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A Pair of Cast Iron French Garden Urns
Located in Chicago, IL
A superb pair of antique French cast iron garden urn planters circa 1900. These elegant campana jardinieres are the quintessential classic French garden urns. While originally used o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Pair of Willy Guhl 'Marmite' Model Planters, Switzerland, c.1950
By Willy Guhl
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of Mid-Century Modern "Marmite" planters designed by Swiss architect Willy Guhl. This iconic piece of industrial design from the 1960s was produced for Eternit AG in Switzerla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Urns
Materials
Cement
A Cast Iron Urn with a Cement Base, France 20th. C
Located in Chicago, IL
A French cast iron Provençale jardinière from the early 20th century, with ancient Greek design and minimal decoration. This bell-shaped krater features a large, unadorned lip, overh...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Large Biomorphic Planter by Willy Guhl, Switzerland, c.1960
By Willy Guhl
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, exceptional garden planter designed by Willy Guhl for Eternit in Switzerland circa 1960, known as a biomorphic or 'Clam Shell' planter. Resembling the architect's iconic ele...
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Cement
A Pair of White Cast Iron Urns with Bases, France c.1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A superb pair of antique French cast iron garden urn planters circa 1880. These elegant campana jardinieres are the quintessential classic French garden urns. Originally used outdoor...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Pair of Cast Iron French Garden Urns, c.1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of early 20th century jardineres is made from cast iron and has a rich and earthy patina. Though in the "campana" style, these urns are unusually robust and simplified. The...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Pair of Cast Iron Urns with White Patina, France c.1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A superb pair of antique French cast iron garden urn planters circa 1880. These elegant campana jardinieres are the quintessential classic French garden urns. Originally used outdoor...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Cast Iron "Pomme de Pin", France c.1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive, large French "pomme de pin" garden ornament is made from cast iron and dates to the 1960's. These pinecone forms were originally carved from limestone and found in f...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Garden Ornaments
Materials
Iron
A French Garden Urn, c.1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage French jardinière has a playfully idiosyncratic appearance. It is squarish in form, loosely based on a Greek column capital. Ionic scrolling and acanthus leaf motifs are...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Urns
Materials
Cement
A French Jardinière With Mossy Patina, c.1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large and well-preserved cement garden urn has large, rounded handles, a square pedestal base and embossed lions on its front and back. The piece was found in Normandie, France,...
Category
Early 20th Century French Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Cement
A Pair of Antique French Neoclassical Iron Garden Urns in Black
Located in Chicago, IL
A superb pair of antique French cast iron garden urn planters circa 1880. These elegant campana jardinieres are the quintessential classic French garden urns. While originally used o...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Solid Brass Fireplace Fender, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed of a solid brass frame cast in parts and embossed with acanthus leaves. The central fender is flanked by stepped pedestals topped by solid brass lions connected by a cent...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass
A Pair of Alfred Corneau Cast Iron Garden Urns, c. 1880
By Alfred Corneau
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of 19th century French cast iron Garden urns made by Alfred Corneau at his Charleville foundry. The iron garden urns are adorned with well-detailed griffin handles, lobed bowl...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
A Cast Iron Figure of a Young Boy
Located in Chicago, IL
This cast iron sculpture depicts a young child in a praying pose. It was made as an outdoor garden decoration and retains some original paint. Its highly rusted state suggests long-t...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Statues
Materials
Iron
A Cast Iron French Window Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental window frame once graced the upper story of a French apartment building, probably part of a dormer. The style is classical, with a stately pediment and fluted columns...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Windows
Materials
Iron
A Naga Tribe Rice Bin
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique storage vessel was made from a single trunk of Saal wood and fitted with a cover to protect the contents (probably rice grains) from insects and moisture. This kind of mo...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Hardwood
Monumental 19th Century Indian Building Facade
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent building facade was once part of a grand mansion in Gujarat, India. It is entirely made from Teakwood, which is highly resistant to in...
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Architectural Elements
Materials
Teak
18th Century Pair of Limestone Winged Horses
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary pair of winged horses once graced the entrance to a Sicilian palazzo, flanking a stairway.
They are quite large and well-preserved for...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Garden Ornaments
Materials
Limestone
Southeast Asian Openwork Architectural Fragment with Garuda-Form Finial
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual carving once graced the exterior of a Thai government building and bears the symbol of the King; a garuda. All national government buildings are in effect royal building...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Architectural Elements
Materials
Teak, Paint
Chinese Lattice Wall Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant wall lattice once fit inside tracks in the floor and ceiling for easy removal. Though visually simple, close inspection reveals the lattice t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Elm
Fragment of a Chinese Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
The sign is of Burmese origin, made from teakwood and covered in lacquer and gold leaf. The two legible characters are “Jade” and “Art”. As many carved signs were shop signs, this may have been a jade dealer’s sign...
Category
20th Century Chinese Architectural Elements
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive sign was once hung above the entrance to a Chinese ancestral hall. It is made from planks of Elmwood covered in layers of thick black tree lacquer for protection from...
Category
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Sandstone Wall Plaque
Located in Chicago, IL
This red sandstone carving was once embedded in the wall surrounding an aristocratic compound. It depicts scholars in a garden, eating and conversing. It came from Shanxi Province an...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Architectural Elements
Materials
Sandstone
Impressive Set of Carved Indian Doors with Thick Surround
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental carved Indian entrance door is made from Chechum wood and features an impressive and intricate door frame. The frame members immediately adjacent to the doors are eac...
Category
20th Century Indian Doors and Gates
Materials
Metal
Carved Wooden Bamana Tribe Style Post
Located in Chicago, IL
Bamana tribe art is known for masks, textiles and architectural elements. This Y-shaped post supported a heavy roof timber and acted as a welcoming symbol...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Teakwood Architectural Temple Pediment
Located in Chicago, IL
This giant architectural element once graced the pediment of a Northern Thai temple. It is from Chiang, Mai, Thailand and entirely made from Teakwood, which is naturally resistant ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Thai Architectural Elements
Materials
Teak
Pediment Wood Carving
Located in Chicago, IL
This Teakwood pediment carving came from a Northern Thai house. Pediment carvings were part of the traditional architecture system and were found under overhanging roof gables. We know it was a residential roof (and not a temple's) because of the shallow angle. Temple roofs are much steeper and usually temple exteriors were painted, so some pigment would usually remain, particularly towards the top.
Thai houses were made from solid teak --walls, roofs, floors; everything. They were always raised on stilts to remain above seasonal flooding, snakes and other forest creatures. The area below the house was used for animals and storage. The Thai architectural wall system (including pediments) always employed heavy beams and thin floating panels. Visually these wall panels are very attractive and richly textured on account of exposure to moisture. Teak is very resistant to moisture and insects, so the lifespan of teak exterior parts can be over 150 years.
The antique pediment...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Italian Giltwood Architectural Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand piece of moulding once framed an entrance or part of an ecclesiastical structure in a great church.
Classical elements are seen in the rectangular dentil moulding and flo...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Architectural Elements
Materials
Oak, Pine, Giltwood
Pair of Chinese Stone Guardian Lions
Located in Chicago, IL
Often referred to as “Fu Dogs” in western culture, these handsome stone sentinels are iconic gatekeepers seen throughout China and elsewhere in Asia. Traditional symbols of protectio...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Carved Teak Indian Temple Column
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental Indian column once supported part of the entrance or courtyard cloister in a grand mansion. Originally part of a series, this individual column is all that remains. The piece comes in multiple stacked segments, distributing the weight of the original structure from its floral motif capital through its stone plinth. Only one is available. Origin: Rajasthan, India, 19th century.
During the colonial period, Indian traders amassed huge fortunes and some of that wealth found its way into mansions and palaces. A hundred or more years later, many (if not most) of these structures are obsolete or the fortunes of their owners have dwindled. Many are in urban areas in which land is very valuable now and aggressively sought for multi-storey buildings. Old single-storey mansions are often disassembled piece-by piece and the parts sold on the international market. India is one of very few countries that have the labor supply to decommission old structures in this meticulous way.
The column could be used in an architectural, load-bearing way or as a free-standing decoration...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Stone
