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Architect Ruler

Large 19th Century Wooden Architect's Ruler from Late 19th Century England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th-century large wooden architect's ruler with a rich tawny color and understated coffee-toned
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian More Furniture and Coll...

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Wood

Albert Baillon Bronze Dorè Architects Winding Clock
By Jean-Baptiste Albert Baillon III
Located in Palm Beach, FL
base with well articulated architects tools, including a lead ball globe, drafting ruler, compass and
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Clocks

Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Quitandeira, Traditional Fruit Box in Glass, by Tiago Curioni
By Tiago Curioni
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
To perpetuate the memorable wooden boxes at fairs in Brazil, the architect and designer Tiago
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2010s Brazilian Minimalist Decorative Boxes

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Glass

John Taylor Pen & Watercolor Self Portrait, Albany NY c1805-06
Located in Milford, NH
is seated on a green painted bench and works at what is, perhaps, a tilted architect’s table
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Antique Early 1800s American Folk Art Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Nūr Jahān by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Abstract Prints

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Glitter, Giclée

Georgian Solid Mahogany Desk Says Knee, Late 18th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
the period spanning the reigns of four rulers named George, which lasted for almost a century
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Made for Maharajas A Design Diary of Princely India By Amin Jaffer Hardcover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
British Raj (1857-1947) as Indian rulers traveled to Europe and began to model their lives along western
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Anglo-Indian Books

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Paper

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Castle-Top Vinaigrette Crystal Palace
By John Tongue
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
: the rulers of Britain intended to show the world that technology was bringing uplifting changes to
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Antique 1850s English Victorian Sterling Silver

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Silver

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Baroque Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Baroque Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

17th Century English Carved Oak Dowry Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
under one ruler was an important shift of order for both nations, and would shape their existence to the
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Antique Early 17th Century English Jacobean Blanket Chests

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Oak

17th Century English Carved Oak Dowry Chest
17th Century English Carved Oak Dowry Chest
H 32.25 in W 57.25 in D 23.5 in
After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood

Portrait of an Artist (possibly a Self-Portrait)
Located in New York, NY
Architect or Geographer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in which the sitter holds a compass and wears a
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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Antique Arts & Crafts Copper and Brass Table/Desk Lamp with Color Glass Inserts
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and highly stylish Arts & Crafts lamp. If you are an enthousiast of early 20th century lighting in general and of the Arts & Crafts style in particular then this antique lamp c...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

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Copper, Brass

Iconic Oak Wardrobe by Compactom London
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant oak wood wardrobe by Compactom The two doors wardrobe has several compartments and shelves inside the right side while on the left side there is a coat hanger with its orig...
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Vintage 1920s English Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires

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Wood, Oak

Iconic Oak Wardrobe by Compactom London
Iconic Oak Wardrobe by Compactom London
H 68.9 in W 49.22 in D 20.48 in
JENNY Large Wall Light or Sconce in Enamel & Brass by Blueprint Lighting
By Blueprint Lighting, Stilnovo, Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York, NY
Introducing Jenny, the latest vintage-inspired fixture from Blueprint Lighting. Named for multi-hyphenate Jenny Mollen; NYT best-selling author, actress, design enthusiast, mom of ...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel

Set of 12 Cobalt and Gilt Limoges Dinner Plates in Arabesque Design, circa 1900
By Limoges
Located in Essex, MA
Twelve cobalt and gold limoges dinner plates Porcelain with cobalt background, hand-painted flowers and arabesque design. Marked W. Guerin & Co. with circa 1900 green mark e...
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Early 20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Antique Hand-Crafted Rustic and Organic Oak Tree Stool for Indoor or Outdoor
Located in Lisse, NL
Top quality made and heavy little stool made of oak branches. This rustic and perfectly original stool or table is made of natural tree branches and it dates back to the early 1900'...
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Early 20th Century European Rustic End Tables

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Oak

Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Most Unusual Industrial Adjustable Architects Desk/ Drafting Table
By Hamilton
Located in Buffalo, NY
Most unusual industrial adjustable architects desk/ drafting table, amazing design and lines. Height adjustable from 29"-38"...adjustable desk tilt-top, large hidden drawer measuring...
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Vintage 1950s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel

English Country House Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A very finely carved flame mahogany veneered architectural bar cabinet of the Althorp House façade, the upper section with a gabled brass galleried roof with 8 dormers, with a Spence...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George II Dry Bars

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Wood

English Country House Bar Cabinet
English Country House Bar Cabinet
H 82.25 in W 62.75 in D 22.75 in
Limbert Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table, Newly Restored
By Limbert Dutch Arts and Crafts Furniture Company, Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or desk. By Charles P. Limbert Co. USA, Circa 1900 Quartersawn oak, with original copper hardware. Measures: 36"W x ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables

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Copper

Reclaimed English Stained Glass Windows
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of four antique hand painted English stained glass window panels. This item consists of four panels housed in temporary frames. Additional Dimensions Individual 87.5 x 68 x...
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Antique 19th Century Windows

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Stained Glass

Reclaimed English Stained Glass Windows
Reclaimed English Stained Glass Windows
H 68.9 in W 54.34 in D 0.4 in
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Spruce

Antique Sherwood & Wedge British Nautical Maritime Brass Onion Ship Oil Lanterns
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of two antique Sherwood & Wedge "onion" navigational lamps featuring a cylindrical brass base, pierced top and fluted chimney cap, rotating wire bail handle, and simple wire cag...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Colonial Candle Lamps

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Brass

Vintage Industrial Straight Edge Ruler
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial, straight edge ruler.
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20th Century American American Craftsman More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

Vintage Industrial Straight Edge Ruler
Vintage Industrial Straight Edge Ruler
H 0.75 in W 72 in D 3.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Peter Pepper Walnut Wall Mount Magazine Racks, 1970s
By Peter Pepper Products
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a pair of wall-mounted, walnut and white laminate, magazine racks by Peter Pepper, circa the 1970s. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 13.5" W x 4" ...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves

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Laminate, Walnut

19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible, one-of-a-kind watch display cabinet brings together the beauty of an antique with the functionality of modern technology. Crafted of mahogany, this 19th century jewe...
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Empire Cabinets

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Mahogany

19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
H 42.5 in W 49.57 in D 28.25 in
Vintage Beige MRC Ship’s Wall Clock, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage MRC ( Marine Radio Co. Ltd. ) maritime slave clock made in South Korea during the 1970s. These clocks were used on large Korean tankers and cargo ships. It features a beige m...
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Vintage 1970s Korean Industrial Wall Clocks

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Chrome, Iron

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Sterling Silver Draftsman's Ruler
By Weedon
Located in New York, NY
A sterling silver and hand engraved ruler and paper weight. This very clean and elegant desk
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Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Paperweights

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Draftsman's Ruler
Sterling Silver Draftsman's Ruler
H 0.5 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
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By Doug Britt
Located in Koloa, HI
Virginia, growing up on a remote beach with four brothers. His architect father set the inspiring stage for
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Found Objects

Sterling Silver Architect's Drawing Tools
Located in North Egremont, MA
A matching ruler and drawing triangle in sterling silver. Ruler measures 15 centimeters and
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Vintage 1930s European More Desk Accessories

Design for a Footed Bowl with Vulcan at His Forge with Cupid
By Jacopo Strada
Located in San Francisco, CA
man, excelling as an architect, illustrator, inventor, linguist, and goldsmith. But Strada’s primary
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15th Century and Earlier Mannerist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Ink, Paper, Pen

Design for a Flask with Swing-Handle with Poseidon Holding His Triton
By Jacopo Strada
Located in San Francisco, CA
man, excelling as an architect, illustrator, inventor, linguist, and goldsmith. But Strada’s primary
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15th Century and Earlier Mannerist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Ink, Paper, Pen

Design for a Candlestick
By Jacopo Strada
Located in San Francisco, CA
man, excelling as an architect, illustrator, inventor, linguist, and goldsmith. But Strada’s primary
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15th Century and Earlier Mannerist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Ink, Paper, Pen

20th Century Wall-Mount Bronze Elevator Indicator from the Medinah Athletic Club
Located in Chicago, IL
Michigan Avenue, a ruler is shown with his counselors and an architect is shown bringing in a model of the
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Vintage 1920s American Architectural Elements

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Bronze

Large 19th Century Wooden Architect's Ruler from Late 19th Century England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 19th century wooden architect's ruler with brass edges from late 19th century England. Ruler
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian More Furniture and Coll...

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Wood

Antique Instrument Set, English, Architect's, Technical Drawing, Davis & Sons
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique instrument set. An English, silver nickel architect's technical drawing case by
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Early 20th Century British More Desk Accessories

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Nickel

1940's Architect's Drafting Table - Midcentury Wooden & Iron Metal Base
Located in Dorchester, GB
A 1940's Architect's drawing table with cast iron metal base, Beech & Oak frame and top. A fully
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Early 20th Century British Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Rare Dutch Industrial Drawing or Architect's Wood & Metal Table Witch Lamp
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
table is very rare and sought after, especially for older architects and some structural designers who
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Industrial Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

19th Century Porphyry Table
Located in London, by appointment only
5th century AD and, whilst Porphyry continued to be the prerogative of rulers throughout late
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Antique 19th Century French Greco Roman Center Tables

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Porphyry, Bronze

19th Century Porphyry Table
19th Century Porphyry Table
H 26.9 in Dm 27.65 in
"The Tower in Miraflores: Dr. Urrutia’s Lost Garden" San Antonio Texas.
By Jose Arpa
Located in San Antonio, TX
Urrutia’s house on Broadway, designed by Urrutia’s friend, architect Porfirio Treviño. The house was sold to
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Edwardian Architect's Mahogany Box of Rulers
Located in New York, NY
scaled rulers. Rulers marked H. Jasper Redfern Sheffield.
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Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Danish Midcentury Architect Drafting Table by Nordisk Tegnemaskine Fabrik
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Danish architect's drafting table made by Nordisk Tegnemaskine Industri outside Copenhagen in the
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Steel

Antique Technical Drawing Set, Architect, Cartographer, Instruments, ANCSL, 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique technical drawing set. An English, architect's or cartographer's instrument case
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Early 20th Century British More Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century French Wooden Tilting Architect's Drafting or Drawing Table
Located in Haarlem, NL
This unique very heavy industrial wooden fully tilting architect's drafting table was a pretty
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Vintage 1920s French Industrial and Work Tables

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Iron

Reply Architect Drafting Table Friso Kramer Wim Rietveld Ahrend Cirkel and Extra
By Ahrend de Cirkel, Friso Kramer, Wim Rietveld
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Reply Dutch design architect drawing table designed by Wim Rietveld and Friso Kramer for Ahrend de
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

1920 Adjustable Cast-Iron Drafting Table
Located in Surrey, BC
strong provenance of architects that settled in Canada from Finland. The table was brought to Canada in
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Vintage 1920s German Machine Age Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

19th Century Regency Bronzed Wood and Parcel Gilt Specimen Marble Table
Located in London, by appointment only
Porphyry continued to be the prerogative of rulers throughout late antiquity. Because of its almost
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Center Tables

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Marble, Porphyry

1940s Architect's Antique Telescopic Survey Rule Wood Engineering Measure
By Stanley
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique architect's style adjustable extending wood ruler...Easy to read.. You'll love the large
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Vintage 1940s American American Classical More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Collection of Twenty-Two Ivory Rulers
Located in New York, NY
Collection of Twenty-Two Ivory Architect’s Rulers, with an Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl Example
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Early 20th Century English Decorative Objects

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Ivory, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony

Edwardian Mahogany Vitrine Table
Located in New York, NY
22 Ivory Architect’s Rulers Displayed Inside Vitrine Table Sold Separately; Please Contact for
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Early 20th Century English Side Tables

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Mahogany, Glass

Edwardian Mahogany Vitrine Table
Edwardian Mahogany Vitrine Table
H 29.5 in W 30 in D 21 in
Vintage Drafting Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
elevation system and adjustable table top. The original rulers have been repaired but still work well
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Vintage 1930s Industrial and Work Tables

Vintage Drafting Table
Vintage Drafting Table
H 75 in W 59 in D 34 in
Dutch Industrial Drawing Table with Lamp and Drafting Machine by Rotanex, 1950s
Located in Warsaw, PL
kind of table is very rare and original, particularly for older architects and some structural
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Victorian Rosewood Architects box
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
brass parallel rulers all within a brass inlaid rosewood architects box. With it’s original working
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Antique Late 19th Century English More Desk Accessories

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Rosewood

Victorian Rosewood  Architects box
Victorian Rosewood  Architects box
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H 2.17 in W 7.88 in D 5.12 in
Two 1960's Pan Am Building New York souvenir architectural models, New York
Located in Lafayette, CA
Pan Am Building Lighter & Ruler Two Pan Am Building Souvenir Models, New York Polished and
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Architectural Models

Materials

Brass, Zinc

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Architect Ruler For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the architect ruler you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and canvas, every architect ruler was constructed with great care. Find 9 options for an antique or vintage architect ruler now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an architect ruler — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An architect ruler is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Baroque, Victorian and Georgian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made architect ruler has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by John Tongue and Tiago Curioni are consistently popular.

How Much is a Architect Ruler?

An architect ruler can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,095, while the lowest priced sells for $300 and the highest can go for as much as $34,500.