Mississippi - Wall Decorations

This pair of wall brackets or little shelves come from a private house here in Florence, the owner commissioned them to match them with the design of a pair of antique 17th century w...

A French terracotta wall bracket from the 20th century depicting an angel face. This charming 20th-century French terracotta wall bracket is a delightful piece of artistry that effor...

Pair of 18th Century Italian figural carved Angel wall brackets. Brackets feature charming angel faces under small flat shelf. Giltwood and painted, brackets have a wonderful old pat...

A beautiful oil on canvas rendering of a stag hunt, presented in a fluted giltwood frame with a bundled husk border and large, parted leaves in the corners. The painting is signed in the lower right corner by the artist, “H. de Forges”, a member of the Barbizon French school of the late 1800s, who specialized in animal hunt scenes. The vibrancy of de Forges’ painting has not diminished over time; the colors seem to pop right off the canvas. A blue sky with some low-lying white clouds hangs above trees mainly bereft of leaves, indicating it is late autumn. Slender grass, ranging from green to brown, surrounds a watering hole in the middle of a clearing, with a single stag near the water’s edge. Eight white hunting dogs with black and tan markings surround the deer on one side of the pond. Behind the pack is a brown horse ridden by a huntsman dressed in red and black, preparing to sound the hunting horn. Two more riders in red, black, and white, also on brown horses, are emerging from a small hill behind the deer. Hunting, always a very important pastime in France, became one of the more popular genres in 19th century art, along with with quality pastoral and landscape paintings. Realism was a defining feature of the Barbizon School, as artists were attracted to spending more time living and painting in the natural world. Our hunt scene depicts the surrounding of prey, or pre-hunt revelry. The beautifully colored oil on canvas stag hunt painting...

19th century American framed still life depictions of fruit, set of 10. Group of 10 small framed still life depictions of fruit, to include: watercolor theorem depicting apples on a...

A pretty oil on canvas by John Lochhead (1868-1921) a listed British artist born in 1868. The style of the painting is classic Victorian with a slightly naughty title on the back label "The Trysting Place". The piece depicts a well-dressed young woman seated on a bench in a charming bucolic garden setting with grazing sheep on a riverbank. The frame is a fine example of elaborate late 19th century carved giltwood with the label of a well-known carver and gilder...

A lovely square framed hand embroidered wall hanging of a peacock and roses. This beautiful piece has been cross stitched by hand in a variety of bright and bold colors. A peacock ta...

A lovely pair of vintage Mid-Century Italian Neoclassical style giltwood & gesso wall brackets shelves with hand carved acanthus leaves design. Marked "Made In Italy" on reverse. The...

A set of 19th-century Chinese silk tapestries, woven or embroidered entirely by hand. Left and right represents a fishing village with women and men fishing at the net. Both ba...

Antique Framed oil painting on canvas by L. Vanvalsem depicts a wonderful impressionistic rendition of the wheat harvest, with excellent compositional ar...

Oil on board Venetian Canal Scene looking towards the mouth of The Grand Canal with Della Salute to one side . Typical in the Grand Tour style of 18th ,19th and 20th centuries ..

A lovely vintage Mid-Century Italian gilded wood wall bracket shelf. This stylish bracket has a hand carved scrolling acanthus leaf design and beautiful gilt patina. It's perfect for...