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Early 20th Century Wing Chair
Early 20th Century Wing Chair

Early 20th Century Wing Chair

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

trap the heat from an open fireplace in the area where the person would be sitting. Hence, in historic

Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Traps

Materials

Mahogany

Late 19th Century Mahogany Wingback Chair
Late 19th Century Mahogany Wingback Chair

Late 19th Century Mahogany Wingback Chair

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

from drafts and to trap the heat from an open fireplace in the area where the person would be sitting

Category

19th Century Irish Antique Traps

Materials

Mahogany

Singular Victorian Carved Wood Terrarium. English C 1860
Singular Victorian Carved Wood Terrarium. English C 1860

Singular Victorian Carved Wood Terrarium. English C 1860

Located in New York, NY

water cycle, trapping and recycling the available moisture and encouraging growth. English, Circa

Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Traps

Late 19th Century Walnut-Framed Wing Chair
Late 19th Century Walnut-Framed Wing Chair

Late 19th Century Walnut-Framed Wing Chair

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

areas of the body in order to provide comfortable protection from drafts, and to trap the heat from an

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Traps

An Early 20th Century George II Design Walnut-Framed Wing Chair
An Early 20th Century George II Design Walnut-Framed Wing Chair

An Early 20th Century George II Design Walnut-Framed Wing Chair

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

trap the heat from an open fireplace in the area where the person would be sitting. Hence, in historic

Category

1920s English George II Antique Traps

Materials

Walnut

French Art Deco Oak Desk with a Unusual Closing System by Securitas, circa 1925
French Art Deco Oak Desk with a Unusual Closing System by Securitas, circa 1925

French Art Deco Oak Desk with a Unusual Closing System by Securitas, circa 1925

By SECURITAS

Located in L'Etang, FR

, but in reality it's a "trompe-l'oeil", a trap: it contains a cupboard! Another funny detail: the

Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Traps

Materials

Brass, Steel, Chrome, Iron, Nickel

George III Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1780-1785
George III Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1780-1785

George III Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1780-1785

Located in London, GB

construction of the incuse door panels, quarter-lined dust traps to the oak drawer linings and the elegantly

Category

1780s English Neoclassical Antique Traps

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Austrian Goldscheider Mother and Child Madonna
Art Deco Austrian Goldscheider Mother and Child Madonna

Art Deco Austrian Goldscheider Mother and Child Madonna

By Friedrich Goldscheider

Located in Daylesford, Victoria

perfectly. The base of the pedestal has a screwed “trap-door” so the upper timber and cork could be attached

Category

1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Traps

Materials

Ceramic

Sevres Biscuit Figure Of Joseph Barra 19th Century
Sevres Biscuit Figure Of Joseph Barra 19th Century

Sevres Biscuit Figure Of Joseph Barra 19th Century

Located in London, GB

death. His story became that having been trapped by the enemy and being ordered to cry "Vive le Roi

Category

19th Century French Antique Traps

Materials

Porcelain

A beautiful glass chandelier from Italy c.1920
A beautiful glass chandelier from Italy c.1920

A beautiful glass chandelier from Italy c.1920

Located in Houston, TX

circumference as they reach the farthest point away from the centre. The bobeche (the disk designed to trap any

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Traps

Materials

Glass

Sand trap.
Sand trap.

Sand trap.

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Florham Park, NJ

ARTHUR BURDETT FROST Harper’s Weekly Harper & Brothers New York, 1904 Hand-colored Halftone A.B. Frost, as he was to become known professionally, was born in Philadelphia in ...

Category

Early 1900s Academic Antique Traps

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Eel Trap
Antique Eel Trap

Antique Eel Trap

Sold|$1,400

Antique Eel Trap

By Associated Artists

Located in Geneva, IL

Portuguese eel trap which resembles a large wire mesh doughnut.

Category

Late 19th Century Portuguese Primitive Antique Traps

Materials

Wire

Herman Funch, Thrush Near a Trap, 1903
Herman Funch, Thrush Near a Trap, 1903

Herman Funch, Thrush Near a Trap, 1903

By Herman Friedrich Funch

Located in Hudson, NY

A striking fall scene of a thrush in a tree facing a rustic home-made bird trap with bright red

Category

Early 1900s Danish Antique Traps

French Oak Coffered Bench
French Oak Coffered Bench

French Oak Coffered Bench

Located in Woodbury, CT

A Louis XIV period Provençal oak bench with trap door hidden coffer; further concealed by an

Category

Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Traps

Materials

Oak

Early 20th Century Small Size Bell Jar Lantern with Etched Glass
Early 20th Century Small Size Bell Jar Lantern with Etched Glass

Early 20th Century Small Size Bell Jar Lantern with Etched Glass

Located in Raalte, NL

the chains hang and inside the candleholder with the vapor trap above (can be electrically decorated

Category

Early 20th Century European Antique Traps

Materials

Brass

Antique Terracota Octopus Pot . Portugal
Antique Terracota Octopus Pot . Portugal

Antique Terracota Octopus Pot . Portugal

Located in Azaruja, PT

under sea and used as a trap for individual octopus, a lovely pink. Oyster shells create beautiful pearl

Category

Early 1900s Portuguese Organic Modern Antique Traps

Materials

Terracotta

Abstract Tin Man Shop Trade Sign from 1925
Abstract Tin Man Shop Trade Sign from 1925

Abstract Tin Man Shop Trade Sign from 1925

By Israel Zachvitz

Located in New York, NY

trap doors at the knees that hing open and inside was found a yellowed paper note, "made by Israel

Category

1920s American Folk Art Antique Traps

Materials

Tin

Finely Carved 19th Century Giltwood Wing Chair
Finely Carved 19th Century Giltwood Wing Chair

Finely Carved 19th Century Giltwood Wing Chair

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

of the body in order to provide comfortable protection from drafts, and to trap the heat from an open

Category

19th Century British Antique Traps

George III Design Wing Chair
George III Design Wing Chair

George III Design Wing Chair

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

head or torso areas of the body in order to provide comfortable protection from drafts and to trap the

Category

Early 20th Century British George III Antique Traps

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of 19th Century Upholstered Wing Chairs
Pair of 19th Century Upholstered Wing Chairs

Pair of 19th Century Upholstered Wing Chairs

Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire

protection from drafts, and to trap the heat from an open fireplace in the area where the person would be

Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Traps

English Chinoiserie Console Cabinet
English Chinoiserie Console Cabinet

English Chinoiserie Console Cabinet

Located in Wilson, NC

. The right-hand door is painted with figures holding marine traps with a house that has a willow tree

Category

1920s English Antique Traps

Materials

Granite, Gold

Ernest Shackleton Handwritten Signed Letter
Ernest Shackleton Handwritten Signed Letter

Ernest Shackleton Handwritten Signed Letter

Located in Jersey, GB

was the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, during which his ship Endurance was trapped

Category

Early 1900s Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

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Antique Traps For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique traps available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of fabric, metal and wool, all antique traps available were constructed with great care. Antique traps have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique traps bearing Victorian or Folk Art hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique traps over the years, but those made by Emmanuel Fremiet, Herman Friedrich Funch and Springfield Armory are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Traps?

Prices for antique traps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique traps begin at $120 and can go as high as $17,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,020.