Wood Decorative Objects

Rare set of 4 ancient tall Italian candlesticks, lacquered green wood - It is possible also to buy a pair - O/6196.

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A nice pair of 18th century Italian Baroque style pressed metal candlesticks with metal over wood tripod bases, converted to lamps at some point, but now with wiring and lamp fitting...

This is outstanding pair of French 18th century Candle reflector or Flambeau. It is uncommon to find reflectors that have retained their original stan...

Great Italian sculpture from the second half of the 18th century. Finely carved wooden work depicting a religious subject, a saint, identifiable with the figure of Saint Joseph, of g...

A stunning pair of antique Italian Neo-classical faux marble wooden urns. Born in Italy around the 18th/early 19th century, sculptural lidded urn architectural element form, hand ca...

George III Bell Top Bracket Clock Fine flame mahogany case with ormolu mounts and ormolu caryatids standing on bracket feet. Silvered dial with subsidiary dial for strike/silent,...

Georgian red-lacquered longcase / tall-case clock with gilt Chinoiserie decoration, marked William Wilson / Darlington with sunburst decoration, brass dial with repousse spandrels and silvered chapter ring with black Roman numerals; includes built in level bubble on bottom of clock face, case decorated with raised gilt Chinese / Far Eastern designs on a deep red ground; with movement, pendulum and two weights, key to case only...

carved, painted, and gilded wood armorial crests / carvings, great faces, lots of personality, great teeth ''out of a ducal coronet or, a bear's head, ppr.'' perhaps having to do w...

A large 17th Century and later carved oak overmantle, consisting of two moulded front panels with intricate carved leaf and fluted decoration, carved fi...

Beautiful set of 18th century Cathedral Candlesticks. Purchased in Lucca, Italy. Check out the angel carvings and stunning craftsmanship on this pair. We have not seen many like thes...

A stunning petite pair of 18th-Century Italian Neoclassical carved gilt wood gold leaf pricket candlesticks with metal bobeches. They measure 10" to the top of the candlestick and 12...

From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique Burr Yew Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular shape is beautifully finished in veneered Burr Yew wood, edged ...

Sculptural 17th century Italian gilt candlestick mounted on chalcopyrite and adorned with gold-plated kyanite. This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a church in It...

This is a cloud-shaped wooden sculpture made around the Edo period in Japan. It is an ornament attached to the central part of the roof of shrines and temples. It is likely that ...

18th Century Swedish antique Grain measure box dated 1798 The dimension is cubic with the upper side open. The corners are joined by sinking in a so-called dovetail. The measure h...

Fine Swedish dugout root burl bowl with tab handle, with owner's initials, rune mark and dated 1700 on the underside, the whole with good dry untouched ...

A pair of Italian 18th Century Candle-holding Archangels, sculpted wood with its original wings.

An 18th century Swedish Mora clock is a tall, freestanding clock that originated in the Mora region of Sweden. It typically features a...

A stately late 18th century Belgian, Liege, tall case clock case having a period Black Forest clock workings with wooden enameled dial and hand-painted fruit decoration, the original...

Made with five lights with cornucopia ends with the possibility of removing the upper part and making them two classic torchlights, they rest on a base carved with acanthus leaves wi...

18th Century Neapolitan Crib Figure Collection A rare collection of five museum quality late 18th / early 19th Century hand carved Neapolitan crib figures...

Mid 18th century swedish pine chest decorated with labyrinth circa 1730. Rare and beautiful Swedish pine chest.   Traces of original paint to the outside with decorative metal str...

TABLE CLOCK French, circa 1740. Tortoiseshell coated wooden box, with gilded bronze applications, decorated with plant motifs and a mask. Enamelled dial with Roman numerals, inscri...

A 16th Century Giltwood and Polychromed Carved Group depicting God and Mary seated on a plinth.

Rare 18th Century Travel Perfume Box, coffret parfumeur a odeur, Louis XV. Beautifully figured Rosewood with geometric inlay to the lid of tropical woods, original key and original c...

A Very Good Quality 18th century, Georgian Mahogany Rectangular Tea Caddy, Having Original Brass Handle To Hinged Top, Enclosing Divisions, With Unusual Glazed Panels To Front Bearin...

Spectacular and very decorative piece. Carved wooden reliquary bust representing a Saint figure. Beautiful traces of its original silver and gilding. Weathered, small losses and with...

Wondeful Baroque giltwood candleholders , Italy, circa 1750-1780. Weathered, repairs and small losses. Measurement individual.

A beautiful bowl, originally a musical frame drum called Terbang, which was used in ecstatic devotional music. The drum was hewn from a single piece of teak...

Late 18th century scandinavian metal bound box circa 1790. Rare baroque inspired strong box with 3 locks on the front.  Quite likely to have been a box of some importance during i...

A Pair of Candlesticks in Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) and Brass. George III. Made in England during the late 18th century. Richly decorated and filled with rare and intricate det...

18th Century Bust of a Bishop finished in polychrome. The shape of the bust would suggest that it was originally part of a full-length figure.

A Pair of 16th Century Oak Saints: One being a male depicted wearing a long hooded cloak held together with a brooch over a flowing tunic tied at the ...

Four candle light angels, Provence or Italy 17th century Rare set of four angels, bearers of the light brought by Christ. Two stand on cherub-headed supports, one arm on the hip. T...

Beautiful and very rare wooden mortar, France, circa 1650-1750. Great eyecatcher. Wonderful weathered condition.

A pair of 18th-century Louis XVI metal covered wood Sicilian torchères exquisite examples of the neoclassical style, combining the elegance of Louis XVI design with the regional infl...

17th century, central Italy Frame Carved and gilded mecca wood, 67 x 92 cm Light 45 x 71 The frame in question is gilded mecca wood, carved with leaf decorations on two o...

An Austrian Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bracket Clock Late 18th/Early 19th Century Height 21 x width 11 x depth 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Collec...

Nice pair of Italian carved wood Putti that hold candles. The base is 7" x 7". The wing spread is 12". From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara.

An antique French pair of mid 18th century candlesticks made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. These candle holders feature a painted structure delicately on a tripod base...

18th Century polychromed skull

Leather trunk Spanish, 17th century Boiled Leather, wood and iron Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm. Provenance : - collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate. Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features. The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness. Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid. the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship. The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony. The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament. The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection. Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1). Related literature : Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992 Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...

Georgian Oak and Mahogany Longcase clock. The case is made from the finest English oak and crossbanded with mahogany, it has reeded canted corners either side of the trunk door a...

A very attractive, good quality, late 18th century rosewood oblong shaped tea caddy having satinwood strung mouldings and original brass hinges, with working lock and key. Constru...

A George III Longcase clock by Jonathan Storr of York. The mahogany case with long door featuring flame mahogany and Sheraton fan inlay to the arch top with Porcupine decorati...

Rome, 17th century Pair of angels Gilded wood, cm h 92 - Base, cm 25 x 40 The pair of putti examined is a masterpiece of the Roman Baroque period, a period of pomp and opulence w...

A late 18th century Chinese export leather covered wood trunk circa 1780. 8.5” H. x 23.5” W. x 16” D.

A polychrome sculpture depicting the Virgin and the Child Mosan region, second half of 13th century Polychrome wood 73 x 29 X 12 cm Provenance : Former Belgian private collection from the beginning of the 20th century This remarkable early artwork portrays the Enthroned Virgin and Child, also known as Sedes Sapientiae, which translates to the 'Seat of Wisdom...

A Late 15th/Early 16th Century Oak Sculpture depicting ‘The Grief of Mary’, carved almost in the round with Mary wearing a head scarf, neckerchief and...

Very fine 18th century Swedish painted oval pantry box made to celebrate a wedding, depicting a loving couple in their period finery, surrounded by border of fruits and flowers, the ...

15th Century Oak Wood Sculpture of the Virgin of the Annunciation beside a lectern supporting an opened book, the Virgin with both hands upraised ( one repaired) turning slightly to the left, her demeanour redolent of strength, compassion and benignity. Franco Flemish origin, circa 1480, 56 inches in height x 26 inches wide. Provenance : Lot 347, The Notable Art Collection, New York, April 1949, Joseph Brummer Collection Part 1

Ostrich egg is 5.5" w. No cracks or repairs.

This is a unique Swedish Mora Clock Sven Nilsson Morin 100% Original Paint. he made his clocks from 1780 to 1810.

Carved wood with gold leaf cherub head fragment on newer lucite base.

18th century Italian mecca processional cross on a calcite crystal base in matrix with coordinating baroque pearls. The calcite crystal cluster in matrix is from Elmwood Mine in T...

Base. Carved and gilded wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Base for sculpture made of carved and gilded wood with a rectangular and flat shape, slightly raised on circular legs and...

18th century Italian painted and parcel gilt reliquary box. This lovely large Italian Baroque box is made of painted and parcel gilt wood surrounded by ...