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Period: Early 20th Century
Pair of Framed Japanese Embroidery Art Portraits
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artistically framed for display in a slight shadow frame with non-reflective pixie glass, these pair of embroidery art panels from Japan are dated circa 1910-1930s, end of Meiji to early Taisho period. This period was the peak of the Japanese oversea expositions, when all things Japonisme took Europe and America by storm and left long-lasting impact on western art and design. The influence, however, was clearly not one-directional; As when Japanese artists, artisans and dealers experienced western art, it in turn inspired and impacted on the aesthetics of the Japanese art made for the western tastes. An interesting crop of art forms quickly emerged with a particular outlook that bridged the east and west, with the fundamental techniques still rooted in Japanese traditions. These rare hyper-realistic embroidered portraits were such an example. They took the essential format of the western portrait that permeated the Victoria and Edwardian Society, but substituted with exotic Japanese subjects and executed in traditional embroidery techniques which had been perfected for centuries by the natives.
The two portraits on offer, one an elder man with long white beards and a pair of round spectacles lighting a pipe, and the other a grinning man with a peasant attire, were both set in black background, stimulating an appearance of Classic western oil painting or perhaps even the photograph. The fine stiches were maneuvered into an impressively hyper-realistic imagery that was far removed from the traditional Japanese embroidery...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Wood
Oil on Canvas of a Horse, Signed
Located in Cypress, CA
Beautiful continental oil on canvas of a horse in a stable with ineligible signature In carved giltwood frame.
Late 19th-early 20th century.
Dimensions:
Canvas H. 12" x W. 14"
Ov...
Category
European Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Folk Art Reverse Painted and Foil Exhibition Sign in Gilt Frame
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art exhibition sign, reverse painted glass with reserved text backed in gold and silver crinkled foil reading "Exhibition / of / Paintings / on / Glass / By Edgar F. Curtis"
E...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Foil
Early 20th Century Oil 'Winter in Paris' Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
A classic early 20th century oil on canvas painting of an atmospheric winter scene with the recognisable Paris landmarks and elegant French architecture. A serene moment from nearly ...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint
Large French Majolica Fish Platter Fives Lille Circa 1900
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Fish Platter Fives Lille Circa 1900.
15 by 6.3 inches.
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1906 Danish B&G King Christian IX Commemorative Plate With Relief Pattern
Located in Skien, NO
Primitive antique wall hanging plate from 1906 by Bing & Grondahl / Grøndahl, Denmark with stunning blue and white relief decoration.
Rel...
Category
Danish Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Aquarelle of a Reticulated Python from Copenhagen Zoo Early 1900th Hundred
Located in Stockholm, SE
Aquarelle of a Reticulated Python from Copenhagen Zoo early 1900th hundred
Text: Original watercolor. Preowned to the former director fot the Copenhagen Zoo, Axel Rewentlow.
The s...
Category
Danish Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Work of Art Etching by Almery Lobel Riche Custom Framed, French
Located in North Miami, FL
This black and white etching by Almery -Lobel Riche is in a custom gold leaf frame with deep cut beveled silk mat. The etching is of woman leaning over cha...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
After ‘Spring’ of the Four Seasons Series by Francois Boucher circa 1755
Located in Nashville, TN
A later and large execution of ‘Spring ‘ of the Four Seasons series by Francois Boucher in the Rococo taste , the originals around 1755. (and for Madame Pompadour). A Shepherd conver...
Category
French Rococo Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Vintage Swedish Snow Shoes, early 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
These antique Swedish snowshoes showcase craftsmanship and a timeless design. Skillfully handcrafted from lattice woven reeds, they feature a graceful...
Category
Swedish Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Rowley Gallery Framed Inlay Wood Panel "The Goblin Market" By W.A. Chase
Located in Petworth, GB
Rowley Gallery framed coloured inlay wood panel
'The Goblin Market'
After the poem by Christina Rossetti
Designed by W.A. Chase
Rowley Gallery
Circa...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Big Framed Jasper Medallion, Clio by Bert Bentley, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Unusually large and fine example of the work of the well-known decorator Bert Bentley. Clio, the muse of History, is reproduced with the exceptional quality that has made his work so desirable.
Clio is the Greek muse...
Category
English Neoclassical Revival Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Framed Flemish Equine and Dog Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unsigned oil on linen painting in distressed guilt frame. An Flemish oil painting of a horse and dogs in a romantic cottage landscape.
Category
Belgian Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Maritime Oil on Canvas
Located in Cypress, CA
Maritime oil on canvas depicting a port scene.
Within a later wooden frame.
Late 19th-early 20th century
Back of the canvas reads: "J. Harvey, 15 Cat...
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Whitbread Sign No 2
Located in Lymington, GB
A large 1920s, hand painted, tough canvas and wooden framed sign which would have originally been fixed to the side of a Ford Model T van advertising the business’ services.
This is ...
Category
English Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Brass Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel brass plaque depicting a Jewish elder next to the Western Wall, made in Jerusalem, circa 1920, bearing a small metal label engraved "Bezalel Jeru...
Category
Israeli Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Whitbread Sign No 1
Located in Lymington, GB
A large 1920s, hand painted, tough canvas and wooden framed sign which would have originally been fixed to the side of a Ford Model T van advertising the business’ services.
This is ...
Category
English Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Wood
C-Plate the Alphabet, Erté 'after', 1986
Located in Roma, IT
C-plate, the alphabet is a beautiful color ceramic plate realized after Erté in 1986, as the back of each plate reports.
This plate reproduces the original painting representing t...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Noh Theater Ko-Omote Mask, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Noh Theater Ko-Omote Mask, Early 20th Century
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 8.5 inches
Width: 4.5 inches
Depth: 3 inches
ABOUT
A finely carved and painted Ko-Omote mask used in trad...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Paint Decorated Double Sided Game Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Double sided painted game board with
a red, black, yellow and green checkerboard on one side
and a “X” painted game board on the reverse
side, American, circa 1900. Measures: 16” ...
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Pair of Tramp Art Frames With Botanical By Karl Blossfeldt
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of botanical photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt (German, b. 1914 - d. 1932), "Urformen der Kunst", First Edition 1929, Berlin. Mounted in a wonderful pair of chip carved Tramp A...
Category
German Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Picture Made of Intarsias, the 1930s-1940s
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a picture made of intarsias of different wood types.
Category
European Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Stylized Art Deco Gouache of a Woman, France, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
France, 1920s
Art Deco Gouache on paper
Stylized portrait of a woman in profile on geometric background in grey, black and cream tones.
20 x 16 framed.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
DREAM STONE 1910 Xi-Tuanxiong China Shih-Hua Art Landscape Framed Cut Marble
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Shih-Hua dream stone landscape.
This is a gorgeous framed and matted marble stone slice known as a dream stone Shih-Hua boasting swirling hues of butterscotch, charcoal, ligh...
Category
Chinese Qing Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Marble
20th Century Italian Painted Majolica Barbotine Wall Charger with Saint John
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this antique and colorful barbotine platter; crafted in Italy, circa 1920, the large charger features Saint John the Evangelist holding a pen and writing...
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Chinese Monumental Mill Wheel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hewn from pine and held together with iron hardware, this provincial wooden wheel is a remarkable example of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship. Its monumental scale suggests it was u...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Set of Three Vintage Enamel Paintings with Flowers
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Three Vintage Enamel Paintings with Flowers
A set of three paintings depicting botanical illustrations of the rose ibis, the violet and the adonis flower. They are depicted i...
Category
German Country Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Botanical Chromolithographs from: William Robinson's Flora & Sylva
Located in Kettering, GB
A collection of 16 original botanical chromolithograph print in colours from William Robinson’s 1903-1905 Flora & Sylva – A Monthly Review....
Category
British Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Important Plate Fratelli Minardi Faenza 1920 Art Deco
By Europa
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Plate Fratelli Minardi Faenza 1920
Lady's profile, a polychrome ceramic plate with a wide rim and a deep recess, with a ring-shaped support on the back, on a recessed back...
Category
Italian Baroque Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Maiolica, Porcelain
Elaborate Chinese Room Divider
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chinese screen. Beautifully and elaborately decorated on both sides. Raised detailing and mother-of-pearl inlays on one side and gold painted detail on reverse side.
Category
Chinese Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Paint, Paper
Vintage Charcoal Portrait in Neoclassic Style
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This early 20th century portrait depicts the bust of a man on pedestal, drawn from a sculptural piece in charcoal. These were popular 19th century renditions usually done in a neocla...
Category
French Beaux Arts Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Fruitwood, Paper
1920s Framed Painting of Spanish Architecture, Granada, Signed M. Rioja
Located in Marbella, ES
1920s Framed painting of Spanish Architecture, Granada, Signed M. Rioja.
Category
Spanish Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large French Porcelain Still Life Plaque, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Impressed mark of J. Loebnitz and retailers mark of Maison Pichenot.
Category
French Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Indian Hand Sewn Patchwork Tapestry
Located in Marbella, ES
1930s Indian hand sewn patchwork tapestry.
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Velvet
Set of 8 Original Vintage Medical Prints, circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous set of 8 figural medical prints.
Unframed.
Published, circa 1900.
The measurement given below is for one of the prints.
Free shipping
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Female Life Drawings in Cubist Style, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Female nude life drawings in Cubist style are early 20th century drawn in pencil and framed with grey linen passe par-tout. In these drawings foreshortening, modelling, movement and ...
Category
European Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
Watercolor Finished Print Depicting Greyhound Dogs Running, USA, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
A watercolor finished print, depicting four greyhound dogs. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. USA circa 1900.
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Cherry, Paper
Large Yachtsman Ensign
Located in Norwell, MA
Large US yacht ensign mounted into a wood frame. Fouled anchor surrounded by stars on the canton.
Dimensions: 43" L x 63" H.
Weight: 35lbs.
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Tisha B’Av, Bronze Plaque by Boris Schatz, Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Boris Schatz Bronze Plaque In high relief, expertly cast bronze. Depicting bearded men on the floor of the Synagogue reading kinnot (sad poems / elegies),...
Category
Israeli Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Burnt Orange and Purple Silk Textile
Located in New York, NY
Stunning contrasting colors featuring a metallic fringe on this beautiful fine silk, tie dye ceremonial shoulder cloth from Palembang, Sumatra. Early 20 century.
There are 2 very small holes shown on the last image, to be expected due to the age. We only source the best. This beautiful shawl can be worn or used as a wall hanging framed...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Edwardian Art Nouveau Copper & Oak Shop Sign "Townrow" Hatter Hosier
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful English Art Nouveau period polished copper & oak mounted shop sign, "Townrow". Circa 1905.
There is some damage to the left hand side oak mount, please refer to the late...
Category
British Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Large French Antique Etched Glass in a Cased and Lighted Walnut Frame
Located in Houston, TX
The design etched in the glass begins with a large urn centered near
The base with scrolling branches emanating from within. Two horns
Are etched in the glass centered midway withi...
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Aubusson Door-Window Panel
Located in Evanston, IL
French Aubusson door-window panel.
Tapestry manufacture at Aubusson and in the upper valley of the Creuse in central France.
They have developed from looms in isolated family works...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Painting by Richard Ranft, Young Woman and Pierrots Costumes
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jeune Femme et Costumes des Pierrots, Junge Frau mit Harlekin und pierrot, circa 1900.
Richard Ranft.
Painter of landscapes, engraver, illustrator and poster artist. (Swiss 1862–19...
Category
Swiss Art Deco Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Early 20th Century 9 Foot Reclaimed Advertising Wooden Sign for Typhoo Tea
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Painted wooden advertising typhoo tea Sign.
An extra large 9.5-foot reclaimed solid wood advertising sign for Typhoo tea. Dates to the early 20th c...
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Fukusa Textile Art Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested ...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Beads
"THE FOUR SEASONS" French School beginning 1900 20th Century Art Deco
Located in Madrid, ES
"THE FOUR SEASONS" Art Deco
French School beginning 1900
watercolor on paper.
Framed.
Dim.: 114 x 47 cm.
good conditions
Category
French Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
The Reading Hardware Company's Wood Brass Wall Sign
Located in New York, NY
"The Reading Hardware Company's Fine Builders Hardware" wall sign is an antique gem, blending craftsmanship and elegance. Its wood base exudes warmth, while the brass lettering adds ...
Category
American Industrial Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Oil Painting "Oceanscape with Beach Bungalow" Signed H. Rosa, circa 1920-1940
Located in Savannah, GA
Oil on canvas painting "Oceanscape with Beach Bungalow" signed H. Rosa, circa 1920-1940.
Category
American Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Large Antique Gilded Frame Began 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large antique gilded frame. finely carved in wood and golden with fine gold. circa 1900. measures: 120x105 and 77x64 cm
good condition.
Category
Spanish Baroque Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
1920s Sculptural Art Deco Bronze Wall Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A heavy-duty and high-quality sculptural Art Deco bronze wall panel, brilliantly crafted with a bold and symmetrical design synonymous with 1920s sty...
Category
English Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
20th Century Pair of Illustrations by Alfred Palmer
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 20th Century documents (illustrated) by Alfred Palmer.
Painter in oil and watercolour, sculptor and draughtsman, landscape portraits and figure subjects, Alfred Palmer was kn...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
1900s Spaniard on a Horse Watercolor Painting
Located in Marbella, ES
1900s Spaniard on a horse watercolor painting.
Dimensions with frame: 19 x 23 x 4.5cm.
Category
Spanish Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972), gouache of a Tibetan woman and child
Located in Paris, FR
Léa Lafugie is a painter who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. She is renowned for her portraits. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Ecole de...
Category
Tibetan Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Fine Quality Charcoal Colored Portrait of Gentleman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique framed portrait of a gentleman in a suit. Features a wooden frame.
Category
American American Classical Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
European Vintage Poster, Friendly Animals
Located in Port Washington, NY
This vintage poster comes from European Advertising throughout the years of 1920. 1930, and 1940. Pictured above is a woman surrounded by a bunch of furry friends.
Category
American Other Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Other
"the Japanese and the Oriental" Plaques, Attri. to L. Hottot, France, circa 1900
By Louis Hottot
Located in PARIS, FR
Important pair of metal with double patina plaques representing an Oriental woman and a Japanese woman, both dressed in traditional outfits, during the tea ceremony. Each is presente...
Category
French Japonisme Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Painting by Richard Ranft, Young Woman and Pierrots Costumes
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jeune Femme et Costumes des Pierrots, Junge Frau mit Harlekin und pierrot, circa 1900.
Richard Ranft.
Painter of landscapes, engraver, illustrator and poster artist. (Swiss 1862-19...
Category
Swiss Art Deco Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
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