Antiques in Brussels

Handmade medium Eole III chandelier by Gobo Lights Dimensions: D 125 x 100 H Materials: Brass, opaline Goddess of the fair anger, the revenge and the balance. Self-taught and from ...

Beautiful octogonal Venetian mirror in the baroque style. On a wood base. No piece missing. Venetia-Italy. Circa 1940.

Pair of blue armchairs, Wood and Fabric,Italy, 1960s.

"Oracolo" desk lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, 1970s.

Rare and one of a kind Coffee table in sculptural bronze, brass and steel by Willy Daro from 70s. in original and very good condition, with a top glass. Dimension : 71x36hcm. Dimen...

Murano Glass Chandelier, Barovier Style, Italy, 1950s

Contemporary Travertine Dining Table, Mario Bellini Style, Italy

Rare leather “Squash” sofa by Paolo Deganello for Driade, Italy, 1980s.

Wooden Console Made Of Sugar Cane Crusher Elements

Knud Friis (1926-2010) and Elmar Moltke Nielsen (1924-1997) were twoDanish Architects who founded their practice in 1954 called Friis & Moltke. In the 1960s, they introduced Danes to their mild version of Brutalism, which often featured huge, robust building structures tucked into the landscape, raw concrete walls and visible technical installations. This set of 4 bentwood chairs...

Mid-Century Modern Travertin Gueridon

With a keen interest in the uncomfortable relationship between intimacy and voyeurism, Middernacht & Alexander thrive on investigating the psychological aspects of everyday life. Per...

Wooden and Fabric Art Deco Armchairs - New Upholstery

Pair of Armchair in teack reuphostered in mustard fabric. The cushions are not integral with the structure. Shipping can be possible via 1stDibs but we also can provide our own sol...

Mid-Century Modern Wall Decoration

Mid-Century Modern pair of glass chandeliers, Italy, 1960.

Bentwood Office Chair Otto Wagner for Thonet, 1930s

Leather trunk Spanish, 17th century Boiled Leather, wood and iron Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm. Provenance : - collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate. Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features. The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness. Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid. the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship. The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony. The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament. The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection. Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1). Related literature : Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992 Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...

Under the theme of geometric abstraction, these cushions are made like paintings from our gallery’s high-quality and colorful fabrics. The approach comes from a reinterpretation of g...

Mid-Century Modern Sofa by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s

This is a large and massive coffee table made out of railroad beams. Made in France around the 1950's. It's so strong that it will last forever. M...

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Carlo Hauner for Forma Italy, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern 4 Armchairs in the style of Scarpa, Wood and Leather, Italy

Designer: Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007) Manufacturer: Getama, Gedsted, Denmark Marked: Branded “GETAMA GEDSTED DENMARK DESIGN HANS J. WEGNER” A refined and thoughtfully engineered piec...

Vase "Fazzoletto Zanfirico" by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Italy, 1950s

Black antropomorphic Ceramic in the style of Jacques.Blin, ornate with a Tantra pattern. One light. France around 1960.

Modulable table lamp by Carlo Nason for Mazzega.

Mid-Century Modern Lightning Glass Mirror by Mazzega, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp by Albano Poli for Poliarte - 1960s

Vase "Fazzoletto" by Paolo Venini for Venini, Italy, 1950s

Murano Glass Vase by Tyra Lundgren for Venini, Italy, 1986

Table lamps manufactured at the Maison Charles workshop and designed by Jacques Charles in a symphony of gilded and chiseled bronze, gold plated (or varnished) these lamps were bapti...

Mid-Century Modern Daybed, Italy, 1960s

Murano Glass Vase by Fratelli Toso, 1980s

Mid-Century Modern Bamboo Floor Lamp attributed to Miranda Ab, 1960s

Murano Glass Sculpture by Livio Seguso, Italy

Contemporary Pair of Travertine Lamps, Italy

Abstract Composition Gouache on Paper, Miodrag, Signed

Trilogie diamond ring. The ring is set with a princess cut diamond of approximately 1 Carat ( estimated H color - Vs clarity) and 2 triangle shape diamonds for a total of approximat...

Pair of palm tree table lamps.

Remarkable flamenco dancer ceramic made by Formento Treviso in Italy between the 1950’s & 60’s. - Remarquable céramique de danseuse de flamenco réalisée par Formento Treviso en Itali...

Marquetry Cabinet in Mahogany, c.1900

Pair of Side Tables, Glass and brass, 1940s

Created to measure by Stan Usel, pair of side table of stainless steel, side table topped with a magnificent mosaic stainless steel agate gemstone highlighting a mosaic radiation. Ea...

New cream white fabric with black metal legs. Measures: Benches 125cm Price for one.

Mid-Century Travertine Magazine Rack, 1970s

Pair of mid-century Italian brass bench - New upholstery.

Mid-Century Modern Boomerang Desk A10 by Göran Strand for Lelangs Möbelfabrik, 1960s

Brutalist travertine coffee table, 1970s Original condition European Mid-Century Modern.

Renaissance Marble Portrait Northern Italy, 17th century, inspired by antiquity Marble 36 x 13 cm (including the marble pedestal) This Renaissance portrait head of a young man, sl...

Huge Jean Marais (1913-1998) vase or pitcher in brown glazed ceramic, with a baluster-shaped neck. Signed. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information. We...

Beautiful Art Deco table lamp circa 1930, France. Blue, brown and white enameled ceramic. Rewired for US or Eur use, new white fabric shade. Dimensions: 38 cm H, 25 cm diameter. All ...

Pair of Mid-Century Modern beige fabric armchairs by Julia Gaubek - Hungary 1950s

Alfio Mongelli (Rome 1939) Scomposizione Matematica - ABC 75,3 x 65,5 x 10 cm steel and wood 1980 Steel sculpture on wood; label indicating the title and the author at the bottom r...

This is some of the largest paintings Bertil Berntsson executed with oil on canvas in 1964. It was exhibited in the Liljevalchs konsthall in Stockholm. Coming with a good provenance ...

Table lamp model 'Roto' by Giacomo Benevelli for Missaglia, Italy, 1970s.

Superb English console called dresser base from the second half of the 19th century Elegant console which has three drawers in the belt. Each drawer is decorated with mahogany inlay...

Italian extendable dining table by Pier Luigi Colli, 1940s Measure: W 148-207 cm.

Artwork sold in perfect condition, print on baryta paper 310 grs pigment inks of museum quality, limited edition of 5 copies New-York, January 1956. The Skyline, this broken line of ...

Pair Of Bauhaus Armchairs, Hynek Gottwald - 1930s