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Brooklyn Bridge 06 (Stay) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Art Nouveau Bronze Mounted Marquetry Tray Table by Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
exquisite attention to detail, this Majorelle tray table is the ideal combination of form and function
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Tray Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Bracelet with about 16 carat natural emeralds and Tahiti pearl
By 15DEGREESLONDON
Located in Boostedt, SH
contemporary form—ideal for daily wear or special occasions. **Made in Germany:** Exclusive bracelet featuring
Category

2010s Beaded Bracelets

Materials

Emerald, Pearl

Large Stone Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
studio focused from the beginning on high-end bespoke interior projects which forms an ideal matrix for
Category

2010s Belgian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Extra Large Stone Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Hoeven, the studio focused from the beginning on high-end bespoke interior projects which forms an ideal
Category

2010s Belgian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Nocturno 1 - Green and Blue Abstract Painting, South American Magical Realism
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
This painting captures a delicate interplay of color and form, ideal for those seeking a piece
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Scandinavian Swedish Röllakan Rug, 06 04 x 09 02
By Ingrid Hellman-Knafve, Sigvard Bernadotte
Located in Dallas, TX
Hellman-Knafve’s understated minimalism creates a unique piece that marries both form and function. Ideal
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Stunning Pair of Nickel Midcentury Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
—ideal for interiors that value form-driven design and enduring materials. Perfect for use in spaces
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Oval Mirror in the manner of Robert Adam
By Robert Adam
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
bell-flowers, uniting the cresting and with a gathered acanthus leaf spray forming the apron. Ideal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English George III Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gold

Stunning Composite Marble Statue of Venus De Milo, Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
, here the Goddess of beauty and love embodies the ideal female form - she is depicted nearly nude with
Category

Vintage 1980s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Blue Summer - Female Abstract Nude original round painting by Paula Craioveanu
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
, particularly the study of the human form as an ideal of beauty and introspection. However, the abstract
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cyclone (Stay) - Coney Island, 21 Century, Contemporary, Icons, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Jersey Views (Stay) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Po...

"Campions, " Lithograph Still Life by Sheila Stafford
By Sheila Stafford
Located in Milwaukee, WI
18" x 20 1/2" frame Sheila Stafford's training as an illustrator involved various forms of
Category

1980s Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gaston Lafitte 1890 French Art Nouveau Griffin Brooch in 18kt Gold with Pearl
Located in Miami, FL
frequently drawn from organic forms and the ideal ‘femme fatal’ figure features heavily in his designs. An
Category

Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Petite Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
craftsmanship of 18th-century France. The compact form makes it ideal for use as an accent chest, nightstand, or
Category

20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Petite Louis XV Style Commode
Petite Louis XV Style Commode
$316 Sale Price
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Skywhale (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ancient Bridge Views III (Stay)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Headless (Stay) featuring Ewan McGregor
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

East River View (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Coney Island (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Coney Island (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Parisian Pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Armchairs or Fauteuils, Stamped/Signed
Located in Miami, FL
the Enlightenment ideals of form and function. Dimensions: 24" W x 23" D x 34.75" H; Seat height: 17
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

Materials

Beech, Fabric

Industrial Architectural Floor Lamp by Louis Baldinger
By Louis Baldinger Sons
Located in San Diego, CA
many more. These collaborations bring to light an ideal union of form and function. Baldinger
Category

20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Industrial Architectural Drawing Lamp by Louis Baldinger
By Louis Baldinger Sons
Located in San Diego, CA
to light an ideal union of form and function. Baldinger Architectural Lighting, Inc. plans to
Category

20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

French Regence Period Carved and Painted Wood Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
fully formed Rococo ideals seen in the reign of Louis XV. The carving is deep and robust with a fine old
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Brazilian Wood Three-Seater Sofa by Rino Levi, Brazil 1950s
By Rino Levi
Located in Utrecht, NL
classical forms was his ideal. Levi was instrumental in spreading the fame of Brazilian modernism through
Category

Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Bouclé, Wood

Forgive Me (Stay) - the movie, expired Polaroid, analog hand made
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dugong I - from Stay (the movie)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Metal Mughal Style Black Hand-Painted Water Jug Vase Rajasthan India
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
colorful polychrome saffron, yellow, green, orange and red traditional Rajasthani colors. The elegant form
Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Writing Desk with Bookcase by Fratelli Rizzi, Italy, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
post-war modernism in Italy, where functionality met refined form. Ideal for a stylish home office
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Maple

Fountain Head - Stay, starring Ryan Gosling / expired Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Boy with Silver Mask (Stay)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Womb - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, 21st Century, Polaroid, photograph, life
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Coney Island Skyline (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dancer - Contemporary, nude, portrait, figurative, Polaroid, photograph, expired
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dugong IV - Stay, Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Coney Island, Animal, Blue
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

White Plastic Bucket - Stay - with Ryan Gosling - from his Memory Sequence
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Metal

Coney Island Beach Life (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dugong - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Monitored (Stay) - with Ryan Gosling - New York, Landscape, 35mm, Potrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
seamlessly here. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

After the Hail (Stay) - New York, Landscape, 35mm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
seamlessly here. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Finished Bridge (Stay) - Contemporary, Abstract, New York, USA, Polaroid, Blue
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ryan Gosling - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Aquairium Mind Screen (Stay) - Polaroid, analog, Contemporary, Coney Island
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Ancient Bridge Views (Stay) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Lila Sam - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid, Photograph, Expired, Analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Candle and Flowers
By David Ligare
Located in New York, NY
. For thirty-five years, Ligare has dedicated his work to Classicist ideals: Truth, Beauty, Balance
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Polykleitian Head and Ancathus
By David Ligare
Located in New York, NY
. For thirty-five years, Ligare has dedicated his work to Classicist ideals: Truth, Beauty, Balance
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Figs on Cloth
By David Ligare
Located in New York, NY
. For thirty-five years, Ligare has dedicated his work to Classicist ideals: Truth, Beauty, Balance
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Limited Edition Designer 70 cm Sculpture Cube Dude by Taras Yoom
By Taras Yoom
Located in วัฒนา, TH
artificial form of life, in their opinion, the ideal form of a cube.
Category

2010s Thai Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Acrylic

Gold and Gold Color 57 white with gold leaf abstract
By Takefumi Hori
Located in Westport, CT
forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for gold to work with other colors in his
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gold and Color 56 green and gold leaf abstract
By Takefumi Hori
Located in Westport, CT
forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for gold to work with other colors in his
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gold and Gold 27 gold leaf abstract
By Takefumi Hori
Located in Westport, CT
forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for gold to work with other colors in his
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gold and Gold Color No. 53, Metallic Blue abstract with gold leaf
By Takefumi Hori
Located in Westport, CT
. His compositional forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for gold to work with
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gold and Color #65
By Takefumi Hori
Located in Westport, CT
intensive experiments. His compositional forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Nakol Art by Natalia Kolpakova, My Soul, 100% Silk Scarf
By Natalia Kolpakova
Located in Falmouth, GB
My soul is petrified, and the winds, time, and ocean are slowly shaping it into outwardly ideal
Category

2010s English Other Prints

Materials

Silk

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