Rare North Italian Arte Povera Cabinet, circa 1780

Unusual and beautifully made cerused oak cabinets in pentagon form. With ebonised and gilt lacquer to top, plinth base and chic vertical handle. Door opens to reveal charming lipped ...

Believed to be one of only three chairs remaining that were designed for the cabinet of Deutscher Bundestag the first democratic Germany, circa 1949. Design elegance and exceptional ...

Chic elegance - iconic Art Deco design with beautiful rounded corners with three drawers terminating on a pedestal base. Beautiful patina and condition.

Rare Daguerreotype print by Karl Lagerfeld made in 2013 for his project 'The Glory of Water', a series of visual compositions of the most beautiful fountains in Rome. Signed bottom r...

A charming and reduced form canapé interpretation of the infamous Mae West lips sofa by Salvador Dali and Edward James. This version designed and co...

Oil on canvas, Villa Albrizzi - Veneto, 1963 Teddy Millington-Drake (1932-1994) was a nomad, linguist, bon viveur, aesthete and master gardener, but above all an artist. Discharged from service and in part inspired by his sister's anecdotes of her travels abroad, Millington-Drake embarked on a painting tour that took him to Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Syria. He then rented a house, the Villa Albrizzi at Este, Veneto in Italy, and became a more frequent painter, particularly now of abstract murals. He befriended Freya Stark, a writer and traveler who lived nearby, and in Venice he became friends with Daisy Fellowes, Peggy Guggenheim, Barbara Hutton and Elsa Maxwell. In Este, he painted continually and more boldly, turning his hand to abstract murals. He later transformed a neglected Tuscan farmhouse in the village of Poggio which was co-decorated by his friend the designer John Stefanidis. There were vine-hung terraces and a skillfully landscaped garden. A swimming-pool was built on a shelf cut into the hillside, so that you felt yourself gliding towards the horizon, suspended in space as you swam. There Millington-Drake worked passionately at all forms of painting. There are haunting large abstracts inspired by Jung, hard-edged acrylic wave paintings and some intriguing semi-calligraphic works on paper based on phrases taken from the works of poets such as Cavafy, Mandelstam and Elizabeth Bishop...

An antique Italian pair of Louis XIV small commodes in legno laccato painted light grey with a brown ornamental pattern and a door. The detailed nightstands are made of hand crafted ...

Unusual and rare “Lacca Povera” Cabinet in two parts, Italian, 18th century (ca. 1730), pine / poplar The upper part with two louvered doors opening to a shelved interior, bottom pa...

A North Italian Renaissance cabinet in ebonized ivory inlay circa 1880.Made of ebonized wood with ivory inlay.Very good overall condition.S...

An exceptionally fine late Renaissance walnut cabinet from Tuscany. The two-part cabinet comprises an upper section of three cupboards concealing double shelves, and three drawers, d...

Windellade cabinet, Zurich region 1770-1780 walnut veneer. In very good condition. The cabinet will be shipped from Europe. Shipping costs to Bosto...

Rare Two Door Cabinet In Walnut From Italy, Circa 1750. Heavy model in solid walnut with original hardware and hand carved detail. Superb patina and use.