Walnut Sofa with Straw Seat Louis XVI Tuscany

This highly elegant pair of benches is in Louis XVI style, made in the mid-19th century. The four legs are tapered in a truncated pyramidal shape, and the band is decorated with polychrome carvings...

Wonderful Modern signed oriental watercolor Woman and Child with a fish Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certifica...

This piece of peerless beauty is a perfect example with proportions and appear that make any interior unique. The predominant color is a gradation of black with white veins. The natural wood base was specially made to hold the mineral. Not only does it ensure stability and protection, it adds an extra...

1930s colored drawing inscribed on the back "Promenade" This important drawing we can very likely attribute to the Italian master Carlo Carrà. The beauti...

Sideboard/buffet in mahogany wood, Italian-made from the 1950s On the upper left part, there are two sliding woven rattan doors edged by a dark brown lacquered frame. Also on the upp...

Salvator Rosa last 17th century giltwood frame. Internal measurements cm 32 x 41 Pure example of Italian Salvator Rosa gild wood frame of 17th century. "Salvator Rosa" is the fa...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Interesting and graceful oak bench; the legs, conical and elegantly fluted, are joined at the base by a well-designed and harmonious X-shaped element; the well-solid frame is carved with simple, linear, and refined motifs; the upper oval part serves as the seat is enriched with fine "Vienna straw" work. The bench was made between 1880 and 1885 in an artisan workshop near Paris certainly by a very skilled master cabinetmaker because this kind of workmanship requires a lot of experience and skill. The process of seat construction using equidistant holes and a woven plant material (drawn guinea cane) was known since Egyptian times (a stool was found in the tomb of the architect Kha dating from 1600° B.C.), but it was from the mid-19th century that it became popular worldwide. It was the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet (father of bentwood) who in 1842 created chair No. 4 with this technique for the Daum café on Vienna's Kohlmarkt, but success came in 1859 when the Gebruder Thonet company of Michael's sons presented chair No. 14 made of curved solid wood with a straw seat...

Elegant Louis XVI bench made of fruit wood. Altona 1780-1790 (then part of Denmark, today Germany - a suburb of Hamburg). Reupholstered in 'Sahco Hesslein' fabric.

French Louis XVI style (19th Century) walnut oval shaped bench with double stretcher and inset cane seat.

Beautifully shaped arms enhance this good-looking settee. Color and patina are excellent, rush is in very good condition. Very comfortable sitting.

Vintage 1980s Postmodern two-seat sofa. Sculpted beech frame with aluminum accents. Original warm yellow cream leather cushions. Very good condition, comfortable seat. Dimensions: 1...

A beautiful and high quality French walnut Louis XVI bench raised by elegant fluted baluster shaped legs with exceptionally carved acanthus leaf designs and shaped foliate feet below...