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Decorative Art For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1940s
Hand Colored Engraving of a Lion and Lion Cubs
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of a lion and lion cubs. Source unknown, to be determined. Most likely published by or after Bertuch, circa 1795.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood, Silvered and Painted Decorative Wall Lyre
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a music room, den or office with this elegant and colorful antique wall mounted lyre. Crafted in Italy circa 1780, the large Classical Roman musical instrument featured two ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Set of 3 Antique Botany Prints - Crane's Bill - Mahernia - Coronilla
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 3 antique botany prints. It shows the Flesh-Coloured Crane's-Bill, Winged Mahernia and the Purple Coronilla. These prints origina...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Kodungallur Fortress, India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Grondtekening van de Fortresse Cranganor, met de buyten-werken, en 't Project van een nieuwe Schans, Gedaan in 't Jaar 1709'. Floor plan of the Kodungallur Fortress, India. Kottappuram Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1523 was referred to popularly as Cranganore Fort and is now known as Kodungallur Fort. It was captured and destroyed by the Dutch in 1663. The Fort had a strategic position, on the mouth of the river Periyar before it joins the Arabian Sea, which gave it the advantage of controlling the ships and boats...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Representation of an African Giraffe Embossed Copper and Iroko Frame
Located in Labrit, Landes
African carved giraffe representation
Embossed copper and frame in carved iroko
Signed Mwamba
Shipping:
L 40 P2,5 H86.
Category
1940s African Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Henry Howard Earl of Surrey'. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516/1517 – 19 January 1547), KG, was an English nobleman, politician...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print with Various Antique Figures of Hemispheres by Scherer, c.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Various antique figures of hemispheres illustrating the positioning of the earth. Printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710).
Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Map Holy Land La Terre Sainte Engraved van Loon Published N de Fer 1703 French
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
La Terre Sainte, The Holy Land, Tiree Des Memoires De M.De.La Rue. Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliq et de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Avec Privil du Roi 1703
Detailed map of the Holy Land from Nicholas de Fer's L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. East is oriented at the top.
MAKER Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720
The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.
Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V...
Category
Early 1700s French Louis XIV Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
English Renaissance Framed Crest Embroidery
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance embroidery of a crest having a crown top mounted on a red velvet background in an ebonized wood frame.
Category
16th Century English Northern Renaissance Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Thread, Velvet, Wood
Antique Print of Japanese Punishmentsm Including Decapitation, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Suplices du Japon - Straf-Oefeninge in Japon‘. This print depicts Japanese punishments. Originates from a Dutch edition of 'Histoire générale des voyages' by An...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Italian mid century rectangular mirror with lines drawing, Gio Ponti style, 1940
By Gio Ponti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern rectangular mirror with lines drawn on the glass, in the style of Gio Ponti, 1940s.
Rectangular mirror, with Pontian lines drawing on the glass. White desi...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Antique Portrait of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Sr. Nicolas Bacon Lord Keeper'. Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Johan II, King of Sweden by Janszoon, 1615
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Ioannes II (..)'. Portrait of Johan II of Sweden. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van christenryck sedert den onderganck van h...
Category
17th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Archbishop Williams, Lord Keeper
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Archbishop Williams, Lord Keeper'. Old print of Archbishop Williams, Lord Keeper.
This print originates from Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. The portraits featured in the series, which were engraved by Jacob Houbraken and George Vertue...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of John Pym, English Politician
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'John Pym Esqr.'. Old print of John Pym, an English politician, who helped establish the foundations of Parliamentary democracy. One of the Five Members whose...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a sleeping Lion in a mountainous landscape
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print titled 'Andere arth ruhend'. Old print of a sleeping lion in a mountainous landscape. Published by J. E. Ridinger, circa 1730.
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Hand Carved Wood Stamp Stencil Block
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a office or study with this antique wood stamp stencil block. Created in France circa 1760, the decorative floral pattern stencil was used for printing fabric and wall paper...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Oak
Antique Portrait of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle'. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (c.?16 December 1593 – ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of the Coast of Dabhol, Dabul, India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Côte de Dabul - De Kust van Dabul'. Original old print of the coast of port city Dabhol in India. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Dabul was an opulent Muslim tr...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Brittenburg 'Near Katwijk', the Netherlands by Blaeu, '1649'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Arx Britannica'. View of De Brittenburg, a Roman ruin on the Dutch coast near Katwijk, The Netherlands. Originates from 'Toneel der Steeden' published by Joan B...
Category
17th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of Phellinus Igniarius and Laricifomes Officinalis Fungi
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of Phellinus igniarius and Laricifomes officinalis. Phellinus igniarius (syn. Phellinus trivialis) is a fungus of the family Hymenochaetaceae. Like other membe...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds,
Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,...
Category
1780s French Georgian Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby, English Courtier and Diplomat
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Sr. Kenelm Digby'. Sir Kenelm Digby (11 July 1603 – 11 June 1665) was an English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, ast...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of a Harbour Porpoise and Other Marine Life
Located in Langweer, NL
Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 1, short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis 2, and orca or killer whale, Orcinus orca 3. Source unknown, to be determined. Most likely publi...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Postcard Signed by Raul Anguiano. 1948
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique Postcard Signed by Raul Anguiano. 1948. Dedicated to Arturo Arnaiz y Freg.
José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros but experimented with it as well. Anguiano was born during the height of the Mexican Revolution...
Category
1940s Mexican Other Vintage Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of John III of Portugal by Janszoon, 1615
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Ioannes III D.G. (..)'. Portrait of John III of Portugal. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van christenryck sedert den ondergan...
Category
17th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Frisian City of Harlingen in the Netherlands, 1793
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 's'Lands Magazijn te Harlingen'. Old print showing the quay of Harlingen, Friesland. This print originates from 'Vaderlandsche gezigten, naar het leven geteekend...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Frisian City of Hindelopen in The Netherlands, 1793
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Haven te Hindeloopen'. Old print showing the harbour of Hindeloopen, Friesland. This print originates from 'Vaderlandsche gezigten, naar het leven geteekend ...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Yurt and Natives of Kamchatka, Russia, 1770
By Prevost
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Iourte ou Habitation Souterraine (..)'. Copper engraving of a yurt and natives of Kamchatka. This print originates from volume 19 of 'Histoire generale des voya...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the City of Kleve or Kleef in Germany, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gezigt van de Vismarkt, naer de Middelpoort, en het Slot te Kleef'. View of the city of Kleve, with Schwanenburg Castle. This print originates from 'Kleefsche w...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Castle of Batavia or Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Perspectief van het Casteel Batavia, gesien van het Suyker Packhuys. ' A view of the Castle of Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia) as seen from the Sugar Warehouse. Th...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
Located in Langweer, NL
Panoramic view of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Published by C. de Bruijn, circa 1700.
Cornelis de Bruijn (also spelled Cornelius de Bruyn,...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Francis Earl of Bedford'. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1587 – 9 May 1641) was an English nobleman and politician. He built the square of Covent G...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Chinese Tombs and Chinese Farmers, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Sepulchres Chinois - Laboureurs'. View of Chinese tombs and Chinese farmers. This print originates from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Nicolaus, Christian Heresy, Published Ca. 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Nicolaus'. Portrait of Nicolaus (Nicolas). This print originates from 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' by G. Arnold.
Nicolaus – This original antique print depicts Nicholas. Nicolaism (also Nicholaism, Nicolationism, or Nicolaitanism) is a Christian heresy, first mentioned (twice) in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, whose adherents were called Nicolaitans, Nicolaitanes, or Nicolaites. Hippolytus of Rome states that the deacon Nicolas was the author of the heresy and the sect. The Seven Deacons were leaders elected by the Early Christian church to minister to the people of Jerusalem. Nicholas, described in Acts as a convert to Judaism, was not remembered fondly by some early writers. According to Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses, the Nicolaitanes, a heretical sect condemned as early as the Book of Revelation, took their name from the deacon.
Artists and Engravers: Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German Lutheran...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Friedrich Herman, 1st Duke of Schomberg
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Frederick Duke of Schonberg'. Old print of Friedrich Herman, 1st Duke of Schomberg, in profile to right looking at viewer over his right shoulder wearing arm...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel
Located in Madrid, ES
17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel
Restored
56cm x 56cm
14cm x 14cm tiles
With certificate of authenticity and export issued by the Dir...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Portrait of VOC Governor Willem van Outhoorn, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Willem van Outhoorn, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën'. Old portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1691 to ...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Rare Antique Print of the Catching of a Snake By Europeans in Asia, 1672
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of several figures trying to catch a snake. This print originates from 'Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het mach...
Category
17th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print with Charts of Hemispheres by Scherer, c.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Various antique charts of hemispheres illustrating the positioning of the earth. Printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710).
Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Lioness and Lion Cubs by Ridinger
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful original old print of a lioness and lion cubs. This print originates from Dr. Johann Schreber's 'Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur'(Mammals in Pictures after Nature). Drawn by Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767).
Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810) was appointed professor of materia medica at the University of Erlangen in 1769. In 1774, he began writing a multivolume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammals of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carl Linnaeus. From 1791 until his death in 1810, he was the president of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Abbot Arch Bishop of Canterbury'. George Abbot (29 October 1562 – 4 August 1633) was an English divine who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633. He also served as the fourth Chancellor of the University of Dublin, from 1612 to 1633.
This print originates from Thomas...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Henry Prince of Wales Son of K. James I'. Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales KG (19 February 1594 – 6 November 1612), was the eldest son and heir apparent of James VI...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborough'. Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC (1658 – 25 October 1735) was an English n...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Engraving of King Henry VIII, C.1787
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Henry VIII'. Portrait of King Henry VIII of England. This print originates from 'A New, Universal and Impartial History of Englan...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the city of Dabhol, Dabul, India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Dabul'. Original old print of the port city Dabhol in India. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Dabul was an opulent Muslim trade center. Around 1660 it was annexe...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Flower and Fruit of an Oriental Cedar, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Fleur et Fruit d'un Cedre Oriental'. Copper engraving of the flower and fruit of an oriental cedar. This print originates from volume 18 of 'Histoire generale d...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel
Located in Madrid, ES
17th Century Portuguese tile panel.
Restored
56cm x 56cm
14cm x 14cm tiles
17th Century
Shortly afterwards, these plain white t...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Old Print of Bacchus or Dionysus, God of the Wine and Religious Ecstasy, 1660
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Nyseus Bachus in Aedibus, Burghesys.'
Statue of Bacchus or Dionysus, the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy in ancient Greek religion and myth.
From the 1660 Dutch edition of 'Icones et Segmenta Nobil. Signorum et Statuarum quae Romae extant' by Francois Perrier...
Category
Early 1600s Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 8'1" H x 5'0" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking ivory central field, with a central medallion ...
Category
1940s Persian Vintage Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Portrait of George Buchanan, Scottish Historian and Humanist Scholar
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'George Buchanan'. George Buchanan was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Charles V by Houbraken, c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Carel de Vyfde, Roomsch Keyser'. Old portrait of Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. This print originates from 'Vaderlands...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Engraving of Houses of Benin in Africa, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Maisons de Benin - Huizen in Benin‘. This print depicts houses of Benin, executions & sidesaddle method of horseback riding. Originates from a Dutch edition of ...
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18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Widows House in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print with two views titled 't Huiszitten Weduwen Hof van vooren' and 't Huiszitten Weduwen Hof van binnen, naar agteren gezien'. Two views of a widows house in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from 'Amsterdam, In Zyne Opkomst, Aanwas, Geschiedenissen, Voorregten, Koophandel, Gebouwen, Kerkenstaat, Schoolen, Schutterye, Gilden En Regeeringe', published between 1760 and 1767.
Artists and Engravers: Jan Goeree (1670-1731) was a Dutch engraver and poet. He was the son of the Middelburg bookseller Willem Goeree. Born in Middelburg, but soon they moved to Amsterdam. Initially he focussed on painting, assumably a student of Gerard de Lairesse...
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
London 1744 Published Watercolour Antique Map of East Africa by Eman Bowen
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this New and Accurate Map of Nubia & Abissinia, together with all the Kingdoms Tributary Thereto, and bordering upon them published in 1744 by Emanuel Bowen
This is a decorative antique engraved map of East Africa...
Category
1740s English George III Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Engraving of Saint Natalie, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Hatia Nataalia - S. Natalia'. Scarce plate showing Saint Natalie/Natalia. After one of the frescoes Domenico Zapieri painted for the Abbey of Grottaferrata (nea...
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18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Commander de Graauw by Valentijn, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of Commander de Graauw, sitting in the woods, only wearing a blanket. Explaining he needs help to stay alive. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw O...
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18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Engraving of a Rock Formation, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le Rocher'. Copper engraving showing a rock formation. This print originates from 'Jardins Anglo-Chinois à la Mode' by Georg Louis le Rouge.
Artists and Engravers: The work of Le Rouge is considered the most important engraved work concerning the history of European...
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18th Century Antique Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Art
Antique, new and vintage decorative art is crucial to personalizing your interior.
Bringing art into your home will help you create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, whether you are expecting to regularly host guests for cocktails in your living room or you are inclined to soak up some “me time” on weekends by curling up with a book in your library. After all, a room isn’t quite complete until you hang some art on the walls.
Choosing a piece of art for your interior is a matter of finding something that resonates with you. You should also consider what will work with your current decor. Keep in mind that a wide range of objects counts as decorative art — antique and vintage prints, paintings, wall-mounted sculptures and more. There is so much to choose from! And art can feel as deeply personal with the vintage posters that promoted your favorite classic films as it can with framed photographs of your loved ones.
Decorative art can set the mood for a room and will typically make for great conversation. When you find wall decor and decorations that speak to you, why not introduce them into your space? It will give you and your guests the opportunity to meaningfully engage with the art every time you see it. You can play with different styles, eras and colors. Mix and match pieces to integrate a refreshing pop of color or create a theme by dedicating a room to a color palette or certain time period. A great way to tie your layout together is to choose wall art that complements your decor and color scheme.
Folk art is an interesting category for its wide range of works across various media and the array of textures it can offer. Paper art is another versatile option because it will be easy to find a home for portraits, collages, drawings and other works in your space. With decorative paper art, you can also get creative with how you arrange your wall art. There are plenty of options that include hanging the works salon-style.
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