Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Gilt-Wood Columns

Early 19th Century Italian Empire Marble Pedestal with Gilt Bronze Detail

19th Century French Marble Pedestal

A unique and finely-executed Gilt-wood pedestal, with Spiral-form stem, and featuring deeply-carved Rococo forms throughout. Italian in origin, and dating from the mid 1700s. The b...

Pair of English George IV style mahogany candle stands, late 19th/early 20th century.  

A striking pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble, Vert Antique, Sienna and Rosso Levanto marble, wall mounted columns. Eac...

A sensational and extremely decorative pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. marble and porphyry columns. Each column has a square Vert Antico base below the mottled white Carrara and Sienna marble plinth. Each central solid red porphyry column is decorated by a white Carrara marble circular mottled base and capital. At the top of each column is an elegant ornamental green porphyr urn. Porphyry was Imperial Rome’s most prestigious stone for columns, vases, and other objects. The word “porphyry” comes from the Latin word for purple, which was the color of nobility to the Romans. Porphyry is considered the Imperial Stone of the Roman Empire. In the year 18 AD, the Roman Legionaire Caius Cominius discovered a beautiful purple stone in the eastern desert of Egypt. It was a deep purple color with flecks of larger white crystals and was perfect for carving. This porphyry quickly became the most prestigious stone for the elite of Rome and Byzantium. For centuries the Romans quarried this treasured stone...

Italian Neo-classic (19th Century) cork carved model of a classical column with a corinthian capital and resting on a stepped square base damages to areas of base and capital

A most impressive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Brèche Violette and Sienna marble pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by a fine squ...