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Dining Set Designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd., Finland, 1929
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dining set designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd.,
Finland, 1929.
Birch.
Stamped.
This rare dining set by the Finish design icon Alvar Aalto is character...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Birch
Yrjö Kukkapuro Cloud Chair Set of 6, Sky Blue and Teal, Avarte Finland, 1984
By Yrjö Kukkapuro
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Yrjö Kukkapuro Cloud Chair Set of 6, Sky Blue and Teal, Avarte Finland, 1984.
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Post-Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Nirvana, pink and gray abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Acrylic
One Love Stool Veneziano+Team Contemporary Natural Cedar Made in Italy Riva1920
By Riva 1920
Located in Cantù, IT
Stool made from a single block of scented cedar that reproduces the form of a heart.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Victorian Green Enamel Snake Pendant 18K
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This gorgeous Victorian Enamel Snake Pendant is unusual in color and the fact that this is not a brooch but a pendant makes it more so. There are 2 hook...
Category
1890s Unknown Victorian Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
White Diamond, Ruby, Enamel
1950s Paavo Tynell Style Blooming Brass & White Daisies Chandelier by Lightolier
By Lightolier, Paavo Tynell
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Springtime hope and renewed optimism emanate from this whimsical 1950s blooming daisies Chandelier in the style of Paavo Tynell by Lightolier. Organic. Happy. Uplifting. This unique chandelier gently stands on its own as a work of art and adds a special sense of joy and wonder to any space. Rare and hailing from the 1950s, this chandelier is a perfect choice for buyers seeking that unexpected WOW factor not seen anywhere else. This Paavo Tynell style chandelier...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Polyester Resin Helmet Sculpture Titled "Sara" by Fabián Bercic, Argentina, 2020
By Fabián Bercic
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Polyester resin helmet sculpture titled "Sara" by Fabián Bercic. Argentina, 2020.
Exhibited in Fabián Bercic solo show "Meteora" at Calvaresi in 2021.
F...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
Antique Rose Cut Diamond Solitaire Ring Unisex
Located in Southbury, CT
This is an unusually sleek and everyday wearable Victorian-era diamond ring. The low profile -rising just 5.24mm from the surface of the finger- means that you can do such modern thi...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Potassa De La Fayette
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1970s Pop Art Editors' Picks
Materials
Polaroid
Important Giuliano Gold and Pearl Brooch
By Carlo Giuliano
Located in London, GB
An important Giuliano gold and pearl brooch, the brooch designed as two amorini, each holding aloft a twisted rope with a pearl finial, seated astride ei...
Category
1860s British Renaissance Revival Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century Sahara Side Table with Marble Top by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
By Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A design table with pure and essential lines. Extremely versatile, it is available in a variety of shapes and finishes.
Sahara Side tables with structure in laser-cut and calendered ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Marble, Metal
Fine Art Nouveau Enamel and Pearl Flower Pendant
Located in London, GB
A fine Art Nouveau enamel and pearl flower pendant, the shaded blue, white and yellow enamelled flower head with brilliant-cut diamond centre, to each side a fan of leaves enamelled ...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Castilleja cruenta standl
By Penelope Gottlieb
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Penelope Gottlieb. "Castilleja cruenta standl" is a contemporary painting, ink, acrylic and oil on canvas panel in a variety of bright, bold colors by American artist Penelope Gottlieb.
After receiving her BFA from the Art Center College for Design in Pasadena, Penelope Gottlieb went on to earn her MFA from the University of California in Santa Barbara where she currently lives and works. Gottlieb’s artistic repertoire is thoroughly modern and includes innovative paintings as well as compelling media design, for which she received an Emmy in the field of motion picture title design in 1993.
Gottlieb’s more recent works showcase a unique synthesis of her modern graphic design background and the vintage botanical renderings of natural scientists. However, her paintings are also unique in their perspective on the traditional floral still life. Stylized flora and fauna are depicted as emanating from a comic book explosion, illustrating what the artist refers to as “the dire state of the planet” as faced with species extinction and the resulting biological and ecological ramifications. These violent representations of the artistically typified placid natural world are intended as “visual eulogies for lost plant life.” The particular specimens that Gottlieb depicts are in fact extinct and she is able to recreate them only from historical drawings and botanist’s descriptions.
Although avant-garde and aesthetically unique, Gottlieb’s paintings delineate clear influences from the renowned artists of Pop and Expressionist art. The composition of many of her paintings is reminiscent of Kandinsky’s canvas-filling outpours while her bold color palette and black outlines recall Lichtenstein’s comic book panels. Her work is also closely related to a more contemporary group of artists, including Alexis Rockman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
David Webb Ribbon Diamond Gold Bow Brooch
By David Webb
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful bow brooch is finely crafted in 18k yellow gold and platinum with diamonds, weighing a total of approximately 12.00 Carat.
Signed David Webb
Category
1980s American Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Louis Vuitton Chandelier
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Brussels, BE
Very rare chandelier by Louis Vuitton circa 2012, in new condition with original box.
The electrical system is not included in the original box.
I used a black cable for the photos...
Category
2010s French Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Leather
Space Invader LED Screen Print Lazarides Edition of 100 Street Art Urban Art
By Invader
Located in Draper, UT
One of the most sought after prints by Invader fans as this was his last release with Steve Lazarides. Mr. Lazaride's is a legend in his own right having represented everyone from Banksy, Paul Incest and many others. This is a must have for any Invader Was Here Fan! This print is special to us as it represents our childhood sitting around arcades and playing the famous Arcade Game SPACE INVADERS. Being a product of the 70's/80's please and thank you...
Category
2010s Street Art Editors' Picks
Materials
Screen
Oceansphere
By Isabella Ginanneschi
Located in Hudson, NY
All the photographs in a limited edition. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two we...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shaker Blue
By Barbara Takenaga
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 25.
Barbara Takenaga is a painter who made her first lithograph at Shark's in the summer of 2002. Her abstract works are full of repeated, obsessive mark...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Lithograph
18K White & Black Gold Pradera Colourful Engagement Ring with Emerald
By Pradera Irama
Located in Bilbao, ES
18K White & Black Gold Pradera Colourful Engagement Ring with Emerald.
Natural Emerald 0.56ct.
READY TO SHIP
*Shipment of this piece is n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Chinese Export Silver Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite Chinese export silver mirror is a work of exotic beauty. Elegantly shaped and monumental in size, this looking glass is held within ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Editors' Picks
Materials
Silver
Vintage Anglo American Optical " SNAKES " Sunglasses 1970 Made in England
By Anglo American Optical
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Highly collectable " SNAKES " sunglasses signed by English Anglo American Optical. Animal accented frame holding a spotless pair of light brown lenses.
Made in England.
This pair ha...
Category
1970s English Editors' Picks
Azulejos Portuguese Hand Painted Tiles "Court Lady"
Located in Baldock, GB
Beautiful tile mural with the "COURT LADY" motif finely painted.
Tile mural size: 70.8" H x 47.2" W (180cm x 120cm)
Tile size: 5.9" H x 5.9" W (15cm x 15cm)
Origin: Portugal
Prod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
GIA Certified 10.02 Carat Heart Shape Diamond Lion Mane Halo Pendant Necklace
By Roman Malakov
Located in New York, NY
Rare and well-crafted pendant necklace showcasing a GIA certified 10.02 carat heart shape diamond, set in a beautiful and colorful lion's mane halo made in different color diamonds. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile, 1921
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis
Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile
1921
Photogravure Print
22 x 18 inches
Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #415, The North American Indi...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Editors' Picks
Materials
Photogravure
Illustration for Avanti! - Mixed Media by B. Angoletta - Early 1900
By Bruno Angoletta
Located in Roma, IT
Illustration for Avanti! is an original print realized by Bruno Angoletta for the periodical Avanti! at the beginning of the XX century.
Includes frame: 54 x 2 x 45 cm
Good conditi...
Category
Early 20th Century Editors' Picks
Materials
Mixed Media
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Clear Special XL Vase Resin Yellow, Lime, Turquoise
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in barasso, IT
Clear special extra color vase - Clear yellow, matt lime, matt turquoise.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: XL - ø 30cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Resin
Green Gauloises
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, graphite and printed paper collage on board
42.6 x 36.8 cms (16 3/4 x 14 1/2 ins)
This is the only collage in which Motherwell used a green package from Gauloises Caporal D...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Editors' Picks
Materials
Mixed Media
Five Extremely Rare Chinese Drawings of Foreigners, 18th Century, Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Five Chinese paintings of western people by an unknown artist
China, circa 1760, captions later
All in giltwood frames.
“A woman with Portuguese hairdo, with gold, silver and gemstone necklace, a skirt under a vest, a koi on her back, called a cloak, a woman customarily inherited the family business, the male humble, to the threshold (Qianlong year, circa 1735).”
Gouache on silk, measures: 32 x 25.4 cm
“He is a Westerner who had a white skin. He does not have a heavy beard but plaits his hair. He wears a triangular black hat, short jacket, leather shoes and long stockings...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Paper
Murano Green Italian Art Glass Forato Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern green and white Murano Art glass Forato vase with pulled details. Italy, 1950s.
Monumental Mid-Century Modern organic shaped green Mura...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
The Swimmer in the Aquarium
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pochoir in colors on wove paper bearing the “ARCHES” block letter watermark, after Matisse's cut paper collage maquette.
A superb example of the definitive state, from the folio edi...
Category
1940s Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Stencil
Vintage French Art Deco Blue Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French Art Deco Blue Handmade Wool Rug
Size: 13'0" × 13'3" (396 × 403 cm)
This vintage European deco rug features a striking central design o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Editors' Picks
Materials
Wool
Gianni Versace black lace and oroton metal chainmail strapless corset, fw 1999
By Gianni Versace
Located in London, GB
▪ Gianni Versace black oroton metal chainmail evening corset
▪ 96% Metal, 4% Silk
▪ Lace trim
▪ Fringed hem
▪ Built-in corset
▪ IT 40 - FR 36 - UK 8 - ...
Category
1990s Italian Editors' Picks
Dots and Cloud-Inspired Coffee Table by Design Libero and Dimitri Likissas
Located in Dubai, AE
Cloud is a combination of modern design and contemporary art; the dots and cloud-inspired work of the artist Dimitri Likissas were translated into an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
Kate Moss Abstract, Reflection on Water, (new) – Albert Watson, Woman, Portrait
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Kate Moss Abstract, Reflection on Water, (new) 1993
Archival pigment print
Sheet 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in....
Category
1990s Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Rice, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery
Terra Side Table by Papier Langackerhäusl
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Terra Side Table
W550 D600 H600 mm
A deep impression.
Textured, hemispherical vessels of handmade paper in various sizes shapes and colors.
Suitable for dry contents.
[PAPIE...
Category
2010s Austrian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Parchment Paper
Hayche Strata Pendant Lamp, Pink gradient, United Kingdom, in Stock
Located in Liverpool, GB
The Strata pendant lamp is inspired by mid-century Scandinavian design and is made in powder-coated steel and brass. The extended louvre detailing in the Strata enables a number of c...
Category
2010s British Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal, Steel
The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City) by Christo - Contemporary
By Christo
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City) by Christo (1935-2020)
Collage, pencil, enamel paint, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, wax crayon and tape
35.5 x 56 cm (14 x 22 inches)
Signed and dated lower left and inscribed on the reverse, Christo 1998
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Jonathan Henery on behalf of the Estate of Christo V. Javacheff.
The Gates, Project For Central Park is probably one of the most iconic and most recognizable of Christo's projects and the works around it are amongst the most sought after by international collectors.
Artisti biography
Christo Javacheff was born in 1935 in Gabrova, in Communist Bulgaria. Dropping his surname, Christo studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia (1953–56) before defecting to the West, via Prague, in 1957. That year, he spent one semester at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna and moved to Paris in 1958 where he met his future wife and artistic collaborator, Moroccan-born Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon (d. 2009).
Indebted to Vladimir Tatlin's Constructivist edict "real materials in real space," Christo's first artworks, dating from 1958, consist of appropriated everyday objects such as bottles, cans...
Category
1990s Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Enamel
Moooi Rabbit Table Lamp in Polyester with Laminated Metal Shade by Front
By Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Rabbit Lamp is a bit shy, but don’t worry: he always hides where the light is. When you turn its light on, the reflection of this adorable creature wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Stainless Steel Slab Floor Mirror by Home Studios for Sight Unseen x Bestcase
By Bestcase, Home Studios, Sight Unseen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With the Slab mirror, Home Studios continues an exploration of design ideas that began with its inaugural furniture and lighting collection, Homework, which debuted at Sight Unseen...
Category
2010s American Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jean Louis Scherrer haute couture purple lame brocade evening gown, f/w 2005
By Jean-Louis Scherrer
Located in London, GB
- Poet sleeves
- Jewel encrusted buttons and belt buckle broach
- Silk lining
Haute Couture, Autumn-Winter 2005
Category
Early 2000s French Editors' Picks
3.40 Carat Diamond Chain Link 14 Karat Yellow Gold Necklace
By Meghna Jewels
Located in Hoffman Estate, IL
Cast from 14-karat yellow gold, this chain necklace is hand set with 3.40 carats of sparkling diamonds.
FOLLOW MEGHNA JEWELS storefront to view the latest collection & exclusive pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
Lulú
By Liliana Porter
Located in Mexico City, MX
Artist's statement: In the last years, parallel to photography and video, I have been making works on canvas, prints, drawings, collages, and small installations. Many of these piece...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Photogravure
Wall Full-Length Mirror Organic Shape Limited Edition Contemporary Design
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
Series of mirrors called 'Livelli' made up of five different mirrors.
The idea for these mirror origins from the observation of architectonical landscape models used for representing three dimensions on paper.
We borrowed these levels and gave life to a three dimensional mirror...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Mirror
Stephen Webster Dynamite 18 Karat White Gold and White Diamond Cascade Earcuff
By Stephen Webster
Located in London, GB
Featuring dramatic silhouettes to emulate fragments of post-modern architecture, Stephen Webster presents the Dynamite Cascade Earrings set in 18 karat white gold, tapered baguette a...
Category
2010s British Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel, White Gold
Monica, Warsaw
By Alec Soth
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing. Free Shipping. 14-Day return policy.
Alec Soth
Monica, Warsaw. 2018
Image size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame size: 27 x 23 x 2 inches
Edition 10 of 30
Signed on artist signature label
Artist biography -
(American, b.1969) is a photographer who is best known for photographing the Midwestern United States. He lives in Minneapolis, MN, which is also the city of his birth, although he relocated to Bronxville, NY, for his studies at Sarah Lawrence College. Soth's early work include a self-published book of portrait and landscape photographs entitled Sleeping by the Mississippi, which was the result of his travels along the Mississippi River. This book won him much attention from art critics, who said that his photographs conveyed a strong sense of intimacy with the landscape. His photograph Charles, which shows a man standing on the roof of his house with a model airplane in each hand, was used as a poster for the 2004 Whitney Biennial show, in which Soth's works were exhibited.
Soth, who was extremely shy during childhood and adolescence, was driven to start photographing people after being influenced by the work of portrait photographer Diane Arbus. He has said in interviews that he feels awkward approaching people and asking to take their photographs, and that he feels drawn to loners, hermits, and travelers as the subjects of his work. After his initial success with Sleeping by the Mississippi, Soth went on to publish a second photography book in 2006 entitled Niagara. For this work, he photographed people and places around Niagara Falls. He has since then produced two more books, Last Days of W and From Here to There: Alec Soth's America. He has also produced commissioned work for The New York Times Magazine.
Soth's work is included in a number of permanent collections, including those at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He is represented by the Weinstein Gallery...
Category
2010s Editors' Picks
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Moooi Elements 005 Table in Solid Wood with Upholstery by Jaime Hayon
By Jaime Hayon, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired originally by the form of a cactus and its modular shape, the various parts of the Elements collection resemble a functional sculpture: as beautiful as the cactus, but extre...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Wood
Hermès Vintage Sequana Bag Magic Purple Blue Porosus Crocodile Golden Hdw RARE
By Hermès
Located in FR
Absolutely Stunning Authentic Hermès Vintage Bag
"Séquana"
This bag is magic! Depending on the weather, the light, your outfit, its color changes!...
Category
1980s French Editors' Picks
3.85cts 14K Bezel Set East to West Emerald Solitaire Engagement Ring
Located in Jupiter, FL
Displayed is a vibrant-green emerald, solitaire, emerald-cut bezel ring in 14K yellow gold. This gorgeous solitaire ring carries a full 3.85-carat emerald in a sleek bezel setting. T...
Category
2010s American Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Copacabana Lounge Chair
By Mathieu Matégot, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Copacabana lounge chair was created in 1955 by Mathieu Matégot. The low Copacabana lounge chair has the impression of being designed with a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Marc Bankowsky, Euryale, Bronze Sconce, France, 2006
By Marc Bankowsky
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary patinated bronze sconce by Marc Bankowsky.
Bulb: Two candelabra bulbs
Wattage: 60 each (maximum).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Editors' Picks
Materials
Bronze
Concrete Caldera Coffee Table by Opiary (18"H)
By Robert Remer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opiary is a Brooklyn-based biophilic design and production studio. We integrate nature in each of our designs, incorporating live greenery and organic shapes into bespoke furniture, planters, and sculpture. Through the ethos of biophilia, our work reflects the shifting, yet timeless relationship between humans and nature.
This organic and modern table will enhance and add a distinctive style to any space. Inspire great conversation by pairing it with our Drillium chairs and a centerpiece plant of your choice.
DETAILS
Indoor/outdoor use and extremely weather-resistant.
Sealed and polished to be water and stain resistant.
FINISHES
Available in earth, white, light grey, grey, dark grey, and black GFRC
Pricing varies based on finish. Please message before purchasing.
Price listed is for our standard light grey option.
Pictured here in our dark grey cement option.
All Opiary pieces are handcrafted and made-to-order, and dimensions/finishes are approximations.
Clients are welcome to visit our Brooklyn studio during the fabrication of pieces.
MODIFICATIONS
Tempered glass top (44"D) available
Live or silk plants...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Cement
Pair of Walnut Armchairs, Late 16th Century, French Renaissance, with Ram Mask C
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
"This rare pair of upholstered open armchairs relate to examples in museum collections in France, the USA and the UK. Few pieces of Renaissance furniture featuring ram’s head motif arm terminals survive as the chairs would have been in the ownership of the elite symbolising leadership and authority. The condition of these armchairs reflects their age and use and they have a rich colour and lustrous patina.
The form of these chairs is characteristic of a stereotypical Renaissance model. The upholstered section of the backs are upholstered in wool with applied 17th century floral needlework faced with gilded studs and supported by square section uprights. The channelled tablet and stylised rosette incised curved arms terminate in acanthus capped carved rams' masks and are supported by column turned uprights headed by an entrelac collar. The ram is a symbol of leadership and authority and it also determination, action, initiative, and Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac. The seats are upholstered in wool with applied 17th century needlework faced with gilded studs and supported by tapering column/ring turned front legs and square section back legs. Some of the stretchers with moulded detailing. Standing on front ball feet. Exceptional original colour and patina. Henri II 1550-60.
Condition: The chairs are both sturdy with exceptional colour and patina. One armchair with a splice on the rhs back leg and replaced but period front and lhs stretcher both bearing old nail marks, two other replaced stretchers and the back uprights bearing old nail marks indicating that they were upholstered at some point. The other armchair with an old repair to a break in the right back leg and an old patch near the end of the leg, replaced but period back and lhs stretcher, small patch to bottom of lhs arm where it meets the support. Old worm marks and some losses. Considering the age of the armchairs, these repairs and replacements are not unusual and consistent with the repairs on the related armchairs in museum collections. They suggest that the chairs either fell backwards at some point or someone leant back while sitting in them.
Back Height 107cm, 42in, Seat Height 59.5cm, 23½in
Width 60cm, 23½ in, Seat 59cm, 23¼in
Depth including arm 59cm, 23¼in, Seat 49cm, 19¼in
Provenance: Deaccessioned by The National Galleries of Scotland
Bearing an old transport label from Alain Moatti (French architect) to Mrs Katz, London
Literature: Related to :
There are comparable armchairs in international museum collections dated to the second half of the 16th century. Most share the following characteristics with the above pair, the form, the ram's mask carved to the end of each arm, the curvilinear outline of the arm rests, the ring turned front legs as well as the plain square section back legs and plain stretchers.
1. Two stained glass windows...
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Saturn Sofa by Gaston Rinaldi for Rima, Italy, 1957, Maharam Blue Divina Melange
By Gastone Rinaldi, RIMA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Saturn (Saturno) sofa by Gaston Rinaldi for Rima, Italy, 1957, recently reupholstered in luxurious Maharam Divina Melange Blue. Scalamandre Tigre pillows in main photo are for displ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
Figure in a Wide-brimmed Red Hat
By René Gruau
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...
Category
1960s Contemporary Editors' Picks
Materials
Mixed Media, Pastel, Gouache, Board
Donald Sultan "Yellow Roses" - Framed Contemporary Abstract Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in New Orleans, LA
Donald Sultan
Yellow Roses, April
from Fruit and Flowers II, 1992
Color Screenprint
Signed in Pencil, DS and 34/100
Printed by Watanabe Studio, Brooklyn
Published by Parasol Press, L...
Category
1990s Editors' Picks
Materials
Screen
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric and Black Fur Corners by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
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Metal
Still life with Watermelon, NY
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin
Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints
Signed Irving Penn Verso
Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
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1940s Modern Editors' Picks
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Dye Transfer
Prada Green Bag In Fox And Lizard
By Prada
Located in Paris, FR
It can be carried by hand in a clutch and on the shoulder with its removable strap in green lizard and ruthenium metal chain. The interior is in pale pink beige lambskin with two sma...
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