Objet D'art

Objet d'art means literally " art object ", or work of art , in French, but in practice the term has long been reserved in English to describe works of art that are not paintings, large or medium-sized sculptures.

It therefore covers a wide range of works usually small and three - dimension of high quality and finish in areas of decorative art such as metalwork items, small carvings statues in any material including engraved gems , hard stone carvings, small clocks , gold boxes, paper weight items.