Paper Wall Decorations

Antique print titled 'Colymbus Glacialis'. This print depicts the common loon (Dutch: ijsduiker). The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) i...

Original vintage travel poster for Deauville featuring a great design by Jean Don (1900-1985) depicting a lady holding a bouquet of red flowers with fruit trees and a classic car dri...

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...

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...

Original Lithograph by Joan Miró (1970) - Limited Edition of 5000 Prints Discover a unique piece of art that captures the vibrant and rebellious essence of one of the greatest maste...

Title: Historic View of a Comanche Camp Along Shady Creek , 1856 The scene depicted, a Comanche camp along Shady Creek, is likely situated in what is now Oklahoma or Texas, as the ...

Title: Grid of French Renaissance Artistic Designs, 1887 Description: This compilation features nine prints from the French Renaissance, illustrating the intricate typographic decorations, model printing, tapestry, and architectural ornaments that characterized the period. These prints are detailed engravings of various decorative arts, including textiles, stonework, and wood carvings, showcasing elaborate patterns and vibrant colors typical of the era. Maker and Publication: These prints were created by Heinrich Dolmetsch and are part of "Der Ornamentenschatz," a collection published in 1884 by Julius Hoffmann in Stuttgart. This work is an exhaustive encyclopedic compilation that includes a variety of European artistic styles and is highly valued for its precision and attention to historical detail. Attractiveness and Decorative Appeal: - Complexity and Detail: Each print is filled with complex geometric patterns, organic forms, and figurative representations that are meticulously crafted. - Historical Accuracy: The authenticity in the depiction of Renaissance motifs appeals to both historians and art lovers. - Aesthetic Diversity: The collection showcases a wide range of colors and designs, from monochrome engravings to polychrome decorations, making each print visually unique and appealing. - Cultural Significance: These prints not only serve as decorative art but also provide insights into the cultural and artistic practices of the French Renaissance, reflecting the period’s social values and aesthetic preferences. These elements make the prints not only valuable pieces of historical documentation but also highly decorative artworks suited for both scholarly study and aesthetic enjoyment. The prints from Heinrich Dolmetsch's "Der Ornamentenschatz" utilize **chromolithography**, a method for making multi-color prints. This technique became very popular in the 19th century for its ability to produce vivid, detailed, and colorful images. It involves using multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, and was especially prized for its effectiveness in replicating the textures and hues of a wide range of materials, including the lustrous quality of gold. How the Gold Highlights Were Achieved: The gold highlights in these prints likely utilized a technique within chromolithography where a special gold ink or a layer of finely powdered bronzing was applied. This method can mimic the shimmer of real gold: - Gold Ink: Made from various components, including a metallic powder suspended in a medium, gold ink can be used to print directly onto the image areas intended to look gilded. - Bronzing: After printing an adhesive layer, finely powdered bronze is applied, adhering to the sticky areas and producing a gold-like effect when the excess powder is removed. These techniques enabled Dolmetsch to replicate the opulent and intricate designs typical of the French Renaissance with a realistic metallic sheen, adding richness and depth to the prints and enhancing their decorative appeal. When searching for prints like those in Heinrich Dolmetsch's "Der Ornamentenschatz," particularly those with intricate Renaissance designs and metallic highlights, people often use the following keywords: 1. **Chromolithography Prints** 2. **Renaissance Art Reproductions** 3. **Antique Art Prints...

Laser printer pigment transfer, dispersion, acrylic, glitter, and thread on canvas. Each unique edition is accompanied by the new comprehensive monograph, Michael Raedecker, published by Phaidon Edition of 10 This work is signed, titled, numbered, dated by year on verso, and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Phaidon and Artspace are pleased to present day at night, a new series of ten unique embroidered prints on canvas by contemporary artist Michael Raedecker. Released on the occasion of Raedecker’s new comprehensive Phaidon survey, each limited edition includes a signed copy of the publication as well as a signed Certificate of Authenticity. Since the beginning of his career as a painter, Raedecker has incorporated embroidery into his works as a means of challenging the conventional hierarchy of fine art techniques. His new day at night editions include thread, paint, and glitter hand-applied throughout, making each piece a singular work of art. Raedecker’s practice as a whole is engaged with a process of re-contextualizing familiar ideas and spaces, asking the viewer to question held assumptions. Swimming pools are a recurring subject for Raedecker, who is fascinated by the ways in which paintings of pools...

A truly iconic collaboration between Andy Warhol and Chanel no.5 began in 1985 when Warhol produced a selection of screen print artworks as part of his ADS series. The pieces were th...

Get lost in this nocturnal fantasy jungle-scape! Flora and fauna combine to create the ultimate dreamy pattern. Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message u...

Robert Rauschenberg print in frame. "Earth Summit '92 Rio De Janeiro Brazil" Please excuse reflections in images. 26.25 inches High 26.25 inched wid...

Artist or Maker: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann Title: "Lilium album peregrinum. Lilium buliferum, Knöpfigte Feuer Lilien. Lilium croceum minus, Feuer Lilien." Medium: Colored etching Catal...

Title: "Friendly Feeling" - Cats and Kittens by Henriette Ronner (1894) Description: This enchanting artwork, titled "Friendly Feeling," is an original print from the series "Cats a...

Lithograph of Kazimir Severínovich Malevich’s painting 'Peasant in the Fields', circa 1929. Printed by Atelier Mourlot, the famed Parisian printe...

Jan Saudek, Czech Photographer, Silver Gelatin Print, Just another Queen & Jack Title : Just another Queen & Jack Number nr. 344, Finished Tuesday, June 28, 1894, 33 C (Jan date...

Inspired by sacred sea holly, this oceanic damask wallpaper in soft apple green will bring a touch of Celtic charm to your space with its climbing pet...

A huge commercial and critical success, Raiders of the Lost Ark smashed into movie theatres in 1981 and quickly became the highest grossing film of the year as well as going on to sw...

We tried coming up with a cute Squirrel pun, but everything we came up with was nuts! Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message us to purchase. Printing:...

Original antique poster - Le Bistrot De Paris - featuring a man with a moustache wearing a monocle, suit, hat, bow tie, striped socks and a flower in the pocket of his brown coat, si...

We love this charming original French film poster for 60s re-release of Disney classic Bambi. A wonderfully softly illustrated poster in fabulous condit...

This original antique print of the butterfly "Urania prometheus" is a detailed illustration that served as a plate in "Dictionnaire Classique des Sciences Naturelles" by Pierre Augus...

Late 20th century Hammer Graphics lithograph poster print of "Arnie in the Rain" at Augusta National Golf Course by LeRoy Neiman. Rare signed copy by both Leroy Neiman lower right ed...

Original US film poster for the 1972 western The Cowboys. This film was directed Mark Rydell and starred John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne and Bruce Dern. This poster is conservation lin...

Title: 1897 Antique Botanical Prints – Polyanthus, Auricula, and Primroses This collection of four original botanical prints from 1897 hi...

HERMES 2000 for Sempé- Litography "Premiers Pas dans le Siècle"

Original antique LNER train travel poster for The Broads featuring a great design by Tom Purvis (1888-1959) depicting a group of playing music and singing on a boat in front of sun w...

Fabulous original Cote d'Azur 1950s Travel poster A lovely design with wonderful bright colours! This original vintage movie poster has been prof...

All by Basilius Besler { 1561-1629] Besler was an apothecary and botanist and managed the gardens of Bishop Johann Conrad of Eichstatt, Germany. Besler created 'Hortus Eystettensis a...

Title: Vibrant 1805 Handcolored Engraving of Tropical Birds from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch für Kinder" Description: This vibrant handcolored engraving from 1805 features six tropical ...

Original David Hockney Exhibition Lithograph Poster, entitled "8 Sun chairs by a Pool", was created in 1996 for Hockney's Drawing Exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum. T...

Pair vintage framed temple relief rubbings showcases exquisite Thai art from the mid-century era. Both beautifully in faux bamboo wood frames and yellow silk matts. Sizes of each: 1)...

Rare and quite wonderful first-year-of-release Czech film poster for Jean-Luc Godard's equally wonderful Une Femme est une Femme (A Woman is a Woman). Great design by Josef Vyletal. ...

Antique print titled 'France XVIIIth Cent - France XVIIIe, Siecle - Frankreich XVIIItes Jahr'. Chromolithograph of French 18th century military o...

Title: 1897 Botanical Prints – Marvel of Peru and Eastern Knotweed Description: This pair of original botanical prints from 1897 feature...

Historische Wappen-Charte: Coats of Arms of the Prominent Italian Royal and Ducal Houses, 1718 This exquisite copper engraving, printed in 1718 in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbuln...

19th-Century Hand-Coloured Jousting Print: Knights on Striped and Starry Caparisoned Horses This splendid original hand-coloured lithograph, produced in 1842, offers a fascinating g...

Original American film poster for the Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 thriller Dial M for Murder. This film starred Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Rober Cummings. This piece is conserv...

Michael Brown Life Association Golf Photogravure, St. Andrews - High Hole. A golf photogravure after Michael Brown: St. Andrews - High Hole. (Coming Home), from his famous series of ...

Wonderful print of St Matthew Illuminated Chromolithograph Published circa 1880 Unframed. Free shipping The measurement is the paper size

Christo "The Pont Neuf Wrapped 1 " mixed media with original fabric signed. Image dimension 69X101 cm with frame 71X103 cm hand signed by the artist with a piece of the original fabric glued. Good condition Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.[1] Born in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively, the pair met and married in Paris in the late 1950s. Originally working under Christo's name, they later credited their installations to both "Christo and Jeanne-Claude". Until his own death in 2020, Christo continued to plan and execute projects after Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009. Their work was typically large, visually impressive, and controversial, often taking years and sometimes decades of careful preparation – including technical solutions, political negotiation, permitting and environmental approval, hearings and public persuasion. The pair refused grants, scholarships, donations or public money, instead financing the work via the sale of their own artwork. Christo and Jeanne-Claude described the myriad elements that brought the projects to fruition as integral to the artwork itself, and said their projects contained no deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact; their purpose being simply for joy, beauty, and new ways of seeing the familiar. On September 22, 1985, a group of 300 professional workers completed the temporary work of art The Pont Neuf Wrapped. They had deployed 41,800 square meters (450,000 square feet) of woven polyamide fabric, silky in appearance and golden sandstone in color, covering: The sides and vaults of the twelve arches, without hindering river traffic. The parapets down to the ground. The sidewalks and curbs (pedestrians walked on the fabric). All the street lamps on both sides of the bridge. The vertical part of the embankment of the western tip of the Île de la Cité. The Esplanade of the Vert-Galant. The fabric was restrained by 13 kilometers (8 miles) of rope and secured by 12.1 tons of steel chains encircling the base of each tower, one meter (3.3 feet) underwater. The "Charpentiers de Paris" headed by Gérard Moulin, with French sub-contractors, were assisted by the USA engineers who have worked on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's previous projects, under the direction of Theodore Dougherty: Vahé Aprahamian, August L. Huber, James Fuller, John Thomson and Dimiter Zagoroff. Johannes Schaub, the project's director, had submitted the work method and detailed plans and received approval for the project from the authorities of the City of Paris, the Department of the Seine and the State. 600 monitors, in crews of 40, led by Simon Chaput...

Title: "Motherly Watch" - Cats and Kittens by Henriette Ronner (1894) Description: "Motherly Watch" is an exquisite print from the "Cats and Kittens" series by Henriette Ronner, pub...

Original vintage art exhibition poster - Chagall Galerie Maeght Paris - featuring The Artist As A Phoenix by the notable artist Marc Chagall (18...

Wonderful image by Harry Clarke Originally an illustration from " Tales of Mystery And Imagination " By Edgar Allan Poe. Lithograph. Tipped in plate on paper Published by Tudor Pu...

Simply wonderful first-year-of-release French Moyenne for classic Bond From Russia With Love. We adore Boris Grinsson's design and colours on this beautiful poster. In Sean Connery’...

Original antique advertising poster for the French car manufacturer Renault (founded 1899) featuring a stunning Art Deco design showing a classic Type 45 re...

Alexander Pope Jr. (American, 1849-1924) A pair of chromolithographs from Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States, 1878 The Golden-Ey...

Vintage 1990s Keith Haring exhibition poster published on the occasion of: “Keith Haring: Apocalypse” November 4–December 31, 1999; Deitch Pro...

This is a printmaking called Hanga in Japanese. This Hanga was made around 1900s in Japan. As this is made with a paper and getting damaged, there is a new paper sticked on the back....

Picasso Pablo (1881-1973) Deux Femmes Sur la Plage, 1956 (Two Women on the Beach) Lithograph, on Arches paper, with full margins. Signed and num...

1897 Botanical Prints – Nierembergia, Salpiglossis, and Butterfly Flowers Description: This collection of three original 1897 botanical prints features Nierembergia frutescens, S...

Antique costume print titled 'Femme des Environs de Vitoria'. Old print depicting a woman from the region of Vitoria, Spain. This print originates from 'Costumes Moderne (Musée de Co...

Original Vintage poster for Cocaine Play by René Gaillard in 1926. Artist: René Gaillard Title: Cocaine Date: 1926 Signature: Top left Size: 40,9 ...

Chromolithograph titled 'A Great Realist'. Lithograph of John Singer Sargen, an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocat...

Botanical Engraving: 'Papaver' and 'Hieracium' Species from Early 19th-Century Natural History Collection This botanical engraving is a beautifully detailed plate showcasing two pla...

Rare framed “Perrier” poster by French artist Bernard Villemot. Poster is linen backed and framed under protective acrylic sheet. Frame is matt black wi...

Fabulous original vintage French alcohol advertising poster for Old Manada Rum. This French poster is from the 1930’s and features a stunning image...

1954 poster for the Carpano. Artist: Armando Testa Title: Carpano vermouth Date: 1954 Size (w x h): 54,3 x 77,2 in / 138 x 196 cm Printer: Arti Grafiche M. & G. Pirovano, cia C. Po...

Pair of antique 1885 chromolithographs of ferns. Broad Buckler Fern and Soft Prickly Shield Fern, from Francis George Heath's "The Fern Portfolio". This artwork, signed by S. Novak i...

Black & White Print of Female by Artist E. Strectfeld pencil signed and numbered 10/50 date Unknown images size: 6" x 30" "nicely framed" - ready to hang unusual proportion - "it w...

Original Belgian film poster for the 1932 drama, romance. This is an exceptionally rare piece that has only surfaced a few times. The artwork is unique to the films first release i...