Early 20th Century Furniture

The carpet, like other artistic artifacts of Moghul’s India, reflects the components of that original fusion that arose from the complex cultural encounter between the Indian and Mus...

This antique hand-knotted Sarab runner features a Sub-geometric design accentuated by various motifs. The entirety of the piece is enclosed within a complementary, multi-tiered borde...

Antique Heriz rug in blue and creams with all over design. Keivan Woven Arts / rug EMB-9622-P13579, country of origin / type: Persian / Heriz, circa Early-20th century. Measures: ...

Antique white porcelain 11" parrot figure statue 5 point crown over N Capodimonte or German. Marked with 5 point crown and "N", parrot figure perched on ...

Antique Persian Malayer Runner with soft color tones and all-over geometric design Malayer antique Runner from Persia with geometric design, Keivan Woven Arts / rug EMB-8533-P178693...

Rare print titled 'Joan of Arc in Prison'. Original antique print on chine collé made after a painting by P. Delaroche. This print originates from volume 3 of the series 'The Wallace...

Long Persian Malayer runner with floral in all-over design. Fine Persian Malayer Runner in soft tones of blue, soft red, cream, and earthy tones. rug EMB-9532-03-P13031, Keivan Woven...

Qing dynasty an antique important Chinese red glazed porcelain vase with porcelain stand, GuangXu Mark and of the period. Measures: 6.5” height 2.15 '' di...

Colossal antique Meissen serving dish in hand painted porcelain with pink roses, early 20th century. Measures: 48 x 35 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 2nd factory quality.

This unusually large west Turkish gallery carpet shows a powder field displaying three medallions, two sand with diamond shapes, and a round central motif with a ribbon knotted trace...

White round Sèvres box rococo style perfect condition origin France, circa 1900.

Long antique Persian Hamadan runner with sub-geometric design. Intricately designed antique Hamadan runner in light tones, Keivan Woven Arts / rug TU-MTU-235, country of origin / typ...

Ceramic very stylish table lamp by famous French studio KAZA from 1920s. Marked under the base "KAZA France".

Attractive and versatile vintage Persian Sarouk rug, first half 20th c. Low pile wool and silk, with red and blue pendant on an open cream field, geometric border. Dimensions: 5'11"L x 4'2""W Condition: Good, clean with little tread wear, some small edge tears and loss of fringe and weaving to one end. Provenance: The Estate of Peter Schub, New York Literature: Peter Schub had a long and distinguished career as a photography agent. He negotiated for some of the most prominent photographers of the 20th Century including Irving Penn, Peter Beard and Anthony Armstrong Jones.

Antique print titled 'The Deliverance of St. Peter'. Original antique print on chine collé made after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger. This print originates from volume 3 o...

Rare French Art Nouveau pot of squat, ovoid oriental shape covered in a beautiful glaze in subtle shades of cream, rose and brown over a dark olive gre...

2 Candle holders made of alpaca ( white metal ) around 1920s Polished.

Very fine, elegant antique handmade and hand painted Meissen porcelain, 2 lobed scalloped serving dish with rocaille handle in the "Blue Onion" pattern. In perfect condition. The ...

Presenting A Very Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907. On ‘The White House’ letterhead. Typed and personally signed and amended by President Theodore Roosevelt. With it’s original White House envelope, stamp and postage marks. Dated June 14th 1907. What makes this letter so important is the author, the office and the content. It refers to the beliefs and opinions of the then President and First Lady (Edith) towards the women’s sufferage and empowerment movement that was the ‘hot topic’ of the time. It is addressed to Eliza Calvert Obenchain who was a well known author at the end of the 19th Century and Early 20th Century. In 1905, Teddy referred to her book “Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ in a speech and recommended that every man in America should read it to understand ‘the plight of their womenfolk’. He regularly corresponded with her and we have a number of those letters in our collection. It appears that both he and Edith became big fans of Mrs Obenchain who was also heavily involved in the Suffragist movement. The letters also provide a fascinating and historic record of Roosevelt’s personal beliefs and feelings on female empowerment. The Letter Reads: The White House Washington Oyster Bay, N.Y., June 14, 1907 Personal “Dear Mrs. Obenchain: I gladly accept the autographed copy of “Aunt Jane” which you have been so kind to send me. But Aunt Jane is so good and so wise that she must not (amount “race (illegible)) fall into the terrible mistake of the self-indulgent, selfish, shortsighted women, cold in heart and in temper, who shirk the duties of mother-hood and then try to cover up to themselves and to others their cowardice or self-indulgence by making believe they are actuated by wise or lofty motives. * With great regard, believe me, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt *And she must not give aid and comfort to unsexed or sexless creatures by a jest which they may take for earnest ! Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky.“ The envelope is From: The White House. Addressed to: Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky and marked ‘Personal’. It is stamped on the front as posted from Oyster Bay, New York Post Office on June 16 1907. It has a red 2 Cent...

Art Deco wardrobe, around 1920s Polished brass and stove enameled.

Elegant porcelain weed pot in rare copper red peachbloom glaze, early 20th century. A well potted piece with glaze ranging from deep brownish red to light grey-green with dark dramat...

Probably a boat builders model of S.Y. Prince Albert Steam Yacht. An exceptional museum-quality model of the steam yacht, Prince Albert'. The fine shipbuilder's model is outfitted with a raised paneled mahogany cabin with glazing with working hatch and door. The interior of the cabin is with a mahogany table, two benches, steps and a brass stove...

Adjustable Jugendstil chandelier with white opal glass, circa 1907 Polished and stove enameled Measures: The high is adjustable from...

Stunning and top quality crafted bronze and alabaster pendant light. When you are looking for an extra large and truly remarkable chandelier for yourself or for one of your clients then this light should be on your short list. This European specimen from our Jugendstil era...

Early 20th century alabaster pendant. This wonderful and great value for money alabaster pendant has a translucent quality that you hardly ever see. Even though it has a number of c...

Stunning and rare Art Nouveau hall light or pendant. Striking French design from circa 1915. Brass with original beveled glass. Rewired with one origin...

A figure of a standing young lady finely carved in white alabaster. She is shown dressed in an almost ‘flapper’ style skirt as she leans with her elbows against an ochre mottled rectangular alabaster column on a further stepped base. Her eyes are almost closed as if she is dreaming. The lower rectangular column supports a fluted round column which holds a hollowed white alabaster bowl...

Antique coat of arms titled 'Wappenschild der Stadt Leoben (..)'. Antique print depicting the coat of arms of Leoben (Steiermark, Austria) an...

Beautiful colors with flowing black veins alabaster light fixture. If you are looking for a good quality and striking pendant to grace your interior then this early 20th century sp...

A good, vintage Meissen Blue Onion (or Zwiebelmuster) pattern figural paperweight. The paperweight is an iconic Meissen form in the shape of a tradi...

Hamadan is the capital of an eponymous province, and it’s one of the oldest cities in Persia. It’s also one of Persia’s most productive and diverse weaving centers. Like other cities...

Original antique political election propaganda poster - Wake Up! Vote for the Unionist and a Reformed Second Chamber - featuring an illustration of John Bull...

Class and style combine in this lovely set of six matching dining chairs from Sweden. They were painted white and given a gold trim which was the "style" in the early 1900s. The curv...

An antique Persian Kurd throw rug handmade during the early 20th century in shades of red and cream with an overall rustic appeal with its flat-...

Antique bird print titled 'Muscicapa Collaris'. Old bird print depicting the White-Collared Flycatcher. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by ...

Royal Copenhagen blue fluted plain serving dish in hand painted porcelain. Model number 1/100, early 20th century. Measures: 41.5 x 33 cm. In very good condition. Stamped.

Art Deco sugar bowl with brass and cut glass around 1920s Brass parts polished and stove enamelled.

An unusual early twentieth century terracotta onion, with textured layers, now as a lamp. Please note that the lampshade is not included, and that the lamp is currently wired for ...

A charming Continental 19th/20th century whimsical white glazed porcelain group of four putti playing with a goat, probably after the depiction of The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, (Italian, 1598-1680), depicting four playful putti, one riding the goat, another feeding it, a third one holding on to it and the forth one, Jupiter, feeding from it. Stamped (unknown). Probably Italian. Circa: 1900. Measures: Height: 14 3/4 inches (37.5 cm) Width: 15 3/4 inches (40 cm) Depth: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm) Myth The goat of Amalthea is a divine goat who fed the baby Zeus with its milk. Its name is translated from the ancient Greek and means “gentle goddess.” Zeus’ father, Kronos (Cronus, Cronos), fearing to lose his power, swallowed up all his newly born children. His wife Rhea suffered greatly from this, and when the next child was born, she slipped a stone wrapped in diapers instead of Kronos. Kronos swallowed the stone, not suspecting anything, so the kid had to hide. Rhea hid him on the island of Crete in the cave of Mount Ida...

A rare, large-scale Nymphenburg porcelain trumpet form flower vase. With crisp, clean lines that harken back to the Biedermeier period and dovetail perfectly with the aesthetic o...

An early 20th century marble fireplace in the Georgian Neoclassical manner. Executed in Statuary white marble with Sienna Marble panels to the Jambs and flanking the frieze. The mant...

An antique Chinese Peking long gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century in shades of cream and blue. Measures: 5' 9" x 16' 3" The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains. When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings. Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is. There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches. The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet. Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...

Unusual early 1900s French antique pair of armchairs in original white paint with carved backs and beautiful curved arms and legs. They hark back to Napoleon's favorite Empire style ...

A practical variation on the flat-weave Kilim, this Caucasian coverlet, or jajim, features a bold, inherently versatile pattern of multi-width stripes perfectly suited for Mid-Centur...

A vintage Turkish Kurdish runner that is poised to impress. Characterized by series of medallions with its ornate symbolical details and warm colour scheme, this intricate design cre...

An early twentieth century egg holder for six eggs, with basket weave decoration to the sides and top, with protruding hand and ring to the centre.

A circa 1900s French cobalt blue porcelain table lamp with gold painted detailing and cast pewter base. Measurements: Height of body: ...

Antique bird print titled 'Nucifraga Caryocatactes'. Old bird print depicting the spotted nutcracker. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Ma...

French table lamp standing on richly decorated brass base with small figures on the bottom. France, circa 1920.

Completely restored, surface made by piano lacquers to the high gloss. New upholstery and fabric.

Antique European needlepoint rug, size: 8'2" x 10'3".

A 20th Century Italian white marble bust of a smiling girl, a carved Carrara marble figural sculpture, signed on the base by the Italian artist Aurelio Bossi, 1884-1948, whose sculptures are displayed at Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, whereas at the Duomo Milan Cathedral there is his Statue of Cardinal Borromeo, while two busts adorn the facade of the chapel of the Niguarda Hospital. This antique female...

Early 20th century Chinese orange, ivory and gray handmade silk rug Size: 7'6" x 11'1" (228 x 337 cm) An early 20th century Chinese silk rugs with a rich orange field with large cream blossoms and intricate vinery in pale shades of cream and grey, surrounded by a color contrasting geometric border and a wide golden border with cream flowers and more vinery. Vintage rugs – they are essential objects of desire of not only vintage trend followers but all aficionados of beauty and sublime design. There is a good reason for such vast recognition as vintage style area rugs...

Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster issued by Southern Pacific featuring an ocean liner sailing at sea with the steam rising into a ligh...

Jugendstil table lamp with new glass shade, Vienna, circa 1908. Brass polished and stove enameled.

Beautiful colors with black veins alabaster light fixture. If you are looking for a large, good quality and striking pendant to grace your interior then this early 20th century spe...

A pair of French circa 1920s Empire style gilt bronze and white opaline glass table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 21" Width at widest: 4.75".

Antique print titled 'S. Postiglione. A la Watteau'. Original antique print of a young lady in dress. Published circa 1900.