Architectural Elements

Unique and very beautiful pair weathered white marble baroque ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar. Original period pieces, Italy, ci...

A set of 8 Victorian gilt brass hooks with white porcelain finials. Can be wall or door mounted for hanging of coat, hats, etc. Projection from wal...

An English, Queen Anne style white marble fireplace with Italian Siena Brocatelle inlay. The richly coloured Siena providing an interesting contrast to the simplicity of the moulded ...

Handmade glazed Zelige tile in white color in size 10x10 cm. Price per M2 of 175 euro, which corresponds to 100 tiles of 10x10 cm.

Aaron Saxton for History Never Repeats LLC. Produced for doors from 24" to 50" wide and from 79" to 120". All doors exceeding 96" will be custom quoted. See other listings for custom...

Ancient fireplace, mantle in precious white Carrara marble, hand-sculpted with central shell and wavy legs, built in France in the middle of the 18th...

Ancient fireplace mantle, richly carved with acanthus leaves and geometric motifs, built in white Carrara marble, in the 19th century for a palace in...

Houses by Thierry W. Despont. Published by Office of Thierry Despont, New York, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Private edition with personal letter to Sandra and Herbert Kasper. He was an American fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was also a famous art collector. He was an avid art collector, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.unnumbered copy of a run of 1000. With letter from Despont to his client. Mr. Despont was Associate Architect for the Centennial Restoration of the Statue of Liberty and has completed the restoration of Clayton, the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh. Mr. Despont designed the Decorative Arts Galleries of the new J. Paul Getty Museum and, in collaboration with Richard Meier, was responsible for the interior design of the museum's sculpture and painting galleries. The office also completed the 50,000 square foot flagship store on Bond Street for Ralph Lauren. In the US, the firm designed the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue on East 63rd Street in New York and the flagship store for Harry Winston in Beverly Hills, California. Mr. Despont and his office have completed several very high end hotel projects. Among them are the renovation of the Carlyle Hotel in New York, Claridge's and The Dorchester in London, and Boca Raton Resort & Club in Florida. Current hotel projects include the renovation of the Ritz Paris, the Dorchester Collection's new 45 Park Lane Hotel in London, The Chatwal in New York, and the Divan Hotel in Istanbul. volume with its own dustjacket. These books were given only to clients of the firm. Privately printed set, issued between 1990 and 1995 in a special case. Volume I. 1990, unnumbered copy of 1000 published. Illustrated with photographs by Philippe-Louis Houze and watercolors by Bonnie Glasser. Provides high quality photographs of exteriors and interiors of important houses planned...

Ancient fireplace mantle in white Carrara marble, richly carved with maritime symbols such as tritons and medusa, coming from the maritime area of li...

Ancient fireplace, in precious white Carrara marble, built in the 19th century, richly carved with Caryatids and floral motifs, from Piedmont (Italy)...

Antique 1850s French neoclassical white marble fireplace mantle, composed of three solid parts, two pilaster legs and top mantel, with simple yet elegant panelled ornamentation.

Rectangular planter by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Planter is made of cement and has good color and patina. Great lines and clean design. This planter would be magnificen...

Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke. Scrimshaw Press, California, 1973. 3rd printing hardcover with dust jacket. The book is a photo-journey through the...

Ancient mantle fireplace in perfect Empire style, hand carved in white Carrara marble, has geometric shapes and lions legs on the feet, good state of conservation, produced in the ea...

A set of 10 brass door finger plates by Hopes, with dentil border. Back marked: HOPES 883 13 1/3" x 2 3/4".

Ancient and important fireplace in white statuary marble of Carrara, richly carved by hand with festoons and flora typical of the decorations of the time, with many sculptures both o...

Paned Georgian window with ornate metalwork. This is an excellent example of a fan-style window framework dating to the George III period. The popular...

Two pieces Art Deco edge protection for the wall, circa 1920s. Polished and stove enamelled.