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19th Century Framed Wall Sculpture / Portrait of William I. or Willem Van Oranje
Located in Lisse, NL
wall plaque depicting William I. or Prince of Orange (April 1533 - July 1584). His nickname 'William
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Oak

Print of William of Orange, Leader of the Dutch Revolt Against the Spanish, 1624
Located in Langweer, NL
privilegio illus tr: DD : Ordinum gener. ad annos octo An. Dom'. William the Silent (24 April 1533 – 10
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Antique 1620s Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Plate with Vivat Oranje Willem V
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
earthenware, from William the Silent to Queen Beatrix, Lochem, 1994. Condition Overall Condition some
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Ca 1900 French Plate with ViVA Oranje Faience Willem V
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
earthenware, from William the Silent to Queen Beatrix, Lochem, 1994. This particular dish in the listing is
Category

Antique 19th Century French Other Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Basalt Portrait Medallion, William of Orange, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Silent or William the Taciturn, was a statesman and military leader who played a key role in the Dutch
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Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

17th C Oil Portrait Of A Young Nobleman, possibly Prince William of Orange
Located in Reepham, GB
) was a Countess of Nassau, Granddaughter of William I, Prince of Orange, “William the Silent”, and an
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Antique 17th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

W.H.D. Koerner "Silent Paths" Original Illustration
By William Henry Dethlef Koerner
Located in San Francisco, CA
William Henry Detlef Koerner: 1878-1938. Well listed American painter and illustrator. He studied
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1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

William "Billy" Haines Attributed Brass Bench
By William Billy Haines
Located in Dallas, TX
" I would rather have taste, than love or money" Famously quoted from William "Billy" Haines silent
Category

Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Benches

Materials

Brass

"Silent Street" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
Fechin, James Whistler and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks' main muses John
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

18th Century Antique Ebonized Bracket Clock by William Allam of London
By William Allam
Located in Devon, GB
cone finials. The 6 inch signed, brass dial has twin subsidiary dials for strike or silent and for
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Wood

18th Century Antique Georgian Ebonized Bracket Clock by William Scafe of London
By William Scafe
Located in Devon, GB
strike and silent dials with a blued steel pointer. The main dial centre, which is matted, has both
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

Style of William "Billy" Haines Button Tufted Black Leather Brass Base Bench
By William Billy Haines
Located in Ferndale, MI
" I would rather have taste , than love or money " Famously quoted from William "Billy" Haines
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Benches

Materials

Brass

William Billy Haines Cast Metal with Pompeian Bronze Table Lamp Pair, 1950s
By William Billy Haines
Located in Brooklyn, NY
William Billy Haines Cast Metal with Pompeian Bronze table lamp pair, 1950s. Shades are NOT
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Defeat at River Gete: The Fall of Orange to Alva in 1568, Published in 1730
Located in Langweer, NL
that time was William I of Orange, also known as William the Silent, who was one of the main leaders of
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Antique 1730s Prints

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a bearded man - Adriaen Thomasz. Key (c. 1544-1589)
Located in Gent, BE
very international and moneyed clientele, from Margaret of Parma, to William the Silent Prince of
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16th Century Flemish School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique 18th C. William & Mary Mahogany Carved Settle Bench Sofa Empress Hotel
Located in Dayton, OH
An Impressive William & Mary mahogany Settle or sofa, circa 18th Century. Featuring heavy scrolled
Category

Antique 18th Century William and Mary Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

'Queen Emma and Princess Wilhelmina depart by carriage', by Arend A. Marcelis
Located in Bruges, BE
history, situated in The Hague. William of Orange, also known as William the Silent, played a pivotal role
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George III Chinoiserie Japanned Longcase Clock
By William Scafe
Located in London, GB
The dial signed William Scafe, London, the arched hood with an elaborate caddy top surmounted by
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century British George III Grandfather Clocks and Longc...

Exceptional Late George II Mahogany Settee, Made for Anne Basset
By William Hallett
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
one of the leading craftsmen of his time. He became a silent partner to his apprentice William Vile
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Antique 1750s English George II Settees

Materials

Mahogany

Late William IV Rosewood Bracket Clock by French, Royal Exchange, London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
chased with further scrolls and signed on the dial, with a discreet/silent lever above the XII, striking
Category

Antique 1830s English Mantel Clocks

Materials

Rosewood

Rare 18th-Century Grande Sonnerie Striking table Clock by William Poulton
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare 18th-Century Georg II Grande Sonnerie Striking Spring Table Clock by William Poulton, London
Category

Antique 18th Century English George II Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Silver, Brass

George II Parcel-Gilt Scarlet-Japanned Chinoiserie Table Clock by William Creak
Located in Palm Desert, CA
out with gilt foliate corner spandrels and a subsidiary strike/silent dial within the arch. The matted
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th century watercolour of a Girl at her Dressing Table
By William Henry Hunt
Located in London, GB
. Literature: Tom Jones (ed.), William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, exh. cat., 1981, no. 145 (Girl in a bedroom
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor

Leaping From the Box
By Gordon McConnell
Located in Denver, CO
fugitive television images, the paintings, as paintings, are still, silent and non-ephemeral. They register
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Acrylic

In the Rearview Mirror
By Gordon McConnell
Located in Denver, CO
still, silent and non-ephemeral. They register the technological transfer of primal shadows onto the
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Photographic Film, Acrylic

Crossing the Center Stripe
By Gordon McConnell
Located in Denver, CO
still, silent and non-ephemeral. They register the technological transfer of primal shadows onto the
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Panel, Acrylic

The Prelude, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Julia Swaby
Located in Yardley, PA
William Wordsworth, from The Prelude. And now, as suited one who proudly rowd With his best skill
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Gouache, 'Kerouac, Orlovsky and Burroughs, The Beat Generation'
Located in Cotignac, FR
of years for all our advancement and technology? The postcard is annotated 'Jack Kerouac 35, William
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor, Crayon, Paper

"The South Wind, " Frank Dumond, Connecticut Impressionism, Old Lyme Landscape
By Frank Vincent Dumond
Located in New York, NY
, DuMond was noted for his use of landscape green. American Impressionist expert William H. Gerdts wrote
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fireworks on the Thames, London - British art river night landscape oil painting
By Laurence Henry Irving
Located in London, GB
to be his Art Director on The Iron Mask (1929), the last of his full-scale silent films and, later
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

They're Off / Arligt Spel
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for silent 1918 film. The film was directed by Roy William Neill
Category

Vintage 1910s Swedish Posters

Materials

Paper

They're Off / Arligt Spel
They're Off / Arligt Spel
H 36 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
Flower Arrangement watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Follies, as well as silent pictures like D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. Costigan’s instruction in
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1960s American Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Duomo (Florence)
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, enrolling at Atelier Dix-Sept, Stanley William Hayter's engraving school, where he learned etching. He
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1960s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
Otoo (Tu), Captain Cook and several  of his officers including William Anderson and Omai. This drawing
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1780s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

George III Mahogany Longcase Clock by Jonathan Storr, York
Located in Norwich, GB
signed J.Storr, York is nicely engraved and features a seconds ring, calendar aperture and strike/silent
Category

Antique 1760s English George III Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Mahogany

George III Oak Cased Longcase Clock by Philip Avenell, Farnham
Located in Norwich, GB
. Brass dial with silvered engraved centre, Roman numerals, strike / silent dial in the arch, seconds dial
Category

Antique 1770s English George III Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Oak

"A World in a Flower" figurative oil painting girl nature dreamy meditation zen
By Clementine Chan
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
"A World in a Flower" is a Buddhist saying, similar meaning like what William Blake's poem says, to
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mother and Children watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Follies, as well as silent pictures like D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. Costigan’s instruction in
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
) was born in Oakland, California, and was raised in Hollywood, where his father was a silent film actor
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

A Rare and Important Charles II 17th Century Table Clock by Henry Jones
By Henry Jones
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
hands. Above the XII is a strike/silent aperture with original switch. The striking eight-day twin
Category

Antique 17th Century English Charles II Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

French Pop Art Heavy Bronze Sculpture Chess Game Gambit Arman Accumulation
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
remained silent, eyes gazing over the pages of what seemed to be a newspaper, in this four-minute, 16mm
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rother Valley Landscape Kent - British 1950's art harvest oil painting
By Laurence Henry Irving
Located in London, GB
silent films and, later, in collaboration with William Cameron Menzies, to design the production of the
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

River Landscape - British 1970's Post Impressionist art oil painting
By Laurence Henry Irving
Located in London, GB
), the last of his full-scale silent films and, later, in collaboration with William Cameron Menzies, to
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elegy to a Dead Tree - Kent Landscape - British 1950's art oil painting
By Laurence Henry Irving
Located in London, GB
), the last of his full-scale silent films and, later, in collaboration with William Cameron Menzies, to
Category

1950s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ciros Life - British 50's art male portrait oil painting London theatre West End
By Laurence Henry Irving
Located in London, GB
Mask (1929), the last of his full-scale silent films and, later, in collaboration with William Cameron
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Violin Concerto Hand Signed Mixed media Arman Assemblage Collage New Years Card
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
of his mouth. He remained silent, eyes gazing over the pages of what seemed to be a newspaper, in
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Metal

Jerusalem, Israel Western Wall Ed of 5 Vintage Silver gelatin Photograph Print
By Mikael Levin
Located in Surfside, FL
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Levin's first published project was Silent Passage (1985
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Early 2000s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerusalem, Israel Western Wall Ed of 5 Vintage Silver gelatin Photograph Print
By Mikael Levin
Located in Surfside, FL
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Levin's first published project was Silent Passage (1985
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerusalem, Israel Western Wall Ed of 5 Vintage Silver gelatin Photograph Print
By Mikael Levin
Located in Surfside, FL
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Levin's first published project was Silent Passage (1985
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerusalem, Israel Western Wall Ed of 5 Vintage Silver gelatin Photograph Print
By Mikael Levin
Located in Surfside, FL
Arts in Stockholm. Levin's first published project was Silent Passage (1985), a series of romantic
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerusalem, Israel Western Wall Ed of 5 Vintage Silver gelatin Photograph Print
By Mikael Levin
Located in Surfside, FL
Arts in Stockholm. Levin's first published project was Silent Passage (1985), a series of romantic
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Train Trestle, " Frank DuMond, Old Lyme Connecticut Impressionism Landscape
By Frank Vincent Dumond
Located in New York, NY
William H. Gerdts wrote of DuMond, "As one might speak of Velazquez's blacks, one must speak of DuMond's
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Violent Violin Concerto Hand Signed Lithograph Silkscreen
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
silent, eyes gazing over the pages of what seemed to be a newspaper, in this four-minute, 16mm black-and
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Violent Violin Concerto Hand Signed Lithograph Silkscreen
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
silent, eyes gazing over the pages of what seemed to be a newspaper, in this four-minute, 16mm black-and
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Coffee + Cigarettes
Located in New York, NY
– Silent auction / Online Exhibition 2020 Transformative – Online Exhibition 2020 Novado Gallery – N.J
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Newsprint, Lithograph

Le masque à gaz, Gas Mask Hand Signed Lithograph Silkscreen
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
licking the corner of his mouth. He remained silent, eyes gazing over the pages of what seemed to be a
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gouache Watercolor Painting, Nantucket Harbor Boats American Deaf Modernist Art
By Robert Freiman
Located in Surfside, FL
alongside John Chetcuti, Lloyd Goodrich, Tod Lindenmuth, William Meyerowitz, Dwight Shepler, Elizabeth
Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Quai De La Tournelle, Paris Street Scene Oil Painting, American Deaf Modernist
By Robert Freiman
Located in Surfside, FL
alongside John Chetcuti, Lloyd Goodrich, Tod Lindenmuth, William Meyerowitz, Dwight Shepler, Elizabeth
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bar with Wood and Bronze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
objects to the style for sale. "Billy Haines " It's the kind of irony William Haines would have
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Bronze

Bar with Wood and Bronze
Bar with Wood and Bronze
H 25.2 in W 23.43 in D 16.82 in
Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
- Los Angeles CA USA, LA Artcore Color and Shadow - K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco CA USA Silent
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

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    William Morris's style was Arts and Crafts. In fact, the designer was responsible for helping to define and develop the style. The history of Arts and Crafts design has roots in 1860s England, with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes. Morris became known for reviving historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings and influenced American Arts and Crafts designers like Gustav Stickley. Shop a selection of William Morris furniture on 1stDibs.
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    Yes. William Morris is one of the most prolific textile designers, and was the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1800s. His designs incorporated elaborate floral motifs of silk and linen embroidery. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of items with William Morris’ iconic designs from some of the top sellers around the world.
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    Yes, William Morris made furniture. While William Morris is best known for being a textile designer, poet and artist, he also designed furniture. William Morris’s furniture was inspired by nature and his belief in socialism, with designs focused on creating affordable and long-lasting furniture that everyone could enjoy. Shop a selection of William Morris furniture on 1stDibs.
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