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“Female Bather”
“Female Bather”

“Female Bather”

By Norwood Hodge MacGilvary

Located in Southampton, NY

magazines such as Harper’s, Cosmopolitan and Pictorial Review. MacGilvary joined the faculty of the art

Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Erte " Eve"
Erte " Eve"

Erte " Eve"

By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Harper’s Bazaar, during which time he created over 240 covers for the magazine. His fashion designs also

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Gouache

Man in Rigging
Man in Rigging

Man in Rigging

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

under Laurens. Returning to the United States, Fischer sold his first picture to Harper

Category

1910s Other Art Style Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French 1890 Art Nouveau Swan Arp Brooch 18Kt Gold With 5.05 Ctw Rubies Diamonds
French 1890 Art Nouveau Swan Arp Brooch 18Kt Gold With 5.05 Ctw Rubies Diamonds

French 1890 Art Nouveau Swan Arp Brooch 18Kt Gold With 5.05 Ctw Rubies Diamonds

Located in Miami, FL

art nouveau period, circa 1890. Masterfully designed in the shape of an harp integrated to the body of

Category

1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Harps

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

"The Emigrants" Frederic Remington Chromolithograph, circa 1910
"The Emigrants" Frederic Remington Chromolithograph, circa 1910

"The Emigrants" Frederic Remington Chromolithograph, circa 1910

By Frederic Remington

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

for Harper's Weekly and many other widely-read New York magazines. Accompanying both factual news

Category

1910s American Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

George III Soup Tureen Made in London in 1817 by John Edward Terrey
George III Soup Tureen Made in London in 1817 by John Edward Terrey

George III Soup Tureen Made in London in 1817 by John Edward Terrey

By John Edward Terrey 1

Located in London, GB

motifs. The Tureen has two leaf capped, harp shaped, side handles which are attached to the main body

Category

1810s English George III Antique Harps

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Le Poète et La Sirène" by Emmanuel Hannaux, Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain
"Le Poète et La Sirène" by Emmanuel Hannaux, Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain

"Le Poète et La Sirène" by Emmanuel Hannaux, Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Emmanuel Hannaux

Located in Paris, FR

porcelain portraying a mermaid caught in the embrace of a young poet holding a harp. This romantic and

Category

Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain

"The Buffalo Runners" by Frederic Remington, Color Relief Half-Tone, Circa 1906
"The Buffalo Runners" by Frederic Remington, Color Relief Half-Tone, Circa 1906

"The Buffalo Runners" by Frederic Remington, Color Relief Half-Tone, Circa 1906

By Frederic Remington

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

illustrations for Harper's Weekly and many other widely-read New York magazines. Accompanying both factual news

Category

Early 1900s American Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

"Wreck on Beach"
"Wreck on Beach"

"Wreck on Beach"

By Granville Perkins

Located in Southampton, NY

by both Harper’s Weekly and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper as an illustrator. Many of Perkins’s

Category

1880s Academic Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Napoleon III Mahogany Antique Sofa Canapé Settee, circa 1860
French Napoleon III Mahogany Antique Sofa Canapé Settee, circa 1860

French Napoleon III Mahogany Antique Sofa Canapé Settee, circa 1860

Located in Shippensburg, PA

mounts of a Cherub sleeping beneath the clouds with a cornucopia on his lap, another playing a harp in a

Category

1860s European Napoleon III Antique Harps

Union Pond, Williamsburgh, L. I. [sic].
Union Pond, Williamsburgh, L. I. [sic].

Union Pond, Williamsburgh, L. I. [sic].

By Winslow Homer

Located in New York, NY

illustrator for Harper's Weekly and Ballou's Pictorial in 1857. Homer moved to New York City in 1859 and

Category

1860s American Realist Antique Harps

Materials

Lithograph

"Wreck at Deal Beach, New Jersey"
"Wreck at Deal Beach, New Jersey"

"Wreck at Deal Beach, New Jersey"

By Granville Perkins

Located in Southampton, NY

Hamilton. Perkins’s studies proved a success as he was soon employed by both Harper’s Weekly and Frank

Category

1880s Academic Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peter Paul Rubens Circle of  "Saint Catherine " Never Restored First Canvas
Peter Paul Rubens Circle of  "Saint Catherine " Never Restored First Canvas

Peter Paul Rubens Circle of "Saint Catherine " Never Restored First Canvas

By Peter Paul Rubens

Located in Madrid, ES

Van Harp, Vincent Adrianssen, Pieter Van Avont, Jan and Hendrick van Balen, Theodor Boeyemans or

Category

17th Century German Baroque Antique Harps

Materials

Paint

Autumn Woods
Autumn Woods

Autumn Woods

By Maxfield Parrish

Located in New Orleans, LA

magazines such as Harper's, Hearst's, Collier's and Life. The beautifully detailed, fantastical scenes he

Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Antique Harps

Materials

Oil, Panel

Jean Charles Cazin Impressionist Landscape Painting
Jean Charles Cazin Impressionist Landscape Painting

Jean Charles Cazin Impressionist Landscape Painting

By Jean Charles Cazin

Located in Dallas, TX

Holofernes) in Harper's Magazine. He painted a scene from The Odyssey, Ulysses after the Shipwreck. He was

Category

1880s French Beaux Arts Antique Harps

Materials

Paint

Mending the Tears
Mending the Tears

Mending the Tears

By Winslow Homer

Located in New York, NY

Harper's Weekly. However, the eight large etchings that he created from 1886-89 are exceptional works that

Category

1880s American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Etching

La Promenade dans le Jardin by Walter Granville-Smith
La Promenade dans le Jardin by Walter Granville-Smith

La Promenade dans le Jardin by Walter Granville-Smith

By Walter Granville-Smith

Located in Sheffield, MA

Atherton.  Others of his illustrations appeared in such publications as Harper's, Scribner's, Truth and

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas

Calvados, Normandy France
Calvados, Normandy France

Calvados, Normandy France

By Frank Myers Boggs

Located in Sheffield, MA

connection he got his first job at Harper’s magazine as a wood engraver when he was just seventeen. His

Category

1890s American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Oil

"Spring Landscape, Evening" American Painting by William Anderson Coffin
"Spring Landscape, Evening" American Painting by William Anderson Coffin

"Spring Landscape, Evening" American Painting by William Anderson Coffin

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Harper's Weekly, among other publications. From 1886 to 1891, he was art critic for The New York Evening

Category

19th Century American Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Giltwood, Paint, Canvas

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture of St. Celicia by Emmanuel Fremiet
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture of St. Celicia by Emmanuel Fremiet

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture of St. Celicia by Emmanuel Fremiet

By Emmanuel Fremiet

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Musée d'Orsay, which presents in slightly smaller dimensions and without the harp. The mold underlying

Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

The Life Line
The Life Line

The Life Line

By Winslow Homer

Located in New York, NY

engravings created for Harper's Weekly. However, the eight large etchings that he created from 1886-89 are

Category

1880s American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Etching

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

By Maurice Becker

Located in Surfside, FL

contemporary publications, including Harper's Weekly, Metropolitan magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post

Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Antique Harps

Materials

Oil, Board

The Golf Links
The Golf Links

The Golf Links

By Childe Hassam

Located in New Orleans, LA

nationwide publications such as Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s Monthly, and The Century. His first solo

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"At Full Sail" by Anton Otto Fisher
"At Full Sail" by Anton Otto Fisher

"At Full Sail" by Anton Otto Fisher

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Wiscasset, ME

"Harper's Weekly", then illustrated an "Everybody's Magazine" story by Jack London, for whom he would

Category

Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Harps

Materials

Paint

Silk Suffragette Sash Ribbon in Violet and Green
Silk Suffragette Sash Ribbon in Violet and Green

Silk Suffragette Sash Ribbon in Violet and Green

Located in York County, PA

B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted Harper. Following graduation from Vassar College

Category

1910s American Antique Harps

Signed Antique Barbizon Landscape Painting by Frank Russell Green
Signed Antique Barbizon Landscape Painting by Frank Russell Green

Signed Antique Barbizon Landscape Painting by Frank Russell Green

By Frank Russell Green

Located in Shippensburg, PA

work as an illustrator for Harper Brothers, John A. Lowell & Co and a few other publishing houses

Category

Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part

Till Death Us Do Part

By Edmund Blair Leighton

Located in New Orleans, LA

for such publications as Cassel & Co. and Harper’s Bazaar. Leighton first exhibited at the Royal

Category

19th Century Academic Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Authentic Signed “New Moons” Antique Landscape Painting by Frank Russell Green
Authentic Signed “New Moons” Antique Landscape Painting by Frank Russell Green

Authentic Signed “New Moons” Antique Landscape Painting by Frank Russell Green

By Frank Russell Green

Located in Shippensburg, PA

work as an illustrator for Harper Brothers, John A. Lowell & Co and a few other publishing houses

Category

Early 20th Century American Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Paper, Paint

Laborers

Laborers

By Dean Cornwell

Located in Los Angeles, CA

for the finest magazines including; Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and The

Category

1910s Other Art Style Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Men Hauling Logs” Antique American Barbizon Oil Painting by Frank Russell Green
“Men Hauling Logs” Antique American Barbizon Oil Painting by Frank Russell Green

“Men Hauling Logs” Antique American Barbizon Oil Painting by Frank Russell Green

By Frank Russell Green

Located in Shippensburg, PA

in Boston and New York City where he would work as an illustrator for Harper Brothers, John A. Lowell

Category

Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Paint

French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Orpheus” by Albert Carrier-Belleuse
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Orpheus” by Albert Carrier-Belleuse

French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Orpheus” by Albert Carrier-Belleuse

By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Located in Shippensburg, PA

cast harp while he rests his chin lightly on his other arm, entirely lost in thought as he looks off

Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

American Barbizon Painting of “Loading the Cargo” by Frank Russell Green
American Barbizon Painting of “Loading the Cargo” by Frank Russell Green

American Barbizon Painting of “Loading the Cargo” by Frank Russell Green

By Frank Russell Green

Located in Shippensburg, PA

in Boston and New York City where he wod work as an illustrator for Harper Brothers, John A. Lowell

Category

19th Century Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Paint

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Antique Harps For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique harps available for sale. Each of these unique antique harps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. There are all kinds of antique harps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique harps bearing Victorian or Art Nouveau hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Tiffany Studios, Robert Harper and Sébastien Érard each produced beautiful antique harps that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Harps?

Prices for antique harps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique harps begin at $1 and can go as high as $179,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,328.
Questions About Antique Harps
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Early harps have a few different names. Lyre harp or simply lyre is a very common term used for harps that appeared in ancient Sumeria and Phoenicia. There were also diatonic harps, Renaissance harps, triple strung harps, both single and double action pedal harps and chromatic harps. Shop a collection of properly vetted antique harps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.