Pietra Dura Ormolu

Cabinet decorated with semiprecious jewels! The "Pietra Dura" stones are carved into the shapes

A very fine quality 19 century French Pietra Dura and Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock with silvered

French Ormolu and Pietra Dura Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat. French bureau plat circa 1860 with 36

ormolu casket with two handles, the lid and sides inset with pietra dura panels of playing cards and

A superb Grand Tour Ormolu bronze and Pietra Dura highly decorative framed oval form plaque, of

Pair of French ormolu and Italian Pietra Dura mounted table / mantel clocks with female busts in

An Italian oval gilt bronze box mounted with six oval pietra dura plaques, the hinged top similarly

with pietra dura depictions of vases, jugs, flowers, jewelry, shells and a butterfly, set on an ormolu

This is a truly superb antique French Napoleon III ormolu and pietra dura mounted ebonized credenza

These elegant ebonised wood cabinets feature beautiful central ‘Pietra Dura’ panels. Italian for

of fruit trees. These ‘Pietra Dura’ scenes are set within gilt bronze (ormolu) frames, with twisted

towards their bases. Their fronts are decorated with colourful ‘pietra dura’ (Italian: ‘hard stone

Pietra Dura mounts. This impressive cabinet is raised on six bun feet with ormolu bands. At the straight

This is an absolutely fabulous antique French engraved ormolu and Pietra Dura mounted jewellery

This is a superb quality antique Italian Pietra Dura mounted gilt bronze basket dating from the

This is a superb quality antique French ormolu and pietra dura jewellery casket, C1860 in date

This is a truly superb antique French Napoleon III ormolu and pietra dura mounted ebonised credenza

see "Pietra Dura and the Art of Florentine inlay", Annamarie Giusti, Thames & Hudson, 2005, page 223.

the 16th century of pietra dura “commesso” work (the joining together of hard stones). In Rome, the

Ormolu & Pietra Dura Jewlery Box, Italy circa 1880

A Fine and Impressive French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany and Parquetry Commode a Vantaux, after the model Antoine Gaudreaux's 'Commode Médallier du Roi Louis ...

The Color Experience: Stained-glass windows “Color is a power which directly influences the soul” (Wassili Kandinsky, Moskou 1866 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944) “Color! What a deep a...

Fine and Unusual Napoleon III period antique French Boulle marquetry cabinet French, c.1870 Height 165cm, width 174cm, depth 51cm This piece is a splendid, ebonised wood antique cab...

An outstanding Louis XV-style mahogany bureau plat after a model by Jacques B. Dubois, from the estate of Phyllis McGuire, the shaped leather-inset top above an elaborate frieze with...

An Excellent Late 19th Century Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Kingwood and Ebonized Wood Center Table The rectangular shaped table with nine individual turquoise pai...

Napoleon III solid oak cabinet with ebony veneer and carved black marble top. The facade is framed with gilt bronze mounts of caryatids, and two doors are decorated with silver medal...

This is an important example of British furniture and history having a large mirror plate placed within a quality acanthus carved and scrolled frame. It is surmounted by a decorative...

C. Maratta went to Rome in 1636 and became an apprentice in the Studio of Andrea Sacchi. Pope Alexander VII commissioned many paintings from him. Maratta’s paintings of the later 165...

Pair of antique Japanese Meiji era bronze elephant and pagoda incense burners Japanese, Late 19th Century Sculpture: Height 151cm, width 122cm, depth 43cm Base: Height 56cm, width 82...

Amazing Spanish Baroque Pietà in Polychrome Wood with Silver Crown, 18th Century Impressive large-format Spanish Pietà, carved in wood and polychromed, datable to the late 18th cent...

An important and most impressive pair of Roman late 17th/early 18th century Baroque Period Marble crest/plaques. Each stunning rectangular shaped marble plaque is designed in the sty...

A handsome Italian 19th century carved giltwood console table with Brèche d'Alep marble top. The rectangular form centered by a female mask, raised on four curved form legs inter-joi...