Large Carved Black and Gold-Painted Sunburst

Each demi-lune shelf over a vasiform-mirrored plate set within foliate scrolling brackets. From a Miles Redd-designed New York apartment

The finely carved hound's head with glass eyes, with mouth opening to receive nuts.

This daybed stands out for its impressive scale. With outward scrolling upholstered side and downswept back within an ebonized surround with gilt acanthus and lotus leaf decoration; ...

The rectangular top with cavetto molded edge faux painted to evoke stone; rained standing on two square pedestals formed by three outward scrolling supports with beaded trim, on step...

Black Forest Carved Goat Head with Large Antlers ca. 1900s A large wooden carved Black Forest head of the black-necked goat. Carved with realistic ...

Huge black forest carved fallow deer head with large antlers circa. 1890 A monumental wooden carved Black Forest fallow deer head. Carved with realistic details in South Germany ca. 1890. It comes with a pair massive fallow deer antler trophys. This head is a great rustic wall decoration in Black Forest style which highlights each wall decoration. A special way to present hunting trophies is to attach them to carved animal heads...

Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque stag head with 10 Point Trophy A large antique Black Forest baroque stag head. Carved in typical abstract style of the early 18th century. It is mounted on a wooden carved and painted plaque with emblem and foliages and features a large real stag antler trophy. The head still has its original polycrome painted finish witch is partly restored. The left side of the plaque has been replaced. A great individual piece which enhances every wall decoration. A special way to present hunting trophies is to attach them to carved animal heads. This tradition exists since the Middle Ages. Even after intensive investigations, it is not yet possible to explain exactly how this happened. The carved heads are often colored and mounted on cartouches that are also carved and painted. They follow a naturalistic representation and one could think that in this way they are symbolically brought back from the abstraction of dead antlers into liveliness. Famous artists to be named are Madl in Ichenhausen, Germany and Heissl in Ebensee, Austria. Around 1900, the antler collection...

19th c., Americana, a large scale gilt and forest green painted cast plaster eagle, depicted spread-wing, with crisply detailed overlapping feathers. With mounting bracket on reverse. This is a very handsome example of an iconic form. The combination of the gilt and forest green paint is striking. Depictions of eagles can be seen across American art. The national bird of the United States, the eagle has been used as a symbol of American freedom for centuries. This is a fine example in the style of John Haley Bellamy...