Antique Inventions

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 ...

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...

This dramatic scene on this woven rug has been framed by delicate floral guard bands and crisp Greek key borders with the same balance of tradition and invention. Handmade rugs compl...

The iconography of the Young John the Baptist in the desert, often accompanied by a Lamb, was born in the post-Tridentine era resulting from the invention of the episode of Saint Joh...

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...

With the invention of the halftone print process, photographic postcards like this became inexpensive to produce and became widely distributed in the first decades of the 20th century.

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 is best known for his warped depictions of reality, which he created through his invention of the Paranoiac Critical Method, allowing Dali to tap into his own subconscious to disc...

Unusually, he manufactured every element of the clocks at his St Nicholas factory using specially developed tools and machinery of his own invention, rather than relying on outsource...

Most of his pictures tell a story, usually one of his own invention, sometimes a subject from history or literature.

He was able to faithfully imitate the actual remains; his invention in catching the design of the original architect provided the missing parts.

Sir Horace Walpole was a great admirer of his work and Fuseli described the young Lock's drawings as 'unrivalled by any man of this day…for invention, taste and spirit.' Lock's fath...

The first pantograph was constructed in 1603 by Christoph Scheiner, who used the device to copy and scale diagrams, but he wrote about the invention over 27 years later, in "Pantogra...

He had already produced 18 genre paintings and portraits, listed in the Annals of National and Foreign Industry in 1822. Thanks to his invention, lithochromy, he offered, in 1823, 22...

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...

Andreae spent much of the 1860s exploring Europe - the invention of the railways having made undertaking a Grand Tour rather easier than it had been half a century earlier - and reco...

Rüxner is the origin of the tradition that the imperial tournaments in Germany were established by Henry the Fowler but it is now widely accepted that the first 14 tournaments in his...

Venetian school of the beginning of the 18th century Architectural Capriccio with classic ruins and oriental figures Oil on canvas, cm 115 x 152 with frame; cm 98 x 136 canvas The p...

A child prodigy from Malaga, Spain, Picasso's career spanned more than seven decades and encompassed an astonishing range of styles and innovations—from the melancholic Blue and roma...

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 ...

At the end of the 18th century, under the reign of Louis XVI, King of France, the Montgolfier brothers invented the Montgolfière. This invention inspired cabinetmakers and decorator...

The inclusion of the French flags highlights the symbolic significance of the montgolfière as a distinctly French invention. Named after the Montgolfier brothers, who first successfu...

These prints were widely distributed and helped to popularize the American landscape genre both in the United States and abroad. Inventions and Technical Contributions: In addition ...

Pioneered by Stephenson, rail transport was one of the most important technological inventions of the 19th century and a key component of the Industrial Revolution.

The name verge comes from the Latin virga, meaning stick or rod.[1] Its invention is important in the history of technology, because it made possible the development of all-mechanic...

“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...

Arkansas, United States; circa 1920s/1930s Dimensions: (approx) 46" High, 67.25" Wide History: The very first electric refrigerator was introduced in 1913, but in 1915, desi...

Towards the end of his collaboration with Primavera, Claude Lévy, perhaps following a trip there, also proposed original shapes and decorations to the Céramique d'art de Bordeaux; it...

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

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...

Oscar Andreae (fl.1860-1880) Isola Pescatori, Italy 1862 Pencil drawing Sheet 12 x 16.5cm Andreae spent much of the 1860s exploring Europe - the invention of the railways having mad...

“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 ...

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 ...

Vouet, First Painter to King Louis XIII, was the leading figure of French Baroque painting, and Dorigny's prints spread his inventions throughout Europe, where they served as models ...

Pinchbeck jewelry was somewhat popular following its invention in the late 1700s. People who might otherwise not be in a position to comfortably afford 18k yellow gold jewelry could ...

This technique was especially popular before the invention of color printing processes, which allowed for mass production of colored images later in the 19th century.

The cast base is also decorated with the maker's name and location in England. Prior to the invention of stainless steel, knives needed almost daily cleaning to prevent them from rus...

His unique approach combined originality of invention with spontaneous energy supported by flawless draftsmanship.

His unique approach combined originality of invention with spontaneous energy supported by flawless draftsmanship.

His unique approach combined originality of invention with spontaneous energy supported by flawless draftsmanship.

His unique approach combined originality of invention with spontaneous energy supported by flawless draftsmanship.

In response to this new inventions made the production of wallpaper cheaper and quicker as new printing techniques meant that wallpaper was produced in continuous rolls and thousands...

Philip James de Loutherbourg was a French-born British painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mecha...

Rouveyre Paris 1880. Bountiful Invention: Drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742) and Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750), Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Exhibi...

Papworth, who is recorded as being involved in a number of innovative designs for Blades’ firm, in particular the invention of the rule-cut drop known as a ‘lob’. Papworth also desig...

String boxes were essential desk and office accessories before the invention of scotch tape, which eliminated the need to tie up parcels, now they are cherished for their beauty and ...

This was a display of status at the time since few people had access to electricity upon its invention. Each piece in our shop is professionally rewired and in working order.

Andreae spent much of the 1860s exploring Europe - the invention of the railways having made undertaking a Grand Tour rather easier than it had been half a century earlier - and reco...

This Madonna is portrayed with pleasing, youthful features; she tenderly support the Child Jesus and lightly cradles His foot which she holds between two fingers; a graceful, touchin...

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...

Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to ...

Observing a need for mortars in trench warfare, he designed an aerodynamic mortar shell with obturation grooves (see details at Brandt Mle 27/31) which has not substantially changed ...

*Pigs’ bladders were used for centuries, before the invention of the paint tube in 1841, to store their paints.

In Italy it was especially Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) who had a deep interest in necromantic subjects and, in particular, he produced many paintings of this kind when he stayed in Flo...

Painting, drawing and engraving share almost identical compositions and closely matching dimensions, offering a fascinating insight into the creation and dissemination of a Mannerist...

The representation in our painting of this Gospel passage, rarely depicted in ancient painting, is exemplified by an invention of Maerten de Vos (1532-1603) engraved by Jacques de Bi...

He gave him the two largest commissions he received for single series of designs—£150 for drawings and engravings of The Inventions to the Book of Job, and a like sum for those illus...

See Jennifer Montagu, Roman Baroque Sculpture: The Industry of Art, Yale University Press 1989, pp. 56-57) which consecrated the fortune of Michelangelo's invention: different versio...

Oscar Andreae (fl.1860-1880) Pencil drawing Inscribed 'Schlossgarten - Juli 1861/ Baden Baden' Sheet 11 x 18.5cm Andreae spent much of the 1860s exploring Europe - the invention of ...