Art Nouveau Patinated Plaster Bust

This turn of the twentieth century French Art Nouveau period iron planter or jardiniere features a large 23 inch diameter scrolled basket with a removable metal tray platform to supp...

Attributed to Thonet, this French Art Nouveau period bentwood armchair features a pressed wood seat detailed with a classic central rosette and scrolling leaves. The curved seat back...

This pair of mid-century French Louis XVI style patinated metal sconces take the form of upside down hot air balloons and are detailed with beading and multi-faceted strings of glass...

This early twentieth century French Art Deco coffee table is stamped by the French designer Louis Majorelle (1859-1926). The signature is branded inside of a shell on the underside o...

This early twentieth century French Art Deco period rectangular bistro table or cafe table features a metal top on a cast iron pedestal base. ...

This early twentieth Century French Art Deco period walnut cocktail table or side table features an octagonal top. The top rests on four legs detailed with fluting on the upper half ...

Rebecca bust in patinated plaster, Art Nouveau period, signed Pirolli.

A stunning antique bust from the Art Nouveau period. We think this is French and dates from around the 1890-1900 period. It depicts a young girl in a shawl, it is signed and numbe...

An 1940s academy bust in plaster, patinated imitating terracotta, representing a head from the classical Greek world.

This Art Nouveau Italian bust embodies the movement's hallmark features and also incorporating elements influenced by Italian art and culture. Their historical and artistic value mak...

DETAILS Signed and foundry mark on back. DIMENSIONS Height: 4-15/16 inches Width: 2-5/16 inches Depth: 2.25 inches ABOUT THE SCULPTURE This portrait bust is of Nelly Faner, famous burlesque dancer at the turn of the XX Century Paris. ABOUT THE SCULPTORE Emmanuel Villdnis (French, 1858 – 1914) was born to Italian parents in France, in 1858. He moved with the family to Piedmont, Italy, in March 1861; after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Known in Italy as Villani, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Albertina in Turin from 1871 to 1880 alongside master-sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi. When Villanis graduated, he exhibited his first works in cities across Italy, notably his bust ‘Alda’ in Milan, in 1881. Villanis returned to France in 1885, living and working in the Montmartre district of Paris and didn’t leave Montmartre until his death on August 28th 1914. Villanis specialised in female bronze busts...

A fabulous vintage Boho bust of man. A handsome mustachioed gentleman with an all over crackled patina. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.