Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1940
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare colour of the dress. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance artist in Berlin ...
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca. 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare decoration in light blue. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance artist in B...
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, 1924-1934
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with formed tendrils and is based on a round, stepped base with a decorative green hightened wavy band frieze. Modeller: WALTER SC...
Porcelain
Neoclassical Bronze Bust of Hermes By Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Their best known sculptures are the three Dancing Maidens in Untermyer by sculptor Walter Schott, and the casting of Victoria on top of the Berlin Victory Column.
Bronze
German Bronze Bust of William Shakespeare by Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck 1890
Located in Long Island City, NY
In 1910, Gladenbeck cast theT hree Dancing Maidens Untermyer fountain by sculptor Walter Schott. The fountain is located in Conservatory Garden, Central Park, New York.
Bronze
Antique German Bronze Figure by Hermann Gladenbeck
Located in Newark, England
In 1910, Gladenbeck cast the Three Dancing Maidens which is also known as Untermyer fountain by sculptor Walter Schott. The fountain is located in Conservatory Garden, Central Park, ...
Bronze
Sculpture, 1920, Art Deco, Sign: Akl. Ges.H.Gladenbeck & Sohn
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
In 1910, Gladenbeck cast theThree Dancing Maidens Untermyer fountain by sculptor Walter Schott. The fountain is located in Conservatory Garden, Central Park, New York.
Marble, Bronze
Meissen Girl Playing Bowls by Walter Schott
Located in Vienna, AT
This outstanding Meissen figurine depicting a girl playing bowls had been created by Walter Schott in the year 1898; it was presented at the Dresden art exhibition in the same year.
Porcelain
Meissen Girl Playing Bowls Walter Schott Art Nouveau, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN LOVELY GIRL PLAYING BOWLS GORGEOUS ART NOUVEAU PORCELAIN FIGURINE / CREATED BY WALTER SCHOTT IN 1898 QUITE EARLY MANUFACTURING (MADE CIRCA 1900) !
Porcelain
Meissen Girl Playing Bowls Walter Schott Art Nouveau, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen lovely girl playing bowls Gorgeous Art Nouveau porcelain figurine / created by Walter Schott in 1898 / quite early manufacturing (made circa 1900)!
Porcelain
Bronze Art Nouveau Girl Playing Bowls by Walter Schott Gladenbeck Berlin
Located in Vienna, AT
The workshop was moved to Friedrichshagen near Berlin in 1887 / the public limited company (stock corporation) was founded in 1888. - Signed with number 8068 and name of modeller '...
Bronze
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H 13.58 in W 3.74 in D 6.69 in
Bronze Art Nouveau Girl Playing Bowls by Walter Schott Gladenbeck Berlin c.1900
Located in Vienna, AT
The workshop was moved to Friedrichshagen near Berlin in 1887 / the public limited company (stock corporation) was founded in 1888. - Name of modeller 'Walter Schott' existing, t...
Bronze
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H 14.56 in Dm 5.7 in
MEISSEN GIRL PLAYING BOWLS BY WALTER SCHOTT ART NOUVEAU c.1900 RARELY PAINTED
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN TALL GIRL PLAYING BOWLS GORGEOUS ART NOUVEAU PORCELAIN FIGURINE / CREATED BY WALTER SCHOTT IN 1898 VERY EARLY MANUFACTURING (MADE CIRCA 1898 / 1900) !
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Girl Playing Bowls by Walter Schott, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Quite early manufacturing (made circa 1900) First quality Meissen Blue Sword Mark with Pommels on Hilts (underglazed) model number Q 180 former's number 147 / painter's numbe...
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Girl Playing Bowls by Walter Schott, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Quite early manufacturing (made circa 1900) First quality Meissen blue sword mark with pommels on hilts (underglazed) model number Q 180 painter's number 13 This outstandi...
Porcelain
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H 8.67 in Dm 5.52 in
Walter Schott for Meissen, Large Art Nouveau Porcelain Figurine, Woman with Ball
Located in København, Copenhagen
Walter Schott for Meissen. Large Art Nouveau porcelain figurine.
Porcelain
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H 17.25 in W 6.5 in D 11 in
German Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “the Ball Player” by Walter Schott
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An exquisite modeling of a young woman playing ball, Die Kugelspielerin was sculpted by Walter Schott in two variations: the more common example fully clothed and the present example...
Bronze
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H 13.98 in W 9.45 in D 5.71 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with formed tendrils and is based on a round, stepped base with a green-highlighted wavy band frieze. Modeller: Walter Schott (1...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 9.65 in D 5.79 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Large Young Lady Ball Player, Walter Schott, 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with formed tendrils and is based on a round, stepped base with a gold-highlighted wavy band frieze and gold rims. Modeller: WALTER...
Porcelain
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H 14.37 in W 9.84 in D 5.7 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, circa 1905
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Remarkable Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Manufactory: Meissen Dating: made circa 1905 Hallmarked: Meissen Mark of early 20th century / first quality model number Q 180 / former...
Porcelain
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H 14.45 in W 9.06 in D 6.3 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1924
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with sculptural leaf tendrils and is based on a round, graduated base with wavy frieze and gold decoration. Modeller: WALTER SCH...
Porcelain
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H 14.57 in W 9.85 in D 5.79 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare colour of the dress. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance artist in Berlin ...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 4.73 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare colour of the dress. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance artist in Berlin ...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 4.73 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with formed tendrils and is based on a round, stepped base with a gold-highlighted wavy band frieze and gold rims. Modeller: WALTER...
Porcelain
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H 14.18 in W 9.85 in D 5.71 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with formed tendrils and is based on a round, stepped base with a gold-highlighted wavy band frieze and gold rims. Modeller: WALTER...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 4.73 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca. 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional decoration in green and light blue. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a free...
Porcelain
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H 14.77 in W 9.85 in D 5.71 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare colour of the dress. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance artist in Berlin ...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 9.06 in D 5.71 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare colour of the dress. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance artist in Be...
Porcelain
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H 9.45 in W 8.67 in D 5.12 in
Porcelain Group 'The Sin', Faun with Nymphs, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1917
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
The group is part of a series of allegories depicting 'virtue and vice' - the shame of sinful misconduct contrasts with the instinctual nature of the faun and his playmate. Artist's...
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine the Blossoming Woman by W. Schott Rarity
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
height: 40 cm ( = circa 16 inches ) Specifications: This outstanding rarest Meissen figurine depicting a female nude had been created by Walter Schott around the ye...
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H 14.18 in W 9.26 in D 5.71 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The figure is supported by a tree stump decorated with formed tendrils and is based on a round, stepped base with a green-highlighted wavy band frieze. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861...
Porcelain
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H 13.98 in W 8.47 in D 5.71 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare light blue coloration of the dress. Modeller: WALTER SCHOTT (1861 - 1938) German sculptor and medalist; 1880-1883 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy, worked as a freelance a...
Porcelain
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H 6.5 in W 1.97 in D 1.97 in
Antique Pair French Grand Tour Bronze Military Pedestal Busts 19th C
By Hermann Gladenbeck
Located in London, GB
In 1913 the Gladenbeck foundry cast the monumental Confederate Memorial in Arlington In 1910, Gladenbeck cast theThree Dancing Maidens Untermyer fountain by sculptor Walter Schott. ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
German Art Nouveau Jugendstil Bronze Don Quixote by Oskar Garvens
Located in Newark, England
In 1910, Gladenbeck cast the Three Dancing Maidens which is also known as Untermyer fountain by sculptor Walter Schott. The fountain is located in Conservatory Garden, Central Park, ...
Bronze
Walter Schott Kugelspielerin Bronze
Located in Dresden, DE
Die ursprünglich knapp 140 cm hohe Skulptur wurde in den 1890´er Jahren von Walter Schott entworfen und erfreute sich schnell größter Beliebtheit.
Bronze
$78,500 / set
H 21 in W 12 in D 8.5 in
Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie "Gold Dragon" Flower-Encrusted Garniture
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Meissen porcelain ‘Gold Dragon’ pattern three-piece garniture. A Meissen porcelain reticulated three-piece basket Garniture and stands. Late 1800s, blue crossed swords marks ...
Porcelain
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Pot-Pourri Vase, Germany, 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Meissen porcelain pot-pourri vase, Germany, 19th century.
Porcelain
$7,500 / set
H 1.13 in Dm 9.25 in
Set of 12 Antique Meissen Porcelain 'Old Ozier' Pattern Cabinet or Dinner Plates
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 antique, 18th century German porcelain plates. By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. In the Old Ozier pattern. Each plate has a gilt and slightly scalloped ring ...
Porcelain
$341,452
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
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Vases with Snake Handles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Pembroke, MA
A highly-decorative pair of yellow porcelain vases, hand-painted with detailed central romantic scene, and having snake-form handles (Meissen, 19th century).
Porcelain
Wedgwood First Edition Portland Vase
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary First Edition Wedgwood rendering of the legendary Portland Vase is one of the rarest masterpieces of Josiah Wedgwood, the most important ceramics manufacturer of t...
Porcelain
$198,260
H 48 in W 32 in D 29 in
Incredible 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Urn Emblematic of Autumn
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and spectacular displays of Meissen Porcelain w...
Porcelain
$95,800
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in D 6.5 in
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Porcelain
Set of 19th c. Meissen Four Seasons Figurines
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Worcester, GB
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines – Set of the Four Seasons A finely modelled set of four Meissen porcelain figures representing the Four Seasons, produced in the 19th centur...
Porcelain
$48,500
H 12.5 in W 17 in D 7 in
Meissen Grouping of Mars's War Chariot with War Putti for Catherine the Great
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum Quality, Antique Meissen Porcelain Grouping of Mars, the God of War, Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by Johan...
Porcelain
$225,000 / set
H 31 in W 22 in D 15 in
A Very Large Rare Meissen Porcelain 3 Piece Clock & Candelabra Garniture Set
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large and Rare German Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Three Piece Clock & Candelabra Garniture Set. This impressive set consists of three pieces: a center clock and two cande...
Bronze
$57,500 / set
H 12 in W 5.25 in D 4.5 in
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and fully complete set of 5 Meissen figures emblematic of the senses: Hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight, Modeled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein. These figures ...
Porcelain
$126,600
H 17 in W 11.5 in D 8 in
Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child
By Meissen Porcelain, J.J. Kändler
Located in New York, NY
An important, extremely rare, and rather large 18th century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child, By Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler, Circa: 1744. This is an incr...
Porcelain
$9,663
H 7.88 in W 15.36 in D 10.24 in
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
By Meissen Porcelain, Paul Helmig
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Porcelain
Antique German Porcelain Tureen with Cover by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique German porcelain tureen with cover by Meissen German, Late 19th Century Height 20cm, width 25cm, depth 18cm This remarkable porcelain tureen, produced by Meissen in the la...
Porcelain
In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.