Where did shadow puppets originate from?

It is believed that shadow puppetry originated in China during the Han Dynasty, which is more than two thousand years ago. Shadow plays feature transparent shapes or puppets that are worked against a screen and lit from behind. Their colors and details are seen by the audience, so they aren’t just a shadow but a much more dynamic representation. Shop a collection of Chinese puppets from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

What is a bread and butter plate?

Bread and butter are separated from the sauce, gravy, and fluids from other items on the dish using the bread-and-butter plate. When a plate isn't available, a slice of bread or a roll is placed on the tablecloth or the rim of the dinner plate, which also holds the butter. Find a collection of antique and vintage bread and butter plates on 1stDibs today.

Bread And Puppet

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Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$294

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is an original poster realized by Masaccio during the 1970s Print, ink on paper

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

How Much Money - from Bread and Puppet - Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

How Much Money - from Bread and Puppet - Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

She is Poor - from Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

She is Poor - from Bread and Puppet - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Saint Peter & Co - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Saint Peter & Co - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

The Dead Man - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

The Dead Man - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

The Distribution of Goods - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

The Distribution of Goods - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Saint Peter's Halo - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

Saint Peter's Halo - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

The Poor - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s, 1970s

$188Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in

The Poor - Vintage Offset by Various Artists - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Bread and Puppet is a vintage offset poster realized by Various Artists in 1970s. Good condition

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Woman with Star Mixed Media Print, Hand-Finished, 1970, Unframed, 1970

$187Sale Price|25% Off

H 22.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.1 in

Woman with Star Mixed Media Print, Hand-Finished, 1970, Unframed

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Woman with Star is a mixed-media poster created at Bread and Puppet Press in Glover, Vermont. After

Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Mixed Media

Fred McDarrahSigned Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC, 1959

$950

H 10 in W 8 in

Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

been performed by the New York Public Theatre, for the New City, and the Bread and Puppet Theatre

Category

1950s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Recent Sales

Kyla KeglerPink and Blue, 2018

Sold

H 12 in W 10 in

Pink and Blue

By Kyla Kegler

Located in Buffalo, NY

the Bread and Puppet farm, which heavily influenced the medium and principle of her early work. Lived

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Latex, Fiberboard

Fred McDarrahSigned Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC, 1959

Sold

H 10 in W 8 in

Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

been performed by the New York Public Theatre, for the New City, and the Bread and Puppet Theatre

Category

1950s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kyla KeglerSoma Pair, 2018

Sold

H 10 in W 8 in

Soma Pair

By Kyla Kegler

Located in Buffalo, NY

the Bread and Puppet farm, which heavily influenced the medium and principle of her early work. Lived

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Latex, Fiberboard

Aethelred EldridgeOhio Outsider Artist Aethelgram Diptych Drawing Painting Assemblage, 1980-1986

Sold

H 23 in W 29 in

Ohio Outsider Artist Aethelgram Diptych Drawing Painting Assemblage

By Aethelred Eldridge

Located in Surfside, FL

, George Herriman, and perhaps most similar in intention, the posters of the Bread and Puppet Theater

Category

1980s Outsider Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Kyla KeglerA set of four paintings multiple options geometric abstraction blue red greeh, 2019

Sold

H 16 in W 16 in

A set of four paintings multiple options geometric abstraction blue red greeh

By Kyla Kegler

Located in Buffalo, NY

Berlin Germany in 2010. 2006 Apprenticed at the Bread and Puppet farm, which heavily influenced the

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Latex, Gouache, Fiberboard, Illustration Board

Vintage Bread and Puppet Theater Protest Banner

Sold

H 44 in W 55 in

Vintage Bread and Puppet Theater Protest Banner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Classic Bread and Puppet Theater Troupe Protest Banner

Category

Vintage 1960s American Shadow Boxes

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Bread And Puppet For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate bread and puppet for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many modern and contemporary versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a bread and puppet may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right bread and puppet is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, gray, beige and orange. Creating a bread and puppet has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Kyla Kegler and Fred McDarrah are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in offset print, paint and panel.

How Much is a Bread And Puppet?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a bread and puppet in our inventory may begin at $177 and can go as high as $4,813, while the average can fetch as much as $177.

Questions About Bread And Puppet

Where did shadow puppets originate from?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
It is believed that shadow puppetry originated in China during the Han Dynasty, which is more than two thousand years ago. Shadow plays feature transparent shapes or puppets that are worked against a screen and lit from behind. Their colors and details are seen by the audience, so they aren’t just a shadow but a much more dynamic representation. Shop a collection of Chinese puppets from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
What is a bread and butter plate?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
Bread and butter are separated from the sauce, gravy, and fluids from other items on the dish using the bread-and-butter plate. When a plate isn't available, a slice of bread or a roll is placed on the tablecloth or the rim of the dinner plate, which also holds the butter. Find a collection of antique and vintage bread and butter plates on 1stDibs today.