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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Arts and Crafts Era Coat Rack with Detailed and Deeply Carved Alabaster Tiles
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique and unique wall coatrack with amazing alabaster carvings. It is not often that you find an antique that is not completely original, but where they have done a great job in creating a, so called, marriage that simply looks beautiful. This handcrafted wall coat rack was made around 1900-1910, but the exeptionally detailed, hand carved alabaster tiles date back to circa 1850-1870. These mis-Victorian works of beauty are hand-carved in deep relief and both the fruits in the vases as the scrolling leaf patterns in the center tile are among the most detailed we have ever seen. All three tiles have no breaks in them and only minor losses. So if you are looking for a unique antique wall rack...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Alabaster, Metal

20th Century French Vintage Wall Plaster Relief of a Botanical Study
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage French vertical architectural wall relief featuring a stem of foliage, in good condition. The architectural relief is molded in plaster and refinished by hand. Not recommen...
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Early 20th Century French Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Plaster

Modern 7 Cidades Wall Art Sculpture Piece Gold Leaf Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
7 Cidades Wall Art Piece, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, 7 Cidades embodies the mystical blue and green lakes and bring curiosity and eye-catching style to any interior. The harmony between the satin finish with gold leaf gilding and the warm white light from LED is perfect for modern living rooms...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf

Victorian Tudor Revival Carved Oak Wall Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large and beautifully carved Victorian Tudor revival oak wall hanging panel, handcarved with two ornate arches, Vitruvian scrolling and four male and female herm-type figures. Formerly a fireplace overmantel...
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Mid-19th Century English Jacobean Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wood, Oak

Early 20th Century Etching of a Ballet Dancer - Tony Alain Hermant
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique etching, made by the Flemish artist Tony Alain Hermant. The work shows a ballet dancer in a resting pose. With a few simple lines, a striking representation of a ...
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Early 1900s Belgian Belle Époque Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Silver

Fabscarte Framework Hand Painted Wall Decor, Midnight Moon Dust
Located in Milan, IT
The Frameworks are created with the same technique as our wallcoverings and represent a unique artistic vision, which embellish the location where they are exhibited. The creation c...
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2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Fabscarte Handmade Hand Painted Wallpaper, Vite
Located in Milan, IT
- This product is priced per square meter. Please contact us for assistance with square footage calculations. - The lead time depends on the quantity of the order. Vite light blue (...
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2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Paint, Paper, Stucco

1960s Mid-Century Modern Framed Gravel Wall Art Figural Mosaics a Pair
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern framed gravel art figural mosaics, a pair. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so w...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

Materials

Stone

Art Wall Panel handcrafted in Italy by Cupioli Available
Located in Rimini, IT
Modern Blue wall decorative panel handcrafted in Italy by Cupioli Available. Artistic wall panel, a tribute to the artist Alfred Roller. This art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Scagliola

Official Gold Record Award France Johnny Halliday Story Palais des Sports 1976
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Official Gold Record Award France Johnny Halliday Story Palais des Sports 1976. Gold Record Award - Official Disque d'Or France Johnny Hallyday "Disque...
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1970s French Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wood

Vintage Shooting Club Lodge Target Plaque German 1900s, Carnival Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Shooting Lodge Target Plaque 1900s. A rare and beautiful wooden shooting target plaque with inscriptions. This rare kings plaque was issued by a ...
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wood, Paper

19th Century French Still Life Oil Painting of Flowers by Eugène Henri Cauchois
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pink-white, antique French still life oil on canvas painting depicting a working table with a yellow teapot vase with flowers, painted by Eugène Henri ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

Hand Crafted Cork Work Diorama with English Castle made Mid 19th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
This mid 19th century cork work shows a romantic scene of an ancient castle in a charming diorama. The castle is perched atop a promontory overlooking a river, complete with foreste...
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Mid-19th Century English Romantic Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Cork

Set of two 1989 Buon Ricordo Sicilia special decorative plates.
By Santo Stefano di Camastra
Located in Palermo, IT
Touring evening Through a COUNTRY and its CUISINE Good Remembrance Touring Evening. For several years, on the first or second Friday of the month of NOVEMBER, member restaurants have...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Awesome Shape & Extra Large Pair of Midcentury Made White Alabaster Wall Sconces
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning, 'geometrically-circular' layered and timeless Art Deco style wall sconces. If you are looking for a stylish and timeless way to bring light into your entry hall, bathroom,...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Alabaster, Iron

Fossil Bonefish Fish Copper Wall Decoration Wall Panel Picture Vintage, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful, vintage copper Bone Fish themed wall decor picture. It would make a beautiful ornament at your wall. Vibrant colors and excellent craftsmanship. Also a great wall hangin...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Copper

20th Century French Vintage Wall Plaster Relief of Four Cherubim
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage petit wall relief made of French plaster, inspired from a 18th Century French original relief featuring four cherubim and surrounded by a plaster frame, in good condition. ...
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Early 20th Century French Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Plaster

Spanish Colorful Ceramic Wall Plate Fishes Design, 50's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand painted Naïf fish design terracotta wall plate Beautiful mid-20th century terracotta plate with hand painted naif fish decoration. ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Terracotta, Ceramic

Art Wall Panel Scagliola Relief Decor Handmade in Italy by Cupioli available
Located in Rimini, IT
The title of this work is "Evolution" in this panel the artist Lodovico Cupioli represented a river in his particular vision. From the primordial Era after the game of time, the orig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Scagliola

Large Arts & Crafts Stained Glass Window with Floral Theme
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Arts & Crafts Large stained glass window circa 1900-10. Beautiful archway shape highlighted by warm floral motifs. Good original condition. ...
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1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Stained Glass

Vintage Framed Embroidered Needlepoint Folk Art Landscape Wall Hanging
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage original Folk Art landscape features a rural scene with people in horse-driven carriages arriving to and passing by the small stores, including bookstore and antiques store, ...
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20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Fabric, Thread, Wood

Romain De Tirtoff Erté Dream Voyage Art Deco Blue Framed Silk Scarf Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco framed silk sarf by Erté, titled dream Voyage scarf, signed lower right, depicting a female inside of world shaped image made in the early 1980s....
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Chrome

An antique Tutsi Basketry Woven Screen, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
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 ...
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Early 1900s Rwandan Tribal Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Natural Fiber

Dutch Delft Tin Glazed Blue & White Art Pottery Wall Plates
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A wonderful and impressive pair antique Dutch Delft tin glazed hand painted blue and white art pottery wall plates dating from the first half of the 1...
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Early 18th Century Dutch George II Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Pottery

Very Rare Antique Italian circa 1860 Marble Mosaic Neoclassical Panel Table Top
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and collectable antique Italian marble mosaic table top panel with Neoclassical figures I have never seen another like this, to ...
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1860s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Marble

LARGE ViNTAGE TAXIDERMY BUTTERFLIES INSIDE GOOD SIZED DISPLAY CASE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning medium sized display case which houses large vintage Taxidermy Butterfly's Please note the d...
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20th Century English Victorian Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century English Fairground Carousel Panel
Located in London, GB
English Fairground Carousel panel We are proud to offer a wonderful example of an early 20th century English fairground panel. From a fairground carou...
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1920s British Edwardian Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wood, Paint

Mughal Rajasthani Black Marble Inlay Pietra Dura Table Top India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mughal Rajasthani Black Marble Inlay Pietra Dura Table Top India. This is an exceptional handcrafted Mughal Rajasthani black marble Pietra Dura inlay table top, featuring the same intricate craftsmanship seen in the Taj Mahal. The table showcases the traditional Indian art of Parchin Kari (Pietra Dura), where semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli, cornelian, and agate are meticulously inlaid into a marble surface, creating stunning floral and geometric patterns. Handcrafted Mughal Rajasthani Black Marble Pietra Dura Table Top, India. This stunning table top features intricate Mughal-style Pietra Dura inlay work, showcasing the artistry found in the Taj Mahal. Skilled artisans meticulously inlay semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli, carnelian, malachite, and agate into black marble, creating beautiful floral and geometric patterns. The technique, known as Parchin Kari, involves engraving grooves in the marble and filling them with precisely cut stones, each piece hand-shaped and polished to perfection. This vintage, octagonal marble table top from Rajasthan, India, blends traditional craftsmanship with vibrant colors, making it an exquisite decorative piece. The combination of lapis lazuli, jade, turquoise, jasper, and carnelian adds a rich depth to the design. This piece can also be used as a tray or accent table, making it a versatile addition to any space. This is a spectacular very fine Pietra Dura inlay black marble in an octagonal shape with wonderful colors and quality craftsmanship. This beautiful handcrafted marble inlay table...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Marble

'Isabella Rossellini's Heritage Chickens Photographed by Patrice Casanova NY
Located in Bellport, NY
Isabella Rossellini raises the most interesting assortment of Heritage Chickens on her farm on Long Island NY and is called. The farm. The above image is one of the many images you ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wood

Art Deco Stained Glass, Belgium Artist, 1930s
By Leo Vingerhoets 1
Located in Antwerp, BE
A beautiful woman portrait in the glass closed. A stained glass technique in glass gives a magical atmosphere when light falls and changes the color palette intensity during the course of the day. An Antique stained glass panel...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Art Glass, Stained Glass

Kingfisher, Colored Pencil Drawing with Blue, Orange, Brown, Matted & Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The Kingfisher is bird often first noticed by its wild rattling call as it flies over rivers or lakes. It may be seen perched on a high snag, or hovering on rapidly beating wings, then plunging headfirst into the water to grab a fish. Artist Sylvia Beckman captures the Kingfisher with all its glorious plumage and brilliant colorings This drawing is matted and framed. Sylvia Beckman Kingfisher colored pencil on paper Measures: 13 H x 8 W in 33.02 H x 20.32 W cm FRAMED DIMENSIONS 18h x 14w in 45.72h x 35.56w cm SUB029 Sylvia Beckman, b. 1938, Detroit, MI Education University of Michigan, School of Arch. & Design University of Wisconsin, Botany Private apprenticeship in stone sculpture, bronze, gilding and painting Exhibitions 2017 “Coming Attractions”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 1997 S.O.F.A. exhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1997 Monumental Bronze Sculpture Commisson, Olbrich Park, Madison, WI 1994 Sculpture, Olbrich Botanic Gardens, Spring Display, Madison,WI 1994 Paintings & Drawings, North Seas Gallery, Charlevoix, MI 1994 Paintings & drawings, Olbrich Botanic Center, Madison, WI 1988 Monumental Stone Sculpture...
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2010s American Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Paper

Jean Lurcat Hand Painted Ceramic Glazed Wall Plate, Owl "Chouette" Circa 1950's
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful owl or chouette Vintage Jean Lurcat hand painted enamel glazed fired ceramic wall plaque or plate. A limited edition, 4/100 hand inscribed Saint Vicens
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

Materials

Enamel

Wall Panel Grey Scagliola Artwork Handmade in Italy by Cupioli Available
Located in Rimini, IT
Painting texturised scagliola artwork handmade in Italy by Cupioli available. Decorative wall panel handmade by the artist manufactured using the scagliola technique. Tha Coloured A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

French Art Deco Longwy Ceramic Charger Bowl
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wonderful large decorative French deep wall charger by Maurice Paul Chevallier for Fai¨ences de Longwy de Luneville. Decorated in a crackle glaze of vibrant colors and gilt and ename...
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Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Fabscarte Handmade and Hand Painted Wallpaper, Post Garden
Located in Milan, IT
- This product is priced per square meter. Please contact us for assistance with square footage calculations. - The lead time depends on the quantity of the order. This is a designe...
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2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Paint, Paper, Stucco

20th Century French Vintage Wall Plaster Relief of a Oak Leaf Study
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage French architectural wall relief or panel featuring an oak leaf, in good condition. Nicely aged patina, the architectural model is molded in french plaster and refinished b...
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Early 20th Century French Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Plaster

Japanese Contemporary Framed Brocade Silk Handcrafted Oshie Decorative Art, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary unique Japanese Contemporary large framed and signed traditional Oshie decorative art piece in black and cream, known as oshie (literally, “pressed pictures”) that goes back to the Edo Period (1603-1868). It is said this art form was born of the reluctance of ladies of the court and elite aristrocratic women to discard the magnificent silk kimonos and brocaded obi they had donned for a lifetime. The solution was to recycle these opulent fabrics into stunning works of art. The creator of this signed piece prides herself in using the best antique and vintage kimono and obi fabrics...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Brocade, Silk

Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Picture Wall Art Blue Green
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Tapestry Picture Wall Art A very well executed hand produced Swedish crewel needlework, wood and silk th...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wool, Canvas, Silk

Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Picture Wall Art
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Tapestry Picture Wall Art A very well executed hand produced Swedish crewel needlework, wood and silk th...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Wool, Canvas, Silk

Chelsea Textiles Original Needlepoint Tulip Artwork In Red White and Yellow
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Needlepoint Wood Framed Artwork of Tulips from Chelsea Textiles One-of-a-kind needlepoint artwork from Chelsea Textiles. This framed artwork features tulips in rust, orange, yellow and green colors. This classic piece of art would make a suitable piece to add to a bookshelf or wonderful displayed as part of a wall gallery art collection.
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Mid-20th Century English Folk Art Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Fabric

18th Century French Antique Gilded Pinewood Wall Glass Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique rectangular mirror inscribed in a Pinewood, gilded frame adorned with water leaves and pearl friezes, in good condition. The mirror is consisting its original mirror glass...
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Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Mirror, Giltwood

Collection of 47 Swedish 20th Century Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 47 Swedish decorative antique leather-bound library books. The books are wrapped in leather-bound covers, comprised of a selection of warm tones and gold leaf print ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish British Colonial Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Leather, Paper

Marcin Rusak, Flora Lens 65 Misty White
Located in WARSZAWA, 14
Part of Marcin Rusak’s signature Flora collection, the wall-hanging Flora Lens 65 constitutes a unique decorative piece that works well in a variety of settings. Based on discarded f...
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2010s Polish Other Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Aluminum

Rare Abstract Mid Century Ceramic Mosaic Tile Wall Art! Teak Frame. 1950s Table
Located in Peoria, AZ
SUPERB ! MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT HANDCRAFTED TILE MOSAIC DIMENSIONS: Approx. 26" by 14" Dated 1953 This magnificent mosaic wall art work is...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Ceramic, Teak

Vintage French Christine Viennet Hand Crafted "Trompe L'Oeil" Fruit Plate
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a kitchen wall with this elegant and "One-of-a-Kind" hand crafted barbotine "Trompe L'Oeil" decorative plate. Crafted in southern France, and very realistic, the ...
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Late 20th Century French Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Faience, Majolica, Porcelain

Italian Contemporary Ginko Plant Print with White Bamboo Style Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured Ginko plant silhouette printed on aged white paper and black mirrors and silver-painted wood. It is an object of high quality and refinement, ideal for giv...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Mirror, Wood, Paper

Pair of Small Ceramic Wall Art Plaques, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of rustic Danish organic modern decorative earthcolored ceramic art wall plaques on square black mounts. Two different circular art pieces with shiny dark brown, gray and black ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Art

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Ceramic, Stoneware, Wood

Large Antique Italian Micro Mosaic plaque of St. Peters Square, Rome mid 1800's
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large and Exceptionally Fine Quality Antique Italian Micro-Mosaic Plaque Depicting "The Saint Peter Square" in Rome. The center medallion surrounded by a beautiful Laurel Wreath in multiple shades of Green Mosaic amidst a black Belgium Marble border. The interior rounded subject depicts Saint Peter Square which is found in Rome, Italy. The entire center panel is made up of a captivating array of tesserae in a variety of shapes and colors, which create this stunning mosaic construct. When inspected from up-close, small rectangular tesserae are found in an assortment of colors, which include: white, green, blue, red, black, brown, orange etc. When the subject is seen from afar, a fantastic image of the entire Saint Peter Square can be viewed as if a painting has been created. The oil on canvas of this scene, by was sold in Christie's Auction for over $2,000,000 USD. The plaque rests in a custom ebonized and gilt square frame. This can be used as a decorative object on the wall to serve as a painting, or, be converted to a table-top by mounting it on a table stand. Rome, Circa: 1850 Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome), View of Saint Peter's Square, Rome. From Christie's Auction: Giovanni Paolo Panini arrived in Rome in 1711, painting capricci and architectural pieces in a vigorous if slightly eccentric style, and by 1719, when he was admitted to the Academy of St. Luke and the virtuosi al Pantheon, he was a rising star in the Roman art world. From around 1719-1726 he was much in demand for decorative frescoes, including quadratura, ornament and landscape and other genres, often in collaboration with figure or flower painters. During this period he worked for Cardinal Patrizi at Villa Patrizi, Cardinal Annibale Albani at Palazzo Albani (now del Drago) alle Quattro Fontane, Livio de Carolis at Palazzo de Carolis, Cardinal Alberoni at Palazzo Alberoni, Innocent XIII Conti in the Quirinal and in the library of S. Croce in Gerusalemme. In 1724 he married Caterina Gosset, the sister-in-law of Nicolas Vleughels, the director of the French Academy in Rome, to which he was admitted in 1732, and as a result he was much patronized by the French. During the 1720s he developed his figure style away from the awkwardness of his early works into one that concentrated on groups of stylishly-dressed aristocrats and skillfully modelled bystanders, sibyls and pseudo-antique figures. These he noted down in drawings (such as a sketchbook in the British Museum) that he drew upon to populate his paintings. He also began to receive commissions to design and record temporary festivals, often for French ambassadors to Rome. By the beginning of the 1730s Panini was developing a distinctive subgenre of the capriccio in which recognizable monuments are placed in imaginary topographical relationships, which were well-received in the classicizing era of Clement XII Corsini. In 1732 he was one of the panel of judges for the competition instituted by Clement for the Lateran façade, and in the following year painted an impressive View of Piazza del Quirinale for the pope. At about this time he was developing his best-known topographical subjects, interior views of St Peter's and the Pantheon, which were much in demand, to judge by the number of extant versions extending into the 1750s. By about 1734 he was beginning to attract the attention of English patrons, who ordered sets of Roman views, such as those at Marble Hill House (1738) and Castle Howard. In 1736, through Filippo Juvarra, he received important commissions from Philip V of Spain for scenes of the life of Christ in the Chinoiserie room at La Granja in Spain (1736). From as early as the 1720s he had been producing some vedute (view-paintings), initially based on prototypes by Gaspar van Wittel, and he developed the genre in subsequent decades in works that would include impressive panoramic views of the Forum or Palatine, although his staple genre was the capriccio rather than the veduta. He also expanded his repertory of church interiors, adding such churches as S. Paolo fuori le Mura and S. Agnese in Piazza Navona, as well as church interiors recording special events. His son by his first marriage, Giuseppe (1718-1805), began to support him in architectural and festival design projects. By the 1740s Panini was at the peak of his powers, and evidently had a considerable workshop helping him meet demand, especially of capricci to be used as overdoors and other decorative installations. Giovanni Paolo was successful in elevating himself socially above the usual artisanal status of genre painters, and would sometimes include a self-portrait in paintings commissioned by the great and powerful. He also appears to have been successful financially, and owned a substantial palazzo in via Monserrato. He increasingly concentrated on important commissions, such as a view of the Lottery in Piazza Montecitorio (London, National Gallery, 1743-1744), the designs for the festival decorations for the birth of the Dauphin in Palazzo Farnese (Waddesdon Manor, 1751), or the view of an imaginary picture gallery housing the collection of Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga (Wadsworth Atheneum, 1749). In the mid-1750s he received an important series of commissions from the Duc de Choiseul, French ambassador to Rome and soon to become one of the most powerful men in France, that included his best-known compositions, Ancient Rome (Roma Antica) and Modern Rome (Roma Moderna). These large paintings, of which there are three sets (in Boston and Stuttgart, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Louvre) represent imaginary picture galleries based on the Valenti Gonzaga composition but hung with what purport to be Panini's own vedute of ancient and modern sites respectively (with corresponding pieces of sculpture). These paintings sum up the eighteenth-century canon of the greatest works of architecture and sculpture, and the equivalence between modern and ancient Rome. By this time Panini was being assisted by his son by his second marriage, Francesco (1748-1800), who was a skilled draughtsman and painter who continued his father's work after his death in 1765. The Farnborough Hall paintings The Piazza S. Pietro and the Campidoglio are important vedute by Panini painted in 1750 and originally installed, with other works by Panini and Canaletto, in the seat of the Holbech family, Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire (National Trust). Farnborough Hall had been inherited in 1717 by William Holbech (circa 1699-1771), who is documented on the Grand Tour in Florence, Rome and Venice from late 1732 until his return home at the end of April 1734 with his brother Hugh. Holbech is said to have gone on the Grand Tour to recover from a broken heart and to have spent a considerable time there prior to these documented appearances. During his time in Rome he acquired two Paninis, which were seen by an anonymous antiquary around 1746, who referred to various sculptures "all brought from Rome with two pictures, one of the Rotunda, and the other of diverse buildings by Panino" (British Library, Add. MS 6230, pp. 31-32). The Rotunda (the Pantheon) is a painting now in a private collection in New York, and is signed and dated 1734. The Diverse Buildings, which was probably one of Panini's capricci, has not been identified. On his Grand Tour Holbech seems also to have acquired two Canalettos, although they are not mentioned by the antiquary, who may only have had eyes for things Roman. In about 1746-1747, Holbech remodelled the house by creating a Saloon, now the dining room, at the back of the house. This room, the entrance hall, the staircase, library and closet were stuccoed by William Perritt of York, and a bill for this work dated 14 November 1750 survives (or survived until recently; G. Beard, Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, London, 1975, p. 233). The two Canalettos acquired on the Grand Tour were installed in the Saloon, together with two new works commissioned from Canaletto, who was then in England and working nearby at Warwick Castle in 1748. The two Paninis acquired on the Grand Tour may have been installed in the Library, as Alastair Laing assumes (op. cit.), while three new works commissioned from Panini in Rome were placed in the Hall and Saloon: the Piazza S. Pietro for the overmantel in the Hall (fig. 1), the Campidoglio as the overmantel in the Saloon (fig. 2), and an Interior of St Peter's (now in Detroit) (fig. 3) on the adjacent wall facing the windows. Two of the Canalettos flanked the Campidoglio, while the others were on the opposite wall. The Interior of St Peter's was therefore effectively the fifth member of the Canaletto set, distinct from the two overmantels. Holbech's installation of his Canalettos and Paninis in fixed stucco frames was unusual for England in 1750, and had probably been inspired by what he had seen on his Grand Tour in Northern Italy, where fixed stucco installations of canvases were common in the 1720s and 1730s (Cornforth, II, p. 51). The Campidoglio and the Interior of St Peter's are both signed and dated 1750, a date that corresponds to the payments for the stucco. The commission for the new Paninis would have been made through an agent, possibly the Roman dealer in antiquities Belisario Amidei from whom some of the antique busts in the Hall were acquired in 1745, who was also a picture dealer; or perhaps the painter Pietro Berton, who on 7 December 1750 shipped a Panini to England. The paintings were sold to Savile Gallery in 1929 and replaced by copies by one Mohammed Ayoub. The four Canalettos were exhibited at Savile Gallery in 1930 and entered the London art trade, finding their way at various times to Augsburg, Melbourne, Ottawa and a private collection. The Paninis seem to have been resold immediately to Knoedler & Co. in New York. When the stucco was removed from the library by Holbech's great-grandson, another William Holbech, shortly after his succession in 1812, the Interior of the Pantheon and the Diverse Buildings may have been taken down. Although there is no record of either painting being at Farnborough subsequently, the Interior of the Pantheon at least must have remained there, since it appeared at Knoedler's in 1930 at about the same time as the other Paninis, and was presumably acquired at the same time from the same source. The Campidoglio was a rare subject for Panini: this is the only known extant version, apart from fictive versions in the Metropolitan Museum (1757) (figs. 4) and Louvre (1759) versions of his Roma Moderna composition (but not in the first Boston version of 1757). Probably Holbech insisted on the choice of subject in order to represent the centre of Rome's civic administration to complement the religious one of St Peter's. The Campidoglio may have been of interest to English patrons because it represented the seat of a form of government they were more comfortable with than the papacy. For example, Canaletto painted the subject, together with English subjects, for Thomas Hollis, 'the most bigoted of all Republicans' in 1755, who may have wanted to 'represent London as the heir to the legacy of Ancient Rome and Renaissance Italy' (see Michael Liversidge and Jane Farrington, eds., Canaletto and England, exhibition catalogue, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, London, 1993, p. 25). Canaletto also painted the subject for Sir Richard Neave, Ist Baronet (1731-1814) of Dagnam Park, Essex, at the end of his English stay or shortly afterwards (i.e. 1755-1766) (sold, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 8). Like Holbech, Neave mixed Venetian and Roman subjects, but his Roman subjects steer clear of St Peter's: the others were the Piazza del Quirinale and Piazza Navona. While Holbech had gone to both Venice and Rome and commissioned views of both cities, Rome sets the keynote for his decoration: antique busts line the Hall, and its religious and civic centres are the overmantels in the Hall and Saloon respectively. The Piazza S. Pietro The Piazza S. Pietro shows the piazza much as it appears today, apart from the absence of Valadier's late eighteenth-century clocks on the towers. Bernini's colonnade (1656-1667), both ends of which are visible, reaches out its arms to embrace the viewer. In the center of the piazza is the obelisk moved by Sixtus V in 1586 from the left side of the church where it had formed part of the Circus of Nero. On either side are two fountains, the one on the right by Carlo Maderno (1613) and the one on the left created to match it by Carlo Fontana in 1677. 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