Portrait Archibald Murray in Royal Naval Uniform, Period Gilt Frame 19th Century

A wonderfully charismatic depiction, with rich and lustrous ochre tones and in excellent restored condition. This portrait is of the 18th century German School. It's provenance Palaz...

Charming camel back mahogany elbow chair in good original condition. With beautiful shell carving on its knees. Recovered in antique linen, inside upholstered in original horsehair...

With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet. A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.

‘The Myth Of The Submarine,’ is a painting based on the distant memory of the artist, Ben Cockett, spotting a fast moving periscope, presumably from a military submarine, from the be...

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...

Original Grand Tour Italian neoclassical amphora converted to table lamp with very chic square form handles and with ideal aged patination. Coming with beautifully proportioned bespoke custom raffia elongated empire shade...

A sensitive and beautifully painted 19th century portrait of a Boston Gentleman. He is distinctly attired in a black coat with a high collared white shirt. His eyes are large and emo...

Splendid oil portrait on canvas of a gentleman in uniform, identified as Professor Moses Bosisio, mayor of Monza, who died in 1846, as reported on a plaque on the back of the paintin...

English Georgian style gilt framed oil portrait, painting of 19th Century man sitting on red cushion.

This highly detailed oil on canvas painting was created in France circa 1820. Set in the original carved gilt frame, the portrait features a young boy in traditional clothing holding...

19th century watermelon painting in gilt frame.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period painting from the 19th century of an ancestor group portrait in custom frame. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this vertical painting features ...