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Black wool 1980s coat by Christian Dior is double breasted and features a faux Persian collar and cuffs. Square shoulders with pads. Longer length. Marked size 6, but oversized cut.

Vintage industrial rustic rolling cart made of wood planks and cast iron wheels and brackets, the loader has two end wheels that swivel and are slightly shorter than the larger sides...

While making similar mid-century haute-couture costume jewelry for Christian Dior, designer Max Muller based near Kaufbeuren, Western Germany, created these dramatic clear-crystal si...

In the late 1920s during the Art-Deco period, this Miriam Haskell white mostly glass-beaded sautoir was created in New York City by her first designer Frank Hess. This uniquely hand-...

Florence Knoll three seat sofa by Knoll Associates. Model 2577. Original Naugahyde brown upholstery with chrome-plated steel base. Signed with Knoll Associates paper label. USA, ci...

This French Rococo style console table, The distressed ivory painted finish. Three cabriole legs support the table beneath. Beautifully unique, this table will add a bit of romance a...

The Victorian glass bottle once held tooth brushes (and could again!) with an English sterling (stamped and with rampant lion) silver top. Monogram reads "...

A unique vintage find, this ensemble consists of a long black maxi skirt and sleeveless top, its floral design repeated in cut-out appliqués down the left side of the skirt. the A-li...

Watercolor on paper mounted on masonite board with ornate gilt frame. Dimensions: (Board) H 13.5" x W 10"

1950s waist-length jacket in pearlized blue leather, its shawl collar studded with pearls and rhinestones, as is a strip below the elbow on the raglan sleeves. Single button at the w...

A classic small-scale French 19th Century Napoleon III Period loveseat, sofa or settee, circa 1860-1879. The settee offers both comfort and style with graceful and elegant lines exe...

Christian Zacho Danish, 1843-1913 Deer in the Pasture Oil on canvas 16 ½ by 24 ½ in, w/ frame 25 by 32 ¾ in Signed lower right Zacho studied at the Academy of Beaux- Arts in Copenh...

The 19th century sterling silver salt shaker stands on three ball feet and separates at the waist level. The bottom is stamped "PH" and has the sterling symbol of the English rampant...

Robert Goosens, the French haute-couture Chanel-favorite parurier who enjoyed reinterpreting ancient and antique styles of jewelry with rock crystal and faux stones, also collaborated with Madame Alix Gres as one of our photos documents. Relevant to this statement necklace, the Parisian theatrical-costume designer, who founded the French fashion-house Maison Gres, commissioned Goosens to make spiral-wire adornments for her couture gowns. This handmade hammered brass wire choker necklace with five dropped en-tremblant pendants is decorated with unique colorful beads and wrapped wire. The piece dates between 1969-1971 based on similar unsigned spiraled-wire metal jewelry without goldsmithing marks in the museum collection of TheMet, which acquired the necklace that we photographed from Maison Givenchy founder Hubert de Givenchy, who was one of most supportive fans of Gres. Like the legendary sculptural clothing designs of Madame Gres, this necklace was inspired by Greco-Roman costumes, while its sculpted shapes by Goosens reference her signature curvilinear fabric techniques that earned her the sobriquet of "the master of the wrapped and draped dress". Goosens (1927-2016), nicknamed Monsieur Bijou, also made jewelry inspired by other periods of antiquity to compliment the couture clothing of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. After Goosens collaborated with Gres, he revisited golden spiral designs with Saint Laurent. Similar to the free-flowing fabric manipulated in Gres gowns, this hand-shaped necklace that we photographed in sunlight is a study in motion that drapes across a curvy cleavage. Adding drama to this necklace below its wire choker, the top teetering-wire pendant is a twisted and hammered horizontal double spiral, which is a Hellenistic symbol of life and transformation suggesting the breasts of a goddess of fertility and motherhood. Yet distinctly Goosens, 18 hand-cut and hand-dyed "ancient-Roman-blue" rock-crystal beads are wire-strung to weight a second tier of two separate vertical double-spiral pendants. On each, a wrapped-wire tube divides the blue beads. Between these vertical pendants in two tiers, the central vertical pendants each feature a one-of-a-kind multicolor bead (yellow/blue/red/black/white) in two lengths with abstract organic patterns recalling ancient Italian glasswork. Four more blue beads bracket these larger colorful beads. An additional 10 blue beads and 5 wire tubes decorate the bottom looped wire pendant, as well as the bottom of the wire choker. Like the hammered-wire jewelry designs of modern artist Alexander Calder, the creative complex construction of this necklace surprisingly required no metalsmith techniques, such as soldering or casting, just great skill with a jewelry pliers and hammer. For a bigger picture of couture clothing by Madame Gres during the decade beginning in 1969, she notably designed many museum-collected one-color silk-taffeta draped long gowns with empire waists and simple high collars or geometric cut-outs. Remarkably, the focal points for some of these unique dresses were at the wrists, from where long pouf sleeves voluminously droop around the hands to nearly the floor like two enormous long-petaled flowers. If paired with this equally downward-focused and balanced necklace from this same period, its bold Greco-Roman elements would have pulled a viewer's gaze of the dress from floor to face. Although there is no significant provenance for this necklace, hammered brass and tinted rock crystal were among the few materials repeatedly associated with Goosens from 1969-71. For example, in his overlapping interior-decor collections based on themes of waterlilies or foliage, Goosens hammered gilt brass wire and sheets (see our final closeup photo) to represent plant parts or he wired rock-crystal beads to appear as tiny fruits. While the two multicolor glass or resin beads in this necklace are atypical, the combination of blue, yellow and red is a palette that the designer used for other pieces of rock-crystal jewelry and he created many kinds of multicolor faux stones with glass or resin paste, such as faux Tibetan turquoise including black and white. According to journalism based on interviews with Goosens, he often acquired unusual stones and glass for inspiration during his extensive travels exploring museum-collected antiquities. Since Maison Goosens was acquired in 2005 by Maison Chanel, it opened the Parisian showroom Galerie Goosens and associated shops to sell many kinds of reproductions and reimagined works by the founder, which fortunately does not suit the completely handmade elements of this necklace. So this couture piece remains one-of-a-kind. If desiring a vintage haute-couture original by Robert Goosens, we recommend perusing the Maison Goosens website so that a reproduction with a contemporary signature is not mistakenly purchased. Madame Gres (1903-1993) was born Germaine Emelie Krebs, but initially identified her fashion designs with the pseudonym Alix and later Alix Barton...

Vintage Pauline Trigere suit in red plaid wool dated 1962. The swing-style jacket has dolman sleeves and a tie collar and tops a slim skirt. Underneath is...

Dated to the early 20th century, this rustic stool has simple splayed-leg design and well-worn finish. Crafted of northern elm wood with mortise-and-tenon joinery, without the use of...

Typical Rykiel styling in this sweater coat of royal blue knit wool with tie neckline, dropped shoulders, and patch pockets. Bodice is plain knit, below is narrow ribbing.

1970s dress and coat ensemble in navy wool knit by Sonia Rykiel. The slim coat features a top-stitched yolk detail, a round neckline, and single-breasted clo...

First appearing like an intense green-blue black opal without the flash, this antique natural azurmalachite oval-cut 10mm cabochon in a bezel setting f...

Pair of glamorous Louis XVI style nightstand cabinets or end tables having one drawer for storage and lower storage cabinet with door. The cabinet body has squared corners and fluted legs. The gold toned accents adds extra style and elegance to these stands. Bedside tables, side cabinets, neoclassical nightstands, Swedish style night stands...

French charming round bistro style table with curved iron base with black ebony stained wood table top. This bistro table will comfortably seat 2. The curved legs are joined in the c...

Vintage black faille princess-style coat with peter pan collar and self buttons from neck to hem. Set-in sleeves with deep armholes. Vertical seaming shapes the fitted waist and flar...

Silkscreen in 10 colors 40 x 54 inches 2-Ply Museum Board Edition of 50 2014 Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll. From John Lennon t...

An original c.1970s Bonnie Cashin all-weather coat in red poplin, lined in charcoal wool, and with attached charcoal wool scarf. The coat features Cashin's signature toggle closures ...

Three very large monumental over size rustic antique architectural paneled doors with oval top that will add character and style to any hou...

A simple yet elegant 18th Century French Louis XVI style giltwood wall mirror with a fine beaded border. The rectangular wall mirror has lost most of the gilt but retains a nicely weathered patina. Placed the mirror above a vanity in a powder room, guest bathroom...

A spectacular and monumental pair of nickel silver plated lamps attributed to Mason Barbier. Retaining their original shades with matching silver piping. These are a real showstopper...

This incredibly large and elegant box/chest was made for Tiffany and Company to hold a large sterling silver service.The red chamois lined interior features removable inserts for eac...

Albert Andre French, 1869-1954 La Table dans l’Arbre Oil on canvas 14 ¼ by 38 in, w/ frame 28 ¼ by 51 ¾ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01382 A Post-Impressionist artist a...

A long beach coverup, c.1970s, by Brigance in sheer white nylon with a vertical striped pattern. Button-down shirt style with drawstring waist. Timeless. Size M.

With artistic value as a Renaissance chiaroscuro miniature painting with precious ultramarine lapis-lazuli pigment, this early 16th-Century period gilt-filigree silver pendant medall...

Created by a gallery-exhibited progressive artist in the 1990s in a way that foreshadowed TheMet museum exhibition "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion", this ingenious signed sterling-silver chain link collar necklace features eight convertible pink-gem-accented pendants that can fasten your own pierceable larger elements, such as fresh flower heads or cut felt. It was initially acquired in the late 1990s from the U.S. avant-garde modern jewelry gallery Jewelers' Werk based in Washington D.C., which is printed on the included original black box with gold text. The versatile necklace that fastens with a handcrafted filigree floral clasp enables the wearer to choose from a wide variety of objects that can be pierced by the removable prong-set sparkly fuschia studs--from felt balls to folded origami paper--to attach to the likewise removable oxidized sterling cups. The perhaps morganite or crystal studs, whose silver ends are not visible after affixing such objects, can be mixed or interchanged with your own earring stud(s) or dangling pieces to enable more movement when worn. As shown in photos, a buyer can avoid the contact of such interchangeable objects with long hair by removing studded cups towards the back of the neck, whereby symmetrical sterling-stud fasteners that serve to link the chain necklace will discreetly remain. If the collector would like to use all of the sterling cups that surround the neck, one of their studs is missing its crystal, which can be replaced if entirely pink stones are preferred. We photographed the necklace populated with fresh and dehydrating daisy heads, which slowly wilt or dry while worn. With inspiration from TheMet current museum exhibition featuring beautiful contemporary clothes designed to show the passage of time, along with some of its archived fragile fashion based on the fiction-inspired theme "The Garden Of Time...

A large collection of exotic seashells arranged and displayed in a tall cylindrical glass container. A wonderful decorative interest in any room or ta...

Small and wonderfully painted country style cupboard for the kitchen, a bedroom or a hallway, only 14" deep. This cabinet can be the perfect piece to fit into a small space or tuck i...

Emory Ladanyi Hungarian, 1902-1986 Thunderous Mixed Media on Canvas Signed Lower Right Inscribed & titled on Verso 40 by 48 in. W/frame 42 by 50 in. Born November 8, 1902 in Kecskemet, Hungary, the child of Mihaly and Maria Ladanyi, Emory Ladanyi moved with his family to Eger, a town famous for its good wine. He studied at the High School of Science and Art. At fifteen, he discovered anatomy in a textbook and began to consider a career in medicine, and was accepted into the Medical School of The University of Budapest to become a medical student. He received his doctoral degree in 1927 and did his residency in dermatology in the largest hospital in Berlin, then one of the most prominent dematology centers of Europe. In Berlin, he was especially impressed by the works of Edvard Munch, forerunner of German Expressionism, who exerted a lasting influence on his work. Following medical residency in Vienna, he was also impressed by the works of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Kokoschka. In 1928 he returned to Budapest to continue postgraduate studies, also advancing his art education. His many friends were among the avant-garde poets and writers of that time. In March 1929, he arrived in New York. June of that year, he passed the medical boards, and in September received his license to practice medice in the State of New York. Outside of the medical profession which enabled him the livelihood to continue to paint, he moved exclusively in avant-garde circles of New York City. He was a close friend of the composer Edgar Varese. Others of his circle were poet Kenneth Patchen...

The Italian duo Dolce & Gabbana for their Fall/Winter 1995 runway show featured black lace ensembles that included this trio of merino-wool knit turtleneck with asymmetrical vertical...

A vintage Mid-Century dresser made with rich wood showcasing the natural grain and warm tones that define the Mid-Century style. The piece includes six spacious drawers, supported b...

This amazing 13 piece hand painted ornithological dessert service is painted in the "Aesthetic Movement Style" with each exotic bird realistically represented in it's natural landscape. The subjects have a restrained and elegant look, each framed by the amazing Christopher Dresser designed, Japanese...

Marked "Made In France" on their antique brass back-plates like the initial unbranded couture costume-jewelry commissioned by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel since 1924, these early-handcraf...

This is a spectacular set of 12 Royal Doulton cabinet plates that are museum worthy. Each one is hand painted, artist signed by two of Royal Doulton's most famous artists! The center...

This set is a great example of the iconic artistry and style of Royal Crown Derby. These plates are embellished with swags of vibrant hand-painted roses and two bands of acid etched...

The mid-20th century sofa has wood cabriole legs with padded feet set within undulating front and side edges. The upholstered arms are fronted by inlaid curved wood panels. Seats fou...

Uniquely designed as couture by French Jean Charles de Castelbajac in the 1980s in Paris, this oversized soft cashmere-viscose-wool bias-cut Italian-knit black sweater has made-in-Fr...

The farmhouse concrete table works perfect for indoor or outdoor use. Top is made of durable concrete that's sealed for maximum weather resistance. Mid-century modern, farmhouse, ...

A true collector's item, a rare collection of early 20th Century 'Brighton Pavilion' Bamboo Chinoiserie armchairs displaying long flat arms in a horseshoe shape back, supported by ge...

3 Classical Basket Weave Garden Planters -- SOLD SINGLY. Excellent large oval shaped planters, decorated with basket weave and roped edge. They are in good condition, and a wonderful...

Elegant and rustic at the same time, this custom made wrought iron garden dining table base can be used indoors or outdoors, porch or patio. Add the table top of your choice be it wo...

Turbulence IV (Sculpture) 96" x 8" x 7" High Chromium Stainless Steel Unique $160,000

Antoine Blanchard French, 1910-1988 Quai Du Louvre, Paris Oil on canvas 13 by 18 in, w/ frame 21 ¾ by 26 in Signed lower left Antoine Blanchard is the pseudonym under which the Fre...

1960s chic and roomy double-handled handbag with gold metal frame and Bakelite clasp. Interior is ivory leather with side compartments and change purse....

With the Coro signature "script-no-angle" since 1919 and "PAT.PEND.", this early Art Deco vermeil lady-bug beetle brooch features a red enameled face and mixed-cut bezel-set red and ...

Wreath-shaped brooch of various pearls, rhinestones, crystals, and micro gold beads by Robert, c.1960. Hook in addition to pin, so can be worn as pendant. Some of the Original by Robert...

Custom designed Hollywood Regency style étagère. This brass shelving unit features four shelves with glass and a Napoleonic form pediment. Includes attached wall brackets. Dimensions...

A white knit cardigan adorned allover with iridescent white sequins. Hook and eye closures, lined in white, shallow slits on sides. Size M.

Dietz Edzard German, 1893-1963 Nice, French Rivera Oil on canvas 23 ¾ by 36 ⅜ in, w/ frame 30 ⅝ by 43 ⅝ in Signed D. Edzard lower right Inventory Number: 01631 Dietz Edzard was bo...

A large rectangular 38" x 48" American Classical style carved giltwood frame for mirror or painting, with boldly carved fluting, and raised square and roundel centre. May be hung hor...

Antique adjustable tilt-top table with cast iron base with painted wood work or table surface that lends itself to be used as an end table, side table, bedside table or nightstand. H...

19th century French Louis XV style sofa or bench painted in a French blue-grey, with floral motives en relief. Newly reupholstered in a tan tight weave muslin. Measures: Arm height ...

Now available, this very handsome pair of danish, leather and teak Lounge chairs. Low slung and sexy! The leather has the perfect amount of wear, and the flared, quilted arms adding ...

Set of 4 vintage solid mahogany George II, Queen Anne dining armchairs.