Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Lights and the Sea....

Industrial aluminium lamp,
Old french tobacco leaf cutter
Large framed original french school canvas "Elémént de Géométrie"
Original timber filing unit, top right Geometry sign from a French school C.1940 , top right C.1900 Valvoline Sign gold letters on black timber board, C. 1950 Roman's heads from an artist studio


                                                Vintage american tins and money boxes.
Large framed original french poster "Maurin Quina", C.1906
SOLD

Vintage stamped Japanese floaters on organic fibre marine rope.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Hamilton Printer's tray

American 1860's Masonic cap
SOLD
on beautiful English hat block,
Set of american ceramic glove factory hands.
Original French enamel signs for Pathé-Photo and newspaper Paris-soir.
Beautiful Napoleon III clock w/mercury and precious stone pendulum.
 Original Hamilton Printer's tray filled with calligraphy and printing little pieces.
Original letter press from Lille, France

Monday, October 1, 2012

Coffe table, toys and Art...


Vintage toys, typewriter, ambulance 
and racing car 
SOLD
Vintage Barrel tipper, transformed into a coffe table or side table. 
Argentic photo of a 1940's Californian Clown 

Monday, September 17, 2012

School map


C.1932, beautiful school canvas roll, hand painted with mackerels score and flat head.
dated and signed by the artist . Brussels

Original Art deco print in color from a 1920 French's fashion magazine

Original Art deco print  C.1920

Original French Empire prints C.1857

Saturday, February 25, 2012

French eclectic II

                                                                   


Original 1933's Bauhaus "creme" desk lamp, Kaiser Idell, Germany  wooden handle very unusual on a Christian dell creation
Sold

1920's beautiful bottle holder, fantastic shape, metal. Northern France.
SOLD

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

French eclectic I


1930's timber printer's blocks from Lille, Northern France
SOLD



 Set of beautiful early cast iron money box pigs from a Parisian Butcher's collection. C.1930 France
SOLD

Exquisite "Lutetia" dress maker's mannequin C.1860. Written on its back"Au Bon Marche Paris ". A piece that would bring elegance and class to any interior.





Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Letter, big is better


Letter T made of steel C.1970. An uncommon piece, would look great in a big room as a show piece.
Size H 200cms W 107cms
SOLD

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Antique Puppets




 A 18th Century (1760-65) puppet of a Spaniard middle age warrior. The structure is completely made of timber, the legs are cover of metal (like a medieval armor), the timber torso is cover of fabric with a kind of natural  filling underneath straw alike . It has been sculpted with taste and both his hands are very delicate and graceful. His head is unfortunately missing. This is a master piece, the oldest we've ever own. Size approx 1.07cms H torso W 21cms. France
SOLD


Vintage Sydney bus route signs




Original Bus route signs, made of canvas with a railway authentication stamp at the back.
Some with incredible red, green and blue colors, never seen before.
A must have on the wall for a design interior.
SOLD

Monday, January 16, 2012

1970's pinball


1970's Charlie's Angel pinball made in USA by D.Gottlieb & Cº A  Columbia Pictures Industries Company - 51cm W x 106cm H - great piece for your wall
SOLD

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Decoy


Great Decoy Duck C.1930, made of cork and cover with canvas then hand painted. flat underneath with a retractable sinker. Beautiful original decoy same size as the real bird.
SOLD
 
                                                                        

Set of 3 foldables Decoy ducks made of carton covers with wax, life size, hand painted with a sinker underneath. C 1950


Monday, January 2, 2012

Time travel...

3 Colourful original 1940's Sydney bus route on canvas.
North Bondi (SOLD), Miller's Point, Waverley depot (SOLD)

 1950's metal tricycle with all original features.


 Aluminium 1940's "machine Age" desk lamp with original sculptures "Mother" and "Daughter" (SOLD) by french Artist "MF" and vintage tape measures.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Coca Cola and signage


Beautiful 1920's large enamel American railway path sign.


Original early painted cast iron "Coca Cola" money box, rare and beautiful. 
SOLD

Monday, December 12, 2011

Timber and metal curves


Beautiful WW2 Navy Brass Search light on heavy cast Iron stand.
A wonderful feature for your favourit room. 
SOLD

1940's thick metal 2 doors cabinet with brass handles and inside shelvings
107cm H x 50cm D x78cm W.
SOLD

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Metal animals...

Folk art "fresh fish on sale here" metal sign.
SOLD

1950's made in England Mobo "Night rider" rocking horse.
All metal with it's original paint.
SOLD

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Aged iron...



An early Public Work Dep. kerozene Railway flashing lamp with it's original diffusion tinted glass, fully equiped and in great working condition!
SOLD


A series of beautiful 1890's cast iron industrial machinery wheels.
SOLD

An early rusty decorative fence part, with cast iron joining medallions.
SOLD


A beautiful 1860's Australian red cedar table with square legs. The top is made of one single plank from an 200 years old cedar tree. 64cm W x 128cm L x 74cm H
SOLD

Thursday, August 4, 2011

sit or stand...



French large timber pigeon hole, formely used as a wine counter to store A,B,C grade wines, with St.Bonnet stamped on base. Great as kitchen bench or in your hallway to store the familly shoes in each of the 18 compartments....196cmW x 52cm D x 94cm H
SOLD

Beautiful architect's industrial swivel stool re-upholstered in purple leather.
SOLD

Retro metal frame swivel chair re-upholstered in mustard and cherry leather.
SOLD

Pair of lovely metal and timber Stanmore chairs, with their laberl and patent number stamped underneith. Very nice design.
SOLD

Look at those 1960's French "Dim" legs, beautiful long mannequin legs used to display pantyhose and stockings. A unique piece!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Eat, Play, Work...


Vintage stackable black and red chairs (SOLD) set around an Edwardian solid kauri pine timber top table with ring turned blackwood legs on its original castors. Seats 6.
158cm L x 90cm W x 74cm H. SOLD

Series of Industrial Koala moulds set on heavy metal stands, a beautiful and original Art piece! SOLD


Have a comfortable working time sitting in this English Pub chair (SOLD) at this large 1950's Office desk with 2 drawers and a beautiful french polish finish.
150cm L x 90cm W x 71cm H SOLD

Friday, July 1, 2011

July's treasures!



This very large buffalo's skull with horns weights about 25kg and forms more
than 1m diameter... one very special piece of natural sculpture! SOLD


This Depression watchmaker's tool timber box has many compartments for storage and is large enough to contain many different objects. The top can lock.
46cm L x 24 W x 30 H. SOLD


Another beautiful one is this former 1930's Upholster's tool box, entirely built in Silky Oak with the top lifting in two separate storage compartments for mails and needles and a large drawer for large tools. 46cm L x 24 W x 19 H. SOLD

This 1920's Canadian Steamer liner's cabin trunk is in exceptional condition, ready for a new journey for you to store in style with its 4 large drawers, coat hangers and shoe bags. Closed, it can transform into a solid coffee table, with it's beautiful old travel labels on the outside.
56cm L x 38cm W x 104cm H. SOLD

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The artist's corner

Dragonflies are having fun....That's what Tina Harrod sings....You just have, now, to enjoy your time around this Outdoors Art Déco cane table (SOLD) with ocean blue painted top. On the old "Ecole des Arts Déco" easel, sits a beautiful original framed print of a Victorian water colour by Keeley Halswell "A man on his canoe harvesting Malacca cane" 1884 (SOLD) , some tribal art representing also two men in a canoe, black wooden sculpture from Java gives a nice contrast next to the lillies blossoming in a Roman terracotta vase.
SOLD

This early Cedar pigeon hole has endless usage, wonderful as prints or paper storage.... SOLD

Old wooden frames, full of charm held in a big early square pine box under David's eyes, concrete cast of a Roman portrait, certainly sculpted originally in Italian marble.

This is an amazing piece, turn of the century cast iron Barber's chair fully reupholstered in red leather...a real beauty!
SOLD