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| These Decorative Objects have been sold. We leave select sold items in our gallery to show the kind of pieces we can locate. Please do not hesitate to inquire if you would like us to find something like any of these for you! If you would prefer to see items that are available now, please go to the beginning of our Decorative Objects category or go back to our online gallery |
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Item No. 1121
Set of four Art Nouveau period lithographs on fabricDepicting The Four Seasons. Signed by Czechoslovakian artist Alphonse Mucha. First Series. Circa 1896. 37" high by 21" wide |
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Item No. 1137
French, Louis XV style correspondence boxEmbossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century. 12¼" high by 7" wide by 7" deep |
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Item No. 1134
The Birds of North America & Studer's Popular Ornithology (two volumes)Columbus, Ohio: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878. In two volumes. Folio. Illustrated with 160 plates (119 color lithographic plates in first volume and 41 tinted lithographic plates in second volume), with tissue guards. Full gilt-lettered and decorated black morocco; spines gilt; inner dentelles gilt. Spines, edges, and joints slightly scuffed; internally clean. Ex-library with book-plates on front paste-downs and call numbers in pencil on title-pages; plates free of all markings. This comprises The Birds of North America and Ornithology: or, the Science of Birds. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections. |
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Item No. 1127
Renaissance period coffret (document box)Of rectangular form, in solid walnut, having carved floret-framed paneled sides and the façade with carvings of maps and telescopes, the whole resting atop four paw feet. Early 17th century. Florence. 19" wide by 11½" high by 11½" deep |
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Item No. 1124
Iberian Earthenware olive jar17th century. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections. 26" high by 23" wide |
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Item No. 1118
Egyptian, painted wood Ptah-Sokar-OsirisLate period to Ptolemaic period, 664-30 BC. Set on a rectangular plinth with inscriptions. A similar item can be found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 30" high |
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Item No. 1114
Italian, neoclassical style, alabaster pedestal19th century. |
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Item No. 1107
French, Louis XV style, barometer and thermometer set of large dimensionsIn solid, carved giltwood. The barometer signed Torricelli, the thermometer signed Réaumur. 19th century. 57" high by 8" wide |
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Item No. 1100
Japanese, gilt wood Buddha figureSeated in dhyanasana on a lotus base set on a tiered plinth, the hands held upward in the lap, the eyes downcast in a meditative pose under tightly curled hair and a domed ushisha, dressed in layered robes left open at the chest, al before a solid madela. Edo Period, Japan. 13" high |
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Item No. 1090
English, Regency period harpIn lacquered and gilded wood and imitation maple having forty-three strings and seven pedals; fluted column adorned with winged caryatids, base adorned with palmettes. Signed Erard, London |
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Item No. 875
Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensionsThe panels circa 1800, the later frames mid-19th century. Each one painted with classical figures: Minerva, Apollo, Bacchus, and Diana. The frames inscribed "SALONE BALLO." large pair: 76" high by 62¼" wide; small pair 74½" high by 62½" wide |
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Item No. 1044
Very fine, French, Louis XIV period, Beauvais entre fenetre tapestryWoven in fine silk and wool. Early 18th century. Likely inspired by the series of engravings "Berain Grotesques" (Jean Berain, France, 1640–1711). See: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 97" high by 54" wide |
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Item No. 1039
Set of fine, English Regency period library stepsIn solid mahogany, each step with gilt, embossed leather inset. Circa 1820. 27" long by 27" high by 18" deep |
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Item No. 798
French, Louis XVI style tri-fold, full-length mirrorEach side panel with attached console table, having hinged top. Center mirrored panel beneath trumeau depicting cherubs at play. 19th century. 93" high, center panel 25" wide, each side panel 20" wide, 12" deep (console tables) |
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Item No. 943
Set of four fine, German, Belle Époque period painted panelsDepicting the four seasons. The reverse of three panels stenciled […] A. Schutzman MUNCHEN, within paw-footed giltwood frames. Circa 1880. Each panel is 84" tall by 21½" wide |
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Item No. 938
Rare, French Provencal coiffeuse perruquière (wig vanity)In solid, carved walnut with three, hinged panels opening to reveal five interior compartments designed to store wigs, the center panel inset with a miror. First half of the 19th century. |
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Item No. 916
Decorative full armor with shield in the 16th century styleThe armour etched throughout with scrollwork inhabited by mythical birds, the breast plate with a central crowned eagle 'crest', the shield etched en suite with a central cartouche of St. George and the dragon. European, late 19th century. Provenance:: by repute, William Randolph Hearst. 70¼" tall |
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Item No. 900
Fine, Classical period, Roman mosaic panelFormerly part of a floor. Centered by a rondel with four ovoid leaves within concentric oblong diamond bands, concentric corner rondels and banded border, iron banded edge. Circa second or third century, AD. 32½" wide by 56½" long |
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Item No. 833
Very fine, George III period, chinoiserie paravent (folding screen)In black lacquer with gilt bronze trim and painted and parcel-gilded scenes. Late 18th century. |
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Item No. 817
Italian, Baroque period, scagliola panelFrom Tuscany. Early 17th century. Originally an altar front, suitable for adaptation as a dining or coffee table. 73" wide by 34½" deep by 3" thick |
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