Antique Inventions

The pioneering photographer is remembered for his many contributions to the history of photography and in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.

Though long subsumed under the shadow of Leonardo, modern scholarship recognizes Luini as an independent and highly skilled artist whose work reflects a synthesis of Leonardesque inv...

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 complete room setting created by this partnership was exhibited at the International Inventions Exhibition in London in 1885. Through the Guild, Wilkinsons were able to attract an ...

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 ...

This frieze composition, which seems to be an original invention of Brusasorci, may have been inspired by the sculpture of the three graces, a copy of which has adorned the Piccolomi...

Created before the advent of aerial photography, they combined cartographic knowledge, on-the-ground observation, and artistic invention to produce authoritative visual summaries of ...

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 ...

However, Diderot recognized in him a "pleasant invention," and Drouais demonstrates a talent for staging anecdotal details, pets, and accessories that reveal a certain skill for stil...

About Holophane and Verlys The story of Holophane begins in 1822 with Augustin Fresnel’s invention of the Fresnel lens—revolutionizing light diffusion and distribution.

The depictions of the Virgin with Child by the Florentine Renaissance sculptor Antonio Rossellino count among his most popular inventions. Next to autograph works executed in marble ...

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 ...

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.  

The figures, noblewomen strolling, a traveller with a dog, a guardian opening a gate, are placed with Joli's characteristic narrative ease, binding the staffage to the architecture i...

The miniature or pocket globe was a British invention, introduced to the world by Joseph Moxon in 1673 when he produced a 3” globe.

He is renowned for this invention of the Mystery Watch which used a fine nearly invisible wire to drive the hands.

He patented and produced improved cast iron plows, which were notable for their durability and efficiency in tilling heavy soils. His inventions were part of a regional hub for farm ...

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 ...

Victorian Extending Dining Table with 2 Leaves The Wind Out Table is a well known Victorian Invention, it extends the table by means of a winding mechanism which is operated with its...

19th century, European, Antler gun rack and stand, brown, wood Antler gun rack worked out for six rifles Probably Bohemia or Bavaria The use of antlers for furniture is a 19th ...

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 artists of the movement explored the vast possibilities of plein-air painting, in the mesmerizing forest of Fontainebleau, in the south or Paris. Thanks to the invention of paint...

PERELLE Family (17th Century) Landscape with Fishermen Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by Gabriel, the f...

PERELLE Family (17th Century) Building a Ship Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by Gabriel, the father, an...

The sofa has been very well looked after over the years and again it is in home ready condition. c1900 H18"-seat H37" W 46" D 27"-max H 46 cm-seat H 94 cm, W 117 cm, D 69cm-max Mich...

This imposing walnut carved cupboard sideboard is a tour de force of artistic invention and technical mastery. Close to Tuscan Neo-Renaissance production of the second half of the 19...

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

The serial publication was not well-received, but on its appearance in book form the story was hailed as the best tale of adventure in print. "The force of invention and vividness of...

The result is a work that is faithful to Rubens’s invention but unmistakably shaped by Teniers’s eye and hand.

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 ...

Possibly related to the inventions of Godfried Wagener in Japan. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Kutani Region of Origin: Japan Period: 17th ce...

The charvolent was an invention of an English schoolteacher named George Pocock who patented his design in 1826, and was notable for the carriage being pulled by two kites on a singl...

PERELLE Family (17th Century) Landscape with a Bridge and Fishermen Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by G...

PERELLE Family (17th Century) Landscape with a Sailboat and Fishermen Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by...

Whether the little girl in question, from the Canesso collection in Paris, is a portrait or a genre invention by Amorosi is still open to question.

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 beautifully handwoven rattan carpet beater, also known as a rug beater, carpet whip, or dust beater, traditionally used in Europe as a household cleaning tool before the invention ...

This model of small secrétaire was an invention of BVRB, who designed it with smaller interiors, such as bedrooms, in mind.

This jardinière stands as a superb example of the Barbedienne workshop’s ability to blend technical mastery with artistic invention, the bronze mounts lending weight and permanence f...

Glass has been a prevalent feature of costume pieces since the invention of jewellery. An easily accessible material that can be formed into any shape and dyed any colour.

The difference being, the patent protects the invention, focusing on functionality and how it works, whilst a registered design protects the visual appearance, such as its shape, pat...

The piece was created in the late 19th century, after the invention of electricity. The unique iron frame opens at center to offer easy access to change the central lights.

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 ...

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...

The motif became a paradigm of artistic invention, uniting the sensuality of classical form with the intellectual ideals of humanist Rome.

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...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this old faded and frayed Antique Circa 1880 Tapestry depicting Watteau-Esque figures after Antoine Watteau ...

Lepaute immediately recognized the significance of this invention and published it under his own name at the French Academy of Sciences in 1754.

• 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 ...

Plate from Le arti per via, series of 12 engravings from inventions by Francesco Maggiotto. Beautiful proof on Venetian laid paper with "three crescent" watermark and countermark let...

Pair of Brass Candlesticks with Glass Chimneys Wall or Table Chamber Sticks either way these are beautiful looking pieces, a pair of spring loaded brass candlesticks with glass chi...

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 ...