M117 pyrite 5" wide x 8" deep

5" wide x 8" deep x 45

The piece is appears to have evolved together over time - Interpreting the past to create historical yet contemporary work

18th-century Italian church textiles with authentic gold leaf thread overlapped with Sabina Fay Braxton gilded gaufrage velvet encased in lucite stands

Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved leaf fragment mounted with pyrite in magnetite matrix and adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls

M117 pyrite 5" wide x 8" deep18th century Italian Florence fragment mounted with an ammonite and adorned with elestial quartz crystals. The fragment perfectly mirrors the texture and curves of the ammonite and have been paired to appear as if they evolved together over time. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity,