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Chanteur Florentin Du XVe Siècle a Classical French Bronze of a Troubadour
Chanteur Florentin Du XVe Siècle a Classical French Bronze of a Troubadour

Chanteur Florentin Du XVe Siècle a Classical French Bronze of a Troubadour

By Paul Dubois

Located in London, GB

playing a lute. The musician seems transported by the song he is playing, carefully watching his hand as

Category

19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

La Partie de Plaisir

La Partie de Plaisir

By Nicolas de Launay

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

, while a man plays viola da gamba. A lute lies discarded on the ground. Etching/engraving on hand laid

Category

Mid-18th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Engraving, Etching

George III Antique Silver Vinaigrette "Musical Grille" By Allen & Butler, 1802
George III Antique Silver Vinaigrette "Musical Grille" By Allen & Butler, 1802

George III Antique Silver Vinaigrette "Musical Grille" By Allen & Butler, 1802

By John Allen IV & Joshua Butler I

Located in Sittingbourne, Kent

and engraved “Musical Grille” depicting a Lute a Horn and Sheet Music within symmetrical flowering

Category

Early 1800s English George III Antique Lute

Materials

Silver

A Black Slip Ceramic Round Jar
A Black Slip Ceramic Round Jar

A Black Slip Ceramic Round Jar

Located in New York, NY

by a single raised band at the lute line and at the top by a petal collar with beading above. The

Category

18th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Lute

Still life with musical instruments (pair)
Still life with musical instruments (pair)

Still life with musical instruments (pair)

Located in Zürich, CH

portrait, still life and genre compositions include lutes, violins, flutes, virginals and other Renaissance

Category

17th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Chinese Baotou Rug for Vintage Shabby Chic Interiors
Antique Chinese Baotou Rug for Vintage Shabby Chic Interiors

Antique Chinese Baotou Rug for Vintage Shabby Chic Interiors

Located in Seeshaupt, DE

the corners (chessboard, lute, scrolls and books) and two Buddhist symbols along the sides. Each of

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lute

Materials

Wool

Antique Chinese Baotou Pictorial Wedding Area Rug with Vase Design
Antique Chinese Baotou Pictorial Wedding Area Rug with Vase Design

Antique Chinese Baotou Pictorial Wedding Area Rug with Vase Design

Located in Seeshaupt, DE

to the newly wed couple. The Four Accomplishments (chessboard, lute, paintings and books) are

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Lute

Painted and Iron-Bound Chest, Dated 1605
Painted and Iron-Bound Chest, Dated 1605

Painted and Iron-Bound Chest, Dated 1605

Located in West Sussex, GB

front panel showing a musical soiree including a songstress a lute player and dancers. Provenance: This

Category

Early 17th Century French Folk Art Antique Lute

Auspicious Antique Baotou Pictorial Rug with Scholar’s Objects
Auspicious Antique Baotou Pictorial Rug with Scholar’s Objects

Auspicious Antique Baotou Pictorial Rug with Scholar’s Objects

Located in Seeshaupt, DE

, lute, paintings and books), highly admired skills of the scholar that wealthy people strive to achieve

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Lute

This plate shows a romantic scene.

This plate shows a romantic scene.

By Isidoro Weiss

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

romantic scene with a young man playing the lute while a woman is holding the sheet music. Below the

Category

1810s Antique Lute

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Petite Table de Salon
Petite Table de Salon

Petite Table de Salon

Unavailable|$47,000

Petite Table de Salon

By Louis Aubry

Located in Vienna, AT

musical instruments - horn, viola da gmaba, lute - sheets of notes and mistletoes with various dyed

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Tulipwood, Rosewood, Mahogany

Chinese Export Plate Decorated with a Music Party, circa 1745
Chinese Export Plate Decorated with a Music Party, circa 1745

Chinese Export Plate Decorated with a Music Party, circa 1745

Located in St. Louis, MO

Chinese Export porcelain plate, the center painted with a troubadour playing a lute and reclining

Category

Mid-18th Century Chinese Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music
HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music

HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music

By Hermannus Collenius

Located in Hilversum, NL

Titian’s Venus and a Lute Player, but in seventeenth-century Dutch painting it often appears in the context

Category

18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Lute

Materials

Canvas

Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris

Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris

Located in Warsaw, PL

bronze lute or vielle resting on a small stool on the opposite side of the clock’s case. The white enamel

Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century
Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century

Pair of Sheet Metal Vases in Gothic Revival Style, 19th Century

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

feelings through such topics as the proposal, the music lesson (characters playing of the lute and the

Category

1830s French Gothic Antique Lute

Materials

Metal

Yueyao Glaze Funerary Jar

Yueyao Glaze Funerary Jar

Unavailable|$55,000

Yueyao Glaze Funerary Jar

Located in New York, NY

techniques in the decoration of these jars; some motifs were molded, these were then attached by luting

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antique Lute

Lute Table
Lute Table

Lute Table

Sold|$4,380

Lute Table

Located in Chicago, IL

Originally a lute table from 19th century China with floral carved side panels and apron, and a

Category

19th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Elm

Low Lute Table
Low Lute Table

Low Lute Table

Sold|$3,750

Low Lute Table

Located in New York, NY

A low elmwood lute table with a plank top from Shanxi province, 19th Century. Use as a coffee

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Lute

Materials

Elm

Antique Lute Player Lustermannchen
Antique Lute Player Lustermannchen

Antique Lute Player Lustermannchen

Located in Berghuelen, DE

lute playing and singing boy with attached original antlers. Executed in Germany, circa 1900 (height

Category

Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Lute

Materials

Metal

19th Century Chinese Lute Table
19th Century Chinese Lute Table

19th Century Chinese Lute Table

Located in Chicago, IL

A 19th century Chinese lute table with six carved drawers and brass hardware. Pagoda Red

Category

19th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Elm

19th Century Chinese Lute Table
19th Century Chinese Lute Table

19th Century Chinese Lute Table

Located in Chicago, IL

This beautiful lute table has a very simple yet elegant form and construction. The entire structure

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lute

Materials

Cypress

19th Century Oil - The Lute Player
19th Century Oil - The Lute Player

19th Century Oil - The Lute Player

Located in Corsham, GB

Two women are serenaded by a man playing a lute in this charming genre scene. Well presented in an

Category

19th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

Italian Painting Lute Player 17th Century
Italian Painting Lute Player 17th Century

Italian Painting Lute Player 17th Century

Located in Milan, IT

of the bodice uncovered, hands clasping a lute. The painting, characterized by the heavy light

Category

17th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

Regency Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Lute
Regency Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Lute

Regency Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Lute

Located in Kittery Point, ME

Of typical shape, decorated throughout with finely drawn stylized leaves and faces.

Category

19th Century English Antique Lute

Materials

Wood

H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute
H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute

H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute

Located in Corsham, GB

This charming portrait takes the common motif of a woman playing the lute and turns it into a

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute
H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute

H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute

Located in Corsham, GB

This charming portrait takes the common motif of a woman playing the lute and turns it into a

Category

19th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute
H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute

H. Crump - 1884 Oil, Lady and Lute

Located in Corsham, GB

This charming portrait takes the common motif of a woman playing the lute and turns it into a

Category

19th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

19th Century French Lute Backed Side Chair
19th Century French Lute Backed Side Chair

19th Century French Lute Backed Side Chair

Located in High Point, NC

A carved wooden side chair made in 19th Century France. The black patina of this chair contrasts with the reupholstered white upholstery of the seat. Intricate carved details define ...

Category

19th Century French French Provincial Antique Lute

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Lovely Antique Lusterweibchen of a Lute Playing Lady
Lovely Antique Lusterweibchen of a Lute Playing Lady

Lovely Antique Lusterweibchen of a Lute Playing Lady

Located in Berghuelen, DE

An antique lusterweibchen of a lute playing Victorian lady - made of plaster, hand-painted, mounted

Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Antique Lute

Materials

Plaster

Early 20th Century Oil - Girl with a Lute
Early 20th Century Oil - Girl with a Lute

Early 20th Century Oil - Girl with a Lute

Located in Corsham, GB

A wonderful portrait of a young girl in renaissance clothing holding a lute. The composition and

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

19th Century Foliate Carved Tibetan Lute with Dragon Form
19th Century Foliate Carved Tibetan Lute with Dragon Form

19th Century Foliate Carved Tibetan Lute with Dragon Form

Located in Milford, NH

19th century Tibetan foliate carved wooden lute, dragon form. Great sculptural piece with fabulous

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Lute

Materials

Wood

Large Maxfield Parrish Art Deco Print “The Lute Players”, Framed, C1920
Large Maxfield Parrish Art Deco Print “The Lute Players”, Framed, C1920

Large Maxfield Parrish Art Deco Print “The Lute Players”, Framed, C1920

By Maxfield Parrish

Located in Big Flats, NY

Large Maxfield Parrish Art Deco Print “The Lute Players”, Framed, C1920 Measures- 22.5''H x 34.75

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Antique Art Deco Maxfield Parrish Print, "The Lute Players", Circa 1920
Antique Art Deco Maxfield Parrish Print, "The Lute Players", Circa 1920

Antique Art Deco Maxfield Parrish Print, "The Lute Players", Circa 1920

By Maxfield Parrish

Located in Big Flats, NY

An antique Art Deco print by Maxfield Parrish, "The Lute Players", seated in parcel gilt frame

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Wood

Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Seated Pierrette with Lute by W. Thomasch
Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Seated Pierrette with Lute by W. Thomasch

Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Seated Pierrette with Lute by W. Thomasch

By Wilhelm Thomasch, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna

Located in Vienna, AT

Pierrette, sits on a pedestal with her lute. Her wide costume with knee-length harem pants and a

Category

1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Ceramic

French 1890s Walnut Wedding Armoire with Carved Doves, Quiver and Lutes
French 1890s Walnut Wedding Armoire with Carved Doves, Quiver and Lutes

French 1890s Walnut Wedding Armoire with Carved Doves, Quiver and Lutes

Located in Atlanta, GA

. The façade showcases a richly carved decor of flowers and musical instruments, more specifically lutes

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

Spanish Renaissance Revival Forged Iron Angel Sculpture Playing Lute c.1900
Spanish Renaissance Revival Forged Iron Angel Sculpture Playing Lute c.1900

Spanish Renaissance Revival Forged Iron Angel Sculpture Playing Lute c.1900

Located in Benalmadena, ES

, serenely playing a lute, capturing a frozen moment of celestial harmony. The piece is executed with

Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Antique Lute

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Seated Pierrot with Lute by Wilhelm Thomasch
Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Seated Pierrot with Lute by Wilhelm Thomasch

Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Seated Pierrot with Lute by Wilhelm Thomasch

By Wilhelm Thomasch, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna

Located in Vienna, AT

legs outstretched and hugging his lute. He wears a green suit with a wide, multi-layered collar, hood

Category

1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Ceramic

Chelsea-Derby Porcelain Figure of Lady with Lute, 18th Century, circa 1770
Chelsea-Derby Porcelain Figure of Lady with Lute, 18th Century, circa 1770

Chelsea-Derby Porcelain Figure of Lady with Lute, 18th Century, circa 1770

By Chelsea-Derby

Located in London, GB

This is a beautiful Chelsea-Derby figure of a lady with a lute made in circa 1770. This figure had

Category

1770s English Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Tribal Hand-Carved Lute or Sarangi, Gaine of Nepal Himal, Early 20th Century.
Tribal Hand-Carved Lute or Sarangi, Gaine of Nepal Himal, Early 20th Century.

Tribal Hand-Carved Lute or Sarangi, Gaine of Nepal Himal, Early 20th Century.

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Tribal hand-carved Lute or Sarangi. Likely from the Gaine caste of wandering musicians from the

Category

Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Lute

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood

19th Century French Carved White Marble Bust of Young Beauty with Lute
19th Century French Carved White Marble Bust of Young Beauty with Lute

19th Century French Carved White Marble Bust of Young Beauty with Lute

Located in Dallas, TX

Crafted in France circa 1890, this antique marble sculpture stands on a square base, and depicts a young girl with a guitar draped in front of her. The bust, is signed on the back by...

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Marble

Gustav Wilhelm Palm, Pencil Drawing of a Neapolitan Fisherman Playing His Lute
Gustav Wilhelm Palm, Pencil Drawing of a Neapolitan Fisherman Playing His Lute

Gustav Wilhelm Palm, Pencil Drawing of a Neapolitan Fisherman Playing His Lute

By Gustav Wilhelm Palm

Located in Stockholm, SE

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810-1890) was a Swedish landscape painter and art professor. At 18 years in 1828 of age he attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. His early painti...

Category

1840s Swedish Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Chelsea-Derby Pair of Candlestick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, ca 1775
Chelsea-Derby Pair of Candlestick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, ca 1775

Chelsea-Derby Pair of Candlestick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, ca 1775

By Chelsea-Derby, Derby

Located in London, GB

with lute, made in about 1775, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's famous figure pairs

Category

1770s English Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

French Early 19th Century Gold, Turquoise, Pearl Earrings with Forget-Me-Nots
French Early 19th Century Gold, Turquoise, Pearl Earrings with Forget-Me-Nots

French Early 19th Century Gold, Turquoise, Pearl Earrings with Forget-Me-Nots

Located in New York, NY

A pair of antique engraved gold earrings designed as stylized lutes with pearl decoration and

Category

1830s French Victorian Antique Lute

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, Turquoise, 18k Gold

Pair French Chinoiserie Cast Stone Musicians
Pair French Chinoiserie Cast Stone Musicians

Pair French Chinoiserie Cast Stone Musicians

Located in Stamford, CT

Pair of charming French Chinoiserie figures of court musicians, one playing the lute and the other

Category

19th Century French Antique Lute

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Antique Lute For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique lute available at 1stDibs. An antique lute — often made from wood, metal and bronze — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique lute you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique lute bearing Art Deco, Rococo or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. A well-made antique lute has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Chelsea-Derby, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and Derby are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Lute?

An antique lute can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,750, while the lowest priced sells for $132 and the highest can go for as much as $70,000.