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"Dance and Music, " Gilded Bronze Door Pulls with Nude Female Figures, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fabulous and rare, this pair of gilded bronze door pulls depict two joyous nude female figures, one
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Bronze and Gilt Classical Vases by Barbedienne, 19th Century
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, by appointment only
. Each is unique with male nude figures in classical Greek poses playing music and admiring sculptures
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Vases

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Bronze

Gilbert & Sullivan: Framed Pair of 19th C. Vanity Fair Portraits
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Alamo, CA
oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pair Danish Mid Century Modern Teak Low Bookcase/Cabinets With Shaped Supports
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Pair of Matching Danish Mid Century Modern Glazed Teak Low Bookcases With Shaped Supports
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

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Glass, Teak

Vintage Chinese Canton Automaton Acrobat Musical Pagoda Waterfall Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
striking. The complicated automaton plays as following, the right curtain rolls up first to follow the pair
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Flower pots or planters by Anita Nylund for Jie, Sweden
By JIE Gantofta, Anita Nylund
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
and women dancing and playing music in various scenes around the pots who are more or less identical
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Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...

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Ceramic

Musiciens Sur Fond Multicolore By Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
to his uncle play the fiddle. This work, with its dizzying combination of colors and figures, recalls
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, India Ink, Tempera, Gouache

A Large Louis Philippe Period Gilt-Bronze Table Centrepiece
By Guillaume Denière
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
to Guillaume Denière (1815-1903), Paris, Circa 1840. The four sculptural figures of seated children
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Centerpieces

Materials

Ormolu

Swiss Black Forest Novelty Anvil Tobacco Jar Smokers Compendium
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
carved hammer and a pair of pliers that have a cigar cutter built in between them. When the cigar is
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Antique Early 1900s Swiss Jugendstil Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal

Restauration Opaline Glass Vases by Jean-Baptiste Desvignes
By Jean-Baptiste Desvignes
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of white opaline glass vases decorated with gilded Gothic arcades and medieval figures playing
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Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Vases

Materials

Bronze

The Who Pete Townshend 1979 - signed limited edition
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
percolating music scene. Lambert spotted the group playing at the Railway Hotel in the wake of "I'm the Face
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Child in an American Landscape" James Gantt, Midwestern Regionalism, Missouri
Located in New York, NY
propensity for presenting minority figures with dignity, as well as an admiration for the contributions of
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

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Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th C., Vanity Fair Framed Chromolithographs of Gentlemen Ex. Christie's, 12
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Morristown, NJ
[English Gentlemen], from Vanity Fair twelve chromolithographs, on wove papers. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., with various dates from 1875 to 1897. Eight are by Spy, two are ...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Pair of French Art Deco Macassar Ebony Cabinets
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Pair of French Art Deco Macassar ebony cabinets An opposite pair of exceptional quality Art Deco cabinets in Macassar Ebony with Shargeen Handles and escutceon plates, polished br...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Cabinets

Materials

Ebony

Pair of French Art Deco Macassar Ebony Cabinets
Pair of French Art Deco Macassar Ebony Cabinets
H 35.83 in W 33.86 in D 18.12 in
Art Deco Style Lamp Espana Dancer with Fan by Guerbe for Max Le Verrier Original
By Guerbe Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Espana an Art Deco style lamp Spanish dancer lady with fan. Signed by Raymonde Guerbe with foundry seal. Designed in 1920-1930. Handcrafted. Posthumous contemporary cast at the Le V...
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2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Metal

Pair of Art Deco Style Lamps Lumina Standing Nude Sculpture Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive pair of Art Deco figural table lamps of a standing nude holding a glass shade, Lumina. H. 65 cm or 25.6 inch tall. Designed by Max Le Verrier in France, 1928. Original pos...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Marble, Spelter

René Lalique Bacchantes Yellow Rene Lalique Glass Vase
By René Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
René Lalique (1860-1945) Bacchantes Yellow Rene Lalique glass vase with ten female nude figures in high relief on a self illuminating bronze base, cast with stylized oak leaves. W...
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Vintage 1920s Vases

Materials

Art Glass

F. Barbedienne Large Bronze Sculpture of Euterpe
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A bronze sculpture of Euterpe attributed to French metalworker Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). Embellished to the reverse with the official stamp of the Collas et Barbedienne foun...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Classic Vintage Midcentury Scandinavian Danish Modern Rosewood Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This classic modernist cabinet was made in Denmark during the 1960s. Made of high-quality, noble rosewood. Its structure is very strong, with expressive graining. The pieces of furni...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Bookcases

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Wood, Rosewood

Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand Tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or T...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
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Vintage 1980s English Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving of Flowering Tulip & Wild Garlic Plants
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Tulipa viridiscoloris, Fritillaria iuncifolns, Allium Vrsinum" depicting flowering tulip, fritillary and wild garlic plants fro...
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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving

The Education of Achilles by Auguste-Clément Chrétien
By Auguste-Clément Chrétien
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron Signed and dated "A.C. Chrétien 1861" (lower right) Oil on canvas A masterpiece of French Neoclassical painting, this monumental oil...
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19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Long + Low Danish Rosewood Open Bookcase Storage
Located in Kensington, MD
Perfect for placing under a window, we present this beautiful low and long bookcase. 4 vertical sections of equal Size with one adjustable shelf. Edge of each shelf is beveled. *Due...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

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Rosewood

Mid 20th century Scandinavian birch inlaid open bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century Scandinavian birch inlaid open bookcase circa 1950. Good quality birch and kingwood low open bookcase with cupboard. Dark stained birch top and sides with kingwood ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Bookcases

Materials

Birch

Pair of Carved Pear-Wood French Art Deco Armchairs
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
An exceptional pair of finely caved and sculpted armchairs, produced in France in the 1920’s the frames are solid pear, the chairs have been fully upholstered and covered in cream co...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Claydon Pier Mirrors
By Luke Lightfoot
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An exceptional pair of rectangular carved pier mirrors, inspired by the Chinese Room of Claydon. The elaborate carved decoration following the style of Luke Lightfoot in the chinoise...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Chinoiserie Pier Mirrors and Conso...

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Paint, Wood, Gesso

Claydon Pier Mirrors
Claydon Pier Mirrors
H 80 in W 40.25 in D 15 in

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Pair of paintings for David
Located in Cattolica, RN
in music making or the playing of games. Often the protagonists are couples engaged in courtship. A
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Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of paintings for David with Gold Frame
Located in Cattolica, RN
in music making or the playing of games. Often the protagonists are couples engaged in courtship. A
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Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
feelings through such topics as the proposal, the music lesson (characters playing of the lute and the
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Antique 1830s French Gothic Vases

Materials

Metal

Pair of 19th Century Bronzed Arab Figures
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair of 19th century electrotype bronze figures, depicting an Arab man playing music
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Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Landscapes with Architecture and Figures Oil on Canvas 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
and playing music. Restored and relined, the paintings are presented in gilded frame of the early 20th
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17th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Ben Shahn Lithograph of "Boy Playing Double Oboe from Hallelujah"
By Ben Shahn
Located in Hallowell, ME
Lithograph by American artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969). Shows "Boy Playing Double Oboe from Hallelujah
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1970s Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Antique Chinese Garden Seats Painted with Figures of Immortals
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of antique Chinese garden seats painted with figures of immortals. These beautifully
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools

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Stoneware

Set of 16 Solid Silver Musician Models Table Figures Hanau Germany, circa 1900
By Neresheimer & Co.
Located in London, GB
string instruments, horns and drums. There are a pair of conductors holding music books. The figures are
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Antique Early 1900s German Renaissance Barware

Materials

Silver

Pair of Figural Bronze Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
French pair of early 20th Century lamps of cast bronze figures. The male playing the violin and
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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Figural Bronze Lamps
Pair of Figural Bronze Lamps
H 18.5 in Dm 3.5 in
Pair of Large French Glazed Ceramic Grecian Style Urns
Located in Pembroke, MA
a festival, including figures playing music, worshipping gods, romancing, hunting, harvesting and
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Antique 19th Century French Classical Greek Vases

Pair of French Neoclassical Haut-Relief Decorated Patinated Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
designed in the Greco-Roman tradition featuring in haut-relief figures of women playing music and working
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Antique Walnut Wood Os De Mouton Armchairs from France, C. 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
, while the figures are cream colored with blue garments. In the musical needlepoint, a pair of winged
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Antique 1880s French Louis XIV Armchairs

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Textile, Wood, Walnut

Antique Hand-Carved Black Forest Bears Inkstand 19th Century
Located in London, GB
such as a mandolin playing bear whip holder with music work integrated in the body which starts playing
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Antique 1880s Inkwells

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pair of Bronze Figures of Children Playing Music by Rousseau
By Victor Rousseau
Located in London, GB
Pair of bronze figures of children playing music by Rousseau Belgian, early 20th century Boy with
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Early 20th Century Belgian Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Hardwood Sumbanese Lutes with Anthropomorphic Figures, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Pair of hardwood lutes from Sumba Island, Indonesia, with anthropomorphic figures (circa early 20th
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Important 19th Century French Gilt Metal and Onyx Clock Set Signed E Rancoulet
By Rancoulet
Located in Dallas, TX
clock is surmounted by a lyre and flanked by draped mythological female figures, one playing the music
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Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Clocks

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Onyx, Brass, Spelter

Yuri Tremler Russian Oil Painting Avant-garde Cocktail Bar Jazz Bohemian Earth
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
juxatpositions with two female figures enjoying music being played by the two males within a club or bar opening
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Early 2000s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Architectural Capriccio with the Disciples of Emmaus by Jean-Nicolas Servandoni
Located in PARIS, FR
Machines of the Royal Academy of Music between 1728 and 1742. At that time, he was greatly influenced by
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Charging Mountain Goats bronze bookend pair by artist, Anna Hyatt Huntingon
Located in Washington, DC
painter and her father was a professor of zoology. She began formal schooling in music but realized
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Early 20th Century American Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Full Band of the Coldstream Guards in Original Box, by Britains Ltd., UK, 1949
By Britains, Ltd.
Located in Quechee, VT
set in this condition and in its original box is unusual. The figures are in excellent, non-played
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Vintage 1940s English Campaign Toys and Dolls

Materials

Lead

Baroque Secretary from Baden-Württemberg, Germany ‘Tabernakelsekretär’, 1720s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
by angels playing music. Behind the writing flap there is an inner life with open compartments and
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Antique 1720s German Baroque Secretaires

Materials

Cherry, Walnut

Untitled
By Rafał Olbiński
Located in Manhattan, NY
. Commissioned by Allegro Music, he has completed over 100 album covers for their Opera D’Oro Series. Olbinski
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
Untitled
H 17 in W 15 in D 1 in
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Pair Figures Playing Music For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic pair figures playing music available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, bronze and wood, every pair figures playing music was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a pair figures playing music — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each pair figures playing music bearing neoclassical, Art Deco or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one pair figures playing music that is appealing in its simplicity, but Ferdinand Barbedienne and Jean-Baptiste Desvignes produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Pair Figures Playing Music?

The average selling price for a pair figures playing music at 1stDibs is $6,375, while they’re typically $1,075 on the low end and $45,000 for the highest priced.