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Singer Needle
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Mezzotint

Vintage Singer Needle
Singer Needle
H 4.19 in W 3.69 in
Untitled (Needle & Water Droplets)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
hone his skills through photography workshops at the Fine Arts Academy in Madrid. Madoz manipulates
Category

1990s Surrealist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pair of Needle Point Bedside Carpets or Large Cushions
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Enjoyable embroidered tissues, suitable as large cushions with cheerful bouquets of flowers - nr. 361 - 362.
Category

1980s Chinese Beaux Arts Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Cotton, Wool

Danielle Bodine "Medusa Tree" Mixed Media, Abstract Free Form Signed
Located in Detroit, MI
community to explore the many applications of fiber for creative expression. Weaving, quilting, needle arts
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Mixed Media

Needle in Apple - Etching on Paper by Mario Avati - 20th Century
By Mario Avati
Located in Roma, IT
Needle in Apple is an etching on paper, realized by the French artist and print-maker master Mario
Category

1960s Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Mezzotint, Etching

Through the Eyes of the Needle to the Anvil (Hand signed by James Rosenquist)
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
exhibition poster published on the occasion of the James Rosenquist exhibition "Through the Eye of the Needle
Category

1980s Pop Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Polychrome Enamels "Moretti" Gold Bracelet
Located in Sežana, SI
mixed with a little water. This paste is applied with a needle on the gold skeleton, previously cleaned
Category

1930s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Garnet, Gold, Enamel

Vintage Polychrome Enamels "Moretti" Gold Bracelet
Polychrome Enamels "Moretti" Gold Bracelet
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W 0.67 in D 0.12 in L 7.88 in
Diamond Brooch in White Gold
Located in Lucerne, CH
Diamonds seem to float. The needle is secured so you don't have to worry about loosing it. Measurements
Category

1990s Unknown Arts and Crafts Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold

Pair of XX Century Maples In Hungarian Knitting
Located in Lisboa, PT
holding the yarn and needles. In Hungarian knitting, the yarn is held in the right hand (for English
Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Fabric, Cord

Woman in profile, watercolor and pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Illegible annotation in the lower right corner 31 x 20 cm Small needle holes at the top, small stains Born
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, circa 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
needles and raffia in braided and lace-like arrangements, with two braided raffia and pine needle handles
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Other

Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, circa 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
hand-stitched longleaf pine needles and raffia in braided and lace-like arrangements, with two braided
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Other

Mobe Pearl Sculpture
Located in Kansas City, MO
, California to study textiles at The California College of Arts and Crafts. I graduated in 1974 with a
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Stone

Deluxe Signed Edition of Film Festival Lincoln Center (Feldman & Schellmann, II.
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
hand on verso with an engraving needle. Stamped and dated with copyright Frame included: Elegantly
Category

1960s Pop Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Plexiglass, Screen, Engraving, Mixed Media

Rare Chanel Brooch, 1994 Spring, Robert Goossens & Maison Gripoix, Lagerfeld
By Robert Goossens, Chanel
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
stones are wrapped in gold colored bands with the CC logo. The brooch needle is signed and dated "Chanel
Category

1990s French Gothic Revival Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Gold Plate

NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York from 1916 to 1918, adding classes in printmaking
Category

1930s American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Techtite
Located in Kansas City, MO
master of the mezzotint. During his studies at the Central School for Arts and Crafts, Marchant saw the
Category

1970s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Engraving

"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia, " Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pensacola Museum of Art, San Francisco Fine Arts Museum
Category

1930s American Realist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wool Felt Applique Israeli Folk Art Signed Tapestry Kopel Gurwin Bezalel School
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Isidor Ascheim, Shlomo Vitkin, Yossi
Category

20th Century Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Wool, Felt

"Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, " Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
continued his studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in Paris from 1916 to 1918, adding classes in
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Arts Program and he was active in politics, economics and religious issues throughout his life. From
Category

1930s American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Oil, Canvas

At Dawn - Graphite Drawing by Robert Kipniss
By Robert Kipniss
Located in Larchmont, NY
, pencil or print-maker's needle and burin*, to create the essence of his generalized, non-specific forms
Category

1970s American Realist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Paper, Pencil

The Place Beyond The Pines Watsonville, California artist Lillie Heebner
By Lillie Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
collection of her work. Please note the Needle Thread work to the paper. Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
her natural gift for sophisticated needle work. At the time she also took a correspondence course in
Category

1940s American Realist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Oil, Board

Wool Felt Applique Israeli Folk Art Signed Tapestry Kopel Gurwin Bezalel School
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were
Category

20th Century Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Wool, Felt

Wool Felt Craft Applique Vintage Israeli Judaica Folk Art Tapestry Kopel Gurwin
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
from the army at 29 he started studying drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Category

20th Century Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Wool, Felt

"Lillies in Bloom"
By Annie Gooding Sykes
Located in Lambertville, NJ
, and her mother, Ann, was a gifted needle-worker. Stimulated by the example of her parents, Sykes
Category

20th Century Expressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Watercolor

"Seaside Village"
By Annie Gooding Sykes
Located in Lambertville, NJ
, and her mother, Ann, was a gifted needle-worker. Stimulated by the example of her parents, Sykes
Category

20th Century Expressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Watercolor

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
"outcast" of the art world. He initially failed his drawing exam for admission to the École des Beaux-Arts
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
"outcast" of the art world. He initially failed his drawing exam for admission to the École des Beaux-Arts
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1930s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Linocut

Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1930s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1930s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Linocut

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still
Category

1930s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Linocut

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
"outcast" of the art world. He initially failed his drawing exam for admission to the École des Beaux-Arts
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
Creole Dancer
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Sake Flask by Yoshikawa Masamichi
By Masamichi Yoshikawa
Located in New York, NY
Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Musée National de Ceramique Sèvres, Paris; Contemporary Arts Museum of
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Porcelain

Le Massif du Mont Blanc et l'Aiguille du Midi
By Claude Jousset
Located in Paris, FR
the french artist Claude JOUSSET. The Aiguille du Midi (translates literally as Needle of the South
Category

1980s Impressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Oil

Totenkopf (Skull)
By Fritz Aigner
Located in Wien, AT
copperplate is manipulated with the drypoint needle. The slots in the plate can absorb the color and dispense
Category

1950s Surrealist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Copper

Totenkopf (Skull)
H 14.57 in W 21.46 in D 0.04 in
Pines on the Sea - Original Watercolor by Jean-Raymond Delpech - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
: R. Delpech 1943 Good conditions and with very small needle holes on the lower right and left
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Watercolor

(Museum) Early and rare Christopher Nemeth Knitted Penis Pants c. 1980s
Located in London, GB
, needle and hands - the making of clothes - which are also featured on clothing accessories, furniture and
Category

1980s English Vintage Needle Arts

City Lights (Madison Square Park), 1932
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, studying at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and the Beaux Arts Institute. Some of his
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Etching

"Festive Fruit, " Original Color Silkscreen signed by Ruth Grotenrath
By Ruth Grotenrath
Located in Milwaukee, WI
depicts pears and pine needles on a teal background. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" art 14 1/2" x 12 1/2" frame "The
Category

1950s Expressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Screen

Adelaide Robineau Rare Crystalline Glazed Ceramic Vase Signed
By Robineau
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
was so fine that she employed crochet needles and dental tools to get the desired effect. Many of
Category

20th Century Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Ceramic

In Contemplation (Impressionist portrait of a young man)
By David Levine
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, they sent him to study painting at the Tyler School of Fine Arts at
Category

1950s American Impressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Wool Felt Applique Original Vintage Israeli Judaica Folk Art Signed Tapestry
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were
Category

20th Century Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Wool, Felt

Wool Felt Applique Original Vintage Israeli Folk Art Signed Tapestry
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were
Category

20th Century Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Wool, Felt

Rare Large Wool Applique Israeli Folk Art Chuppah Tapestry Kopel Gurwin, Bezalel
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were
Category

20th Century Folk Art Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Wool, Felt

after Henri Matisse - Fern - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse began painting still-lives and
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph - Woman
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
drawing exam for admission to the École des Beaux-Arts, but persisted and was finally accepted. Matisse
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Singer Needle
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Mezzotint

Singer Needle
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Mezzotint

Victorian Low Back Reclining Chair
Located in New York, NY
A small Victorian low back reclining chair. Upholstered in original velvet with a needle point
Category

20th Century Victorian Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Velvet

Victorian Low Back Reclining Chair
Victorian Low Back Reclining Chair
H 26 in W 18 in D 28.5 in
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Seated Girl William Meyerowitz NYC WPA Artist
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
murals in Connecticut post offices as a part of the WPA Federal Arts Program and he was active in
Category

1930s American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Oil, Board

Summer, 1977
By Robert Kipniss
Located in Missouri, MO
combining a multiplicity of specific strokes, whether with brush, pencil or print-maker's needle and burin
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Lithograph

Black Ducks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
his first etching with the aid of a phonograph needle. It was to be expected that his subject should
Category

1930s American Realist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Etching

"Stairway Bermuda"
By Annie Gooding Sykes
Located in Lambertville, NJ
, and her mother, Ann, was a gifted needle-worker. Stimulated by the example of her parents, Sykes
Category

20th Century Expressionist Vintage Needle Arts

Materials

Watercolor

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Vintage Needle Arts For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of vintage needle arts available for sale. A selection of these works in the modern, Expressionist and Surrealist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the vintage needle arts that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and blue. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, Kopel Gurwin, Annie Gooding Sykes and Ernest Fiene are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, paint and fabric, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Vintage Needle Arts?

Prices for pieces in our collection of vintage needle arts start at $269 and top out at $45,000 with the average selling for $1,682.
Questions About Vintage Needle Arts
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    The art style of antique and vintage posters varies greatly. During the first decades of the 20th century, posters reflected the Art Nouveau style. After World War II, the mid-century modern style influenced designs, and by the 1960s, Op Art and Surrealism provided inspiration for posters. Shop a selection of posters from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.