Antique Inventions

“The modern poster as we know it–large, colorful images printed in quantities on paper–is a relatively modern invention, coming to a recognizable form just before the close of the 19...

He wrote L’Instruction du Roy en L'exercice de Monter à Cheval ("instruction of the King in the art of riding"), was tutor to King Louis XIII, and is credited with the invention of u...

He also became involved in the promotion of various inventions, including his own designs for the improvement of railway cars.

The Swiss paid licensing fees to Elgin for many of their inventions in watchmaking. Patek Philippe even used Elgin’s technology in their Balance Wheels in the 1950’s.

(including frame) Literature: 'Old Time Stories', Constable and Co. 1921, P. 143 William Heath Robinson was an artist and illustrator mainly associated with his gloriously complica...

The Capriccio, an artistic genre that has made its way into Italian painting since the 17th Century, is characterized by the representation of fantastic architectures or prospective ...

The Swiss paid licensing fees to Elgin for many of their inventions in watchmaking. Patek Philippe even used Elgin’s technology in their Balance Wheels in the 1950’s.

The Swiss paid licensing fees to Elgin for many of their inventions in watchmaking. Patek Philippe even used Elgin’s technology in their Balance Wheels in the 1950’s.

At that time, technical innovations and inventions of new materials and tools, as well as improvements in piano design and construction, had allowed Bechstein to become one of the le...

Antique print titled 'This New Design of my Invention in the Theatrical Style, is most humbly inscrib'd to the Rt.

On 19TH December 1796, Moses Lafount and Alexander Thomas and James Cox, glass manufactures of Falcon Glass House in Surrey, made an agreement to manufacture and sell Lafount’s new i...

They are at once Americana, folk art and these in particular look sophisticated enough to bring a little esprit de Giacometti to your eclectic home. Invention of Benjamin Franklin!

The Napoleonic wars then brought the company into financial trouble. Thanks to the inventions, innovations, acquisitions and the use of new technological methods, the factory has bee...

Moccasins were once the norm in shoe-making and served as basic foot protection for many people in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas long before the invention of separate soles a...

Tsugaru nuri was a pure Japanese invention from Aomori prefecture, centralized in Hirosaki city, dated to Edo period.

Antique print titled 'This new design of my invention in the Theatrical style (..)'. View of a new building design in theatrical style to Paul Methnuen principal Secretary of Sta...

Height: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm) Width: 25 1/2 inches (64.8 cm) Depth: 14 1/4 inches (36.2 cm) Charles Christofle (d. 1863) took over his brother-in-law's bijouterie-joaillerie 'M...

Han Dynasty art and inventions like paper still influence the world today.

Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a by-word amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museu...

The scholar Martin Sonnabend points out that "to achieve balance, rhythm, and overall harmony in inevitably meant to depart from the natural model and replace it with an 'ideal' inve...

His works have never gone out of print and have been adapted continuously for the screen since the invention of Cinema. He was the creator of some of the world's most memorable chara...

In weekly issues Harper’s reported the news, entertained with literature, poetry and art, as well as educating its readers about world affairs and new inventions. It's woodcut engrav...

This interplay between clarity and suggestion transforms the runner into something far greater than a sample—it becomes a meditation on creativity itself, where repetition meets inve...

The background display a brilliant verdant green overall, Around the fish a poetic hazy effect was emphasized for a visual complexity by Fuki-e (the blow painting), an invention in K...

• Grand Victorian jewelry After the incandescent bulb invention in 1870s, diamond jewelry started thriving like never before.

Inscripted in the center, in imitation of a carved epigraph: "INVENTIONS / CAPRIC OF PRISONS / ALL ACQVA FORTE / DATED IN LVCE / BY YOUNG PEOPLE / BOUCHARD IN / ROME MERCANTE / AL CO...

Originally in tin or bronze, the discovery of the glass mirror is a revolution: Its invention in Murano offers new possibilities for its use.

The top perfectly unfolds and extends to reveal two sliding leaves, French or Flemish invention. The references are architectural, evoking the facades of castles or palaces.

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

Measures: Height 11 3/4 inches (29.9 cm) Width 12 1/8 inches (30.8 cm) Depth 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm) Charles Christofle (d. 1863) took over his brother-in-law's bijouterie-joail...

T Nieto-Gomez from first owner March 21, 1926 Acquired by current owner from the above February 1, 1957 An Extremely Fine Quality Ormolu-Mounted Amaranth, Kingwood and Satine Trel...

Originally made before the invention of electricity, this lantern has been converted from candle light to modern day electricity, accepting standard candelabra bulbs.

The group is affected by the iconographic invention of the canonical Madonna and Child painted on a fifteenth-century panel, prototype for the subsequent sculptural transposition.

Hawk’s orrery is a prime example of this type of invention, reflecting the period’s interest in astronomy and the mechanical arts.

Re up a tree on the left hand side and a man with a dog. "The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt.

The interior of the drawers is lined in Cedar wood which is what kept cigars fresh; this is not officially a Humidor as these are modern inventions to regulate the humidity within; i...

We are delighted to this stunning original Victorian with period ebonizing and rope twist seat Children’s Deportment chair designed by Astley Cooper Deportment chair, 1835 This...

He is responsible for the invention of the self-winding watch, the tourbillon and the sympathetic watch ( a watch that is placed in a cradle of a special clock.

Beyond his fame as one of the most talented of the Whistlerians, he also gained notoriety for inventing a series of printmaking techniques and approaches, including the invention of ...

He gives some tales about the invention of each of the Orders, but he does not give a hard and fast set of canonical rules for the execution of capitals.

All the etchings represent battle scenes of invention of various artists that had to serve as an example and model for painters and amateurs.

The Japanese traditional way of writing is with a brush (fude) and ink (sumi). Before the invention of the yatate, whenever anyone wanted to write or draw in ink, he had to make his ...

Salvi must have particularly appreciated the Renian iconographic invention, as he subsequently derived many paintings of the same subject and similar composition, as evidenced by his...

Antique Sutherland Tables are a Victorian invention of a much smaller gate-leg table with a particularly narrow center.

Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Ja...

Pair Footed Fruit Coolers, about 1810-20 Stône, Coquerel, and Legros D’Anisy, Paris (active 1808–49) Porcelain, partially transfer printed in sepia and green and gilded Each, 13 1...

The typewriter and telephone were new inventions introduced at this important exposition, which was host to 35 countries opening May 10 and running to November 10, 1876 in celebratio...

The architecture of invention gives a solemn classicism to the place; creates plays of light and shadows and serves as a frame to the scene.

He gives some tales about the invention of each of the Orders, but he does not give a hard and fast set of canonical rules for the execution of capitals.

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

Barbedienne took care of the commercial management of the company, while Collas contributed the patent on his invention and seven existing machines, and with his profound knowledge o...

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...

His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings wer...