18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Black
Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Wall Decor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very unique Italian 18th century Baroque st. Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl wall decor plaque. The extremely decorative rectangular plaque displays a stunning and m...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Renaissance Revival Pietra Serena Carved High Relief Plaque
Located in London, by appointment only
An exceptional high relief Renaissance Revival carved black Pietra Serena panel.
The right facing profile bust of a lady in front of a garland of flowers and leaves suspended above ...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Slate
Charles i Authentic Antique Strand of Beard Hair from His Execution in 1649
Located in Jersey, GB
King Charles I (1600-1649) took to the English throne in 1625. An unpopular monarch with a tyrannical bent, he soon turned the powerful institutions of government against himself. His marriage to a Roman Catholic (Henrietta Maria...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Terracotta Relief of the Virgin and Child Appearing to St. Philip Neri
Located in London, by appointment only
A mid-18th-century Italian terracotta relief of the Virgin & Child appearing to St Philip Neri In a silver filigree, gilt-bronze and gilt-copper-mounted, lapis lazuli and wood frame.
Known as the ‘Apostle of Rome’ due to his labours amongst the sick and poor of the city, Philip Neri (1515-1595) became an influential figure of the Counter-Reformation. Many miracles were attributed to him, and he was beatified by Paul V in 1615. His popularity and place in the folklore of Rome created a demand for his depiction within the church.
For example, Carlo Maratta’s painting for San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, the preliminary study for which bears relation to the present composition (Royal Collection, inv. 905553). The fresh and freely modeled handling of the present relief is in the tradition of Giovanni Antonio Mazzuoli’s (1644-1706) small-scale modelli for altarpieces (C. Sisi and G. Gentilini, La Scultura : bozzetti in terracotta, piccoli marmi e altre sculture dal XIV al XX secolo, Florence, 1989, nos. 92-95).
Additional information:
Origin: Italy
Period: Circa 1750, 18th Century
Style: Religious, The Virgin and...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Wax Butter Mold with Habsburg Imperial Coat of Arms
Located in Milan, IT
18th century dark wax butter mold with habsburg imperial coat of arms, diameter 20 cm with engraved inscription IG S and M S 1737.
Good age related condition, this lovely Mittle-...
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Austrian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Other
18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century French Baroque Old Master painting oil on leather.
Old Master painting, French Baroque period 18th century oil on leather represents a lush imaginary landscape in ric...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Leather
Framed Antique 17th-Century Dutch Delft Floral Aigrette Tile
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique Dutch Delft hand painted floral aigrette decorative tile in a custom oak frame made in the city of Haarlem, circa 1650. This lovely tile depicts a floral and feather...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Delft
Important Antique Scottish History Print, after James Gillray, 1786
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful oval stipple engraving after James Gillray
Showing the meeting of Colonel Gardiner with his daughters before the Battle of Prestonpans. Set against the background of ste...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Paper
Dutch Delft Oval Blue & White Architectural Plaque, Three Porcelain Ash-Barrel
Located in Downingtown, PA
Dutch Delft Oval Blue & White Plaque,
Pieter Gerritsz Kam, (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) factory), or his widow Maria van der Kloot,
Circa 1700-1710
...
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Dutch Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Delft, Faience
King Edward IV Authentic Strand of Hair with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
Edward IV (1442-1483) was the first English king from the House of York, a powerful branch of the Plantagenet dynasty.
His coronation took place in the mi...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Ancient Italian Embroidery, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Italian embroidery is an original composition realized by Italian artisan in the 18th century.
Very precious doily realized in lace and silk.
Mint...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Oil on canvas - Benjamin West School "Saul Evoking the Shadow of Samuel" - 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
"Saul with the Pythoness Evoking the Shadow of Samuel".
Beautiful oil on Canva, work of the English school of the entourage of Benjamin West.
This oil on canvas represents a bibl...
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English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Very Fine circa 1750 French School Study of a Classical Landscape Graphite & Pen
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite circa 1750 French school chalk on paper sketch of a classical landscape in charcoal and pen
A beautiful example of the French sch...
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French George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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 ...
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French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk, Tapestry
Unknown Antique Master Portrait of Noble Gentleman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Munich, DE
We call him “Dr. House”, because he feels so calm, experienced and confident. This beautifully painted oil portrait dates from about 1780 and the antique frame fits this stately appe...
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European Late Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
18th C, Portrait, Follower of Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of a Fine Lady
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Leuven , BE
The artist portrayed an upper-class lady who has some facial features of Reynolds' Mrs Andrews. More specifically, the long, straight nose and the large eyes. Her head resting on her...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Bible Print Ninth Plague of Egypt by J. Luyken, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
Three days of complete darkness stretched over the lands of Egypt not those of the Hebrews, who enjoyed light by day in the ninth plague. It was so dark that the Egyptians could not ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Very Rare 18th Century Micromosaic Depicting a Goldfinch Bird
Located in New York, NY
Very rare 18th century micromosaic depicting a goldfinch bird.
Measurements:
Without frame approximately 5.5 in x 6.5 inches
With frame approximately 8.44 x 9.63 inches.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
18th Century Portuguese Mural Tiles Wall Hanging with Sailboat on the Sea
Located in Miami, FL
18th century Portuguese Azulejos mural tiles decorative wall hanging depicting a sailboat on the sea, in various shades of blue, beige, and other accentu...
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Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Italian embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th century.
Very precious doily realized in lace and cotton.
Go...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Ancient Southern Italian Embroidery, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Southern Italian embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th century.
Very precious doily realized in lace ...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Pair of 18th Century American Portraits in Giltwood Frames
By John Singleton Copley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An attractive pair of colonial American mid-18th century oil on canvas portraits. The detail and rendering of the paintings is of extremely fine quality. Highly contrasted figures against the dark backgrounds references the earlier work of Caravaggio and Rembrandt. One such American artist who particularly employed this technique in the late 1760s and early 1770s was John Singleton Copley...
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American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Miniatures, Frans van de Casteele 'Kasteels' aka Francesco da Castello
By Francesco da Castello
Located in Madrid, ES
Frans van de Casteele (Kasteels) called Francesco da Castello (Brussels, ca. 1541 - Rome, 1621)
Adoration of the shepherds
Crowning with thorns
First decade of the 17th century...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Antique Bible Print Peter Cuts off the Ear of Malchus, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print with Inside View of Magdalen Chapel, Winchester, Hampshire, 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
An antique line engraving by J. Basire after J. Schnebbelie, published in 1790. The Magdalen Chapel is located in the Cowgate in Edinburgh. The Chapel was built between 1541 and 1544 by Janet Rynd, widow of Michael MacQueen (died 1537), who had left money for this purpose. The building was to be the new chapel for the Incorporation of Hammermen and was to include accommodation for a chaplain and also an almshouse for seven Bedesmen (poor men) ‘who should continually pour forth prayers to Almighty God’.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An important Japanese lacquer Maki-É Panel Depicting St. Petersburg on the River Neva, with the winter palace on the left and the academy of science on the right, 18th century.
Nagasaki, 1780-1800
In black lacquer on copper, the front decorated in maki-é, the back inscribed, Vue Perspective des Bords de la Neva en descendant la Rivière entre le Palais d'hyver de sa Majesté Impériale et les batiments de l'Académie des Sciences à St Petersburg in gold and inlaid with flowers in mother of pearl.
Measures: H 23 x W 39 cm
The present plaque is identical to one in the Museum of Japanese History in Sakura and another one in the Museum of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg. (see: Oliver Impey & Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer, 1580-1850, p. 52-53)
This last one was given to Catherine the Great in 1794 by the Swedish medical doctor Johan Arnold Stutzer who had served with the VOC in Deshima in 1787-1788. Apparently, such plaques were not unique and may have been made in several copies. This was certainly the case with the smaller lacquer oval portrait medallions (see for instance Uit Verre Streken, June 2017, no. 62)
The scene of St. Petersburg was copied from an optical print taken by Stutzer to Japan, as shown by Yasumasa Oka of the Kobe City Museum. Stutzer in his diary writes: “I am the first to bring them (i.e. the Japanese) original pictures such as a view of St Petersburg and of Rudolf XV on horseback and try to have them made (in lacquer). According to the Japanese, it is the first time that these two pictures will be copied. Other products that I also ordered, for example, pictures of sea battles, are also appreciated as absolute masterpieces”.
For two lacquered plaques depicting the sea battle of Dogger Bank in 1781 between the Dutch and the English navies, see Uit Verre Streken, December 2013, nr. 39 and March 2015, nr 56. Johan Strutzer at the same time also presented six beautiful Japanese glass telescopes to Catherine the Great of Russia, like the two Japanese glass telescopes illustrated in Uit Verre Streken, March 2015, item 59 and 60 and the one in the Kobe City Museum (illustrated in: Japan Envisions the West, 16th-19th Century Japanese Art...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
18th Century Spanish "Penitent Magdalene" Oil on Canvas Following Tiziano
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Spanish "Penitent Magdalene" oil on canvas in the style of 17th century Italian school, particularly Tiziano models.
Dimension: 101 x 71 cm, 111 x 80 cm (frame).
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century French Rococo Painting Circle of François Boucher
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century French Rococo Painting Circle of François Boucher
This idyllic pastoral oil painting shows Boucher’s impact on this f...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Flemish School, Wild Boar Hunt in the Style of Frans Snijders
Located in Leuven , BE
17th century Flemish Shool Antwerp, wild boar hunt in the style of Frans Snijders, oil on oak panel marked by Guilliam Gabron 1609-1662, Antwerp. The st...
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Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
17th Century Large Dutch Painting Still Life with Fruit and Game, Oil on Canvas
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This large, old master still life painting is a perfectly balanced composition of fruit and game birds. In the foreground a rabbit is stretched out. A copper kettle and a basket are ...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Canvas
18th Century Spanish School Still Life Flower Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Spanish school still life flowers oil on canvas painting.
Dimensions with frame: 44.5 x 54 x .2.5.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
King William IV Authentic Antique Strand of Hair, 19th Century
Located in Jersey, GB
King William IV took to the throne following the death of his brother, George IV. He’s remembered as a humble ruler, who oversaw fundamental reforms in...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Large 18th C. Bucolic Painting Garden Nature Scene Landscape Dog Flowers Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large 18th C. Bucolic Painting Garden Nature Scene Landscape Dog Flowers Antique . A Beautiful Hand painted bucolic " Bucolique " painting in the spir...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
East India Company School Pictures of the Birds, India, 18th Century
Located in Downingtown, PA
East India Company School pictures of the birds,
Titled Muchrunga, Kouroo, Kanra, and Bilace.
India, circa 1780-1820.
Could sell individually.
T...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Wax Portrait of Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, Attributed to John Flaxman
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wax portrait of Queen Charlotte of Great Britain,
Attributed to John Flaxman,
Late 18th century.
A large and rare portrait of Queen Charlotte, i...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Dutch Painting, After Adrian Ostade
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Dutch painting, after Adrian Ostade (1610-1685). Proveniens: private family collection from Stockholm, Sweden.
Measures: H. 51 W. 51 cm
H. 20 W. 20 i...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Print of the Mythical 'Howo' above the Kiri, Japan by G. Audsley, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print, Section IV, plate VI. This chromolithograph the mythical Howo flying above the Kiri (Paulownia imperiales) . The article represented on the plate is the lid of a blac...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of 18th Century Spanish Anonymous "Bodegón" Still Life Oil Canvas
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of 18th century Spanish anonymous "bodegón" still life oil on canvas with frame, from Mallorca.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Print with Segments of a Japanese Plate by G. Audsley, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print, Section VII, plate IV. This chromolithograph depicts segments of a circular border of a Japanese plate. Detailed information about this print is available on request....
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Old Master Painting, Unsigned, 16th Century
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Old master painting, unsigned, 16th century.
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Italian Old Master Painting, 17th Century, Oil on Canvas
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Italian old master painting, 17th century, oil on canvas. Good condition
Measures: H. 54 W. 43 cm
H. 21.2 W. 16.9 in.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Italian or Dutch Old Master Painting, Oil on Canvas, circa 1700
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Italian or Dutch old master painting, oil on canvas, circa 1700
Measures: H. 61, W. 81 cm.
H. 24, W. 31.8 in.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Pair of Still Life Painted in Gouache, Dutch School, 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of still life painted in gouache.
Dutch School,
18th century
Original frames.
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Portrait of a Noble Family in the Landscape, circa 1600, Antwerp School
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Portrait of a Noble Family in the landscape
circa 1600
On foreground the nobleman with his family and a table where appear meats and fixtures, showing her ancestry. In background two servants on both sides.
Oil on canvas.
Antwerp School...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Delft Tile Panel of a Bird in a Cage
Located in Vista, CA
18th century delft tile wall picture of a bird in a cage with a manganese based purple colored cage, a yellow bird, yellow and blue finials, and a gree...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Delft, Wood
Italian Pietre Dure Panel of Parrot on Branch, Late 17th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Pietre Dure panel inset with lapis lazuli, marmo giallo, in a rectangular shape, probably a panel from a cabinet.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Marble
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, the Erynies
By Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
Located in New York, NY
The Erynies: Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera
by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (French, 1758-1823)
oil on canvas
France, late 18th century
Measures: H 10.75; W 6 in,
The Erynies are the th...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Folk Art two-sided sign maker's sample board in original paint, one side having square color samples with various border treatments, each panel numbered (one through 25), the other...
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English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Large Carved Walnut Over-Door Element, France c.1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and impressive finely carved walnut over-door with scrolls, leaves and berries design. Dating from the 2nd half of the 18th century and French in origin.
For many more fin...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Walnut
Louis XIV Giltwood Mirror
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular original mirror plate within a mirrored border surmounted by a foliate carved crest with birds and musical trophy, each side carved with floral and foliate swags, all above a pierced and swag carved apron centering fleur-de-lys medallion.
Provenance: Sold American Art Association and Anderson Galleries, NY, “The Lenore Wheeler Williams Private Collection of 17th and 18th...
Provenance: Sold American Art Association and Anderson Galleries, NY, “The Lenore Wheeler Williams Private Collection of 17th and 18th...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Glass
Engraved Allegorical Frontispiece, The Dictionary of Commerce & Trade c. 1757
Located in Atlanta, GA
Frontispiece. The world brings its riches to Britannia, including and African holding an elephant tusk and an Amerindian holding sugar cane. From The Universal Dictionary of Trade an...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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