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Decorative Objects For Sale
Style: Arts and Crafts
Style: Bauhaus
B G H, Attri an Arts & Crafts Brass Mantel Clock with Stylised Floral Chasing
Located in London, GB
Birmingham guild of handicraft, attributed.
An Arts and Crafts hand made brass mantel clock, with ball finial, stylised floral hand chased decoration and hand riveted construction ...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Rookwood Pottery Arts & Crafts Glazed Ceramic Floral Decorated Vase, 1927
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period large glazed art pottery vase with floral decoration
By Rookwood Pottery
USA, 1927
Glazed ceramic in a beautiful light pink color.
Measures: 3.5"W...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Arts & Crafts Liberty & Co Pewter, Copper and Blue Enamel Mantel Clock
Located in Petworth, GB
A lovely example of an Arts & Crafts polished pewter mantel clock
With copper face and stylised numerals
Blue enamel inset panel
By Liberty & Co
Circa 1900
The movement is By Le...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Pewter
Tall Arts and Crafts Brass Candle Stick This is a large candle stick
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Tall Arts and Crafts Brass Candle Stick
This is a large candle stick, it is 16” high and made in brass it dates from about 1890
The Candle Stick is 16” high, the diameter of the b...
Category
1890s Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Newlyn Arts & Crafts Copper Posy Bowl with Fish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional English arts & crafts hand crafted copper posy or rose bowl decorated with fish made by renowned Cornish copper workshops Newlyn and dating from around 1900. The bowl ...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Tiffany Studios New York Graduate Pattern Bronze Doré Stamp Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze "Graduate" pattern stamp box, jewelry box, or desk box
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, E...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Pad
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period patinated bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac with a custom green leather desk pad
By Tiffany Studios (signed to ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Humidor or Cigar Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period humidor or cigar box
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Sterling silver on patinated bronze, with cedar lined interior.
Measures: 8....
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Antique Fulper Arts & Crafts Pink & Green Vase Signed C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Fulper Arts & Crafts Pink & Green Vase Signed C1920
Measures - 7"h x 5"diam
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Nugget L Vase Resin Fuchsia Yellow
Located in barasso, IT
Nugget vase, clear fuchsia, clear yellow.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: L Ø 22cm x H 36cm
Colours: clear fuchsia, cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Arts & Crafts Pinder Bourne Floral Charger Signed circa 1886
By Pinder, Bourne & Co
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An Arts & Crafts Pinder Bourne Pottery wall charger hand-painted with autumnal flowering shrubs on a mottled blue/green ground. This Fine earthenware charger is of rounded shape with...
Category
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Huge 15" Merrimac Pottery Matt Green Arts & Crafts Ribbed Turned Antique Vase
By Merrimac Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Large antique Merrimac Pottery Arts and Crafts vase in great swelling form with defined ribs and alligatored matt green glaze. Merrimac Pottery operated in Newburyport, Ma. from 1897...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period "Zodiac" pattern gilt bronze inkwell
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.63"W x ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Hand Beaded Bird of Paradise Stems, France
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of Hand Beaded Bird of Paradise Stems made in the late 1990's in France. Custom made in the 1990's of antique and new Czech beads. Set of 2 each: Flowerheads/ Matte black and iri...
Category
Early 2000s French Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Card tray "Architect" series by POPCORN
By POPCORN
Located in 加須市, 11
Card Tray
Material: Iron
Series inspired by architectural elements
Continuity of roofs and stairs
Light structure is the theme of this series.
Category
2010s Japanese Bauhaus Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
21st Century Gaetano Pesce Clear L Vase Soft Resin Turquoise Orange
Located in barasso, IT
Clear extra colour vase - clear aqua, matt turquoise, matt orange.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: L - Ø 22cm x H 36cm
Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Roycroft Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Pen Tray
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hand hammered copper pen tray
By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark)
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 7.38"W x 2.75"D x 0.5"H.
Go...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Hand Hammered Arts & Crafts Style Copper Candlesticks Hessel Studios California
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and elegant hand Hammered & polished copper candlestick holders by Hessel Studios of San Rafael California. Each unique and very much a piece o...
Category
Early 2000s American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Vintage Kinetic Sculpture Brass 'Oloid' by Paul Schatz, 1930s, Switzerland
By Paul Schatz
Located in Munich, DE
Vintage kinetic sculpture 'Oloid' in brass. Designed by Paul Schatz, 1929, Switzerland. This one is an old example, probably from 1930s.
Ex...
Category
1930s Swiss Bauhaus Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902.
Joseph Reinemann, Munich, a Jugendstil silvered pewter novelty desk inkwell in the form of a grotesque bi...
Category
Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
Marshall Field & Co. Antique Floral Ivy Bronze Desk Calendar Holder, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period floral ivy bronze desk calendar holder or picture frame
In the manner of Tiffany Studios
By Marshall Field & Co. (signed to the back)
U...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Twins-C L Vase Resin Grey Clear
Located in barasso, IT
Twin-C vase, clear grey and clear.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: L - ø 22cm x H 36cm
Other sizes available.
Colours: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Heintz Arts & Crafts Bronze Round Container With Lid, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period bronze round container with lid
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.25"W x 5.25"D x 7.25"H.
Good original vintage condit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Baccarat Rose Crystal and Copper Dresser Jar, France 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Exceptional piece of multi-faceted pink/rose/salmon/peach'y crystal set in large pertruding squares. It features its original patinated copper lid with beaded ornamentation towards i...
Category
1930s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Copper
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Blotter
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac, with a custom green leather desk blotter.
By Tiffany Studios (blotter ends s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Glasgow style oak Arts & Crafts copper bound planter w. stylized elongated tops
Located in London, GB
A Glasgow Style Arts and Crafts oak and copper bound planter with splayed legs and circular cut-out's to the tops.
Category
1910s Scottish Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Large and Rare Arts & Crafts Iron Chandelier with Eagle Sculptures & Glass Shade
By Goberg
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique Arts & Crafts light fixture with stylized American eagle head sculptures.
This gorgeous American Style Art Deco, seven-light chandelier is...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Set of 2 Glass Vase by Richard Lauke for VLG Weisswasser, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of 2 glass vases
Producer:
VLG Weisswasser, GDR
Design:
Richard Lauke
designed in 1939
Decade:
1960s
Description:
Original vintage set of 2 glass vases "Fe...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Carl Deffner, Esslingen A three-piece Arts & Crafts Copper and Brass circa 1900
By Carl Deffner
Located in Verviers, BE
Superb Jugendstil copper and brass by the famous C.D.E Works of Carl Deffner of Esslingen, Germany.
A three-piece red copper coffee or tea set on a matching presentation tray. The ...
Category
Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Surrealist Bauhaus Wooden Head Sculpture, 1920's
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A unique surrealist/abstract bauhaus wooden head sculpture, hand painted circa 1920's. The artist is not known but there is a illegible/unknown stamp on...
Category
1920s European Bauhaus Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Margaret Gilmour, Attributed a Glasgow School Brass Planter with Stylised Roses
By Margaret Gilmour
Located in London, GB
Margaret Gilmour, attributed. A Glasgow School brass planter with stylized rose and floral details.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1800s Snuff Box of Ram's Horn and Wood
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
c.1800s snuff box, ram's horn with wood inset bottom. Base edge faults in the horn-top edge also. With a tag: "You God Father Eckhadt (?) snuff box" and description. 2 3/8" x 1 3/8 x...
Category
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
A Roseville Pottery Florentine Pattern Jardiniere on Pedestal
Located in San Francisco, CA
this Roseville jardiniere on pedestal in the rare Florentine Pattern manufactured from 1923-1926, featuring a bulbous double-handled urn resting o...
Category
1920s North American Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large Ephraim Faience Pottery Vase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large green Vintage pottery vase with relief palmetto design. Marked on verso as shown.
Dimensions: 7 1/2" W x 10 3/4" H
Condition: Please see ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Arts & Crafts Style Pottery Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage "arts & crafts" style pottery vase, circa 1950s. Wonderful bluish green colors and a great vintage patina make this a wonderful decor piece! It is in very good vintage condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Shapland & Petter. An Arts & Crafts oak planter with copper heart shaped panels
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. An Arts & Crafts oak planter with opposing copper heart shaped panels.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Arts & Crafts Crystalline Cerulean Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
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“A Robineau vase is a true work of art, unique in conception and perfect in execution, for every piece that left this studio was a labor of love.” – Ethel Brand Wise, The American Magazine of Art, 1929
Adelaide Alsop Robineau was a pioneer in American studio ceramics and excelled as an innovator in pottery both technically and aesthetically. As a young woman of high society in the late Victorian era, she gained early accolades as a skilled watercolorist and china painter and taught for a time at St. Mary’s Hall in Minnesota. In 1899, she married Samuel E. Robineau, a French gentleman and collector of Chinese ceramics. He was deeply intrigued by her talent and steadfastly supported and encouraged her throughout her career. The couple collaborated to produce a popular and influential monthly journal together, Keramic Studio, and went on to build a studio on their property in Syracuse, New York, which they named Four Winds. Robineau would also go on to teach for many years at Syracuse University while creating her own work and raising three children.
Early in her career, she studied at Alfred University under Charles Binns, who is widely considered to be the progenitor of contemporary studio ceramics in America. His program established a shift in the craft of ceramics as an academic pursuit, rather than one of apprenticeship. Pottery throwers and the artists who decorated the wares traditionally inhabited separate roles in ceramic manufacture, a practice common in Europe. Binns’ philosophy merged the two, such that the potter had total agency of the final product. This marked a historic divergence in the creation of art pottery – one that Adelaide Robineau...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Fulper Pottery Signed Mirror Black Glazed Two Handle Vase , Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously glazed, classically designed two handle Fulper Pottery vase featuring a mirror black/dark charcoal glaze that radiates in the light.
Signed on the base with Fulper lo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Impressive & Large Alabaster Pendant Light Chandelier w Bronze Lizard Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful design and wonderful light creating, mineral stone fixture.
This marvelous, early 20th century alabaster and bronze work of lighting art is another one of our recent and g...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Pair of Arts & Crafts Hand Carved Bookends with Strong Semi Nude Muscular Males
Located in Lisse, NL
All handcrafted, solid wooden blue collar workers bookends.
If you or your friends have a house from the Arts & Crafts period than this unique pair could be the perfect gift. These hand carved, hard working men sculptures...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Patinated Bronze Letter Rack, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period patinated bronze desk letter rack featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Notepad Holder
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period "Zodiac" pattern bronze notepad holder
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.5"W x 7.5"D x 0.5"H.
Good original vintage...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Nugget XL Vase Resin Fuchsia Yellow
Located in barasso, IT
Nugget vase, clear fuchsia, clear yellow.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: XL - ø 30cm x H 56cm
Colours: clear fuchsia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Margaret Gilmour School. A Glasgow School brass planter with floral decoration.
By Margaret Gilmour
Located in London, GB
Margaret Gilmour School. A Glasgow School brass planter with interlaced floral decoration and ring handles to the sides stood on tri-angular feet and with its original zinc liner.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hand-Carved Wooden Female Nude Sculpture Coffee Table Base
Located in Rīga, LV
Exceptional craftsmanship - delicate and sensual. This figurative artwork can be exposed as a sculpture, laying on the back or standing on the knees. Outstanding collectible item!
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Unique Antique Arts & Crafts Coromandel Five 5-light Chandelier w. Swallow Birds
Located in Lisse, NL
This impressive large and all hand carved wooden pendant light, is a true work of art. It displays the finest quality carving and the skills...
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Benedict Studios Arts & Crafts Bronze Mantel Clock, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period bronze mantel clock with an emblems of classical Greek figures
By Benedict Studios (signed to the underside)
USA, Ci...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Colorful Semi Precious Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful colorful decorative box with a lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstrac...
Category
20th Century Indian Bauhaus Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Arts and Crafts Glass and Wrought Iron Floor Vase on Stand
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts glass and wrought iron floor vase on stand, the green tinted Vaseline trumpet with a waved rim, attributed to James Powell of Wh...
Category
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Set "Zodiac" Pattern
Located in Austin, TX
This Tiffany Studios bronze desk set embodies past elegance through its intricate "Zodiac" pattern. Known for exceptional quality, attention to detail, and use of high-quality materials, these sets are crafted with intricate designs, reflecting Louis Comfort Tiffany's artistic vision. With meticulous craftsmanship and high-quality bronze, these sets captivate collectors seeking luxury in workspace decor due to their historical importance and association with Tiffany. Rare and intricately designed, their value is influenced by scarcity and craftsmanship.
THE SET INCLUDES 2 BOOKENDS, 1 LARGE AND 1 SMALL INKWELL, 1 HORSE HAIR BRUSH, 1 MATCHBOOK HOLDER...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Lidded Tea Caddy or Cigar Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze lidded canister, tea caddy, or cigar box with verdigris green patina.
By Heintz Art Metal Shop (signed to the underside)
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
J F Poole Hayle Arts & Crafts Handbeaten Cornish Copper Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Arts & Crafts hand-beaten lidded copper inkwell by J F Poole Hayle dating from around 1895. Made in Cornwall the inkwell is of rounded cylindrical shape and stands rai...
Category
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Roycroft Arts & Crafts Hammered Brass Over Copper Letter Rack
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period brass finished hand hammered copper letter rack
By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark)
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.75"W x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Nugget M Vase Resin Clear Blue
Located in barasso, IT
Nugget vase, clear blue.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: M - ø 16cm x H 26cm
Colours: clear blue.
Other sizes availab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Good Sized Bohemian Pink and White Cased Bowl, made for the Venetian Market 1905
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Stunning cased pink over opaque white medium large bowl, with stylised decoration bands around the base and collar and the Heraldic Shield of Venice -(a winged lion holding a scroll ...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Terracotta Jar Made of local Clay, Handcrafted by the Moroccan Potter Raja
Located in Marseille, FR
- Handbuilt freckles terracotta jar
- made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings.
- made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Raja.
Approximate measurements: 1...
Category
2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Earthenware
Elegant Hammered Brass Bauhaus Candle Sconce 1930s Germany
Located in Munich, DE
Rare and highly decorative Bauhaus candle sconce. Designed and manufactured probably in Germany, 1930s. Artists monogram on the backside.
Executed in hammered brass.
Measurements...
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Blotter Corners With Leather Pad
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze blotter corners, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Cen...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Sterling Silver
Antique and Vintage Decorative Objects for Sale: Find Vases, Bowls, Boxes and Clocks on 1stDibs
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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