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A meticulously carved red coral cameo depicting a Greek warrior or deity wearing a helmet. The bust is fashioned from cerasuolo coral, often set with materials like yellow gold for mounts. most likely dating back to the Victorian or Neoclassical Revival eras of the 19th century (circa 1840–1900).

A multi-level view looking down a complex, labyrinthine wooden staircase inside the historic Winchester Mystery House located in San Jose, California. The structure features rich dark wood paneling, multiple cascading flights of stairs, and turned balusters characteristic of the sprawling Queen Anne-style mansion built by Sarah Winchester. Designed without a master blueprint, the mansion famously includes staircases that loop or lead abruptly to ceilings alongside doors opening into solid walls.

This carved marble relief is a genuine piece of 'spolia'—an ancient architectural fragment salvaged from a ruined Late Antique or Byzantine structure (around the 5th–6th century).

Centuries later, medieval builders recycled the stone and embedded it directly into the portico walls of the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Art Deco faience tiles manufactured by Craven Dunnill Jackfield.

This Art Nouveau ceramic wall panel depicting a majestic swan among stylized water lilies was produced by the Demeuldre-Coché factory in Brussels, Belgium.

Intricate Art Nouveau stained-glass ceiling skylight in the lobby of the historic Guaranty Building (formerly the Prudential Building) in Buffalo, New York, designed by architect Louis Sullivan and completed in 1896.

Architectural details and wallpaper from the historic Georges Fouquet jewelry shop interior, designed by the prominent Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha in 1901 and reconstructed at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.

Facade of the Hauptzollamt (the former Central Customs Office building), situated within the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district in Hamburg, Germany. Constructed from 1899 to 1912 by Hanssen and Meerwein, it features the signature Neo-Gothic red brick style.

This 17th-century Italian sculpture from Trapani, Sicily, titled "The Metamorphosis of Daphne," depicts the nymph transforming into a laurel tree to escape Apollo. Carved from red coral, the piece brilliantly utilizes the material's natural branching structure to represent the tree's limbs. It is adorned with gilt-copper leaf mounts and rests on a later wooden base.

An illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's poem "To Helen," created by Edmund Dulac, 1912

Carved bas-relief of the 'royal salamander', the personal heraldic emblem of King Francis I of France. Located at the Château Royal de Blois (Royal Castle of Blois) in the Loire Valley.

According to medieval legend, salamanders could live in or walk through fire unharmed, representing resilience, rebirth, and the power to quench evil. The Château contains over 300 royal salamander carvings