Paraguayan Furniture

Late 19th-Century Eclectic Paraguayan Salon Suite – Italian Renaissance Revival Meets Criollo Spanish Colonial – Five Pieces An extraordinary and eclectic five-piece salon suite from Paraguay, crafted in the late 19th century, uniting two powerful stylistic lineages: the sculptural drama of the Italian Renaissance Revival and the expressive, hand-tooled vocabulary of South American criollo Spanish Colonial craftsmanship. Composed of one settee, two armchairs, and two side chairs, this ensemble stands as a unique testament to the artistic fusion characteristic of elite regional workshops of the period. The tall ladder-back structures reveal an unmistakable Renaissance influence: architectural symmetry, medallion crowns, and carved foliate scrolls reminiscent of Italian 16th-century ornament. These classical elements are interwoven with the warmth and boldness of criollo carving—deep reliefs, rhythmic floral clusters, rustic vigor, and the unmistakable hand-made quality of South American master artisans. Both the armchairs and the settee feature zoomorphic heads carved at the ends of the armrests, a striking element that bridges Renaissance heraldic tradition with the expressive symbolic language found throughout Colonial Latin American furniture...

Original vintage South America travel poster advertising Paraguay Braniff International Airways featuring a colourful illustration of a lady dressed in a striped red and white traditional rebozo wool shawl with straw hats on her head and a woven basket next to her, a stylised image of a plane flying by in the distance against the yellow background and the bold title text in black and white lettering running diagonally across the image with the rest of the text in black and red below. Braniff Airways...

For your consideration: a vintage leather saddle bag, travel carry duffel bag, doctor's bag. Luscious Cognac color. Beautiful stitching work. Re...

This piece was first built by Pedro Barrail in 2010 and then sent to a remote Paraguayan village, where it received its authentic burned tattoos from the indigenous Amazonian tribe, ...

Pedro Barrail's Digital Mirror was created in 2014 as part of his first solo exhibition at Cristina Grajales Gallery, titled Welcome to the Jungle. This piece was first built by Barr...

For your consideration a vintage leather saddle bag. Beautiful stitching work. Retains original lock and key. Label present : Made in Par...

Shagreen and inlaid brass coffee table by Karl Springer. Paraguay, circa 1970.