Steel Disc of a Mythic Desert Piper by Doug Lough

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a black spaniel with a duck by John Emms, (Blofield, Norfolk, 1841-1912) signed and dated lower right: JNP Emms / 95' 26" X30"...

American Folk Art marquetry furniture (California), suite of five pieces. Desk, side chair, lounge chair, ottoman, and coffee table. All pieces constructed of multiple, intricate, thick laminates forming striking symmetrical pattern of dazzling compositions. Unrestored except for linseed oil sealed surfaces. Measurements: Chair 30" W x 27" D x 38" H, seat 18", lounge chair 30" W x 27.5" D x 38" H, seat 18" H, ottoman 23" W x 15" D x 16" H, coffee table 37" W x 19" D x 20" H, desk 50...

Gilt-framed oil painting on board, signed "W. Mulready." Mulready was an Irish painter who worked in London, and a member of the Royal Academy, whose work today hangs in the V&A Muse...

JOHN PIPER CH (BRITISH,1903-1992) :CHIESA DELLA SALUTE, VENICE Screenprinted fabric, printed by Sandersons, 1959 In the late 1950's to the early 60's there was interest in painterly textiles that demonstrated the unique potential of screen printing, with its ability to capture the quality of brush-stroked colour "The monumental grandeur of many artists' textiles in the early 1960's was necessary if they were to work in the large scale architectural interiors of the era which witnessed a rapid growth in new public buildings, all which required furnishing with suitably prestigious fabrics". The painterly design is one of five fabrics designed by John Piper (1902-1993) for A Century of Sanderson 1860-1960, Sanderson's prestigious Centenary Collection. This study of the Chiesa della Salute church in Venice was taken from Piper's 1959 travels when he was commissioned by the Arthur Jeffress Gallery in London. He then regularly made paintings of the city, and drew illustrations for an edition of Adrian Stokes...