19th Century Decorative Art
to
4,088
4,630
1,473
6,242
Height
to
Width
to
321
207
93
54
47
43
26
23
17
15
15
14
7
6
3
2
1,825
6,242
6,973
2,369
1,615
2,156
1,461
377
100
266
211
164
459
505
510
275
148
4,206
881
673
419
297
2,274
806
803
707
249
6,242
6,242
6,242
65
48
41
39
33
Period: 19th Century
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St Ignatius of Antioch. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St Ignatius of Antioch
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century English Victorian Majolica Sunflower Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th-century Victorian Majolica sunflower plate, Wedgwood mold.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original 1890’s Linen Backed Theatrical Stage Poster Holden's Mannikins
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Very rare late 19th Century, "The Original Holden's Mannikins", original vintage theatrical Vaudeville play linen backed one-sheet movie poster (one sheet; measures 28" x 42", actual poster size 27" x 41". Early Vaudeville Marionette, Automata and Mannequin poster with vibrant colors, another one can't be found. The playbill poster features vibrant illustrations of Clowns, Skeletons, Royalty, Cowboys, Mimes, Nurses, Fairies... This poster has an address for a theatre in St. Martin Paris, France.
From the book; The Holdens: Monarchs of the Marionette Theatre by John McCormick
The Holden family were the most celebrated English marionette performers of the nineteenth century. The trajectory of the Holdens provides a vivid example of developments in entertainment across the century. Having begun on the fairgrounds, they moved on to large halls, theatres and music halls. At the height of their popularity, when they had two main companies in operation, the Holdens were even better known abroad than at home. Their name was almost synonymous with puppetry, and they were credited with every innovation in marionette theatre. Then, with the advent of cinema, their business suffered a rapid decline. Based on extensive archival research and lavishly illustrated with photographs, sketches, diagrams, playbills and posters, The Holdens: Monarchs of the Marionette Theatre explains why the Holden shows had such impact and were so frequently imitated.
Below are two newspaper reviews from 1903 and 1907.
Holdin’s Mannkins
Location: New York City Theater: New York Date: 1903
Type: Marionette, Automata and Manikin
This is another of Mr. Keith’s acts and it is safe to say that we have never seen marionettes in this country before. The general fitting up of the act is great—had a fine stage with a full set of scenery, and everything is first class order—strongly, and it is hardly possible to conceive how people can produce the effects that they do by the manipulation of strings. Every move made by these little figures is absolutely natural and life-like, and the audience were quick to appreciate this fact and were most hearty in their applause. The act is closed with a transformation feature which was very pretty and attractive. It is an exceptionally strong turn throughout. 24 minutes, full stage.
Source: University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903.
Holden’s Manikins
Location: Philadelphia Theater: Keith's Date: 1907
Type: Marionette, Automata and Manikin
22 min, F.S., 2 shows. On at 8:04. This is a children’s feature. I doubt whether it would be so well received at any other than about Christmas time, but it quite won the house. The manikins performs various simple stunts, such as dancing, Punch and Judy comedy, etc. The finish of the act was a spectacular feature without moving figures, which did not run as smoothly as it should have done. However, the act will certainly please the little folks and it cannot be conceived how the wooden manikins can be manipulated so life-like. Holden got a good hand on his appearance after the act...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Linen
Set of Large 19th C. French Gilded Copper Repousse Chargers of Mars and Minerva
Located in Dallas, TX
Possibly inspired by a 1771 painting by Jacques-Louis David, this set of large gilded copper chargers depict the Roman deities, Mars and Minerva. The painting by David (Minerva Fight...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Copper
Professionally Framed Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, Uzbekistan, L 19th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
L 19th C. Uzbekistan.
Ready to go on a wall.
Fram...
Category
Uzbek Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
French Oval Majolica Ducklings Platter Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French oval Majolica ducklings and kingfisher platter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Korean Four Panel Screen of Hunting Scene Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean four-panel folding screen circa 1830s, from the late Joseon Dynasty. The painting depicts a vivid hunting scene on four vertical scroll panels mounted with brocade borders. The four panels are related to each other in narrative but not in an absolutely continuous fashion, therefore they could be viewed individually and independently, which was not uncommon in the screen paintings as they are meant to be folded and unfolded as needed. The pictures show a general on the far left panel seated on a low platform bed...
Category
Korean Other Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paper
Framed Antique Kalamkari Fragment, India
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
19th C., India
Ready to go on a wall.
Framed Item...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Framed Antique Kalamkari Fragment, India
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
19th C., India
Ready to go on a wall.
Framed Item...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Framed Antique Kalamkari Fragment, India
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
19th C., India
Ready to go on a wall.
Framed Item...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Professionally Framed Ottoman Embroidery Fragment, Turkey, 19th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
Late 19th C. Ottoman Turkey
Ready to go on a wall.
Category
Turkish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
19th Century Blue and White Seaweeds Oyster Plate Bordeaux
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant blue and white oyster plate signed Bordeaux Vieillard, circa 1890.
Six wells surrounded by blue seaweeds of different kinds.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff Oil on Board Cossacks Warriors on Horsback
By Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" within an ornate giltwood frame, circa 1890
Born in 1850 in Linz (Austria) Stoiloff died in Vienna in 1924. According to a research of Russian literature, he studied in the 1880s at St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He was very well known for his Russian horse...
Category
Russian Baroque Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Print of Greek Ceramics 'Hydria' by Genick (1883)
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Hydria'. Colour-printed large lithograph by Ernst Wasmuth depicting a Greek hydria (water jar). A is a type of water-carrying vessel...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St Genevieve. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St Genevieve
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Foxing to the margin
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Illuminated Print of Mary Magdalene. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of Mary Magdalene
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
French Majolica Oranges Wall Pocket Perret Gentil Menton circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French majolica oranges wall pocket signed Perret Gentil Menton circa 1890.
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original Antique Bird Print, the Savi's Warbler, circa 1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a savi's warbler
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph with original hand color.
Published,...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
French Majolica Cornflower Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cornflower & wheat plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890.
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Original Antique Prints of Horse Drawn Carriages. Dated 1809
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely pair of prints
Aquatints
Original color
Published by Ackermann, 1809
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Minton Pink Flowers Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Minton Pink Flowers Oyster Plate.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Leon Brard French Palissy Majolica Platter with Fish
By Léon Brard 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brard French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish. Unusual blue ground version. Colouration: blue, grey, pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Bra...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Faience, Majolica
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Longchamp, circa 1890
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate signed Longchamp, circa 1890.
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique German Door Made of Oak and Fir Wood
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Decorative original antique door. The side of the door that was originally visible to the outside, is made of solid oak and the other side of th...
Category
German Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Large Original Antique Print By Gustave Doré, " Satan In Council "
By Gustave Doré
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Sensational image by Gustave Doré
Woodcut engraving
Published C.1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
English Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Shrike, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of shrike
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Published...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Crocodiles, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of crocodiles and alligators.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original ha...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century French Mahogany Wood Shelf with Twisted Column
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French mahogany wood shelf with twisted column.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Set of 6 Original Antique Architectural Prints After L.Carter. C. 1813
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 6 architectural prints
Copper-plate engravings after the original antique architectural drawings by L.Carter
Published...
Category
English Palladian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Plaque, Windmills in a Dutch landscape, 1892
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles plaque, Windmills in a Dutch landscape, 1892
A delft Porceleyne Fles plaque with craquelé after Koekkoek of 19.8 cm high, 29.8 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents a painting by Koekkoek, a Dutch landscape with a windmill also in the background. A boat with people and a lady with child...
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Moorish Mughal Indian Handcrafted Decorative Hammered Brass Tray
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large handcrafted decorative Indian Mughal Moorish brass tray.
Embossed and hammered with floral and mystique animal scenes with Arabic script etched.
Large decorative hanging...
Category
Indian Moorish Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
A Highly Decorative Chinese Deep-Relief Gilt & Lacquer Wood Panel 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A CHINESE DEEP-RELIEF GILT & LACQUER
WOOD PANEL
19th Century.
Depicting a court scene carved in deep relief, red and black lacquer highlighted with gold later framed. Extremely col...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Austrian Majolica Pepper Platter Johann Maresh
Located in Austin, TX
Small Pair of 19th Century Austrian Majolica Pepper Platter Johann Maresh.
6.3 by 4.3 inches.
Category
Austrian Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Original Antique Map of The Canary Islands. 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb Antique map of The Canary Islands
Published Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, London 1894
Original colour
Good condition
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Set of Three Victorian Silhouettes 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb set of three Victorian Silhouette pictures. Each depicting children playing traditional games in black ink on glass, circa 1880 in date.
The three silhouettes feature, four...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Other
French Empire Yellow Tole Lavabo
Located in Essex, MA
With a removable cover with gallery and finial, tapered body with spigot lacking handle, all above the rectangular basin.
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Tin
Original Antique Print of a Wryneck, circa 1880, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Wryneck
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Original color
Pu...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St Edward The Confessor. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St Edward The Confessor
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Rare Belgium Majolica Asparagus Plate Wasmuel, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare belgium Majolica asparagus plate Wasmuel, circa 1880.
Napkin trompe l'oeil.
Category
Belgian Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Spanish Triana "Lebrillo" Ceramic Plate with Painted Deer
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century Spanish Triana "Lebrillo" Ceramic Plate with Painted Person
Category
Spanish Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St Peter. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St Peter
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Black Forest Style Wall Plaques Circa 1880
Located in Bernville, PA
Pair of Black Forest style wall plaques C.1880’s. Each plaque displays beautifully detailed wood carvings, first photo consists of a fish carving and the other plaque consists of a b...
Category
Unknown Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Oak
Large Original Antique Print By Gustave Doré, " The Coming of Raphael "
By Gustave Doré
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Sensational image by Gustave Doré
Woodcut engraving
Published C.1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
English Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St Elizabeth of Hungary. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St Elizabeth of Hungary
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St John Chrysostom. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St John Chrystostom
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper size
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Rare Belgium Majolica Asparagus Plate Wasmuel, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare belgium Majolica asparagus plate Wasmuel, circa 1880.
Napkin trompe l'oeil.
Category
Belgian Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Pair of Original Antique Prints of Fruit After Walter Hood Fitch. C.1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely pair of prints
Lithographs
Original color
Published, circa 1870
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Cats, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of cats.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Published,...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
H Boulenger & Cie Exceptional Hand Painted Heavenly Scene Ceramic Plaque
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare French signed hand painted ceramic plaque with a signed heavenly scene by H Boulenger & Cie, Choisy dating from the 19th century. T...
Category
French Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Red and Gold Tole Tray with Marine Scene
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large mid-19th century French Napoleon III period hand painted metal tole tray features a central marine scene with sailors stranded on a rock and...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Large Art Nouveau Ceramic Landscape Plate with Luster Glaze by Clement Massier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large wall-hanging ceramic platter by French artist Clement Massier (1811-1917) made in his studio in Golfe-Juan, France, dated to August 31st of 1891. The Art Nouveau style plate ...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th century English Chinoiserie Pagoda plate.
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
British Shield Form Coat Of Arms Of Benjamin Disraeli " Nothing is Difficult "
Located in Essex, MA
Painted and gilded papier mache and wood. Decorative with the Beaconsfield crest. Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield was a British statesman, conservative minister, twice pri...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Zodiac Seal Display, Chinese, Soapstone Shengxiao, Oak Frame, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique zodiac seal display. A Chinese, soapstone seal set in oak frame, dating to the Victorian period and later, circa 1900.
Delightfully ...
Category
Chinese Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Soapstone
Large Original Antique Print By Gustave Doré, " War In Heaven "
By Gustave Doré
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Sensational image by Gustave Doré
Woodcut engraving
Published C.1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
English Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Illuminated Print of St Vincent De Paul. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of St Vincent De Paul
Illuminated Chromolithograph
Published circa 1880
Unframed.
Free shipping
The measurement is the paper s...
Category
English Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Framed Antique Anatolian Rug Fragment, 19th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
Antique rug fragment has been professionally backed and framed.
19th C. from Central Anatolia.
Category
Turkish Tribal Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Print of a Native of Ethiopia and West Africa by Prichard, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Abbas Gregorius, è gente Amharica - Native of Hausa'. Antique print of Abbas Gregorius, an Amharic Ethiopian, and Hausa man of West Africa. This print originate...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Read More
At Colonial Williamsburg, Everything Old Is New Again
With the help of a new director, the Virginia institution's folk art and decorative arts museums are undergoing extensive upgrades.
New York’s Hirschl & Adler Showcases the American Workmanship and Design Panache of Neoclassical Treasures
The gallery's latest exhibition proves that museum-quality pieces entice and inspire, whether in traditional or more modern interiors.