This stylized Louis XVI Style Cast Iron Fireback has an arched plate centered by a figure of Venus seated on a bank of clouds with Cupid in attendance, flanked by ribbon tied ornament suspending a quiver of arrows, love birds, and a winged heart shot through with an arrow and flambeau. H:22 3/4" W:24 3/4" Cast iron is produced in a furnace stoked with alternate layers of coking iron then poured into molds. After the iron cools off, the sand is cleaned off. The Chinese were the first to use cast... Click for details

French Louis XV Provincial Walnut Commode, mid 18th Century, the rectangular topof slight serpentine outline with molded edge, the conforming case fitted with two short and two long tablet decorated drawers on square molded legs. H:31" W:35" D:21" Background of the French Commode - piece of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers, in use in France in the late 17th century. Most commodes had marble tops, and some were fitted with pairs of doors. André-Charles Boulle was among the firs... Click for details

19th Century Continental Baroque Style Fruitwood and Walnut Refectory table, the rectangular cleated top with slight molded edge, raised on dual turned baluster end supports and foliate carved sleigh feet, joined by a flattened stretcher. H:30" W:7'6.5" D:32" 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 Itali... Click for details

The Rectangular top is raised on pierced shaped end supports and joined by scrolling stretchers, well proportioned Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Table. H:31" W:4'6" D:26" This table is perfect as a sofa table or small library table and with an antique look of the turn of the century table. A brief history of the Baroque style and tradition: era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations, which occurred in Italy, date from the latter de... Click for details

This exceptional, Circa 1839, early Botanical: H:18.5" W:15.5" (incl. frame), Acanthephip'Pium Bi'Color, two colored Acanthephippium. Description of the Genus, Acanthephippium with the exterior foliiles of the ventricose perigone agglutinated, the lateral ones adnate to the claw of the column, the upper one arched with the interior spatula-shpaed, the lip is articulated with the foot of the cokumn, whihc is very greatly prolonged. The column is roundish, this is a bold plant and with great color... Click for details

Signed, lower right an Oil on Canvas by Suzanne Eisendieck, of a young girl at the seashore. Framed: 24" X 27", image size: 15" X 18.5". Suzanne Eisendieck has long been famous for her depictions of the girl, in many different themes, and different settings . The world has come to recognize the idenity of her characterizations which became her tradition and signature. Suzanne was born in Dantzig where she went to study at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, later living in Berlin and had her first exh... Click for details

Exceptional Pair of Five Light Wall Sconces with cut crystal bobeches, faux wax candle sleeves, and strong frames and mounts, with a pinnacle on top. H:26" W:17" Lifestyle Antiques is a Summerland antique dealer near Santa Barbara who specializes in European antique furniture and antique lighting for your home and garden. Among some of our specialties are home lighting, home furnishings and garden statues. There are several Summerland antique shops in the area, 10 minutes south of Santa Barbara... Click for details

Decorative Vintage Poly Chromed Red and Silver Gilt stylized Urn lamp with a hand painted Parchment shade, newly rewired. H:28: D: of shade 15" Just as the city's architecture reflects notions of Venice as a place for public ritual, so, too, Venetian painting evokes the “myth of Venice.” The magnificent art treasures of the republic now grace churches, palaces, and galleries throughout the city. Early paintings were heavily influenced by Byzantine traditions, as can be seen in the religious ... Click for details

Pair of Fine Italian Painted Venetian Commodes, Circa 1930's with images of floral motif on the scalloped top and shaped case. H:30" W:31" D:13.5" Just as the city's architecture reflects notions of Venice as a place for public ritual, so, too, Venetian painting evokes the “myth of Venice.” The magnificent art treasures of the republic now grace churches, palaces, and galleries throughout the city. Early paintings were heavily influenced by Byzantine traditions, as can be seen in the religious... Click for details

This exquisite French 1920's Painted Side Table with painted classical courting scenes top of the table with images of landscape scenes on the apron. H:26' W:31.5" D:24" Louis XV style is, in the decorative arts, the Rococo style that is characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France. The artists of this style produced exquisite Rococo decor for the enormous number of homes owned by royalty and nobility during the reign of Louis XV. Emphasis was laid on the... Click for details

Russian Icon, 19th Century of the Virgin of Joy to those who grieve surrounded by archangeles, 12.5" X 10.5" The use and making of icons entered Kievan Rus' (which later expanded to become the Russian Empire) followed its conversion to Orthodox Christianity in 988 A.D. As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by usage, some of which had originated in Constantinople. As time passed, the Russians widened the vocabulary of types and styles far beyond anything fo... Click for details

Russian Icon of a Church Saint, 19th Century, 12.5" X 10.5". The use and making of icons entered Kievan Rus' (which later expanded to become the Russian Empire) followed its conversion to Orthodox Christianity in 988 A.D. As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by usage, some of which had originated in Constantinople. As time passed, the Russians widened the vocabulary of types and styles far beyond anything found elsewhere. The personal, improvisatory and ... Click for details