Antique Bark

Fully slated, having four grouse, four rabbits and leaf design. Bark varies in color from a light tan to a mid-tone brown.

The antique birch bark container was traditionally used as a storage vessel for food, dried herbs, or other valuable items.

Description Barkcloth, ngatu, made of bark (likely paper mulberry). Rectangular cloth, light brown in colour and made from sections of cloth pasted together with tapioca.

Mbuti Ituri (Congo) traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth. +/- 1920 These cloths we're made from the inside of the bark of the Ficus latex tree.

Mbuti Ituri (Congo) traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth. +/- 1920 These cloths we're made from the inside of the bark of the Ficus latex tree.

19th century hand-carved bark canoe bailer from Minnesota. Fur trade era.

Rigged model of the American sailing bark W.S. Cook. Early twentieth century model with built up cabins, winch, capstan, stove pipe, etc.

American rustic adirondack barked "cockpen" design loveseat of twig & root construction with split twig arms & seat (New York State, late 19th/20th Cent).  

This large vintage primitive basket planter is a compelling example of hand-crafted folk art, distinguished by its sculptural presence, expressive weave, and organic materiality. Han...

A striking antique Black Forest picture frame, hand-carved in the traditional bark-form style popular in Switzerland and southern Germany during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The tray has an unusual gray glazed body worked as tree bark. Applied twig form handles support a single branch of two leaves colored with brown centers, flowing into shades of green...

The caps are pine, the thwarts brown ash.  The white birch bark (white on the inside) is sewn with split spruce roots and the seams are payed with spruce gum.

The anterior links have a cylindrical form, embellished with a naturalistic 'bark' textured decoration. The links secure with a hinged whale-back fastening.

This piece was made using chazutsu, ( or Kabazaiku) a technique involving the application of thin sheets of cherry bark veneer, either polished or left in a more natural appearance, ...

An elegant Japanese color woodblock print featuring an abstract arrangement of radiating pine needles, organic bark-like forms, and subtle botanical patterns against a pale celadon-g...

Totai Shippo, the Japanese Meiji (1867-1912) period porcelain decoration, is best described as a rare type of cloisonne enamel on porcelain that gives the piece an appearance of bark...

Title: Cinchona Bark Varieties: An Illustrated Botanical Atlas (1826) Description: This rare and finely illustrated botanical atlas, 'Versuch einer Monographie der China.

19th Century Stormy Seascape of the Bark "Caroline" in a White Squall, an oil ln canvas seascape depicting the "Caroline" dismasted in a white squall on the equator in 1847, enroute ...

Crafted in solid 18K yellow gold, the case features Piaget’s signature “Tree Bark” textured finish, giving the watch a rich, organic appearance and unmistakable vintage character.

A striking and culturally rich Samoan bark cloth textile (siapo), dating to the late 19th to early 20th century CE.

Antique Shorter & Boulton Majolica creamer pitcher / jug featuring a rustic tree bark motif with wild rose flowers and branch handle.

Antique Majolica creamer pitcher / jug featuring a tree bark, oak leaf and acorn nut theme with branch handle, purple lavender interior.

These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing.

Featuring an inner frame constructed from grapevine bark and an outer covering of woven palm bark this extraordinary piece can double as a statement storage piece or as a planter.

A brightly glazed English majolica bread tray showing a graphic pattern of pears on a brown bark-like ground, Adams & Bromley - circa 1875-1885.

Description Lovely detailed piecse. Finely decorated in the Totai Shippo technique on porcelain. An extremely difficult process with excellent workmanship and superb colour contrast....

The sliding doors and drawer fronts are decorated with natural bark veneer, possibly from a Japanese evergreen broadleaf tree such as Shii, Japanese Stone Oak.

A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: An exceptionally rare documented piece of Bark Cloth from the Pitcairn Islands, with a fragment of paper pinned to it stating ‘...

Pair of Edouard Drouot bookends representing barking dogs Marble and Bronze, made in France Dimensions of each piece W 5.71 in. (14.5 cm) D 5.12 in. (13 cm) H 7.49 in. (19 cm) Ver...

Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century. Weight: 5 grams Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, ...

Original Antique World War One poster - Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark! With note by Walter Emanuel - featuring a serio-comic map of Europe at war with military soldier caricature port...

A 1920s French garden table cast in concrete and shaped to look like branches and bark (faux bois). It's sculptural and built to last, at home on a terrace, in a garden room, or indo...

A remarkable late George III silkwork picture depicting a scene from Torquato Tasso’s epic poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), where the character Erminia carves the ...

Newly custom upholstered in Cowtan & Tout "Mirande-Bark" cotton velvet; made in Italy.

The irregular patterns and textured surface evoke the appearance of weathered stone or aged tree bark. Despite its restrained geometry, the object possesses a quiet sculptural prese...

Every surface is worked with tactile detailing, from the incised bark and scored roofing tiles to the plumage of the birds.

The bird's sturdy legs terminate in prominent, curved talons that firmly grasp the bark of the deadwood perch. Below, the base is sculpted as an organic section of forest floor, comp...

We love the contrast between the diamond shape—formed from a beautifully patinated, bark-covered branch—and the simpler, graphic, interwoven pine frame beneath it.

The top surface has a smooth, glass-like finish, while the natural bark edge is left raw and untouched.

The top surface has a smooth, glass-like finish, while the natural bark edge is left raw and untouched.

The top surface has a smooth, glass-like finish, while the natural bark edge is left raw and untouched.

The top surface has a smooth, glass-like finish, while the natural bark edge is left raw and untouched.

This distinctive Japanese antique cabinet features beautifully woven sliding doors in a traditional Ajiro (herringbone) pattern, believed to be crafted from Japanese cedar bark. The...

A large 19th century French cast iron pedestal table in the faux bois taste, the celebrated technique in which iron was cast to imitate rustic branches and bark. The generous round t...

The outer edges remain more organic and irregular, preserving the rugged texture reminiscent of the tree’s original bark and emphasizing the natural origin of the material.

The cobalt blue pitcher has a bark form, it is covered with dogwood blossoms, and has a turquoise glaze inside and branch form handle.

The sculptural base is richly textured with carved bark details and intertwined branches, supporting a smooth, rounded stone top.

The outer edges remain more organic and irregular, preserving the rugged texture reminiscent of the tree’s original bark and emphasizing the natural origin of the material.

The sculptural base is richly textured with carved bark details and intertwined branches and a snake supporting a smooth, rounded stone top.

Feuillastre fills the scene with charming narrative details, including half-timbered houses, shop signs, village characters and a barking dog. Fine draughtsmanship and a restrained p...

A good early tapas cloth from the early 19th Century.  The bark-cloth decorated in grey, black and ochre with stylised cactus like designs, various old repairs and patched and holed...

The treatment of the velvet is extraordinary, the pile grooved and pressed in a way that it is redolent of the pleats of Fortuny, or perhaps of tree bark. Such textural interest is c...

The cast metalwork, displaying warm brass and bronze tones, retains crisp surface chasing across the checkering of the gunstocks, the braided cords of the horn, and the bark texture ...

Shaped like a miniature chalet, the structure is richly carved with naturalistic motifs; branches, leaves, and bark textures, typical of the Black Forest tradition.

The handle is sculpted as a gnarled, bark-textured branch, complete with knots and a small blossom where it meets the body, tying the naturalistic theme together.

The pictorial execution employs a rich, tactile brushstroke, particularly evident in the rendering of the snow, the tree bark, and the birds' plumage. The work bears an illegible sig...

**Psocque à deux points** - This could refer to a species of bark lice or booklice, known for living in bark or old books. 10.

ANTIQUE JARDINIERE/PLANT POT ON DECORATIVE STAND A planter made from chocolatey brown salt glazed stoneware pottery which has been hand modelled with wonderful Faux Bois (imitation...

The wooden base is shaped with hollowed, bark-like contours that suggest a rocky plinth, though the elephant sits freely upon it rather than being bolted down.

Cast with naturalistic bark and knot textures, the branch-form handle and spout lend a distinctive rustic Aesthetic character to this silver plated spirit kettle.