Georgian Furniture

This unique iron chandelier by Rooms Studio is a luxurious art object inspired by the culture and history of Georgia (the country in Asia). The iron chandelier is hand-crafted by Georgian artisans and composed of a metal chain that hangs from the ceiling, connected to a large black bowl...

This striking white plaster three fold folding screen divider with decorative embroidery on the panel is a unique piece created by the Tbilisi, Georgia based designers Rooms Studio in collaboration with Salome Chigilashvili. Additional Information: The white three-fold screen is made up of three panels which are shaped uniquely and made of plaster, which are adorned with embroidered details that look like brush strokes made of unprocessed yarn. The screen features black legs which frame the piece and give it its stability. This crossover beautiful white folding screen divider would look great in a woman's dressing room, or any room in the house to separate space in a modern loft-like interior. The white folding screen comes in a numbered edition of 6, making it a limited edition hand crafted piece for your home. About the Design Studio: Works of Rooms Studio refer to the sculptural forms and abundant materials in juxtaposition with the feminine instincts. Born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia, the duo behind the Rooms, Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia, lean towards preserving the inherited craftsmanship techniques unique to the region. Massive wood and stone objects are hand-crafted using traditional techniques to create raw and symbolic forms often rooted in the designers' childhood memories. Growing up in a culturally diverse environment, where the two worlds - Western and Eastern collide, remarkably influenced their design language. Over the years, Rooms has created eight independent collections and collaborations equally memorable and representative of the duo's perpetual mission to bring life to omitted elements of a former life. Through their series of works, Janberidze and Toloraia try to examine the boundaries between the public and private. Experiencing adolescent years in the 90s - a significant decade of cultural and societal shifts - their work is a narrative of personal experiences of womanhood. By contrasting the new feminine monumental shapes with architectural brutality, Rooms challenges the status quo and also bridges the conventional and contemporary design with a confluence of female energy.? The work of Rooms Studio has concerned itself with questions of nomenclature since the Tbilisi-based design atelier was co-founded by Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia in 2007. Take, for instance, the studio’s name: in adopting the basic unit of interior space as the title of their practice, Janberidze and Toloraia also emphasized the emotional force of interiority and inner life in determining their creative output. The studio’s largest U.S. exhibition to date, Distant Symphony expands upon this impulse to focus inward. The title is again a chief concern—some of the objects included here were designed during the global pandemic, under a regime of forced isolation that made the studio’s typically collective work process untenable. The pieces shown here are the results of Rooms’ search for a way forward. The first room, an antechamber of sorts, evokes the intimate quality of a private home. Shown here are trinkets and personal effects chosen by Janberidze and Toloraia for their emotive qualities; a low background noise emphasizes the climate of urban domesticity. The ensuing gallery space features highlights of Rooms’ recent design output. Here, the subtle scent of organic materials provides a sensory indication of the atelier’s interest in dichotomies: natural and man-made, personal and collective, local and cosmopolitan.   In light of the global circumstances, Janberidze and Toloraia felt it was especially important to pursue collaborative work. Rooms invited three artists—Shotiko Aptsiauri, Salome Chigalashvili and Mariana Chkonia—to conduct a dialogue and shared design process. As such, this exhibition is a kind of polyphonic meditation on a need for solitude and desire for companionship. The practice of polyphonic singing, essential to Georgian folk culture, is reinterpreted here as a design endeavor. Chigilashvili, working with unprocessed yarn, interpreted folk motifs by adapting embroidery to the scale of furniture with expansive stitches applied to painted boards...

This oversized game table or entry hall/center table by Tiblisi, Georgia-based Rooms Studio is crafted from reclaimed oak and features a hand-painted ches...

Luminously glazed oil on canvas board by Omar Chkhaidze of Tbilisi, Georgia, an established and award winning member of the Russian Academy of the Arts....

The book of Esther is known as the only Bible book, besides the Song of Songs, that does not explicitly mention God. In this Megillah it seems that the sofer (the Jewish scribe of religious writings) was determined to show that the name of God does appear in the text, thus he accented in bold various letters from the text, which combined will read as various names of God. The scribe has also added small pointing hand symbols to the first column, to guide the reader to finding the ‘hidden message’. Manuscript on vellum, text arranged in 14 lines, housed in an elaborately silver container of impressive and extraordinary enamel handwork with a handle for rolling the Megillah up in the container. The entire silver Megillah case...

Early 20th century Caucasian bright orange green handmade wool rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 2'6" x 3'5" (76 x 104 cm) This circa 1920 antique Caucasian rug features an intriguing a...

Rare and collectible 18th century antique Caucasian Karabagh rug, country of origin: Caucasus, date circa 1750. Size: 9 ft x 19 ft 6 in (2.74 m x 5.94 m) This antique rug comes from a well-defined large group intermediate between the 17th- early 18th century dragon carpets with polychrome all over lattice patterns, exclusively stylized Dragon and palmettes, as well as later 18th-19th century pieces with all over repeating patterns of Persian origin (Harsheng, Fusham, etc.) This carpet with a middle blue ground has a central sunburst medallion which appears on later, 19th century Chelaberd or “Eagle Kozaks”. Further the semi-circular arched motive above and below are the sources of similar devices on single medallion “Eagle” rugs...

A great folk painting b the noted artist George Kandelaki. It is Titled Miele 1995 on the back. He was born in Georgia and emigrated to the US. You can see more of his work and his b...

Chi-Chi rugs from the Caucuses. In the mountains north of Daghestan, in the Causcuses of Central Asia, live the Tchetchen people, the group responsible for the ever-appealing Chi-Chi...

Here is a truly beautiful antique Oriental rug -- an antique Karabagh piece that was originally hand woven and hand dyed in the Causcuses some time during the latter years of the nin...

Unusual Chinese pedestal with detailed carvings of Asian symbols and dragons. The top is a lotus shape resting on tapered and heavily carved side panels with a lower display shelf. T...

Created in the Caucasus, this elegant antique Soumak rug features a sophisticated composition with grand stacked medallions surrounded by minor moti...