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Massive Vintage Cotton Elephant Covered in Indian Textiles
Located in Houston, TX
Massive vintage cotton elephant, covered in Indian textiles, retailed in the 1950s by Harrods. Exterior decorated in embroidered designs, tassels, tiny mirrors...
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1950s English Folk Art Vintage Straw Sculptures

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Wire

Group of 4 Giraffe Folk Art Rattan Bamboo Straw Hand Painted Animal Sculptures
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Group of 4 Giraffe African Folk Art Rattan Bamboo Straw Hand Painted Animal Sculptures
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20th Century Malagasy Straw Sculptures

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Straw, Twine

Terracotta and straw hand sculptured Albero della Vita by Manu Crotti
Located in Milan, IT
Experimenting with new forms with red earth from Ibiza Earthenware, resins, assemblages, shapes and colours. For some time, I had the desire to work with clay, and living in Ibiza d...
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2010s Spanish Arts and Crafts Straw Sculptures

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Terracotta, Straw

English Cast Iron Springer Spaniel Boot Scraper with Wood Brushes, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
English cast iron boot scraper with flanking Springer spaniels, centered wood brushes with scraper, and resting on a molded edge rectangular base, Late 19th century.
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1880s English Victorian Antique Straw Sculptures

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Iron

Pair of Chinese Carved Wood Foo Dogs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th Cent) carved wood foo dog figures with straw hair trim on shaped base
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19th Century Chinese Antique Straw Sculptures

Materials

Straw, Wood

Vintage Cotton Elephant Covered in Indian Textiles
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage cotton elephant, covered in Indian textiles, retailed in the 1950s by Harrods. Interior frame composed of wire and straw. Textiles originally s...
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1950s English Folk Art Vintage Straw Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Exceptional French Gorilla Sculpture Diorama, mid-19th century
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Rare French Realistic Gorilla Diorama Sculpture dating from the second half of the 19th century, the period of the first depictions of this ape in Eu...
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Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Straw Sculptures

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Steel

French Straw Marquetry Sculpture Screen
Located in Paris, FR
TOTEM "And heart, fire!" Sculpture mobile, formed by three sides, a face of black suns, a face of color of the Earth to the light, make visible his mo...
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2010s French Straw Sculptures

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Straw

Stuffed elephant made from patinated leather, England 1970s
Located in ECHT, NL
Mid century elephant figure. Made from straw covered in leather. Beautifully hand crafted piece with lots of character. The stance of the elephant is powerful with its trunk up in th...
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Mid-20th Century British Arts and Crafts Straw Sculptures

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Leather, Straw, Wood

John Newman, (American, b. 1952) Mixed Media Sculpture
By John Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
Mixed media sculpture, by noted contemporary artist, John Newman (American, b. 1952). The piece was first shown at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery solo exhibition show entitled, “Spoonfuls”, A series of small mixed-media sculptures. The unique expressive piece is constructed of straw, shell, cast acrylic, plexiglass, wood, papier mache, Japanese paper, aqua resin, gold leaf, acrylic paint, approx 9"h x 14"l x 6"w Provenance: A Private Collection: 888 Park Avenue, NYC; work appeared at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC. Solo exhibition March 26 - April 30 2016. About the artist (from the artist’s website): John Newman is a New York-based artist. He was born in Flushing, New York, and received his BA from Oberlin College. He attended the Whitney Museum Study Program in 1972, received his MFA in 1975 from the Yale School of Art...
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1990s American Straw Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Wabi Sabi Perfect Imperfect 19th Century French Horse Real Horseskin
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Exactly perfect imperfect, Wabi Sabi, large horse covered in real horseskin. Probably made in French around the year 1880 or even older. A wonderful decorative object. Measures:...
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19th Century French Antique Straw Sculptures

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Metal

American Goose Reed Decoy
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Early 20th Century American straw and wood Canada goose decoy. Black paint. 25"L x 14"H x 10 1/2"D Period: Early 20th century Origin: United States Size: 25"L x 14"H x 10 1/2"D Fa...
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Early 20th Century American Straw Sculptures

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Wood, Straw

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