Tivoli Mirror, Gilded Branches, by Bunny Williams Home
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Gilded branches, gnarled and flowering, frame the Tivoli Mirror in a way that feels equal parts garden folly and grand salon. Two French cleats attached to the back for mounting ver...
Mirror, Resin
Garden sculpture, contemporary. Nordic Sphinx, The Rhubarb Sphinx
By Dana Nicholson
Located in New York, NY
The Rhubarb Sphinx, embodies a history of sphinxes created by Europeans after the Napoleonic invasion and the extensive survey of Egypt which ignited a design frenzy of all things an...
Cast Stone
$198
H 13 in W 9.75 in
PROJECT FOR A FOLLY 1989 Lithograph on Arches, Architectural Drawing Sepia Brown
By Thierry Despont
Located in Union City, NJ
PROJECT FOR A FOLLY IN A PARK 1989 is an impressive, finely detailed architectural drawing image depicting a garden folly structure.
Lithograph
19th Century Fine Quality Pair of Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Each cobalt ground with gilding, trumpet-form neck over baluster form body decorated with a figural scene in the garden, reverse with a garden folly, gilt bronze handles, over a coll...
Ormolu
18th Century Romantic Oil Painting of Couples by a Stream, Circa 1730
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A romantic 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting two young couples in an idyllic landscape, the figures sitting by a stream beside a garden folly, their pets with them. The t...
Canvas
19th Century Hellenistic Marble Bust of Herakles - Antique Replica
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This 19th century replica reflects that enduring fascination—ideal for a collector of neoclassical art, a garden folly, or an interior steeped in myth and history.
Marble
$140,000 / set
H 24 in W 44.5 in D 21.5 in
Rare Pair French Retour D'egypt Terracotta Lions Sculptures Statues Los Angeles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
However, works of art, decorative arts, furniture and, in the field of architecture and garden follies, funerary monuments in the Egyptian style had appeared in scattered European se...
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Brazilian Shrine Altar Household Oratory
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
One can imagine it transformed into a dramatic garden folly, an extraordinary backdrop in a veranda or tropical pavilion, or incorporated into an eclectic interior where vernacular L...
Cedar
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art - The Dream & the Dreamers
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique painting with dream-like quality with three blonde figures looking at a garden folly with a thought-provoking "The dream and the dreamer are one."
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,989
H 39.38 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
The garden of our love - Contemporary Architecture Pool House Oil Painting
By Lilly Muth
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Canvas, Oil
$240
H 4.57 in W 6.22 in D 0.01 in
Paris, The Parc Monceau Public Garden, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography, 1926
Located in Atlanta, GA
He intended to create what was then called an Anglo-Chinese or English garden, on the earlier model of Stowe House in England (1730–1738), with its examples of the architectural foll...
Silver Gelatin
19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Carved Bone Handle in Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
The fan is exquisitely painted in the 18th century Rococo taste, illustrating a series of romantic pastoral scenes populated by finely dressed figures in garden settings with archite...
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Late 19th Century French Treen Inkwell with Pen Holder
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Elegantly decorated with subtly colored chinoiserie scenes of gardens & bamboo follies. Brass trim with floral & leaf feet.
Brass
Haute Bohemians Greece Book by Miguel Flores-Vianna
By Miguel Flores-Vianna
Located in New York, NY
From the sophisticated residences of collectors and painters to island hideaways, centuries-old tavernas, royal follies, breathtaking gardens and even a restored sailboat, Flores-Via...
Paper
Cast Stone English Heron Garden Folly Ornament
Located in Hudson, NY
Lifelike English cast stone and iron heron garden ornament on steel base. From a Surrey, England garden, circa 1930. Steel rebars make up his beak and legs. Sturdy, weighs about 70...
Cast Stone, Steel
Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
Located in Vancouver, BC
A romantic 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting two young couples in an idyllic landscape, the figures sitting by a stream beside a garden folly, their pets with them. The t...
Oil
Pair of Carved Limestone Recumbent Lions
Located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The carved Portland stone lion and lioness, still extant either side of the Exedra (a curved garden feature or folly), are larger in size than the pair we have here, and one can see ...
Stone
Garden Folly Resin Chair, France, Circa 20th Century
Located in Culver City, CA
Garden Folly Resin Chair France Circa 20th century Measures 30.5” W x 23.5” D x 46” H x 18” seat height.
Resin
Vintage Faux Bois Garden Folly or Doghouse
Located in Highwood, IL
Vintage French faux bois tree stump. Made of concrete to look like wood. This one has a large opening to accommodate a small dog seeking shade. The top is flat so a plant could rest ...
Concrete
Gothic Stone Window
Located in New York, NY
Rare stone window of Gothic Design. Makes a wonderful garden folly. Can also be built into a house or barn.
Monumental Limestone Cathedral Spires
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a unique opportunity to own a grand garden folly in the English tradition.
Limestone
Wonderful detailed wooden achitectural folly ca 1920
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful architectural or architect's folly made of wood and painted. The top was missing when we found this piece and it has been is recarved and re-painted. The original paint i...
Wood, Paint
French Vintage Tapestry Reproduction by Robert Four
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An absolutely delightful French 20th Century verdure-style tapestry depicting a riparian forest scene with references to a garden folly of ancient ruins visible in the background.
Tapestry, Wool, Cotton
Pair of Monumental Chinoiserie Style Painted Iron Pagoda-Form Birdcages
By Tony Duquette
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural yet functional, this pair may be used as originally intended or reimagined as decorative étagères, conservatory focal points, or dramatic treillage-inspired garden follies...
Wrought Iron
Fine English Vintage Lutyens Bench Made in Teak
By Edwin Lutyens
Located in Hudson, NY
In 1888 he established his own practice and worked throughout his long life designing besides homes, churches, libraries, public buildings, gardens and follies as well as site specif...
Teak
Anchor-shaped Seashell Valentine Large Diorama with Architectural Ruins
Located in Downingtown, PA
. • Central Diorama: The circular, convex glass centerpiece, protected by beveled glass, frames a three-dimensional scene: o Image: A chromolithograph depicting romantic architectura...
Shell
Sold
H 10.5 in W 14 in D 1 in
Le Désert de Retz: Le Jardin Pittoresque de Monsieur de Monville; A Late Eightee
By Georges-Louis Le Rouge
Located in New York, NY
Le Désert de Retz: Le Jardin Pittoresque de Monsieur de Monville; A Late Eighteenth-Century French Folly Garden. By Diana Ketcham. Preface by Olivier Choppin de Janvry.
Paper
Shipping off Mount Edgecumbe by Samuel Scott and George Lambert
Located in London, GB
The park has been famous since the 18th century, when the Edgcumbe family created formal gardens, temples, follies and woodlands around their imposing Tudor house.
Oil
Knights of Armor Architectural Found Object
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Unique antique architectural piece, probably from a weather vane or finial from a garden folly. Made of metal, the lion is attached to a pole that enables it to swivel.
Metal
Large Vintage French Iron Garden Trellises or Topiaries, a Pair
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely garden folly! A great vintage find. Made of iron, this pair of vintage French garden trellises or topiaries dates to the late 19th or early 20th century and has patinaed ver...
Iron
19th Century James Pulham Terracotta Quatrefoil Fountain Basin
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
James Pulham & Sons were best known for their construction of rock gardens, follies, and grottoes. However, they also manufactured a wide range of terracotta and pulhamite garden orn...
Terracotta
Sold
H 13.75 in W 9.25 in D 1.25 in
"From Folly to Follies", Discovering the World of Gardens, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
From Folly to Follies: Discovering the World of Gardens.
Paper
Original Frontispiece Depicting the Gardens of Méréville, 1808
Located in Langweer, NL
The illustration features a bucolic landscape with lush trees and a classical-style structure in the background, possibly a garden folly or temple, which was common in the garden des...
Paper
Sold
H 86 in W 78 in D 2.25 in
Human Folly Large Scale Surrealist Painting with Garden of Eden Theme
By Linda Sutton
Located in Houston, TX
There is a bottle of champagne that has to do with human folly as well as the sexual nature of the female figure.
Acrylic
Sold
H 30.5 in W 24.5 in D 15 in
Pair of Mid-Century French Charles X Marble Top and Elm Three-Drawer Nightstands
Located in Dallas, TX
However, works of art, decorative arts, furniture and, in the field of architecture & garden follies, funerary monuments in the Egyptian style had appeared in scattered European sett...
Marble, Bronze
Monceau Park Garden - Oil on Canvas 1920´s
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
Monceau Park or Parc Monceau in French, situated in Paris’s 8th arrondissement, is one of the city’s most elegant public gardens. Originally created in the late 18th century by Phili...
Canvas, Oil
Massive Decorative Birdcage, USA, Post 2000
Located in New York, NY
Perfect as an outdoor or in an indoor/outdoor garden Folly or intimate dinging, tea or breakfast theatre.
Steel
Victorian Painted Wood Garden Folly
Located in New York, NY
Painted Wood Garden Folly, Victorian
Wood
Zinc Garden Folly
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Amazing hand made zinc pagoda with articulated doors. Could be converted into a lantern. Newly made pedestal available. Can be put outdoors in a protected spot-the roof and finial de...
A Rare Collection of Pulhamite Rock c. 1870
Located in London, GB
Pulhamite Stone was the creation of James Pulham of James Pulham and Son, Landscape Gardeners and Terracotta Manufacturers. Perfect for creating Rock Gardens, Follies, Grottoes a...
Stone
Painted Maquette of a Bridge
Located in Dallas, TX
Painted Maquette of a Bridge possibly copied from a garden folly found in Great Britain or Ireland
Wood
Neoclassical Temple Model 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
# Y025 - Neoclassical model of a garden folly centering a domed round columned temple surrounded by reservoirs to receive foliage or flowers.
Folly Parts
Located in Hudson, NY
seven architectural pieces with flat horizontal louvers
four cut corner panels
one door
two shaped gable or transom pieces
Wood
Regency Painted Miniature Cabinet Circa 1810
Located in New York, NY
# V138 - Regency miniature cabinet all artistically painted with stylized garden follies, foliate scrolls, and borders. The hinged coffer top opens to a fitted interior above a pair ...
Unusual Folk Art Bi-Plane Weathervane
Located in London, GB
Charmingly well modelled and decorated, this is an eccentric and most unusual piece, probably originally made for a garden folly or small outhouse workshop.
TUSK I (Shell work)
By Blott Kerr-Wilson
Located in Shaftesbury, Dorset
Her work is widely published and normally associated with commissions she has fulfilled worldwide, creating garden follies, grottoes and interior decoration.
Tusk I - Shellwork by Blott Kerr Wilson
By Blott Kerr-Wilson
Located in Blandford Forum, Dorset
Her work is widely published and normally associated with commissions she has fulfilled worldwide, creating garden follies, grottoes and interior decoration.
TUSK 1
By Blott Kerr-Wilson
Located in Shaftesbury, Dorset
Her work is widely published and normally associated with commissions she has fulfilled worldwide; decorating garden follies, grottoes and interiors - whether shell details, wall pan...
Soldier Form Whirligig
Located in London, GB
Probably originally made for a portico or small scale garden folly, it has engaging small proportions. The figure retains much of its historic painted decoration and is raised on the...
Very Large Pair of Pulham Gothic Garden Urns
By James Pulham and Son
Located in Shustoke, GB
James Pulham established the Pulham Company in 1820 and started manufacturing terracotta products from around 1846, through to the early part of the 20th century, specialising in ext...
Terracotta
Very Large Pair of Pulham Gothic Garden Urns
By James Pulham and Son
Located in Shustoke, GB
James Pulham established the Pulham Company in 1820 and started manufacturing terracotta products from around 1846, through to the early part of the 20th century, specializing in ext...
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century James Pulham Terracotta Garden Urns on Plinths
By James Pulham and Son
Located in Shustoke, GB
James Pulham established the Pulham Company in 1820 and started manufacturing terracotta products from around 1846, through to the early part of the 20th century, specializing in ext...
Terracotta
Victory Garden by the Folly Cove Designers, circa 1944
Located in Essex, MA
A VINTAGE FOLLY COVE DESIGNERS HAND BLOCK PRINTED TEXTILE, IN THE "VICTORY GARDEN" PATTERN, PRINTED IN SALMON ON TAN COTTON, DEPICTING A STYLIZED SCENE OF A MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD GAR...
South Asia Stone Architectural Element, III
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
Sandstone
South Asia Stone Architectural Element, II
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
Sandstone
South East Asian Stone Architectural Element
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
Sandstone
SE Asian Sandstone Columns
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
SE Asian Sandstone Columns
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
SE Asian Sandstone Column
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
SE Asian Sandstone Column
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
Sandstone
Carved and Painted Sandstone Columns
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
Carved Sandston Column SE Asia
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
SE Asian Sandstone Column
Located in San Francisco, CA
About a year ago we heard a story that a local heiress had been gifted an exotic palace to be installed as a folly in the garden of one of her homes. We noticed these pieces turnin...
Sandstone
Antique Pair of Garden Terracotta Column Bases
By James Pulham and Son
Located in Sheffield, MA
They were landscape architects who specialized in the construction of picturesque rock gardens, grottoes, ferneries and follies and were based in Broxbourne, England.
Terracotta
$350,965 / set
H 84.26 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in
Pair Antique Very Large Chinese Porcelain Vases French Gold Ormolu Stands
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique Very Large Chinese Porcelain Vases French Gold Ormolu Stands Porcelain: Chinese, 18th Century Ormolu: French, Late 19th Century Vases: Height 140cm, diameter 53cm Sta...
Ormolu
Canopus Jar "Asmet", 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt
Located in Girona, Spain
Canopus Jar "Asmet", With certificate of authenticity. 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt. Good condition. Egyptian culture are "Canopus jars". These were vessels that the ancient Egyptians ...
Alabaster
$263,224
H 57 in W 30 in D 31.5 in
One-of-a-kind 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Located in London, GB
*Winner of the 2022 Masterpiece Fair Furniture Highlight* The 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Bog Yew Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin Carved entirely from Irish bog yew wood, ...
Upholstery, Yew
$12,450 / set
H 25.25 in W 47 in D 24 in
A Large Pair of Vintage Egyptian Revival Patinated Brass Sphinxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large Pair of Egyptian Revival Vintage Patinated Brass Sphinxes. The impressive pair of brown patinated resting sphinxes, with an unverified but intriguing provenance purportedly t...
Brass
$337,467
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$24,000 / set
H 79 in W 27 in D 3 in
Pair of Magnificent Antique French Carved Wood Panels Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An Extraordinary Pair of early 20th century carved wood Panels depicting the Four Seasons. Tall narrow unpainted panels with high relief carved decoration with motifs of the Four Sea...
Wood
$33,746
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Giltwood, Paint
Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited, Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This exceptional, 18 carat gold Easter egg was crafted by the famous London-based royal jewellers, Asprey & Co. The piece was then retailed by Garrard & Co, who once worked i...
Gold
$48,000
H 21.75 in W 11 in D 11 in
Art Nouveau Vase with Fiery Dragon by Stellmacher & Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Paul Dachsel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Porcelain
$60,850Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
$145,000
H 106 in W 66 in D 26 in
Pair of 19th Century French Walnut Library Ladders, Napoleon III Style
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French (19th Century) walnut library ladders with side railings and steps leading to a top platform (on casters) (attributed to Napoleon III's personal library) (Related item...
Walnut
$275,000 / set
H 96 in W 20 in D 20 in
Rare and Palatial Pair of Gilt Bronze and Malachite Seven Light Torcheres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare and Palatial Pair of Mid 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Malachite Six Light Torcheres The body of baluster form above a gilt bronze mounted circular and square base, the neck m...
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
$17,600Sale Price / set|54% Off
H 29 in W 25 in D 12 in
Japan Important Large Pair Early Shinto Temple Lions Hand-Carved, 18th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just discovered and coming from a Shinto Shrine deaccession Call or message us for details or to reserve. Japan an early and superb pair (2) of mythical Shi Shi Temple Foo Dogs als...
Wood
$6,800Sale Price|47% Off
H 31 in W 72 in D 18.75 in
Unusual Collectors Piece, Cerused Oak & Yew Wood, of "The Floating World"
By Dana Nicholson
Located in New York, NY
Perhaps lost to antiquity is “The Floating World”. Ancient Persia, China and Egypt, all supported the idea of intoxicating tranquility and relaxation through the boundless beauty of ...
Wood
Burmese Reclining Buddha Statue Vintage Mandalay Buddhist 1930
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Would add serenity and calm to any interior Stunning reclining Burmese Mandalay buddha that is nearly 5ft long - 147 CM This carved wood buddha has a partial gilt finish giving it a ...
Bronze