Early 20th Century Decorative Art

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

Lofty antique Italian bisected seashell arrangement ambitiously composed in a floral motif. Presented under a convex lens in a distressed ceramic round frame.

Wedgwood Fairyland lustre plaque decorated in the 'Elves in a Pine Tree' design - a woodland scene with center elf smoking a pipe, another elf at the bottom right corner at base of t...

French Plate bird & butterfly signed L'Hermine Orchies Circa 1900.

Rare set of two small framed oil paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns, (Paris, 1881-Antibes, 1980). Unique works. Signed. Each panel is 9 in. wi...

The price is for the lot of 5 italian copper molds from the Tuscany Beautiful antique copper molds come from a beautiful old house in the Chianti area of ​​Tuscany, Italy. They are antique copper molds, and the insides are made of tin, as was customary. Ideal copper molds to hang as an ornament in a rustic kitchen. Vintage copper molds with tin-plated interior *More lots of molds in other listings  copper molds kitchen...

Wonderful image by E.J Detmold Tipped in plate. On paper Lithograph. Published C.1920 The measurement given is the paper size not the actual printed image.

Late 19th century brass or copper bed warmer with iron handle.

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

Fabulous Moroccan Moorish hand-hammered brass tray, intricate multi dimension artwork, very fine Islamic Metalwork brass repousse designs. Handcrafted wall hanging decorative brass tray with a copper...

A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles tile "Oostpoort delft " after L. Senf, 1900 A delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 21,5 cm high, 15 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents the "Oostpoo...

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...

A large Japanese Wedding Kimono with bold embroidery designs. The auspicious attire was known as Uchikake and was worn by the bride during the wedding ceremony made from silk and hea...

Small faience fish shape dish or platter Desvres circa 1910. Decorated with a coat of arms.

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...

Oil Painting from the Early 20th Century, Winter Rural Landscape We present you this oil painting from the early 20th century depicting a winter rural landscape. The painting is in ...

France / 1910 / Framed Artwork / Silk, Metal, Wood / Art Nouveau A beautiful very detailed Artwork on silk, framed in a black and silver colored art nouveau frame. This painting fea...

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 Edg...

Great maps of the USA in 3 sections Unframed Original color By John Bartholomew and Co. Edinburgh Geographical Institute Published, circa 1920 The measurements given is for just...

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

Wonderful image by Arthur Rackham. It is one of the illustrations for Wagner's " The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie " Tipped in plate. On card Lithograph. Published 1910 The measurem...

Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate with cyclamens signed Keller et Guerin Saint Clement. Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and a...

Wonderful image by Sutton Palmer Tipped in plate. On card Lithograph. Published C.1920 The measurement given is the card size not the actual printed image.

Large French Majolica oyster plate signed TN Bavent, circa 1920. Diameter / 10.5 inches. Rustic style.

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

Wonderful image by E.J Detmold Tipped in plate. On paper Lithograph. Published C.1920 The measurement given is the paper size not the actual printed image.

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...

Antique sign for the "Richmond Skating Club." The sign features a classic arched top design with hand-painted lettering and graphics, including a red ice skate and a shield with the...

German Majolica Cherries plate, Circa 1900.

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...

Emiel Hansen (Denmark) figures on a cloudy day original oil painting circa 1930 Brilliant 1930s original oil painting by listed artist Emiel Hansen. ...

Small German Majolica Apples Plate Circa 1900.

An extraordinary early 20th century Persian Mohtashem Kashan silk room size rug highlighted by a light green field. Measures: 8'4'' x 11'5''.

This is a cat postcard by Louis Wain called "The attack on the Stage Coach", originally posted in Edwardian England, circa 1903. The card is in a new frame. This card is an original Edwardian, Cat Themed Postcard by artist Louis Wain published in their Valentines Series, No. 597. The frame is new and allows the back of the card to be seen and a rear insert is included to allow the card frame to be wall hung. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Louis Wain, (1860-1939) Louis Wain was one of the most popular commercial illustrators in the history of England...

Set of 3 antique prints depicting various birds of prey. These prints originate from the series 'Our Country's' by W. J. Gordon, published circa 1900.

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

Bronze statue of young goatherder by Oscar Gladenbeck. Circa 1900. Signed "Oscar Gladenbeck Friedrichshagen".

In the art world, the name “Klimt” is inextricably linked with the period around 1900, Viennese Jugendstil and the Vienna Secession. Today, Gustav Klimt is considered one of the most...

An early 20th century collector caliber Persian Souf carpet handwoven in the Jozan Region. Measures: 2'3" x 2'7" Souf rugs are very rare technique foun...

First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame. Early 20th C. Uzbekistan. Ready to go on a wall. ...

First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame. E 20th C. Uzbekistan. Ready to go on a wall. Fram...

Dutch Rozenburg earthenware wall plate, 1910 A Rozenburg earthenware wall plate, with floral decor The wall plate has the Rozenburg hallmark...

Stunning and Large Ballet Themed Art Deco Art Panel, Europe, 1940s. A large and stunning art deco art panel featuring a beautiful ballet scene with a man and a woman dancing. Great ...

Antique embossed copper repousse wall hanging charger / platter featuring a tavern scene at the center and Neoclassical motif of cherubs / putties, baskets of fruit and Green Man fac...

An outstanding and grand scale oil on canvas painting of a nude male. Entitled "La Vittoria Della Verita' Sull'Insidia" - "The Victory Of Truth Over The Trap"..... Expertly executed ...

Wonderful image by Edmund Dulac Tipped in plate onto paper Lithograph. Published C.1930 The measurement given is the paper size not the actual coloured printed image. Free ship...

Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate with cyclamens signed Keller et Guerin Saint Clement. Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and a...

Lovely toy clown A bell rings when it rocks Hand painted papier mache. Marked " foreign ". Most likely by Schoenhut, Germany Good condition / condition commensurate with the age ...

Antique bird print titled 'Sylvia Curruca'. Old bird print depicting the lesser whitethroat. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnus von ...

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...

Incredible Asian artwork consisting of 4 rectangular vertical panels having meticulous mother of pearl relief against a fabulous red painted background. ...

Majolica Daisies Wall Pocket signed Keller & Guerin Saint Clement.

Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate unsigned Keller et Guerin Saint Clement Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and artichoke sets...

French porcelain oyster plate with seaweeds Limoges, circa 1900. 12 plates available

Rare and stunning work of lighting art in the manner of Loys Lucha. The glass shande is marked with initials of the artist (picture 3 and 4). If you are passionate about early 20th century decorative art then you will love this striking pendant. What you are seeing here is a one of a kind, hand painted and enameled pendant. With early 20th century lighting being one of our specialities, we too were thrilled when we first saw this amazing design. The combination of the vibrant colors and the unique and artistic motifs in this hand painted glass shade...

Wonderful image by Arthur Rackham. It is one of the illustrations for Wagner's " The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie " Tipped in plate. On card Lithograph. Published 1910 The measurem...

Wonderful image by Arthur Rackham. It is one of the illustrations for Wagner's " The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie " Tipped in plate. On card Lithograph. Published 1910 The measurem...

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

Late 19th/Early 20th Century White Tribal Wood Figure for Protection, Nepal A guardian figure with a round flat face and minimally carved features in the typical crouching posture w...

Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century interior scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for ...