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Technique: Carved
Carved Solid Teak Long Rectangle Wall Plaque Relief Sculpture Depicting Villager
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Carved Solid Teak Long Rectangle Wall Plaque Relief Sculpture Depicting Jangle Villagers.
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20th Century Unknown Carved Decorative Art

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Teak

Optional Omniscience & Snake Got Your Tongue, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
By Alex Hodge
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Optional Omniscience & Snake Got You, Diptych, 2019 by Alex Hodge Carved porcelain Overall size: Height: 10 in x Width: 19.5 in x Depth: 0.5 in Optional Omniscience: Height: 10 in x...
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2010s American Modern Carved Decorative Art

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Porcelain, Paint

Earnest Eve, Portrait, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
By Alex Hodge
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hodge poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values ​​women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative qua...
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2010s American Modern Carved Decorative Art

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Porcelain, Paint

1950s Carved Wood African Mask
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Carved Wood African Mask Chip in the back as shown
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1950s Vintage Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

20th-Century Chinese Carved 8 Immortal Figures Wooden Panels -Wall Hanging set
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a set of 4 panels of Chinese open carved wooden panels. They were made from Camphor wood which has its unique fragrant and keep the bugs away, solid and sturdy. It features beautiful detailed open carved Chinese traditional...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Large Italian Silver and Gold Giltwood Architectural Element, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large hand carved wood basket of fruit decorative element with silver and gold gilt. Early 19th century, possibly 18th century. The paint is older but not original.
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19th Century Italian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

17th Century Portuguese Baroque Gilded Pinewood Wall fragment - Antique Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A single, antique Portuguese Baroque architectural wall fragment or sconce made of hand carved partly gilded Pinewood, in good condition. Authentic and naturally aged patina. Minor f...
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17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Pine, Giltwood

Gilt wood Framed Triumph of the Children relief plate, "Biggs & Sons, London"
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful, vintage alabaster handmade plate, framed with glass and gilt wood. Measuring 11.75" wide, 1.63" deep and 10" high. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 4 1/...
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1950s German Arts and Crafts Vintage Carved Decorative Art

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Metal

20th Century Dark-Blue French Abstract Still Life Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th century dark-blue abstract still life by Daniel Clesse, painted in Montpellier, France in 1976. Daniel Clesse was a French painter born in 1932, in Paris, France and passed a...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Paint

Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe Danish 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Sewing Room" (Systue)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...
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19th Century Danish Beaux Arts Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

Karl Viktor Mayr, Austrian Oil on Canvas "An Exotic Nude Girl"
By Karl Viktor Mayr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Karl Viktor Mayr (Austrian, 1882-1974) a very fine Austrian oil on canvas "An Exotic Nude Girl" depicting a young semi-nude woman, revealing her breast...
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Early 1900s Austrian Folk Art Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

Art Nouveau Fruitwood Bat Plaque by Gabriel Viardot
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Fruitwood

19th Century Dark-Grey French Antique Louis XV Style Pinewood Wall Glass Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French 19th Century Louis XV style mirror, carved in Pinewood with Gesso finish and gilded, in good condition. The frame has the typical Rocaille décor. The antique mirror has its ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Mirror, Pine, Giltwood

French Three Panel Decorative Painted Canvas Screen with Musical Monkeys C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
French three panel decorative painted canvas folding screen with dogs playing in landscape scenes, perched musical monkeys, and foliage motif. Early 19th century.
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1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Early Giovanni Battista Piranesi Castel Sant'Angelo Veduti Di Roma Wall Decor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Early Giovanni Battista Piranesi Castel Sant'Angelo Veduti Di Roma Wall Décor . Large 18th Century Etching / Engraving Of The Views Of Rome An Early Print View...
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18th Century Italian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Paper

Vintage Pacific Northwest Coast Native Wooden Hawk Carving by William Wasden Jr
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Pacific Northwest Native wooden carving. The carving in the form of an hawk with red, black, white, and yellow tones set on a brown wooden board. By William Wasden Jr. Wasden was trained from a very young age in numerous artistic practices of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw peoples including carving, jewelrymaking, and printing. As a high schooler, he began focusing primarily on preserving traditional singing after hearing his grandfather perform. Wasden currently teaches singing in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, British Columbia. He also heads the Gwa'wina Dancer's Cultural Society, whose mission is to spread authentic Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw culture & teachings. In Kwakwaka'wakw art, human faces are placed strategically on animal carvings to indicate the creature's supernatural ability to transform into a human form. Kwakwaka'wakw origin myths say that their ancestors were originally animals of various kinds who discarded their animal forms and transformed into humans. Simply a wonderful piece of Pacific Northwest Native art...
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20th Century American Native American Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Lovely Bakery Pie Hand Carved Folk Art Sign
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely Bakery Pie Hand Carved Folk Art Sign. The Age of it is not certain, it was a barn find. It´s a hand carved and painted sign. This pie-shaped sign is such a charming piece—it r...
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20th Century American Country Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Medieval Style Bas Relief in Polychrome Carved Wood, Spain, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Medieval Inspired Bas Relief Wall Decoration in Polychromed Carved Wood. Spain, 1950s. Beautifully hand-carved bas relief depicting genre scene. Two standing men f...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Early Giovanni Battista Piranesi Castel Sant'Angelo Veduti Di Roma Wall Decor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Early Giovanni Battista Piranesi Castel Sant'Angelo Veduti Di Roma Wall Decor . Large 18th Century Etching / Engraving Of The Ruins Of Rome An Early Print Of Castle Saint Angelo By G...
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18th Century Italian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Paper, Wood

Chinese Carved Wood Wall Art from a Hunting Tiger
Located in Antwerp, BE
A large 19th century Chinese carved wall plaque in wood features a hunting tiger on rocks with bamboo trees and the sun in the background. ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Antique Carved Teak Architectural Panel with Floral and Foliage Decor
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique carved teak architectural panel from the 19th century, with floral and foliage décor. This antique carved teak architectural panel from the 19th century captivates with it...
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19th Century Indonesian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Teak

Antique Carved Wooden Angel Bracket Console from France, circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in France, circa 1880, this wooden bracket console features a wonderfully executed winged angel beneath an angular entablature. The innocent visage of the cherub is augme...
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1880s French Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Early 20th Century Flemish Spaniel Pyrography Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century Flemish low-relief panel showcases the exquisite artistry of pyrography, a technique where designs are burned into wood using a heated tool. Here, two hunting spaniels adorned with studded collars and leashes are meticulously rendered, their lively expressions captured with remarkable detail. Surrounding them is an intricately carved Art Nouveau style frame, adding an extra layer of elegance to the composition. During the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, pyrography experienced a surge in popularity, particularly in Europe and America. Its appeal lay in the ability to create intricate designs with depth and texture, resembling fine etchings or engravings. Pyrography was often employed to decorate furniture, household items, and decorative panels like this one, serving as both functional art and a testament to the skill of the craftsman. Today, pieces like this Flemish panel...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Pair Terracotta Neoclassical Bas-Relief Plaques Depicting Goddess and Angels
Located in New York, NY
Matched pair of bas-relief plaques in the neoclassical style crafted from molded plaster with terracotta patina, depicting a goddes among the clouds, surrounded by angels in flight.
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Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Carved Decorative Art

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Plaster

Impressive Neo-Baroque Italian Ceiling Frame, Florence, 1910
Located in Budapest, HU
Precious frame full of carved faces. The frame is embellished with fruit skilfully arranged on a gilded background. The work of an early 20th century Florentine craftsman, it belonge...
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Early 20th Century Italian Other Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Pair of Pyrographed Panels, The Seasons: Autumn & Winter, Art Nouveau, France
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Pair of Pyrographed Panels – The Seasons: Autumn & Winter – Art Nouveau, France, circa 1900 An elegant Belle Époque diptych, this pair of pyrographed panels delicately embodies the...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Directoire Wall Barometer
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century French Louis XVI style gilt and painted wood barometer. While not in working order, barometer has that wonderful old 'chippy' peeling patina. The carved wood frame and g...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

20th Century Asian Oversized Tropical Wood Buddha Head - Vintage Wall Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An oversized antique Asian Buddha head made of hand crafted tropical Hardwood and finished with gilded detailing, in good condition. This large scale wall mounted decorative sculptur...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Art Deco Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Giltwood

Four Chinese Carved, Lacquered and Gilded Panels
Located in Hudson, NY
These elaborate and deeply carved panels are mid-20th century. The carving is very detailed and on a rather deep heavy wooden panel. All the raised areas are richly detailed and gild...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Hand-Carved & Painted Wooden Tribal Mask
Located in Miami, FL
A hand-carved, hand-painted wooden tribal mask. Hand-carved and painted this decorative mask that would look great in a western or country themed ...
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20th Century American Tribal Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Paint

Qing Dynasty Giltwood and Red Painted Floral Architectural Panel in Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty period giltwood architectural panel on red ground, with floral motifs, set in new frame. Delve into the rich tapestry of the late Qing Dynasty period with this gi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Giltwood

Antique Black Forest Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Bavaria 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Black Forest Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Bavaria 1900s Item e7321 A large antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque. The trophy was shot i...
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Carved Decorative Art

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Antler, Wood

Self Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, 18th Century Dutch, Oil on Canvas
Located in North Miami, FL
18th Centruy Dutch replica of the Self Portrait of Sir Peter Pail Reubens, original painted by Reubens in 1623, oil on canvas. With original hand carved and gold gilded frame. It has...
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18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

Original Wood Carved Carnival Midway Poster Letterpress
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Set of three original hand-carved letterpress made by the Neal Walters Poster Company. Fantastic carnival midway scene. Games, carnival rides and acrobats. Carved with incredible detail, please see photos. The colors are the original ink used during the three color posted printing process. Circus and...
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Paint

Wooden Micro Carving Plaque by Johann Rint ca. 1880
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Wooden Micro Carving Plaque by Johann Rint ca. 1880 A small wall plaque with detailed relief carvings worked out of linden wood by Johann Rint ca. 1880....
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Late 19th Century Austrian Black Forest Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Evelyn Ackerman Carved Redwood Panel for Panelcarve, circa 1950s
By Panelcarve, Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Evelyn Ackerman Carved Redwood Panel for Panelcarve, circa 1950s. Features a bird, ram and frog in typical Ackerman style. Measures 36" wide, 12" high and 1" deep. Stamped "copyrig...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

French 19th Century Oil on Artist Panel "the Bather and Her Maid" After Lemoyne
By François Lemoyne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century oil on artist panel titled "The Bather and her Maid" after François Lemoyne (1688-1737) depicting a standing nude maiden being assisted by her maid, within an ornate giltwood and gesso carved frame, Paris, circa 1860-1870. François Lemoyne or François Le Moine or Le Moyne...
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19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Composition

Swedish Wooden Hook, circa 1880s
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Wooden Hook, circa 1880s Most likely used for hanging hay and has a beautiful smooth patina. Made out of pine wood. Heigth: 33 cm/12.9 inch Depth: 5 cm/1.9 inch Width: 14....
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1880s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Carved Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

18th Century French Louis XVI Musical Trophy Boiserie Panel in Carved Oak Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved during the reign of Louis XVI, this linden wood and oak plaque was originally a boiserie panel that would have adorned the wall of a French manor...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood, Oak

Early 1960s Teruo Hara Stoneware Wall Sculpture for Design Technics
By Teruo Hara
Located in Southampton, NJ
A rare, early 1960s stoneware Wall Sculpture by famed Japanese-American potter Teruo Hara for Design Technics. Signed on the lower right with Hara's TH chop mark along with the DT ch...
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1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Decorative Art

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Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware, Walnut

18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Baroque Pearls & Tangerine Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved wood tabernacle door with natural forming baroque pearls and tangerine quartz crystal points. This door onc...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment with Phantom Quartz and Raw Agate
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded fragment artifact with phantom quartz and mounted on raw agate. The piece originally comes from a historical church ...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal, Agate, Quartz, Gold Leaf, Metal

Pair of Antique Floral Carved Architectural Panels with Traces of Original Paint
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of antique carved wooden architectural panels from the 19th century, with traces of original paint. This exquisite pair of antique carved wooden panels from the 19th century, ...
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19th Century Indonesian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

19th C. Swedish Carved Pine Wood Clock Grandmother Grandfather Long Case Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th C. Swedish Carved Pine Wood Clock Grandmother Grandfather Long Case Antique . Freestanding hand carved pine wood clock with all the original mechanics and hardware , weights rack...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Metal

Large Marble Figurative Relief Panel by Pegram
Located in London, GB
Large marble figurative relief panel by Pegram English, Early 20th Century Plaque: Height 102cm, width 70cm, depth 9cm Frame: Height 109cm, width 89cm, depth 2cm This bright white...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Carved Decorative Art

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Marble, Iron

Large Painted Antique Tuscan Cartouche Panel, 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This large cartouche panel was carved from wood and hand-painted with a central coat of arms in Italy during the 1700’s. Inspired by a 16th century Fr...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Wood

Pair of English Neoclassical Style 1850s Carved Pine Overdoors with Swag Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English neoclassical style carved pine overdoors with swag motifs and dentil molding from the mid 19th century. Each of this pair of English architectural elements features...
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Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Pine

Art Nouveau Panel, La Fontaine’s Fable: The Crow and the Fox, Repoussé Leather
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Panel – La Fontaine’s Fable: The Crow and the Fox Repoussé Leather & Dinanderie – Art Nouveau – Circa 1890 A decorative masterpiece of remarkable scale, this panel encapsu...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Metal, Brass, Copper

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 gilt wood 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. A retailer's label reads " Fred K/ Keer's Sons - Framers and Fine Art Dealers - 917 Broad St. Newark, N.J." - Another label from the gilder reads "Carlo Bartolini - Doratore e Verniciatori - Via Maggio 1924 - Firenze". Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Canvas diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 54 inches (137.2 cm) Frame width: 42 1/2 inches (108 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/2 inches (14 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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Early 1900s Italian Baroque Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

Ornately Giltwood Framed Floral Painting by Charles Franzini D’issoncourt
Located in Miami, FL
Magnificent French Floral Oil Painting by Charles Henri Franzini d’Issoncourt A striking original oil on canvas by the distinguished French artist Charles Henri Franzini d’Issoncour...
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Early 1900s French Baroque Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Canvas, Paint, Giltwood

Very Large Gobelin with Dancing Turkish Dervishes, circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Very Large Gobelin with Dancing Turkish Dervishes, circa 1900 A large Gobelin with Turkish dervishes dancing the sabre danc. It is framed in oakwood, Germany circa 1900. Please con...
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Carved Decorative Art

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Tapestry, Wood

Pair of Victorian Wooden Hearse or Funeral Carriage Doors with Glass Transoms
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of Victorian wooden doors from a horse-drawn hearse or funeral carriage with rectangle glass transoms at the top of each, featuring relief drapery carvings on each in old...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Glass, Wood

Attributed to Charles Edward Hallé "Mother and Child" Oil on Canvas
By Charles Edward Hallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to Charles Edward Hallé (British, 1846-1914) "Mother and Child" oil on canvas. The Victorian era artwork depicting a young mother holding her joyful infant child, within a carved gildwood and gesso frame. (Relined). Signed (l/r): C.E. Hallé, circa 1870. Charles Edward Hallé (British, 1846-1914) Born in Paris, the son of Sir Charles Hallé...
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood

Pair of American Oil on Canvas Gilt Framed Portraits, S.C., Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American oil on canvas portraits in the original floral gilt frames and stretchers. South Carolina, Late 18th century. Signed Dr. Anthony Hemingway on re-verso.
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1770s American American Colonial Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

Antique Napoleon III Parisian Giltwood Barometer, "Bodeur a Paris", Circa 1830
Located in Dallas, TX
Napoleon III style, sometimes referred to as The Second Empire style, was greatly influenced by the Neoclassical aspects of the Louis XVI period. This giltwood barometer from Paris w...
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1830s French Napoleon III Antique Carved Decorative Art

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Glass, Wood, Giltwood

2023_08 By Louise Gelderblom
Located in Paddington, NSW
Louise Gelderblom is a South African ceramic artist known for her distinctive, large-scale hand-built vessels and sculptural forms. Based in Cape Town, she combines traditional craft...
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2010s South African Carved Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Oil on Canvas Italian Street Market Scene by Giuseppe Pitto
Located in Chicago, IL
Giuseppe Pitto (Italian 1857 - 1928) is often known for his paintings depicting pretty women in Italian street markets. This exuberantly painted scene i...
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Late 19th Century Italian Other Antique Carved Decorative Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Pair of 18th Century Irish Georgian Wall Brackets with Agate Coral and Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Irish Georgian sconces with agate coral and coordinating gold leaf baroque pearls. Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when Prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. The pair is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the pieces and the period shows that the pair of Irish Georgian wall brackets are originally 18th century. The pairs of Georgian sconces...
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18th Century Irish Rococo Antique Carved Decorative Art

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Two English Antique ‘Milton’ Shields in the Style of Elkington
Located in London, GB
Two English antique ‘Milton’ shields in the style of Elkington English, Late 19th Century Height 82cm, width 62cm, depth 4cm These striking decorative shields are inspired by the ...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Carved Decorative Art

Materials

Resin

Wooden Antique Garland Overdoor or Headboard
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare wooden antique garland from the beautiful Val Gardena, authentic '700 period - May be an overdoor , over mirror or over a padded headboard. M/1523.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Carved Decorative Art

Materials

Fruitwood

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