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Framed object by Rune Hagberg, Mixed Media, Sweden 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting by Rune Hagberg,
Sweden, 1970s.
Mixed media.
H: 95 cm / 3’ 1 1/2"
W: 48 cm / 1’ 7”
Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, and the Norrköping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
British Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie of the Named Barque "Polly"
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large British Sailor's Woolwork of the Barque Polly,
Named "Polly",
Circa 1885-95
A large sailor's woolie or woolwork of a port side view of a ship named "Polly" under full sail. The ship is rigged as a barque.
The name "Polly" can be seen on a banner flying from the mainmast and on the front of the bow and the shiop was named after the owner's wife Marian Poyy Woodside. (see below). The sails are trapunto, creating a three-dimensional look of the sails full of wind. The sea is depicted is rippling bands of green and white.
Dimensions: Frame: 26 1/4 inches high x 31 inches wide x 2 inches
Reference: The ship was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1885, and launched by Marian "Polly" Woodside, the wife of the owner, tossing flowers across the bow. (Champagne being too precious). The ship made several voyages primarily between South America and the UK before being repositioned in the Pacific.
A barque has three or four masts. The fore and mainmast are square-rigged, and the mizzen fore-and-aft, usually gaff-rigged. Carries a mainsail on each mast, but the mainsail shape differs per mast (square or gaff). Barques were built with up to five masts. Four-masted barques were quite common.
Barques were a good alternative to full-rigged ships because they require a lot fewer sailors. But they were also slower. Very popular rig for ocean crossings, so a great rig for merchants who travel long distances and don't want 30 - 50 sailors to run their ship.
A label on the reverse states that the wool was on The Antiques Road...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Dutch Faience Earthenware Mulberry Tile with Biblical Scene
Located in New York, NY
Dutch (possibly 18th century) faience earthenware square mulberry tile with Biblical scene.
Category
18th Century Other Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Framed Group of 18th Century Bird Engravings by b Georges-Louis Leclerc
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Charming Framed group of bird engravings,
Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie by Georges-Louis Leclerc,
Circa 1780
The beautiful ornithological engravings are from Histoire Naturel...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Lucien Coutaud Aubusson Tapestry
By Lucien Coutaud
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury tapestry designed by Lucien Coutaud (1904-1977) and handwoven at the Pinton Freres atelier in Aubusson, France. Entitled "Musique Chambre" it...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Antique Verdure Aubusson Tapestry with Birds
Located in New York, NY
French, 18th century Verdure Aubusson tapestry handwoven in wool with silk highlights framed with a complete floral border. Two birds wade ...
Category
18th Century Aubusson Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk, Tapestry
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia Unique Bench in Walnut with Gold Leaf Wall Panel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia and Andrea Noferi, bench with drawers and wall panel, walnut, gold leaf, fabric upholstery, Italy, 1986
Admi...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Celestial I, Aqua, Grey & Clear Glass Crystal Wall Hung Artwork by Wayne Charmer
Located in London, GB
Celestial I is a unique aqua, grey & clear glass wall-mounted artwork, by the British artist Wayne Charmer.
Taken inspiration from the moment that a mass of rock is literally crac...
Category
2010s Organic Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Irish Piper 'Portrait of a Man with Bagpipes', by William Mulready '1786-1863'
By William Mulready
Located in New York, NY
Gilt-framed oil painting on board, signed "W. Mulready." Mulready was an Irish painter who worked in London, and a member of the Royal Academy, whose work today hangs in the V&A Muse...
Category
1820s Baroque Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Mixed Media Painting, Scroll in a Framed Box Designed by Rune Hagberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sweden, 1980's.
Mixed media.
Measurements:
H: 82 cm / 2' 8"
L: 49 cm / 19 1/3’’
W: 10 cm / 3 1/6’’.
Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Hagberg became heavily influenced by Eastern calligraphy throughout his life – and developed a spontaneous sign painting style with a strong concentration on a select amount of characters rooted in Zen Buddhism...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
English Porcelain Plaque, Minton, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
Signed 'Thomas Steel 1850'.
Category
1850s Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Wall Plaques of Orientalist Figures
Located in London, GB
Antique pair of wall plaques of Orientalist figures
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 45cm, width 37cm, depth 18cm
The beautiful pla...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Spelter
Thomas Whitcombe ‘Flora’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Thomas Whitcombe: ‘Flora’, this oil on canvas shows the action, within a gilt frame with a panel reading ‘British Frigate “Flora”, 36 guns commanded b...
Category
1780s Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Franҫois Maurice Palissy Ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Fish Plaque, 1880
By Francois Maurice
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Large Franҫois Maurice Palissy Ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Fish Plaque, Paris, circa 1880, signed with impressed signature, 'F. Maurice.' Natural...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of HMS Victoria
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork woolie of HMS Victoria,
Berlin wool on linen (Duck),
circa 1865
The large sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts HMS Victoria, named below on a banner, wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Longchamps French Majolica Barbotine Menton Wall Plaque with Pears, circa 1880
By Longchamps
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Longchamps French Majolica Barbotine Menton 12.5" wall plaque, circa 1880, with high relief-molded 3-dimensional pears, blossoms, leaves and branch.
Literature: Les Barbotines by Pie...
Category
1880s Belle Époque Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Limoges Enamel Scene after Ferdinand Roybert
By Limoges
Located in London, GB
French Limoges enamel scene after Ferdinand Roybert
French, late 19th century
Measures: Frame height 26cm, width 24cm, depth 2cm
Plaque height 12cm, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Antique Meissen Porcelain Plaque after Correggio
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen porcelain plaque after Correggio
German, 19th Century
Measures: Frame: Height 43cm, width 50cm, depth 10cm
Plaque: Height ...
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
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 Northern Renaissance Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Thread, Velvet, Wood
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Waterlily Tile, Cobalt Ground, ca. 1880
By George Jones & Sons
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with pa...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Waterlily Tile, Cobalt Ground, ca. 1880
By George Jones & Sons
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with im...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
Framed Antique French Cherub Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
French (19th-20th century) beige and brown tapestry depicting a scene of several cherubs on a forest hillside in a rectangular wooden frame.
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Revival Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry
18th century Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch
By Marcus Elieser Bloch
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch,
A pair,
circa 1780.
A fine pair of prints of fish by Marcus Bloch with decoupage frame.
Dimensions: 13 3/4 inches x 20 inches wide....
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Victor Vasarely Print on Aluminum
By Victor Vasarely
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine screen print on aluminum.
Category
1970s Vintage European Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Obsidian II, Unique Bronze & Clear Glass Wall Mounted Artwork by Wayne Charmer
Located in London, GB
Obsidian II is a unique bronze & clear glass wall-mounted artwork by the British artist Wayne Charmer.
Taken inspiration from the moment that a mass of rock is literally cracked o...
Category
2010s Organic Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Acrylic
Decorative Panel
By Pierre Lardin
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular decorative panel made in glass presenting a lush vegetation and animals.
Signed lower right.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Fine Berlin 'KPM' Porcelain Plaque of A Vestal Virgin
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Berlin (K.P.M.) porcelain plaque of A Vestal Virgin, after Angelica Kauffman, in a giltwood frame.
Impressed sceptre mark, 'KPM', letter 'H', ...
Category
19th Century Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Marcello Fantoni Wall Plaque
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni rare studio wall plaque. Marked: Fantoni, Italy.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large German Silver Sideboard Dish, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
With hunting scene.
Category
Early 1900s Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Silver
Antique French Madam Knipp Engraving of Pigeon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Madam Knipp engraving of pigeon,
From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck,
Paris France,
1809-1811.
A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- The Colombe Ramier or Columba Cenea or Wood Pigeon floating within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass.
From a large collection of framed...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Michel Salerno, "Devant Le Miroir, " Handmade Bronze Mirror, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Crystalline I, Unique Bronze & Clear Glass wall mounted artwork by Wayne Charmer
Located in London, GB
Crystalline I is a unique bronze & clear glass wall-mounted artwork by the British artist Wayne Charmer.
Taken inspiration from the moment that a mass of rock is literally cracked o...
Category
2010s Organic Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
'Clementine', a Large Berlin 'KPM' Porcelain Plaque
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Clementine', A Large Berlin (KPM) Porcelain Plaque After Conrad Kiesel. In a fine pierced giltwood and composition frame.
Inscribed 'nach C. Kiesel'...
Category
19th Century Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Victor Vasarely "Topaze Noire Positif"
By Victor Vasarely
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wood wall sculpture by Victor Vasarely
Artist Signed Denise Rene label on verso.
Category
1970s Vintage European Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Madame Pauline Knipp Engraving of A Bird, Colombi-Galline Goura
Located in Downingtown, PA
Madame Pauline Knipp Engraving of A Pigeon,
From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck,
Paris 1809-1811.
A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- A Columba Coronata (Colombi-Galline Goura). The print floats within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass.
We have 14 different examples from this volume. Ask for details.
Dimensions: Framed: 28 3/4 inches 21 3/4 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches; Sight: 20 3/4 inches high x 13 1/4 inches
Pauline Knip née Pauline Rifer de Courcelles (26 July 1781 – 18 April...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Woman Artist-Madame Pauline Knipp Engraving of an Exotic Pigeon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Madame Pauline Knipp engraving of a pigeon,
From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck,
Plate 2,
Paris 1809-1811.
A remarkable ...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Clay-Casted Wallhanging Relief Signed A. Lindskog and Dated 1954
Located in Stockholm, SE
A very decorative wallhanging relief of a woman. Detailed and well casted. The artist, A. Lindskog is unknown but as you can see from this piece created at least one fantastic piece ...
Category
1950s Vintage European Decorative Art
Materials
Clay
Charming Dutch Tin-Glazed Earthenware Tile Picture of a Cat
Located in Downingtown, PA
Makkum,
20th century.
The six tile picture depicts a cat seated on its hind-quarters with its tail curled through its legs looking forward. In the bac...
Category
20th Century Georgian European Decorative Art
Materials
Delft
Michel Salerno, Handmade Mirror with Candle Holders, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in Nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Michel Salerno, "Peut-il Symbolique, " Handmade Bronze Mirror, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in Nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Michel Salerno, "Petit Poulpe, " Handmade Bronze Mirror, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in Nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Miguel Cisterna, Embroidered Fabric Panel, France, 2016
By Miguel Cisterna
Located in New York, NY
Equally elegant and exotic, Miguel Cisterna’s works imbue the classical French tradition of fine embroidery with a modern sensibility. His hand sewn, labor intensive designs layer contrasting materials to create one-of-a-kind haute couture embroidered textiles. Raffia is wrought into shafts of wheat gently bending into the wind, insects crafted from wire and shell hover and crawl, floral designs sparkle with crystal embellishments, and the fragile elegance of humanity is made apparent through anatomical drawings in thread.
Born in Chile, Miguel Cisterna now lives and works in Paris. Prior to opening his Parisian atelier...
Category
2010s European Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Victorian Royal Doulton Burslem Porcelain Harlequin Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Victorian Royal Doulton Burslem beige porcelain wall pockets of harlequin figures wearing cape and hat.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Michel Salerno, "Biancaredou, " Handmade Iron and Copper Mirror, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
'Duchesse de Richmond' French Limoges Enamel Portrait Plaque
Located in London, GB
'Duchesse de Richmond' French Limoges enamel portrait plaque
French 19th century
Height 22cm, width 16cm, depth 2cm
This exquisite Limoges enamel plaque is based on a painting of the Duchess of Richmond by the 17th century French artist, Henri Gascar...
Category
19th Century Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Miguel Cisterna, Embroidered Fabric Panel, France, 2016
By Miguel Cisterna
Located in New York, NY
Equally elegant and exotic, Miguel Cisterna’s works imbue the classical French tradition of fine embroidery with a modern sensibility. His hand sewn, labor intensive designs layer co...
Category
2010s European Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Regency Oval Silk Embroidery of a Shepherdess
Located in New York, NY
Extremely fine embroidery of a neoclassical maiden dressed as a shepherdess in a forest with a rustic thatched cottage in background. Wonderful use of short and long stitches and sha...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Hand Painted Prattware Plaque Showing a Pair of Lions, Made England, circa 1800
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Rouse Lench Collection
A pair of lions resting comfortably on a Prattware plaque. They probably just finished a big meal! Hand painted in three brown shades: their b...
Category
Early 19th Century Country Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
"Arazzo Raffaello" by Enzo Mari for Interflex, Italy, 1990s
By Enzo Mari, Interflex
Located in Milan, IT
Beautiful "Arazzo Raffaello" by Enzo Mari for Interflex.
The piece comes together with a metal frame to hang it.
Category
Late 20th Century European Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Early Georgian Needlework Picture
Located in Greenwich, CT
An George I English needlework picture depicting musicians, maidens, dogs and ducks in the grounds of an estate with detailed renderings of flora an...
Category
1750s George II Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
George Brookshaw Print of Pears from Pomona Britannica, Dated 1807
By George Brookshaw
Located in Downingtown, PA
George Brookshaw Print of Pears
from Natural History Art, Botanical, Fruit, Brookshaw, Pomona Britannica,
Plate LXXXV,
Dated 1807
The publ...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
British Woolwork 'Woolie' of Three Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large British woolwork of three ships including the Ada and two smaller craft,
circa 1875.
The wool depicts three ships- a port side view of The Merchant ship Ada, another sail-i...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Cincture, a Unique Porcelain Architectural Wall Installation by Jo Taylor
By Jo Taylor
Located in London, GB
Cincture, is a unique handmade porcelain ceramic architectural wall installation by the British artist Jo Taylor. A completely hand-bu...
Category
2010s Organic Modern European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Giltwood Framed Oil Painting of a Middle Eastern Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian (19th Century) oil painting of a Middle-Eastern street scene in an ornate, carved giltwood frame (signed).
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Miguel Cisterna, Le Dinosaure, Large-scale Hand-embroidered Screen, France, 2014
By Miguel Cisterna
Located in New York, NY
Equally elegant and exotic, Miguel Cisterna’s works imbue the classical French tradition of fine embroidery with a modern sensibility. His hand sewn, labor intensive designs layer contrasting materials to create one-of-a-kind haute couture embroidered textiles. Raffia is wrought into shafts of wheat gently bending into the wind, insects crafted from wire and shell hover and crawl, floral designs sparkle with crystal embellishments, and the fragile elegance of humanity is made apparent through anatomical drawings...
Category
2010s European Decorative Art
Materials
Sequins, Fabric
Michel Salerno, "La Sortie et a L'Interieur, " Bronze Mirror, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in Nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Michel Salerno, "Ouvre ta Porte, " Mirror with Hinged Doors, France, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Michel Salerno, a master metal-smith born in Nice, has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for twenty-five years. Using centuries-old techniques, and ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Art
Materials
Steel, Copper
English Porcelain Plaque, Minton, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
Signed 'Thomas Steel 1850'.
Category
1850s Antique European Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
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