The Most Beautiful Things
The Most Beautiful Things
Our in-house curators are delighted to share this edit of some of the most extraordinary pieces available on 1stDibs.
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Bulgari Rome Elizabeth Taylor Style Colombian Emerald Diamond Necklace Set
By Bulgari
Located in New York, NY
Bulgari Rome Elizabeth Taylor Style Colombian Certified Emerald Diamond NecklaceDetaches Into Two Bracelets and Detachable Pendant
An 1...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
Set of Monumental Bronze Egyptian Figures
By Charles Cameron
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Russian (19th Century) monumental bronze Egyptian figures emblematic of the Months on painted bases after those by C. Cameron & M. Alexandrov for the Egyptian Vestibule at P...
Category
19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Auguste Rodin "Main Droite Feminine" Bronze Sculpture by Alexis Rudier Foundry
By Auguste Rodin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Auguste Rodin French, 1840-1917
"Main Droite Feminine, doigts semi replies, annulaire leve"
Feminine Right Hand, semi-folded fingers, raised ring finger
Conceived circa 1890-1900; cast circa 1930-1940
Signed "A Rodin" on the right side of the wrist and with the foundry mark "Alexis Rudier...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
KING OF THE MUSEUM
Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obtain a Nile crocodile...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Animal Skin
Gianni Versace Oroton Metal Mesh Runway Gown, Spring-Summer 1983
By Gianni Versace
Located in Geneva, CH
1982 was the year Gianni Versace designed a special chainmail fabric that not only won him the “Occhio d’Oro” award for Best Womenswear Designer, but also projected him as an essenti...
Category
1980s Italian The Most Beautiful Things
Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712G
By Patek Philippe
Located in Aventura, FL
With the rounded octagonal shape of its bezel, the ingenious porthole construction of its case, and its horizontally embossed dial, the Nautilus has epitomized the elegant sports wat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
White Gold
Edwardian Natural Pearl and Diamond Ring
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian pearl and diamond ring, two natural pearls set in a cross over style to curved shoulders set with old brilliant-cut diamo...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Platinum
Givenchy by Alexander McQueen beige angora wool and shearling coat, c. 1999-2001
By Alexander McQueen, Givenchy
Located in London, GB
▪ Givenchy beige maxi coat
▪ Designed by Alexander McQueen
▪ Large shearling collar and cuffs
▪ Double breasted
▪ Center pleat to the back
▪ 65% An...
Category
1990s French The Most Beautiful Things
Cartier Vivid Yellow, White Diamond Panther Watch
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
CARTIER Vivid Yellow, White Diamond Panther Watch
A magnificent 18k yellow gold Panthere watch, set with vivid yellow and white diamonds, emerald eyes and onyx, signed Cartier with F...
Category
1980s French Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, 18k Gold
Roman Malakov 61.96 Carat Graduating Yellow and White Diamond Rivière Necklace
By Roman Malakov
Located in New York, NY
Unique and well crafted piece that showcases the two magnificent sides of diamonds. On one side, features color rich fancy yellow pear shape diamonds that graduates in size, set in f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Large Apulian Bell Krater
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A very nice and lovely example, red-figure painted, pottery wine mixing bowl, standing on a graceful pedestal foot which supports the bell shaped body wit...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Pottery
Naomi in Morocco – Albert Watson, Black & White, Fashion, Naomi Campbell
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Naomi in Morocco, 1998
Archival pigment print
142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Drake purchased a series of Albe...
Category
1990s Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Archival Pigment
GIA Certified 17.42 Carat Pear Shape Yellow Diamond Drop Earrings in 18k Gold
Located in Central, HK
This piece is available for custom order only.
A stunning pair of earrings feature four pear shaped diamonds: a 6.16 carat Fancy Intense Pear with Internally Flawless (IF) clarity (GIA Certificate #2185767348), a 6.58 carat Fancy Intense Yellow with VS1 clarity (GIA Certificate #6241509484), a 2.02 carat G color, VVS1 clarity diamond (GIA #5246692906) and a 2.03 carat G color, VS1 clarity diamond (GIA #6241509484). An additional two marquise shaped diamonds weighing 0.37 carats is featured. All the white diamonds have been set in 18K White Gold. Vihari Jewels did not spare on the design details, as exhibited in the back of the earrings - a clover motif in yellow pave diamonds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Black Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Donald Sultan. "Black Flowers: is a flock, enamel, and spackle on tile over masonite executed in a dark palette of black, reds, and grays an...
Category
Early 2000s Post-War The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Enamel
Jacqueline au Bandeau de Face (Grand Tête de Femme)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Stunning and iconic portrait of Picasso's wife, Jacqueline Roque, signed in pencil by Picasso and numbered in pencil from the limited edition of 50.
Category
20th Century Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Linocut
Colombian AGL Certificate Emerald Diamond Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Colombian AGL Certificate Emerald Diamond Necklace
A platinum necklace, set with diamonds and cushion and square Colombian Emerald with AGL certificate.
Dimensions approx. 16 inches
...
Category
1950s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Platinum
Head
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
1983 / 2001
Screenprint in colors, on heavy wove paper, the full sheet
S. 40 x 40 in.
Edition of 85
Numbered in pencil, signed and dated '11-19-01' by Gerard Basquiat (Administrator of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat) in pencil with the Estate stamp on the reverse, published by De Sanctis...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Paper, Screen
Handcrafted Savoir Nº1 Bed Set with Base, Mattress & Topper, US King Size
Located in London, GB
The culmination of over a century of bed-making expertise, requiring at least 120 hours of handcrafting, the Nº1 is the ultimate in luxury. Every Savoir Nº1 bed is a masterpiece, constructed and perfected by a single craftsperson in our London bedworks. When every detail is complete, they sign, like an artist, on the label.
Savoir Nº1 bed set includes:
Nº1 Box Spring - our Nº1 box spring provides a foundation of pure comfort, crafted from the finest materials; horsetail, hourglass springs and beech. The box spring is essential for supporting the bed's mattress, ensuring give and independent movement.
Nº1 Mattress* - Layer upon layer of the very finest natural materials ensures you awaken from the Nº1 fully renewed. Lavish quantities of hand-laid horse tail, cotton and wool encase tall contour-hugging pocket springs, resulting in the world’s most luxurious handcrafted mattress. *Mattress tensions can be customised. Choose from soft, medium, firm, or dual tension.
HCa Topper - Plump with the world’s finest materials, our HCa Topper is the ultimate comfort layer for your Nº1 bed, giving you the feeling of floating, weightless. The Nº1 mattress topper...
Category
2010s British The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Beech
Stamped early 18th Century Louis XVI Duchesse Brisee Longue Chair French Bergère
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extremely rare French Louis XVI Duchesse Brisee (Chaise Longue or Lounge chair) by Nicolas-Jean Marchand, circa 1730s. Beautifully hand carved oak wood, newly restored and reupholstered with Casamance blue velvet fabric. Both chairs are signed (Estampillee) by Marchand at the bottom.
Nicolas-Jean Marchand was a Louis XVI cabinetmaker well known for his furniture workshop in rue Saint-Nicolas. Marchand provided the King's court through Gilles Joubert...
Category
1730s French Louis XVI Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Oak
Piranesi Platinum Oval Sapphire, Diamond Ring
By Piranesi
Located in New York, NY
The oval-shaped ceylon sapphire weighing 29.83 carats, flanked by two trapeze diamonds weighing approximately 2.00 carats, size 5¾, signed Piranesi.
Sapphire comes with GIA certific...
Category
1990s Italian The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Late 17th Century Antique Franco-Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This late 17th century Franco-Flemish verdure tapestry, signed RAET, worked in fresh colors, depicting animals in a wooded river landscape with a bird of prey attacking a rabbit in t...
Category
Late 17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Jean Cocteau Original Edition Ceramic Vase "Les Vestales", 1958
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Cocteau ceramic vase - "Les Vestales" from 1958
Edition originale Madeline & Jolly - Signed - and with original certificat
Red Terracotta earthenware with yellow / blue / green...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Ceramic
Line Vautrin, Mirror "Soleil à pointes n°4", circa 1955
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
A Circular convex mirror in talosel and orange, black and red mirror.
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Tiffany & Co. Elsa Peretti Carnelian Gold Bone Cuff Bracelet
By Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Iconic bone cuff bracelet by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co, in 18k yellow gold with teardrop carnelian. Bracelet is small size, will fit approx. 6-6.25" wrist and is 1.5" wide (for t...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Carnelian, Gold
"Collection of Curiosities" - Cornelis Le Mair, Classic Style Oil Painting
By Cornelis Le Mair
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Cornelis le Mair (Eindhoven, July 3rd 1944) is a Dutch painter. As a child, Le Mair already developed a talent for drawing. After completing high scho...
Category
2010s Realist The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Oil
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne
c. 1592
oil on panel
35 x 29 inches, unframed;
41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame
Inscribed 'Lady Dormore'
Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton who gave birth to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton - one of the great figures in Shakespears"s circle and founder of the Virginia company, developers of Virginia USA.
Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne, the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe.[5] He had two sisters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary (c. 1567 – 1607), who in June 1585 married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour.[6]
After his father's death, Southampton's mother married firstly, on 2 May 1595, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Heneage (d. 17 October 1595), Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, and secondly, between 5 November 1598 and 31 January 1599, Sir William Hervey. She died in November 1607.[7]
Early life
When his father died on 4 October 1581 Southampton inherited the earldom and landed income valued at £1097 6s per annum. His wardship and marriage were sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, for £1000. According to Akrigg, Howard then "entered into some further agreement, of which no documentation can now be found, which transferred to Lord Burghley personally the custody and marriage of the young Earl, but left Howard holding his lands", and late in 1581 or early in 1582 Southampton, then eight years of age, came to live at Cecil House in the Strand.[8]
In October 1585, at age twelve, Southampton entered St John's College, Cambridge,[9] graduating M.A. on 6 June 1589.[10] His name was entered at the Gray's Inn legal society before he left the university, and he was admitted on 29 February 1588.[11]
On Southampton's 16th birthday, 6 October 1589, Lord Burghley noted Southampton's age in his diary, and by 1590 Burghley was negotiating with Southampton's grandfather, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and Southampton's mother, Mary, for a marriage between Southampton and Lord Burghley's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Burghley's daughter, Anne Cecil, and Edward de Vere...
Category
16th Century Old Masters The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Oil
First Edition Portland Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1793
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it.
Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Pottery
Buccellati Silver Furry Animals Swan Pair
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati Silver Furry Animals Swan pair in 800 silver.
Buccellati set of two swans. First swan measures approx. 26? in height, 10? in length and 20? in width. The base measureme...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silver
Cartier Rose Gold Unique Diamond Set Tourbillon Skeleton Wristwatch
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
An 18k Rose Gold Piece Unique Flying Tourbillon Skeleton Rotonde Gents Wristwatch, skeleton dial with roman numerals III, IX and XII and hour marke...
Category
Early 2000s Swiss The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Diamond, Rose Gold
Alexander McQueen by Sarah Burton dusty pink fur coat, fw 2012
By Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Alexander McQueen
Located in London, GB
▪ Alexander McQueen dusty pink fur coat
▪ Designed by Sarah Burton
▪ Dyed Mongolian Lamb, Mink fur and Ostrich feathers
▪ Leather belt with silver shell detail
▪ Mirrored visor shad...
Category
2010s Italian The Most Beautiful Things
Louis XVI Style Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Writing Table, circa 1870
By Edwards & Roberts
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI Style gilt bronze and Pietre Dure mounted ebonised writing table, retailed by Edwards & Roberts.
French, circa 1870.
The drawer edge stamped 'Edwards & Roberts'.
This Fine ebonised writing table has a three-quarter galleried superstructure with cavetto moulding above three cupboards, each with a panel door inset with Fine pietre dure panels of vases issuing flowers. The lower part of the table has a pullout / pull-out writing slide with a dark blue leather writing surface, above a long drawer centred by a tablet mounted with a foliate pietre dure panel. The table is raised on tapering square section legs united by an 'X'-frame stretcher centred by a gilt bronze vase.
The beautiful Florentine pietre dure panels are inlaid in high relief with shaded agates marble, and semi-precious stones. The combination of Fine gilt bronze mounts on an ebonised ground enriched with Fine pietre dure inlay indicates the work of one of the best Parisian ébénistes of the period.
Edwards & Roberts, was one of the principal London companies working in the nineteenth century in the taste of the late Eighteenth Century. They started business in 1845 and by 1854 were trading as 'Edwards & Roberts, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture'.
Wardour Street became an important furniture retailing area in the second half of the 19th century. Contemporary documents note '... a fine and complete library...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Pair of Rare English Porcelain Covered Cachepots, Derby, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
This pair is unique in that the one on the left depicts 'The Chainbridge', one of the first suspension bridges designed by Thomas Telford-Over the Menai Strait in Wales, circa 1870. ...
Category
1820s English Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Porcelain
Limited Edition Rouge Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders
By MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Hudson, NY
Small easy chair, first designed in 1996, made in “knotted” carbon and aramide fiber cord, epoxy resin finish. Limited edition produced in 99 examples...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Carbon Fiber
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.
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Porcelain
Crete Dining Table by Eduard Locota, Turquoise-Blue Acrylic Glass and Marble
By Eduard Locota
Located in Timisoara, RO
The Story
The eternal Greek story of sea and land braking into each other to the infinite, captured into one memorable piece – Crete Table.
Monolithic, sculptural and functional artw...
Category
2010s Balkan Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Marble
Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chair in Green Upholstery
By Jindrich Halabala
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jindrich Halabala, customizable lounge chair, wood, fabric, Czech Republic, 1930s
Extraordinary easy chair with green fabric upholstery. This chair has a very dynamic and abundant a...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Børge Mogensen Oak and Leather Lounge Chairs, Denmark, 1960s
By Børge Mogensen
Located in New York, NY
A rare set of low lounge chairs with frames of solid oak. The seat and back with patinated brown grain leather. These examples were manufactured by Fredericia Stolefabrik. Two of th...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pierre Jeanneret, Pair of Easy Armchairs, circa 1955-1956
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Teak and wicker
Measures: H. 68.5 x L. 53 x P. 71.5 cm
H. 26.97 x L. 20.87 x D. 28.15 inches
Intended for various administrative buildings, Chandigarh, India.
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Wicker, Teak
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Judith I" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
Judith I, no. 9 from the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts
Much like his treatment of the Classical personage, Danae, from Greek mythology, Klimt’s depiction of Judith takes an Old Testament character, a heroine who avenges the death of her husband by killing an Assyrian king, and firmly positions her in his present-day Vienna. His multicolored collotype rips the canvas from its gilded frame which directly references the subject with its title: “Judith und Holofernes”. Now in print form, Judith, holding the severed head of a male in murky shadow, is the ultimate Viennese femme fatale. Her likeness is unmistakably similar to a former lover of Klimt’s and famous Viennese soprano, Anna von Mildenburg. Though his allusion to ancient Assyria is apt, Klimt literally lifted the gold patterned background’s design motif from a relief detail from Sennacherib’s Palace displayed in a London museum. His context then is contemporary. In a sensual and sexually powerful tour de force, Klimt’s Judith...
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Paper, Ink
Byzantine Betrothal Ring, 7th-8th Century AD
Located in London, GB
Byzantine betrothal ring, 7th-8th century AD. A yellow gold ring with square plaque-form bezel engraved with two crowned full-length figures ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Byzantine Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Yellow Gold
Double Portrait of King Frederik IV and Queen Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow of D
Located in New Orleans, LA
When viewed straight on, this "turning picture" by French artist Gaspar Antoine de Bois-Clair appears to be a disorganized collection of painted facial features and wooden slats. However, when viewed at an angle from either side, two separate images are revealed — portraits of Frederik IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, the King and Queen of Denmark. A wonder of both portraiture and trompe l'oeil, this work demonstrates the artist's skill in rendering intriguing visual effects.
An impressive exercise in representing depth and 3-dimensionality in painting, the work is executed on a series of triangularly-cut strips of wood to create an effect now known as lenticular imaging...
Category
16th Century Academic The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Wood, Oil, Panel
Historic First Photograph of Man in Space: Ed White spacewalking over Hawaii
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
This is an historic first photograph of man in space, Astronaut Ed White space spacewalking over Hawaii during the first American EVA, June 3-7, 1965.
NA...
Category
1960s Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Anotherview, No.21, Anotherview N.21 Trevi Fountain a Few Days After Lockdown
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 The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Iron
Object #MT-V1 Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Table by Zhoujie Zhang
By Zhang Zhoujie
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This elegantly designed table was created with handmade digital crafts, the same fabrication techniques devised in Zhoujie’s digital laboratory. The work's digital roots lend an arch...
Category
2010s Chinese The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Stainless Steel
Marguerite Dubuisson Pair of Armchairs in Oak and Elm, France, 1947
By Marguerite Dubuisson
Located in The Hague, NL
These striking armchairs were designed by Marguerite Dubuisson in 1947. Dubuisson was a French artist mostly working in textile design. However, in the late 1940s she designed a few ...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Velvet, Wood, Elm, Oak
16th Century Brussels Historical Tapestry, Depicting Julius Caesar on Horseback
Located in New York, NY
A rare antique 16th century Brussels historical tapestry, depicting Julius Caesar on horseback as he prepares to cross the Rubicon, signaling his intentions to return to Rome and instigate a civil war with the Roman Emperor, Pompey the Great. This fine handwoven tapestry is composed of wool and silk, and tells the infamous story or Julius Caesar's fateful decision to return to Rome and wrest the title of Emperor from Pompey the Great. A sea nymph rises from the waters of the Rubicon river and warns Caesar to think carefully before taking this incendiary step back into Rome after having marshaled his forces in anticipation of his revolt.
The tapestry is finely detailed, and is part of a lost series of Julius Caesar tapestries...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Wool, Silk
Trittico Forum (2011) - large format triptych photograph of iconic Roman site
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
original large format photography triptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Trittico Forum (2011)
three individually framed original archival photography prints, each with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary light grey lacquered gallery frames
76.7 in x 61.25 in (194.8cm x 156cm) / each
4,6m / 183.75" / 15' 4" installation width
limited edition of 6 + 2AP
signed, titled and dated verso
'Roman Forum' was installed at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy, as part of 2014 'Art in Embassies' exhibition curated by Virginia Shore and Claire D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Museum Quality Antique Early Byzantine 4th Century AD Gold Marriage Ring
Located in London, GB
Early Byzantine gold marriage ring. The central square plaque carved to depict two facing busts wearing crowns, a cross and orb inbetween, with the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Byzantine Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Yellow Gold
Mexican Cabinet with Nacar Shell Inlays, the Base and the Columns are Bronze
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Mexican cabinet, 17th century
This piece of furniture has integrated tortoiseshell and pearl shell marquetry representing geometric and floral motifs, it consists of three trapezoid...
Category
1740s Mexican American Colonial Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Wood
$ (1) FS II.274-279
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
The portfolio consists of six screenprints. Each hand-signed and numbered. Each print is unique. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Published by Andy Warhol, New York. The artwork is in excellent condition.
The Dollar Sign series from 1982 was the ultimate manifestation of Andy Warhol’s love...
Category
1980s Pop Art The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Board, Screen
La Persane
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Henri Matisse
La Persane
1929
Lithograph on Arches Velin paper, Edition of 50
Paper size: 63 x 44.5 cms (24 3/4 x 17 1/2 ins)
Image size: 44.8 x 29 cms (1...
Category
1920s Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Lithograph
Rolex 6262 Daytona Vintage Wristwatch
By Rolex
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Brand: Rolex
MPN: 6262
Model: Daytona
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Case Diameter: 36.5mm
Crystal: Plastic
Bezel: Stainless steel engraved bezel
Dial: Black chronograph dial
Bracele...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modern Line Sofa, Dining Height, Large with Brass Legs
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The iconic Modern Line collection was designed in 1949 by the Swedish Pioneer Greta M. Grossman. Modern Line was one of her most elegant and minimalistic designs and praised for being representative of her background in Scandinavian design. The timeless sofa series has a sleek, feminine and light expression that is supported with elegant slender legs, which is a true signature for Greta M. Grossman’s designs. The extended Modern Line sofa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Brass
Woman with Roses on her Arm (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn in a Lafaurie Dress)
By Irving Penn
Located in London, GB
Woman with Roses on her Arm (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn in a Lafaurie Dress), Paris, 1950
Signed, inscribed with title, edition and priting details and stamped with photographer's copyri...
Category
Late 20th Century The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Water Fowl by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Water Fowl by River's Edge, Showa period (1926 - 1989) painting of fowl on a river bank. Very art deco in style. Painted in mineral pigments on gold pape...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
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 The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Other
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Superb 19th Century Russian All Handcut Crystal Chandelier with 18 Lights
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb 19th century Russian all handcut crystal chandelier with 18 lights, for candles.
CW3289.
Category
1850s Russian Antique The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Crystal
Harry Winston Diamond Cluster Platinum Chandelier Earrings
By Harry Winston
Located in New York, NY
Harry Winston Diamond Cluster Platinum Chandelier Earrings
A classic cluster design of Harry Winston, this magnificent pair of chandeli...
Category
1960s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
White Diamond, Platinum
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 The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Walnut, Lacquer
