Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

A double shade brass sconce on a beveled teak back plate. The glass amber shade with horizontal ribs sits inside the clear shade with vertical ribs. From a ship's stateroom. Rewired ...

This is a beautiful antique English gentleman's malacca and sterling silver pommel walking / sword stick bearing hallmarks for London 1888. The striking stick features an ornate ...

This is a beautiful antique gentleman's silver pommel and Malacca shaft Chinese walking stick, circa 1880 in date. This decorative walking can...

This is a very beautiful antique Chinese gentleman's silver pommel walking stick, circa 1890 in date. The exquisite serpentine L-shaped Chinese silver pommel is superbly decorated...

This is an exquisite antique Burmese gentleman's silver mounted walking stick, circa 1880 in date. It features a magnificent silver domed pommel decorated with four superbly chas...

Box containing 14 detachable geometric solid solids of oakwood, height 20 cm, in their original wooden box complete with illustrative leaflet for the calculation of surfaces and volu...

This cloth covered female torso is raised on a cylindrical pedestal supported by three cabriole legs. These forms—also referred to as ‘lay figures’—dotted the floors of tailor and dr...

Dutch wood platform vintage leather tumble matt with heavy wood base in awesome condition.

A whimsical mid-20th century canary yellow American carnival fighter plane with wonderfully worn wooden seat, wooden propeller and shark-face nose art.

Beautiful tobacco pot by Jean Gillon, manufactured in Brazil around 1960. Made of high quality Brazilian solid rosewood, this well-crafted pot is still in great condition and includes the original spoon that also closes the lid. With minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Jean Gillon (1919–2007) was a Brazilian furniture designer. Born in Iasi, Romania, in 1919, he graduated at the Architecture and Fine Arts schools at the National University. He took specialization courses at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbschulle and at Leeds’s Arts and Crafts School – where he later worked as visiting lecturer. In 1956, already possessing a consistent portfolio, he moved to São Paulo, where he developed simultaneous actions on three main axis: interior architecture, fine arts and design. Regarding architecture, he acquired renown in the hotel business, projecting tens of luxury hotels throughout Brazil, as well as stores and homes. In fine arts, he was a prolix creator of tapestries – usually one-of-a-kind pieces elaborated with different techniques, based on gouache drawings. Jean Gillon started to design furniture due to his architecture clients’ demands and, in 1961, he founded his first company, Fábrica de Móveis Cidam, later followed by WoodArt, in which he produced full lines of Brazilian rosewood furniture...

Fantastic and rare child's rocking horse by Kay Bojesen, Denmark, circa 1940. Carved from beechwood. This piece is in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear for age. The round...

Vintage Industrial Pommel Vault Bench. Leather Top, Birch Finger Jointed Box, with Inset Handles. Good Vintage Condition, Structurally Very Strong. Showing Patina to all Surfaces. ...