Hand-Painted Furniture

This is a rare fireplace bellows in carved and lacquered wood with polychrome decorations of flowers on a light green background. It has original leather details and the bronze spout...

80s Very Rare Set of Vintage Postmodern Memphis Geometric Distressed Glass & Gold Leaf Designer Hivo Van Teal Table Lamps - a Pair Extraordinary and Super Rare Pair of 80s Postmodern Glass and Iron, Stacked, Acid Washed, Distressed Table Lamps...

Vintage porcelain ginger jar with lid - famille rose decoration with hand painted scenic panels to the front and back - turquoise bands to the top and bottom of the jar - unsigned - ...

Art Nouveau ceiling lamp. Photography fails to capture the simple elegant illumination provided by this lamp. Fitting messing pendant ceiling light with fixing to hold a stylish Bel...

Eight French 19th century hand painted faïence oyster plates from Quimper from the HB manufacture presenting a floral décor, priced and sold individually. Born in the exquisite area of southern Brittany during the 19th century, this charming set of oyster plates was produced by the HB manufacture, one of the "faïenceries" of the capital of the ancient Cornouaille. HB, marked on the underside of the plates, stands for the faïenciers La Hubaudière and Bousquet. Adorned with a lovely floral décor painted with the typical blue, green, red and yellow colors, the plates exude an air of joyous air of naiveté typical of the production. With their delicate décor, this set of five 19th century French Quimper oyster...

Vintage folk art watercolor painting on paper - double bevel edged matte board - birch wood frame with glass - Canada (likely) - circa 1970's. Good vintage condition - artwork not v...

Designed by Studio Chora, 2024. Biomorphic: ‘bios' meaning life and 'morphe' meaning form. Sold as a pair. The Biomorphic series of organic light sculptures are one-of-a-kind a...

This stunning hand painted ceramic vase was realized by the esteemed Swedish ceramicist Arthur Percy for Gefle circa 1920. It features a subtly conical body with inset sloped shoulde...

Mid 20th Century hand-painted Asian Screen/Room Divider, Eight Panels. Features intricate artwork on a series of panels connected by hinges. Pain...

Beautifully handmade estate porcelain Herend Queen Victoria Butterfly on Flower has been expertly hand-painted by the legendary Hungarian master artisans of Herend. Special rust fish...

French decorative ceramic lamp with hand-painted horse by Roger Capron (circa 1950s). This is Capron's 'Coupe n°2 lamp' which is signed in the interior of the vertical base. A rare piece indeed, hand-painted with a stylised horse in his inimitable style. The ceramic is in fair overall condition showing some fading and marks commensurate with age and usage. This is an exceptional piece for admirers of the works of master ceramicist, Roger Capron. Signed: 'Capron Vallauris'. Lampshade shown in photos is 30 cm (11.8") in diameter and will be included when requested. Currently wired for usage in the UK but you can have it adapted to your location. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request a video can be provided. About the Artist: The mid-century ceramic art of Roger Capron (1922-2006) embodied the vibrant spirit and verve of Vallauris and the French Côte d'Azur. He took over an abandoned pottery studio at the age of 24 in Vallauris, where he worked with Robert Picault and then Jean Derval. Capron’s ceramic workshop, known as "l'Atelier Callis", contributed to the renaissance of ceramics in Vallauris and at its peak employed over 120 ceramicists. He eventually expanded his production of vases, pitchers and other functional wares to include coffee tables with hand glazed tiles, lamp bases, wall plaques and other interior decor objects along with sculptural statues...

This is a Antique Christian paintings Artwork, portraits of the Madonna and Child Jesus placing a crown of flowers on her head, mid 19th century. From the 19th century. The Virgin Mary is also holding a flower, a Lily, which is a symbol of nobility, candour and purity. This is an Antique Oil Painting on Canvas from the 19th century.  Catholic religious...

Small stool called "Heart" with dark brown walnut stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat in beautiful velvet italian fabric. This stool can be customized to your specificatio...

Elevate your home decor with the exquisite fusion of artistry and function embodied in the Glass Dome Bronze and Porcelain Face Ansonian Crystal Palace Mantel Clock. This remarkable ...

Sculpture leopard sit in hand painted ceramic.

A rare and superbly decorative set of four Chinoiserie wallpaper panels, exquisitely hand-painted with exotic birds and butterflies in the garden, on a pale pink/peach background. Each panel is beautifully framed in a modern simulated bamboo frame. Chinese, Canton, Qing dynasty, early 19th century. Why we like them The exquisite quality of decoration and the miraculous state of preservation for a decorative artwork on paper make these panels a truly rare find. The subtlety of colours, bold yet not garish, lend a 'noble' look to the piece. History Such luxurious items were popular in England during the height of fashion for oriental exoticism, called chinoiserie in Europe.  The young Prince of Wales (future King George IV) was often described as having a wildly extravagant taste in decorating his palaces. As early as 1801, the Prince had been completely taken by Oriental tastes and began to expand his existing Brighton retreat. Having been presented a gift of Chinese wallpaper, he ordered a Chinese Gallery to display the new paper. The 162-foot long room was contrived of painted glass decorated with flowers, insects, fruit and birds. The Prince's desire for additional structures in the Oriental manner resulted in commissioning the fashionable architect John Nash and the designer Frederick Crace...

Lovely collection of 3 wooden candleholders with traces of their original silver and color. Very nice type candleholder and rare to find in a group. Italy, circa 1780-1800. Weathere...

The Galaxy Side Table by Kifu Paris is a sublime fusion of artistry and luxury, designed to elevate any interior with its sculptural presence. The table's base, meticulously crafted ...

An 18th century Louis XVI period Marquise (wide bergere) in original cream-colored painted finish, with a simple square upholstered back, upholstered arms and sides, with a down-fill...

A lovely 19th century Italian neoclassical oil on leather folding screen room divider. Born in Italy, circa 1860, featuring patinated brass hinged three panel wooden frame wrapped in leather canvas hand painted with fantastical classical design depicting grotesque arabesque motif including putti cherub medzallions, floral wreaths, trailing foliage and ribbons on a pale olive green ground, accented by bronze stud tack trim sides and shaped top. Dimensions: (approx) 73" High, 66.5" Wide, 1" Deep Each panel: 22.25 Wide Folded closed: 3" Deep Detailed Condition Report: In overall great antique condition. Beautifully aged distressed patina. Wear consistent with age and use, retaining original antique character...

18th century hand-colored engraving, with and unusual dynamic scene of a goddess riding a chariot pulled by two horses fighting off an attack by two griffins. With a heart-form in wh...

A pink-yellow, antique French still life oil on canvas painting, depicting a white ceramic vase with many roses, painted by Dominique Hubert Rozier in a handcrafted, original gilded ...

This listing features an Impressionist-style landscape presumably signed and titled "Chalk Wash" by the artist Matthew Broussard. This painting features lush green colors that have b...

The Salt Container" from the small town of Patti is a charming and historically significant piece of pottery. This salt container is representative of traditional Sicilian craftsman...

A rare pair of period English Regency spoonback chairs with distinctive inwardly curved back and integral downswept arms over upholstered seats on sabre legs. Elaborate hand-painted ...

19th century hand painted folk art corner seat circa 1880. We are pleased to offer this rare traditional piece of hungarian furniture, hand painted in a blue/green and red colour sc...

Jarre De Temple "Toucans". Temple jar, covered urn by noted designer Fabienne Jouvin. Exotic inspiration from his travels with imaginative design featuring jungle decorations with to...

This large antique porcelain platter was hand-painted with traditional Imari colors at the Royal Crown Derby factory in Derbyshire, England, circa 1815. The bold pattern is distincti...

Antique Chinese Lacquered Flip-Up Travel Shaving Jewelry Box Vanity Mirror Vintage Wooden Jewellery Box & Mirror Decorative Box & Lid Hand P...

A set of four circa 1825 Chinese Export polychrome reverse glass paintings comprised of figural court views and battle scenes in original 'Chinese Chippendale' parcel-gilt aubergine lacquer frames and reverse backboards. A remarkable and exceptionally rare set of good size and condition. Provenance: Legendary fine English antiques...

Vintage Rajasthani Indian vaulted dowry jewelry box, hand painted with Indian lovers enjoying each other, while beautiful court musicians accompany them ...

Japan, Edo to Meiji period, two-tiered, with the cover with a landscape design, the four sides with guilt chrysanthemum flowers.

Striking large antique lamp features urn shaped porcelain body with two ornate decorative twin handles, hand-painted in Victorian style with large English roses and country landscape...

Springy, very comfortable and stabile dining seats. They are contemporary chairs inspired of 1960s style. They can be used as armchairs and dining chairs. Chair was designed by Vi...

Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica openwork lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration. Model: 20/3554 Dating: 1958 Latin name. In perfect condition. First fa...

Contemporary Bench inspired of 1960s style. The bench consist of an upholstered part, a seat and wooden legs narrowing downwards, characteristic of the 1960s style. Bench was design...

Magnificent and rare Folk Art Hindeloopen tilt top table. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid pine dished oval top, standing on a folding base with three turned splayed legs ...

Country French Zinc Top Kitchen Island or Console Table that our Old Plank Workshop repurposed from a wood workers bench. Our unusual work bench sat around the shop for an extended period and no one seemed to have a concrete opinion on what to do with the workbench. That is until someone said, how about a narrow Kitchen Island with a Zinc top. Thus began the repurposing of our vintage work bench...

Type of Wood: Olive Wood Dimensions: 72" x 36" Leg Model: Metal Customizable: Available! Production Time: 3 Weeks Shipping Cost: Free! Package Method: Wooden Pallet River dining tab...

Delicious Italian directoire antique single bed in cherry wood, 1800. Internal dimensions inch W 30,70 D 74,01 cm W 78, D 188. Attention this bed wi...

EUGENE VERBOECKHOVEN Belgian, 1798-1881 Barn Interior with Sheep and Chickens (1873) Oil on canvas reverse of canvas signed and dated signed lower right "E. Verboeckhoven" stock...

Oil Painting On Canvas Of 1700 Mater Dolorosa Religious painting of the Italian school in good condition, it is presented within a gilded pastille frame from the early 1900s. The pai...

This is a very good quality Earthenware Japanese Satsuma vase, beautifully hand decorated and from the Meiji period, circa 1875. The vase has a he...

A unique large pine trunk from Holland with its original paint finish. The front side has a painted design of a castle with a faux brick pattern and stylized windows over a playful ...

A very rare Duesbury & Kean period Derby Porcelain Pen Tray c.1810.  The rectangular shape tray with scroll-moulded handles and lions paw feet, bold...

A rare and very fine bronze corpus of Christ after a model by Michelangelo, cast ca. 1597-1600 by Juan Bautista Franconio and painted in 1600 by Francisco Pacheco in Seville, Spain. The present corpus reproduces a model attributed to Michelangelo. The best known example, lesser in quality, is one on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The association of this corpus with Michelangelo was first brought to light by Manuel Gomez-Moreno (1930-33) who studied the wider circulated casts identified throughout Spain. The attribution to Michelangelo was subsequently followed by John Goldsmith-Phillips (1937) of the MET and again by Michelangelo expert, Charles de Tolnay (1960). While Michelangelo is best known for his monumental works, there are four documented crucifixes he made. The best known example is the large-scale wooden crucifix for the Church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito in Florence, made in 1492 as a gift for the Prior, Giovanni di Lap Bicchiellini, for allowing him to study the anatomy of corpses at the hospital there. In 1562, Michelangelo wrote two letters to his nephew, Lionardo, indicating his intention to carve a wooden crucifix for him. In 1563 a letter between Lionardo and the Italian sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, mentions this same crucifix (a sketch of a corpus on the verso of a sheet depicting Michelangelo’s designs for St. Peter’s Basillica [Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille] may reproduce this). That Michelangelo was working on small corpora in the last years of his life is further evidenced by the small (26.5 cm) unfinished wooden crucifix located at the Casa Buonarroti, considered his last known sculptural undertaking. Michelangelo’s contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari additionally cites that Michelangelo, in his later years, made a small crucifix for his friend, Menighella, as a gift. Surviving sketches also indicate Michelangelo’s study of this subject throughout his career, most notably during the end of his life but also during the 1530s-40s as he deepened his spiritual roots. The occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars to link such sketches to any documented commissions of importance. All the while, in consideration that such objects were made as gifts, it is unlikely they should be linked with commissions. Nonetheless, a number of theories concerning Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ crucified have been proposed and some may regard the origin of the present sculpture. It has been suggested that the corpus could have its impetus with Michelangelo’s work on the Medici Chapel, whose exclusive design was given to the master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility (see for example British Museum, Inv. 1859,0625.552). Others have noted the possibility of an unrealized large marble Crucifixion group which never came to fruition but whose marble blocks had been measured according to a sheet at the Casa Buonarroti. A unique suggestion is that Michelangelo could have made the crucifix for Vittoria Colonna, of whom he was exceedingly fond and with whom he exchanged gifts along with mutual spiritual proclivities. In particular, Vittoria had an interest in the life of St. Bridget, whose vision of Christ closely resembles our sculpture, most notably with Christ’s proper-left leg and foot crossed over his right, an iconography that is incredibly scarce for crucifixes. The suggestion could add sense to Benedetto Varchi’s comment that Michelangelo made a sculpted “nude Christ…he gave to the most divine Marchesa of Pescara (Vittoria Colonna).” Of that same period, two sketches can be visually linked to our sculpture. Tolnay relates it to a sketch of a Crucified Christ at the Teylers Museum (Inv. A034) of which Paul Joannides comments on its quality as suggestive of preparations for a sculptural work. Joannides also calls attention to a related drawing attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo copying what is believed to be a lost sketch by Michelangelo. Its relationship with our sculpture is apparent. Montelupo, a pupil of Michelangelo’s, returned to Rome to serve him in 1541, assisting with the continued work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, suggesting again an origin for the corpus ca. 1540. The earliest firm date that can be given to the present corpus is 1574 where it appears as a rather crudely conceived Crucifixion panel, flanked by two mourners in low-relief and integrally cast for use as the bronze tabernacle door to a ciborium now located at the Church of San Lorenzo in Padula. Etched in wax residue on the back of the door is the date, 27 January 1574, indicating the corpus would have at least been available as a model by late 1573. The Padula tabernacle was completed by Michelangelo’s assistant, Jacopo del Duca and likely has its origins with Michelangelo’s uncompleted tabernacle for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Rome. The impetus for the Padula tabernacle’s Crucifixion panel begins with a series of late Crucifixion sketches by Michelangelo, depicting a scene of Christ crucified and flanked by two mourners (see British Museum Inv. 1895.0915.510; Ashmolean Museum Inv. 1846.89, KP II 343 recto; Windsor Castle RCIN 912761 recto; and Louvre Inv. 700). A faintly traced block possibly intended for sculpting the sketch of the crucified Christ on its recto was discovered by Tolnay on a version of the composition at Windsor Castle. The Windsor sketch and those related to it appear to have served as preparatory designs for what was probably intended to become the Basilica of St. Mary’s tabernacle door. Vasari documents that the project was to be designed by Michelangelo and cast by his assistant, Jacopo del Duca. Michelangelo died before the commission was complete, though on 15 March 1565, Jacopo writes to Michelangelo’s nephew stating, “I have started making the bronze tabernacle, depending on the model of his that was in Rome, already almost half complete.” Various circumstances interrupted the completion of the tabernacle, though its concept is later revitalized by Jacopo during preparations to sell a tabernacle, after Michelangelo’s designs, to Spain for Madrid’s El Escorial almost a decade later. The El Escorial tabernacle likewise encountered problems and was aborted but Jacopo successfully sold it shortly thereafter to the Carthusians of Padula. An etched date, 30 May 1572, along the base of the Padula tabernacle indicates its framework was already cast by then. A 1573 summary of the tabernacle also describes the original format for the door and relief panels, intended to be square in dimension. However, a last minute decision to heighten them was abruptly made during Jacopo’s negotiations to sell the tabernacle to King Phillip II of Spain. Shortly thereafter the commission was aborted. Philippe Malgouyres notes that the Padula tabernacle’s final state is a mixed product of the original design intended for Spain’s El Escorial, recycling various parts that had already been cast and adding new quickly finished elements for its sale to Padula, explaining its unusually discordant quality, particularly as concerns the crudeness of the door and relief panels which were clearly made later (by January 1574). Apart from his own admission in letters to Spain, it is apparent, however, that Jacopo relied upon his deceased master’s designs while hastily realizing the Padula panels. If Michelangelo had already earlier conceived a crucifix model, and Jacopo had access to that model, its logical he could have hastily employed it for incorporation on the door panel to the tabernacle. It is worth noting some modifications he made to the model, extending Christ’s arms further up in order to fit them into the scale of the panel and further lowering his chin to his chest in order to instill physiognomic congruence. A crude panel of the Deposition also follows after Michelangelo’s late sketches and is likewise known by examples thought to be modifications by Jacopo based upon Michelangelo’s initial sculptural conception (see Malgouyres: La Deposition du Christ de Jacopo del Duca, chef-d’oeuvre posthume de Michel-Ange). Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Jacopo’s hand, as few scholars have posited, but rather belongs to Michelangelo’s original...

French Iron Brass Bakers Rack Bar Cabinet with Milk Glass Shelves and Impressive Iron Vintage French Bakers Rack with White Glass Shelves. Fant...

Very beautiful mid century French Aubusson style tapestry with a design of an medieval museum design tapestry titled «La Lecture » Showing A young man reads verses to the lady he is ...

An exceptionally rare antique Native American / Indigenous Peoples hand carved and painted wooden dugout canoe model, dating to the early 20th century or earlier, likely Pacific Nort...

Large, very early lamp base with fish decor designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Aldo Londi was a renowned Italian ceramic artist and designer, best known for his long tenure as arti...

Impressive octagonal gold MCM mirror. Mirror can hang in a horizontal or vertical position. This very sturdy wood mirror is certainly a versatile piece that...

Vietri Italian hand painted ceramic tile wall plaque or wall art. Twelve tiles professionally mounted in painted wood frame with wood backing. Under s...

As found in a French market, a peaceful French painting on board depicting a landscape featuring a rooftop scene with houses and a building with flags in the background. Certainly, a...

An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a portrait painting of Lord Nelson in full regalia, entitled: Free House - The Lord Nelson. A free house in Great Britain is a pu...

PRESENTING A STUNNING Early 19C French Gold Box with Enamel and Miniature Portrait. Box made with brass but has been plated with 18ct Gold with beau...

A very exquisite and elaborately detailed collectible antique hand made "A Thousand Faces" Japanese Satsuma earthenware pottery baluster shaped vase features intricately hand painted...

Large Chinese export hand painted rose medallion porcelain bowl, circa early 1950s. This gorgeous bowl has a wonderful traditional design and is in v...

Large gilded majolica table lamps feature elaborate Victorian style design with urn or teapot shaped bodies mounted on square bases. The top of the urn shaped part is decorated with...