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Expressionist Russian Painting
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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20th-century expressionist Russian painting...
Category
Vintage 1950s Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style French Mantel Clock in Gilded Bronze
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Sump...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Goffredo Reggiani Style Italian Opaline Glass and Steel Chandelier
By Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Vinta...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Biedermeier Style Small Italian Sideboard
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Exce...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Biedermeier Sideboards
Materials
Sapele Wood
Napoleon III Pair of Carved Sapele Wood Bedroom Chairs
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Particular pair of...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Chairs
Materials
Sapele Wood
Mazzega Table Lamp In Nickel-Plated Metal And Murano Glass (Without Lampshade)
By Mazzega
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Origi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Salviati Murano Glass Vase “Sommerso” Signed
By Salviati
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Massi...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Louis XVI Style Six Blown Italian Water Goblets with Gold Rim
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Refined and precious Italian blown glass water goblets; the set consists of six pieces; the bowl of each glass was barrel-blown, then the craftsman manually hot-attached the stem and base; once cooled, the glass was ground on both the bowl and stem; a fine pure gold rocaille process was then applied to the rim using...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Victorian Style Crystal and Silver French Toilet Bottle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Origin...
Category
Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Vintage Fm Konstglas Ronneby Sweden Ashtray "Vetro Sommerso"
By FM Konstglas 1
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Peculiar and refined heart-shaped blown glass ashtray; the signature under the object tells us that it was produced between 1960 and 1965 by FM Konstglas a Swedish glass company based in Ronneby; the technique used is “vetro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
Napoleon III Style French Inkwell Made of Wood, Brass and Crystal
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Orig...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Art Deco Pair of Italian Crystal Toiletry Bottles and Silver Lid
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Simple but fascinating pair of toiletry bottles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bottles
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Vintage Midcentury Italian Bench Wood And Fabric Dedar Prince Of Wales
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Art Deco Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French Louis Philippe Style Game Table
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Elegant game table made of polished light sapele wood. The edge is decorated with delicate and harmonious motifs, and the legs have a soft saber shape. The top is hinged so that it c...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Game Tables
Materials
Sapele Wood
Italian Willy Rizzo Style Pair Of Brass Coffee Tables With Glass And Mirror Tops
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Nicolas Blandin French Porcelain Vase Savannah Collection
By Nicolas Blandin, Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Constructivist Mixed Technique Russian Painting
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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20th-century constructivist mixed technique Russian painting...
Category
Vintage 1920s Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso 'Attributed' Lamp Murano "Reticello" Filigree
By Dino Martens
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Elega...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Haviland & Co. Limoges French Gravy Boat in White Porcelain and Gold Decoration
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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We would like to inform you that the object, described below, was part of a complete service that we have divided and we offer the loose sale of the individual pieces. Elegant gravy boat with a lid and plate made of white Limoges...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mixed Technique Russian Constructivism Picture on Cardboard
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Russian constructivism...
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Mid-20th Century Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Mixed Technique Russian Constructivism Picture on Cardboard
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Russian Constructivism...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Carlo Moretti Style Space Age Lamp from Murano in Opaline Glass and Marble Base
By Carlo Moretti
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Valu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Gilt Metal French Mirror with Vine Leaves
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Particular and eyecatching mirror in gilded metal; around the round mirror the craftsman has created a harmonious, supple, and graceful structure with a flat gilded metal wire, then he has delicately and skillfully placed some vine leaves...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Teak Wood Decorative Panels with Japanese Kimono Figures
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Series of three decorative panels made of teak hardwood; they have a pleasing elongated hexagon shape; on each one is depicted a Japanese woman wearing a Kimono; they have an attachment so they can be arranged on the wall in a personal way. They were produced in Denmark between 1960 and 1965. The top one (see photo) and the bottom one present the "Furisode" Kimono, while the middle one is the Uchikake Kimono...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Chinoiserie Decorative Art
Materials
Teak
Empire Style Pair Of Italian Chairs "King" With "Vienna Straw"
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Empire Style Pair of Italian Chairs (Lucca) "King" with "Vienna Straw"
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Empire Club Chairs
Materials
Straw, Walnut
Victorian English Inkwell in Silver Plated, Queen Anne Style
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Refin...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Art Noveau Style Huge Crystal Fruit Bowl and Planter Table Centerpiece
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Murano "Albarelli" Italian Pair of Bottles with Lid Blue Blown Glass
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Delicious and harmonious pair of blue blown glass bottles with lid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Medieval Glass
Materials
Glass
Victorian Chiseled And Engraved Sterling Silver Basket With Handle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Beauti...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Early Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Haviland & Co Limoges Pair of French Trays White Porcelain and Gold Decoration
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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We wou...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Louis XVI Style Large Italian Crystal Amphora With Engraved And Swan Handles
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Category
Late 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Pillows Italian Embroidered Silk and Velvet Back
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Refined pair of embroidered silk cushions...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pillows and Throws
Materials
Silk, Velvet
Spanish Ancient Ebony Chair with Cordova Leather
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Rare and unique wooden...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Chairs
Materials
Leather, Ebony
Empire Frame Gold Leaf France with Russian Constructivism Painting
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Our owner Beatrice Tronci, passionate art collector and established interior design, wanted to propose an article with a daring but engaging temporal contrast; a French gold leaf frame of 1855 and inside a painting of Russian Constructivism...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Neoclassical Style Italian Crystal Vase With Festoon Engravings
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Son company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born of the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent. Finally, polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two craftsmen, inventiveness that transforms crystal into a material reality of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All objects in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large oval crystal vase...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Crystal
Beaux-Art Style 6 French Ground Crystal Liqueur Glasses
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Set of 6 French ground crystal liqueur glasses; crystal with a lead content of 30% was used in their execution; the high lead content, replacing calcium, found in ordinary glass, gives the crystal considerable hardness, exceptional transparency and a high refractive index; with the techniques of cutting, grinding and polishing, scrupulously performed by hand, extraordinary plays of light and reflections have been created; the shape of the glasses is classic but very refined and elegant, they have simple and delicate grinding, they have also been ground with precise and dense faceting to enhance the diamond refraction of light; were made in the Beaux...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Crystal Serveware
Materials
Crystal
Italian Cut And Ground Crystal Table Centerpiece With Lid
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Revival Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Italian Cut And Ground Crystal Vase With Flower Decoration
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Maison Jansen Attibuted Hollywood Regency Style French Table Lamp
By Maison Jansen
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Iconic and refined French table lamp; the elegant, hexagonal-section base is made of black lacquered wood and grows in height, at its top is a turned brass support on which rests a flattened sphere at the poles made of enameled metal, above the sphere is another brass support on which is housed the lamp holder. The design of the lamp is sumptuous but very proportionate, with a flashy but elegant decorative effect, right in the "Hollywood Regency" style. The lamp was created in Paris between 1970 and 1975; after carefully examining its manufacture and the materials used, we carried out careful and painstaking research and can attribute it with good certainty to the Maison Jansen, a French company that is an international emblem of luxurious style. In 1880, at the height of the Belle Époque, Jean-Henri Jansen emigrated from Holland to open a furniture store on Rue Royale in Paris. Maison Jansen was a success from the start. The shopkeeper was immediately impressed with his lavish, detailed window displays and unique approach to selling furniture within ten years Maison Jansen was no longer a store but a rapidly expanding design company with a wealthy and loyal clientele, clients he would retain for nearly a century. It was one of the most famous and influential interior decorating houses of the 20th century, frequented by royal families, high society figures, national leaders, and other luminaries of elite society. It was one of the first properly global design firms, one of the most influential voices of the twentieth century, an excellence that helped establish the Jansen style as an undisputed protagonist of design history. The genius of the company lay in its extraordinary ability to retrieve striking forms, colors, and materials from the past. The most sought-after pieces reflected the influence of past design, from the Louis XIV style to the Louis XVI style, from the Directoire era to imperial suggestions. In 1929, upon Jansen's death, the firm continued to expand its presence in the world under the leadership of Stèfan Boudin, Jansen's loyal collaborator; Stéphane Boudin was succeeded, after his death in 1967, by longtime collaborator and colleague Pierre Delbée, whose residence in Paris was world-famous as the pinnacle of Jansen's lush aesthetic, continued to represent the firm in its best designs until 1979, when the firm changed hands. The business did not last long after his departure, and Maison Jansen closed its doors in 1989, more than a century after its founding. Throughout its operation, Maison Jansen had very prestigious clients and commissions: William III of Holland, Alfonso XII of Spain, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Rockefellers, Elsie de Wolfe, Nancy Astor's granddaughter Nancy Lancaster, American millionaire Henry Channon, the Kennedys and Coco Chanel, the restoration of the White House, including the famous Red Room, during John Kennedy's administration, furnishing of Lady Olive Baillie's Leeds Castle...
Category
Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Haviland & Co. Limoges French Porcelain Salad Bowl with Tray
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Neoclassical Style Large Italian Crystal Vase with 18th Century Engravings
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration, we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Son company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born from the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, and only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first, the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent, and finally polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two artisans, inventiveness that transforms crystal into reality material of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All the items in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large crystal vase with base; the decorations, graceful and delicate, are in Neoclassical style. The object is "one-of-a-kind" signed by the Master; it was created in Marcello Galgani's workshop in 1981 and made with the techniques (grinding, engraving, and polishing) we explained in the description; for the shape, the Master was inspired by a vase found in a painting, preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by the 16th-century painter Jacopo Ligozzi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Italian Crystal Table Centerpiece Completely Smooth
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Style Pair of Black Crystal Italian Candlesticks
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Console Table with Green Glass Top
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Eleg...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Sapele Wood
Art Deco French Ceramic Sain-Clement Statue Of Charles Lemanceau
By Charles Lemanceau
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Beau...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Baccarat Art Deco French Crystal Table Centerpiece.
By Baccarat
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Rare and exceptional French crystal centerpiece...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Baroque Style Large Italian Crystal Vase With Grotesque Engravings
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration, we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Son company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born from the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, and only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first, the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent, and finally polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two artisans, inventiveness that transforms crystal into reality material of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All the items in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large crystal vase; the decorations, in baroque style represent a series of "grotesques" The object is "a unique piece" signed by the Master, it was created in Marcello Galgani's workshop in 1983 and made with the techniques (grinding, engraving and polishing) that we explained in the description; for the shape, the Master was inspired by a vase present in a painting, preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by the sixteenth-century painter Jacopo Ligozzi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Vases
Materials
Crystal
Biedermeier Pair Of Austrian Chairs Joseph Danhauser Style
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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First o...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chairs
Materials
Birch
Barovier & Toso Chandelier Mod. "Fireworks" Murano Glass Opaline With Gold
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Icon...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Biedermeier Style Bohemian Hand-Cut And Ground Crystal Liquor Bottle.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Early 20th Century Czech Biedermeier Crystal Serveware
Materials
Crystal
Italian Crystal Punch Bowl With Lid And Ladle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Exceptional Italian lead crystal punch bowl; the shape is linear and simple, it has a lid with an opening for housing the long crystal ladle...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Ulrich Guglielmo Style Pair Of Vintage Italian Cotton Velvet Armchairs
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Country Chic Style French Armchair with Patterned Fabric Handmade on Loom
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century French Country Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Carlo Moretti Style Italian Space Age Lamp in Murano Glass and Marble Base
By Carlo Moretti
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Valu...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Louis XVI Style Pair of French Wall Sconces in Brass and Crystals
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Grac...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Fat Lava Style German Colored and Glazed Ceramic Pitcher with Handle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Parti...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Louis Philippe Style Pair Of Chairs With Italian Armrests Model King
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Fascinating and rare pair of Italian chairs with armrests model "King" or "Antique Master"; they are made of the best quality walnut; the comfortable backrest has an elaborate and re...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Chairs
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Sciolari Gaetano Italian Space Age Style Chandelier In Chrome-Plated Brass
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Art Deco Wilkinson Arthur J. Royal Staffordshire Pottery Pair of Tureens
By Arthur J Wilkinson
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Pretty and refined pair of small serving tureens; they have a well-proportioned, square design typical of Art Deco, graceful and pleasing floral decorations on the lid and body help to lighten the rigidity of the form; the rim and knob are ornamented in pure gold. On the bottom, we find the maker's mark: the famous Arthur J. Wilkinson Firm located on Newport Lane in Burslem, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire County, an ancient locality famous for the production of pottery and porcelain. From the mark, we can accurately identify the year of production of the two soup tureens: 1947. In 1881 the old Central factories in Burslem passed into the hands of Wilkinson & Hulme; in 1885 Hulme retired from the business and Arthur J. Wilkinson continued alone, AJ Wilkinson...
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Mid-20th Century British Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Napoleon III Chinoserie French Lobed Basket In Hand-Decorated Papier-Maché
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Lacquer
Materials
Paper