Antique Harps

They were premier illustrators of the early 20th century, creating works together under the name "The Kinneys", including scores of books, and covers for Harper's Bazaar magazine. P...

An Easter 1895 cover for Harper’s Bazaar, one of the leading publications of the day, was followed by a successful foray into book illustration beginning in 1897 when Parrish complet...

The present work is accompanied by three copies of the advertisement as featured in The Saturday Evening Post. " Dean Cornwell, born in 1862, was an American artist who was best kno...

Antonia learned to play the harp, and the harpsichord. During the family's gatherings in the evenings, she would sing, as she had a beautiful voice.

A gold and silver pendant in the Renaissance Revival style, the main element composed of an ornately carved openwork architectural structure in the form of an altarpiece, the central...

Redon was so moved by Flaubert’s 1874 prose poem The Temptation of Saint Anthony that he created three separate projects based on it. Harper Montgomery and Sarah Suzuki, Deborah W...

Likewise, his covers for Century, Collier's, Harper's Bazaar, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, and Scribner's Magazine were highly desirous and instantly recognizable, often more stylized...

,the West Front title with an “Ancient Coronation Chair”; the Poet’s Corner title with a harp; the Henry VII Chapel title with a knight’s armor and shield.

Through strong curvilinearity typical of the Jugendstil at that time, Moser lends a lyrical quality to the poster which he dramatically echoes with the harp-like shape of the Angel’s...

Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Robert Harper in London in 1871. Baluster bowl on raised foot; wrapped and bracketed double-scroll handle with graduated beading.

John Bell’s sculptural interpretation of the subject pairs her with a harp, the symbol of Ireland’s enduring hope for sovereignty.

At bottom a dense repousse frieze of love-making, harp-strumming nymphs, gods, and cherubs. A beautiful early piece in the celebrated Beaux-Arts pattern that was conceived by French ...

Exterior encircled with chased frieze of love-making and harp-strumming nymphs, gods, and cherubs. A suggestive pastoral scene set in foliate rinceaux.

Provenance: Private Collection, Argentina; there acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Harper, New York, by 1960; by descent to: Mr. and Mrs.

A pair of Chippendale side chairs with simple geometric seats and elegant harped backs carved from oak.

Provenance: Private Collection, Argentina; there acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Harper, New York, by 1960; by descent to: Mr. and Mrs.

At bottom a dense repousse frieze of love-making, harp-strumming nymphs, gods, and cherubs. Gilt-washed interior.

A child of the American South, Elliott Daingerfield was born in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where his father, Captain John Elliott Parker Da...

During his time in America, Hennessy was principally known as a genre painter and prolific illustrator for such publications as Harper’s Weekly and a number of books, including illus...