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Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armoured plates, has been exquisitely preserved and recovered from the Holzmaden Oil Shale of south Germany.
The crocodile was once buried in fine, muddy sediment 195 million years ago at the bottom of the Tethys Ocean, which once existed between Europe and Africa. The calm, deep water provided a rare anoxic (without oxygen) environment, which prevented the skeleton from any significant decomposition before burial. The mud has since been compressed into oil shale, leaving the immense skeleton completely in-tact.
This specimen is one of the few skeletons of Steneosaurus bollensis ever to be discovered. We can deduce much about the life of this reptile from the size and perfect preservation of the piece. Similar to present-day crocodiles, we can see that the two front limbs of the Steneosaurus are much shorter than the back two. This indicates that crocodile ancestors were bipedal; indeed, we believe that crocodiles evolved from the same reptile species as the dinosaurs and airborne pterosaurs.
Dinosaurs ruled the lands during the late Triassic and early Jurassic. This made terrestrial life increasingly difficult for ancestral crocodiles, as there were many predators and prey was scarce. However, the seas were rich in fish, shellfish, starfish, crabs, squid… You can even see fossil belemnite guards (bullet shells of squid-like organisms) and the beautiful spiral shells of ammonites preserved around the crocodile skeleton...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Other
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Other
"Mediterranean Table" 1992 Ceramic Table Handmade Unique Piece Sculpture
By Ugo La Pietra
Located in Milan, IT
Ugo La Pietra "Mediterranean Table" 1992 ceramic table
Large table/sculpture with three-dimensional ceramic top modeled by hand, depicting the Italian Mediterranean landscape with rivers, valleys, woods, hills, gardens, squares, the variety of Mediterranean vegetation.
Terracotta molded...
Category
20th Century Italian Museum Worthy
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Palace Size Pair of French Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Ewers
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and rare pair of antique French hand-painted Sèvres celest blue color porcelain and ormolu-mounted Ewers. Each very finely hand-painted with courting lover scenes in pol...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Ormolu, Gold
Romanesque Madonna - 1175/80
Located in Wien, Wien
ROMAN MADONNA
“Sedes Sapientiae”
Auvergne
Around 1175/80
Pine wood
Polychrome remains
Height 44 cm
This depiction of the Madonna is a masterfully carved, extremely early figure made...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Museum Worthy
Materials
Wood
One of a Kind Pedro Friedeberg Hands and Ties Chair Gold Leaf
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is an extremely rare opportunity. One off chair by artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg. This stunning chair is upholstered in Mr. Friedeberg's own personal neck ties. 17 hand-c...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare 18th century Micromosaic Plate
Located in Paris, FR
Rare micromosaic plaque depicting an idyllic Roman landscape. The main subject of this micromosaic is the representation of buildings surrounded by cypresses and trees. Two figures i...
Category
Late 18th Century French Greco Roman Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Cut Glass
Antique 17th Century Persian Kerman Carpet. 11 ft 5 in x 20 ft 2 in
Located in New York, NY
Rare Antique 17th century Kerman vase carpet, country of origin: Persia, circa 17th century. Size: 11 ft 5 in x 20 ft 2 in (3.48 m x 6.15 m).
Category
17th Century Persian Kirman Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Wool
Rare and Important Japanese Meiji Period Shadona, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A Japanese hardwood shodana with inlaid and lacquer decoration, Meiji Period 1868-1912, by Shoso Kosen, bearing two character signature and red seal, with various shelves, cupboards,...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Original Vintage Rio Mid-Century Modern Chaise by Oscar Niemeyer, 1978
By Oscar Niemeyer, Anna Maria Niemeyer
Located in New York, NY
Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
That’s "Rio" Chaise Lounge created in 1978 by Oscar Niemeyer and his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer. "Rio" is exemplary of Niemeyer’s exquisite curves and sinuous forms made famous by his seminal modern architecture.
That's a rare vintage piece Manufactured by Moveis Tepperman in Brazil, 1995.
Literature
Desenho da Utopia, Brazilian Modern Furniture...
Category
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Leather, Cane, Wood
Alexandre Chevrie, Museum French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Royal Executive Desk
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in New York, NY
Alexandre Chevrie, a museum quality French ormolu mounted mahogany Royal Executive "Empire" Desk, circa 1875.
Double sided desk with six solid bronze lions paw feet, framed ormolu lions on both sized, jewel quality ormolu medusa heads concealing the drawer locks, and exquisite ormolu frieze designs throughout. With original red leather top.
Truly the best quality desk with the most sophisticated design for this Napoleon III period.
There was a similar bedroom set in this style that was made for King...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Ormolu
Casablanca Wood Cabinet, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Casablanca cabinet designed in 1981 for Memphis by Ettore Sottsass, in wood and plastic laminated colors. This is an unlimited edition with a number...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Micromosaic Circular Table, Attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in London, GB
This table is a truly exceptional piece of antique Italian furniture. The item has been attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop (opened 1727). This studio was made up of a collecti...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Malachite, Marble
Jean Paul Gaultier gold lace and silk organza corseted jacket, ss 1988
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
Jean Paul Gaultier gold lace corseted jacket backed with black silk organza.
Spring-Summer 1988
Category
1980s Italian Museum Worthy
Cast Iron, Steel, Copper and Brass Fire Grate
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A cast iron, steel, copper and brass fire grate, cast with winged griffins.
The architectural back cast with roundel and ribbon tied pendant swags,...
Category
19th Century English Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Copper, Steel, Iron
Well dressed 2 - Arman, bronze, sculpture, decorative, green, female, figure
By Arman
Located in London, GB
Pierre Arman (1928-2005)
Well dressed 2
2005
bronze with green patina and coat hooks
162 x 52 x 37 cm
signed on base (beside right foot)
numbered 19/30
Price:
£35,000 GBP
Provenanc...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Bronze
Andre Arbus French Art Deco Dining Table
By André Arbus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Deco dining table by Andre Arbus, circa 1938, in mahogany. This signed and documented model is featured in the book, Andre Arbus, by Yvonne Brunhammer (1996) and a variant...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Store Accident, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 20, 1959.
The Post described “After years of observing ancient chairs tremble and sway and utter squeaks of alarm, a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Museum Worthy
Materials
Oil, Board
Comme des Garcons black knitted raw silk dress, ss 1984
By Comme des Garçons
Located in London, GB
Comme des Garcons; black knitted raw silk dress. L-shaped, with elongated panel forming a cowl collar, slits for the arms and diagonal hem. Can be worn ...
Category
1980s French Museum Worthy
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode, Attributed to Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany commode, in the manner of Martin Carlin, attributed to Henry Dasson.
The lockplate signed to the reverse 'Duvivier, Paris'.
The design for this elegant commode is taken from the celebrated lacquer model by Martin Carlin delivered in 1785 to Madame Victoire, daughter of Louis XV, for her use in the 'grand cabinet' at the Château de Bellevue and today in the collections of the Louvre (OA 5498).
This commode with its Fine gilt bronze mounts and superb quality of construction was undoubtedly made in one of the leading Parisian workshops towards the end of the 19th century. .A popular model versions were made by many of the most important haute luxe...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Loris Azzaro Periwinkle Blue Chain Sleeve Gown
By Loris Azzaro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Loris Azzaro periwinkle blue maxi gown featuring a v-neckline adorned with purple and silver metal chain that extends over the bust and en...
Category
1970s French Museum Worthy
Landscape with Cows near Warwick, New York
By Jasper Francis Cropsey
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: J. F. Cropsey / 1885
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Museum Worthy
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Worlds End by Vivienne Westwood 'Punkature' dungarees and shirt set, ss 1983
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Introducing the revolutionary Worlds End by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren 'Punkature' ensemble from the Spring-Summer 1983 collection, a symbol of rebellion and innovation.
...
Category
1980s British Museum Worthy
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By Elizabeth Turk
Located in New York, NY
Born in Pasadena and raised in Orange County, Elizabeth Turk earned her M.F.A. at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
In Turk’s work, the shape of the line is created by extreme loss. That is, the reductive process of carving creates a positive, fragile form in which the absence of the original material is a focus. Turk encourages us to consider how nature has shaped these organic materials long before the artist’s manipulation of them into new forms. When viewed as components in a complex natural system, their singular beauty and inherent mystery is revealed. Turk compels us to view works of art not only as objects to be coveted and collected, but also as expressions of the natural world and our evolving relation to it.
A recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2010), a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship (2010), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2011), Turk is internationally recognized for transforming her signature medium of marble into strikingly intricate objects that defy convention and challenge our preconceptions of what marble can do. Through the use of electric grinders, dental tools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Museum Worthy
Materials
Marble
Landscape with Green Tree
By Alfred Henry Maurer
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Henry Maurer has been called the First American Modern because of his role in bringing modern methods of working to the United States
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Oil, Board
The Japanese Corner
By Elliott Daingerfield
Located in New York, NY
A child of the American South, Elliott Daingerfield was born in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where his father, C...
Category
19th Century American Impressionist Museum Worthy
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evoked by Mixture
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
Evoked by Mixture, 1964
Liquitex on panel
48 x 48 inches
Category
1960s Museum Worthy
Materials
Acrylic
Original 1948 Baccarat Crystal Sun Clock
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The designs of Georges Chevalier (1894-1987), who was artistic director of Baccarat from the 1920s to the 1970s, were largely responsible for propelling Baccarat into the modern era. With his purity of line and geometric style cues, his signature is clearly legible, marking the stylistic power of the first artist to work for the Manufacture.
Among Georges Chevalier’s flagship designs, was the Sun...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Jules Leleu, Large Lacquered Walnut Cabinet, France, 1933
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Unique and important Art Deco four-door cabinet in walnut with lacquered doors and nickel-plated details.
Lacquer work by Katsu Hamanaka (1895-1982)....
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Walnut, Lacquer
Cartier Lapis Lazuli Rock Crystal, Agate, Enamel Art Deco Inkwell
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding Art Deco inkwell by Cartier.
The malachite and lapis lazuli rectangular base of mosaic motif,
supported by rock crystal and blue enamel feet, set at the center with ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Untitled (First Theme)
By Burgoyne Diller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by:
Burgoyne A Diller (1906 - 1965)
Recognized as the first American painter to embrace the tenets of Neo-Plasticism, Burgoyne Diller mad...
Category
20th Century Abstract Museum Worthy
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twiggy
By Barry Lategan
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
Category
Museum Worthy
Mountie II - large, figurative, trees, horse, acrylic, oil, painting on jute
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The iconic presence of a Mountie in red serge on a ghostly white horse is set against the epic backdrop of a forested landscape. Peter Hoffer's paintings evoke nostalgia for classica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Museum Worthy
Materials
Oil, Jute, Acrylic, Pigment
OSCAR de la RENTA 2 piece Ivory Beaded Crochet Top Tulle Skirt Set 6 S/S 2004
Located in Thiensville, WI
Oscar de la Renta ivory silk two-piece ensemble from the Spring-Summer 2004 Collection. Sleeveless crochet top is embellished throughout with white beads. Mock neck collar. Shaped nu...
Category
Early 2000s Museum Worthy
Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a realistic style. Modernism at its best The work is framed by Heydenryk.
Pène du Bois descended from French immigrants who settled in Louisiana in 1738 and was raised in a Creole household. He was born in 1884 in Brooklyn, NY and first studied with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art and later continued his training with Robert Henri. Pène du Bois was greatly impressed with Henri's credo that "real life" was subject matter for art and throughout his life a realist philosophy informed his art as well as his parallel career, art criticism. In 1905, Pène du Bois made his first visit to Paris where he painted scenes of fashionable people in cafes rendered in the dark tonalities and impasto associated with the Ashcan School. By 1920, he had achieved his mature style, which was characterized by stylized, rounded, almost sculptural figures painted with invisible brushstrokes. The subjects of his paintings were often members of society whom he gently satirized.
In 1924, Pène du Bois and his wife, Floy, left for France where they would remain until 1930. Returning to America showcases pictures the artist produced after this very productive period abroad. After five years of living in France, Pène du Bois was able to observe American life with fresh eyes. His work becomes more psychologically intense and less satirical. In Girl at Table a slender, blond is shown gazing at a small statue that she holds at arm's distance. The meaning is elusive, but a powerful sense of longing is evoked. Similarly, paintings such as Dramatic Moment and Jane are taut with unresolved dialogue. Both pictures depict mysterious interiors in which a lone woman anxiously awaits the denouement of a suspenseful scene. Other pictures, for example, Chess Tables, Washington Square and Bar, New Orleans, recall Pene du Bois's Ashcan origins in their depiction of urban entertainment.
During this period, landscape becomes an important subject for Pène du Bois. Girl Sketching...
Category
1930s American Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
Descending from the Cross, by Torchlight
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New York, NY
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight 1654
etching and drypoint; sheet 213 x 163 mm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 inches)
Bart...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Museum Worthy
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
"Bottles and Fruit"
By Mercedes Matter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Mercedes Matter (1913 - 2001)
Born in New York in 1913 to famed Philadelphia Modernist, Arthur B. Carles, Mercedes Matter g...
Category
1980s Abstract Museum Worthy
Materials
Board, Canvas, Oil
Ultra Rare Christian Dior " Gypsy " Blue Enamel Oversized Sunglasses, 1969
By Christian Dior
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Ultra rare pair of Christian Dior Sunglasses circa 1969.
This is a seldom and rare piece not only for its aesthetic value but for its importance in the sunglasses and fashion histor...
Category
1960s Austrian Museum Worthy
Translumina
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Richard Anuszkiewicz. "Translumina" is a geometric abstract, acrylic on wood painting executed teal, blue, violet and black by American Op Artist Richard Anuszkiewicz. The work is signed in black acrylic paint, verso, "Richard Anuszkiewicz 1988." Anuszkiewicz’ canvases depict tight geometric shapes in vivid colours that seem to shift under the eye. Anuszkiewicz belongs to the small number of great artists who construct their life's work with all the hallmarks of a series: lucidity, progress, and, above all, depth. Like his mentor Josef Albers, like Piet Mondrian — like Giorgio Morandi, just to name a representational painter — Anuszkiewicz focuses his vision on the limitless possibilities of a single theme. In his case, the theme is not a single motif...
Category
1980s Op Art Museum Worthy
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Worlds End cream and brown acid wash toga dress with extra long train, S/S 1982
By Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, Worlds End
Located in London, GB
Worlds End by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren
Extremely rare toga dress made from cotton with extra long train and cut out sides.
Savages, Spring-Sumer 1982
Category
1980s British Museum Worthy
Pair of Sabino French Art Deco Monumental Flared Glass Sconces
By Sabino Art Glass
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco (1930s) monumental wall sconces with a geometric flared tiered glass panel upper section over a bottom finial beneath a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Chrome
Mariano Fortuny Apricot Delphos Gown
By Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
This made This dress of finely pleated apricot colored silk with silk cording along side seams, and multicolored glass beads threaded through the cording.
Named after a Greek cla...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Museum Worthy
Timeless Old European Diamond Double Drop Earrings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of old European diamonds weighing 3.02 K color and VS2 clarity and 3.04 K color VVS2 clarity with GIA reports are suspended from 2 old European diamonds weighing total appr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Liberty
By Dan Christensen
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1980s Post-War Museum Worthy
Materials
Acrylic
Large and Finely Carved George II Style Giltwood Mirror, English, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very large and finely carved George II style giltwood mirror.
This large and impressive carved giltwood and gesso mirror is over 267 cm (105 inches) high.
It is finely carve...
Category
Early 19th Century English George II Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Giltwood
"Cityscape at Dusk"
By John Bradley Storrs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right
John Bradley Storrs (1885 - 1956)
Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objectiv...
Category
20th Century Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Large Patinated Bronze Figural Torcheres Cast by Barbedienne, Dated 1872
By Émile Guillemin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A highly important pair of large patinated bronze figural torcheres by Émile Guillemin, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne.
French, dated 1872.
Barbedienne Title: 'Deux Femmes, Indi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Bronze
Hanae Mori Calligraphic Print Gown
By Hanae Mori
Located in New York, NY
Hanae Mori calligraphic print gown in graphic black and white semi sheer georgette.
One piece gown with tucked bib and button placket at...
Category
1990s Japanese Museum Worthy
Desk by Axel Einar Hjorth, Sweden, circa 1930
By Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful streamline desk by Swedish architect Axel Einar Hjorth for NK, circa 1930.
Birch and Macassar ebony
Measures: 65" L x 29.5" H x 25.5" D.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Birch, Ebony, Macassar
High Window
By Anthony Caro
Located in New York, NY
Cast and Welded Bronze
Category
1970s Post-War Museum Worthy
Materials
Bronze
Desk Clock by Cartier
By Cartier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant desk clock by Cartier features a soft blue guilloché enamel and gold frame. With Roman numerals marking the hours, the dial's radiant guilloché pattern is well-complemented by hands studded with fine white diamonds. An outstanding example of 1920s design, this remarkable timepiece comes with its original red leather case, excellent condition.
The Cartier tradition...
Category
20th Century French Museum Worthy
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Chartreuse Stripe Wrap Ensemble, 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a vintage 1970s Yves Saint Laurent chartreuse wrap top & skirt ensemble with multi-color stripes. The top features a wrap-around front tie cl...
Category
1970s French Museum Worthy
Mariano Fortuny Black Delphos Gown
By Fortuny
Located in Riverdale, NY
This dress is made of finely pleated black colored silk with silk cording along side seams, and multicolored glass beads threaded through the cording.
Named after a ...
Named after a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Museum Worthy
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-SI-32-B Upholstered Sofa
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An exceptional correct vintage example of Pierre Jeanneret's iconic A- frame upholstered sofa.
Frame is teak has been left as found for provenance and historical patina. Painted l...
Category
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Teak
Exquisite Set of 14 Klismos Cane Dining Chairs by Baker, circa 1958, Cane Seats
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent dining chairs are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready. This large set is unique on the World market. Please inquire about additional available chairs, if a larger set is desired. Expert custom upholstery service is available.
The rarest of the rare: an exceptional, meticulously restored set of fourteen (14) Klismos cane dining chairs by Baker Furniture, circa 1958. A set of this magnitude is the collector's equivalent of capturing a Purple Unicorn. This design is routinely attributed to the esteemed Michael Taylor. Expertly crafted solid cherry construction with stellar lines and detail. Finished in a dark walnut stain - aged to absolute perfection. Beautiful cane panel inset back and seats. Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and coveted chair...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Museum Worthy
Materials
Cane, Cherry
Pair of Rare Large French Porcelain Covered Jars in High Relief, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
The bodies and covers heavily molded with all-over birds and floral decoration.
Category
1880s French Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare and Exquisite French Ormolu and Porcelain Clock, attributed to Deniere
By Maison Deniere
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Exquisite French Ormolu Bronze and Porcelain Clock, attributed to Jean Francois Deniere,
circa 1810.
This large and elaborate clock is made of the finest quality ormolu and porcelain during the period. Of rectangular form, with porcelain and bronze columns painted with flowers and griffins, this clock would make a statement in any room.
To a clock collector, this clock is a true masterpiece! Similar clocks like this, by Deniere, are in prestigious museums and collections worldwide, including the Frick Collection and the Royal Collection Trust.
21.5" high x 12" wide x 6" deep
**For a similar clock see Christies New York, 21 November 2008, Lot # 139, sold for $50,000.
Very good condition with no damages. All original parts. Clock is not running.
More photos available upon request.
Jean-François Deninger, called Denière, was one of the most illustrious bronziers of the first half of the 19th century. Appointed Envoy in Constantinople around 1796, the bronzier Denière entered into partnership with François Mathelin in 1797. They founded a prosperous operation and their atelier had over 200 workers during the Empire period - a number that subsequently doubled during the reign of Louis-Philippe. Fournisseur to the duchesse de Berry and Louis-Philippe, Denière also worked for the duke of Hamilton, Ferdinand VII of Spain, William II of Hesse, William II of Holland, Tsar Alexander II of Russia, and other heads of state. In 1817-1818 Denière furnished some of the bronze work for the redecoration of the White House in Washington. He furthermore produced the mounts for the cradle of the duc de Bordeaux in 1820 and the bronzes for Charles X's coronation coach...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Anotherview No 21: Trevi Fountain a Few Days after Lockdown by Anotherview
By AnotherView
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Anotherview is an ongoing project that takes place in between interior design and video art. It transforms your home into a nomadic place, where virtual window leads to unexpected la...
Category
2010s Italian Museum Worthy
Materials
Iron
Vintage Eames Vitra La Chaise Chair, Original, Fiberglass First Generation, 1992
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray designed the iconic "La Chaise" lounge chair for The Museum of Modern Art’s 1948 International Competition for Furniture Design. Its name references both its functio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Museum Worthy
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rare Charming 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet with Gilt-Bronze Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Japanese pictoral style lacquer cabinet with gilt-metal mounts
Kyoto, Edo period, 1670-1690
Decorated in Japanese relief lacquer work, black lacquer ground decorated...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Museum Worthy
Materials
Bronze
