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Exstremely Rare Collection Alcoa Aluminum String Instruments, Bass, Cello, Violin
By Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
rare collection of aluminum string instruments,,string bass, ,cello,,and violin....... circa 1930s, all
Category
1930s American Art Deco Used String Instruments
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
H 72 in W 35 in D 15 in
Yellow Gold Viola Charm - 14k Orchestra String Instruments
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold
Theme: Viola, Orchestra, String Instruments
Measurements
Tall
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Yellow Gold Lute Charm - 18k String Instrument Music
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 18k Yellow Gold
Theme: Lute, String Instrument, Music
Measurements
Tall (from
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Depicting Female Playing Stringed Instrument
Located in New York, NY
playing a small stringed instrument, wearing yellow scarf with blue, red and green stripes, held in place
Category
Late 19th Century Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas
H 1 in W 13.5 in D 19.25 in
Yellow Gold Banjo Charm - 14k Stringed Instrument Musician's Gift Pendant
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold
Theme: Banjo, Stringed Instrument, Musician's Gift
Measurements
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Orchestra seats: the performance, string instrument music, dynamic woman artist
By Caro Niederer
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong and witty piece - not only if you love music, concerts or perhaps play a string instrument
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Gouache, Paper
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.4 in
Jade Pendant Pipa '琵琶' Stringed Instrument Kunlun Jade Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
stringed instrument similar to a lute. The pipa was carved from slightly bluish-green Junlun jade, which is
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Used String Instruments
Materials
Jade
W 1.07 in D 0.52 in L 2.3 in
Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
balalaika is a typical Russian three-stringed plucked musical instrument, sixty centimeters (prima balalaika
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bronze Musician Sculpture
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A bronze figure of a musician. He is playing a string instrument.
Category
19th Century French Used String Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Polia Pillin Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate
By Polia Pillin
Located in Fulton, CA
A Polia Pillin California Studio pottery plate / charger. String instrument with dancer. Two flea
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
associations. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Torso Cello" hybrid musical instrument sculpture, assemblage
Located in New York, NY
associations. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Mixed Media, Found Objects
H 54 in W 14 in D 12 in
Antique Orchestra Chair with Lyre Back
Located in Denton, TX
height adjustment. Leather seat was replaced at one time.
This chair was probably used for large string
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Used String Instruments
Materials
Brass
"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
spirit of reinvention and hyper-utility with hidden meanings and associations. String instruments become
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Swim Fin Violin" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Antique Staffordshire Troubadour Man & King Charles Spaniel Figurine 13"
Located in Dayton, OH
troubadour, holding a guitar / stringed instrument, seated on a mossy wall with a red and white dog, a King
Category
19th Century Victorian Used String Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
"Film Case Nylon Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
meanings and associations. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
H 36 in W 15 in D 4 in
"Machine Gun Guitar III" Hybrid Instrument Wall Assemblage Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
with hidden meanings and associations. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
H 41 in W 7 in D 2 in
Antique 6-String Mahogany, Rosewood & Pine Ukrainian National National Balalaika
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique 6-String Mahogany, Rosewood And Pine Ukrainian National Balalaika C1920
Measures - 26 5/8
Category
Early 20th Century Used String Instruments
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood, Pine
H 26.75 in W 15 in D 4.5 in
Antique Engraving of Archangel Michael and an Arab Moor Playing Instrument, 1698
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of an Arab Moor man playing a stringed instrument 105: Mural in St. Marc's church
Category
1690s Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
H 12.8 in W 7.88 in D 0 in
"Red Lawnmower Guns" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
spirit of reinvention and hyper-utility with hidden meanings and associations. String instruments become
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
H 80 in W 25 in D 5 in
"Mannequin Bass" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Early Peter Macchiarini Sterling and Copper Abstract Modern Bass Guitar Brooch
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Late 1940's American abstract modernist bass or stringed instrument guitar brooch created by Peter
Category
1950s American Modernist Used String Instruments
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper
Franz Berger - 20th Century Oil, Mandolin Player
Located in Corsham, GB
, holding a musical instrument that appears to be a mandolin or similar stringed instrument. The artwork is
Category
20th Century Used String Instruments
Materials
Oil
Icarus from the Celestial Meridian Suite, Aquatint Etching by Tighe O'Donoghue
Located in Long Island City, NY
planets and a string instrument along with several linear diagrams arranged throughout the composition
Category
1980s Folk Art Used String Instruments
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Mid-Century Era Eko Vox Teardrop Mark 6 Hollow Body 6 String Electric Guitar
By VOX
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Mid-Century era semi-hollow body teardrop guitar was made by EKO of Italy for VOX in approximately 1967 and done in the period style. The model is not indicated anywhere on the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 44 in W 13.5 in D 4.5 in
Oil-on-Canvas Still Life Painting by Pauline Silver
Located in Sheffield, MA
The oil-on-canvas Postmodern painting combines a still life of gloves, stringed instrument, liquor
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas
Still Life Strings
By Madeleine Scali
Located in Houston, TX
Bright colors transcend the traditional still-life to animate this string instrument and opened
Category
1970s Used String Instruments
Materials
Watercolor
Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Ceramic Plates, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
selection of stringed instruments including guitars and lutes on a faux bois ground.
"Strumenti musicali
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
Mantel Clock in Malachite, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
by a fully sculpted figure of a young woman playing a lyre, with another stringed instrument on the
Category
19th Century Used String Instruments
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional stringed instrument.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Used String Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern White Vintage Dining Chairs by Theo Häberli, 1960 Switzerland
By Theo Häberli
Located in Vienna, AT
elegant shaped seat shell reminiscent of string instruments.
Furthermore the seat shell was made of white
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Steel
H 42.52 in W 17.13 in D 19.1 in
Chinese Lacquered Qin Scroll Table
Located in Chicago, IL
ancient stringed instrument.
Additional Dimensions:
Table Apron to Floor: 26.75"H
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Used String Instruments
Materials
Elm
Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Strumenti Musicali Plates, 1950s-1960s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
different selection of stringed instruments including guitars and lutes on a faux bois ground.
Strumenti
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
master, Franz Lefler (1831-1898), depicting children singing and playing string instruments. Measures
Category
19th Century German Romantic Used String Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Swedish framed oil on canvas of Interior
By Ellis Wallin
Located in London, GB
scandinavian leather chairs, a stringed instrument casually laid on one and a classic gueridon table adorned
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Used String Instruments
Materials
Paint
18th Century Painting Showing Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas
Pair of 18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Portraits Paintings, 1770s
By Giuseppe Angeli
Located in Vicoforte, IT
two splendid male figures, a hunter with his dog and a player with a stringed instrument. Paintings of
Category
1770s Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.1 in W 36.62 in D 2.37 in
Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets
By Emile Cardinaux
Located in London, GB
Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringed instrument and a
Category
1920s Swiss Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
H 50.4 in W 35.83 in D 0.04 in
Art Nouveau Modernist Angel Musician Enamel Pendant Necklace Sterling Silver
Located in New York, NY
, MODERNIST PENDANT HAS AN EXQUISITE IMAGE OF AN ANGEL PLAYING A MUSICAL STRINGED INSTRUMENT. THE DESIGN OF
Category
19th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Used String Instruments
Materials
Enamel, Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Sèvres-style Porcelain Charger
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Norwood, NJ
stringed instrument, in the presence of other members of his family. Cobalt blue with tooled gilt border
Category
Late 19th Century French Used String Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
Large Carrara marble by Barrias, The Little Musician
By Louis Ernest Barrias
Located in Paris, FR
young musician. He is seated on a cushion with pompoms resting on a pedestal, playing a three-stringed
Category
1880s French Used String Instruments
Materials
Carrara Marble
Jacques Adnet Green Leather Bar Cart, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ends of the cart meant resemble the lyre; an ancient stringed instrument from Greece and the Middle
Category
1950s French Art Deco Used String Instruments
Materials
Iron, Metal
Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
drawing depicts a person wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a stringed instrument, possibly mid-song
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Used String Instruments
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Italian 18th century Scagliola and Wrought Iron coffee table, circa 1723
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
cards, dice, a string instrument, a script containing a composer, and various other artist elements
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Used String Instruments
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 20.7 in W 51.25 in D 24 in
Group of Three Large Scale Carved Teak South Asian Musician Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
poses and wear local style loincloths, neck torques and anklets. One plays a stringed instrument, one a
Category
20th Century Asian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Teak
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Painting on Woven Fabric Portraying A Female Dancer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
, with a male musician playing a stringed instrument. The painting is highly detailed showing intricate
Category
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Indian Used String Instruments
Materials
Fabric
H 66 in W 102 in D 0.25 in
Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Porcelain Plate No. 2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
depicts a selection of stringed instruments including a violin, mandolin, lute, balalaika and more on a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
A Large Qajar Oil Painting With Female Portrait And Floral Triumph, Late 19th Ce
Located in London, GB
instrument, possibly a Persian lute (barbat), around her neck a string of pearls, her portrait encased within
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Used String Instruments
Materials
Paint
H 61.82 in W 33.86 in D 1.19 in
Pair of Petite Chinese Fu Dog Guardians with Riders
Located in Chicago, IL
playing the pipa, a Chinese stringed instrument similar to a lute. The rider is possibly the mythical
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Used String Instruments
Materials
Limestone
Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
with romantic scenes- a beauty writing on a tree trunk and a troubador with stringed instrument
Category
20th Century Aesthetic Movement Used String Instruments
Materials
Marble, Brass
English Regency Gilt Figural and Ebonized Dital Harp, Maker E. Light, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency gilt stenciled figural and floral ebonized dital harp signed by maker Edward Light. Retailed at Srohl Foley place London, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s English Regency Used String Instruments
Materials
Giltwood, Ebony, Wood, String
H 34 in W 14 in D 6.25 in
Asian Thai Gilt Vintage Bronze Statue of a Prince Playing Music
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage heavy bronze statue of Prince Pra Apai Manee playing a traditional Asian string
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Tibetan Used String Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Persian Manuscript Page - Garden Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
one tuning a stringed instrument. Behind these three stand another two men. Behind the seated man
Category
Late 18th Century Persian Islamic Used String Instruments
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Coral Silver Six Dining Chairs Theo Häberli Switzerland 1960s
By Theo Häberli
Located in Basel, BS
, listed separately.
Playful shape and superb color. The shape is recognizant of string instruments
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 42.52 in W 19.1 in D 17.13 in
Equus Capricornus - 21st Century Contemporary Wooden Sculpture by Jos de Wit
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
building his string instruments. The wood, and al other material he uses for his sculptures he also uses
Category
2010s Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
Catatonian Virgin - Jos de Wit, 21st Century Contemporary, Eucalyptus Maple Wood
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
building his string instruments. The wood, and al other material he uses for his sculptures he also uses
Category
2010s Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 8.67 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
Troubled Identity - Jos de Wit, 21st Century Contemporary Sculpture Nyatoh Wood
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
building his string instruments. The wood, and al other material he uses for his sculptures he also uses
Category
2010s Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 8.27 in W 19.69 in D 5.91 in
Exceptional Napoleon III Style Inlaid Chest With Musical Theme
Located in Bridgeport, CT
musical notes, crossed recorders, stringed instruments and horns all in fine contrasting wood inlay. The
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Used String Instruments
Materials
Stone, Metal
French 19th Century Painted Trumeau Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
left one observes a finely dressed lady playing a type of string instrument for her beau, leaning
Category
19th Century French Other Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
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Used String Instruments For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of used string instruments for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct used string instruments — often made from wood, cord and string — can elevate any home. Used string instruments have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Used string instruments made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Arts and Crafts — are very popular at 1stDibs. Alcoa Aluminum, John Burdick and Hattakitkosol Somchai each produced beautiful used string instruments that are worth considering.
How Much are Used String Instruments?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,100, while they’re typically $395 on the low end and $22,000 highest priced.