Early 1900s Decorative Art

Antique map of Maine Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of California ( Southern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Beautiful French Majolica wall plate from the Jugendstil / Art Nouveau period (ca 1900). Elegant design with a lovely lady in the middle. Nu...

A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved two-tone gilt wood, gilt-patinated and gesso frame, which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting. Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Painting diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 55 1/8 inches (140 cm) Frame width: 46 inches (116.8 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...

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Lovely image by Beatrix Potter Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice " Possibly a 1st edition from 1904 The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...

Antique map of Illinois ( Northern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

French Faience Blue & White Bird Plate Moustiers Style Moustiers style Martres Tolosane, circa 1900.  

True Arts & Crafts two-tone geometric pair of stained glass windows. Subtle workmanship which exudes simplified elegance. In very good or...

Antique map of Kansas Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of Michigan ( Northern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of New Jersey Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of Ohio ( Northern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Pair of French Faience Plate Coat of Arms signed Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1900. Decorated with coat of arms and lions. Neo Re...

Insika (Screen or Wall Panel) Rwanda-Burundi, Tutsi people Circa 1900 or earlier Natural fibers and dyes H 23 ins (58.5 cm) W 16 ins (40.5 cm) Depth 3 1/2 ins (9 cm) This superb ...

Majolica corn Keller & Guerin Saint Clement Plate.   

Antique map of Ohio ( Southern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Porcelain Oyster Plate With Shells, circa 1900.

Painted by W.V. Bagnall.

This is a wonderful Limoges porcelain plaque painted by the Limoges sought after artist Dubois. It is beautifully painted. It depicts a group ...

Vintage Shooting Lodge Target Plaque 1900s. A rare and beautiful wooden shooting target plaque with inscriptions. This rare kings plaque was issued by a ...

Lovely image by Beatrix Potter Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice " Possibly a 1st edition from 1904 The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...

Great image of medical interest Unframed. Published, circa 1900. Free shipping

Antique map of Michigan ( Southern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Hard to capture the beauty of these rare stained glass Art Nouveau windows. They come alive when let by natural sunlight to display dazzling warm hu...

Antique map of New York ( Western Part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Lovely Majolica pink & purple cyclamens flowers plate signed Schultz Cilli, circa 1900, Art Nouveau.

Antique map of North Carolina Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.

Lovely image by Beatrix Potter Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice " Possibly a 1st edition from 1904 The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...

Lovely image by Beatrix Potter Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice " Possibly a 1st edition from 1904 The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...

Stunning pair of distressed antique Chinese hand painted wooden panels having red backgrounds and figural decoration of warriors on horseback in black, white and green.

Antique map of Illinois ( Southern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of Iowa Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Majolica apples plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clément, circa 1900.   

Great image of the sun Unframed. Chromo-lithograph Published, C.1900 The measurement is the paper size of the print Free shipping.

French Faience plate signed Emile Galle Saint Clement Circa 1900. Decorated with cornucopia and flowers, butterfly.

A lovely antique pair of large Art Nouveau decorative majolica wall plates with kingfishers sitting on branches above a lakeside with waterlillies ...

Lovely German Majolica cat with her kitten plate, circa 1900.

German majolica aqua plate with birds swallow & insect circa 1900.

French Majolica Bee Wall Pocket signed Sarreguemines circa 1900.

Amazing images of bats. Copperplate photogravure engravings by Walter L. Colls. Good quality wove paper Published C.1900 Free shipping.

Sensational image by Frederick Simpson Coburn In the style of one of my favourite artists, Goya Photogravure Limited edition of 300. This is No. 84 From The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe...

French Majolica Frog Wall Pocket Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1900. The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. The Massier family produced d...

Panel, "Poetry", Georg Klimt (1867 - 1931), patinated copper, ca. 1900, Jugendstil, Vienna, Secessionist Art, Art Nouveau Georg Klimt's excellent craftsmanship in metal sculpting wa...

Glorious set of 12 prints of English family coats of arms or armorials Chromo-lithographs Published C.1900 Unframed. The measurement given is the paper size of one print. Free s...

A rare, domed, black, white and red enameled Art Nouveau advertising plate designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1905 for Wiener Werkstätte. The Wiener Werkstätte, founded by Josef Hoffmann,...

Large Palissy wall platter a large catshark on the center surrounded by four fishs, two frogs, two crawfishs, two lizards, shells and different greens plants, circa 1900, this platte...

Unusual French Majolica plate with a pig head made by Orchies (North of France), circa 1900.

Wonderful set of military gentlemen in full dress Chromolithographs Published C.1900 Unframed. Free shipping

French Faience plate signed Saint Clement Circa 1900. Decorated with cornucopia and coat of arms with Fleur de lis on the center.

Pilkington's Tile Works. An Arts and Crafts large single tile with a tube line painted galleon in full sail on a turquoise sea.

French Majolica flowers plate Orchies Circa 1900.

French Faience Pink Plate signed Moulin des Loups Hamage Orchies Circa 1900. Chinoiserie period. Bird and flowers. 4 plates available.

Large Majolica flowers (rose,mum) platter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.

Wonderful print of a famille noire Chinese vase. Lovely colors. Chromolithograph Published by Connoisseur, circa 1900 Unframed.

19th Century German Majolica Swan and cygnets Plate Circa 1900.

Large Terracotta Majolica Cicada Bavent Normandy. Height / 9.5 inches.