Elegant Single Silvered Gilt Lamp with a beautiful handmade parchment shade and newly rewired. H:36.5" Diameter of shade:19" The Style of the lamp is classical with the Ancathus leaf motif that is silvered gilt. The Acanthus plant (Acanthaceæ), also known by the common name of "Bear's Breech," is considered to be one of the finest foliage plants for the shrub border. It is native to the Mediterranean and bears flowers that can be white, lilac-pink, or purple tinged. However, it is the leaves, ... Click for details

Steuben set of Eleven Pink Wine Goblets, H:5" top diameter: 3 3/4" bottom base diameter: 3" they are in good condition and color. Steuben Glass Company - glassworks founded in 1903 by T.G. Hawkes and Frederick Carder at Corning, N.Y. It was purchased by the Corning Glass Works in 1918 but continued to be directed by Carder until 1933. The company became known for fancy coloured glassware, particularly a type with an iridescent, translucent finish called Aurene. Another specialty was Intarsia gl... Click for details

French Late 18th Century Fruitwood Louis XV Buffet, the rectangular top above a flowering vine carved Freize over three drawers flanked by pairs of cartouche paneled doors opeing to a shelved interior above a scalloped apron raosed on scrolled feet. H:38 1/4" W:8'9.5" D:18 3/4" The historical backgroud of this early period derives from Louis X1V, known as the Sun King, he reigned in France between 1643 and 1715. Influenced the Baroque style in furniture during the earlier part of the reign whi... Click for details

This piece has been reported to the police as stolen, with security systems they will find them, it was 2 Italian/Spanish men dark hair, 5'10, other one 6'2" in a white sedan Nissan if they try to sell you this object, it is reported on Art Theft site also. Police Report # 07-4810. Elegant Regency Period Tureen, Sheffield Plate Platter with Hot Water Warming Base and matching Domed Cover. The size of the oval form which both pieces are engraved, attributed to Matthew Boulton, the Sheffield proce... Click for details

Highly Decorative Pair of Wrought Iron Chenets, Andirons with a Swinging arm, H:29" W:13" D:24" Chenet, or andiron: one of a pair of horizontal iron bars upon which wood is supported in an open fireplace around other pieces of antique furniture. The oldest of fireplace furnishings, andirons were used widely from the Late Iron Age. The andiron stands on short legs and usually has a vertical guard bar at the front to prevent logs from rolling off, thus giving it a somewhat doglike appearance (hen... Click for details

Venetian Painting by Romolo Tessari, signed lower right, Circa 1868 an Oil on Wood Panel of Barca on the Bacino di San Marco, Venice, with the Molo, the Ducal Palace and the Campanile of san Marco in the background. H:13.5" W:19.5" including the frame. It is in good condition and such a Romantic scene. Located in the heart of Summerland, California, Lifestyle Antiques & Interiors offers the finest high-end Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the South Coast. We feature a rich coll... Click for details

Italian Oil on wood panel, signed lower right by Romolo Tessaro, (Circa 1868), of a Venetian Scene of a Gondole on the Bacino di San Marco, Venice, with San Maggiore in the background, in good condition with a gilt frame. Including the Gilt Frame H:13.5" W:19.5" Located in the heart of Summerland, California, Lifestyle Antiques & Interiors offers the finest high-end Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the South Coast. We feature a rich collection from Europe, specializing in Ital... Click for details

Classical Stone Garden Urn, decorated with classical figures perfect for the garden or patio. H:35.5" Diameter:23" The origin and history of the Classical Urn especially used in the garden, the urns begins long before the ancient gardens of Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Greeks first used garden urns for practical purposes; a lack of water and rocky soils led them to use huge terracotta urns for plantings. Excavations around temples in Athens found rows of terracotta urns inserted into the ground w... Click for details

Exceptional Early 19th Century Italian Chest on Stand, a Walnut Marquetry Vargueno on Puente Stand. The ebonized and banded case is inlaid with various woods, fauna, the drawers with ripple moldings, and the stand with Barley Twist Supports, with stretcher and terminated on bold mushroom feet. H:53" W:38" D:15" The Drawer fronts are detailed with various animal and floral motifs, an interesting contrast with the ebonized wood for this exceptional Chest on Stand. Marquetry is the craft of cove... Click for details

Exceptional French Rouge Marble Urn Lamp, classical in style and with a Parchment shade with a stylized tortoiseshell pattern on the trim of the shade, newly rewired. We have only one lamp available, and the coloration of the Rouge French Marble is finely grained, H:31.5" W of shade:14" The word "marble" derives from the Greek marmaros, "shining stone" Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite (a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, ... Click for details

Silvered 19th Century, Compote Centerpiece holding a stylized shell and standing on a detailed shell framed by Griffins terminated on ball feet. H:42" W:23" D:12" the Centerpiece is an image of a figure derived from personifications of love, or Eros figures, in Greek and Roman art, putti came to be used to portray a cherub in Italian paintings of the 15th century, especially those of the Madonna and Child. With the revival of classical mythological subjects in the late 15th century, Cupid was co... Click for details

Exceptional set of 6 Italian Style Arm Chairs in total, sold as Pairs. The stylized Griffin carvings and gilt are an elegant contrast with the newly upholstered leather seats. H:34" Seat H:9" W:22" Seat D:19" The Griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was considered the "King of the Beasts" and the eagle the "King of the Air", the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin is generally repr... Click for details