Pair of Pedestals Carved and Polychrome Wood, 19th-20th Century

Base. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Rectangular base base, made of carved and polychrome wood in gray tones, which has been decorated with a series of mo...

Spanish school of the sixteenth century. "Saint Paul". Carved and polychrome wood. Devotional image of a round piece carved in wood, polychrome and gilded, representing the Apostle ...

Mirror. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 20th century, following ancient models. Rectangular wall mirror made of wood and decorated with a composition based on plant elem...

Frame. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. 18th century. Rectangular frame made of wood and decorated with two bands of plant and architectural elements of classicist influence carv...

Ayyanar India carved and polychrome wood horse Measures:100cmx23cm H117cm Material:Wood Wear Consistent with age and use

A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century neoclassical style patinated cast iron figural torchères by A. Durenne, Paris, each representing a figure of a standing young maiden, her arms raised forward while holding a a flaming urn gas light (Now electrified) with a frosted glass flame, each raised on a veined grey marble column stand, both cast-signed 'A. Durenne, Paris'. Antoine Durenne was an internationally renowned French art founder. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1842. Durenne purchased a small foundry in Sommevoire, near the Val d'Osne, Haute-Marne, France and established The Durenne firm, circa Paris, 1900. Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic Expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...

An extremely fine European polychrome carved wood figure of a Dickensian character, circa 1900. In the form of a gentleman with long side whiskers....

Pair of candleholder carved and giltwood With multiple glass pieces inlay.