Early 20th Century Black Forest Linden Wood Ibex Corner Shelf

An excellent example of turn of the century Brienz Swiss carving in linden wood. There are many Swiss carvers well known for carving certain subjects and Seilar-Brawant is known for ...

Welsh high back armchair, features mortise and tenon joinery with wooden pegging and a hand-carved relief in the chair back.

Fine scalloped edging creates the lines of this Dutch occasional table. A quartrefoil base with upper and lower finials is supported by scrolled feet on castors. The mirrored 3/4 inc...

This beautiful pair of wall-mounted consoles is crafted from solid oak and finished with a rich, dark stain. The consoles feature carved pedestals surmounted by flat, canted corner s...

Intricate, painstaking detail is featured in this rare and magnificent, hand-carved, Black Forest chalet clock, which has professionally restored woodwork...

Elegant from every angle, this beautiful wooden planter box (or jardinière in French) features elaborate carvings over a lattice background. The fro...

All hand carved and amazing condition Black Forest corner shelf. Looking at the marvelous details of this striking Black Forest ibex, this corner br...

Good size and rare Arts & Crafts corner shelf for displaying purposes. Corner wall brackets from this era are a rare find in all countries and to have found an original, Dutch Arts ...

A bamboo framed wood wall shelf, circa early to mid-20th century. Wall shelf is rectangular with an ebonized wood base and a rich bamboo frame around edge. Quality bamboo as shown. A...

Introduce a touch of provincial elegance to your home with this 20th Century French Wooden Wall Shelf. Crafted with the timeless charm of the French countryside, this quaint shelf fe...

Introduce a touch of provincial elegance to your home with this 20th Century French Wooden Wall Shelf. Crafted with the timeless charm of the French countryside, this quaint shelf fe...

Early 20th century French Art Nouveau carved wood "Les Blés" (The Wheat) pattern wall shelf by, Louis Majorelle decorated with two shallow display shelves further carved with "Les Blés" (Wheat) decoration on each bend. The shelf is ready to hang. circa 1905. Measurements: height: 20 in. x width: 28.75 in. x depth: 6.25 in. Notes: Objects Diplayed Are Not Included Biography: Louis Majorelle, (Toul, 26 September 1859 – Nancy, 15 January 1926) born as Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste. He was one of the outstanding designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style, and after 1901 formally served as one of the vice-presidents of the École de Nancy. The Majorelle firm's factory was designed by famous École de Nancy architect Lucien Weissenburger (1860 – 1929) and located at 6, rue du Vieil-Aître in the western part of Nancy. In the 1880s Majorelle turned out pastiches of Louis XV furniture styles, which he exhibited in 1894 at the Exposition d'Art Décoratif et Industriel [Exposition of Decorative and Industrial Art] in Nancy, but the influence of the glass- and furniture-maker Emile Gallé (1846 – 1904) inspired him to take his production in new directions. Beginning in the 1890s, Majorelle's furniture, embellished with inlays, took their inspiration from nature: stems of plants, waterlily leaves, tendrils, dragonflies. Before 1900 he added a metalworking atelier to the workshops, to produce drawerpulls and mounts in keeping with the fluid lines of his woodwork. His studio also was responsible for the ironwork of balconies, staircase railings...