Antique Tablecloth with 6 Napkins Linen Italy XX Century

Wall coat hanger in enamelled metal, teak wood slats.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of ceramic plates from the Vicentini del Giglio manufacture with polychrome decoration in the hollow and light blue band on the brim.

118 x 39 In

Malayer carpet in cotton and wool, large knot. Manual manufacturing.

Scene from Peasant Life 1980

Oil on glass. At the bottom left are the signature and date, accompanied by the artist's symbol, the stylized figurine of a man in a wheelchair. It is a work on glass by the painter Mario Previ, who has lived and painted in a wheelchair since the age of eighteen, due to quadriplegia resulting from a dive into his Taro. He said of himself: "The world, the passage of time, from this point of view (the wheelchair) teach many things. You learn to wake up every morning with a purpose, even if your body is in pain, if every gesture generates suffering and depending on others and giving up could be an easy solution. And instead, art, painting, together with the serenity of my world, of friends, give me incredible energy. They saved me, giving me the strength to live." In 1974, three years after the accident, inspired by a television program on Yugoslavian naïve painters, in particular by the works on glass of Mijo Kovacic, Previ began to paint and learn the art of painting on glass as a self-taught, until he to make himself known and appreciated for his paintings. In his naifs Mario Previ tells a reality that has almost disappeared, real stories albeit in a fairy-tale tone, he revives lost traditions, slices of life that belonged to other generations, those of peasant civilization (from which he also comes), but what emerges most from his visions are the "forë", those that could once be heard in the "Firossi", the traditional evenings of the hamlets of Parma dedicated to meeting to tell anecdotes, stories and historical curiosities, often in front of the fireplace fire, when outside it was cold and snowing. The work is presented in a frame.

Coffee table with storage compartment and glass top. Ebony stained beech wood, transparent glass with decorations.

Italy 20th century

Polychrome painted ceramic fountain with bunches of flowers and plant motifs relief decorations. The fountain is presented on a wooden support.

Giulio Carlo Argan
Editalia

Italy XX Century

Polychrome painted terracotta statues depicting the Holy Family. Glass eyes and dresses in silk, lace and fabric. Wooden support.

France, Late 800s

Free-standing clock with rectangular marble base supported by four gilt metal feet. On the base rests the clock and a bronze patinated antimony statue. The statue with engraved signature of the author Auguste Moreau, depicts the allegory of the spring as mentioned on the metal label placed at the base. Display with Arabic numeral hours protected by a bevelled glass cover.

Italy, XX Century

Pair of two-light gilded bronze appliques, Italy, 20th century. Bobeches and glass pendants.

Italy XX Century

Pair of three-light gilded iron wall lights, Italy, 20th century. Structure composed of curls.

Japan, First Half XX Century

Pair of ceramic vases with flower, peony and figure decorations.