Gothic Style Faux Fur Satin Base Mushroom Ottoman
By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
Overall: 22”W x 22”D x 20”H Price As Shown: $1,170 each COM Price: $800 each Customization may change the price. How We Work: Made to order by Connecticut-based furniture design an...
Satin, Faux Fur, Maple
$5,500
H 18 in W 14.75 in D 14.75 in
Antique Gothic Revival Carved Polychrome Painted & Upholstered Stool Ottoman
By Carlo Bugatti
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent Neo-Gothic tabouret stool / ottoman, 19th century, most likely Italian (Southern Italy; Kingdom of Two Sicilies), parcel gilt and polychrome painted frame, padded seat ...
Upholstery, Wood
Unavailable
H 27.5 in W 48.5 in D 43 in
Antique French Ecclesial Hexagonal-Shaped Ottoman with Gray Wool Upholstery
Located in Houston, TX
This antique French hexagonal upholstered bench or ottoman was made for a church. The carved wood base is painted white and the panels are identical on all six sides. The upholstered...
Brass
Victorian Gothic Revival Carved Wood Banquette Ottoman
Located in Astoria, NY
Victorian Gothic Revival carved wood banquette ottoman with foliage motif and upholstery.
Upholstery, Wood
Victorian Gothic Revival Carved Wood Banquette Ottoman
Located in Astoria, NY
Victorian Gothic Revival carved wood banquette ottoman with foliage motif and upholstery.
Upholstery, Wood
Sold
H 16 in W 48 in D 20 in
Vintage Black Leather Strap Gothic Revival Style Solid Oak Bench & Ottomans Set
By Tomlinson, Ilmari Tapiovaara
Located in Chattanooga, TN
We're uncertain about the maker / designer, but this set is amazing regardless of pedigree. This handsome Neo-Gothic bench and ottoman set features the original black leather straps ...
Leather, Oak
Antique Persian Lilihan Rug with Baroque Renaissance Style, Pink Persian Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
Well-suited for Venetian, Baroque, Rococo, Byzantine, Ottoman, Renaissance, Gothic, Islamic, Louis XIV, Louis XI, Louis XV, Chippendale, Regal, Aubusson, Old World, Traditional, Euro...
Wool
Pair of Pouf Stools Ottomans with "X" Bases
By Jamestown Lounge Company
Located in New York, NY
"X" painted wood bases support upholstered pad seat. These stools were manufactured by "Jamestown" furniture, they were originally in natural oak finish, probably cerused, they are c...
Oak, Upholstery
Gothic Revival Cast Iron Stool
Located in Sheffield, MA
American Gothic Revival hexagonal-shaped cast cast iron stool, with roundels of six petaled flowers and tracery within squares on a base of six cusped arches and legs ending in caste...
Iron
$42,500 / set
H 34.25 in W 24 in D 23 in
Four Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Chinoiserie Bergères, Jansen Attr., 1890
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare Assembled Set of Four French Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Carved and Japanned-Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated Bergers Armchairs, attributed to Maison Jansen (House of Janse...
Velvet, Giltwood, Lacquer
$164,349
H 33.86 in W 35.04 in D 20.48 in
IMPORTANT MUSEUM QUALITY ANTIQUE 1680 TO 1720 GERMAN SiLVER SAFE STRONGBOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, Museum Quality German safe circa 1680-1720 attributed to Johann Gottlied Dittman and Sigmund...
Iron, Nickel
$16,405
H 24.02 in W 40.95 in D 21.26 in
Important 18th Century circa 1740 Hand Carved Italian Giltwood Tete a Tete Sofa
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important 18th century hand craved Italian circa 1740 Tete a Tete conversation settee What a find, I have never seen another ...
Upholstery, Giltwood
$205,071
H 17.72 in W 18.71 in D 9.06 in
FINE CIRCA 1895 FRENCH AUTOMATON INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE MOVING GiLT BRONZE CLOCK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very fine and highly collectable Antique circa 1895 French Automaton Industrial Locomotive moving gilt ...
Brass
$341,786
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
$239,000
H 55 in W 174 in D 62 in
Jaguar XK 120 Roadster 1950, Rare Collection Car, A+ Condition incl. Expert Op.
By Jaguar Cars Ltd.
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
We offer you the chance of buying this breathtaking, rare Jaguar XK 120 which had its first road legal in february 1950. There has been built only a very little number of these cars,...
Metal
$1,250,000
H 28 in W 24 in
"The Coward" Original cover for Life magazine, Woman Kissing World War I Soldier
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"The Coward" (Woman Kissing Soldier). Original cover illustration for Life Magazine, published April 1919. Norman Rockwell’s The Coward (or, Woman Kissing Soldier) was published on...
Canvas, Oil
$246,523
H 103.15 in W 98.04 in D 91.34 in
Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Exceptional Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed The Foot and Headboard Finely Carved With Figural Crests and Inset with Gilt-Bronze Relief Panels Depicting the Fiv...
Bronze
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Female Warrior by E. Drouot
By Edouard Drouot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th century bronze sculpture of a female warrior with sword Signed E Drouot Edouard Drouot was born in Sommevoire in the Haut Marne region on 3rd April 1859. Early in his...
Bronze
$19,499Sale Price|25% Off
H 10.24 in W 7.49 in D 4.73 in
Patinated Bronze Vase by Gustav Gurschner, Austrian Jugendstil, 1912 Secession
By Gustave Gurschner, K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei Wien
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Austrian Jugendstil Patinated Bronze Vase designed by Gustav Gurschner manufactured by K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei circa 1912 Signed Gustav Gurschner is among the most famous Austrian ...
Bronze
$550,000
H 37 in W 22 in D 14 in
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Danville, CA
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock An important, exhibition quality ormolu bronze bracket clock of massive proportions, the case decorated...
Bronze
$11,641
H 63.98 in W 72.84 in D 44.89 in
Bed, 19th Century, Italian, Baroque, Carved, Painted, Gilded, Armorial Cartouche
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The headboard is surmounted with a carved cresting and turned finials at each end, and the frame painted with scrollwork. The centre of the headboard has a cartouche containing a pai...
Beech
$48,500
H 21.5 in W 10 in D 9 in
A Magnificent Pair of Silvered Bronze "Alhambra" Vases by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Magnificent and Large Pair of Silvered Bronze "Alhambra" Moorish Vases, by Tiffany Studios, New York. Inspired by the medieval Spanish Nasrid, or "Alhambra," vases dating from the...
Bronze
Large 19th Century Pair of Bronze Figural Torcheres
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, A. Toussaint - G. Chaudoir
Located in London, GB
A pair of Figural Porte-Lumières, cast by Barbedienne from the celebrated Armand Toussaint Models Constructed in bronze, and having a patinated natural, and a highlighted gilt patin...
Bronze
Gallé Cameo Elephant Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cameo Glass Elephant Vase Émile Gallé Circa 1925 This monumental Art Nouveau vase is one of the finest achievements of Émile Gallé’s iconic glassmaking firm. Showcasing Gallé’s mast...
Glass
Indigo Manipur Mushroom Ottoman
By The Tailored Home, Jhon Ortiz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Overall: 22”W x 22”D x 20”H Seat Height: 20" Price As Shown: $800 each COM Price: $1,220 each Customization may change the price. How We Work: Made to order by Connecticut-based fu...
Velvet, Faux Fur, Maple
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