewer to the majestic Ice Age, this Mammuthus primigenius (Woolly Mammoth) tusk is a remarkable relic of the Pleistocene epoch. Approximately 30,000 years old, the ...
Stainless Steel
$5,500 / set
H 43.25 in W 23 in D 12 in
1 Large Mounted Sable Antelope Skull with Large Curved Ringed Horns / Antlers
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent, stunning African sable antelope with large curved ringed horns or antlers mounted on a wrought iron stand. The piece is mounted as a sculpture and conveys the presence...
Iron
Authentic Fossilized Turtle Skull from Morocco – Cretaceous Specimen
Located in New York, NY
This fossilized turtle skull offers a rare, close-up look at Cretaceous anatomy few collectors ever get to hold. Recovered from the Kem Kem Formation in southeastern Morocco, it pres...
Organic Material
Memento mori sculpture depicting a skull, Italy 1700.
Located in Milan, IT
Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture. depicting a skull, carved from a single piece of fruitwood, this sculpture depicts a skull with deliberately exaggerated and distorted proportion...
Wood
$450
H 41 in W 13 in D 7 in
Vintage African Eland Skull Mount with 24" Twisted Horns Taxidermy Cabin Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage African Eland Skull Mount with 24" Twisted Horns Taxidermy Cabin Decor. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 41" H x 13" W x 7" D. Each horn approx. 24" Long meas...
Horn
$180,000
H 72 in W 28 in D 24 in
Sculptural Fossil Dinosaur Femur, Apatosaurus, Morrison Formation, Jurassic
By Stefano Piccini
Located in Tucson, AZ
This monumental Apatosaurus femur embodies the immense scale and enduring legacy of one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth. Originating from the renowned Morrison Formatio...
Stainless Steel
Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1:1 cast model of a human skull in silver plated bronze. Its made from a cast of a real human skull, probably female, and is complete with teeth, lower- and upper jaw. This particu...
Bronze, Silver Plate
Antique Water Buffalo Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Antique water buffalo set on a wooden stand. A set of five from Sumatra. Originally placed on the outside of the house for the protection of the home and symbolizing courage and pros...
Wood
Fossil Ice Age Woolly Mammoth Jaw on Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene
Located in Tucson, AZ
This remarkably preserved specimen exhibits complete molars with enamel. This large lower jaw belonged to a woolly mammoth, the iconic Ice Age mammal known for dense fur and large tu...
Stainless Steel
Antique Real Skull of a Badger, Germany ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Real Skull of a Badger, Germany ca. 1900s An antique taxidermied skull of the badger (Meles) mounted on an ebonized wooden turned base. This article contains parts of anim...
Other
$183Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 9.5 in D 8.5 in
Vintage Deer Skull with Antlers, Bone Wall-Mounted Sculpture, 1970s
Located in San Carlos, CA
Vintage Deer Skull with Antlers, This is a Unique Decor Piece for Sale! Unleash the rustic charm with our one-of-a-kind vintage deer skull with antlers, perfect for adding characte...
Bone
20th Century Biscuit Porcelain Gorilla Skeleton by James Webster
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine biscuit porcelain gorilla skeleton naturalistically cast. James Webster 2014 Measures: Height 16in, width 20in, depth 9in. Raised on a steel base and concrete plinth. The s...
Porcelain
$68,750Sale Price|27% Off
H 40.25 in W 72 in D 55.5 in L 40.25 in
A Fine19th Century Louis XIV Style Collard & Collard Marquetry Baby Grand Piano
By Collard & Collard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Anglo-French 19th century rosewood, palisander, amboyna and satinwood marquetry (inlaid) art-case baby grand piano, the works by "Collard & Collard". The intricately ...
Bronze
Green Mercury Glass Pendant, Made in Italy
Located in Culver City, CA
Green Mercury Glass Pendant Made in Italy With unique brass fitter and elegant ribbed shade. 19.5" dia x 12" h ( overall h adjustable ) Ref. L1581 *4-6 Week Lead Time* *EU Wiring / ...
Brass
Handblown Murano Glass Candelabra Multicolored, circa 1940
By Murano 5
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Handblown Murano glass candelabra, multicolored, circa 1940, Baroque style, five-arm candelabra with multicolored applied decoration, materials: glass and wood, wired for electricity...
Blown Glass
Intricate Carved French Fruit Wood Trunk, Perfume Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous example of a French fruitwood box carved beautifully carved into the form of a trunk. Look closely at the amazing detail, the side handles, the leather stitching, the l...
Fruitwood
$573Sale Price|36% Off
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Floral chandelier spanish Glamour Tole hand paint Metal , spain 1970s
Located in La xara, VC
Spain painted metal floral chandeliers from the 1970s, with models such as ceiling lights and pendant lights featuring floral motifs in gilded metal or sheet metal. • Anonymous or "...
Metal
English Pair of Glass Globe Lanterns
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A magnificent pair of early 20th century English pendant light fixtures in globe form–very similar to an armillary sphere–with clear glass panes bound in a dark bronze frame. The ope...
Brass
Sediment Credenza in Solid Black Walnut
By Möbius Objects
Located in Calgary, AB
Solid American Black Walnut appears as sedimentary layers of rock. The outer cabinet and drawer/door fronts are each crafted from a single slab of figured Black Walnut. The interio...
Wood, Walnut
Beehive Opaline Glass & Burnished Brass Ball Pendant, Germany 1930s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This elegant Art Deco pendant was designed and manufactured in Germany in the 1930s during the Bauhaus period. The light features a ribbed marbled opaline glass shade in warm honey...
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York "Chinese Geometric" Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York glass and bronze "Chinese Geometric" table lamp, featuring a mottled orange, yellow, and green leaded glass shade atop an intricately sculpted patinated br...
Bronze
Mantelliceras Fossil Ammonite On Steel Mount
By Modenature
Located in Scorton, GB
A superb example of fossilised marine invertebrates, this specimen originates from the high-altitude sedimentary strata of the Anti-Atlas Mountains in northwestern Morocco an interna...
Limestone, Stainless Steel
Folk Art Maquette of a Church, France circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
France, 1900 Architectural church model with weathered wood construction, Gothic arched window openings and tall steeple. 15”w x 38”d x 27”h Ref. O2253 $ 4,600
Wood
Tiffany Studios New York "Spider" Leaded Glass Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Spider shade and its original complementary Mushroom bronze base. The unique form of the spider ...
Bronze
$2,522
H 31.5 in W 70.08 in D 34.65 in
1960s, Danish 3-seater sofa, furniture velour, carved oak wood.
Located in Tarm, 82
1960s, Danish 3-seater sofa. Furniture velour, carved oak wood, brass springs in the seat. Original very good condition: no smells, no stains and stable construction. Manufactured by...
Velvet, Oak
Mirror Line Vautrin "Chardon", circa 1960's
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Witch mirror in brown talosel with inlaid pieces of golden mirror. Signed "Line Vautrin" on the reverse, circa 1960.
Glass, Talosel
$3,465Sale Price|30% Off
H 27.5 in W 17.25 in D 17.25 in L 27.5 in
A Rare French Baroque Style Wrought-Iron Stained Glass Hall Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style wrought iron and four-color vitreaux stained glass single-light hall lantern, the rounded four stained glass panels with red, green, ...
Wrought Iron
English Cast Iron Umbrella / Cane Stand. Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English cast iron umbrella / cane stand with three section top, scrolled floral side mounts, four removable pans, and terminating on decorative cast egg and dart base.
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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