Antique Monument

On the Design: This antique Farahan represents a living monument to 19th-century workshop excellence, a museum-grade treasure of staggering scale and technical precision.

Statue for the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument (1900s): L'Architettura (Architecture) and La Musica (Music), allegorical figures on the massive Rome monument, viewable at the Altare de...

Architectural engravings from Paris et ses Monuments*are increasingly sought after by collectors, architects, and interior designers.

Camille Bonnard's costume publications were based on extensive research into historical paintings, manuscripts, sculptures, and monuments. His work became highly influential among ar...

Located in the historic city of Sivas, the Gök Medrese remains one of Turkey's most important architectural monuments. Its portal is particularly admired for the complexity of its ca...

Raymond's monumental publication L'Art Islamique en Orient – IIe Partie, illustrating two of the most celebrated monuments of early Ottoman architecture in northwestern Anatolia.

Working extensively throughout Turkey and the former Ottoman Empire, he produced a series of luxurious folios recording architectural details, inscriptions, windows, portals, and dec...

Among his notable achievements is the 1919 bronze monument dedicated to Guglielmo Oberdan in Florence.

Emerging from the same societies that engineered the construction of great monuments such as Stonehenge, and the settlements of Skara Brae and the Ness of Brodgar, their manufacture ...

This is one of four books purchased from an antiques movie props dealer in Germany and was seen in The Monuments Men film in 2014 starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray amo...

On the Design: This antique Kerman Lavar stands as a living monument to the golden age of Persian weaving, a museum-grade treasure of such rarity and technical precision that it com...

This model follows the equestrian monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni designed by Andrea del Verrocchio for Venice.

Keywords: Alexandre M Raymond, L'Art Islamique en Orient, Ottoman architecture, Bursa, Brousse, Green Mosque Bursa, Yeşil Djami, Yeşil Camii, Sultan Murad I Mosque, Çekirge, Tchékirg...

Constructed during the formative centuries of Ottoman architecture, the monuments of İznik combined structural functionality with profound symbolic meaning.

Keywords: Bursa, old Bursa school, Ottoman ceiling, painted ceiling, Islamic ornament, Seljuk geometry, arabesque decoration, Ottoman interiors, Anatolian architecture, sacred geomet...

This drawing belongs to that world, where a façade could become a spectacle and architecture itself could aspire to the grandeur of a monument. The elevation occupies nearly the ent...

This rare, mid 19th-century Bergama rug is a magnificent monument to the ancient weaving traditions of Western Anatolia, showcasing an archaic graphic power and a deeply spiritual de...

The publication remains one of the earliest systematic visual surveys of the monuments of Paris produced during the Napoleonic era.

The Green Tomb of Sultan Mehmed I remains one of Bursa's greatest monuments, while the Çinili Köşk represents one of the earliest surviving examples of Ottoman palace architecture in...

On the Design: This exceptional antique tapestry stands as a spectacular monument to historical Scandinavian handicraft, showcasing a complex all-over geometric grid that speaks to ...

Created by the Chin peoples of western Burma, such poles served as important ritual and commemorative monuments within traditional village life. Far more than decorative carvings, th...

Raymond meticulously recorded these monuments during his travels through Turkey, preserving details that in many cases have subsequently deteriorated or disappeared.

Keywords: Sultan Selim II, Selim II Türbesi, Istanbul, Constantinople, Mimar Sinan, Iznik tiles, Ottoman ceramics, Ottoman architecture, Islamic art, Turkish heritage, tulip motif, O...

His meticulously researched plates were based on authentic sources including paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, and monuments. The publication became an important reference work for...

The plates function as both works of art and architectural documents, preserving important details of Parisian monuments during the early 19th century. Architectural prints from *Pa...

This rare, 17th century Anatolian fragment is a magnificent monument to the early weaving traditions of Asia Minor, showcasing an archaic graphic power and a monumental scale of desi...

Traditionally associated with the Chin peoples of western Burma, such poles served as important ritual and commemorative monuments within the community. More than decorative objects,...

The composition captures the monument at the center of a lively boulevard scene, with early automobiles, cyclists, and strolling figures animating the foreground, all bathed in a war...

Giovanni e Paolo, dominated at centre by the equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, modelled by Andrea del Verrocchio and cast by Alessandro Leopardi, which dominates the compos...

The architectural rendering is precise and documentary: the brick Gothic façade of the basilica, the polychrome rose window, the Gothic pinnacles, and the apsidal dome are rendered w...

this rare, mid 19th century Karachop rug is an absolute monument to Caucasian tribal art, standing as an incredibly powerful, iconic, and highly collectible representative of the Sou...

Mercuri based his illustrations on authentic monuments, paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and historical sources.

His illustrations drew upon manuscripts, frescoes, sculptures, and historical monuments throughout Europe. This particular image is based on frescoes from the Palazzo Borromeo in Mi...

About: Blagny is a commune in the Department of the Ardennes (northeast of France), approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Sedan. The monument lists the names of 31 soldiers and ci...

The interiors of these caverns, where the scenery always alludes to the ruined state of the monuments, should be interpreted as a kind of 'vanitas', they are not only fascinating to ...

The second volume alone contains approximately sixty color plates depicting portals, windows, ironwork, doors, fountains, and decorative details from monuments throughout Turkey. T...

Technique: Color lithograph Maker: Alexandre Marcel Raymond, France, early 20th century Keywords: Alexandre Raymond, L'Art Islamique en Orient, Islamic architecture, Seljuk art, Sel...

Alexandre Marcel Raymond devoted decades to recording these monuments at a time when many historic structures remained little known outside the Ottoman world.

On the Design: This exceptional antique tapestry stands as a spectacular, museum-grade monument to historical Scandinavian weaving traditions, capturing the dense geometric mastery ...

This rare 18th century Anatolian kilim is a magnificent monument to the ancient tribal traditions of Asia Minor, showcasing an archaic graphic power and a monumental scale of design ...

Expressive and post impressionist, LaMorna Birch builds excitement from vignettes with verticality below the stream surface above, creating still life moments in the water’s stillnes...

This rare, mid 19th-century Yomud chuval is a magnificent and highly collectable monument to the nomadic weaving traditions of the Turkmen tribes, showcasing a profound graphic sobri...

Engraved by the French architect Louis-Pierre Baltard and published in Paris in 1803, the print forms part of the rare Napoleonic-era publication Paris et ses Monuments, mesurés, des...

The figures are depicted in richly colored garments based on authentic medieval sources, including illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, paintings, tomb effigies, and historical monume...

These finely executed lithographs were issued by the renowned Parisian publishers Goupil & Vibert and were drawn from authentic monuments, paintings, sculptures, and manuscript sourc...

The middle ground opens onto a receding sequence of arches and columned arcades, drawing the eye deep into the palace interior and conveying the remarkable spatial complexity of one ...

To possess an antique specimen of this scale with such a pristine black field is to hold a rare monument to 19th-century French craftsmanship—a work that transforms the floor into a ...

Representing a prestigious historical monument from Rug & Kilim’s archive, the carpet exemplifies the industrial grandeur and heavy, robust structure that defines the finest earl...

This rare, early 19th century Konya kilim is a magnificent monument to the ancient tribal traditions of Central Anatolia, showcasing an archaic graphic power and a deeply spiritual d...

Each oval ceramic composition is modeled in high relief, one depicting a Gothic cathedral with soaring twin spires, the other an Arc de Triomphe-style monument, both rendered with st...

The central section features a two-part composition: ​The Upper Panel: Houses a period architectural engraving of a classical monument, framed simply to maintain the piece's scholarl...

After completing his celebrated monument celebrating the French Republic, Le Triomphe de la République, Dalou next wanted to raise a monument for labourers.

The building, one of Le Corbusier's first urban housing projects, was designated a National Historical Monument of France in 1975 In original unrestored state, good for age and use

Perhaps best known for his 1900 monument the ‘Lexington Minuteman’ to pay tribute to the Minutemen during the American Revolutionary War.

The monumental work aimed to document the most significant architectural monuments of Paris with exceptional precision, combining artistic mastery with measured architectural study.

Hand-knotted in wool and originating circa 1920, this 13x19 antique European rug is an extraordinary monument of early 20th-century craftsmanship. Originating from Holland, its desig...

To possess antique tribal rugs such as this antique red Kuba scatter rug is to hold a monument to a vanishing tribal heritage—a work that bridges the gap between rugged nomadic utili...