Elo Fiber Cement Mouchoir Handkerchief Planter, circa 1970

Authentic Val St. Lambert hand-blown glass lamps from Belgium, circa 1960. Beautiful array of colors and expert craftsmanship. Heavy crystal glass. Several of the lamps have the original sticker attached. Re-wired for the USA with UL-listed parts. The bright pink lamp...

Antique Bronze Flemish chandelier from Belgium, circa 1880. Gorgeous original patina with highly detailed casting of exceptional quality. All...

Interesting, one of a kind geometric Arts & Crafts style carved wood chandelier from Belgium, circa 1930. Newly wired with all UL listed parts and 8 porcelain Edison sockets, facing ...

A truly unusual and unique item. Heavy cast bronze andirons in the Arts & Crafts style. Unlike anything we have ever found in Europe. circa 1930s. Solidly and expertly made. Measure...

Antique bronze Gothic Revival chandelier from Belgium, circa 1900. Gorgeous casting, patina and detailing. Newly rewired in the USA with all UL listed parts and 12 candelabra sockets...

American wooden rocking bench in the Hitchcock style, circa 1890s. Designed to be a cradle rocker combination to cradle and rock your baby to sleep. There is a slat that can be raise...

This pair of planters, model "oreille d'éléphant" was made of fiber cement by Willy Guhl (1915-2004) in the 1950's. « Willy Guhl was an inventor, an experimenter, a resercher and a visionary. Despite that, he did not get lost in utopia. He reveals himself to be pragmatic almost a genius. » Robert Haussman Willy Guhl was part of these historical designers historiques who have contributed to the international reputation of the Swiss design. He was one of the big representative of Neo-Functionalism. From a carpenter father, he follows a furniture maker formation in the Kunstgewerbeschule of Zurich – School of applied arts of Zurich here he teaches from 1941 -, and becomes the director of the interior architecture department 10 years after. He leads in the late 1940's pionneer reaserches in the plastic furniture field. He develops then a knowledge about moulding technical that we allow him to reveal himself by transposing them on a new material : the Eternit, also called fibercement, which he is one of the first to use in Europe. The Eternit is a kind of cement reinforce by asbestos and with a fiber texture which allows to create audacious pieces with new shapes. It takes the aspect of larges slabs to which it is possible to give a shape as long as they are not dried. Produced in the origin for the industry, it's a cheap material with an important resistance, so perfectly adapted for the fabrication of external furniture.

Reinforced cement fiber board "Handkerchief" planter by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit, Switzerland circa 1960's.

Massive cement planter by Swiss Architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. 44" diagonally, corner to corner. Fantastic patina. Great planter or sculpture for the garden...

Charming, large, and stylish jardiniere / garden pot, by the renowned designer Willy Guhl and produced in fibre cement. This particular one of his designs has a beautiful waffle / pa...

Elegant and large and not least sought after vintage garden planter / jardiniere, known as Elephant Ear Handkerchief and designed by the Swiss ...

Unique concrete planter by Swiss architect Willy Guhl. Planter in the shape of vertical handkerchief. Excellent patina and coloring. Great scale. Great vintage condition. Only one av...