Reclaimed Openwork Teakwood Panel

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 ...

This simple and elegantly angular dining table is made from reclaimed teakwood in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The design is based on 1950's modern desig...

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...

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...

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...

Sprawling green meadows, crystalline waters, and classical architecture define this set of sumptuous nineteenth-century oil paintings, hailing from Italy. Comparable in size and styl...

A pair of diminutive mahogany and satinwood inlaid framed panels. The wood panels with inlays of kings wood, tulip wood and satin wood with floral and in...

Carved panel glass Eglomise and colorful, gold leaf, emblem of the winged Lion of Venice, love symbolized by the two doves, circa 1950, in a state of use

Two acid etched frosted glass architectural panels from the Art Deco period. The cloud and bird motif drift across the scene while the highly stylized foliate motif on the border ser...

A ceramic wall panel by Pierre Digan, to La Borne, circa 1970-1975. The base is in wood. Very good original conditions. A set of 9 similar panels is available.  

19th Century Spanish Hand-Carved Wooden Board with Dragon Relief

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