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Monumental and rare natural giant clam shell Heavily weathered with great natural patina 39" wide shell attached to a custom cast stone base. Base is 19th/early 20th c.

Timeless. Custom mohair chesterfield sofa by George Smith. Highest level of craftsmanship. Beautiful close to new condition.

Red painted folk art shelf. Wave and scallop cut trim. Wonderful play with light and shadows. Great pop of color. Each shelf measures approximately 9" tall

SWEDISH CREAM-PAINTED PINE CORNER CUPBOARD-ON-STAND, second half 18th century, with a molded and chamfered cornice over two doors enclosing three shelves, the stand with a waved apro...

Among the Greek-goddess inspired mini dresses that Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) designed for his first French haute-couture Givenchy collection in 19...

This couture 1930s Coco-Chanel-commissioned French Maison Gripoix hand-crafted demi-parure features eight flower pendants whose daisy-like metal-smithed petal frames suspend transpar...

Really beautiful, early and rare dining set by Alvar Aalto. Smart color combination and natural patina. Table and six chairs.

British Stella McCartney for her eponymous brand's second collection for Fall/Winter 2002 designed this airy layered silk-chiffon empire-waist cap-sleeve rose-color pullover blouse, ...

Golden mink stole of simple, yet novel, design, it sits around the shoulders and gracefully frames the upper chest, neck and face. Constructed of three skins, the longest hugs the ba...

John Galliano, while Christian Dior Artistic Director for French haute couture and ready-to-wear, designed for his Fall/Winter 2005 collection this bias-cut, layered, silvery semi-tr...

Perfectly patinated work table. Great for hall or console surface. Nice weathered finish. Sturdy.

These 1990s Casadei limited edition black patent-leather, calf-leather and ornamental-Chinoiserie metallic-embroidered satin-bound mules with towering five-inch heels are supported by a unique platform with cut-out sides. The pair pays homage to traditional Japanese geta sandals...

While also Gucci Creative Director, for his first collection for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Tom Ford designed this Spring/Summer 2001 black two-layer peek-a-boo delphos-silhouette draping evening gown. It features a Ford-signature plunging V-neck above ruched center-seams that support side-draped cut-out opaque panels. For discrete see-through effects under the draping, it overlays a fully attached black semi-transparent figure-hugging stretch-silk maxi dress. At this turning point in fashion history, French founder Saint Laurent (1936-2008) planned to retire by early 2002 with his last haute-couture collection--after selling his Parisian business to luxury conglomerates that named American Ford its director. Crystalizing the iconic brand's sex appeal at his first YSL show, Ford debuted in Paris tuxedo-inspired womenswear in mostly black or white, which included this dress that conjures an ancient Greek female sculpture...

As arguably the most versatile garment that former fashion designer Martin Margiela made with his eponymous Paris-based Maison Martin Margiela, this convertible double-faced semi-tra...

Wonderfully intricate Hollywood Regency Style brass tone elephant & palm tree motif 3 panel folding screen. This Anglo Indian 3400screen will make a great room divider or just us...

Among the most in-demand designs by Trifari artistic director Alfred Philippe were his flora and "jelly belly" fauna jewelry from the 1940s. Both iconic styles can be mixed as the go...

Add flair and elegance to a dining room, kitchen, or any room that might need an occasional table with this very stylish gold tone forged iron table base. Put a round or square glass...

Demonstrating the epitome of miniature decorative art by Renaissance European goldsmiths who fashioned quatrefoil and cruciform jewelry with heraldry or religious symbols, this centu...

Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) designed this corset-style hourglass-shaped red velvet evening cocktail dress with its outsized double bow and sheer moire faux-underlay for her Dressed To Scale collection in 1998 with then decade-long protege Andreas Kronthaler. A design from this collection set a Westwood clothing auction record at Christie's London when a corseted silk gown fetched over $41,000. This fresh interpretation of the classic Marilyn-Monroe silhouette was dubbed the "MM Corset Dress" for Westwood's semi-couture Gold Label, while it can still be made to measure as a bespoke dress (see photo of model wearing version as a white wedding gown...

This antique amuletic bronze framed pendant cages a dozen 7mm-diameter single-cut rock crystals that each feature a table-cut decagon crown, deep pavilion, 21 facets and uncut girdle, while the culets range from off-center to blunted. They are tightly set within four linked rings to overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. Seeming to retain a little of its original yellow-gold gilding on just the interior, the frame that surrounds each of the four sections of three crystals enables them to reflect pale yellow and lime light when the pendant is viewed from certain angles. Each crystal can be manually rotated. Suggesting French heritage, the medieval Frankish culture in northern France made jewelry in similar segmented or open-work shapes of wheels or whorls, which were worn as gem-decorated disk-shaped brooches or gold-caged rock...

Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014) for his Spring/Summer 1982 collection created a number of styles of bold vibrant uniquely handpainted crepe-de-chine caftans that helped define his five...

Add charm to your garden with this beautiful Hollywood Regency cast iron loveseat or bench. The back of this settee / bench features decorative scrolls with hint of leaves, centered...

Rustic and weathered country American provincial style farmhouse harvest dining table featuring a 1 inch thick top constructed from planks with breadboards on either end. The apron ...

Set of cast aluminum garden/patio arm chairs and table in the manner of Frances Elkins. This design was created by Howitt Barry and his son Jack in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960. They...

Stamped "Made In France" on antique brass back-plates like the initial unbranded couture costume-jewelry since 1924 commissioned by French Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel for her foreign-cli...

This 20th-Century Art-Nouveau style 18-karat white-gold-plated highly textural pendant features a prong-set abalone that is carved into seemingly overlapping flower petals in lustrou...

While John Galliano was artistic director of Chistian Dior haute-couture and ready-to-wear, he designed this hip-accentuating bateaux-neck sleeveless sheath dress with characteristic...

Handmade by legendary New York Times fashion-scene photographer and prior mid-century couture milliner Bill J. Cunningham (1929-2016), this rare asymmetrical black supple leather hat...

A wonderfully charming and elegant small vintage Viners Alpha Silver Plated Gallery Serving Tray. Use it for an intimate 2 person occasion or center piec...

Elegant and rustic at the same time, this large heavy duty custom made wrought iron garden dining table base can be used indoors or outdoors, porch or patio. Add the table top of you...

Clearly inspired by early-20th-Century French designer Paul Poiret (see our photo from TheMet museum exhibit of a 1911 ensemble), Stella McCartney designed these one-off balloon pant...

As a variation of the traditional waiter apron that Belgian former fashion designer Martin Margiela reworked with his eponymous Maison Martin Margiela since its first collection for Spring/Summer 1989, this transparent black chiffon rectangular garment, which can be styled as a tied face veil, jabot, wrap skirt or dress, was part of his first retrospective collection in 1994. The iconic corner-stitched textural white cotton brand label is stenciled with seemingly contradictory text, which notes the Fall/Winter 1990 collection in which the original design debuted. Instead of the blank label that had become internationally recognized among progressive fashion buyers during the brand's initial five years, this black print was added in this manner for only one collection during its founder's tenure. This distinct typography identifies the garment as one of his favorites that he reproduced from his first 10 fashion shows. This season-less self-curated retrospective collection without any new designs was unprecedented in the ready-to-wear luxury-fashion industry, which sold only newly-designed clothes typically two to five times annually. In the early 1990s, this old-made-new-again collection was astonishing for a Paris-based high-end brand, for which any lack of fresh designs for Spring had otherwise been attributed to the loss of an artistic director or the outbreak of war. Nevertheless, there are subtle differences of color, material and draping possibilities that distinguish our garment from the 1990 one and from later "replicas", which was the term that Margiela printed on a different kind of label for his second self-curated retrospective of 10 more collections in Spring 1999. Aside from the text-printed brand label with four characteristic hand-sewn corner stitches, the only other element that unified Margiela's first collection of favorites was that all the items were overdyed a darker color so that the clothes were various shades of grey, blue or black depending on the original color of the textile and how much dye the thread/yarn absorbed. More so, the materials of the retrospective garments differed from their debut collections. In a silk-like floaty gossamer fabric suggesting a dress lining, our matte synthetic garment in an extraordinarily fine weave was cut and sewn with hems and topstitched ribbons at two corners on one of the longer sides, which gives the noted women's US-size 6 the most styling possibilities--although it can be worn by virtually anyone in more than one way. The flat stiff woven ribbons may be repurposed tailoring or bias tape. As we have sold multiple Margiela apron...

Between the first ad campaign that couturier Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) commissioned from internationally admired Paris-based multimedia artist Marcel Vertes (1895-1961) for her blockbuster perfume "Shocking" in 1937, and in 1940 when they left France after launching her perfume "Sleeping" shortly before the Nazi occupation during WWII, the illustrator-cum-ceramist distinctly handmade--while traditional materials for couture costume jewelry were scarce in Paris--this whimsical red glazed ceramic brooch. It depicts a duck holding an umbrella dripped with dashes of turquoise and black glaze to appear wet. Significantly, the trombone clasp of the pin, the long-pronged gilt frame, and the text stamped on its back plate "Made In France" match a similarly sized glazed ceramic brooch of a decoratively chained bear that was published in the book Bijoux (page 146). The author Deanna Farenti Cera dated that likewise unbranded unsigned brooch to 1938 when it was commissioned for one of Schiaparelli's themed fashion shows "Circus". The invitation to that show, which was illustrated with circus characters and performing animals by Vertes' Parisian peer Christian Berard, included a domesticated white duck--notably not holding nor wearing a fashion accessory. Unusually, Schiaparelli had commissioned couture umbrellas from other artisans in the 1930s--a couple of which were acquired by TheMet museum. Another relevant Met acquisition of one of the designer's couture evening gowns, which it dates to Summer 1940, features three large glazed-ceramic fasteners in a contrasting color matching our brooch. The like findings, materials, construction, text, object and palette aside, accessory-adorned ducks were among the figurative animals commissioned by Schiaparelli for that last collection before the Germans dominated Paris by June 1940, which is evidenced by the photo of the dated gilt hatpin depicting a bejeweled bird head with a bill that appears in the book by Patrick Mauries about another Schiaparelli-associated French parurier Lina Baretti (pages 124-125). See our other listing for one of Baretti's uniquely feathered designs, which likewise has a pronged gilt frame with trombone clasp like ours, but whose partridge subject best suits an earlier Schiaparelli collection for Fall 1938 titled "Pagan". For us, distinguishing our brooch from other one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces created for Schiaparelli couture...

Victorian Belle-Epoque and Edwardian styles transitioned to Art-Deco period jewelry with semi-precious materials and machine-age shapes around WWI when this unique 20-link choker nec...

In the style of Maurizio Tempestini, a rare pair of complementary mesh and flat steel springer and rocking chair for indoor, outdoor, garden, porch or patio use. Wonderful design, sp...

Trimmed with 40 diamond-like crystals and marked "deposee" for its uniqueness on the clasp like antique European couture jewelry, this Art Deco period Swiss Bucherer lady's dress wat...

This vintage amusing enameled silver pendant adjustable-chain unsigned necklace, belt or novel interior decoration features heart-shaped two-inch...

Made to order, the chairs were originally made by us for the movie "It's Complicated". We have now added side chairs to compliment the arm chairs. Now seats can be also be caned or solid. These are all individually handcrafted and so there is a 12 to 16 week lead time from date of order. Please note, seat cushions are NOT included. Additional charge for fabricating seat cushions. Ask us for a quote. We can fabricate custom dining table as shown in the 3 detailed photos. Use as dining chairs...

This Comme des Garcons black flared-hip fitted shirt cum open jacket, which features a unique feminine bustle-like applique hand-stitched into draping bias-cut pleats layered around the inner hem, was designed by Japanese Junya Wantanabe for an early 2000s collection. Significantly, The Met museum made rare purchases of his similar experimental three-dimensional patterning for its Costume Institute after the designer debuted what he described as "techno couture...

Swan side table with round profiled table top. Solid wood with three long graceful swan legs on a molded triangular base. Side table, sofa table, end ...

Vintage silver plated three-tier afternoon tea stand for high tea service. perfect for tidbits, appetizers, small finger sandwiches, small pastries...

An Illum Wikkelso teak sofa for Soren Willadsen. Model no. 50-4. A four-seat sofa with a solid teak frame raised on six tapered cylindrical legs. Reupholstered in new velvet fabri...

Versatile c.1980s mink jacket that converts to a vest by removal of the sleeves. The thigh-length jacket features a light fox open collar that extends to the hem and furnishes a nice...

Antique French Louis XIII style oak draw leaf extending dining table with barley twist legs. This table has been lovingly restored...

Distinguished by the tightly coiled style of Georgian-period-inspired cannetille gold wire that decorates each of the four pieces of this parure, French costume jewelry designer Lina...

The wonderfully sturdy rustic French country Provincial style worktable or serving console table is constructed of slotted framing to hold a veined marble top having beveled edges wi...

While sleek cloche hats were the rage in Art Deco "flapper" fashion, this fur felt hat was commissioned by Parisian couturier Elsa Schiaparelli and hand-crafted by an Irish milliner ...

Tiffany & company four-piece sterling silver coffee and tea set, circa 1940. Comprised of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar and creamer, all with faceted corners and monogrammed 'PPB', ...

This Art Deco period French carved, lathe-worked, sculpted and red-painted black-galalith figural brooch depicts a pair of long-limbed dogs, which may be gazelle hounds, wolfhounds, ...

Newly painted 40" round Mid-Century Modern Russell Woodard style wrought or cast iron base dining table with center hole for umbrella and four ...

A skilled chef as well as an artist, Jay Batlle treats his art much like a recipe, with careful preparation and a methodical process. His layered compositions often incorporate image...

The French Provincial style sideboard has two smaller side drawers and one larger middle drawer, all dovetailed. Below are two panelled doors flanking a centre panel all a la French ...

Tom Ford for his Gucci S/S 2001 collection toyed with the mid-century concept of nude sex-appeal embodied by the initial Playboy-bombshell Marilyn Monroe, who inspired that season's designs and ad campaign. With the themes of bare skin and black-seamed sheer stockings, Ford's opening looks on his fashion-show runway featured ecru corset dresses with black transparent or leather overlays and stiletto heels. Our versatile ecru leather tuxedo-influenced sharp-shoulder dinner jacket is from the same award-winning collection. Significantly, 2001 was the year that Tom Ford (b. 1961) won the Council of Fashion Designers of America womenswear award for Designer of the Year, while The Met acquired Ford's signature corset dress for its Costume Institute collection. Purchased at the Gucci boutique on Manhattan's Upper East Side, this "Made In Italy"-labeled jacket is tagged size 40, while suiting a US-size 4 to 6 with the padded shoulder-to-shoulder seam measurement of 15.4 inches and 23.6 inches arm length. The jacket is streamlined by marked and angled peak lapels, sleeve vents with concealed buttons, back symmetrical vent, and single-point closure near the interior seam via a tiny Gucci branded silver-tone metal clasp. Notably, these elements are among the most technically challenging to tailor. Fully lined in ecru silk-blend fabric, the jacket's left interior chest pocket sports button-and-fabric-loop closure and a fully sewn larger black Gucci brand label. For styling inspiration, we added photos of the jacket worn over our not-included black-tulle-covered ecru strapless balconette corset dress, which was the Gucci Spring/Summer 2001 fashion...

A rare large American baroque revival gilt-wood and composition full length pier mirror with a flamboyant crest that tops the elaborately decor...

With intricately hand-embroidered pink-tone ombre reflective rose flowers and 20-inch hand-knotted tassel fringe on all sides, this museum-quality antique 85-inch-square ballet-pink ...

Made in Italy, this 20th century glass, marble and brass accented dining table by noted Italian furniture maker, Artedi, makes a statement in ...

This couture Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal "Line 0" 1990s miniature-belt silver-plated buckled and riveted vegetable-tanned chocolate leather bracelet or anklet, whose harness-style firm strap mimics a fine-jewelry metal coiled rope chain, was hand moulded into a fixed shape from a remodeled strap from an eariler Margiela collection or used accessory. Notably, silver-frame buckles and riveted unstitched leather straps were among the founder's most repeated design elements for accessories at the Maison since his first fashion show in 1989 (see our snaps of early-Look-ensemble recreations that he handmade in miniature on dolls or the largest buckled leather belt that he designed), as well as during his tenure directing luxury womenswear at Hermes (1997-2003) when he created the iconic Double Tour wrap-around strap buckle-framed watch. Regarding the significance of the bare leather that he used in our piece and later for some ready-to-wear at Hermes, Martin Margiela was quoted (translated from French): "My favorite (Hermes) watch was the Cape Cod designed...

Pair of elegant mirrored wall sconces with etched-under-glass design of flowers in urns. Great for bathroom or powder room. Electrified for USA, using regular bulbs. Should be rewire...

Antique Victorian Eastlake style centre table features rectangular marble top surmounting carved wood base and apron over central turned pedestal and surround of four legs on casters...

Callaghan mid-calf-length dress crafted of purple cotton knit featuring a unique one-shoulder design with a long, fitted torso and a full, heavily gathered skirt that falls from the ...