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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
TOPPAI JINGASA EDO PERIOD - 18-19th Century - Japan
Located in TEYJAT, FR
This is a custom-made historical Japanese hat known as Jinggasa, worn by samurai during the Edo period (1603-1868), around the 18th to 19th century. Within the category of Jingasa, t...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Textile, Paper
Haas Poker Set
Located in Irving, TX
Inspired by rediscovering the joy of being with family and friends, L'OBJET Haas Brothers games facilitate revelry that goes late into the night. Lacquered wood poker set includes or...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Hermès Sterling Silver Stirrup Cufflinks Box Paris France 21th Century
By Hermès
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Introducing a pair of exquisite Hermès stirrup cufflinks crafted from sterling silver, accompanied by their original box. Made in the 21st century, these cufflinks epitomize the time...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Rare Estate Ilana Goor Dionysus Sterling Silver Gem Set Statement Necklace
By Ilana Goor
Located in New York, NY
Rare estate Ilana Goor Dionysus sterling silver, gem set large statement necklace
Provenance: Estate of a notable New York City psychiatrist and collector of rare, often one-of a kin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Haas Just-a-Minute 1 Minute Timer
Located in Irving, TX
Return to the sumptuous fantasy world with the second chapter of L'OBJET Haas Brothers, filled with uplifting collectibles that transform ordinary, everyday moments into the extraord...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Haas Chess Set
Located in Irving, TX
Inspired by rediscovering the joy of being with family and friends, L'OBJET Haas Brothers games facilitate revelry that goes late into the night. Chessboard inlaid with black and whi...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Brass
Beautiful Taxidermy Onagadorie Rooster
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful taxidermy Onagadorie rooster.
Onagadori is a chicken breed from the prefecture of Kochi in Japan that, due to the presence of the Gt g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Feathers
Herend Finest Quality Hand Painted Multicolor Porcelain Fishes on Coral Figurine
By Herend
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful handmade estate porcelain Herend "Fishes on Coral" has been expertly hand-painted by the legendary Hungarian master artisans of Herend. Special multicolor fish scale design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
A Brass Butterfield Type Dial French Early 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
signed Buterfield A Paris., the octagonal dial with hinged gnomon and bird pointer, inset compass and engraved with hour scales, the reverse engraved with towns and their latitudes, ...
Category
Early 18th Century French Napoleon III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Crucifix with Malachite, Calcite, and Raspberry Garnet
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix mounted on green malachite, calcite with fluorite, and raspberry garnet. The piece is adorned with Carnelian pebbles and garnet. The minerals are from a...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal, Carnelian, Malachite
Ferrari. Signed, Collector's Edition Book & Marc Newson V12 Engine Casing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Il Fascino Ferrari - A monument to Italy’s driving force.
Few are the men and brands that have come to define a century. For seven decades and counting, the Italian powerhouse found...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Mirror Mirror Reflections on Design at Chatsworth
Located in New York, NY
The world’s most important contemporary designers showcase their work within the historic setting of Chatsworth House to shine light and spark conversation on the intriguing juxtaposition of the old and the new, the past and the future, and the evolution of design histories and practices.
Chatsworth is an extraordinary environment to experience design: a repository for great works of fine and decorative art commissioned by generations of the Cavendish family for over four centuries. Expanding on the eponymous 2023 exhibition at Chatsworth, Mirror Mirror features the works of sixteen contemporary artists through captivating in-situ photography with accompanying artist biographies and essays that unearth how historic artifacts and environments inform and inspire modern artists' practices today. This diverse group of artists includes Michael Anastassiades, Ini Archibong, Wendell Castle, Andile Dyalvane, Ndidi Ekubia, Najla El Zein, Formafantasma, Joris Laarman, Max Lamb, Fernando Laposse, Jae Sae Jung Oh, Samuel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood and Polychrome Musician Cherub Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved cherub depicts a putti with wing and playing the guitar; the sculpture is very expressive in his movement...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Garrard Georgian Style Large Sterling Silver Armoreal Shield Pendant Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Rare estate Garrard substantial stering silver Georgian style armoreal shield pendant necklace
Provenance: from the estate of a notable New York City psychiatrist and collector of u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Georgian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Black Crucifix with Tourmaline in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix adorned with tourmaline and mounted on tourmaline in a crystal matrix from Brazil.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and c...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal, Tourmaline
Valentino Rockstud Sandals Worn by Arielle Kebbel, Tracy in HBO's Ballers
Located in Forney, TX
Valentino Garavani Rockstud Leather Sandals in excellent condition, worn briefly by Tracy (actress Arielle Kebbel) on HBO's series BALLERS, Season 5.
Tracy's dark red leather Valent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
French Interiors of the Eighteenth Century Hardcover by John Whitehead
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French Interiors of the Eighteenth Century Hardcover by John Whitehead 2009.
Hardcover coffee table book.
Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering with color pictorial DJ, color il...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French French Provincial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Selenite Sunrays and Apophyllite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with selenite in matrix and adorned with gem beading around the cross. The selenite in matrix creates the sunrays around the crucifix. The pi...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal
Bedtime Inspirational Beds, Bedrooms, and Boudoirs Book by Celia Forner
Located in New York, NY
Bedtime
Inspirational Beds, Bedrooms, and Boudoirs
By: Celia Forner
Foreword by Gianluca Longo
In our bedrooms, we take leave of our daily woes. Far from the bustle of the kitchen, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
17th Century Sterling Silver Traveler Reliquary Case/Eucharist Bread Keepsake
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 17th Century Sterling Silver Traveler Reliquary Round Case/Eucharist Bread Keepsake Box Pendant. It depicts a round wide hinged case engraved in the front with an IHS Chris...
Category
17th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Real Toscana Sheep Black Fur Rabbit Toy
By JG Switzer
Located in Sebastopol, CA
Design commissioned by JG SWITZER from a Ukranian plush toy artist, and sewn in our workshop from fluffy fur scraps, LITTLE JG RABBIT is for Bigs AND Littles. Created from our re-purposed, real Toscana...
Category
2010s American Arts and Crafts Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur
Johnny Halliday Rock in the Blood French Edition Signed by Gilles Lhote
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny Halliday Rock in the Blood French Edition Signed by Gilles Lhote author, paperback book.Johnny Halliday, Rock in the Blood - French Edition - Dedication, signed by the author ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Herend Finest Quality Hand Painted Porcelain Carp Fish on a Wave Figurine
By Herend
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful and collectible handmade estate porcelain Herend "Carp Fish on a Wave" figurine has been expertly hand-painted by the legendary Hungarian master artisans of Herend. Special...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Caftans From Classical to Camp Book by Cameron Silver
Located in New York, NY
Caftans
From Classical to Camp
By: Cameron Silver
Join Cameron Silver, founder of LA’s famous—and highly influential—vintage boutique Decades, on a romp through the history and countless manifestations of the caftan, the world’s most universal garment
Caftans are never out of style, and this gorgeous book by vintage guru Cameron Silver shows why: Arguably the world’s oldest known garment, the caftan appears in every culture, from the chitons depicted on urns and murals in ancient Greece and Rome to diaphanous versions wafting down today’s red carpets, from the flowing garb immortalized in pre–Raphaelite paintings to the striped stunner worn by Isaac Hayes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Michael Del Piero: Traveled and Textural (Hardcover)
Located in Chicago, IL
Interiors designed by Michael Del Piero are full of delightful contradictions. She designs minimalist rooms rich with historical character, meticulously edited gallery-like spaces th...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
Pair of Large Rustic Religious Stripped Wood Antique Santo Altar Figures
Located in Forney, TX
A rare one-of-a-kind pair of large rustic antique European hand carved stripped and scraped wood Santo church altar figures.
18th/early 19th century, primitive hand-crafted construc...
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rago Post War Contemporary Art and Photographs from the Collection of J. P Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Two Rago Auction catalog: POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART 19 / 20 MAY 2007.
Rago: photographs from the collection of Jonathan P Smith 19 May 2007.
Paperback auction catalogs by Rago Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Industrial Heritage of the United States French Book by Louis Bergeron, 2000
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Le Patrimoine Industriel des Etats-Unis (The Industrial Heritage of The United-States), French book by Louis Bergeron and Maria Teresa Maiullari-Pontois, 2000.
Since the creation of ...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Polnabook Michel Polnareff French Edition Hardcover Book in Sleeve
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Le Polnabook Michel Polnareff French Edition Hardcover in Sleeve.
"Le Polnabook" is authored by the French singer-songwriter Michel Polnareff. This book is a compilation of photograp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden
Located in New York, NY
Author Bunny Williams, Photographs by Annie Schlechter
A natural sequel to the seminal An Affair with a House, this is Bunny Williams’ most ambitious book to date.
Inviting us into...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Maria Crown Vermeille Silver Gilded Illegible Hallmarks Flanders
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Crafted from luxurious Vermeille Silver, this exquisite religious artifact hails from Flanders, where it once adorned the sacred statue of Maria. Adorned...
Category
Late 18th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Flemish Hand Embroidery 15th & 16th Century Gothic Silk & Gold threat Liturgical
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Flemish hand embroidery from the 15th to 16th century adorns this chasuble fragment, depicting scenes of the Virgin Mary Madonna and child amidst a garden setting. Created with lavis...
Category
16th Century Belgian Gothic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Dior and His Decorators Victor Grandpierre Book by Maureen Footer
Located in New York, NY
Dior and His Decorators
Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look
By: Maureen Footer
Foreword byForeword by
Dior and His Decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lawrence Schiller Marilyn & Me a Memoir, Signed, Limited Edition Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In the flesh.
Just months before her death, Marilyn Monroe gave a young photographer his big break, and this is his story.
“You’re already famous, now you’re going to make me f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Connaught Bar Cocktail Recipes and Iconic Creations
Located in New York City, NY
‘When I think about the Connaught Bar, I return again and again to the hospitality, the methodology and the quality experiences that I have experienced there over the past decade.’ –...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Putti Cherub Wall Sculpture Holding Grapes
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. Hand carved, the putti carving is shown holding a bunch of grapes in his hands. The cherub is expressive in it's movement...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
A Pair Of "Deva" Earrings By Hermes, France c.2010
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A pair of “Deva“ earrings manufactured by Hermes, France. Aside from the elegant stud at the back, the earrings have been entirely carved out of wood and then lacquered, giving a lov...
Category
2010s French Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
18th Century Tibetan Bronze Shakyamuni Buddha
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century Tibetan bronze Shakyamuni Buddha
A rare and important bronze figure of Shakyamuni Buddha. This statue is seated on a beaded lotus base. ...
Category
18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
First edition of Mira Nakashima’s tribute to her father, George, whose standing as one of America’s foremost designer/craftsmen is reflected in his blue-chip status in the vintage de...
Category
Early 2000s American American Craftsman Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Votive Madonna, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, FI
Sculpture depicting Madonna in black silk dress with lace headdress. The figure is in wood covered by fabric clothes, the head and hands are in polychrome terracotta.
The sculpture is completed by a silver heart-shaped crown and tiara...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta, Fabric, Wood
Twin Pops Seesaw
Located in Miami, FL
The twin pops seesaw is part of the pop-up park series created to inspire play. The seesaw is not only intended for children, but designed for adults,...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Map of the City of Leuven, Belgium, with Original Coloring, 1609
Located in Langweer, NL
An original antique map titled "Lovanium Brabantiarum," which depicts the city of Leuven in Belgium in old hand-colouring. The map is notable for its circular layout of the city, det...
Category
Early 17th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Honar - The Afkhami Collection of Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art
Located in New York City, NY
The first and only book on one of the finest private collections of contemporary Iranian art
This sumptuous volume features almost 250 contemporary artworks and a selection of medie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1775 A Dictionary of the English Language
Located in Bath, GB
An important edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, being the first complete edition to be printed in Ireland.
The first edition thus, being the first quart...
Category
1770s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Tabletop Amethyst Formation with Calcite Goethite & Quartz
Located in London, GB
A very rare and exquisite table-top amethyst formation. The long fromation preserves a prominent golden calcite crystal on a bed of deep purple amethyst and is particularly sculptura...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
In a Rugged Land by James R. Swensen
Located in Bradenton, FL
In a Rugged Land; Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the three Mormon Towns Collaboration, 1953-1954 by James R. Swensen. Softcover book, published in 2018 by The University of Utah Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Embroidered Holy Spirit Panel
Located in New York, NY
Embroidered Holy Spirit panel. Antique embroidered doubled sided panel in paper with original antique seeded glass and gilt carved frame, Italy, l...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Island Hopping Amanda Lindroth Design Book by Amanda Lindroth
By Lindroth
Located in New York, NY
Island Hopping
Amanda Lindroth Design
By: Amanda Lindroth
Photography by Tria Giovan
Illustrations by Aldous Bertram
NOW WITH 16 NEW PAGES
White duck,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Spain The Cookbook
Located in New York City, NY
The bestselling book on traditional and authentic Spanish home cooking, with 1,080 easy-to-follow recipes
Spanish cooks have trusted and relied on this traditional home-cooking comp...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Map of Castile's Southern Realms - Granada, Andalusia, and Murcia, 1652
Located in Langweer, NL
This antique map, titled 'Les Etats de la Couronne de Castille', represents the southern regions of the Crown of Castile, specifically the territories of Andalusia, Granada, and Murc...
Category
Mid-17th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Robert Stilin Interiors Book by Robert Stilin
Located in New York, NY
Robert Stilin
Interiors
By: Robert Stilin
Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson
Edited by Mayer Rus
The interiors of New York– and Hamptons–based designer Robert Stilin are renowned f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Senex Map of Castile, Leon & La Mancha in The Spanish Heartland, 1714
Located in Langweer, NL
This antique map, titled "A Map of Old & New Castile from the Observations of Rodrigo Mendes Silva and others," depicts the regions of Old Castile and New Castile in Spain, along wit...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Graceful Beauty Preserved: Taxidermy Specimen of the Lesser Kestrel on Branch
Located in New York, NY
Captivating Taxidermy portrayal of the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), a diminutive falcon species renowned for its graceful flight and striking appearance. Found across a vast expa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Feathers
Jean-Michel Othoniel 'Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series'
Located in New York City, NY
The groundbreaking sculptor's most comprehensive monograph to date
Jean-Michel Othoniel is an artist who creates sculptures that explore themes of fragility, transformation, and ephe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
In Stock in Los Angeles, Beaumarly Paris by Gilbert Costes, Assouline
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beaumarly Paris (Hardcover)
In stock in Los Angeles
Icons of the Parisian lifestyle, Beaumarly establishments encompass more than twenty ultra-stylish cafés, hotels, nightclubs, and restaurants dotted around the mythical City of Light, from the heart of the Louvre to the rooftop of the Centre Pompidou, from Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the Golden Triangle, from Pigalle to the Bastille. Created by Thierry and Gilbert Costes, who over thirty years have been transforming the way Parisians experience their city, Beaumarly properties include Café Marly, Café Beaubourg, Hôtel Amour, Brasserie Thoumieux, and Club Matignon.
Each distinctive Beaumarly venue offers a journey for the senses born of close collaborations with the biggest names in architecture, art, and design, such as Christian de Portzamparc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vitamin Txt Words in Contemporary Art
Located in New York City, NY
A ground-breaking global survey of today’s most innovative artists working with text
The inclusion of text in works of art was a revolutionary creative advancement of the twentieth century, with artists subverting traditional conceptions of ‘art’ and ‘writing.’ Younger generations of artists have continued to use the inherent readability of words to communicate ideas to viewers across a diverse array of mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, and video.
Nominated by 66 leading global experts (including curators, critics, museum directors, and professors), Vitamin Txt showcases 103 living artists, from 34 countries, who place the use of text centrally within their artistic practices. With more the 500 artworks illustrated, and an introduction about the history of artists using text from ancient Chinese calligraphy to contemporary digital art...
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2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Newport Inflatable Stand-Up Paddle Board (ISUP) by Beau Lake
By BeauLake
Located in Rhinebeck, NY
The world's most beautiful paddle boards by Beau Lake.
Designed and built in Canada, THE NEWPORT ISUP
Blending mid-century style with modern performance, The Newport iSUP is built...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Carbon Fiber
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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