Wall Decorations

Copy of a painting by Arthur Wardle titled,"Lady with Leopards" showing portrait of woman in classical dress in field of red poppies with three leopards & ocean in background

Pair of ebonized framed oil painting portraits of lady with hair up and man with long beard Vintage condition

PAIR of English Victorian gilt framed seascape oil paintings of sailboats by shore line.

Impressive Pair of Silhouettes one of two Gentlemen sampling various drinks, the other depicting a mother with two children showing off their toys. First quarter of the Twentieth Cen...

English Victorian maple and ebonized framed watercolor of a bird on a branch. (Companion pieces: 053214C-I) Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

Copy of American Impressionist painting "Venus in the Sunlight" showing a nude woman under an umbrella in the summer light

English Victorian gilt framed oil painting of lady in vertical forest landscape with sticks on back (H. Reynold)

A fine pair of Victorian wooden doors from a horse-drawn hearse or funeral carriage with rectangle glass transoms at the top of each, featuring relief drapery carvings on each in old...

A fine French 19th century etching and drypoint Titled "Soirée d'été" (Summer Evening) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) depicting Mrs. Kathleen Newton resting on a lounge chair. Signed and dated (l/l): J.J. Tissot, 1881 in the plate. Under the mat, the front of the sheet inscribed in pencil with a '1' in a circle, the verso of the sheet with old price inscription "450-" in pencil. Circa: 1881-1882. Measures: Plate Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Plate Width: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm) Sheet Height: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm) Sheet Width: 20 5/8 inches (52.4 cm) Frame Height: 19 inches (48.3 cm) Frame Width: 24 1/2 inches (62.2 cm) Frame Depth: 1 1/8 inches (2.9 cm) Literature: Wentworth 56. Note: Tissot's from 1881 is said to depict his lover, the Irish divorcee Mrs. Kathleen Newton, resting on a lounge chair. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, California Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. Jacques Tissot was born in the city of Nantes in France and spent his early childhood there. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot; he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English. In 1856 or 1857, Tissot travelled to Paris to pursue an education in art. While staying with a friend of his mother, painter Elie Delaunay, Tissot enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. Both were successful Lyonnaise painters who moved to Paris to study under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Lamothe provided the majority of Tissot's studio education, and the young artist studied on his own by copying works at the Louvre, as did most other artists of the time in their early years. Around this time, Tissot also made the acquaintance of the American James McNeill Whistler, and French painters Edgar Degas (who had also been a student of Lamothe and a friend of Delaunay), and Édouard Manet. In 1859, Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time. He showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence in his work of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp earlier that same year. Other influences include the works of the German painters Peter Von Cornelius and Moritz Retzsch. After Tissot had first exhibited at the Salon and before he had been awarded a medal, the French government paid 5,000 francs for his depiction of The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite in 1860, with the painting being exhibited at the Salon the following year, together with a portrait and other paintings. Émile Péreire supplied Tissot's painting Walk in the Snow for the 1862 international exhibition in London; the next year three paintings by Tissot were displayed at the London gallery of Ernest Gambart. In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits. During this period, Tissot gained high critical acclaim, and quickly became a success as an artist. Like contemporaries such as Alfred Stevens and Claude Monet, Tissot also explored Japonisme, including Japanese objects and costumes in his pictures and expressing style influence. Degas painted a portrait of Tissot from these years (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), in which he is sitting below a Japanese screen hanging on the wall. Still on Top, 1873 Tissot fought in the Franco-Prussian War as part of the improvised defense of Paris, joining two companies of the Garde Nationale and later as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 painting La Partie Carrée (The Foursome) evoked the period of the French revolution. Either because of the radical political associations related to the Paris Commune (which he was believed to have joined mostly to protect his own belongings rather than for shared ideology), or because of better opportunities, he left Paris for London in 1871. During this period, Seymour Haden helped him to learn etching techniques. Having already worked as a caricaturist for Thomas Gibson Bowles, the owner of the magazine Vanity Fair, as well as exhibited at the Royal Academy, Tissot arrived with established social and artistic connections in London. Tissot used...

Scottish, after 1837. This particular carving of the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland is marvellous for the tremendous vitality of the Unicorn and Lions. It ...

Late 1800s Antique American Victorian Painted Portrait of a child in its Original Rosewood Frame. With a distinct hand, the painter has affectionately captured this child's delicate ...

Copy of a seascape painting titled "Camaret" showing tall ships and small boats at anchor

This original antique oil on canvas painting was done by John Munnoch of England in approximately 1900 in the period late Victorian style. The painting is a well executed landscape o...

Copy of a Dutch Flemish still life painting showing a table set with wine, fruit, bread and meat

'New Home', Original Antique Early 18th Century Sewing Machine Poster This is an original poster from 1889, advertising a French brand of sewing machine, "Take a quick look" This p...

Copy of a painting titled "Dancer With Hoop" showing a classical image of a girl playing with a small black dog. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

English Victorian gilt framed oil landscape painting of cows by stream (signed J.C. IBBETSON) (19th Cent.)

American Victorian oil on canvas painting portrait depicting a seated lady in white dress & hat with umbrella within a gilt frame (sgnd C.D. Wentwo...

Antique Victorian needlepoint depicting a bouquet of white and red roses and green leaves with eglomise border framed in an ogee frame, c...

Antique Gothic bronze wall hanging altar door tabernacle with chalice (A). Item features heavy solid brass/bronze construction, chalice and rays ...

Copy of an impressionist landscape painting titled "Edge of the Canal in Autumn" showing people along a towpath among fall colors

Copy of an impressionist painting of two women in a rowboat

Antique Englishpainted wood firescreen flower basket dummy board During the 18th and 19th centuries, dummy board fire screens were highly fashionable, esp...

Copy of an impressionist painting titled "Tea,1872" showing a woman in Victorian garb

French (19th Cent) gilt framed oil landscape Impressionist style painting with stream and tree.

English Victorian style (modern) birds eye maple and gilt trimmed framed oil painting of a fruit tree in porcelain jardiniere Sold AS IS. (See related ite...

A late 19th century heraldic style leaded stained glass of a coat of arms on a shield shape. This small stained glass hanging will bring an element of vibrancy and charm to any home...

English Victorian maple and ebonized framed watercolor of a bird on a branch. (David Kerr)(Companion pieces: 053214C-I)

(1) Large lava cameo approximately 2 1/4” x 1 3/4” depicts robed woman in thinker position flanked by (4) smaller lavas cameos are facial portrait only in t...

Copy of landscape painting "Mountain Scene" showing sunrise over lake with mountains in background Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

With a distinct hand, the painter has affectionately captured this child's delicate spirit. Highly detailed and of the utmost of skill, this painter showcases his/her abilities quite...

Gilt framed oval pastel painting portrait of lady wearing blue dress and pearls

"Pocahontas Saving The Life of Captain John Smith" is a chromo-lithograph made by the "New Eng. Chromo Lith. Co. Boston" (printed on the lower left border). It is dated 1870...

Portrait landscape chalk sketch of two nude women posing in front of a window with outlines of foliage and chairs and table. The subjects have dark brown or black hair, one tied with...

Antique Victorian Shadow Box with Floral Wreath C1890 Measures - 26.75"H x 24.75"W x 4.5"D A finely crafted antique shadow box featuring an intric...

Antique Print of Nantucket Daydreams, by Henry S. Wyer, Nantucket, circa 1900, a period print depicting a gentleman in overstuffed wing chair by the hearth, a copy of Nantucket's "Inquirer and Mirror" open on lap, smoking a cigar and leaning back lost in thought: in the curls of smoke are simple sketches of many iconic Nantucket landmarks and views. Flanking the fireplace in place of tiles are a series of miniature copies of eight of H.S. Wyer's photographs. This is one of the rarest of antique Nantucket prints...

Victorian English Country Victorian maple framed embroidery of the clipper ship Arthusa with memorial photographs.  

Large antique needlepoint of the British sailing ship Amelia hand crafted in wool, popularly known as woolies, crafted with ambitious detail. Pres...

Antique oil painting on board of a white dog caught in a moment of speculation in an outdoor scene. Signed William Melbon and presented ...

Antique English "Victorian” Framed Seashell Shadow Box, Circa 1860-1870. Exotic Shell Collection

Plaster-cast "Victorian House" sculpture by Harris G. Strong (ca. late 1970s/early 1980s, Maine, USA). Unusual example from Strong, who was more commonly associated with his colorful...

PIERRE OLIVIER DUBAUT (1886-1968) Ink Painting of a Man and Woman on Horse Back

We are delighted to offer this lovely Napoleon III circa 1860 hand made in France, extra large Embroidered Tapestry A very good looking and decorative piece in the original ebonis...

A large and beautiful three quarter length portrait of a partly seated lady her hat over one arm holding a bouquet of flowers, the other arm held upward holding a branch of a tree. This original oil on canvas by the British artist Laurence Koe, (1863-1913), is signed on the lower right and dated 1905. Lawrence E. Koe was a portrait painter and sculptor. He is listed as living in Brighton when he first exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1891, but by 1894 he had moved to London where he appears to have settled for the remainder of his life. Koe exhibited widely; over twenty times at The Royal Academy, but also at the R.O.I, The Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Most of his exhibited works were portraits, and among his sitters were the wives of fellow artists Harold Speed RP (1872-1957) and Harold Piffard (fl. 1895-1899). In 1896 Koe exhibited “Venus and Tännhauser” at the Royal Academy, now in the permanent collection in the Brighton Museum and Art and he showed a painting of Sappho two years later. He clearly shows the influence of other artists working at the same time, notably Singer Sargent, Arthur Hacker RA (1858-1919) and Herbert James Draper...

A lovely antique 19th century still life oil painting, most likely English and dating from around the 1880-1900 period. It depict...

Charming 19th Century nautical painting of a British merchant steamship at sea. In the painting, the Red Ensign flag or "Red Duster" can be seen flying on the back of the boat along ...

Midcentury decorative painting with a bouquet of flowers painted in oil on wood Beautiful bouquet of flowers framed in a spectacular gilded Rococo or French Baroque frame. A very dec...

An antique oil on canvas depiction of a Lion in rampant pose. One of four similar panels removed from an English country house.

Late 19th Century Dunmore Pottery Victorian Green Glazed Ceramic Wall Plaque. This plaque was produced by Dunmore Pottery located on the estate of the Earl of Dunmore in Stilingshire, Scotland and depicts woman and cherub...

Late 19th century pastoral oil painting of figures in forest by stream with fallen tree mounted in a gilt frame.

Still life Oil Painting by Oliver Clare "Gooseberries, A Pear, Plum & Raspberries on a Cabbage Leaf. Circa 19th Century. Oil on Board, signed "Oliver Clare" lower right. The frame...

19th Century chromolithograph of a sailor boy, circa 1880, a colored print on canvas view of a young American sailor boy sitting astride a bowsprit. A class...

Pair of English Victorian gilt framed oil paintings of white horse with saddle by wall (signed J. PAUL 1873).  

Done in England in the middle of the Victorian Period, this very substantial original oil painting on canvas is done by noted British artist Claude Hayes. The painting depicts a mars...

French Victorian glass beaded purple flower casket wreath wall sculpture (A). Item featured was Hand beaded in France with glass beads with impressive flower detail, very nice antiqu...

A large and impressive late 19th century still-life. This antique oil painting on stretched canvas is signed by the French artist J. Bertrand (see lower right corner) but not dated. ...

These solid oak wall hung curiosity displays were used in a biology classroom of a Dutch university in the 1930s Unfortunately all the original ...

Early 20th Century French Advertising Poster, 'XERES VERMOUTH' c. 1900 This is an original vintage poster which is linen backed for preservation. This is a charming early 20th Centu...