First Century

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An impressionistic image showing the intensity of foundry work captured by artist Onelio Marrero. Three men busily work at pouring multiple molds with molten ...

“John Heartfield”. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1992. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 342 pp. Exhibition catalogue published for the exhibition of Heartfiel...

American Iconology, New Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. 344 pp. Overview of the "sister arts"...

Il Mobile Piemontese (Piedmontese Furniture.) Milan: Görlich Editore, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 204 pp. Italian text. A beautiful book on the history of carved ...

This mask is carved from a ligth soft wood decorated with natural pigments, with tribal using traces and patina Dating from the first half 20th century Heigth 33 cm

Oil on board. Signed lower right and dated 1965. Artist label fixed verso.

Steps and Stairways. New York: Rizzoli, 1989. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 264 pp. A beautifully photographed book on the history of steps and stairways beginning with n...

English Style by Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1984. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pp. An intimate look at the English style and d...

Wonderful illustrations from Egyptian tombs obtained during the late 18th Century French expedition to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte. After Napoleon conquered Egypt in the early 18...

Italian craftsmanship from the first half of the 19th century. Dimensions: H x W x D overall 38.5 x 34 x 3.5cm; H x W artworks only 25 x 21cm

Rare pastiglia marriage chest North of Italy, Liguria or Piemonte First half of 15th century wood, gesso, partly gilded, form molded and painted 67 x 156 x 63 cm Provenance : Priva...

This pair of vases is of great taste and antique quality, capable of furnishing any space with a touch of class and refinement. Chinese manufacture, first half of the 19th century. ...

A rare and original early 20th century First Class steam ship double sink unit by the Cunard Steam Ship Co. dating back to circa 1905.

A high quality French first empire period, circa. 1805, day bed. The bed is solid flamed mahogany raised on bun feet and straight mottled edge side boards decorated with fire gilded ...

French manufacture from the Charles X period, around the first half of the 19th century (ca. 1830). Dimensions: H x W 68 x 22cm

French, dinner service lavender color, Limoges, First half of the 20th Century The dinner set include - 1 Large round covered soup bowl D. 30 x H. 36 cm - 1 Round covered soup...

An original study in watercolours by the 20th century artist Nancy Petley-Jones (b.1953). Signed in pencil to the lower right-hand corner. Dated 1990. Mounted in an attractive gilt-e...

A handsome and unique scaled pair of French early 19th century First Empire period mouchette and flamed mahogany, polychrome and giltwood demi lune consoles.

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Soft tones, texture, and linework shape this abstract painting. Warm oranges, creams, and yellows contrast with deep blacks, greys, and teals. Artist Dorothy Ga...

French manufacture from the Charles X period, around the first half of the 19th century. Dimensions: H x W x D 30 x 14 x 12cm

A statue from the Baoule/Baule tribe, Ivory Coast carved in hardwood in the early colonial style Early 1900 Tribal aged patina Heigth 36 cm

Group of 3 impressive vintage embalmed crocodiles, measures: length cm 95, 100 and 110, first half of the 20th Century. Excellent conditions except a small part missing on the tail ...

Art Deco seating developed around a balance between modern construction and a more decorative approach to form. While earlier movements prioritised either ornament or strict function...

Hand-signed by the artist, this Gouju-Labeaume photography ensures the authenticity sought after by collectors of early twenty-first-century photographic art. The piece is presented ...

A spectacular and rare pair of Italian early 19th century, circa 1810, First Empire Period vitrines.

Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 15. CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 11th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the sh...

Attributable to the Neapolitan School, first half of the 19th century. Dimensions: H x W x D overall 84 x 57 x 4cm; H x W work only 78 x 52cm

This painting depicts the Aldobrandini Wedding, an antique copy of the famous Roman fresco from the first century BC, rediscovered in 1605 on the Esquiline Hill and acquired two cent...

An exceptional antique Chinese Pictorial rug, first quarter of the 20th century, woven horizontally in subtle colors on a cream ground centering two phoenixes with a goose and a peac...

At the bottom right is the signature of the Italian painter, Saverio Scutellà (1910-1993), with the date on the back, suitable for framing around the first half of the 20th century (...

A sensational pair of French early 19th century First Empire period patinated bronze and ormolu urns attributed to Claude Galle.

These intricate, ornately carved pieces are both beautiful and attention grabbing. Bathed in gold leaf, they add a Classic, royal-like feel to any space.

Italian manufacture from the Louis Philippe period, around the first half of the 19th century. Dimensions: H x W x D 265 x 149 x 5cm

A library of 18 first editions by Gore Vidal (1925-2021), all but one with dust jackets, various publishers and dates, including his first published work, Williwaw. This library incl...

Manufactured in central Italy, they date to the first half of the 19th century. Dimensions: H x DM 30 x 14cm

The 18th Century First Period Worcester porcelain botanical kidney-shaped dish has a blue-scale ground with four large shaped panels and four smaller vase-shaped panels on the rim, a...

In Cold Blood was simultaneously printed out of both New York and Toronto, Canada in the first year of its publication. Capote's masterpiece, In Cold Blood is considered by many to b...

A strikingly darkly patinated and geometrically inscribed ritual mask made by the Senoufo people of the Ivory Coast. This delicately carved mask, with its characteristic arched eyebr...

Born in Milwaukee, Robert Richter has been painting from the age of eight. His unique paintings are hand carved on wood as well as hand carved frames that become an integral part of ...

lovely walnut whatnot composed of 3 shelves and a drawer at the bottom walnut whatnuts are the rarest and most sought after. the walnut has a superb flame that we can find on the th...

William Hamilton first edition frontispiece. Hand-colored original engraved frontispiece plate from the first edition of the "Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from...

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First Edition, First Issue. 8vo; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (212 x 130 mm); pp. ix, 625,38 steel-engraved plates, engraved frontespiece, engraved vignette titl...

Art Deco seating from the first half of the 20th century moved toward softer, more streamlined forms, rather than relying on heavy ornament.

Poselstvi Ulice (Message of the Streets) by Josef Kroutvor, published in 1991 by Comet in Prague, is a visually rich monograph on Czech poster art. This small folio edition, bound in...

Pair of two -light appliques in opalescent glass and golden bronze. Fascio structure of lake rods with floral corolla hosting one of the two lights. The main decorative element consi...

A striking pair of French early 19th century 1st Empire period flamed Mahogany, ormolu, and white Carrara marble buffets. Each two door, one drawer buffet is raised by elegantly roun...

Its free-spirit, anything-goes approach made it one of the most popular interior design trends of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century."

Extraordinarily rare and steeped in imperial symbolism, this First Empire sautoir captures the grandeur of Napoleon Bonaparte's reign. Crafted in rose gold, the articulated necklace ...

A vintage bracelet with a rigid construction, adorned with gradually increasing amethysts and beautiful decorative engraving on the sides. Crafted of 14-karat gold (0.600 fineness) ...

Bombe' chased circular form with scroll handles gilt interior on pedestal. Marked underneath, Portugal, 1820. Measures: 19.5 cm. depth. 14.5 cm. width. 19.0 cm. height. 474 gm.

This is a hand-painted First-Period Worcester Porcelain sugar box from the 18th century.

A baby’s first tooth is something to save and this sterling silver box is exactly where it’s meant to be kept. A sterling silver box that has “my first tooth” engraved on the top is...

Italian manufacture, of French taste, from the first half of the 19th century. Measurements: H x W x D 109 x 63 x 47cm

French Glass Bowl with Stamped Silver Mount, First Half of the 20th Century A refined French glass bowl, early 20th century, featuring a beautifully cast and fluted body with a rad...

This charming early 20th century genre scene by Gustave Mattele depicts a young girl stepping into her first pair of clogs, as the shop owner and her father gently steady her.

Kano Sanraku 1898-1981 Condition: Some minor stains. Size: 211.5cm x 123.5cm painting 73cm x 1 Period circa 1900.   

English manufacture, in the Louis XV style, circa first half of the 19th century. Dimensions: H x W x D 70 x 68 x 45cm