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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Desert Rose Selenite Crystal Formation
Located in Miami, FL
‘Desert Rose’ selenite crystal
Formation desert roses are crystal clusters formed of gypsum barite and sand. It can take nature up to hundreds of th...
Category
African Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Stone
Very Large Double Page Detailed Map of Italy and Surrounding Regions, 1794
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a large (two seperate sheets) and detailed map of Italy, including the southern parts of Germany, Dalmatia, the adjacent countries, and the Illyric Islands. The map is titled...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Early 18th Century Venetian Cisele Velvet
Located in Canterbury, GB
A panel of Cisele Silk Velvet
Dating from early 18th Century
Large Medici design.
Cut and uncut Velvet upon a gold silk ground
One selvage edge present
Antique gently time worn...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silk, Velvet
Extremely Rare Italian Rococo “Lacca Comodino”, 17th-18th Century, Venice
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Extremely rare Italian Rococo “Lacca Comodino”, 17th-18th century, Venice
Chamber pot lift-top bedside commode with polychrome painted decoration. This beautiful furniture has a lif...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION of COLERIDGE'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. A. S. W. Rosenbach deemed it "An important literary volume." (Rosenbach 29:108). It includes four sonnets by Charles Lam...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Paper
Original Hand-Colored Antique Map of America by Danckerts, circa 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio per I. Danckerts'. Striking map of America. California is shown as an island, Based Upon Sanson's model. The Great Lakes are shown with an open western coastline. No Northwestern Coast beyond 40 degrees. The seven cities of Cibola appear in the Southwestern US. The conception of the Mississippi River is still very vague and pushed far west of its true mouth. The large lake in the Southeastern US first seen on Le Moyne's map is still present. South America retains its excessively wide format. A hopeful extension from Button's Bay is shown portending a possible Northwest Passage. The map is richly embellished with two cartouches, 9 sailing vessels and elaborate vignettes of native villages, native warriors...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Louis XV Bombé Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV commode, or chest of drawers, from the Bordeaux region made of solid walnut. Nice proportions with bold bombé form and serpentine front. Three dovetai...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, with a frame and a ring at the top and a figurative decorati...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
Antique Map of Tracks of Anson's Ships around South America & Cape Horn, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Zuidelykste Gedeelte van Zuider Amerika (..) - Carte de la Partie Meridionale de l'Amerique Meridionale (..)'.
Detailed chart tracking the route of Capt. George Anson's ship The Centurion in 1745. The chart shows the tracks of Anson's ships around South America & Cape Horn to the Juan Fernandes Islands, with notes on currents and positions.
In 1740 Capt. George Anson (1697-1762) of the Royal Navy, was given command of a squadron of ships. As England was at war with France and Spain, Anson's task was to intercept and capture a Spanish treasure...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Early Antique Gothic Revival Coat Rack with Hand Forged Wrought Iron Hooks 18thC
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful craftsmanship, deeply carved, solid oak, Gothic Revival wall coat rack.
Anyone who has ever visited a Gothic (Revival) church or another Gothic style building will immedia...
Category
French Gothic Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wrought Iron
Goldsmith's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784
Located in Middletown, NY
Goldsmith, John
An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784
London: Company of Stationers, 1784
48mo, 4 x 2 1/2 in. (113 x 53 mm); pp. 48 + blank pages for each mont...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Aubusson Tapestry Pillow
Located in Canterbury, GB
Bespoke Hand Made Pillow Listing is for ONE pillow
A 17th century Aubusson Tapestry Panel.
Hand woven natural dyed wool
Finished with 18th century gold metallic tassel trim and...
Category
French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metallic Thread
Superb Walnut Lombardi Style Italian Kneeler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and extraordinary Louis XVI style Walnut Kneeler dating to the mid 1700’s and likely Italian. Monolithic in form, the Cabinet features inset drawer, side and door panels with...
Category
Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Sterling Silver Reliquary with Intact Wax Seal
Located in Madrid, ES
A rare and sacred 17th-century sterling silver reliquary, exquisitely crafted and preserving relics of multiple unidentified saints. This devotional object reflects the spiritual int...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
Fine Museum Quality Large Antique 18th Century Greek Orthodox Icon, Pentecost
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional, museum quality very large 18th century Greek icon of the Pentecost.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood, primed with gesso.
Attributed to Mount Athos...
Category
Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Large 17th-Century Coronelli Map of Europe with Mythical Islands and Rich Detail
Located in Langweer, NL
Large 17th-Century Coronelli Map of Europe with Mythical Islands and Rich Detail
This exceptional two-sheet map of Europe by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, published in Venice in 1692,...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
18th C gilt and painted queen headboard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Continental gilt and painted wood headboard form the eighteenth century. This piece was designed to be mounted to a wall and would be mounted up off of the ground to align with your ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Located in Soquel, CA
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Excellent example of Latin sheet music for Catholic church services. Bold red title and notations, with red staff lines. N...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Ireland House of Commons 1753 Vol. III and Statutes at Large 1703-1719 Vol. IV
Located in Morristown, NJ
Two leather bound volumes published in Dublin, Ireland in the mid 1700's.
The Journals of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland from the Eleventh Year of King James the Fir...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
European 16th Century Hand Carved Wooden Virgin Mary Polychrome Statue
Located in Oostende, BE
This 16th century hand-carved wooden Virgin Mary polychrome statue comes from a church in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (Europe), and was bought directly fr...
Category
Belgian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Rare Aztec Colonial Polychromed Wood Sculpture! Holy Imagene Bultos Santos Icons
Located in Peoria, AZ
MUSEUM PERFECTION !
AZTEC INFLUENCED
LATIN AMERICAN
COLONIAL ART
AMAZINGLY RARE PIECE !
Approx. 14" x 8" x 2 1/2"
After Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec empire, painting and sculpture schools were set up within missions to produce art for Roman Catholic worship in Spanish America to promote Christian evangelization. The works that emerge from this period are great historic treasures and tell us much about this time in history. Icons were important in this conversion process.
Here is an Imagene that was likely employed in a church from the 17th century. It features 5 elaborately carved faces and figures depicting angels and saints.
This piece is magnificent for many reasons, but the most important reason is that this piece illustrates the bridge between the Spanish and Aztec art schools.
The Aztecs had developed the most splendid feather art in the world. Feather mosaics (arte plumario in Spanish, amantecayotl in Nahuatl), were created by specially trained and talented Aztec nobles. The blue green iridescent color of hummingbird feathers had made them a regular form of tribute to Aztec rulers and art that featured these feathers were incomparable.
The Spanish art instructors adopted feathers into traditional Catholic imagery and this piece shows the result of such hybrid. Here feathers are
prominently sculpted into the background and were polychromed with sensational hues to reflect the native love and cultural appreciation for feather art. Few feather mosaics survive because of their temporal frailty, but the wood worked feathers in this piece give scholars and collectors a lasting indication of how Aztecs stylistically used the feathers in their pieces.
Aztec religious leaders wore headdresses and garments made of feathers - and here these saints appear to be wearing feather headdresses!
Even after centuries, the colors of this piece are incredibly compelling. Fragments of the rich blue green pigment that was applied to mimic the hummingbird feathers are still present. The golds, yellows and browns display spectacular understanding of complementary colors.
What's more this piece also shows Aztec sun imagery incorporated into the design! On the reverse side of the Saints' faces we see a vivid blue sun burst type design which clearly was an Aztec motif of the period and has no comparable counterpart in Catholic holy treasures...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of the Province Groningen in The Netherlands, c.1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Groningae et Omlandiae Dominium vulgo de Provincie van Stadt en Lande'.
Old map of the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. This map originates from 'Germani...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Large Five Panel Dutch Leather Chinoiserie Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Leather Screen. Screen has five panels painted with flowers in urns with nail head trim on wooden frame...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
Original Antique Map of the Western Part of NEW MEXICO & CALIFORNIA
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Map of the Western Part of NEW MEXICO and CALIFORNIA According to the Latest Discoveries by the Jesuits and Others"
Description:
This exquisite original Dutch map, titled "...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Sterling Silver Medallion reliquary – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic detail...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver
Huge 18th C. Venetian Larger Then California King Bed Crest Finials Panel Board
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Huge 18th C. Venetian Larger Then California King Bed Crest Finials Panel Board. Imposing circa 1700’s Venetian bed detailed with cartouches. Composed of two smaller frames. Exquisit...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique Wall-Map of North America: French and Indian War Boundaries, 1793
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare 1793 Map of North America: French and Indian War Boundaries and Historical Notes
This remarkable engraved map of North America, printed in 1793 by Emanuel Bowen and John Gibs...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the region of Trier, Mainz and Cologne, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Synopsis Circuli Rhenani Inferioris sive Electorum Rheni (..)'. Original antique map of the region of Trier, Mainz and Cologne, Germany. Published by T.C. Lotter,...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Studded Leather Travel Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 18th century leather travel chest or trunk in beautiful brass and iron studded Spanish leather, having elaborate geometric floral ...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
18th Century Oak French Silver Chest Strongbox
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handmade oak silver chest. It was made to hold valuables such as silver coins, jewels or maps. This was the precursor to the modern day safe. It is...
Category
French Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Copper Engraving Depicting the High Quality of the Fashion Under Louis XIV, 1684
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful engraving of Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean with title 'Homme de qualité en Surtout'
(translated in English: Man of of a particular quality). This original copper engraving is ha...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Rare Antique Greek Orthodox Touching of Thomas Rondel Icon, 18th-19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Scarce subject, antique Greek Orthodox hand painted rondel icon depicting the Touching of Thomas or Doubting Thomas
Late 18th- early 19th century
The first Sunday after Easter comme...
Category
Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of the Northern Hemisphere and North Pole by Tirion, circa 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van de Noord Pool na de alderlaatste ondekking int licht gebracht'. Map of the Northern Hemisphere and North Pole, which shows the NE Passage, but no...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
17th Century Italian Carved Cassone Trunk with Original Hardware
Located in Miami, FL
Place this elegant antique coffer at the foot of a king size bed. Crafted in Italy, circa 1680, the rectangular trunk stands on bracket feet. Heavily carved on all three sides with a...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Wood torsade Posts
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Wood torsade Posts , detailed with a Outstanding Torsade Posts Dimensions: Height” 80” Depth 81” Width: 64” More queen , less king, Deep attention to details with various Scrolls the perfect bed for a Grand bedroom fit for a palace room. An incredible find for your interior design and to elevate your home Bedroom , master bedroom. The workmanship is impeccable and apparent in the hand carving throughout this master piece.
A unique imposing piece of Art to acquire, a conversation piece and a show piece all at the same time With A magnificent height of the bed that stands at 6Feet 8 Inches Tall. A Baroque bed richly carved with leaves foliage and plants and shell motifs. Signs of the centuries as seen in the pictures, cracks losses strong old restorations etc. ... overall good condition. Rare antique with intricate carvings throughout. with interwoven floral designs foliage and plants, crests shells motifs and flambeau with detailed long hand turned profusely mounted with spiral-twist spindles carved with spiral moldings. An incredible find Extremely fine Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th Century Jacaranda Bed...
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood, Jacaranda
16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: *Turcici Imperii Descriptio* by Ortelius, 1571
This rare copperplate engraving, Turcici Imperii Descriptio, i...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
1850 French tapestry pillow 18" x 7"
Located in Los Angeles, US
This rare vintage pillow showcases an elegant 1850 French tapestry design, intricately depicting soft floral and pastoral details. The muted tones and delicate artistry evoke a sense...
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four antique hand painted pottery tiles are all unsigned, so no specific artist can be identified, but are presumed to have be...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Pottery
Antique Architectural Print of the Melville House in Fife, Scotland, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Elevation of Melvin House in the Shire of Fyfe (..)'.
Old engraving of Melville House in Fife, Scotland. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannic...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Cape Verde Islands, Africa, ca.1670
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Pascaert van de Soute Eylanden ofte Ilhas de Cabo Verde'.
This map depicts the Cape Verde Islands (Africa). Islands titled 'Ile de B...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
17th Century Italian Painted Confessional Box
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning 17th Century Italian painted confessional box.
From a private house Tuscan chapel, this wonderful piece is museum quality.
The faux painting is all original.
There is a seat...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Pine, Paint
John MILTON. A Defence of the People of England. 1692 - FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILTON, John.
TITLE: A Defence of the People of England, by John Milton: in Answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King.
PUBLISHER: n.p., n.p., 1692.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDI...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavelli - SECOND EDITION - 1695
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACHIAVELLI, Nicolas
TITLE: The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originaIly [sic] in Italian, and from thence newly and fait...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
18th Century Carved Oak Statue Depicting St. Bartholomew
Located in Dallas, TX
This tall French statue of St. Bartholomew was hand-carved from oak in the 1700’s. This depiction of St. Bartholomew is not often seen in art, except for one of the most well known r...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783
Located in Middletown, NY
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1783.
64mo, 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (57 x 33 mm), 24pp. Original cream morocco elaborately gilt...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Coat of Arms Velvet Pillow
Located in Canterbury, GB
Exquisite Antique Pillow
A very impressive Baroque Coat of Arms Depicting Family Crest
Spanish or Italian.
Late 17th early 18th century
Upon very fine quality Magenta antique Sil...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metallic Thread
[MISSAL]. L'Office De La Semaine Sainte. GILT ARMS OF PHILIPPE II DUC D'ORLEANS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [MISSAL].
TITLE: The Office of Holy Week, According to the Messel & Roman Breviary;...
PUBLISHER: Paris: By the Company of Booksellers assigned to the Book of Holy Week, 1...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
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18th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Swedish bentwood box that once was used for storage. Real rare piece
Sweden, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Six-Panel Screen by Kano Chikanobu "Shushin"
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Late 17th century Kano school peony landscape screens. Both screens signed: Hogan Josen Fujiwara Chikanobu Hitsu - Kano Chikanobu (Shushin) (1660 - 1728...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, ante 1798
Located in Milano, IT
Ptolemaic armillary sphere
Charles-François Delamarche
Paris, ante 1798
Wood and papier-mâché
covered with printed and partly hand-colored paper
It measures 16.37 in in height x Ø 10.94 in (41.60 cm - Ø 27.80 cm)
It weights 2.33 lb (1,058 g)
State of conservation: consistent with its age and use, the paper shows some signs of use, stains and abrasions.
The sphere is Ptolemaic, with the Earth placed at its center, surrounded by the Moon and the Sun mounted on two metal arms.
The sphere is composed of six horizontal and two vertical rings (armillae), each bearing graduations and its own name.
The first horizontal ring is illegible. The others, in descending order are: North Pole, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, South Pole.
The vertical rings consist of two double meridians.
The sphere is then connected to the large meridian by two pins, a vertical ring inserted perpendicularly into the circle of the Horizon, in turn supported by four semicircles connected to the turned and black-stained wooden base.
Each element is covered with printed paper. It contains various pieces of information: latitudes, length of days, names and zodiac symbols, calendar, wind directions, etc.
The vertical circles mention the latitudes and longitudes of different cities: Rome, Bordeaux, Madrid, Boston, Batavia (Jakarta), Acapulco, etc.
Even the small terrestrial globe is covered with printed paper: continents and oceans appear with numerous geographical markings indicating the most recent explorations.
In the Pacific Ocean, west of South America bears the following inscription:
GLOBE
TERRESTRIAL
à Paris
chez Delamarche Géog
Rue du Foin Jacques
Au Collège de
M.e Gervais
The North American coasts are well delineated and California appears correctly as a peninsula - reports from Spanish explorers in the region had given rise to confusion as to whether it was connected to the mainland or not. The geographical nature of California was confirmed after the explorations of Juan Bautista de Anza (1774-1776).
Alaska is not described and is only partially traced; it would become part of the United States in 1867.
Various Pacific islands are indicated.
Australia (the name definitely used from 1824) is called "Nouvelle Hollande."
Tasmania is still represented as a peninsula and this is an important detail for the dating of our armillary sphere.
The island is separated from Australia by Bass Strait, which was crossed by Matthew Flinders for the first time in 1798, showing that it was not a peninsula. Delamarche certainly would not have waited a long time to update such an important geographical datum: presumably he did so shortly after receiving the news.
Charles-François Delamarche (1740-1817) founded his laboratory around 1770 and, in a few years, he became the most famous French cartographer and globe maker between the 18th and 19th centuries. After having acquired the laboratory of the late Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786; himself a renowned cartographer who continued the family business founded by his grandfather Nicolas Sanson in the seventeenth century) and after having purchased, between 1788 and around 1800, the businesses of Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1750-1831) and Jean Lattré (around 1750-1800), he began to call himself "Successeur de MM. Sanson and Robert de Vaugondi, Géographes du Roi and de M. Fortin, Ingénieur-mécanicien du Roi pour les globes et les sphères."
Thus, at the end of the eighteenth century, Delamarche possessed the warehouse stocks, as well as the manufacturing skills of the globes of his main rivals in Paris.
In addition to this aggressive acquisition policy, the key to its success also lay in the combination of high-quality cartography combined with extremely attractive globes and armillary spheres; and, of course, its famous red paint finishing touch.
His laboratory was located on Rue de Foin St Jacques "au Collège Me. (or "Mtre") Gervais" in the Latin Quarter of Paris until around 1805, when he moved to rue du Jardinet No. 13.
On the death of Charles-François in 1817, the reins of the company passed to his son Félix (1779-1835), who continued to publish, often in collaboration with the engraver Charles Dien, Sr. In 1835 the company first moved to rue du Jardinet No. 12 and a little later to rue du Battoir No. 7.
Bibliography:
Dekker, Elly, et al. Globes at Greenwich...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood, Paper
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Oil on canvas showing the Virgin Mary among angels, in a landscape and standing on a crescent moon, wearing a wh...
Category
South American Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Other
Circa 1780 Sailor's Naval Maritime Pen & Ink Wash Portrait Sketch's Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming late 18th century pen and ink wash group of portrait sketches on paper, housed in a glazed period gilt wood frame.
Some elderly ...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
16th Century Spanish or Italian Baroque Wrought Iron Nails and Furniture Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
Group of 16th century (or earlier, possibly Gothic) Spanish or Italian wrought iron furniture mounts. These hand-wrought bosses and nails show incredible workmanship. These would have been used to decorate - and to structurally hold together an early chest or casket. The four geometric bosses beautifully made, eight ounces each without the nail! The nails are works of art in themselves, with their heavy geometric heads.
Also two round bosses with the nail integral to the piece, one a mushroom form, the other like a parasol. And a single hand-wrought double sided nail. Great group of early iron.
Provenance: Frances Pratt, Writer, Artist, Collector. New York City.
Approximate sizes:
4 bosses 4.625 inches square 11.75 cm
Round bosses 3 inches diameter the larger 2.5 the smaller 7.6/ 6.35 cm
4.5 in high 11.4 cm
5 nails...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure - religious folk art sculpture.
18th/19th century, possibly earlier, most likely depicting Saint F...
Category
Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Pair of Silvered Wooden Reliquaries from France, Circa 1750
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of silvered wooden reliquaries are from France, circa 1750. The backs are still preserved by wax seals, indicating that the relics were never removed.
Each reliquary has...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY PAIR OF VENETIAN BLONDE WALNUT BEDSIDE TABLES
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant pair of bedside tables in solid carved blond walnut, characterized by a particular urn shape that makes them truly unique. The top is smooth and has a band under the top, whi...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
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Nutwood
Solomon's Temple, the Holy of Holies, Showing the Ark of the Covenant, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique religion print titled 'Het Heilige der Heilige binnen den Tempel van Salomon'.
This print depicts Solomon's Temple, the Holy of Holies, showing the Ark of the Covenant...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-16th Century Brussels Tapestry Pillow
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Belgian Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool
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