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En Espagne
En Espagne

En Espagne

By Victor Max Ninon

Located in Fairlawn, OH

, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of Poe , as well as the famous

Category

1920s Art Deco Fable Antique

Materials

Screen

The Ox and the Frog XIXth Animal Bronze
The Ox and the Frog XIXth Animal Bronze

The Ox and the Frog XIXth Animal Bronze

$3,087

H 5.12 in W 5.91 in D 1.97 in

The Ox and the Frog XIXth Animal Bronze

Located in Marseille, FR

The ox and the frog animal bronze taken from the fables of La Fontaine from the 19th century

Category

19th Century Fable Antique

Materials

Bronze

Set of Four French Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood & Tapestry Armchairs
Set of Four French Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood & Tapestry Armchairs

Set of Four French Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood & Tapestry Armchairs

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

support each retain their original beautiful tapestry upholstery likely depicting the Fables of Jean de la

Category

19th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique

Materials

Tapestry, Giltwood

Antique Persian Mohajeran Sarouk Blue
Antique Persian Mohajeran Sarouk Blue

Antique Persian Mohajeran Sarouk Blue

Located in Evanston, IL

Amazing antique Persian carpet with: rich colors, fine quality, Fables design, excellent condition

Category

Early 20th Century Sarouk Farahan Fable Antique

Materials

Wool

Cyprien Berard - Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires - 1820 - FIRST FRENCH EDITION
Cyprien Berard - Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires - 1820 - FIRST FRENCH EDITION

Cyprien Berard - Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires - 1820 - FIRST FRENCH EDITION

Located in Hillsborough, NJ

that the vampire had conquered at the end of the 18th century: "the frightening fable of the vampires

Category

1820s French Fable Antique

Materials

Leather

The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, Illustrated by F. Richardson, 1927
The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, Illustrated by F. Richardson, 1927

The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, Illustrated by F. Richardson, 1927

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

children’s books like Aesop's Fables, Mother Goose, Pinocchio, and East of the Sun and West of the Moon. He

Category

1920s American Art Nouveau Fable Antique

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Rare Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Engraving JJ Grandville, Paris 1875
Rare Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Engraving JJ Grandville, Paris 1875

Rare Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Engraving JJ Grandville, Paris 1875

By J. J. Grandville

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Fontaine's Fables, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Cervantes's Don Quixote. In later

Category

Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique

Materials

Paper

Whimsical Animal Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875
Whimsical Animal Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

Whimsical Animal Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

By J. J. Grandville

Located in Palm Springs, CA

to book illustration. He illustrated several classics such as La Fontaine's Fables, Defoe's Robinson

Category

19th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique

Materials

Paper

Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875
Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

By J. J. Grandville

Located in Palm Springs, CA

illustrated several classics such as La Fontaine's Fables, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Swift's Gulliver's Travels

Category

Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique

Materials

Paper

The Painter and His Muse
The Painter and His Muse

The Painter and His Muse

By Benjamin Eugène Fichel

Located in Wiscasett, ME

) – based on a fable by La Fontaine; and a silver medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. He finalized his

Category

19th Century Baroque Fable Antique

Materials

Oil

"The Painter and His Muse" Painting by Eugène Benjamin Fichel
"The Painter and His Muse" Painting by Eugène Benjamin Fichel

"The Painter and His Muse" Painting by Eugène Benjamin Fichel

By Benjamin Eugène Fichel

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Sagesse (The Insane who sells Wisdom) – based on a fable by La Fontaine; and a silver medal at the 1889

Category

19th Century French Baroque Fable Antique

Materials

Paint

White Opaline Charles X Cup with Birds
White Opaline Charles X Cup with Birds

White Opaline Charles X Cup with Birds

$6,887

H 11 in W 23 in D 16 in

White Opaline Charles X Cup with Birds

Located in Paris, FR

dominates. On some pieces, Desvignes made small illustrative scenes from the fables of La Fontaine, in

Category

Early 19th Century French Charles X Fable Antique

Materials

Opaline Glass

The Lion and the Gnat
The Lion and the Gnat

Marc ChagallThe Lion and the Gnat, 1927

$1,488

H 26.75 in W 22.25 in D 1.5 in

The Lion and the Gnat

By Marc Chagall

Located in San Francisco, CA

black frame, with gold color bevel Description: From the suite les Fables De La Fontaine, created in

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

Art Nouveau Copper Cicada Vase with Opal by Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler
Art Nouveau Copper Cicada Vase with Opal by Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler

Art Nouveau Copper Cicada Vase with Opal by Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler

By J. Winhart & Co., Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Vierthaler has created a cautionary modern fable by evoking cicadas who sing until they die. Is this cicada

Category

Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Fable Antique

Materials

Copper

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790

By Daniel Defoe

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

literature and adventure stories with fables, allegory, and even memoir, creating a writing style all his own

Category

1790s English Georgian Fable Antique

Materials

Leather, Paper

l' Ivrogne et sa Femme
l' Ivrogne et sa Femme

Marc Chagalll' Ivrogne et sa Femme, 1927

$1,488

H 26.5 in W 23.5 in D 1.5 in

l' Ivrogne et sa Femme

By Marc Chagall

Located in San Francisco, CA

Description: From the suite les Fables De La Fontaine, created in 1927 for Ambroise Vollard Editions and

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

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Fable Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate fable antique for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Old Masters style, while we also have 76 Old Masters versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect fable antique may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right fable antique is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes white, gray, beige and brown. Creating a fable antique has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jean Jeacques Grandville, Bernard Picart, Marc Chagall, J. J. Grandville and Samuel Howitt are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paper, lithograph and etching — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small fable antique measuring 1.97 high and 1.78 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 48 across to better suit those in the market for a large fable antique.

How Much is a Fable Antique?

The price for a fable antique in our collection starts at $44 and tops out at $85,000 with the average selling for $158.