Museum Diorama
Pair of Antique Museum Dioramas, Circa 1940
Located in Faversham, GB
A rare and rather wonderful pair of antique dioramas, originally used as museum teaching aids to
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20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Pine
An exceptional straw work diorama of an owl and kingfisher - Leverian Museum
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An exceptional straw work diorama of an owl and kingfisher, almost certainly by “Miss Gregg(e)” and
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Antique 1770s English Decorative Art
Materials
Straw
H 18 in W 22.5 in D 4 in
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
A truly wonderful example of an early 20th Century
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Vintage 1930s Dutch Victorian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C. Copper dinosaur diorama
Located in Hudson, NY
. Possible ex museum collection. Two plaques on the front and back that would have held the name of the
Category
Early 20th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Copper
Exceptional Antique Cork Work Diorama of Gripsholm Castle
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional large cork-work diorama of Gripsholm Castle.
Mid-19th century, circa 1850.
In
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Antique 1850s European Decorative Art
Materials
Cork
Rare Anthropological Diorama of Carib Indigenous by Hendrik Schouten
Located in Amsterdam, NL
-known artist who made over forty diorama’s, many now in museum collections in the Netherlands and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Twig, Wood, Giltwood, Paint, Paper
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H 20.08 in W 27.37 in D 7.88 in
Michael Garman Yesterdays News Cityscape Shadowbox Diorama Sculpture 30"
By Michael Garman
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1970’s diorama / shadowbox sculpture titled Yesterday’s News by Michael Garmin. This
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Narcissa Ward Miniature "Christmas Morning" Diorama c.1933-1942 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A highly detailed diorama titled "Christmas Morning" featuring a French living room scene
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Glass
H 11.25 in W 13.75 in D 7.75 in
Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit
Located in Leuven , BE
The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Materials
Terracotta
H 31.89 in W 50.79 in D 31.5 in
Steve Chase Iconic Channel Sofa From Celebrity Estate in New Creme Upholstery
By Martin Battrud, Steve Chase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
dioramas,” says Hough of the institution that began as the Palm Springs Desert Museum in the ’30s. “His
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Sofas
Materials
Fabric
H 32 in W 78 in D 36 in
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Danville, CA
painted diorama framed by an enameled bronze facade of tree foliage and accented by flora and fauna made
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
"Morning Warmup" Bronze by Robert Macfie Scriver
By Robert Macfie Scriver
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
taxidermy from his frequent visits to the field museum of natural history in Chicago. By 1950 he gave up his
Category
Late 20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Victorian Mahogany Museum / Shop Display Cabinet or Vitrine, Late 19th Century
Located in Nijmegen, NL
A museum quality Victorian mahogany display cabinet. This outstanding cabinet has a glass door fitted with the original knob handle. At some point in it's life it was used in a camer...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
H 33.86 in W 22.05 in D 23.23 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Olympia Plaque Advertising Art Deco Chariot Gladiator
Located in Devon, England
A very attractive vintage Olympia wall plaque. There is a thin layer of copper that is embossed with the scene of a gladiator riding a chariot, very much in the Art Deco style. In ve...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
1950's Amazing "Magic Box' Organiser Bureau Compact Plywood Ateliers Genestar
By Mummenthaler and Meier
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This 'Magic Box' organising desk has been produced by various manufactures in Europe in the 1950's and 1960's
Commonly this desk is known as produced in Switzerland by Mummenthale...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Plywood
H 44.49 in W 32.68 in D 21.26 in
Antique Indian Mughal Wood Dowry Chest with Carved Patterns, 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 19th century Mughal dowry chest with carved patterns from India. This chest wooden chest with a slanted top strengthened by metal hardware reinforcements. The front displays lightl...
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Ladies French Antique Dressing Table Mirror
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French gilded ormolu, onyx and champlevé enamel Dressing table mirror. The ormolu having foliate and ribbon decoration.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Mirrors
Materials
Onyx, Enamel, Ormolu
Sailing Ship Diorama 19th Century Signed
Located in Norwood, NJ
George Vempley Burwood British (1844-1917) signed and dated. Sailing ship, schooner diorama shadow box with figures and painted background.
Category
Antique 1890s British Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Pair Stuffed Capercaillie Grouse Diorama in Glazed Case
Located in Napa, CA
Stuffed Capercaillie Grouse
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Decoys
Materials
Animal Skin, Glass, Feathers
Antique Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5386 An elegant French dressing table in mahogany having shaped triple mirror with original bevelled edge glass (minor imperfections) decorated with a ormolu bows to the top above ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco walnut dressing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut dressing table, the impressive superstructure consisting of a large central shaped mirror and smaller mirrors to either side having shorts gallery below. The large well figure...
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Early 20th Century British Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Half Triceratops Skull
Located in London, GB
A partial skull of a fully grown Triceratops prorsus from the Maastrichtian, late Cretaceous period (68-65 million years ago). It is in three parts, and has an impressively sized nas...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Curved Wooden Jewelry Box
Located in Richmond, VA
Hand-carved wooden jewelry box in a curved shape with three drawers and five compartments lined in red felt.
Category
20th Century Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Edmontosaurus Skull
Located in London, GB
An impressive skull of an Edmontosaurus, a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, 68-66 million years ago. The three rows of sixty or more teeth on ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Large Format Box Camera, circa 1915
By Eastman Kodak
Located in Hudson, NY
This large format box camera was made by the Folmer & Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak in Rochester NY. The case constructed of mahogany in a rich old red finish has many original d...
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
Shapland and Petter, an Arts & Crafts Hanging Oak Bookcase with Copper Plaque
By Shapland & Petter
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. An Arts and Crafts hanging oak bookcase with a circular copper plaque depicting stylized floral details with original chocolate patina and stylized Tulip cut-out...
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Antique Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Bookcases
Materials
Copper
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Miniature Interior Diorama by Helen Bruce
By Helen Bruce
Located in Long Island City, NY
antique dolls and antique miniature, dollhouse accessories, from which she created these dioramas
Category
Vintage 1950s American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Fabric
Miniature Interior Diorama by Helen Bruce
By Helen Bruce
Located in Long Island City, NY
which she created these dioramas depicting 19th century millinery shops and interiors. She was
Category
Vintage 1950s American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Fabric
A Nineteenth Century The East River Looking Southwest by Nicolino Calyo
By Nicolino Calyo
Located in New York, NY
, Chanters and Views (1840-44). He also created a diorama of the Mexican War in 1847 and a panorama of the
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
A Nineteenth Century View of Lower New York from Jersey City by Nicolino Calyo
By Nicolino Calyo
Located in New York, NY
created a diorama of the Mexican War in 1847 and a panorama of the
Connecticut River in 1848
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Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Anywhere But Here, Scene 2 by Karen Connell
By Karen Connell
Located in New York, NY
Art Museum, Wilmington; the "73rd Annual International Printmaking Exhibition" at the Print Center
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art
Mikhail Khmelko ~ Sketch for the film "The Battle of Stalingrad"
By Mikhail Khmelko
Located in London, GB
country but less known abroad is the Diorama "Medical Care in the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Armed Forces
Category
Vintage 1940s Russian Drawings
Materials
Pencil
Rhinoceros Museum Diorama
Located in Essex, MA
A diorama of a well modeled rhinoceros in its habitat from the West Hartford Children's Museum
Category
Vintage 1950s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Cardboard
Vintage Civil War Camp Fire Diorama Framed Shadow Box Museum Deaccession
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This is a magnificently imagined Civil War camp fire scene. One can almost feel the cold winter night. The recreated snow scene, a miniature, is very realistic and of the highest qua...
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Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Wood
English Victorian Butterfly Collection
Located in Stamford, CT
. Perhaps the most auspicious project that brought then significant recognition was the Booth museum in
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Taxidermy
Rudolph Weisenborn (1879-1974) Abstract Oil on Canvas Circa 1957
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
and Company
1922 Illustrated for The Wave
c.1930s Diorama, Fight Against Soil Erosion, Tennessee
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Original Oil on Board Pueblo Landscape by Ralph Love
Located in San Diego, CA
at the Palm Desert Museum through dioramas. Another of these unique displays can be seen at the
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Wood
“The Model” by Charles Shepard Chapman
Located in Sheffield, MA
mountain lion diorama in the American Museum's Hall of North American Mammals, which features the Grand
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Monumental 1916 Mural for the California Academy of Sciences by C.B. Hudson
By Charles Bradford Hudson
Located in NYC, NY
hired him to paint the backgrounds of their groundbreaking new form of exhibit, the diorama. These
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Board
Corwin by Charles Abel
By Charles Abel Corwin 2
Located in Houston, TX
dioramas.
Corwin began teaching at the Art Institute in 1883 but did not settle in the Chicago area
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Charles Abel Corwin Painting
By Charles Corwin
Located in Houston, TX
and prepared him for his later successful career as a painter of murals and dioramas.
Corwin began
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Paintings
1930s WPA Plaster/Resin Sculpture Petit Trianon at Versailles
Located in New York, NY
artisans to built and produce a diverse array of projects. This model stems from Pennsylvania Museum
Category
Vintage 1930s American Louis XIV Architectural Models
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paint
1930's WPA plaster/resin sculpture Petit Trianon at Versailles
Located in Palm Springs, CA
artisans to built and produce a diverse array of projects. This model stems from Pennsylvania Museum
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Paint
Painting by Clarkson Stanfield R.A
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
were his ‘moving dioramas’, unrolling land and seascapes, some twenty feet high. Similar exhibitions
Category
Antique 19th Century British Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Walrus Diorama, De-Accessioned from a West Hartford Museum
Located in New York, NY
, Connecticut, museum. Dioramas were and continue to be very popular museum exhibitions, meant to depict an
Category
Vintage 1940s American Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
American Folk Art Colonial Diorama
Located in New York, NY
American Folk Art Colonial Diorama. Picturesque Folk Art Diorama depicting early American Settlers
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Vintage 1920s American American Colonial Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Victorian Pine Church Diorama Model
Located in London, GB
housed in its original 19th Century 3-sided glass faced diorama. A wonderful object of museum quality
Category
Antique 1880s British Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Mid-Century Modern Framed Diorama of Swedish Ship Condor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The Diorama is hand carved and painted by a sailor, circa 1950's. A Diorama can either refer to a
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood, Masonite
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Exposed by Thomas Kellein 1st Ed
By Thomas Kellein
Located in valatie, NY
jacket. Includes photographs of wax museums (series I and II), interior of theaters, dioramas, drive-in
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1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Randell Page Scratch-Built Tea Advertising Automaton, circa 1940
Located in London, GB
several dioramas and automatons that featured in English museums in the mid-20th century. Charles also
Category
Vintage 1940s British Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
AMA Carved Wood Diorama
Located in Treasure Island, CA
. Retains original packing crate with many shipping labels. Apparently de-acquistioned from the "Museum of
Category
Vintage 1940s American Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper, Plastic
Miniature Interior Diorama by Helen Bruce
By Helen Bruce
Located in Long Island City, NY
antique miniature, dollhouse accessories, from which she created these dioramas depicting 19th century
Category
Vintage 1950s American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Fabric
Street Scene Diorama by Michael Garman 1975
Located in North Hollywood, CA
a permanent museum / collection in Colorado Springs called "Magic Town", which showcases many of his
Category
Vintage 1970s American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Folsom Prison Inmate Folk Art Wood Shop Diorama
By William Burk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
display in the Folsom Prison museum. Ours is a fantastically executed wood shop, complete with workers
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Shadow Box Diorama Featuring Hand Painted California Plein Aire Landscape and Mission Painting, circa 1920's
By Hanson Duvall Puthuff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Shadow Box Diorama features a three-dimensional hand painted plein air landscape painting
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Architectural Models
Materials
Metal
Antique Cougar Trophy Mount
Located in Treasure Island, CA
attacking. Beautifully preserved, this may have been de-acquisitioned from a natural history museum where it
Category
Early 20th Century American Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Anywhere but Here by Karen Connell
By Karen Connell
Located in New York, NY
; "Biennial 1998" at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington; the "73rd Annual International Printmaking
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21st Century and Contemporary American Photography
Handcrafted Miniature Ceremonial Game Chamber by Stephen Mark Paulsen
By Stephen Mark Paulsen
Located in Denton, MD
studio, he began creating his unique wall constructions - part assemblage, part diorama using turning
Category
Vintage 1980s American American Craftsman Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Eyvind Earle "Barn and Oak, " 1969, Oil on Canvas, Signed
By Eyvind Earle 2
Located in New York, NY
paintings in New York City, from which the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased at watercolor for their
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Paintings
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