About Interi
Interi was created over 19 years ago by former Irish top model, Jean O’Reilly Barlow. Upon leaving the fashion industry, Barlow became inspired by Italian ecclesiastical art and design. She now works to preserve and transform 17-18th century Italian ecclesiastical fragment artifacts into sculptural modern art using artistic methods, natural specimens, and contemporary interpretations. Each fragment is reimagined and adorned with minerals, precious gems, baroque pearls, fossil agate coral, and fossil shells — creating a piece that appears to have evolved together over t...Read More
Featured Pieces
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Agate Coral and Herkimer Diamonds
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with fossil agate coral and Herkimer diamonds on a lucite base.
Fossil agate coral is mounted on top of the artifact. Fossil agate coral is Florida's s...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Rococo Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Rare Stalagmite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" vase with a rare application of coordinating stalagmite on a polished petrified wood base. It originally was found a saved from the Florence ...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Smokey Crystal Quartz and Ammonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century candlestick base from Tuscany mounted with a coordinating ammonite and dark, smoky quartz crystal point. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Candlestick Base with Rutile Quartz Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian candlestick base fragment from Tuscany mounted with a rutile quartz crystal. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the Florence...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with a Fossil Shell and Crystal Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian candlestick fragment with unpolished crystals and rare marine fossil (Siliquaria Cumingii) collected from the coast of Minabe from the Honshu island in Japan. Th...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Candlestick with Iridescent Ammonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th Century Italian candlestick base from Tuscany saved from the Florence flood and topped with free formed iridescent ammonite. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was f...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of 18th Century 'Florence Fragment' Rococo Angle Wings on Elestial Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century of Italian angel wings mounted on a coordinating elestial quartz crystal base.
These fragments are from a church in Florence. They were found and saved from the...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century Rococo Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Shells and Barnacles
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment topped with natural forming clusters of fossil shells and barnacles. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the histori...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Italian Crown Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Titled "Courage at Calvary"
18th century Italian figure of Christ mounted on an 18th century corona (crown) fragment with antique hand-forged nails and citrine points. The missing l...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Religious Items
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Iron
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Candlestick Base with Rock Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base with a rock coral head and coordinating elestial quartz crystals crafted to the coral and the feet of the candlestick.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. It is part of the The Florence Fragment Collection which is exhibiting with Museo de’ Medici this fall. This is a collection of historical fragment...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
17th Century Italian Painting with Angel Wing Frame and 17th Century Arm
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Titled "Vulnerabilita" by Jean O'Reilly Barlow
A 17th century Italian painting with a hand-carved 17th century arm. It is framed with 17...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Rococo Paintings
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Iron
18th Century Italian Fragment Arm of Christ with Aquamarine and Red Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A sculptural work created from an 18th century Italian hand-carved arm of Christ, 18th century foot, crystal nail, aquamarine, and a red crystal cluster. The arm and foot were origin...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
