About Zawadi Décor
Zawadi was established in 1996, owned and managed by Italo Fioravanti and his son Giorgio Fioravanti in South Africa. We have a passion and love for African art and decor, and enjoy designing and creating new pieces, to enhance and compliment one's house, office, hotels and game lodges. We maintain exceptionally high quality and production standards, as our products represent who we are and what we believe in. We hope our pieces bring you joy !
Established in 19961stDibs seller since 2023
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Siyaya
Located in Knysna, ZA
This bronze sculpture has been designed and developed specifically to help support Cheetah preservation. A percentage of each cheetah sold will be donated to the Cheetah Conservation...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kudu horns side table
Located in Knysna, ZA
Handmade side table with kudu horn legs, all made from solid aluminum. The table has then been detailed with ostrich eggshells, sourced directly from sustainable ostrich farms in Oud...
Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Metal
Ashanti comb
Located in Knysna, ZA
Ashanti ceremonial comb, from the Ashanti tribe (Ghana, West Africa). Cast in solid aluminum and hand-worked with ostrich eggshells sourced from sustainable hatcheries in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. The Ashanti are the dominant ethnic group of a powerful 19th century empire in Western Africa and are today one of Ghana’s leading ethnic groups. Combs were given to women to mark special events, such as coming-of-age, marriage, or giving birth. African wall art...
Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Metal
Bronze Elephant sculpture
Located in Knysna, ZA
Elephants are smart, emotional, self-aware, and highly social creatures.
Elephants will walk at the pace of their slowest member, with infants surrounded by nurturing members of the herd, and their young babies are always protected from the elements, like the wind, rain, and sun.
They are known for their incredible memory. Matriarchs will remember the trails and watering holes and how to navigate the seasons, all knowledge handed down by their ancestors for generations, and knowledge so vital for their survival. This bronze elephant...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Warthog sculpture
Located in Knysna, ZA
Their name comes from their ‘warts’ or protrusions on the sides of their face, these protrusions are a combination of bone and cartilage. It protects their face when they fight.
They sleep underground at night in burrows that they steal from other animals such as aardvark. They don’t dig their own.
Female warthogs let their babies go into their burrows first, then they back into the burrow so that if anything comes into the burrow as a threat she can run out and protect them. This bronze warthog...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze rhino and baby sculpture
Located in Knysna, ZA
This Rhino & Baby sculpture has been dedicated to celebrate the birth of Blizzy, the first rhino calf in history born from orphaned rhino parents. Both ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silver-plated bronze baby giraffe sculpture
Located in Knysna, ZA
Giraffes grow to nearly their full height of 5.5 mt (18ft) by four years of age but gain weight until they are seven or eight. Males weigh up to 1,930 kg (4,250 pounds), and females up to 1,180 kg (2,600 pounds).
They can reach speeds of 50 km (31 miles) per hour and can maintain this for several kilometers, but 60 km (37 miles) per hour can be attained over short distances.
This giraffe silver-plated bronze sculpture is ideal to grace those larger interior spaces of a home or corporate environment and is sure to become a talking point. Contemporary African decor
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Bronze Wildebeest sculpture
Located in Knysna, ZA
Wildebeest or Gnus are found in one very specific spot on Earth: southern and eastern Africa, from Kenya to Namibia. They prefer savannahs and plains, but they can be found in a vari...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Baluba Mask - solid aluminum
Located in Knysna, ZA
This large Mask is a reproduction of an original Baluba mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Luba people use masks like these to celebrate the inauguration of new chiefs, and for the welcoming of dignitaries. These masks are also believed to bring good luck to their owner. African wall art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal
African Wild Hunting Dog
Located in Knysna, ZA
African Wild Hunting Dog – With an impressive 80 percent success rate, wild dogs are among Africa’s most effective predators. Lions only prevail around 30 ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sable bust
Located in Knysna, ZA
Large sable bust cast in aluminium, with wall mounting and textured finish. African decor, ideal for your home, office, game lodge and interior decorator...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal