First World War

This is a rare, unused French officer's bench turned cot from the First World War. When the lovely upholstered wood bench top is opened it reveals a folded canvas bed/cot.

Both pieces are from the First World War and are truly amazing. Sizes: Vase: D 3 x W 3 x H 10.75 Lamp: D 3.75 x H 18.25.

This wonderful set of French trench art is from the first World War. Both pieces are carved brass shells ("obus de 48 and 75mm").

These are two beautiful French First World War brass shell case mugs with scrolled copper handles and scalloped tops.

This is a unique set of first world war medals from both France and Belgium.

A unique water color drawing picturing a young couple on their wedding night during the first world war. An amazing piece of World war one satire signed René and dated 1918, probably...

This trunk was used during the First World War to transport confidential documents.

This is a rare collection of five framed First World War posters designed by French school children, and others, to support the war effort.

Oil on canvas of an officer, probably just after the first world war. Small painting with a mysterious atmosphere.   

An stylish Art Deco Humidor or cigarette box, formed as a First World War Tank, veneered in Rosewood with chrome plated fittings.

Italian copy of "farewell to arms" with autograph dedication of Ernest Hemingway to Count Augusti, cavalry officer that Hemingway knew during the First World War, which was the inspi...

Gillow's had established a reputation for the outfitting of luxury yachts and liners, including the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, liners Lusitania, Heliopolis and Cairo, Queen Mar...

Gillow's had established a reputation for the outfitting of luxury yachts and liners, including the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, liners Lusitania, Heliopolis and Cairo, Queen Mar...

Gillow's had established a reputation for the outfitting of luxury yachts and liners, including the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, liners Lusitania, Heliopolis and Cairo, Queen Mar...

This is a great Chinese Peking Rug. Made soon after the First World War, this rug comes from the factories in the Chinese capital.

He began exhibiting his landscapes primarily after the First World War and it is said that Leonardo Bazzaro influenced his choice of landscapes and views.

In 1910 he made a study trip to Paris, and after the First World War visited Rome and Athens, returning to Italy and Greece often thereafter.

Historical Relevance Handcrafted around the beginning of the First World War on the 28th of July 1914.

For your consideration, This is a genuine war flag that once flew over a Prussian fregat during the First World War.

This style was produced by Majorelle when he was realigning his design from the Art Nouveau style to that of the Art Deco after the First World War making this table design rare as t...

André Hunebelle (French 1896-1985) studied Mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique. After the First World War, he began designing pressed glass inspired by the work of Rene Lalique a...

Historical Relevance Handcrafted around the beginning of the First World War on the 28th of July 1914.          

It exemplifies a broad post impressionist style and reflects his training at the famous Academy Julian in Paris where he mixed with influential artists such as Georges Braque, Dunoye...

Born in Geneva, Switzerland Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967) opened his own studio active from 1914-1919. After First World War he went to Paris, where he met Le Corbusier and Ozenfant.

He received the German naval surrender after the First World war. In 1919 he was appointed Admiral of the Fleet and also in the same year first Sea Lord.

His paintings, drawings and prints follow the course of Germany, from defeat in the First World War, through economic and political crisis, to the rise of Fascism.

A beautiful and unusually high quality pair of first World War Shell cases we believe made by The New York Brake Company for the French 75 MM field gun.

However by the end of the first World War, Dérain style had begun to shift and by the 1920's his work reflected a turn to a classic style and with more muted palette.

At the outbreak if the First World War her family fled first to Holland then back to Berlin, arriving penniless.

After exploring the striking, embellished interior I wandered the garden designed for the couple by Roger Fry during the First World War. Vanessa once commented that she couldn't pai...

All of this coincided with a decline in the type of historic genre scenes Schmid painted before the First World War. “Lunch on the Terrace” has a bright, sharp and modish feel to it.

The Victory Loan was the 5th and final bond issue during WWI of the Liberty Loan series. A liberty bond was a war bond sold in the United States to support the allied cause during th...

Tri-ang was the brand name for the toymaking company, Lines Brothers founded by Walter, William and Arthur Lines when they returned to civilian life after the First World War. Tri-an...

From 1912 he created stage sets for the Court Opera in Vienna and for theatres in Munich, Hamburg, and New York. During the First World War, he was martyred in the k.u.k. War Press Q...

Original drawing by Edward Wolfe RA (1897-1982) Born in Johannesburg, he moved to England during the First World War and studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic before moving on to ...

Designed not only to commemorate the centennial of the First World War, but also to mark the remarkable efforts of the Deakins’ Great Grandfather and his days as a pilot in the Royal...

Born in Geneva, Switzerland Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967) opened his own studio active from 1914-1919. After First World War he went to Paris, where he met Le Corbusier and Ozenfant.

He worked for Emile Galle (and later his son-in-law at the ‘Establissements Galle’) until just after the First World War, ultimately as their chief designer.

Literature This sketch of his young wife reading under a parasol is less finished, more painterly than Burleigh’s ‘public’ works; it records an impression – an intimate moment in th...

He brought together artisans of the time such as Eileen Grey, Pierre Charreau and Theo van Doesberg to create full blown modernist works. Prior to the first world war, Mallet-Stevens...

De Majo Three Tiered Glass Chandelier Vetreria de Majo was born, as a typical Venetian glass factory, thanks to the job of a man from Naples, Guido de Majo, who could well convey th...

Faivre is perhaps best remembered today for his posters, especially the stirring "on les aura" done during the First World War, but he was also a busy cartoonist, contributing from 1...

These raised decorations, inspired by the lacework characteristic of the Bigouden region, are an innovation of the Quimper faience factory: it launched the "Embroidery Decor" at the ...

Bryk comes to Sweden during the First World War. He exhibited his works and published entomological articles.

Nicholas Argenti was a stockbroker in London and served in the First World War as a Captain in the British Army, and the Second World War as a Squadron Leader in the RAF.

The original drawings of the project are from 1912 but then they were revised and realized from a Deco/Futurist/Fascist perspective in 1925 because of the First World War. The sculp...

Many of his works were used for book illustrations and he also produced designs for army recruitment posters during the First World War. He later moved to Whitstable where he died on...

His paintings, drawings and prints follow the course of Germany, from defeat in the First World War, through economic and political crisis, to the rise of Fascism.

In 1908, a became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus, where he regularly exhibited his works. During the First World War, he worked as a war painter in the Ortler region in 1916, in...

In a few short years the First World War would begin and the world for which this clock was made would be over forever.

Alfred Janniot (1889-1969), pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, in 1919 received the first prize of Rome, after returning from the First World War.

After the outbreak of the First World War he made the decision to settle in the Netherlands.

Alexander Powell (Syracuse, 1879-Connecticut, 1957), was a noted First World War and international affairs correspondent turned soldier and later a successful adventure and travel wr...