Antique Monument

An unusual 19th century European specimen marble and timber architectural model of a church altar or monument. Possibly created as a study or display piece, this model features a pai...

To possess a pair of antique ivory Chinese Art Deco pictorial carpets is to hold a monument to a unique cultural exchange, a work that bridges the gap between the scholarly elegance ...

Schulz in Prague, the plates combine archaeological rigor with exceptional lithographic artistry, preserving important monuments in exquisite detail. The restrained palette of pale ...

The Sahib Ata complex remains one of the city's architectural treasures, and Raymond's publication was among the earliest serious efforts to record and preserve these monuments for W...

At the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes his work included a console and a lacquered metal bookcase with Ruhlmann for the "Hotel du col...

Preserved in a fragmentary state, these pieces originally formed part of a larger sculptural composition, most likely intended for the decoration of a public monument, funerary struc...

An allegorical female figure wearing a classical gown and crested helmet stands before a panoramic view of Roman monuments, including the Colosseum. Holding a palm branch—a tradition...

Provenance: Copper Red, Bangkok L’Asie Exotique, Palm Springs, CA For similar examples see: Co Vat Viet Nam: Vietnamese Antiques, Ministry of Culture, Ha Noi 2003, figs. 116 - 118...

The cameo, however, features the face of Giuliano de Medici, Duke of Nemours and son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, whose facial features can be seen in Michelangelo's funerary monument...

The surrounding ancient city walls, gates, roads, districts, monuments, temples and public buildings are carefully identified.

Best known for his luminous depictions of ancient monuments and sunlit vistas, Wuttke masterfully combined meticulous draftsmanship with a romantic sensitivity to atmosphere.

To possess an antique "Open Field" Peking rug is to hold a monument to understated opulence. It is a work that feels equally at home in a Zen-inspired sanctuary or a high-concept mod...

Raymond, an architect and researcher of Islamic decorative arts, produced these plates to record and preserve some of the most important architectural monuments of the Islamic world ...

The Yeşil Cami remains one of Bursa's most celebrated monuments and is still standing today, recognized as one of the greatest achievements of early Ottoman architecture.

It is a European reconstruction of Mexica calendrical thought rather than an archaeological record of that monument. Its nested circles nevertheless communicate an essential feature ...

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

Plate 55 presents a refined elevation of the Bayezid Yıldırım Mosque, one of the foundational monuments of early Ottoman architecture. The composition emphasizes the rhythm of domed ...

The architectural setting of the scene is fascinating: the violence unfolds in an idealised Rome reconstructed through ancient monuments and architecture inspired by the engravings o...

Dalou devoted twenty years to the realization of this monument. The years 1881 and 1882 were difficult, but the 1883 Salon finally revealed him to the French public.

Their works were sculptures, monuments or fountains of Art Deco or Cubist inspiration.

Each medallion features an ancient Roman monument such as Cecilia Metella’s tomb, the Pyramid of Cestius, views of the Campo Vaccino, the Forum, and the Temple of Jupiter.

The decorative vocabulary of funerary monuments, however, maintained considerable continuity and variety, ranging from purely ornamental motifs such as garlands and animal heads to h...

Dalou devoted twenty years to the realization of this monument. The years 1881 and 1882 were difficult, but the 1883 Salon finally revealed him to the French public.

Its celebrated Temple of Poseidon remains one of the most recognizable monuments of ancient Greece. The association with Plato gives this engraving an additional appeal for collecto...

It remains one of the defining monuments of classical Greek architecture and an enduring symbol of ancient Athens.

Other features include the exterior Kerameikos or Ceramicus, ancient tombs, the Cephissus River, Colonus, roads leading towards Athens and numerous monuments and sacred sites. The lo...

He was regularly commissioned for important sculpted decors of Parisian monuments such as the Louvre Palace, the Opera Garnier & the City Hall of Paris.  

A lovely hand-colored etching showing the perspective plan of Venice, taken from the work Il Fiore di Venezia, a portfolio of Venetian paintings, monuments, views, and customs repres...

Located in the historic city of Sivas along important trade routes connecting Persia, Central Asia, and Anatolia, the monument reflects a unique synthesis of Seljuk, Persian, and loc...

Dalou devoted twenty years to the realization of this monument. The years 1881 and 1882 were difficult, but the 1883 Salon finally revealed him to the French public.

Raymond devoted decades to documenting Islamic monuments throughout Turkey. His measured drawings continue to serve historians, architects, restorers, and collectors as authoritative...

Raymond documented these monuments, preserving details that remain invaluable to historians, architects, restorers, and collectors today.

Rather than presenting Venice as an isolated ensemble of picturesque monuments, Duveneck portrays the lagoon as an active international port in which traditional Venetian craft coexi...

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

In 1850, he was sent to Sicily and Egypt on an official mission with the Prince of Lichtenberg to record important monuments; the assignment of such a mission reveals the appreciatio...

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...

Large cabinets of the period could function almost as architectural monuments within a room—the Metropolitan Museum describes comparable Louis XIV armoires as ostentatious “parade ob...

Written as the fictional travels of the young Scythian Anacharsis through fourth-century BC Greece, the work was accompanied by maps and archaeological illustrations intended to reco...

Its dramatic, tiered geometric stepping serves as a direct visual nod to iconic monuments of the era, such as the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, making it a highly ...

This fascinating chart belongs to a landmark monument of the Enlightenment era, namely Henri Abraham Chatelain's “Chronologie des États et Empires du Monde depuis Adam Jusqu’au Comme...

After the Great War he was asked by Belgian Government to help design a Victory Monument/Memorial. In 1932 he was awarded as a Commander of the Order of Leopold.

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...

Title: Original 1924 Islamic Architectural Print – Mihrab of Sultan Mehmed I, Bursa, Ottoman Empire Date: 1924 (after a monument completed in 1421) Origin: Paris, France Medium: Col...

Raymond and his collaborators documented architectural fragments directly from historic monuments, preserving decorative programs that remain among the finest achievements of Ottoman...

Original plates from *L’Art Islamique en Orient* remain increasingly scarce, particularly those depicting the major monuments of Istanbul and the works of Mimar Sinan.

Antique Ottoman Balustrade Designs Print, Yeşil Mosque & Rüstem Pasha Mosque, 1924 This original architectural plate presents a remarkable survey of pierced stone and wooden balustr...

The Yeşil Camii remains one of the most significant monuments of Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Rather than being applied as small decorative details, these figures form an integral part of the architecture of the lamp and turn its base into an almost miniature Gothic monument....

Built in the 5th century BC and dedicated to Athena, the Parthenon remains the defining monument of the Acropolis and one of the great architectural achievements of classical antiqui...

The dynamic handling of light and the towering vertical lines channel the fascination with Parisian architectural monuments and modern structural geometry that defined the era's prog...

Mary’s early death in 1706, commemorated by a monument in Bath Abbey, lends these portraits particular poignancy: they capture the couple in the brief period when youthful promise, d...

Nyrop is best known as the architect of Copenhagen City Hall, completed in 1905, one of the defining monuments of Danish National Romanticism. The present chair, executed three years...

The elongated track is shown surrounded by tiers of seating, monumental entrances and the central barrier or spina, decorated with an obelisk, statues and other monuments. Fig. 2 de...

As this sculpture has been sculpted on all sides, it can be reliably assumed that its original “installation site” was at best in a canopy without a rear wall, or – more likely – as ...

The Notre-Dame-des-Accoules church is a former medieval collegiate church located in the Accoules district of Marseille, razed during the Revolution with the exception of the bell to...

The Brooklyn Bridge is at once monument, transportation artery, compositional framework, and emblem of modernity.

To possess a fine antique Dabir Kashan is to hold a monument to the peak textile engineering, a work that transforms the floor into a sprawling, hand-wrought garden, capturing the et...

Surrounded by towering trees and tranquil woodland scenery, the composition presents one of the most revered monuments in American history, capturing both the solemn dignity of the s...

Stephen Piper predeceased Philadelphia by some sixteen years, dying on 16 February 1721/2, aged sixty-six, and was commemorated at Ashen in Essex, where he had established himself as...

His importance rests not only upon his surviving buildings and monuments but also upon the extraordinary geographical reach of his printed designs.