Fratelli Boffi Decorative Objects

Strikingly simple and minimal, the contemporary, modern, asymmetrical candle wall sconce, made from mirror polish stainless steel, reflects the light doubling it’s effect which perfe...

Strikingly simple and minimal, the contemporary asymmetrical Candle wall sconce, made from mirror polish stainless steel, reflects the light doubling it’s effect. This listing for a ...

Engraved mirrored sconces with antique pewter arms One pair Overall size H. 18" x W. 6 1/2" Antique mirror with design.

Handsome pair of 19th Century English wall sconces featuring faux tortoise lacquer panels, a mahogany frame with gilt plaster trim around a rectangular mirror and a brass candle hold...

A hand carved wooden female figure torso. This sculptural figure is made out of Walnut tree which has been meticulously hand carved in the shape of a female torso. It's large in size with 24.5" inches height, 12" inches wide, and 9" inches depth (at the bust), 5" inches depth from the base. The bottom is the base is signed. In overall good condition, it has some signs of wear on the such as scratches or slight damage on wood. (Plinth used...

Colorfull hand carved wooden owl. Handmade in Belgium by l'Eau Vive. The base/body is painted in shiny black with strong shiny blue and green in...

Standout pair of mid century wall sconces featuring blue and white porcelain plaques inside mirrored frames with etched sunburst design...

Rare and unique brutalist bar cabinet decorated with hand carved bear. Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...

1980s Hand Carved Wooden Crocodile

Container structure in linden wood with two doors made of windowed elements gradually reducing in size. The surfaces of each individual element are finished by carving with a hand plane...

A beautifully carved piece of wood with cracks and ridges in all the right places. A compliment to any console table story, Under a table or sitting alone in a corner - a piece tha...

A playful wooden sculpture. Seated, holding what appears to be a piece of fruit, this intricately carved monkey is almost life like. The piece is signed on the bottom base. Me...