French Wall-mounted Sculptures

If that isn't an unusual wall decoration for a child's room or a children's shop. The heads are painted plaster casts. The heads were not originally intended as wall decorations but ...

In early 19th century France, the prevailing trend of architecture was known as Beaux-Arts. The style was based upon the fundamentals of neoclassicism, also incorporating Baroque and Renaissance ideas. Artistic endeavors of this period focused on the same principles, mainly rich texturing with very linear lines. In the late 1800’s, the French architect and historian, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, published his book, Entretiens sur l’architecture, which ushered in a new style known as Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau was inspired by elements in nature, with an emphasis on soft, supple lines and movement. With early Art Nouveau offerings, asymmetrical and stylized décor was paramount, as was non-parallel lines. Towards the end of the movement (after 1900), geometric shapes began to become popular, and decorative elements were more natural, as is the case with our hand-carved French hunt plaque...

Early carved wood carousel in shape of Black Swan Wonderful patina.

Antique Yellow Cast Iron French Mailbox. This rare treasure is dated early 1900s-1930s. Cast iron and steel was used in the manufacturing process of mai...

A beautifully carved wall sculpture in terracotta of a putti's face surrounded by angelic wings.

Pair of French 1920s hand carved parrot wall shelves, early 20th century, 1920 Hand carved mahogany great color and patina. Price is for the pair Measures: H 64 shelf, W 34, D 2...

This "swan" is a side part of a carousel wagon from the early 20th century. It is made of varnished wood and has an iron mounting. The attachment could be removed if necessary. The v...

This "swan" is a side part of a carousel wagon from the early 20th century. It is made of varnished wood and has an iron mounting. The attachment could be removed if necessary. The v...

Eyre de Lanux (1894-1996) hailed from a prominent Philadelphia family, and studied painting in New York under Robert Henri. After marrying a French diplomat at the end of the First World War, she moved to Paris, and became an apprentice to the sculptor Constantin Brancusi. A talented painter and sculptor, Lanux specialized in what she called fresco paintings, which she showed in Paris and New York at the galleries of Peggy Guggenheim and Alexander Iolas. Fresco, however, is a misnomer since they are painted in wet plaster, and hers were incised and sculpted in a wet concrete-like mixture that she painted when dry. The lines incised in this pair of panels from the 1920s are similar to those chiseled in stone by Brancusi, but the Cubist compositions were inspired by her friend Pablo Picasso, who. One of these still lives depicts a bottle of Gordon’s Gin, a martini glass with an olive, a pipe, a smoldering cigar, an ace of diamonds, an Ionic capital, stars, a mask, and what looks like a newspaper. The other depicts a bottle of VO Whisky, a seltzer bottle, a cut-glass tumbler, a lemon for a twist, an ace of hearts, dice, and a ukulele, on a background of books. They belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Simpson of New York, a Social Register couple who collected art by Modigliani, Picasso, Matisse, de Chirico, and Miró. Around 1927 they asked Lanux to decorate their Paris pied-a-terre. She painted the dining room terracotta, designed a table with a terracotta top, bought chairs from Jean-Michel Frank, and collaborated on a rug design with the weaver Evelyn Wyld...

French Tobacconists trade sign circa 1920 We are proud to offer a rare original tobacconists trade sign dates back to the 1920s. Originally sourced from France earlier this year were...

Pair of small giltwood, sculpted wall mirrors. With a Louis XV giltwood decoration, in a neoclassical, or Renaissance style. Original mirror at t...

Romantic early 20th century metal wall sconce for six candles. Antique mirror centerpiece. Collected in Paris, France. Exceptional.