Renaissance Revival Historical Memorabilia

This exquisite 19th-century Italian Pietra Dura table top documents case, originating from Florence and dated 1883, showcases a meticulous craftsmanship that seamlessly combines leatherwork and inlaid stone artistry. The front cover of the leather case is adorned with a stunning hardstone inlay composition, depicting an elegant ensemble of a pen, letter, matches, and an envelope seal...

From Italy, in the Renaissance Revival style, a carved and painted wooden plaque with crest, circa 1870s. A unique piece, carved and painted b...

Important American Wooton cabinet desk labelled Wooton Desk Manf. Co., Indianapolis, 1874. This particular desk is a piece of our nation's history and was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Bi-Centennial Exhibition, and The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. Once offered by the renowned Wooten desk...

Five carved oak Renaissance Revival freestanding, double benches deigned and installed in the Bates Room of the Boston Public Library by Charles Follen McKim of the architectural firm, "McKim, Mead and White." Four Lion Leg and Scroll Supports. Once topped with a seat cushion. A rare opportunity to own a piece of Boston's architectural and cultural history. These double benches with carved lion paw legs and paneled sides once graced the Bates Room of the Boston Public Library. Comparable reading tables are still in use at the BPL with identical lion paw and scroll motif. These were salvaged in the 1970s and have remained in storage until now. Charles Follen McKim's design shows influence from a number of architectural precedents. McKim drew explicitly on the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris (designed by Henri Labrouste, built 1845 to 1851) for the general arrangement of the facade that fronts on Copley Square, but his detailing of that facade's arcaded windows owes a clear debt to the side elevations of Leon Battista Alberti's Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini. The open-air courtyard at the center of the building is based closely on that of the sixteenth-century Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome; in its center is a copy of the, once controversial, statue Bacchante and Infant Faun...

Pair of 19th Century Carved Oak Renaissance Revival Benches deigned and installed in the Bates Room of the Boston Public Library by Charles Follen McKim of the architectural firm, "McKim, Mead and White." Four Lion Leg and Scroll Supports. Once topped with a seat cushion. A rare opportunity to own a piece of Boston's architectural and cultural history. These two long benches with carved lion paw legs and paneled sides once graced the Bates Room of the Boston Public Library. Comparable Reading Tables are still in use at the BPL with identical lion paw and scroll motif. These were salvaged in the 1970's and have remained in storage until now. Charles Follen McKim's design shows influence from a number of architectural precedents. McKim drew explicitly on the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris (designed by Henri Labrouste, built 1845 to 1851) for the general arrangement of the facade that fronts on Copley Square, but his detailing of that facade's arcaded windows owes a clear debt to the side elevations of Leon Battista Alberti's Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini. The open-air courtyard at the center of the building is based closely on that of the sixteenth-century Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome; in its center is a copy of the, once controversial, statue Bacchante and Infant Faun...

Early 20th century Michelangelo bust by German sculptor Walther Kieser (1894-1947). If you are an artist and particularly a sculptor then one of the...