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Group of Frog Musicians, Cold Painted Bronze, Austrian, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handcrafted group of Frog Musicians, sitting on a bench and two chairs. There is some
loss to paint. Otherwise they are very well done.
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Style, Six-Light Hand-Carved and Gilded Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very substantial hand-carved and gilded chandelier with wonderful wax
candle sleeves and great balanced form.
Category
20th Century American Baroque Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Gold Leaf
Aureliano Toso Mezza Filigrana Venetian Glass Table Lamp, 1950's
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very fine, beautifully shaped Murano glass lamp, with clear glass and swirls in soft black tones
and alternating gold with gilded flecks. The base has been gilded in white gold.
H...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Walnut & Oak Dining Table with Inlays, gilded bronze ring, after George Bullock
By George Bullock
Located in San Francisco, CA
This table is a authentic reproduction of a Dining Table owned by
Ann Getty. Ann Getty House offered certain reproductions to the public
via high end showrooms. The Table is fabricat...
Category
Early 2000s American Regency Dining Room Tables
Materials
Bronze
Modern Organic Claro Walnut Burl Wood Coffee Table by Studio Flournoy
Located in San Francisco, CA
These one of a kind indiginous rugged primeval burl tables are of veritable vitality due to their
naturalistic form. We retained the bark sub-strata which gives the table it's rough ...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Les Porcelainiers du XVIII Siecle Francais, 1964, french, Connaissance des Arts
By Hachette et Cie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serge Gauthier, director de la manufacture nationale de Sevres,
conservateur du musee municipal de Limoges wrote the preface
to this book.
The story of French Porcellain is fascinati...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Four Mahogany Dining Chairs in the manner of Jean Michele Frank
By Jean-Michel Frank
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Michel Frank was a exceptionally gifted designer
who also colaborated with several well known fabricators
in creating astonishing work. The simplicity of the Parson's
table, mos...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Lounge Chairs in Walnut -a pair - newly upholstered in Silk Plaid
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful pair of wing back chairs, in walnut, hand crafted of the finest
materials, and newly recovered in a classic silk plaid.
The walnu...
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Louis XIII Lounge Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Georgian Japanned Hanging Corner Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a English Antique Georgian bowfront cabinet, which has fixed
shelfes inside and a locking door.
The Chinoiserie decoration or Japanning as it is known in Europe,
is beautifully decorated with Figures, Birds, Rocks and Tree's, and
a Pagoda in the background.
This is a lovely and useful piece of furniture when a quiet corner asks
for some interest. The late Coco Chanel decorated her apparment with
several pieces of Chinoiserie.
Literature:
English Furniture Of The Eighteenth Century, Herbert Cescinsky, George Routledge & Sons (1911) vol. I, p. 215, fig 224. Dated 1725-1730.
Refs:
The development of English black japanning...
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th-19th Century Italian Wood Carved Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely angel, his right hand extended as if to touch something or hold
something. He appears very calm and peaceful, clothed in a partial shroud
which is draped over his shoulder...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art of the Chair in Eighteenth Century France, Bill G.B. Pallot, 1989
Located in San Francisco, CA
The eighteenth century French chair ranks among the most elegant
of furniture forms, admired both for its beauty and for the
essential role...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Louis XV Books
Materials
Paper
Sheffield Plate Tea and Coffee Service, American, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Coffee and Chocolate were both introcuced into England
in the Mid-17th Century, and were to become
an important part of social life, with more than four hundred
coffee houses in L...
Category
Antique 1820s American American Classical Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Ikat, Silks of Central Asia, the Guido Goldman Collection, 1997
Located in San Francisco, CA
Abr-bandi, the central asian name for the ikat technique, derives from the
Persian word abr which means "cloud". The ikat style is not limited to Central
Asia, but nowhere have the ikat designs known as abr, or the technique itself
proved so enduring or so gloriously inventive as in the ancient centers of
Uzbek and Tadjik handicrafts- Bukhara, Samrkand and the towns of the
Ferghana Valley.
The craftsmanship of the abr masters, the abr bandchi, was their patrimony;
their secrets and their repertoire of designs were handed down through the
generations. Yet this art form has always been responsive to change and
receptive to new weaving methods created to simplify the process without
sacrifice of artistry.
In the nineteenth century abr designs were used to decorate fabrics made into
winter and summer...
Category
1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's Dundas Sale, 1997
Located in San Francisco, CA
Three of the Dundas Masterpieces are pictured and described in this
Auction Catalog by Christie's, sale on July 3rd, 1997.
Sir Lawrence Dundas
Scions of the ...
Category
1990s English Adam Style Books
Materials
Paper
Wrightsman Collection, 1st Ed. signed by Charles and Jane Wrightsman, 1966-1973
By F.J.B. Watson
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Wrightsman collection, Vols.I-V, New York, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, 1966-1973. First Edition, hardcovers with dust jackets. Inscribed by
the Wrightsmans, incl. a Christ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge Collection, by Christie's 2009
By Christie's
Located in San Francisco, CA
A collection of historic documents of the greatest, most secret and legendary
collections formed by private collectors in the 20th Century.
The set of Auction Catalogs also includes a DVD of the entire collection.
For fifty years, the couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his friend and partner
Pierre Berge...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Berlin Porcelain Tureen, by KPM, Beautifully Decorated
By K.P.M. Berlin
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Konigliche Porcelain Manufactur of the 18th Century was finaced by
Friedrich II. The fabrication of porcelain was stricktly controlled as far
as productivity as well as quality...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Rococo Soup Tureens
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Side Chairs, a Pair, in the Sancsoucie manner
Located in San Francisco, CA
This pair of chairs is exquisitely styled, the chinoisery is fine and European in style.
The chairs are raised on "ballet style feet" and seem to want to dance.
The Chinoiserie decor...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood
"Untitled" by Michael Paulson
By Michael Paulson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Michael Paulson, a California Artist, created woodblock prints and
works with cut paper. He received a fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Flamboyant Pair of Painted and Gilded Consoles, Faux Marble Top, Haute Hollywood
Located in San Francisco, CA
A playfull and flamboyant pair of painted and gilded, hand carved console tables, finished
with a nicely done faux marble top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Giltwood
Set of 3 Mid Century Pyrex Glass Bowls, Fire King Brand- Red Dot decor
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful set of three milk glass w. red dot, serving bowls. The bowls are in rather good condition
for their age and use. No chips.
Large is 9.5" diameter x 6" height
Med. is 8.5"...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Milk Glass
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Italian Table with One Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian baroque single drawer table with turned legs, all in walnut.
This table is a wonderful example of an Italian entry or library or
bedside tables...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Iconic Console Table by Jean-Michel Wilmotte
By Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Located in San Francisco, CA
A timeless console table designed in the early 1980s by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. In his pursuit of excellence, Jean-Michel is guided by a keen sense
of elegance, proportion and refineme...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Metal
Pair of "Faux Bois" 'Tree' Plaster Table Lamps with Black Shades w. Gold Lining
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely pair of faux tree trunk lamps resting on a lucite base. The shade is fabricated of black paper with
gold foil lining. The Finial holding the ...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Lucite, Plaster
Bronze" Pomme De Pin" Floor Lamp, fabricated by Henschen & G
Located in San Francisco, CA
This tall Torchere was produced by Frances Elkins
The gilding has a lovely aged patina with some loss. The casting is crisp and
true to the original d...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Aureliano Toso Mezza Filigrana Venetiano Glass Table Lamp, Dino Martens
By Dino Martens
Located in San Francisco, CA
Soft bell shape murano glass with gentle red gold and black gold spiral details,
base in silver gilt finish. The lamp is in great condition, electric has been checked
and is in goo...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
19th Century American Craftsman Walnut Side Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful Green and Green style craftsman side table is in very good
condition considering it's age. The inlay is ebony wood, bone and satin
wood ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Craftsman Side Tables
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Walnut
1830 Rockingham Porcelain Dinner Plates, Earl of Derby Coat of Arms, set of 12
By Rockingham Pottery Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very rare set of 12 Dinner Plates, with the Earl of Derby Coat of Arms, dated 1830.
On Pompadour Ground-
The plates are in very good condition. A full ...
Category
Antique 1830s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Klismos Chair in Stainless Steel and Fine Leather Seat Mesh
Located in San Francisco, CA
We know about klismos chairs thanks to ancient Greek art, but how did this forgotten furniture item actually work its way back into our homes? That story begins in 1748 CE. Surveyors in southern Italy accidentally unearthed parts of an ancient Roman city, buried in layers of volcanic ash. The discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum sparked a cultural obsession with all things Greek and Roman. In art, neoclassical sculpture flourished. In architecture, Greek and Roman Revival styles spread through major cities. After 1776, even the brand new United States jumped eagerly on the neoclassical bandwagon, seeing this as a way to create an ideological parallel between Roman and American republics.
So, what exactly defines the klismos chair...
Category
Early 2000s American Classical Greek Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Six 18th C. Portuguese Rococo Dining Chairs, Jacaranda Wood, Fortuny F.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of six Portuguese dining chairs, comprised of five side chairs and one armchair. Mid-18th century. Also known as Jacaranda ch...
Category
Antique 1750s Portuguese Baroque Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Jacaranda
Modern Sabre Leg Chairs in Engl. Neoclassic style, after a Model by Thomas Hope
Located in San Francisco, CA
These chairs are after a model and drawings by Thomas Hope, the famous neoclassic designer of the late 18th and early 19th century England. One of his chairs you can find
at the V&A ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Empire Revival Side Chairs
Materials
Giltwood, Gesso
Swiss Bankers / Rent or Merchant Table, 18th C. and Later
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Swiss bankers or rent table, in Elmwood with a superb slate inset into
top. Underneath the top is a rather large drawer which slides both ways.
This was used to slide money from ...
Category
Antique 1750s Swiss Renaissance Desks
Materials
Slate
British Textile Design, V&A, London, 1980, Gakken, Tokyo, 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very rare set of three folio size books on the textile collection at the
Victoria and Albert Museum. The books are in linen with gilded letters
in Japanese on the spine, each book in its original slip cover, all in very
good condition. Some minor stains on one slip cover.
The books are printed by Gakken, Tokyo 1980 in English and Japanese.
A fabulous reference set for Textile Designers.
Volume 1, Middle Ages to Rococo (1200 – 1750).
Volume 2, Rococo to Victorian (1750 – 1850).
Volume 3, Victorian to Modern (1850 – 1940).
Each volume contains approx. 285pp and 250 color illustrations. These volumes are an invaluable record of over 700 masterworks of textile design, housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Volume I deals with the gold embroidery for which England was famous
in the middle ages, and which is magnificently represented in the Museum.
Some of the best examples were acquired in the early years at South
Kensington, in the 1860's, but important aquisitions continued in the late
19th and early 20th century and several notable purchases have been made
during the past 50 years.
This section is followed by sections on embroidery from the 16th century
to 1750.
The second volume of the series will deal mainly with woven and printed
textiles from the Rococo to the early Victorian period, 1750 to 1850.
The most significant acquisitions from this period have been made
in the last 25 years. It is only recently that is has become possible to
make and adequate assessment of the development of British textiles...
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Late 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century French Rock Crystal Chandelier, gilded Cage, surface wired
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful and well balanced French mid-19th century rock crystal and white gold over iron chandelier, a rock crystal center spire, drops and ropes. The chandelier is centered by a ...
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Rock Crystal
Late 19th c. Venetian Polychrome and Gilded Shell Top Grotto Chair
By Pauly et Cie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Naturalistically carved, the back decorated with a shell, lifting to reveal a tufted cushion back and seat. The pedestal base is shaped into rock formations, polychrome decorated.
T...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Side Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Yoke Back Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Chinese yoke back or scholar chairs made in Chinese elmwood.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Austrian Biedermeier Clock, Alabaster Columns, Chimes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely and very manly neoclassic styled clock, in working order. The case is mahogany with ebony
details, alabaster columns with bronze fittings, all in front of a three panel age...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Clocks
Materials
Alabaster
18th Century Louis XV Period Settee/Bench/Canape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV painted Canape, mid-18th century. Wonderful rare French settee with feminine cabriole legs. This is a very rare piece of the period.
...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Settees
Materials
Beech
18th Century Venetian Mirror, Faux Marble, Gilded, Original Mercury Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exuberant Italian Rococo mirror with parcel-gilt and faux marble and a double mercury plate glass. Minor distressing to faux marble.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Fleur de Lys Etagere in 1930's in Mahogany, ca. 1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely, Fleur d Lis decorated mahogany Etagere with X style supports on casters.
The craftsmanship is quite fine and well detailed.
Belle Epoque, " the beautiful period" was a period in France which was known
for economic growth and sucess. The period is known for the creation of the
Eifel...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Cast Iron, Finely Detailed Hessian Soldiers, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful pair of cast iron Andiorns, depicting Hessian soldiers.
Category
Early 20th Century Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Pair of Cast Stone Foo Dogs, Firedogs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Playful pair of cast stone fire dogs, Foo Dog style. Great for use in a fireplace -
the pair is identical.
Category
Mid-20th Century Central Asian Other Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Cast Stone
Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Console
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian giltwood and ochre painted console, with doe foot detail. Fabulous flamboyant carving indicative of the Italian Rococo period. Very good faux
marble top. Consoles of thi...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Console Tables
Materials
Paint, Giltwood
19th Century Regency Nesting Tables, Set of Three
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very fine pen work decorated set of nesting tables, each with a different
but conforming scene, curved stretcher and fine carved upright details.
Category
Antique 1860s English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Nymphenburg Master Salt Cellars, Pair
By Nymphenburg Porcelain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This pair of Master Salt Cellars has the blue under glaze mark of Nymphenburg.
The scenic landscape is hand painted with great detail and skill. Th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century English Regency Carved Giltwood Sconces or Wall Appliques
Located in San Francisco, CA
This monumental pair of three-light sconces is hand-carved in mahogany
and gilded with yellow and white gold. The delicate ribbon winds upward
from the candle cups and ties the bun...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Giltwood, Mahogany
Blue and White Chrysanthemum Vase, Now a Fine Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very lovely and great quality Chinese porcelain lamp. Signature not available due to
conversion to lamp- however the lamp was owned by a great Oriental Art Collector,
who resided i...
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
1851 Imperial Vienna Porcelain 27 piece Service for 18, very rare
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This extremely rare partial set of dinner service was produced
at the Royal Vienna Factory in 1851 under the direction of Baron
Leithner, ten years before the factory closed.
During Leithner's direction, the factory and it's artists were still
known for their splendid and expensive gilding which is displayed on each of the pieces in this set.
I purchased this set in the later 1980s from Butterfield and Butterfield, and was told that it was consigned by the estate
of a Austrian woman who brought the dishes over from Vienna. Purported the set was part of a very large set of dishes belonging to the household of the Empress Elizabeth...
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Antique 1850s Austrian Victorian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Italian baroque style Mirror with hand-carved gilt details, aged mirror glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful ebonized hardwood frame with 22-karat water gilded leaf details and
a lovely crown. The mirror is probably from the late 1970s-early 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Classical Roman Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Lacquer, Giltwood
Set of 12 Havilland- Limoges Dinner Plates, Six Fish and Crustacean Designs
By Limoges
Located in San Francisco, CA
This set of Limoges Dinner Plates are quite rare. The set consists of six different designs, two each in
the set. The designs are very reminiscent of European Chinoisery decor used b...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Walnut Console from the Emilia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century walnut console from the Emilia.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Portugese Polycromed Headboard,
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exuberant Portuguese polycromed stately headboard.
This headboard probably came from one of the great houses in
Portugal
Category
Antique 19th Century Portuguese Louis Philippe Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Later 16th to Early 17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of Italian Renaissance walnut chairs. Pozzetto, Ref & quot;Volpi Collection- Art Treasures of the Davanzati & quot;
These chai...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Fine pair of monumental mirror black baluster vases, mounted as Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
This very fine pair of Mirror Black baluster vases, with exquisite gilt painting, is
one of the finest pairs I have ever seen. Shades in photo, not included.
Lamp shade fittings adj...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
20th Cent., Louis XVI Style Three-Light Gilded Bronze and faux Malachite Sconce
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XVI style, hand chased gilded bronze and malachite three-light sconces.
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Norwegian Tankard
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine and important Norwegian tankard in birch burl wood with carved lion motif on top of lid, thumb piece and feet. Beautiful color, ceremonial mar...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Norwegian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Louis XV Walnut Fauteuils with Period Needlework
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of Louis XV Period walnut fauteuils, each with an arch back, serpentine seat rail with floral carving detail. Needlepoint appears to be of the period, with the figures of a ma...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Louis XIII Armchair, Restored and Newly Upholstered
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Louis XIII style originated during Henry IV, who was a avid patron of Craftsmen, and craftsmanship of all kinds flourished in France during this period. Furniture was architectur...
Category
Antique 17th Century French Louis XIII Armchairs
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Late 18th Century Mahogany Pembroke Dining Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very fine mahogany and superb craftsmanship set this pembroke
dining table apart. The table has never been refinished, there is
some sun fading on one side on the outer portion of ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Acajou Mahogany Dining Table with Two Leaves
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis XVI dining table in acajou mahogany with two leaves.
Leaves are not in acajou mahogany and probably of a later date.
The table opens to hold more than two leaves, so additi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
