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Period: 1940s
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940.
Signed Gaeiras Obidos.
Category
Portuguese Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"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
Important Limoges-Style Altar Panel
Located in Madrid, ES
This extraordinary piece is a handcrafted masterpiece of silversmithing, created in the first half of the 20th century in renowned jewelry workshops (as evidenced by the label on the...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Stoneware Wall Piece by Tyra Lundgren, Gustavsberg, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking stoneware wall relief by Tyra Lundgren, with a colorful, abstract motif of three dancing women. Beautiful colors and and thick glazes on tactile chamotte.
Mounted on a wood...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
Gorgeous Collection of 4 Decoupaged Classical Figural Scenes with Gold Leaf
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful set of 4 black and white decoupaged scenes of classical figures in poetic poses set against gold leaf and each framed in giltwood moldings.
Category
American Classical Greek Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early Important Harry Bertoia Monotype
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Important Harry Bertoia Monotype, One of his first works on paper, Monoprint on Rice Raper
Signed to verso ‘HB’. Inscribed to lower right ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$6,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Yellow & Blue'
Located in North Miami, FL
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
Vintage French Aubusson Tapestry Rug Art Nouveau Bold 9x9 Square 256cm x 285cm
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French Aubusson Tapestry Rug Art Nouveau Bold Square 9x9
8'5" x 9'4"
256cm x 285cm
"A rare, magnificent vintage French Aubusson tapestry with unique Art Nouveau design, i...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
$9,060 Sale Price
28% Off
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
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
1940's Large Hand Made Decorative Wall Panels - Pair
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Large Hand Made Decorative Wall Panels - Pair. Sourced from a factory boardroom in Latvia, the panels were used as decoration in the factory boardroom. The factory produced el...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
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,
9.5 inches Diameter.
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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
$620 Sale Price
30% Off
Wall Decorative plate in Onyx and brass Art deco Style France Circa 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Wall Decorative plate in Onyx and brass. Religious subject, signed Froment.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Onyx, Brass
$255 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Rare Harry Bertoia Monoprint on Rice Paper
Located in Munich, DE
Purchased at la modern around 20 years ago. Size is of the visible picture inside passe-partout.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
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
Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1948
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1948
A antique chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) trophy mounted on a wooden carved plaque which features acorns, oak leaves and a handwrit...
Category
Austrian Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Color Print Depicting a Siamese Cat, USA, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
A color print, depicting a siamese cat. Gladys Emerson Cook. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. USA circa 1940.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Cherry, Paper
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.
Decoration on gold leaf, plants. very stylish.
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
$850 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$3,200
Chinese Lattice Framed Wall Art James Mont Hollywood Regency Era
By James Mont
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a framed art of lattice crown. Hand carved and finished with Gilt. Wood frame in red and gilt color. Stamp from the frame maker on the back. China circa the 1...
Category
Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Red & White'
Located in North Miami, FL
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 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
$850 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1940s
An large chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) trophy mounted on a wooden carved plaque. The trophy was shot in the 1940s in the Austria...
Category
Austrian Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Engraved Pink Tinted Glass Panel, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engraved pink tinted glass panel, circa 1940.
Little splinter on the bottom (see picture) but not visible when assembled.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
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
$2,000 Sale Price / set
24% Off
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1942
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1942
A vintage roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a brown carved plaque with oak leafes. The plaque has a handwr...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Vintage Black Forest Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Black Forest Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1940s
An antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a dark brown wooden carved plaque. The skull has unequal ant...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Black Forest Antique Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Antique Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1940s
An antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque with carved oak leafs and acorns. The...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Black Forest Antique Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Antique Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany 1940s
An antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque with carved oak leaves and acorns. Th...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque 1940s
An antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque. The plaque is decorated with carved oak leave...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, 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
Decorative Panel
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular decorative panel made in glass presenting a lush vegetation and animals.
Signed lower right.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
$41,350
Original Fashion Drawing, Pat Kerr, 1946
By Pat Kerr
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s.
On card. Unsigned.
Presented in an antique water gilded frame
Drawn for A & C Kay, New Bond St. London.
...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antoni Gaudi Decorative Ceramic Spanish Tile of Casa Vicens, circa 1940
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Decorative ceramic tile by Antoni Gaudi, inspired by the marigold and dianthus motifs on the decorative ceramic tiles he designed for the facade of Casa Vicens, which constitute some...
Category
Spanish Jugendstil Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,498 Sale Price
50% Off
"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
Important Set of 5 Ceramic Wall Sconces French Ceramic, circa 1940
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Important set of 5 ceramic wall sconces.
Really elegant set with 2 brown ceramic glaze and 3 orange ceramic glaze.
This set comes from an important house in ouest of france.
...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure chic
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese fan in paper decorated painted wooden structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,417 Sale Price
20% Off
Traditional Decorative Modernist Ceramic Spanish Tile, circa 1940
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional Spanish decorative ceramic tile. Made in the iconic designs of Catalan Modernism. Manufactured by unknown artist in Spain, circa 1940. Materials: Ceramic In goo...
Category
Spanish Jugendstil Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
$22,000 Sale Price
31% Off
1940s Marble And Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Asian Scene In Carved Faux Bamboo Frame
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Marble And Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Asian Scene
Carved Faux Bamboo Wood Frame
Exquisite in every detail
Unique inlay in marble
Depicts a board game of Go being played
Chinese ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Women Bathing - France, 1945
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Classically inspired painting of an idyllic setting. In the foreground, two women lounge around a basin, one bathing and one reclining as a Russian Wolfhound looks on. Behind them is...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Vintage French Quimper Style Blue & White Faience Oyster Platter, Circa 1940
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely vintage French Quimper style blue and white faience oyster platter with floral design, circa 1940.
DIMENSIONS
13.3ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 13.3ʺH
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Icon Madonna & Child in Glass Luigi Brusotti for Fontana Arte, Italy 1940s
Located in Rome, IT
Icon glass with Madonna and Child drawing attributed to Luigi Brusotti for Fontana Arte.
Made in Italy in the 1940s.
The back is made of wood.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
A stunning vintage Hong Kong brass tray, made in the 1940s. Handcrafted
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning vintage Hong Kong brass tray, made in the 1940s. Handcrafted and hammered by hand, this unique treasure boasts a rich patina that tells stor...
Category
Asian Baroque Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Lenci Style Modern Italian Ceramic and Mosaic
By Fabio Lenci
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful multicolored sculpture attributed to the Lenci factory
Faenza ceramic mosaic
Moving inscription with dedication on the back:
“In the u...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1950.
Diamond shape.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
African Pair Basrelief Wall Wood Sculptures
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage handcarved wood wall sculptures- pair of African basteliefs.
Category
Unknown American Craftsman Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Petite French Faience Quimper Cup Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Petite French Faience Quimper cup Circa 1940.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Monumental Charger/Low Bowl with Roman Scene, Made in Italy, Blue and Deep Red
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted with a scene from ancient Rome depicting two soldiers near a body of water, this large, impressive charger is marked "Made in Italy." The glazes are rich and lov...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
1930s Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages
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
$1,500 / item
Hilly Landscape Nature Painting Italian Oil on Canvas 1930
Located in Vo', Veneto
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
$1,127 Sale Price
36% Off
Early 20th Century Butlins Lithograph Advertising Poster
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Butlins lithograph advertising poster
A charming, fun, and rare example of a 1940s lithograph advertising poster for Butlins fair. Produced by Willsons, Printers of Leicester. The advert is written in the form of a £5 reward for a lost grey parrot...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Depisis Style Midcentury Oil Panting Vase Rose Flowers 1940s Classic Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Depisis style midcentury oil panting vase rose flowers signed T.Rossi 1940s classic frame.
Elegant and refined as a picture of Depisis.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Jute, Wood, Paint
$2,362 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
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
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
"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
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