Vintage Limestone Architectural Remnant

Staddle stones have a long agricultural history in Europe as a clever way to support granaries, hay ricks, and beehives. Once elevated, the stones preve...

Fleurdetroit presents for your consideration, this pair of Arts & Crafts, Galloway garden urns. This impressive pair from a bygone era of Edwardian Garden Splendor with Arts & Crafts...

Fleurdetroit presents for your consideration, this classic, garden, lidded finial, which is flanked by two grotesque portrait cartouches.  

For your consideration, fleurdetroit presents another great find. This piece from France has a marvelous aged surface.

From the 1912 Vanderbilt Hotel in New York City, Manhattan, located on Park Ave. In the 20th century, the hotel business declined, and the Vanderbilt Hotel suffered foreclosure in 1935 during the Great Depression. In 1966, an investment group purchased the 54-year old structure with intentions of renovating it into a dual function office and apartment building. The top 18 floors would become studio and one-bedroom apartments while the lower floors would be offices and commercial space. “New aluminum-and-glass curtain walls are being erected to sheath the office floors, while the masonry façade of the hotel will be retained on the upper stories,” said one article. But that was just the beginning of the brutality. Penthouse apartments were being constructed on the roof, but the view was obstructed by the terracotta parapet and its massive sculptures. In June 1966 eighteen of the heads were removed, resulting in a gash in the roofline. “The heavy pieces were removed over a period of several days by a 10-man crew of the Drachman Demolition Company,” said The New York Times, “which used jack...

Fleurdetroit presents for your consideration this American, Cast iron urn. A marvelous addition for the garden or interior, this urn certainly will add personality to any space it is...

We are offering two late 19th century monumental limestone finials, rescued from a Baltimore cathedral. Each spire is made up of fifteen individual carved stone blocks. The stones can be dry-stacked or permanently mortared together. Stonework on this scale is only rarely available for sale in the United States. This is a unique opportunity to own a grand garden folly...

Spread wing eagle perched on a sphere, molded copper, with a great gilded surface on the front. The back has a nice natural veridigris, American, Late 19th early 20th century. Purpor...

A very nice antique set of two lions on a pedestal of French limestone. These statues are dated from the 19th century.

A New England molded and soldered copper architectural finial in form of a pineapple.

17th century wall fountain of French limestone! A very unique and special one. This fountain is original, but with some small restorations.

Decorative, architectural roof tower ornament in terra cotta composed of three parts which fit together. This and similar pieces sat elegantly on the towered slate roofs...