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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Empire
Style: Rococo
Italian Early 20th Century Naples Polychrome Porcelain Sculptural Group
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Italian Early 20th century Naples Polychrome Porcelain Sculptural Group.
Charming antique Italian Naples polychrome hand painted joyfully playing children in porcelain. The miniature sculpture is beautifully modeled with superb detail and exquisite workmanship. The very rare subject depicting two young children playfully enacting the red riding hood and the wolf fairy tale. The pair are mounted on a plinth with molded accents enhanced with gilding.
Marked under the base with a crowned “N...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Vase with a Chesapecten Shell & Crystal Point
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with a chesapecten shell, crystal point, and fossil shells on a petrified wood base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved fro...
Category
17th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Meissen Mythological Group 'Thalia With Tree', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, c 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen group:
Thalia, the muse of theater and comic poetry, covered only with a large cloth, smiling and sitting on a rock under a cherry tree, holding a mask next to her...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Figure 'Huntress with Dog', by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain figure of the 19th century:
Young lady with rococo wig dressed as a huntress: black trident hat with colorful feather decoration, softly falling dress...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Complete Set of Porcelain Figures "The Four Elements", Rococo, circa 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive complete set of large figures called The Four Elements, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. It consists of Ceres representing Earth, V...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Angel Mounted with Fossil Agate Coral Wings on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angel with fossil agate coral wings and mounted aragonite.
The hand-carved angel was once part of a decorative, angelic depiction in a ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
19th Century French Vintage Napoleon Bonaparte Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century, black antique French bust of Napoleon Bonaparte made of hand crafted patinated bronze, in good condition. The small sculpture depicts Napoleon in his military outfit and in a commanding stance. The detailed Parisian décor...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of French Early 19th C. Patinated and Dore Bronze Egyptian Revival Chenets
Located in New York, NY
This pair of French chenets from the Early 1800s is a stunning example of Egyptian Revival design. The chenets feature a stately dark patina bronze sphynx body on top of a decorated ...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures of Liberty & Matrimony, Rococo 1760-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous pair of figures of Liberty and Matrimony made by the Bow Porcelain factory between 1760 and 1764. These figures were a popular pair portraying marriage.
The bow...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Ribbon Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Selenite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian ribbon fragment with natural-forming baroque pearls on a selenite slab.
The Italian ribbon fragment original came from a...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Armor and Venus Early 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Sculpture Gilt Bronze
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
This beautiful Empire bronze sculpture shows winged Amor carrying Venus, she is holding a wreath in her right hand, surrounded within a circula...
Category
Early 19th Century German Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Chelsea Style Porcelain Figurine, Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
Charming pair of very intricate figurines of barefoot young girls, one gathering a basket of fruit and the other flowers. Only one is marked (with the gold anchor.) The colors are ve...
Category
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Important and Impressive Pair of 19th Century Bronze Sculptures
Located in Cesena, FC
Important pair of sculptures depicting Achello and Helena (mythological famous figures) in bronze, made with the lost-wax technique, dating from the 19th century (second half of the 1800s but made in the Empire style).
Standing on a quadrangular column base in golden robes, they hold magnificent cornucopias (a symbol of prosperity and wealth). The heads are adorned with laurel wreaths.
Of great aesthetic impact given both by the impressiveness of the figures and the measures
(245 centimeters high) as well as the bases that support and complement the bodies, richly decorated with floral festoons and anthropomorphic friezes that stylistically recall the eclectic style typical of the second half of the 19th century.
Prominent in the decorations are large acanthus leaves, feet and lion masks.
This large pair...
Category
Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Fruit Vase Napoleon III, Empire 19th Century VIDEO
Located in Madrid, ES
Large fruit vase Napoleon III - Empire 19th Century
made of crystal and bronze.
A bright crystal flowerpot is mounted on a spiral rod formed by two swim...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Figural Group of Fauns in a Naturalistic Setting, 19th Century French
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming figural group of Fauns sitting above a waterfall, in cast stucco with terracotta painted finish, all on a custom wood base. Mid 19th Century. Base bears an old label from ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine.
By Meissen.
Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series.
Entitled "Je decouvre tout".
Originally de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on an Aragonite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Lioness Figures Andirons or Chenets
By Claude Galle
Located in Berlin, DE
Early 19th century French Empire gilt bronze lioness figures andirons or chenets
Two figures of lionesses facing each other made of patined bronze lying on rectangular gilt-bronze...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Figurines Cherubs Allegory of Geometry Model C47, Acier Made circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: Cherubs personifying Allegory of Geometry
The details are stunningly sculptured = finest modelling!
Design:
Michel Victor Acier (1736-1799) / mo...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Albert Carrier-Belleuse "Allegory"
Located in Madrid, ES
Albert Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
"Allegory".
French sculpture from the 18th century
In rotating gilt bronze.
Stands on a marble base.
Signe...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
Located in Folkestone, GB
A very fine pair of late 19th century, opulent gilded brass fire chenets in the rococo taste. Depicting seated baby fawns holding candles within fancy scrolls.
Highly decorative exa...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Circa 1717–1780, Hand-carved Wood and Polychrome Saints Cosmas and Damian
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold a captivating pair of 18th-century hand-carved wooden treasures, dating from the remarkable span of 1717 to 1780. These exquisite pieces stand as a testament to the artistic mastery of their era, adorned with original polychrome and resplendent gold gilding that portrays the venerated Saints Cosmas and Damian...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Nao by Lladró Porcelain Shepherd Boy with Sheep
By Lladro
Located in BILBAO, ES
NAO BY LLADRÓ Porcelain Shepherd Boy With Sheep. Hand Made In Spain. Schaapsherder Met Schapen. Lamman Poika. Collectible Figurine Nao Boy.
THE WORLD L...
Category
1960s Spanish Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Dux. Rococo Couple in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand-painted porcelain.
1940s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
The woman measures: 21.0 x 13.0 cm.
The man measures: 22.0 x 9.0 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Germany JJ Kaendler 19Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Meissen Porcelain Germany JJ Kaendler
Origin Germany Circa 1850
Design by J.J. Kaendler
Porcelain material. hand made and painted
rococo style
Very good conditions. Natural wear due to the passage of time.
Meissen porcelain (in German Meißner Porzellan...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Nymphenburg Porcelain Figurine of the Disturbed Slumberer/Der Gestörte Schlummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine.
Entitled "Der Gestörte Schlummer", which translates to English as "The Disturbed Slumber".
After the 18th Century Frankenthal Porcelain model modeled by Johann Friedrich Lück.
Depicting a sleeping gallant attended to (and being awakened by) two maidens. The gallant is sleeping on patches of grass that are supported by a stylized Rococo rocaille base.
Simply a wonderful antique Nymphenburg figurine...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune and Dolphin on a Shell, ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning porcelain figure of Neptune with a dolphin standing on a sea shell, made by Derby around the year 1785. The figure is in beautiful original condition.
We have one other Neptune figure from 1765, please see separate listing.
The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller...
Category
1780s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Rococo Gold Painted Cupids
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo (18th Cent) gold painted life size hanging cupid figures.
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with Pyrophyllite and Titanium Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on pyrophyllite with titanium quartz.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a halo motif as part ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Pair of Large Italian Carrara Marble Putti Sculptures by Stampanoni
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Italian carrara marble putti sculptures by Stampanoni
Italian, late 19th century
Boy: height 89cm, width 31cm, depth 25cm
Girl:...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Herend Hand-Painted Hungarian Porcelain Figurine Representing a Woodcutter
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exquisite figurine representing a woodcutter.
Beautiful details of ax and towel.
Modern.
Since 1826, Herend's factory has been one of the most famous centres for the production ...
Category
Early 2000s Hungarian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Mecca Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca miniature fragment with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. I...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure of a Nude "Le Repos" After Alfred Boucher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Sevres biscuit (Bisc) porcelain figure of a recumbent nude lady titled "Le Repos" after a model by Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934) Sensually depicting a young w...
Category
1910s French Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
Albert Carrier-Belleuse Pair of French Five-Fire Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Albert Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
Pair of French five-fire candelabra from the 19th century.
in gilded bronze.
Decorated with female figures, on a marble base.
Signed.
Me...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Fossil Barnacle Clusters
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian vase mounted with a fossil barnacle cluster and sitting on a petrified wood and barnacle base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. The piece has been naturally distressed from the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftmanship, and history of sculptural fragment.
The Rococo vase has been preserved and transformed with the natural specimens - it sits on top of the piece and where the neck of the vase was broken off, it is replaced with barnacles to look as though it evolved together over time.
The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Petrified Wood, Shell, Wood
Early Meissen Cherub Group Allegory Summer & Autumn, by J.J. Kaendler, C 1750
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Porcelain Group From The Time Of Origin:
Two naked cupids and a ram on a rocaille rock, depicting the seasons of summer and autumn:
Summer bedded on a bundle of ears of cor...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Wide Antique Carved Wooden Eagle from France, Circa 1810
Located in Dallas, TX
With a wingspan of five and a half feet wide, this wooden eagle has a commanding presence. Hand-carved in France, circa 1810, the eagle was crafted by a master-level woodworker. Notice how each feather has been carved with incredible detail, showing slight separations in the barbs that make up feathers.
The eagle is presented with wings displayed, as if in the midst of flight. Both legs are tucked under the body, as you might see on a gliding bird. The beak is open with a large hole that runs through to the back side, possibly indicating that at one time the eagle held something in its mouth.
When Napoleon became Emperor of the French in 1804, he brought about a striking shift in artwork and architecture, embracing the styles of ancient empires...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Meissen Figurines Cherubs Wine Growers Model C 60 by Acier Made circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: Cherubs as Wine Growers
The details are stunningly sculptured = finest modelling!
Design:
Michel Victor Acier (1736-1799) / model C 60 created 1...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain "Day & Night" Figures of Putti
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic and Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain "Day & Night" Figures of Putti. Each is beautifully hand-carved and hand-painted by the finest Meissen artists. They are both gorgeous with draped attire and a plethora of various day and night based attributes. Day is seen wearing a pink...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Delft Cows 18th Century Made De Porceleyne Lampetkan Netherlands Circa 1785
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful pair of cows was made around 1785 in the city of Delft.
Since the late seventeenth century, Dutch Delft cows have adorned mantelpiece...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Delft
French Marble and Bronze Inkwell Signed Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, circa 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A Verona red marble remarkable inkwell, pure Empire style representing a gilded bronze of the bust of Antinous as Dioniso. Empire style, Generous size, excellent state of preservatio...
Category
1860s French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Meissen Commedia Dell' Arte Group 'Harlequin & Columbina', by Kaendler, ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare 19th century Meissen porcelain group:
Harlequin and Columbine seated side by side on a rock and teasing each other: Harlequin in brown playing card patterned jacket, pink striped trousers, black buckled shoes and mask fully covering his face, his left leg crossed over his right and his right hand with blue hat on Columbine's knee holding a sausage in his left raised hand, Columbine reaching for the mask with her left hand, raising a hand mirror with her right. The young woman is wearing a small feather hat, a fitted jacket with a red and blue diamond pattern, a long white skirt...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Style Gardener Group, 'Apple Harvest', by Kaendler, Germany, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately crafted porcelain group from the 19th century:
A couple of gardeners and two boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural Rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top end of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, below them the gardener couple, the female catching them in her apron held high while the beau reaches an apple to her mouth, a boy sitting behind the tree and taking an apple from the full hat standing next to him on a tree stump.
On a round meadow base with three-dimensional foliage and gold-heightened rocaille decoration.
Designer:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer) , Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 1755...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Italian Parcel Gilt Carved Wood Whippets with Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of antique Italian whippets or dogs carved from hardwood paint decorated and parcel gilt depicting the pair seated on pillows while balan...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Pair of Continental Carved Wood Monkeys with Tambourine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mirror image pair of naturalistically carved figures of a seated monkey's wearing a carved giltwood cloak and turban, perched on a rocky plinth, with his hand out holding a tambourin...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bow Porcelain Figure of Venus with Doves, Rococo, 1756-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful figure of Venus with two doves, made by the bow porcelain factory between 1756 and 1764. We see Venus standing holding her robe with one hand, a flower p...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Early 18th Century Terracotta Fragment
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Italian early 18th century terracotta fragment of an face mounted on stand. Ca 1690 - 1710 Italy.
Measurements with stand H 15 W 9 D 6.6 cm.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Empire Bowl on Base in Bronze and Marble 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
French Empire Bowl on Base in Bronze and Marble 19th century
Bowl on base in bronze and black marble
19th century
height: 25 cm. and diameter: 24 cm.
very good condition
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Table Crucifix with Porcelain Corpus of Christ
Located in Antwerp, BE
The porcelain white imparts a transcendental character to the figures and this is highly suitable for religious depictions. Usually produced for royal commissions, these figures coun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
18th Century Italian Ecclesiastical Tabernacle with Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian tabernacle with aragonite. It is hand-painted and carved with scroll details and has been kept in its original condition. The t...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Musician with Flageolet and Tabor, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful porcelain figure of a musician with a flageolet and tabor (fluit and drum), made by Derby around 1765, which was the Rococo era. The figure is one half of a pair ...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Pair of Candle Stick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby porcelain candlestick figures of a bagpiper and a lady with lute, made between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's f...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early Meissen Round Group of Gardener Children, by J.J. Kaendler, 1763-1774
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen porcelain group from the time of origin:
Four children in festive, rural rococo clothing on a three-part rocaille base: on the central raised pedestal a girl with a basket o...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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