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Armchair. Wood and fabric. Cm 73,00 x 95,00 x 66,00. Armchair in wood and original fabric, the only example in the world coming from the Albergo Mediterraneo in Sanremo; for which also Lucio Fontana, who painted the stuccos of the walls, contributed to the decoration of the furnishings, Adriano Spilimbergo who took care of painting the bar furniture and the circus-themed walls and Aligi Sassu who painted a mythological wall entirely. 1950."We know that the" pure "arts influence the applied arts with their formal research: in this way a deviation of the autonomous form takes place. [...] But architects are men, they are artists, and their mind and their hand fall in love with some forms and apply them, so Renzo Zavanella with these little seats and armchairs in the new rooms of the Albergo Mediterraneo in San Remo worked in selecting some abstract forms of nineteenth-century nostalgia and his backs I would say belong more to sculpture, to plastic, to taste than to furniture, to the piece of furniture. A sculptor, a sculptor, has substituted himself for the designer of furniture. [...] We are witnessing the torture of the chair, of this honest and easy tool that everyone wants who to move towards an abstract sculpture, who towards a mechanism, who towards the ghosts of the past The suggestions that guided Zavanella put him on the same creative level as the artists he called to complete the ambies nts of the Mediterranean of San Remo. "Publications: Domus, n. 248, July 1950, p. 84-85 - Domus, n. 249, August 1950, p. 84-85 - Domus, n.501, august 1971, p. 105
Paul Kutchinsky, a lady's 18 carat gold and diamond bracelet watch, no. 150, Jaeger LeCoultre quartz movement, cal. 601, diamond set dial, pointed baton hands, diamond set case, back wind and set, stamped with 750 common control mark, on a gold and diamond set brick link bracelet with concealed clasp, case back and glass signed, accompanied by a Paul Kutchinsky box and an adjustment tool, diameter 23mm, bracelet 15cm Creator of the Argyle Library Egg, one of the most important jewellery creations of the late 20th century, Paul Kutchinsky along with his brother Roger were the last generation of society jewellers Kutchinsky’s based in London’s Knightsbridge. The 1980’s saw the addition of wrist watches under Paul’s name and design to the store’s offering.
A scratch built motorised tricycle, principally early 20th century, with Lucas carbide front and rear lights, with heavy duty Olympic sprung saddle, with leather tool wallet attached (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There has been no attempt to start the tricycle. This has been built by the same gentleman as the scratch-built car and was shown at vintage rallies. This is not registered for road use. The engine is Villiers. I would advise viewing.
A VICTORIAN DEAL, MAHOGANY AND TOOL ROSEWOOD CHEST, MID 19TH C with fitted interior containing 19th and early 20th c tools including plough, rebate, moulding and smoothing planes by various makers, plated brace, brass plumb bob, mitre and other squares, spirit levels, brass rule, saws, other tools and a boxed set of 43 specimen timbers, all labelled, by Lister & Co of East Greenwich, 58cm h; 56 x 90cmLong stored in a workshop and in good untouched condition. The top heavily scratched and worn
A VICTORIAN DEAL, OAK AND PAINTED TOOL CHEST, SECOND HALF 19TH C the underside of the lid painted with royal arms and inscribed Jos Thripp [sic] & Sons Coachmaker to her Majesty, the fitted interior containing 19th and early 20th c tools including plough, moulding, smoothing, panel and side fillister planes by various makers, router, mortice gauge mitre square, plated brace, augers, patterns, saws, mallet and stock of hand made nails in three compartments, 57cm h, 61 x 98cm, keyThe famous West End firm of coachbuilders was founded by John Thrupp in London in the mid 18th c and survived until 1967. In 1858 the firm under his successors Robert and Charles Joseph Thrupp merged with that of the coachbuilder George Maberly (1797-1883). Thrupp and Maberly were appointed Coachmakers to the Queen in 1885. There is no reason to suppose the painting of the Royal Arms and inscription is of significantly later date, notwithstanding the curious misspelling of Thripp for Thrupp and use of the old style name when the firm was trading as Thrupp and Maberly. It is in good, but unrestored, condition has been in the present cabinet makers ownership for many decades and it would therefore be reasonable to infer that the original owner was some highly skilled tradesman proud of his connection - whether journeyman or long time employee - of this most illustrious of British coachbuildersIn good original condition, stored for many years in a workshop, the exterior much encrusted with dirt and grim, knocks and scratches, the interior clean
Three sewing companions comprising a floral needle roll with numerical divisions initialled 'SR 1884' and with a bolster pin cushion, 6cm, a Georgian leather and tortoiseshell book form companion the interior in floral blue silk with tool wallet, note boards, flannels and needle packet compartments, 10.2 x 7 x 1.5cm, and a pale and green leather sewing box as a travelling trunk with steel studded decoration, carrying handle and oval catch, 10cm (3)
A continental sewing companion, circa 1880, of oval section in brown leather with engraved gilt metal mounts with looped carrying handle, the silk interior with pin cushion, two gilt thread winders, needle case and stiletto, one end fitted with a purse, the other with a gilt tool handle and six crochet hooks, on ball feet, 19cm
A Regency sewing box of sarcophagal form covered in diced brown leather with gilt metal mounts on large brass paw feet and with side carrying handles, the front fitted with a drawer, the lid interior with a monochrome print on silk of women and a young boy under an arbour within a tooled surround, the lower section compartmentalised and fitted with a pair of printed silk pin cushions, hinged leather compartment, tool card and a pair of lift out boxes, 30 x 25 x 16cm
A mid 19th Century French sewing box for a child, of rectangular form in ivory paint, the lid with cut steel mounts and moulding, the interior in red silk, central tool card over a mirror base flanked by compartments for silk winders (four of six present), with pin cushion, brass thimble and sundry tools, 14 x 6 x 4cm.
A 'Ladys Companion' leather book form sewing companion the red morocco case tooled and titled to the spine and stamped 'W Lund Maker, 24, Fleet St', the interior with tool/skein card with steel needle case, scissors and bodkin, further fitted with a scent bottle, pencil and folding silver bladed knife, replacement thimble, 9.5 x 5.5 x 4cm
An attractive mid Victorian rosewood sewing box by Woolfield inlaid in pearl and brass of rectangular form, the front and lid inlaid with flowers and leaf scrolls, the lid interior with decorative silk panel with internal printed label for 'S Woodfield; Manufacturers of Desks, Dressing Cases and C, 28, Buchanan Street, Glasgow', over a lidded and compartmentalised tray with seven mother of pearl flower top reels, a similar waxer, emery and tape measure, a silver thimble, mother of pearl letter knife, a gilt 'souvenir' pin cushion and a tool card with tools, a further label within the tray, with key, 31.5 x 23 x 12.5cm
A mid Victorian papier Mache sewing box of rectangular form the black ground decorated in gilt, the base and lid with shaped borders, the lid with a raised oval painted with lily of the valley the front with further flowers and leaves. The interior with ruched purple silk panel over a lidded and compartmentalised tray In silver paper and purple silk with a fitted set of five engraved top mother of pearl reels on bone bases labelled for 'I and W Taylor', matching tape measure and waxer, a silver thimble and a tool card with five tools, 31 x 23 x 12cm
A Regency red leather sewing box for a child, of sarcophagal form with oval gilt escutcheon and lid plaque, raised on four lion paw cast brass feet, the lid interior with printed silk panel, the lower section lined in tan leather with velvet pin cushion, needle book, tool card, and a few accessories, with key, 13.5 x 9.5 x 7.5cm
A good late 18th/early 19th Century Staffordshire enamel etui, of large tapering cylinder form, the green ground with four landscape and figure panels amid gold scrolls and white trellis and dot work, gilt brass joint and ferrule, the interior with gilt brass tool mount, lacking fittings, 10.2cm high, 3.8cm max. dia.
Seven sewing companions comprising an embroidered hussif of roll form incorporating skein holders, tool divisions, flannel, pocket, and a bolster for reels with pin cushion and emery, 20cm wide, a reel bag, two plush velvet companions with tools, a leather wallet form example and two others (7)
A Group Of Reloading Tools For Percussion Rifles All 19th CenturyComprising two brass bullet moulds and a mould for explosive heads, each hinged together with original cord bindings and leather-covered terminals, each numbered '4728' for a Purdey 26-bore percussion d.b. rifle (sold 19 June 1852), together with their serial numbered hollow-point tool with swelling wooden handle; two brass bullet moulds each with swelling wooden handle, one stamped 'Whitworth Manchester 62', 'F. 440 C470' and '530G', the other retaining its hollow-point tool with swelling wooden handle; another bullet mould with blued steel head and swelling handles, and detachable sprue-cutter en suite; a brass hollow-point tool stamped 'James Dixon & Sons' over '1144N 20', and with turned swelling wooden handle; two powder-measures each with wooden handle and sprung cut-off lever, calibrated for 4¼ and 3½ to 4½ Drams respectively, the former retaining much of its lacquered case-hardened finish; a case-hardened .450 combined case-crimping and decapping tool; a pot of ''The Motty' Rifle Paste.'; and a 20-bore nickel cartridge extracting tool stamped 'G. & J.W. Hawksley' (13)
A Group Of Accessories Relating To Antique Longarms And Pistols Mostly 19th CenturyComprising an all-metal combination tool of T-shape, the head with threaded brass cap at each end for spare nipples, and threaded brass-headed pricker between; another, modern; three barrel-wrenches; a bullet mould for spherical bullets with integral sprue-cutter and bullet sizer; a brass gang mould for casting six spherical bullets, the hinged sprue-cutter (pitted) engraved 'No. 110'; six various percussion cap and blank cartridge tins; a James Dixon & Sons oval pewter box, the lid cast with a sporting scene; and an oval Dixon box: all in an oak pistol case (lining and compartments missing), the exterior of the lid with vacant brass plate incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle (16)The case 30.8 cm. wide X 19 cm. deep
CODE 3 COLLECTABLES - Detailed die-cast AT-ST model with two miniature drivers. Displayed on square black velvet base. Detachable entry hatch and side panel. Comes with a plexiglass case, cleaning tool, official collectors patch and certificate of authenticity, 1013 of 1,500. Packaged in original box. Excellent - Box has wear, model in excellent condition . Dimensions: 62 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm (23.85'' x 15.38'' x 15.38"). . VAT STATUS: M
Late 17th century AD. A long Western two-handed executioner sword of German making; the pear-shaped pommel is mounted on the original still preserved wooden grip; the cross guard is straight, ending with straight quillons; the double edged blade is broad and flat, without fullers, having a round tip and a three holes for the blood at the point; the sword is marked on both sides: on one side there is a circle inside which a Christian monogram (chi-ro) cross is inscribed, supported by a short staff; on the other side there is the image of a gallows, both inlaid in copper. See Fischer, Kunst und Antiquitätenauktion antike Waffen und militaria, Montag, 30. August, bis Montag, 6. September 2004, Luzern, 2004; Ni?oi A., Posea R., 'Spade de execu?ie ale ora?uluj Bra?ov ?n perioada medievalã ?i modernã', in Rela?ii Interetnice în Transilvania, Militaria Mediaevalia în Europa centralã si de sud-est, Sibiu, 2018, pp.113-126. 2 kg, 1.12cm (44 1/4"). From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; believed originally from Liege, Belgium; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This Sword of Justice was employed for capital executions. The executioner sword was a symbolic and ‘facilitator’ of judicial law. Many courtrooms displayed executioner swords on their walls. Specimens similar to the sword here published are well known in public and private European collections (Fischer, 2004, cat.99 and 126"). The marks impressed on the blade are identical to a sample published by Fischer in the auction of 2004, having, like our specimen, a wide, flat, double-edged blade, marks, brass-plated wheel and gallows, with the adding of engraved scrolls and floral decor. A further similar model survives in the Medieval Crime Museum (Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum) in Germany. Such swords come at the tail end of the period in which swords were used in Europe for executions (a period from the 16th century to the 1720s. They feature similar characteristics: a long, heavy blade that ended not in a point but with a distinctive flat edge. The blades of the executioner’s swords were often decorated, and while in some cases the sword would be inscribed with the executioner’s name in other cases were put inscriptions like I spare no one – a brutal message for criminals (or poor victims or the state's reason) facing this sword’s edge. Sometimes the messages were more merciful, like in the case of a blade recently published by the Museum of the Artifacts, made in Germany in about 1600 AD: the inscriptions is saying: when I raise this sword, so i wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life. The blades of executioner's swords were often decorated also with symbolic designs, showing instruments of execution or torture, or the Crucifixion of Christ (like in our specimen) combined with the moralistic inscriptions over mentioned. When no longer used for executions, an executioner's sword sometimes continued to be used as a ceremonial sword of justice, a symbol of judicial power. Recently, important samples of executioner's swords from Transilvania have been published by Anca Nitoi and Rozalinda Posea. Along with Sibiu and Cluj, the city of Brasov holds spectacular items with regards to late and early modern time executioner's swords. The three swords published by the Rumenian archaelogists ranges from the 16th to the XVIII century. The first two had a hilt very similar to the specimen here represented, and are considered by the authors as belonging to the Oakeshott sub-type XVIIIb of his sword's classification. Interesting are the three inscriptions on the blade of one of the XVI century sword: JESVS DIR LEB ICH, JESVS DIR STIRB ICH, DEIN BIN ICH TOT UND LEBENDING (Jesus for You I live; Jesus for You I die; I am Yours in life and in death"). The inscription confirms that in any case a sense of mercy was given to the condemned, letting him to repent of his sins until the end, even with a sort of blessing left on the blade destined to put end to his life. Most probably our specimen is coming from a palace as it is in such excellent condition. Executioners’ swords were more common in continental Europe from the 1400s, particularly Germany, with England still preferring the axe. The sword hilt was normally of conventional cruciform shape with a large counter-balancing pommel. It was very well constructed, with high-quality steel used for the manufacture of the blade. The blade edge was extremely sharp and it was a requirement of the executioner to keep it well honed so that the head of the victim could be severed in one mighty blow. Blades were broad and flat backed, with a rounded tip. These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall length was typically that of a single-handed sword (ca. 80–90 cm (31–35 in)"). The quillons were quite short, and mainly straight, and the pommel was often pear-shaped (like in our specimen) or faceted. The sword was designed for cutting rather than thrusting, so a pointed tip (as in the case of military blades) was unnecessary. Differently from the arming sword and the double handed bastard sword of the late Renaissance and Baroque Age the tool of the executioner's sword was not designed for combat, instead being intended for the quick death – usually through decapitation – of the condemned. This weapon would not need to be combat worthy, but would still be capable of fulfilling its intended purpose. By the early 1700s swords were no longer used in Europe for executions, but they still functioned as symbols of power. However, the last executions by sword in Europe were carried out in Switzerland in 1867 and 1868, when Niklaus Emmenegger in Lucerne and Héli Freymond in Moudon were beheaded for murder. Swords are still used to carry out executions in Saudi Arabia. Fine condition. Very rare.

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