African American Antique

Albert Alexander SMITH 1896, New-York, USA – 1940, Paris, France This is an original etching by the African American artist Albert Alexander Smith He was the first African Ameri...

Albert Alexander SMITH 1896, New-York, USA – 1940, Paris, France This is an original etching by the African-American artist Albert Alexander Smith He was the first African Ameri...

American, ca. 1870. Cast iron painted black Condition: Finely cast, replaced dogs This pair of figural form andirons of two gentlemen,perhaps African-American, playing banjos are ...

This figure depicts an African-American woman. Made of wood with striped woolen knit skirt and top.

Palmer C. Hayden was an American painter who depicted African-American life, landscapes, seascapes, and African influences.

His work is found in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the High Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American History and Culture...

His international acclaim includes having patrons in Dubai, Spain, New Zealand, France, South Africa, America, and Oman, with the Sultan of Oman being one of his notable collectors.

This rare carved figure of a woman made of yellow pine, determined through micro-analysis, was originally found in coastal Georgia and thought to be carved by an African-American liv...

Duncanson’s father was a Canadian of Scottish decent and his mother was an African American, thus making him “a freeborn person of color.”

Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821 – December 21, 1872) was a nineteenth century American artist of European and African ancestry known for his contributions to landscape painting.

Best known for his genre scenes of African Americans in the post Civil War South, Walker is listed in numerous references including Who Was Who in American Art by Falk and Art Across...

This porcelain group is part of series of allegories of the four continents known at this time (America, Africa, Europe, Asia). The characteristic elements of all of the four allegor...

Ex Private Collection, UK Estimated Period: Late 19th/Early 20th Century Reference: Anne Leurquin and Mauro Magliani, A World of Belts: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America from the Ghyse...

Estimated Period: Late 19th Century Ex Romy Rey Collection, London Length of Arm Adornment: 11cm Height of Arm Adornment: 12.5cm Height of Arm Adornment Including Base: 14cm Width...

Pickwick The Ancient House depicting a scene from the 1836-7 novel The Pickwick Papers by the English author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) of Mr Pickwick being carried through the Suff...

On the right, a woman is simply dressed and adorned with flowers representing Africa, one of the ‘Four Continents’ (Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas) depicted in European Renais...

In the early 20th century, to showcase the newly mined diamonds coming from South Africa and South America, the master jewelers decorated their handmade platinum rings with graceful ...

Today, thumb rings are used by archers practicing styles from most of Asia and some regions of northern Africa. Ishi, the "last wild American Indian", used a thumb draw, but no skin ...

Wood Chromolithograph Louis Prang, Publisher Boston, Massachusetts 1885 9” x 12.5” An all-encompassing work, Wood’s encyclopedia illustrated birds and animals from around the world...

Wood Chromolithograph Louis Prang, Publisher Boston, Massachusetts 1885 9” x 12.5” An all-encompassing work, Wood’s encyclopedia illustrated birds and animals from around the world...

Exceptionally rare Johannes Loots issue of Guillaume Blaeu's landmark sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean, America and Africa, printed on vellum. Blaeu's sea chart has been called a "...

He explored the coasts of Africa, South America and Australia and sailed into the Caribbean and the Sea of Cortez, off what is now Baja California.

A map of the southern half Atlantic Ocean, between Africa and South America and bordered by 'Terra Australis Incognita' on the south.

Each bust describes one of five different ethnographic group using the scientific standards and knowledge of the time. The types are: African, Caucasian, Native American, Aborigen...

The outer frame decorated with four figures in a relief of leaves; the figures depicting the 4 continents of Asia, Europe, Africa and America. The knob serving to close and open the ...

An ambitious and beautifully-presented work, the Atlas Historique was intended for the general public, fascinated in the early eighteenth century by the recently conquered colonies a...

He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two Hanoverian predecessors he was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language,[2] and never visited...

Native to Eurasia, North America, southern Africa, and Australia, mints are widely distributed throughout the temperate areas of the world and have naturalized in many places.

After 2 years studying at the National Academy of Design, Shahn traveled in Europe and North Africa. Returning to America, he had his first one-man show in 1929.

He became a skilled landscape painter in both watercolour and oil, and travelled to paint all over Europe, America and North Africa. During the first twenty years of the twentieth ce...

In this way the most successful models by these artists spread in Italy, Europe, South Africa, South America and of course the United States.

However, he painted all over the world from Africa to Asia, North America and Europe. Along the way he gain access to many memberships including the National Academy of Design in 18...

However, he painted all over the world from Africa to Asia, North America and Europe. Along the way he gain access to many memberships including the National Academy of Design in 18...

In his next models he transformed the women into representatives of the four parts of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa and America, twisting their bodies to turn the sphere, giving th...

French Bronze Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared molded plinth.

The artist of this painting, Gar Sparks (1888-1954), is an important figure in American Modern art. In 1913 Sparks was studying at the Art Students' League in New York. This painting...

Throughout these years, he produced a prodigious quantity of genre paintings featuring the lives of African Americans engaged in agrarian enterprise on Southern plantations.

Porter became one of the first, if not the first, African-American to study at the National Academy of Design.

Cast Iron polychromed figural hitching post in the form of an African American jockey or groom wearing red white and black, standing on a black base. 37" H (approx.).

This African American made drop leaf table, with its amazing alligatored original paint surface and chip carved legs, makes a fantastic side table or nightstand.

Guillemin and titled "What a Fly," this 19th century metal torso is composed in the form of an African American boy wearing a plumed straw hat and playing a banjo.

He was committed from early on to using modern aesthetics to create positive representations of African Americans. Like many of his contemporaries, he studied African carvings.

Early iron Art Deco blackart butler ashtray server stand featuring a cast iron African American butler holding a chromed steel serving table with built in ashtray in the center.

In the large bowl of the pipe, the head of an African American smiling man is depicted, with a straw hat.

In the large bowl of the pipe, the head of an African American woman with hearing is depicted, with a wide straw hat with bows.

The base in in metal and is representing the faces of three continents (Africa, America and Asia). Some traces on the paper globe due to its age but very good general condition.

Sardeau's first major commission was "Slave", a six foot limestone African American man created for the sculpture garden in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.   

Date: 1914 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 40.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cream of Wheat advertising illustration, 1914 This piece ...

From there, he traveled to a prosperous African American Community in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Thomas Day was a master cabinetmaker and entrepreneur whose business flourished during a time when most African Americans were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movem...

In summary, this is one of the rarest star counts that there is among antique American flags, on a rare and stunning U.S. infantry battle flag, with great colors and exquisite constr...

Dimensions: 54” x 64” Date of Manufacture: Late 1800s Place of Origin: NE, United States Material: Silk Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot, SKU 1364 Americ...

Both scenes are of a billiard hall or bar with a group of African American men playing pool or billiards. The first shows a chandelier overhead dripping hot wax on the man leaning ov...

Early 20th Century American Amish Quilt ( 6' x 6'6" - 183 x 198 )

This Cotton Crazy Quilt is truly a collage of fabrics. The center has the structure of a Nine Patch within a Diamond in a Square. This unusual touch pulls in your eye before wanderin...

This is a very interesting pattern wool doll quilt. It has the zigzag pattern or streak of lighting within a black and grey one patch through out. The entire quilt is made from the s...

This Wild Goose Chase Quilt has a wonderful variety of fabrics, including glazed chintz from the mid 19th century. The generous size of 91" x 98 " would make it an excellent bedcover...

This tiny postage stamp nine patch in a square quilt was found in Pennsylvania and is in very good condition. The back is a bars pattern in calico fabric.

This appliqued wreaths quilt goes by various names, most often Rose Wreath. It is in excellent, unwashed condition. Finely cross stitched on the back are the initials CWK. Could this...

19th century very rare Holmes county Ohio Amish hole in the barn door quilt. This early and very rare all cotton quilt has a cheddar backing and very interesting color combo. The con...

Finely quilted Irish Chain in which the white off blocks are quilted with a variety of patterns that include hearts and feathers. Stitched in two of the blocks are the name Mary and ...

This Evening Stars Quilt is a lovely variation of a traditional pattern. Placing one star within another and placing the red stars abutting one another creates a variety of optical i...

Elegant version of the always desirable Mariner's Compass quilt pattern. It is an extremely difficult pattern to execute with the numerous fine points and this is particularly well d...

This early mid 19thc mini pieced postage stamp chain crib quilt from Pennsylvania has a amazing diamond border and in pristine condition. This crib quilt has been professionally fra...

A rare and exquisite early 20th-century hand-stitched quilt top from the Southeastern United States, most likely North Carolina. This textile features the beloved “Double Wedding Rin...