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Library chair
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
This library chair comes from the Library of the University of Pundjab in Chandigarh, India.
It is
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian The Vintage Library
Materials
Wicker, Teak
Library chair
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
This library chair comes from the Library of the University of Pundjab in Chandigarh, India.
It is
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian The Vintage Library
Materials
Wicker, Teak
1974 original poster by David Lance Goines for the Berkeley Public Library
By David Lance Goines
Located in PARIS, FR
In 1974, David Lance Goines crafted an original poster for the Berkeley Public Library, marking a
Category
1970s The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$954
H 24.02 in W 14.18 in
Late 1950s Replogle Large Library Globe
By Replogle Globes
Located in Sacramento, CA
Large 16-inch Repogle Library Globe, late 1950s. The globe has a metal frame and sits on a wooden
Category
1950s American Rustic The Vintage Library
Materials
Metal
Unique stainless steel bookshelves, Anonymous French production from the 80s
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
the 80s.
The library embodies the marriage of functionality, industrial aesthetics and durability
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Stainless Steel
$16,222 Sale Price
20% Off
H 55.12 in W 12.8 in D 74.81 in
Pair of Brass "Doors to Library of Congress" Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
to the Library of Congress" on the frontside manufactured by Virginia Metalcrafters, circa 1984. The
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency The Vintage Library
Materials
Brass
$375 / set
H 8 in W 6.5 in D 3.5 in
George II Center Library Table In A Bleached Mahogany Finish
Located in Bradenton, FL
George II Style Bleached Mahogany Library - Center Table. The carved mahogany wood in a bleached
Category
20th Century French George III The Vintage Library
Materials
Mahogany
English Style Armchair upholstered with fabric By Fornasetti “Library" series
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
early 2000s with a splendid original fabric by Fornasetti series the "Library".
Stable and solid, it is
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Cotton
$2,803
H 36.62 in W 35.83 in D 37.01 in
Pair of Brass "Doors to Library of Congress" Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
to the Library of Congress" on the frontside manufactured by Virginia Metalcrafters, circa 1984. The
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency The Vintage Library
Materials
Brass
$475 / set
H 8 in W 6.5 in D 3.5 in
Pair of Brass "Doors to Library of Congress" Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
to the Library of Congress" on the frontside manufactured by Virginia Metalcrafters, circa 1984. The
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency The Vintage Library
Materials
Brass
$380 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 8 in W 6.5 in D 3.5 in
"Portrait of Young Woman, " Masterpiece by John Gregory, Folger Library Sculptor
By John Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. -- for Paul Philippe Cret, who was the Library's architect. Clearly
Category
1930s American Art Deco The Vintage Library
Materials
Marble
$22,500
H 14 in W 7 in D 7 in
Pair of Jeanneret Library Chairs
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Vosselaar, BE
and braided canework in the 1960s. This type is known as the Library chair. The x- “frame” is
Category
1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Cane, Teak
Vintage Library Waste Bin, English, Composite, Book Effect Basket, Study Room
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage library waste bin. An English, composite leather effect book basket, dating to
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Composition
$1,036
H 8.67 in Dm 9.85 in
Wood Paneled Room with Trompe L'oeil Library Decoration, Late 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
doors give access to the room, two of which are trompe l'oeil, taking up the library decor and opening
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI The Vintage Library
Materials
Wood
$45,328
H 110.24 in W 701.58 in D 3.94 in
Rare Antique English Mammoth Map or Library Magnifying Glass, circa 1930
Located in Bath, GB
Wow, you need to hands to lift this mammoth magnifying glass, a great look for the library and a
Category
1930s English Art Deco The Vintage Library
Materials
Metal
$2,307
H 17.5 in W 9.5 in D 1.5 in
Fully restored ART DECO bookcase, 1930´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This bookcase was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1930´s.
the library consists of two
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco The Vintage Library
Materials
Metal
$1,450 Sale Price
20% Off
H 49.61 in W 41.34 in D 16.93 in
Exquisite Mid Century Imperial Terrestrial Standing Floor Globe Wood Library
By Cram's
Located in Peoria, AZ
library in your NY penthouse, Palm Springs atomic ranch or New Canaan estate!
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 39 in W 16 in D 16 in
Small Library of Eleven Vintage Fly Fishing Books Largely First Editions
Located in San Francisco, CA
The library of 11 books contains the following:
1st Editions with dust jackets:
Steelhead Paradise
Category
Mid-20th Century American The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper
$275 / set
H 9.5 in W 6.5 in D 1.25 in
St Edmund Hall - 1930, Proposed Extensions to Chapel and Library
Located in London, GB
Ronald Fielding Dodd (1890-1958)
St Edmund Hall - 1930 Proposed Extensions to Chapel and Library
Category
1930s Realist The Vintage Library
Materials
Lithograph
$1,468
H 21.26 in W 15.36 in
1977 David Lance Goines "Berkeley Public Library" Lithograph
By David Lance Goines
Located in San Carlos, CA
Beautiful lithograph created in 1974 by David Lance Goines for the Berkeley, CA public library
Category
1970s American Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24 in W 14 in D 0.1 in
Enchantment
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
1960 Pennell Purchase Prize from the Library of Congress.
Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the
Category
1950s The Vintage Library
Oak Bookcase From the 1930s in Brown
Located in Opole, PL
decoration. The interior of the library has been refreshed and divided with shelves. The furniture has been
Category
1930s Polish The Vintage Library
Materials
Oak
Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio
1938/printed later
Stamped “Reproduced for the Library of
Category
1930s Contemporary The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
9 Fine French 1940s Oak Armchairs by Jacques Quinet (price is per chair)
By Jacques Quinet
Located in Long Island City, NY
chairs.
Provenance: Reading room of the library of Rouen.
Price is per chair
Category
1940s French Art Deco The Vintage Library
Materials
Oak
$6,400 / item
H 33.08 in W 24.02 in D 25.6 in
Regency Style Library Room Cabinetry Reclaimed from Clothworkers' Hall
Located in Ware, GB
the Library room at the Clothworkers' Hall, London.
An impressive collection, the Regency-style
Category
20th Century British Regency The Vintage Library
Materials
Brass
$67,129
H 94.49 in W 189.77 in D 16.93 in
Dakota Jackson Maple Wood "Library" armchairs, Set of Four
By Dakota Jackson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Set of 4 Dakota Jackson-designed natural Cordovan maple "Library" Chairs. The Library Chair is the
Category
1990s American The Vintage Library
Materials
Maple
$1,980 Sale Price / set
40% Off
H 33.13 in W 24.25 in D 23.13 in
Vintage Shelf Bookcase in Brass and Smoked Glass
By Romeo Rega
Located in AIGNAN, FR
top and which cannot be seen once once the tray is placed). The library nevertheless retains all its
Category
20th Century European The Vintage Library
Materials
Brass
Runner Kilim SHARKOY
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 445 - Pleasant kilim runner, to set everywhere: sleeping room, in front of the library... It
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Other The Vintage Library
Materials
Wool
1973 The Long Goodbye Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
by the Library of Congress for preservation as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
Category
1970s The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper
The El
By Jack Bilander
Located in New York, NY
exhibited in group shows at the Library of Congress, Brooklyn Museum of Art, National Academy of Design
Category
1950s Abstract The Vintage Library
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Scandinavian Modern Sheepskin and Peartree Easy Chairs by Rolf Engströmer, 1934
By Rolf Engströmer
Located in Odense, DK
designed and executed for the library in book publisher Kaj Bonnier's villa on Djurgården in Stockholm
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Sheepskin, Pearwood
$31,014 / set
H 28.75 in W 30.71 in D 34.65 in
Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio
1938
Stamped, “Reproduced for the Library of Congress,” verso
Category
1930s The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wife and child of sharecropper, Arkansas
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Wife and child of sharecropper, Arkansas
October, 1935
Stamped “Reproduced for the Library of
Category
1930s The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A destitute family, Ozark Mountains area
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
A destitute family, Ozark Mountains area
1935
Stamped “Reproduced for the Library of Congress
Category
1930s Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Camp of migrant workers near Prague, Oklahoma
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
Camp of migrant workers near Prague, Oklahoma
1939
Stamped, Reproduced for the Library of
Category
1930s The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Grolier Club Library (Sketch)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
inscribed "Sketch Grolier Club Library Demonstration Print," and numbered "I" in pencil in lower margin in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Found Art Scuplture Perfectly Patinated Type Writer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, writer or secretary in you lovely sitting atop a pile of books as well as on a shelf in the Library or
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Stromberg Family, Gibbs City, Michigan, May 1937
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
collection of the Library of Congress," in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches, sheet
Category
1930s The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Art Deco Granite Bookends, Set of 2
Located in KUTNO, PL
, geometric and timeless form.
This is not only a practical addition to the library, but also a subtle
Category
1970s Art Deco The Vintage Library
Materials
Granite
Christie's London, The Wentworth Library
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Wentworth: The property of the Trustees of The Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam Chattels Settlement and of other members of the family, Wednesday, 8 July 1998. London: Christi...
Category
Late 20th Century English The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper
"Knife and Fork" - Surreal Landscape of Cutlery in the Clouds
By Elizabeth Quandt
Located in Soquel, CA
and drawing for 14 years. Her work was included in an exhibition at the Library of Congress 1944 and
Category
1970s Surrealist The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
$1,350
H 24 in W 20 in D 1 in
Cityscape Mid-20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Regionalism WPA
Located in New York, NY
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum, Library of Congress, Carnegie Institute of Art
Category
1940s American Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Board, Oil
James Penney, Corridor
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
Historical Society and the Library of Congress both have collections of his work.
Signed, titled, and dated.
Category
1930s Ashcan School The Vintage Library
Materials
Lithograph
American Legion Wrestling Match, May 1938
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
Also stamped, “Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress” in black ink, verso
Gelatin
Category
1930s Contemporary The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Benton, Antoinette B Blackwell and the Blue Circle, monoprint, Oberlin College
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
Schlesinger library then offered Suzanne access to relevant microfiche images that were employed in subsequent
Category
1990s Feminist The Vintage Library
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,800
H 9.75 in W 7.75 in
Titanium Cast Sculpture
Located in London, GB
designed as a relief for the library of the Technical University of Berlin, the piece features symbolic
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Metal
Harry Hutchinson Shaw Oil on Canvas Titled "Off The Pass" Circa 1960
Located in Sarasota, FL
libraries, including the Library of Congress.
Shaw was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1897. He
Category
Mid-20th Century American Expressionist The Vintage Library
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Migrant Strawberry Picker in Tent Near Hammond, Louisiana April 1939
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
and title in pencil, verso
Also stamped, “Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress
Category
1930s Contemporary The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
H 8 in W 10 in
Chair Beaubourg, Michel Cadestin & Georges Laurent for the Centre Pompidou
By Michel Cadestin, Georges Laurent
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
, the task of relieving the old paris national library was soon added. in 1971, the jury of the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Metal
$1,431
H 76 in W 51 in D 50 in
Jean-Michel Frank Style, Mid-Century Modern, Arm Chairs, Distressed Leather
By Jean-Michel Frank
Located in Manhasset, NY
. Strong and sturdy with high backs. Great for the library or office. The pair has new seat webbing
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Metal
$10,500 / set
H 41 in W 23 in D 26 in
Suite of Photographs of Georgia O'Keefe by Malcolm Varon
By Malcolm Varon
Located in Atlanta, GA
, including the Library of Congress, The Brooklyn Museum, and now can be in your collection. They have been
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Richard Neutra
Located in Richmond, VA
Rare hardback coffee table book featuring works of Richard Neutra, by the Library of Contemporary
Category
1970s The Vintage Library
Materials
Paper
Project home supervisor with ribbons won at Phillips Co. Fair, Lakeview Coop.
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
December 1938/printed later
Stamped “Reproduced from the Collection of the Library of Congress” in black
Category
1930s Contemporary The Vintage Library
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rare Pair of Milo Baughman Solid Flat Bar Chrome Cube Chairs, Mid-Century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
chairs in all and are selling them in pairs. These were made exclusively for the Stanley Library in North
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Upholstery
$8,000 / set
H 29 in W 30 in D 32 in
Con i Filosofi, i Filologi e altri Sapienti - Vintage Offset Poster - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
by Municipal Library, Municipality of Cattolica, Department of Culture.
Printed by Multipurpose
Category
1990s The Vintage Library
Materials
Offset
$161 Sale Price
25% Off
H 19.69 in W 13.59 in D 0.04 in
Danish 1950s Midcentury Country Style Wingback Armchair in Solid Oak
Located in Bridgeport, CT
comfortable chair. Fantastic addition to the country home or the library. Overall very good condition with
Category
1950s Danish Country The Vintage Library
Materials
Wool, Oak
$2,200
H 38 in W 29.25 in D 31.5 in
"The Red Dress"
By Joseph Newman
Located in Lambertville, NJ
, the Boston Library, and the Library of Congress. Newman was the recipient of many awards throughout
Category
20th Century American Impressionist The Vintage Library
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Swan
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
collections including The Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Category
1950s American Modern The Vintage Library
Materials
Intaglio
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