Italian Giltwood Rococo Flambeau Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Antique carved giltwood and painted Rococo-style flame decoration on pedestal, Italy, 19th century. Dimension: 10.5" H x 4.75" W x 3.38" D.
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
Italian Giltwood Rococo Flambeau Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Antique carved giltwood and painted Rococo-style flame decoration on pedestal, Italy, 19th century. Dimension: 10.5" H x 4.75" W x 3.38" D.
Large Blanc de Chine Nymphenburg Figurine of Winter by Auliczek
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine. By Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. Designed Dominikus Auliczek. Modeled as an allegorical de...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gilded Cross and Arms of Christ with Aquamarine
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gilded cross with 18th century arms of Christ, aquamarine, and gold-plated crystal points and mounted on a gilded, hand-carved base. The cross originally came f...
Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Distressed Angel Wing with Calcite Crystals
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Sculptural 18th century Italian distressed gold leaf angel wing with calcite crystals and mounted on an antique Italian metal pan drip tray. These calcite crystals are from Elmwood...
Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
$2,625Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century Italian Gilded Angel with Fossil Agate Wings on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian hand-carved gilded angel with fossil agate coral wings and mounted pinkish white aragonite. The hand-carved angel is holding a coordinating baroque pearl. It was...
Coral, Agate, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick with Fossil Chesapecten Formation
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gilded altar candlestick with a Chesapecten fossil shell formation and natural forming baroque pearls. The 18th century Italian gilded fragment was originally a...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Early Meissen Porcelain, Singerie Style Monkey Musician Figurine
Located in New York, NY
An early Meissen Porcelain Singerie style Monkey Musician Figurine. Dressed in full male noble attire and wig the monkey merrily plays the trumpet assu...
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragment Bases with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Pair of 18th-century Italian fragment candlestick bases decorated with fossil agate coral. The 18th century hand carved fragment base is originally from Tuscany. The agate coral coo...
Agate, Coral
18th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Crest on a Hematoid Slab with Pearls
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gilded hand-carved fragment crest mounted on a golden, polished hematoid slab and adorned with baroque pearls. The gilded fragment was originally from a historic...
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Set Of Four Meissen Porcelain Busts Of The Bourbon Children
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Set of Four Meissen Porcelain Busts of the Bourbon Children. It depicts four young children busts wearing different decorated caps and colorful clothing adorned with bouque...
Porcelain
$2,625Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Crystal with Mica with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian, distressed, hand carved and painted figure of Christ on crystal with mica and tourmaline with natural forming baroque pearl. The figure of Christ came off of a ...
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Station of the Cross Mounted on Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian station of the cross on calcite crystals in matrix with a natural-forming baroque pearl. This is the second station of the cross in a group of 14 and originall...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Rococo Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Shells and Barnacles
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian fragment topped with natural forming clusters of fossil shells and barnacles. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the histori...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Large Meissen Rococo Genre Group, The Approach, by J.C. Schoenheit, Circa 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional rare Meissen porcelain group: A group of three figures in elaborate Rococo attire: the young, pretty lady in a bodice dress with a low neckline, a long skirt, a bustle an...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Cross on a Pink Hematoid Quartz Heart with Aurora Crystals
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished pink hematite quartz heart and adorned with aurora (sunset) quartz and a natural-forming cross shaped baroque pearl. The 18th centu...
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
2 Pairs Antique Porcelain Statues 18th C. Le Nove Metropolitan Museum Collection
By Carlo Ginori
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum in New York has in its collection a similar Le Nove Porcelain pair of courting figures. Accession Number: 06.381. Factory: ...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of putti holding symbols of the harvest adorn this Meissen porcelain figural group entitled Fall. Part of the company's Seasons series, these charming characters rest upon a r...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Angel Wall Piece with Elestial Crystals and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Early 18th century Italian angel wall piece with a crown of elestial crystal quartz and coordinating baroque pearls. The angle artifact has been naturally distressed with age. The c...
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of Parrots Standing on Branches W/ Cherries
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and large pair of antique meissen porcelain figures of colorful parrots, each standing on a tree branch with cherries and beautiful foliage after a model by J. J. Kandl...
Porcelain
Two Louis XV Period Rococo Style Marble Sculptures of Cherubs
Located in London, GB
Two Louis XV Period Rococo style marble sculptures of cherubs, French, 18th century Dimensions: Height 90cm, width 60cm, depth 60cm Superbly carved from subtly veined white-grey marble, this pair of...
Marble
Fine Vintage Samson Porcelain Bolognese or Bichon Dog Figurine
By Samson & Cie, J.J. Kaendler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Samson porcelain model of a Bolognese dog. Modeled after the figurines that Kaendler designed for Meissen in 18th century. A classic form that is always in style! The...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Sunray with Tangerine Crystal Quartz on Angle-Plated Quartz
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian sunray adorned with tangerine crystal quartz points on an angle plated quartz. Angle-plated quartz is an extremely rare form of quartz and is only found in the u...
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Houndstooth Calcite Crystal in Matrix on an 18th Century Italian Wood Base
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Houndstooth calcite crystals in matrix on a wood base with a hand-carved 18th century Italian molding. Houndstooth calcite are pointed calcite crystal...
Rock Crystal
Excellent Meissen Rococo Genre 'Swedish Court Group', by M.V. Acier, Ca 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Rococo love group in magnificent clothing: The noble gallant with a feathered hat and cloak sits on a rock next to a column with a handled vase, at the feet of his hesitant...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Marble Angel in a Bleached Turtle Shell on Alabaster
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian Carrara marble angel in a bleached turtle shell mounted on a polished alabaster base. The bleached turtle shell emulates a bath for the angel. The angel is cra...
Alabaster, Marble
$480Sale Price|20% Off
Porcelain Plaque Of The Holy Virgin Mary
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a porcelain plaque of the Holy Virgin Mary. It depicts an oval shaped medallion adorned in the center by a high relief profile of the Virgin Mary. Around the medallion is pie...
Porcelain
18th Century Gilded Angel Wing on Polished Hematoid Heart
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gilded angel wing mounted on a polished yellow hematoid heart and adorned with baroque pearls. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art histor...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Candlestick with Natural Citrine Crystals and Sea Fan
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian hand-carved candlestick with hand-painted cream tones and distressed silver leaf detailing, darkened with age, with a coordinating fossil sea fan surrounded by u...
Coral, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Silver Leaf
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Elestial Quartz and Ecphora Shells
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" vase with an elestial quartz point, chalcedony rosettes, and ecphora shells on a petrified wood base. The elestial quartz has an additional c...
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th-century distressed Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base. The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic Itali...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Eucharist Emblem Fragment Mounted on Mica with Garnet
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian eucharist emblem fragment mounted on mica with garnets with a baroque pearl and topaz. The ecclesiastical fragment was original used to depict a symbol of the eu...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Meissen Two Figurine Groups Four Seasons Allegories by Kaendler, circa 1850
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of splendid figurine groups Manufactory: Meissen Germany Dating: made circa 1850 Material: white porcelain, glossy finish Technique: handmade porcelain, finest painting ...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gilded Base with Plaster Cherub and Polished Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Italian plaster cherub with polished agate coral wings on an 18th century Italian gilded candlestick base with polished agate slices. The Italian 18th century gilded base is origina...
Agate, Gold Leaf
$1,087Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Candlestick Base with Fossil Coral
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base with fossil coral and coordinating shells on a rock coral base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found an...
Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Multi-color Italian Angel Wing on Chalcopyrite & Kyanite
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on a chalcopyrite and adorned with kyanite. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction i...
Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a fossil coral cluster base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Coral
$6,000Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of Sculptural 19th Century Italian Gilded Angel Wings with Calcite Crystals
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Pair of 19th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wings on calcite crystal points in matrix. The pair hand-carved gilded and gilded angel wings are originally from a histor...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Christimas cherubs in Nymphenburg porcelain hand crafted and hand painted
Located in München, Bavaria
Nymphenburg is the porcelain manufactory of the Bavarian royal family. These cherubs are hand crafted and hand painted in Nymphenburg by artisians with execellent expertise. They are...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlestick with Natural Calcite and Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gold leaf distressed candlestick with natural forming pyrite on a calcite matrix top and mounted on a coordinating pyrite base. The gilded fragment was originall...
Rock Crystal, Pyrite, Gold Leaf
$2,400Sale Price|68% Off
Royal Porcelain Manufactory/State’s Porcelain Manufactory 'KPM' Porcelain Group
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Large Rococo porcelain figure group depicting a scene of peasants, a young woman playing a guitar in the top of a rock accompanied by a young c...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Silver and Gold Crucifix with Mica and Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian silver and gold leaf crucifix adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a mica cluster and a calcite crystal. The mica specimen is from the Great Smoky Mountain...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Fragment with a Fossil Shell on Calcite
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base. The fragment was originally p...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Meissen Porcelain Mythological Group Sculpture- Europe And The Bull
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain Mythological Group Sculpture. It depicts a semi nude lady ( Europe- the mother of the continent with the same name ) seated over a bull ( representing the...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Hand-Carved Sculptural Ornament 'Set of 5'
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used du...
Metal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Angel Mounted with Fossil Agate Coral Wings on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
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 ...
Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Giltwood Base with a Chesapecten Fossil Shell Formation
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded base with a Chesapecten fossil shell formation and natural-forming baroque pearls. The Chesapecten shell cluster was found fro...
Shell, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Giltwood
$2,625Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Dancing Angels with Baroque Pearls on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Pair of 18th century Italian dancing angels with coordinating baroque pearls on aragonite crystal clusters. The dancing angels are hand-carved wood, polychromed and gilded, original...
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Mecca Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
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...
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Scroll Fragment on a Red and White Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gilded scroll fragment mounted on a polished red and white hematoid quartz heart. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art history which symbo...
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian "Young John the Baptist" Framed in a Fluorite & Gold Frame
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian "Young John the Baptist" painting framed with purple and yellow fluorite. The painting original came from Tuscany and depicts him as a young man with a lamb. Thi...
Gold Leaf
$4,875Sale Price|25% Off
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Angel and Sunrays on Selenite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded corona, sunrays, figure of Christ, and angel adorned with baroque pearls mounted on selenite crystal. This piece is based on Revelation 22:1 w...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold
Meissen Bacchant Group, Drunken Silenus On Donkey, by E.A. Leuteritz, Circa 1870
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meisse porcelain group of the 19th century: The group was designed by Leuteritz using old moulds based on a model by Friedrich Elias Meyer from 1760: Visibly drunk Silenus,...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Bronze-Gold Crucifix Mounted on a Crystal Geode
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian bronze-gold crucifix with coordinating gold leaf shells and crystal points mounted on a crystal geode. The gold leaf shells adorn the crucifix and the base of th...
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf
18th Century Meissen Turkish Pair holding sweetmeat / table salt bowls
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain, Pair of Turkish figures holding sweetmeat / table salt bowl. These sweetmeat figures were made around 1745, the original models being done by J F Eber...
Porcelain
$4,500Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century Italian Cross with Kyanite, Calcite Crystals, and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian crucifix with gold-plated kyanite, calcite crystals in matrix, and baroque pearls. The crucifix is originally from a church in Liguria. It is hand-carved and pai...
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf
17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Mounted with a Fossil Stromatolite & Rose Coral
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
17th century Italian fragment base mounted with a large stromatolite and adorned fossil rose coral. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was fo...
Coral
18th Century Italian Angel Wing with Rutilated Quartz on an Aragonite Base
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing with rutilated quartz crystals on natural-forming aragonite crystal cluster. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Italy. The aragonite is from Morocco and is known for this particular type of crystalized formations. The mineral emulates a cloud which is compliments the 18th century Italian gilded angel wing. The rutile quartz crystals are adorned on the base and aspects of the wing and the gold of the rutile perfectly matches the original gilded 18th century Italian artifact...
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Large Meissen Genre Figurine, Louise Asleep, by M.V. Acier, Germany, Circa 1850
By Michel Victor Acier 1, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a sleeping young beauty in elaborate Rococo attire with ornate lace trimmings and her hair tied back in a large bow, seated on a chair with her arm resting on a small si...
Porcelain
$2,569Sale Price|20% Off
Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer. Undamaged.
Porcelain
$6,800 / set
Pair of George III Giltwood Wall Brackets
Located in Essex, MA
Each with rocaille galleried shelf over a pair of phoenix birds over trailing icicles and C-scrolls.
Pine, Giltwood