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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 1940s
Set of Six 1940s Disney Print Plates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steel printmaking plates from various Disney pictures. Beautiful trace remnants of original ink gives these plates a painterly appeal. Fabulous displayed as a collection or individua...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, in Small Size, with Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, circa 1945, Small size
A vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 6'8" x 4'5", circa 1945. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a central...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Mildred Watkins, ‘Clouds’, Enamel on Copper Decorative Plate, 1948
By Mildred Watkins
Located in New York, NY
A copy of this artwork by Mildred Watkins is in the permanent collection of the Crocker Art Museum, Enamel Arts Foundation Collection.
Markings
Signed and dated on the base: Clou...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Vintage Chinese Art Deco Oriental Rug, in Gallery Size, W Flowers and Ivory Tone
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese Art Deco Rug, Gallery size, circa 1940
A one-of-a-kind antique Chinese Art Deco oriental carpet, hand-knotted with medium ...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Room size, w/ Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental rug, Room size
A vintage Baktiari oriental rug, size 10'0" x 10'0", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central medalli...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Small Size, W/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental rug, Small size
A vintage Baktiari oriental rug, size 8'2" x 5'5", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central medallio...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Pair framed vintage print of drawings by Diego Rivera
By Diego Rivera
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of vintage prints of Diego Rivera's drawings of indigenous Mexican children. Framed on linen board in a pair of period frame. In print sign...
Category
Mexican Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental Rug, in Room Size, W/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental rug, Room size
A vintage Persian Meshed oriental rug, size 11'5" x 10'0", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central med...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 11'8" H x 9'0" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking rose central field, with a central medallion ...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Yellow & Blue'
Located in East Hampton, NY
This flag represents the sign for "BOOT SIGNAL - STEER TOWARDS" - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is a vivid yellow and blue. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical Signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Signed Winter Church Scene by F. Michaels
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Winter Church Scene by F. Michaels. Nice New England winter scene composition. Framed in a solid wooden frame. Signed lower right.
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Heriz Oriental Rug, Room Size, W/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Heriz oriental rug, Room size
A vintage Persian Heriz oriental rug, size 13'6" x 10'2", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geom...
Category
Asian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Red & White'
Located in East Hampton, NY
This flag represents the sign for "ASW EXCERCISES" - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is a vivid red and white. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical Signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Room size, w/ Garden Design
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, Room size
A vintage Baktiari oriental rug, size 13'0" x 10'4", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a garden design in...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental Rug, in Room size, w/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental Rug, Room size
A vintage Persian Meshed oriental rug, size 12'0 x 9'10, circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central medall...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Saraband Oriental Rug, in Room size, W/ Paisley Design
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Saraband Rug, Room size, circa 1940
A one-of-a-kind vintage Persian Saraband Oriental Carpet, hand-knotted with thick and lustrous wool pile. This classic carpet...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, in Room Size, with Medallion, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1940, room size.
A vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 11'8" x 8'4", circa 1940. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a centra...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Carved Wood Silver Leaf Shield
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's Italian Carved wood silver-leafed shield.
Measurements:
Diameter: 36"
Depth: 2"
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of Vintage Italian Wall Mirrors
Located in Port Chester, NY
Very 1940s vintage. And there is a pair! Antiqued gilt over plaster, with a lovely beveled glass. Price is for the pair.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
Large Pressed Botanical Framed under Glass from Sweden
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome large Swedish decorative pressed botanical, circa 1940, featuring six herbal plants mounted to a matted board in a square wooden frame under glass.
Dimensions are H 39 ...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper, Organic Material
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese lobster platter, circa 1940.
Decorated with mussels and shells,
Signed Caldas da Rainha.
12.5 inches Diameter.
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Ceramic
Signed Maison Jansen Boiserie, France
Located in Stamford, CT
Signed Maison Jansen boiserie panel with oval medallion decoration.
Category
French Beaux Arts Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Folk Art Glass Shard Cat Picture
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming Folk Art glass shard cat picture set within a grey washed handmade wood frame. Made with glass shard mosaics by hand depicting in an image of a ca...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Homage to Belgian Resistance Against Nazis, Remarkable Wall Plate by d'hossche
By Ernest d'Hossche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and executed by Ernest d'Hossche, one of Belgium's leading Art Deco artisans in the 1930s and 40s, this very rare wall plate features a nude female figure holding an upright...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Frohse Anatomical Chart by A.J. Nystrom, Plate No. 8: Digestive System, 1947
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized and meticulously executed American Frohse pulldown anatomical chart depicting the human digestive system, published by A.J. Nyst...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Wiedemann's Fine Beer Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wiedemann's Fine beer - The Leader Trade sign with three Canada geese on oval walnut plaque.
German immigrant George Wiedemann began brewing at the original Wiedemann brewery in Ne...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
French 1940s Pastel Drawing of a Woman, Original French Framing
Located in Stamford, CT
French 1940s signed and numbered lithograph of a pastel drawing of a woman Original French framing.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Oil on canvas; 25" x 32." From the archives of the Shaw Barton Calendar Co. used for an early calendar print. Framed. Watson sold most of his freelance pulp covers to the (1893- 1955) Frank A. Munsey Publishing Company for Argosy, Big Chief Western, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Railroad Stories. Emmett...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Early Carta Blanca Beer Sign. Mexico, 1940’s.
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Carta Blanca beer porcelain metal sign.
Mexico, ca. 1940’s.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
French Brown Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1940
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French brown Majolica oyster plate signed Luneville circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original Charles Kiffer Lithograph of Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful original Mid-Century Modern lithograph was created for the inauguration of the new Alhambra Theater, featuring Maurice Chevalier, circa 1948. It features the actor don...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Large Pressed Botanical Framed Under Glass from Sweden
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome large Swedish decorative pressed botanical, circa 1940, featuring six herbal plants mounted to a matted board, with individual taxonomy cards. In a square wooden frame und...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper, Organic Material
Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages, 1938
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of nine framed American typography pages.
From new letters and lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring,
Originally published, 1938
The pages ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Five French Dried, Pressed and Framed Botanical Specimens
Located in New York, NY
A set of dried, pressed and framed botanical specimens, plants and flowers with botanical descriptions Calligraphed in Latin and French. These old pieces are elegantly floated in off...
Category
Belgian Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Framed Set of 5 Pastel Blue and White Medallions in Pate Sur Pate Style
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Depicting mythological figures and Victorian portrait busts set against black velvet matin a giltwood cove moulded hexagonal frame. Medallions are unsigned. Measure: 5" diameter.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
1940s Vintage Black and White Porcelain EXIT Sign
Located in Wallkill, NY
Cool 1940s porcelain EXIT sign. Measuring: 18 in long x 5 in.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
By Sheila Hendricks
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Lucite Dimensional Racetrack Sculptural Panels Custom Framed Pair of Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of absolutely stunning tall dimensional, sculptural and textural 1940s Lucite panels are newly custom framed. The lucite panels look and feel like textural running water. T...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Lucite, Wood
Decorative Lacquer Panel Midcentury by P. Paulin theme “Heaven on Earth’’
Located in Miami, FL
French painter and master glassmaker, Beaux Art School in Lyon , born in 1907 . He sudied with G. Decote who used to work with Gustave Moreau. He is inspired by the symbolist movemen...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Small Room size, w/ Medallion
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Baktiari oriental rug, size 8'0" x 5'6", circa 1940. This brilliant handwoven wool carpet features a dynamic diamond-shaped medallion at center, surrounded by a var...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
"Stomping Grapes, " Art Deco Etched/Enameled Mirrored Panel with Winemaking Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable in its size, ambition and complexity, this large Art Deco mirrored panel depicts a grape stomping scene at its center, surrounded by a farm scene full of life, executed in...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Joan Crawford and Ingrid Bergman Vintage Movie Posters, Queen Bee and Intermezzo
By Columbia Pictures
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous pair of vintage movie posters - Joan Crawford in Queen Bee (1955) and Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard in Intermezzo (1939) but released in Belgium in 1946. Both of these ar...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Signed Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting Titled "Sunny Sunday" by Richard Olive
By Richard Clive
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century landscape painting by New York artist Richard Clive, entitled "Sunny Sunday". This oil on canvas landscape painting depicts the dappled afternoon light of a forest cleari...
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Framed Scandinavian Traditional Embroidered Blouse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Visually striking Danish traditional blouse in off-white with blue embroidery reminiscent of a vyshyvanka decorative shirt, but Scandinavian in orig...
Category
Danish Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
"Aquarius, " Important Art Deco Tile with Nude Male and Limed Oak Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Bonnie MacLeary, a Texas-born sculptor famed for her "Aspiration" and "Ouch" bronzes, two of several created in the 1920s, this classic Art Deco tile dates from the 1940s,...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Painting from the 1940s, Red, Blue and Yellow Color, MidCentury Art, New Frame
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Red, blue and yellow. Children playing on a bicycle.
Framed in a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Capricorn, " Important Art Deco Tile with Zodiac Theme by MacLeary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Bonnie MacLeary, a Texas-born sculptor famed for her "Aspiration" and "Ouch" bronzes, two of several created in the 1920s, this classic Art Deco tile...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
"Galloping Horse" Art Deco Plaque by Waylande Gregory, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in brilliant white, deep red, gold and black, this striking round plaque was made by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. Prodigious and inde...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Woodblock Etchings by Juan Castells Marti
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage woodblock etchings by Juan Castells Marti. Newly framed with linen mats.
Category
Unknown Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
Original Paul Lauritz High Sierras Nine Lake Basin Early California Oil Painting
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Tustin, CA
"High Sierras, Nine Lake Basin" painting depicts a rugged, snowy mountain scene in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with large rocks and a lake shore with pine trees in the foreground an...
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Masonite
Painting from the 1940s, Mid-Century Art, Golden, Blue, Chocolate & White Colors
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Painting has a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Machine Age Medical Scull Model, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Artfully crafted aluminum teaching scull model, Columbia Dentoform, USA.
Signed with stamped marks. Newly professionally polished.
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Vintage Persian Shiraz Oriental Rug, in Small Square Size, with Soft Earth Tones
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Shiraz oriental rug, size 5'1 H; x 4'4 W, circa 1940. This lovely small hand-knotted wool carpet features a variety of stylized tribal design elements on the soft b...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Porcelain Memorial Plaque
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully framed and rarely seen 1940s Chinese porcelain memorial plaque with striking central image and fine Chinese characters.
P399.
Category
Chinese Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Angelo Testa Print on Canvas
By Angelo Testa
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Whimsical print on canvas by noted artist and textile designer Angelo Testa. Large print depicting dogs and other biomorphic shaped animals.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Emerson Woelffer Bonze Sculpture, Abstract Face, Signed, Dated, Numbered
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modern abstract Face, by the well known artist, Emerson Woelffer. Signed, numbered 1/4 and dated 1947.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
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