Gabriel Schechter Furniture

Byzantine art established the images of the Christian religion that are still current today: the appearance, dress and attributes of Biblical figures all owe their invention to these early artists. The Byzantine Empire spanned the fourth to the fifteenth century, bridging the Middle Ages from the late Roman Empire to the early Renaissance, and of all the world's empires, it is most clearly defined by its art. Presenting 300 artworks from the years 240 to 1453, The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom encapsulates the development of art in eastern Europe and eastern Mediterranean from the very early days of Christianity to the fall of Constantinople. Even when a more secular art developed during the early Renaissance, Byzantine art lived on as the dominant style for religious art, particularly in the Orthodox East. Nevertheless, a perception of Byzantine art as purely religious is misleading: while it included the production of glorious icons, it also encompassed metalwork, architecture, sculpture, wall painting and mosaics, but secular and Christian. From architecture to jewellery, from coins to paintings, from mosaics to book illuminations, the book explores Byzantine art in all its forms. Unique not only for its extensive variety of art forms, the book also has a vast geographic Scope, including art from Britain to Syria, from Spain to Turkey, from Egypt to Georgia. An introductory essay by Antony Eastmond summarizes the essence of Byzantine and early Christian art...

Vintage Child's leather Soccer Ball. A good hand finished No. 4, 18 panel leather Slazenger football, 'The Viking'. A nice, small size ball with bladder and new lace. Embossed on the...

Robertson, William, Frost, John. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America, With an Account of His Life and Writings, To which are added Questions for the Examination of...

Vintage No.5 Leather Soccer Ball. A great vintage leather football ball with twelve brown leather panels. The ball has a lace-up slit to the top to enable bladder inflation, there is...

Vintage Unused Leather Football. A traditional hand sewn 12-panel tan leather football in original paper wrapping. The unused ball has a lace-up slit to the top to enable bladder inf...

Table Football Alligator with all structure in first choice solid beech wood and some parts in beech plywood, upholstered and covered with real alligator...

Cuba Style, Graphics from the Golden Age of Design by Vicki Gold Levi & Steven Heller. Softcover book, stated first edition, published in 2002 by Princeton Architectural Press. Illus...

Fun oversized leather Wilson football measuring 30" long. Massive version of "The Duke." Likely a store display piece. Rare find. Great object and display piece.

The Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture by Manuel Gómez Moreno. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1964. First English edition hardcover with dust jacket. 63 pp. A beautiful, large for...

The Glory of the Sultans Islamic Architecture in India Hardcover in slipcase 1st edition 2009.The Glory of the Sultans: Islamic Architecture in India 1100-1880.Between the twelfth an...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this brand new in the box with the original gloves and documentation, Kraken Sport & Media LTD 37kg LTD ...

Russian Furniture: The Golden Age, 1780-1840 by Antoine Chenevière. New York: Vendome Press, 1988. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 312 pp. This beautiful book is a comprehensive and chronological study of the development of Russian furniture style during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. During the late 18th century there was a burst of palace and grandiose apartment construction that were filled with magnificent furniture...