Gilt Painted Japanese Folding Wall Fan

Large rustic French decorative clock face featuring a painted tole face with Roman numerals. This is a decorative non-working clock face only and does n...

Dramatic hand painted Italian four-panel folding floor screen made in the neoclassical taste. Each panel has two gracefully arched windows with parcel gilt borders over a black groun...

Charming pair of framed paintings of chickens or roosters mounted in acrylic and lacquered wood frames by Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). Painted on beige ...

Stunning 18th century colored botanical study print after Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (French 1656-1708) of Fucus algae seaweed sourced from "Elements de Botanique", printed in 1797....

The fan is made of painted and then lacquered wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl elements. The scene depicted features three maidens in the foreground, dressed in traditional Japanes...

Presented is a patriotic folding paper fan, with an American flag motif. The fan is painted with two small American flags at left and right and two...

Presented is a printed folding fan featuring the American Flag, which dates to the early 20th century. With 48 printed stars on the fan’s canton, the fan celebrates New Mexico and Arizona statehood. The fan’s design is completed with 13 alternating red and white stripes across its white sticks and guard. The 48-star flag had a fly date of 47 years, from July 4, 1912 to July 3, 1958. Prior to the introduction of the 48-star flag with the admission of New Mexico and Arizona to the Union in 1912, no legislation existed regarding the official proportions, sizes, and pattern for stars on the American flag. As a result, many Americans designed the starry canton of their homemade flags to their own whim, in medallion, spiral, and flower star configurations. Coinciding with the introduction of the 48 star flag in 1912, President William Howard Taft...

An original hand-carved and leaf gilded wall frieze as a giltwood porta Palme vase with handles. It comes from a private residence of Milan, where it was topped with a wall demilune...