Italian 18th Century Painted Head Board

18th century Italian Venetian Chinese style painted headboard having a Chinese Pagoda style form and Chinoiserie Design.

Pair of 18th century English carved painted and gilt wall brackets.

18th century French mirror.

Large oval French, 18th century genre painting.

English 18th century Regency period overmantel mirror with water gilt in the classical style having ebonized raised carving a of shell, along with scrolls and leaves, with Egyptian f...

Late 18th-early 19th century English set of 12 mahogany dining chairs, ten side chairs and two armchairs having brown leather seats w...

18th Century Venetian carved & painted Pelmet (Valance), 18th C. Carved entirely from one piece of wood. Used previously over a bed. 4 1/2" H x 45" L x 7" D.

Late 18th century very unusual, all original Swedish country house pull out bed. The original paint, applied with a traditional hand and comb painting technique, from natural pigments such as ochre browns, oxblood red and cobalt green, are still very much intact. Age appropriate wear have left a smooth patina around edges and seat. Wooden nails. Bed can either be pulled out to desired depth, all the way to 49 inches or be left as a narrow bed...

An impressive, long Swedish 18th Century Louis XVI daybed. The sides of this daybed are the same height and are carved with Louis XVI style motifs. The bed frame is upholstered in a ...

Unique 18th Century Italian Baroque style flip top walnut chest or nightstand. Chest has two deep drawers over a bottom door to a small nook for furthe...

This large and attractive architectural piece is known as a pulpit canopy. Before the advent of microphones and speakers, orators would often address assemblies from elevated platforms known as “wine glass pulpits”. These podiums featured domed roofs called abat-voix, sometimes known as sounding boards, that would project sound outwards. Our walnut wood pulpit canopy is a fine example of such a device. Hand-carved and hand-painted in Italy in the 1700’s, our abat-voix is roughly octagonal in shape. Each of the sides have edges with luxuriously thick step molding, alternating between stained and gilded wood. Each of the corner cornices are adorned with gilded flower carvings, although some are missing. The interior of the canopy features a gilded open sun with sinuous rays emanating all around. Each of the sides are adorned with foliate margents surrounded by scrolls, again with some losses. All the edges are bordered with a thin layer of gilding. Although our fascinating 18th century Italian walnut pulpit canopy was designed for a church pulpit...

An Italian small-sized walnut comodino from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique side chest/table from Italy features decorative inlay banding at topside, with case ho...