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Period: 1940s
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Hadar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'El'azar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Yoav' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'S'madar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Virgin Mary with Child, 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Virgin Mary with Child is a reproduction of Madonna del Libro, Sandro Botticelli, realized in Italy in 1940s.
Border and fringe in fabric.
Brass...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Parrot Porcelain , 1945
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: porcelain
Porzellanfabrik Karl Ens was established in 1899 but it wasn't first porcelain business of the Ens family. Karl Ens (senior) founded in 1860 the Triebner, Ens & ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Jacques Adnet Leather Notepad/ Pencil Holder
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Jacques Adnet attributed wall hanging notepad holder with built in pencil.
Notepad can slide into leather sling to write down grocery list /or notes.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Leather
Antique Original Drawing by Raul Anguiano, 1946
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique original drawing by Raul Anguiano dedicated to Arturo Arnaiz y Freg for the new year 1946.
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
Mexican Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Chinese Fan Painted Entirely by Hand 1940 China Ducks Flower
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Antique Chinese fan Painted Entirely by Hand 1940 China Ducks Flower.
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
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
Mid-Century French Faience Quimper Yellow Oyster Plate
Located in Austin, TX
French faience black and yellow oyster plate signed Quimper, circa 1940.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 12'0" H x 8'10" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a stri...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
American Impressionist Painting Signed E. T. Grigware, Newcomb Macklin Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
American Impressionist Landscape Painting Signed Edmund T. Grigware in
Newcomb Macklin Frame.
Beautiful, sunny autumn landscape painted in oi...
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Wooden Marquetry Figure Wall Plaque
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Marquetry Figure wall plaque. Hand executed..Art Deco , African influenced.Several mixed species of exotic woods.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
1940's Oil Painting on Canvas of Rural Scene
Located in Houston, TX
1940's Oil Painting on Canvas of Rural Scene.
Rural scene oil painting on canvas in a gilt wooden frame.
Category
Unknown Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Midcentury Reynold Weidenaar National Cathedral Washington DC Etching
Located in Dayton, OH
Midcentury 1940s etching of the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. (1943) pencil signed by Reynold Weidenaar.
Reynold Henry Weidenaar
(American, 1915-1985)
National Cathedral, Washington D.C., 1943
etching
signed and titled in pencil lower margin, signed in plate
edition of 25
“The following is from Fred W McCraw, art writer and artist. McCraw served during Weidenaar's last years as a consultant to the artist. Then, for several years after that, he also assisted the artist's family in managing Weidenaar's estate:
Reynold Weidenaar was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 11/17/1915, and died there on 4/23/1985. He lived most of his life in west Michigan, with brief residencies away in Wisconsin, Kansas City, Missouri and in old Mexico...
Category
American Classical Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Brass Wall Sculpture Of Naked Woman, Circa 1940
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful and elegant wall art sculpture in brass. Produced probably in Czechoslovakia circa 1940s. The art work portraits a nude woman. Unknown autho...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
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
Mid-Century French Faience Oyster Plate Quimper
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-century French Faience oyster plate signed Quimper.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Picasso Style Abstract of Face E. Ruff, 1945
Located in Redding, CT
Mid Century Modern Picasso style Abstract of a face by E.Ruff 1945.
Amazing composition and color. Nice gilt frame. One small tear can be repaired.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
Shelley Harmony Ware Art Deco Wall Charger
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This large Shelley Harmony Ware wall charger is decorated with a fabulous Art Deco sunburst design-the pattern being 8823A, the A standing for Amber colo...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
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
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Portrait of a Woman Painted in Oil on Canvas with Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century portrait of a woman painted in oil on canvas with the frame dated in 1940
Measurements with frame: 69 x 69 x 3 cm.
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Midcentury Art Panel of Antique Glass Bottle Remnants
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury art panel made from scraps of antique glass bottles scavenged from the infamous renovation of Amsterdam's Muntplein Square. A dynamic p...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Concrete
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
Pair of Limoges France Ceramics by Camille Tharaud -Antiques
Located in Foggia, FG
Coppia Ceramiche Limoges France di Camille Tharaud -Antiques-
Anno: 1940 circa France di Camille Tharaud
Materiali: Ceramica di Limoges firmata
Condizioni: Buonissime
Misure: Cm 38 H
Pair of Limoges France Ceramics...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan Paper Decorated Wooden Painted
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
It has some wear, as shown...
Category
Asian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
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
African Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
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
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
Mexican Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
Antique Postcard Signed by Raul Anguiano, 1949
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique Postcard signed by Raul Anguiano. 1949.
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
Mexican Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
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
Swedish Modern Tapestry "Nattviol", Butterfly Orchid by Märta Måås Fjetterström
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish modern tapestry. The pattern is called "Nattviol" (Butterfly Orchid) and is a part of the series "Juniblommor" (Flowers in June), composed 19...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
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
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in paper decorated painted wooden structure and straw.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Straw, 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
Hilly Landscape Nature Painting Italian Oil on Canvas 1930
Located in Albignasego, IT
Hilly landscape
Measures:
50 cm x 45 cm
65 cm x 60 cm framed
19.7 in x 17.7 in
25.6 in x 23.6 in framed
Oil painting on board.
Dense, material painting that gives stru...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Other
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
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
"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
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
Representation of an African Woman Embossed Copper and Iroko Frame
Located in Labrit, Landes
African carved woman representation.
Embossed copper and frame in carved iroko.
Signed Mwamba.
Shipping:
L 40 P 2,5 H 86.
Category
African Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Italian Inlaid Wood(Marquetry) Neapolitan Terrace View Wall Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2-315 Italian wall panel with various wood inlay depicting a Neapolitan terrace with a view of mount Vesuvius.
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Boxwood
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 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
Pencil Drawing Depicting a Dalmatian Dog, USA, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
A pencil drawing on paper depicting on both sides the Dalmatian dog lying on an armchair. On the one hand, the egoist, on the other, a sardonic gleam in ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Cherry, Paper
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
1940's Gunnar Nylund Bronze Plate
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze plate with Aquatic decoration by Gunnar Nylund for Äkta Brong. Sweden, 1940s.
Excellent condition.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Art Work by Joseph Roelants
By Jospeh Roelants
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid-Century Modern ceramic tiles Art by Joseph Roelants for Gilliot & Cie, 1948
"The allegorical representation of Architecture and sculptural art blo...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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