Gesso Decorative Objects

Large gold-colored vintage pine frame with a very beautiful aged patina, entirely in classic Baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves and a ribbon pattern all around, circa seco...

Elegant pair of carved wood and gilded plaster frames featuring rich floral and leaf motif decoration in relief. The solid wooden structure is enhanced by molded plaster appliqués an...

Molded gesso sculpture of the head of a horse on base that is 12" diameter.

A rare wooden casket with polychrome and gilded pastiglia relief, Italy, 15th century. The box is adorned with four finely executed scenes from the life of an unknown martyr — beautifully preserved and remarkably vivid after centuries. Dimensions: 15.5 × 10.4 × 9 cm Provenance: Dutch private collection In overall good condition for its age, with minor losses to the surface and possible retouching to the polychromy. The ball feet are likely later additions. Pastiglia [paˈstiʎʎa], an Italian term meaning "pastework", is low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain. The technique was used in a variety of ways in Italy during the Renaissance. White lead pastiglia was a north Italian speciality, produced between about 1450 and 1550. Six workshops were identified by Patrick M. De Winter, although their location remains uncertain; the Workshop of the Love and Moral Themes, whose products seem the most numerous, was possibly at Ferrara, where the painter Cosimo Tura began his career gilding caskets. Venice is also thought to have produced them. Other workshops identified by De Winter include the "Workshop of the main Berlin casket" and "Workshop of the Cleveland Casket". The subjects were typically classical, drawn from both mythology and Ancient Roman history (especially the early period covered by Livy), but biblical ones are also found. Compositions can often be shown to be borrowed from another medium, such as prints or bronze plaquettes...

Rare French, 19th century, Empire. Large size carved wood and gesso gilt eagle, with its full body, swept back wings, pronounced talons, perched on a ball. Important size. Conditi...

A late 20th-century Georgian Revival decorative pineapple. A large decorative pineapple finial with gilt surface, raised on a square plinth base. Long associated with hospitality an...

pre 1825, Spanish Colonial, wooden polychrome column base depicting a putti holding up a corbel where a pillar would have been sat. The pillar is long gone but the intricate carvings...

Beautifully hand carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, wood angel with flowing hair, extended wings and scrolling, acanthus leaf drapery.

This tall and decorative pair of antique candlesticks was hand-carved in France circa 1780 in the Louis XV style. Each piece features a richly ornamented front with fluted columns, s...

Large, gilded vintage pine frame with beautiful age patina, XL size, entirely in classic Baroque style, decorated with elegant acanthus leaves, vines, and patterns all around. Impres...

Italian frame from the second half of the 19th century. A Napoleon III object in wood and plaster, finely carved, gilded, and chiseled, of excellent quality. The frame can hold a mir...

Large gilded vintage pine frame with a beautiful patina of age, entirely in the Baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves and tendrils, circa mid-20th century. A nice frame size...

Antique pine frame gilded with gold leaf, featuring acanthus decoration on the corners, floral decoration, and a pattern all around, entirely in classic Baroque style, circa early 20...

Large golden pine frame with a beautiful age patina, XL size, entirely in classic Baroque style, decorated with elegant acanthus leaves and patterns, XL size, vintage object from cir...

Beautiful and impressive gold-colored wooden frame, entirely in classic Baroque style, elaborately decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers, and a ribbon pattern all around; a very hi...

Large gilded vintage pine frame with red velvet frame on the inside, completely in classic baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns, first half of the 20th...

Classic gilded vintage pine frame with a distinctive patina of age, entirely in Baroque style, decorated with elegant acanthus leaves, patterns, and flowers, circa the first half of ...

3-681 Oversized impressive gesso male figural library sculpture.

A finely detailed devotional figure of the infant Christ (Niño Dios), typical of 19th-century Guatemalan religious art. Carved in wood with polychrome decoration and inset glass eyes...

Carved giltwood wall torchere candle holder, Italy, 19th century-1930s Hand-carved gold gilt wood candlestick sconce with wrought iron details. This w...

Spanish frame from the first half of the 20th century. A carved and gilded (bronze-colored) wood and plaster furniture, attractively decorated and tasteful. The frame can hold a mirr...

This exceptional pair of monumental hand-carved rams stands as a testament to rustic craftsmanship and grand-scale artistic vision. Each figure is meticulously carved from solid wood...

19th century St Francis wearing a rob with rope tied around his waist. Holding with two-arm a child.

Large gold-colored vintage pine frame with a very beautiful aged patina, entirely in classic Baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves and a ribbon pattern all around, circa seco...

3-950 Oversized impressive gesso male figural library sculpture.

German Shepard 1950 s gesso Italian vintage statue .

Golden wooden sphere sculpture formed with a bright golden sphere at the top supported with a gray wooden base. Baroque style from late 20th century. *The item is sold as a unique...

An exuberant 19th-century Italian Rococo-style silver-leaf altar candelabra, richly carved in wood with the lively movement and theatricality collectors prize. The scrolling façade u...

This hand-carved wooden figure represents the Virgin Mary as a child, known as Niña María, a revered devotional subject in Spanish Colonial art. Crafted in 19th-century Guatemala, th...

A Folk Art carved wood and gesso painted standing horse with painted cloth saddle and horse hair tail Mounted on a later made black painted platform.               

A very large scale 19th century Italian baroque revival silver giltwood altar candlestick Height 96 cm x Width 29 cm x Depth 29 cm Candle plate 16 cm Internal width x 1.5 cm heig...

Orientalist gilt carved frame. Antique Islamic/Arabesque carved gilt mirror with corner blocking and deep sculpted edge framed in further bead molding. England, 1880's Dimensions: 34...

A Pair of Napoleon III style giltwood and gesso picture frames, 19th C. having oval openings and relief branch and leaf embellishments on frames.

On offer here is a stunning pair of 100% original gold leaf gilt and polished corner consoles, meticulously hand-carved from solid linden wood. Made in southern France around 1710, t...

18th century English wood carved standing Chinese attendant with lotus bowl, The well carved and decorated figure with glass eyes, holding a 10 inch...

CARVED WOOD HORSE FORM, POSSIBLY USED AS A MOLD MASTER FOR PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PRODUCTION Probably French, mid-to-late 19th century 22 3/4" H x 6 7/8" D x 20 7/8" W A carved hardwood mode...

Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures A rare matched pair of French (Paris) clock tower automaton figures, in the form of oriental male dressed dancing figures. Dat...

This is a Large Gessoed Wooden Sculpture of Saint Peter. It depicts a barefoot male Saint with a white hair and beard standing up. The sculpture robe portrays the “Estofado” techniqu...

This striking vintage artisan sculpture is a masterwork of architectural caprice, blending classical motifs with Postmodern flair. The piece is constructed as a three-tiered totem, f...

Gold Gilt Gesso Frame German Decorated Wall Plaque Plate c1920s

American gilt carved wood and gesso eagle with extended wings grasping gilt rounded bar. Eagle was used for center decoration on drapery rod. Early 19th c...

Resting Giraffe in Plaster with white Finish and gilt Ossicones (Horn like tusks), stunning Animal Sculpture. Handmade in the 1980 and origin is America. This is a beautiful piece of...

19th century Italian wood and gesso 10-light candelabra which has modernized and electrified. Distressed but functional. Measures: 26.5" H x 15.5" W x 15.5" D 6.5" W x 6.25" D (base).

This superb work of art combines the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complicities of an automaton and clock. Depicting a rural scene, the clock is integrated into the church, sitting within the giltwood and gesso frame. Also within the painting is automaton windmill, again integrated into the picture atop the windmill. The automaton runs off the clock, so requires no separate winding, The clock is a fine 8 day, fusee movement with gut string, with verge escapement...

Pair of Italian carved wood, gesso, and silver gilt floral prickets with centered spikes for candles, bulbous ring columns with bead work, and terminating on stylized lions paws feet...

A pair of hand crafted wood and gilt gesso overlay baroque display stands (ideal for clocks or small statues and busts), each with applied harleq...

Very elaborate scrolling foliate carvings on these Italian giltwood girondole mirrors with candle sconces. Oval mirrors reverse etched wit...

Exclusively handcrafted piece. This sphere is created using the ancient Chinese papier-mâché technique – a millennia-old craft that eventually spread worldwide. Traditionally employe...

This commanding vintage floor vase is a masterclass in texture and organic form, perfectly embodying the Brutalist and Wabi-Sabi aesthetics. Hand-crafted with a heavily textured plas...

American oil on canvas portrait of seated young lady in the original gilt wood floral flame, New York, Mid-19th century.

19th Century carved and painted wood figure of a troubadour or minstrel wearing a hat and long coat with his trousers tucked into knee-high boots and having a violin under one arm wi...

This dramatic and decorative pair of urns made in France in the 1920's are in the popular empire revival style. Turned as a rather stretched Campania urn on a stand the vases are the...

A cast gesso bust of Napolean from an Italian foundry

Plaster sculpture depicting a 20th century man. Italy. This sculpture presents the face of a man with intense and firm expressiveness. The wrinkles on his face, especially in the fo...

St. Florian (250 A.D. – 304 A.D.), was a the patron saint of firefighters, brewers, chimney sweeps, and the town of Linz, Austria. He served in the Roman army and part of his duties included organizing fire fighting brigades. He was secretly a Christian and became famous for miraculously saving a town from being destroyed by fire; after he prayed and threw a single bucket of water on the blaze, it was extinguished. This beautifully carved and painted statue dates to approximately the end of the 1600s or early 1700s. It clearly depicts St. Florian with a bucket in hand and a flag in the other. At his feet, is a miniature building...

This commanding pair of monumental Italian pricket candlesticks, dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, represents the height of Baroque Revival craftsmanship. The paw feet, swellin...

Signed plaster sculpture, 1970s Chipboard base and plasterboard lower platform H58 x L70 x P100 - Kg40 Style Vintage Periodo del design 1970 - 1979 Production Period 1970 - 1979 Yea...

Scultura in gesso raffigurante testa di uomo degli anni '60. The sculpture depicts a portrait of a mature man with pronounced features; in fact, we notice deep wrinkles and a very i...

Early 19th century gilt and gesso picture frame. Found at an estate sale in Columbia, Tennessee. Objects from the sale were attributed to President James K. Polk's estate. Fantastic ...

Exclusively handcrafted piece. This sphere is created using the ancient Chinese papier-mâché technique – a millennia-old craft that eventually spread worldwide. Traditionally employe...