Antique Inventions

These works, in fact, show clear stylistic similarities and similar perspective inventions that can also be found in our scene, namely a peculiar revival of early 18th-century landsc...

Each twisted length of iron and steel tells a specific story of invention and intent, tied to a maker, a place, a moment.

Each piece also hosts four lights, facing downwards, indicative of the pairs' creation after the invention of electricity. The shape and design of the set is simple and uniquely Fren...

The poster proudly presents this ascent as the main attraction of the festivities, reflecting the public fascination with aviation decades before the invention of practical airplanes...

Many prints of his works regularly served as graphic models for the painters and collaborators in his circle, who transposed his graphic inventions onto canvases and panels intended ...

Favouring artistic creations over utilitarian pottery, the company pioneered the invention of iridescent ceramics. After his passing in 1917, Messier’s daughters continued the family...

Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhou...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The slight irregularities in the early wound balls made them quite lively, it was not until the invention of the automatic winding machine by John Gammeter (an engineer at Goodrich) ...

It is therefore difficult to formulate a precise attribution, given this extremely prolific and heterogeneous cultural environment: the structure of the composition in fact recalls, ...

A charming, handmade blackware jug with incised decoration, iconic of early Bronze Age pottery production on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before the invention of the potters wh...

In particular, we are looking at a very famous iconographic invention by the painter Abraham Bloemart (c. 1600), which was already popular at the time thanks to an engraving by Jan S...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The Song Dynasty This was a golden age of economic, cultural, and technological innovation in China, founded by Emperor Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin. It saw the invention of gunpowder, magn...

Partially legible text suggests further patent details, common for inventions of this period. This meticulously engineered device represents a significant piece of audio history, sho...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The composition closely follows the original invention by Perin del Vaga, a Florentine painter trained in Raphael's circle and one of the leading figures of Roman Mannerism.

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The sitter is shown half-length, set before a rocky landscape, a compositional formula that derives ultimately from the portrait inventions of Anthony van Dyck and remained dominant ...

In his architectural views and inventions he prefers a clear and luminous palette, marked by deep chiaroscuro contrasts and a decisive volumetric rendering.

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

It is therefore a canvas celebrating the deeds performed during a war campaign, although difficult to identify, but which probably took place in the second half of the 17th century, ...

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

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

These skilful artisans created millions of pieces of glassware, many “personalised” with highlight polishing, frosting and glazing for a trademark presentation of individualized atte...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

A charming, handmade blackware jug with incised decoration, iconic of early Bronze Age pottery production on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before the invention of the potters wh...

Callot’s refined line work and lively invention exemplify his mastery of etching and his influential role in the development of seventeenth-century printmaking.

A stack of books, a gathering of small treasures, or a pair of leafy plants placed across the tiers brings it back to life—an 18th-century invention still performing beautifully in t...

Over the years of his enduring career Bartolomeo devoted himself steadily to the creation of works and derivations from Guercino's compositions, for this reason he is esteemed as one...

The French set dates back to the late 19th century shortly after the invention of electricity, marked by the lights pointing down, a design only implemented with the use of electrici...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The material Pinchbeck was the invention of the London watch- and clockmaker Christopher Pinchbeck (1670- 1732).

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The interior retains the “Edison” signature, referencing Thomas Edison’s pioneering invention of the phonograph in 1877, the first practical device capable of both recording and repr...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Going into the detail of the composition, his design invention as well as the stupendous lighting and chromatic effects lead us to link his authorship to the inventive flair of the w...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

By the time they closed shop Elgin had produced over 60 million watches and left a legacy of excellence and inventions as well.

By the time they closed shop Elgin had produced over 60 million watches and left a legacy of excellence and inventions as well.

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

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

The painting presents us with one of the favorite themes of the Bolognese painter, or more likely by his clients, and frequently re-proposed by his workshop, albeit with always diffe...

This confusion over Adriana’s identity and the possible invention of a sister reflects the prejudices that women and women artists faced at this time.

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...

There are no frills, no images—just bold letters shouting a proud claim of invention and heritage. The visual language is industrial, modernist, and uncompromising—designed to be se...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

This gesture—simple yet highly effective in conveying the need for silence so as not to disturb the child’s sleep—is an invention derived from Michelangelo, and we find it in one of ...

Jefferies & Co. was based in Woolwich and was one of the earliest racket manufacturers in England, they are known to have produced the original rackets for Major Wingfield's inve...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

It was whilst serving in the Artists Rifles that Cooper met Sir Barnes Wallis, best known for his invention the ‘bouncing bomb’, with the two becoming lifelong friends.

The Patented Process: Clay, originally an apprentice to the well-known bookbinder and typefounder John Baskerville, took over Baskerville's japanning business in Birmingham and later...

This multifaceted narrative, integrated into the landscape, enriches the meditative dimension of the work while highlighting its kinship with the inventions of Patinir. The attributi...

The relationship between the two works suggests a shared compositional origin, and may point to the existence of a common model or preparatory invention within the artist’s studio pr...