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Seated Woman Holding a Staff, 16th Century Ink Drawing, Framed, Signed

Seated Woman Holding a Staff, 16th Century Ink Drawing, Framed, Signed

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

While the drawing may have been executed under Taddeo’s supervision, Acidini sees no trace of Federico’s hand in either the invention or execution of the figure. This strengthens th...

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16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Ink

Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926
Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926

Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926

By Wiener Werkstätte, Viktor Lurje

Located in Berlin, DE

Always a lively spirit, rich in imagination and invention, he always knows how to give his work an original impact while maintaining his personality.

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1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Inventions

Materials

Wood

Set of 2 Restored Bauhaus Chairs, by Stam and Slezak, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
Set of 2 Restored Bauhaus Chairs, by Stam and Slezak, Chrome, Czech, 1930s

Set of 2 Restored Bauhaus Chairs, by Stam and Slezak, Chrome, Czech, 1930s

By Mart Stam, Robert Slezák

Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj

Stam was extraordinarily well-connected, and his career intersects with important moments in the history of 20th-century European architecture, including the invention of the cantile...

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Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Antique Inventions

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson /// Equestrian Horse Art
Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson /// Equestrian Horse Art

Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson /// Equestrian Horse Art

By William Cavendish

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Comes from Cavendish's one volume "Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux", (1737) (Second edition), which consists of 42 double-paged engravings.

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1730s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds
Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds

Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

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...

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1840s Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Swiss Gold and Enamel Telescope
Swiss Gold and Enamel Telescope

Swiss Gold and Enamel Telescope

Located in New Orleans, LA

One of the most significant inventions of the modern age, the telescope was initially developed and came to public attention in the Netherlands circa 1600.

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19th Century European Antique Inventions

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Scalloped Pedestal Bowl by Just Andersen 1920s, Denmark
Scalloped Pedestal Bowl by Just Andersen 1920s, Denmark

Scalloped Pedestal Bowl by Just Andersen 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Grotesque Mask -Griffin Head - Central Italy, 16th century
Grotesque Mask -Griffin Head - Central Italy, 16th century

Grotesque Mask -Griffin Head - Central Italy, 16th century

Located in Bruxelles, BE

This griffin mask exemplifies the Renaissance fascination with hybridity, invention, and symbolic ornament. Situated at the intersection of sculpture and architecture, it embodies bo...

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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Inventions

Materials

Stone

Maxwell Boot Jack
Maxwell Boot Jack

Maxwell Boot Jack

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Henry Maxwell Limited was founded in 1750, in Worcester, initially being a spur maker. 1814 saw the invention of the 'Spur Box' by Henry Maxwell Jnr., transforming the experience of ...

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Late 19th Century British Antique Inventions

Materials

Mahogany

Set of Pewter Bowls by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Set of Pewter Bowls by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Set of Pewter Bowls by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Coptic Monastery Plan, Ammonia Oven & Egg Incubator, Egypt c.1776
Coptic Monastery Plan, Ammonia Oven & Egg Incubator, Egypt c.1776

Coptic Monastery Plan, Ammonia Oven & Egg Incubator, Egypt c.1776

Located in Langweer, NL

These ancient structures were heated by fire and carefully insulated to maintain the right temperature for hatching eggs, allowing for large-scale poultry production long before the ...

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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Pair of French Renaissance S-tyle Ormolu Wall Mirrors with Candelabra
Pair of French Renaissance S-tyle Ormolu Wall Mirrors with Candelabra

Pair of French Renaissance S-tyle Ormolu Wall Mirrors with Candelabra

Located in London, GB

Artists and craftsmen were able to draw connections between their output and still popular historic movements, yet were also free to expand their oeuvre by using these influences as ...

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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Inventions

Materials

Ormolu

Two Milanese School, Oil on Board Paintings, 17th Century
Two Milanese School, Oil on Board Paintings, 17th Century

Two Milanese School, Oil on Board Paintings, 17th Century

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

) which he is said to have exclaimed upon finding the solution to measuring the weight of an object under varied conditions, and for his invention of what we know as the "Archimedes ...

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17th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Canvas

Scalloped Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Scalloped Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Scalloped Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)
Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)

Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)

Located in Stockholm, SE

VIII, pp. 31 and 92, no. 14, pl. 22), the original work from 1527 became a prototype for devotional reflection on Christ's Passion, and this version preserves the depth and drama of ...

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16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

19th Century French Japonisme Inkwell, Gilt Bronze Pagoda, Circa 1875
19th Century French Japonisme Inkwell, Gilt Bronze Pagoda, Circa 1875

19th Century French Japonisme Inkwell, Gilt Bronze Pagoda, Circa 1875

By Gabriel Viardot, Maison Marnyhac 1, Edouard Lievre

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

The Maison Duvinage was renowned thanks- in part- to its patent of invention for a “combined mosaic”: pieces of ivory, fixed on a wood panel, are used for the background, some metal ...

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1870s French Japonisme Antique Inventions

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Jean-Antoine Lepine Rose Gold Ruby Cylinder French Pocket Watch, circa 1780
Jean-Antoine Lepine Rose Gold Ruby Cylinder French Pocket Watch, circa 1780

Jean-Antoine Lepine Rose Gold Ruby Cylinder French Pocket Watch, circa 1780

Located in Long Beach, CA

LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT Lepine is renowned for many inventions in science and watchmaking. In addition he was Abraham-Louis Breguet's teacher.

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Late 18th Century French Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Rose Gold

Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Josef Hoffmann Pair of Hammered Silver Vases
Josef Hoffmann Pair of Hammered Silver Vases

Josef Hoffmann Pair of Hammered Silver Vases

By Josef Hoffmann

Located in New York, NY

The vases reference both the elegant form of a folding fan and the 19th-century invention of corrugated galvanized iron—a cheap, mass-produced material that was quickly adopted in im...

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Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver

Early Art Deco Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Early Art Deco Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Early Art Deco Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Elgin 14Kt Solid White Gold Art Deco Watch with Original Dial circa 1926
Elgin 14Kt Solid White Gold Art Deco Watch with Original Dial circa 1926

Elgin 14Kt Solid White Gold Art Deco Watch with Original Dial circa 1926

By Elgin

Located in Long Beach, CA

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

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1920s American Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

White Gold

Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand
Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand

Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand

By Wedgwood & Bentley

Located in New Orleans, LA

This elegant inkwell set by Wedgwood & Bentley is crafted of black basalt, one of Wedgwood’s finest inventions. The set is comprised of two canisters, both held within an intrigu...

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18th Century English Other Antique Inventions

Materials

Ceramic

Exceptional Rocking Chair by Thonet
Exceptional Rocking Chair by Thonet

Exceptional Rocking Chair by Thonet

By Thonet, Michael Thonet

Located in Vlimmeren, BE

Michael Thonet (1796-1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture, which ment the beginning of Modern Design.

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Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Inventions

Materials

Bentwood

Set of Early Diskometal Candlesticks by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Set of Early Diskometal Candlesticks by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Set of Early Diskometal Candlesticks by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Pewter Candelabra by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Candelabra by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Candelabra by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Just Andersen, a pair of bowls / candle holders in Disko Metal, Danish Grace
Just Andersen, a pair of bowls / candle holders in Disko Metal, Danish Grace

Just Andersen, a pair of bowls / candle holders in Disko Metal, Danish Grace

By Just Andersen

Located in Stockholm, SE

Mostly know for his work in bronze and his own invention namned after the bay where is grew up in Greenland called Disko.

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Bronze Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Bronze Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Bronze Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Traditional French Terracotta Confit Pot, Half Glazed, 19th Century
Traditional French Terracotta Confit Pot, Half Glazed, 19th Century

Traditional French Terracotta Confit Pot, Half Glazed, 19th Century

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

Half glazed in brown with a 'flame' design, this vessel would have been used to conserve food – mainly meats in fat – before the invention of refrigeration. It's unglazed portion all...

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19th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Terracotta, Earthenware

Circa 1900 Architectural Roman Revival Tin Livery Garage Pediment
Circa 1900 Architectural Roman Revival Tin Livery Garage Pediment

Circa 1900 Architectural Roman Revival Tin Livery Garage Pediment

Located in Dekalb, IL

The building was originally a livery, and with the invention of the automobile eventually became a garage.

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Early 1900s American Antique Inventions

Materials

Tin

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Watch circa, 1920's
Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Watch circa, 1920's

Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Watch circa, 1920's

By Elgin

Located in Long Beach, CA

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

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1920s American Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Gold-filled

Pewter Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Antique Print of William Cavendish on the Winged Horse Pegasus
Antique Print of William Cavendish on the Winged Horse Pegasus

Antique Print of William Cavendish on the Winged Horse Pegasus

Located in Langweer, NL

Plate 4 from "La Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux" by William Cavendish.

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Early 17th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Set of Light-Bronze Cups by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Set of Light-Bronze Cups by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Set of Light-Bronze Cups by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Pewter Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Door handles in the form of keys by Alexandre Fiche of Paris
Door handles in the form of keys by Alexandre Fiche of Paris

Door handles in the form of keys by Alexandre Fiche of Paris

Located in London, GB

Appointed locksmith to the Royal Library in 1846, and filed a patent for a “system of invisible combinations applicable to locks of all kinds”. Fichet's inventions are mentioned in ...

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Early 20th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Brass

The Electric Light – Mr. Edison in His Laboratory, 1880
The Electric Light – Mr. Edison in His Laboratory, 1880

The Electric Light – Mr. Edison in His Laboratory, 1880

Located in Langweer, NL

This engraving captures the essence of that transformative moment, making it a significant visual record of one of the most important inventions of the 19th century. About the Publi...

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1880s Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Josef Hoffmann Hammered Silver Centerpiece and Pair of Vases
Josef Hoffmann Hammered Silver Centerpiece and Pair of Vases

Josef Hoffmann Hammered Silver Centerpiece and Pair of Vases

By Julius Hoffmann

Located in New York, NY

The vases reference both the elegant form of a folding fan and the 19th-century invention of corrugated galvanized iron—a cheap, mass-produced material that was quickly adopted in im...

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Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver

Art Deco Bronze Bowl by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s
Art Deco Bronze Bowl by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s

Art Deco Bronze Bowl by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s

By Just Andersen, GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget

Located in Malmö, 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 ...

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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Circuit Des Ardennes Belge 1906 Arthur Duray
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Circuit Des Ardennes Belge 1906 Arthur Duray

Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Circuit Des Ardennes Belge 1906 Arthur Duray

By Ernest Montaut

Located in London, GB

Artwork by Ernest Montaut (1878–1909) - a French poster artist who is credited with the invention of artistic techniques including speed lines and foreshortening to create the impres...

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Early 1900s French Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Pewter Jardinière by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Jardinière by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Jardinière by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Set of Art Deco Vases by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Set of Art Deco Vases by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Set of Art Deco Vases by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache

Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache

By Frederic Leighton

Located in Oxford, GB

This is, in the words of Christopher Newall, ‘expressed with fluent manual dexterity, and his impressive fecundity of invention, evident in the repeated variants tried and discarded’...

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1880s Antique Inventions

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Peruvian Eclipse Panic and Antis Ritual Sacrifice – Rare 1734 Ethnographic Print
Peruvian Eclipse Panic and Antis Ritual Sacrifice – Rare 1734 Ethnographic Print

Peruvian Eclipse Panic and Antis Ritual Sacrifice – Rare 1734 Ethnographic Print

Located in Langweer, NL

Issued in the influential publication "Les Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde," the print combines fascination, exoticism, and artistic invention, reflec...

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1730s Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Candlesticks made by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Candlesticks made by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Candlesticks made by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Hammered Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Hammered Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Hammered Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Hand Mirror and Brush by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Hand Mirror and Brush by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Hand Mirror and Brush by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Jan Adriaensz Leeghwater – Dutch Engineer & Millwright, 19th-Century Lithograph
Jan Adriaensz Leeghwater – Dutch Engineer & Millwright, 19th-Century Lithograph

Jan Adriaensz Leeghwater – Dutch Engineer & Millwright, 19th-Century Lithograph

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: Dutch engineer print, antique water management art, Jan Adriaensz Leeghwater portrait, Dutch Golden Age invention, land reclamation history, hand-colored lithograph, Herman...

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1850s Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Discometal Matchstick Box by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Discometal Matchstick Box by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Discometal Matchstick Box by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Art Deco Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Art Deco Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c

Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c

Located in Langweer, NL

In the lower right corner, a striking scene depicts Joseph Marie Jacquard presenting his invention of the Jacquard loom, symbolizing Ardèche’s historical contributions to the textile...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Pewter Candle Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Candle Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Candle Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

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 ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Scarce early set (6) Bentwood Bistro/Cafe' Chairs.  by Michael Thonet
Scarce early set (6) Bentwood Bistro/Cafe' Chairs.  by Michael Thonet

Scarce early set (6) Bentwood Bistro/Cafe' Chairs. by Michael Thonet

By Michael Thonet

Located in Buffalo, NY

Seats in need of reupholstering, MUSEUM QUALITY, Hand delivery avail to nEW yOrk City or anywhere en route from Buffalo NY With the invention of bentwood furniture, Michael Thonet ...

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1860s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Inventions

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany, Bentwood

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Find a variety of antique inventions available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique inventions — often made from metal, wood and fabric — can elevate any home. Antique inventions have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique inventions are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Baroque and neoclassical styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Antique inventions have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by The Stenotype Co., Christofle and George Hunzinger are consistently popular.

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