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Early-20th Century Animalier Bronze Entitled "Seated Alsatian" by Louis Riché
By Louis Riché
Located in London, GB
fine colour, signed L.Riché and stamped with foundry seal for Thiebaut Frères Additional information
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Work of Art Etching by Almery Lobel Riche Custom Framed, French
By Almery Lobel-Riche
Located in North Miami, FL
This black and white etching by Almery -Lobel Riche is in a custom gold leaf frame with deep cut
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Drawings

Materials

Silver Leaf

Oil on Canvas painting of 'The Barber of Seville' by Luis Alvarez Catalá
Located in London, GB
. These works struck a chord with the 19th-century nouveau riche, who sought refuge in the past, yearning
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Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Jean Granvigne - 20 Antique French Art Nouveau Sterling Serving Pieces - 1890s
By J. Granvigne
Located in Wilmington, DE
the nouveau riche, transcending social boundaries through their universal beauty.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Serving Pieces

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

A Rare Pair 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Greco Male Figurine Bookends
Located in Reading, Berkshire
industrialization in the United States in the 19th century, American Gilded Age nouveau riche adopted the Grand Tour
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bookends

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze, Spelter

What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
By Mark Sturkenboom
Located in Geneve, CH
Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche. Cars that symbolize the current worship of the ‘nouveau riche’ and play with
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2010s Dutch Organic Modern Wall Mirrors

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Other

What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
$19,207 / item
H 49.22 in W 23.63 in D 7.88 in
What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
By Mark Sturkenboom
Located in Geneve, CH
Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche. Cars that symbolize the current worship of the ‘nouveau riche’ and play with
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2010s Dutch Organic Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Other

What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
$19,207 / item
H 49.22 in W 23.63 in D 7.88 in
The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, First Edition, 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
is an exploration of the nouveau riche, New York City nightlife in the 1920s, and the inner dynamics
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

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Art Deco Tantalus Set with 2 Geometric Etched Bottles
Located in Oakland, CA
sophisticated accessory displayed in the homes of the upper class and nouveau riche. “Tantalus is a small
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Barware

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Glass, Wood

Ming Glazed Terracotta Architectural Sculpture of a Dragon Fish
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
nouveau riche, who liked to surround themselves with artworks including lacquer work, paintings, prestige
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

"The Bazaar" Painting by American Tonalist Douglas Arthur Teed
By Douglas Arthur Teed
Located in Wiscasset, ME
found a healthy market within the homes of the nouveau-riche Detroit industrialists. He's exhibited in
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Vintage 1920s American Paintings

Antique Bronze Sculpture of Two Cats by Louis Riché, France, 1900
By Louis Riché
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze sculpture of two cats by Louis Riché. Signed, with the foundry mark of Patrouilleau
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Italian Rectangular Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Bonacina, Tito Agnoli
Located in Roma, IT
Agnelli toured a nouveau riche American’s home, she remarked of her Hostess, ‘‘It will take her another
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan, Glass, Smoked Glass

Italian 19th Century Pair of Porphyry Tazzas, circa 1830
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
States in the 19th century, American Gilded Age nouveau riche adopted the Grand Tour for both sexes and
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Antique 1830s Italian Grand Tour Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porphyry

Antique Tiffany & Co Sterling Ewer, 1895
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
manufactured to the scale of the nouveau riche mansions constructed during the late nineteenth and early
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Antique 19th Century Pitchers

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Art Deco Modernist Macassar Three Bottle Tantalus, Betjemanns of London
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in Oakland, CA
displayed in the homes of the upper class and nouveau riche. “Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Barware

Materials

Crystal, Metal

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Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Copper

18th century oil sketches for a Baroque interior - a pair
Located in London, GB
A FEAST OF THE GODS WITH VENUS AND BACCHUS Collections: With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961; John and Eileen Harris, acquired from the abo...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Oil on Canvas "Beggar Boys Playing Dice" After Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large 19th century oil on canvas after Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo's (Spanish, 1617-1682) "Beggar Boys Playing Dice" (The original work by Murillo was painted in 1675). The...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Baroque Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood

18th century portrait of the artist’s daughter, Catharina, playing the cello
By Balthasar Denner
Located in Bath, Somerset
The sitter, seated in a yellow silk gown trimmed with a pink bow playing the cello, is believed to be the artist Balthazar Denner's eldest daughter Catharina (1715-1744), after his m...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Esther in the Women's House of Ahasuerus
By Artus Wolfort
Located in New York, NY
Born in Antwerp, Artus Wolffordt received his training in Dordrecht where he became a master in 1603 at the age of twenty-two. He returned to his native city in 1615 and initially w...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf K...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Panel

18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93 What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Baroque Oil Painting Rococo Scene
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil painting of a rococo scene 19th century F. Heinz. Oil on mahogany plate. Scene of a rococo group of people. Return with Inventory number. Unrestored historical condition. Gold f...
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Antique 19th Century German Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Baroque Oil Painting Rococo Scene
19th Century Baroque Oil Painting Rococo Scene
$6,986
H 20.87 in W 24.41 in D 1.58 in
A Fine French 19th Century Oil on Canvas 'A Young Girl Holding a Bird's Nest'
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in LA, CA
Charles Joshua Chaplin (French, 1825-1891) 'The Bird's Nest' A very fine and charming Rococo revival style oil on canvas depicting a young girl, dressed in 18th century costume and r...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th-20th Century Oil on Panel An 18th Century Interior "Dressing for the Ball"
By Eduardo Leon Garrido
Located in LA, CA
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century interior scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for ...
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Early 1900s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer cabinet, c. 1750 (Regence Period) A truly magnificent, monumental, and one of a kind cabinet, painted throughout with gi...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Ormolu

The Bather by Childe Hassam
By Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam 1859-1935 American The Bather Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right) Oil on canvas Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Bather by Childe Hassam
The Bather by Childe Hassam
$885,000
H 35.88 in W 31.25 in D 3.25 in
Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within its original gilt wood and gesso carved f...
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Antique 17th Century French Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
$48,950 Sale Price
24% Off
H 25.25 in W 20.25 in D 3.5 in
Large Orientalist painting of an evening landscape by Lazerges
Located in London, GB
Large Orientalist painting of an evening landscape by Lazerges French, 1895 Canvas: Height 74cm, width 100cm Frame: Height 105.5cm, width 131cm, depth 8cm This super Orientalist lan...
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Pair of French 18th Century École Française Oil on Canvas Portraits
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary and monumental pair of 18th century École Française Oil on Canvas portraits of Marie-Josèphe of Habsbourg of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Frederick Augustus II of Sa...
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Antique 18th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke
Located in London, GB
The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke Oil-on-canvas, German, 1918 Frame: height 175cm, width 227cm, depth 10cm Canvas: height 148cm, width 200cm, depth 3cm ...
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1910s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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How Much is a Nouveau Riche?

Prices for a nouveau riche can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $962 and can go as high as $206,921, while the average can fetch as much as $5,152.