Pair of Fine 18th-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Gilt and Walnut Columns

A handsome pair of Italian 19th century neo-classical st. faux painted Porphyry marble Scagliola columns. Each column is raised by a fine circular mottled base below the straight cir...

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...

Neoclassical stone column with fluted shaft and profiled base on stone ashlar (H: 43 cm). Very nice natural patina.

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

Exceptional large-scale pair of 18th century Italian carved walnut columns. Featuring carvings of a twining vine with leaves, and grapes. Beautiful!!

An extraordinary pair of late 18th or early 19th century silver-gilt Solomonic swirl twisting pillar corinthian capital columns with ornate, richly carved and gilded grape, foliate vine and floral design. The 200 year old architectural salvaged building elements present splendidly, in typical antique condition, having original beautiful elegantly aged patina, warm luxurious hues, weathered, worn, rustic, heavily distressed, chippy paint, loss of gilding and mounted anchors that can be removed. Dimensions: (approx) 51" Height, 5.5" diameter Historic and important, this exceptionally executed, likely religious church...