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Material: Wood
Antique oil painting "Landscape with lake" signed, H Johahnsen
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This splendid painting depicts in detail a bright view of a mountain lake,note the fine definition of details and the valuable perspective depth that give the work a feeling of pleas...
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1950s French Other Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

19th Century French School Still Life Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 19th Century French School still life in the style of Fantin-Latour. A well-executed Impressionist style oil on canvas depicting detailed objects of an opulent household: a ceramic basket weave bowl of apples, a lady's fan propping open a small book, next to a gold lournette on a pink beaded chain. In the background is a tall pewter candlestick...
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19th Century French Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

German Genre Painting Doctor’s Visit, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A German genre painting depicting a doctor’s visit to a little girl, 19th century. canvas: 17 by 20 ¼ inches frame: 24 by 27 inches
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19th Century Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Vintage Japanese Christo exhibition poster, 1987
Located in View Park, CA
A large vintage Japanese exhibition poster featuring the “Umbrellas” work of Christo, 1987. Framed in an acrylic box and ready to hang.
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1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Acrylic, Wood, Paper

Art Deco-Style Plaster Relief Sculpture In Wood Panel - George Manuel Aarons
Located in Morristown, NJ
A plaster relief sculpture by Russian American artist George Aarons (1896-1980) depicts Moses with the Ten Commandments in a stylized, abstract form. The sculpture presents Moses wit...
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1950s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Plaster, Wood

Quadri Antichi, Ritratti Di Giovane Donna Che Legge, Olio Su Tavola, XX Secolo.
Located in Breganze, VI
La categoria quadri antichi propone un Bel Ritratto di Giovane Donna che Legge, una pittura ad olio su tavola,  della Metà del Novecento.  Si tratta di un ritratto di ragazza in un...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Fir

Vintage Ceramic and Stone Peacock Wall Sculpture 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5181 Ceramic and stone Peacock wall panel 1950's
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1950s Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Ceramic, Hardwood

Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from Japan, 19th Century, Black Lacquered Painted
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche is a mural Vide poche or box, this is setting on the wall. Made in Japan in the 19th century, it has been made in black lacquered wood.  
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19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood

Antique Anglo-Indian Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Cabinet for Wall or Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an early Anglo-Indian with elaborate mother-of-pearl inlay and carved and pierced details. The wood is most likely teak. I think it could work well from wall to table.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Anglo-Indian Wood Wall Decorations

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Mother-of-Pearl, Teak

Vintage Seascape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage seascape painting in a minimal blonde wooden frame. Signed at lower left. Dimensions: 18.75"H x 24.75"W x 2"D (framed) Good condition, typi...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Vintage Seascape Painting
Vintage Seascape Painting
$1,280 Sale Price
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Rare Geometric Art, Hand Carved Oak Ludwig van Beethoven Mask Medallion / Plaque
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique and uniquely hand carved work of art, in deep relief. Anyone who is capable of creating such a unique, geometric and expressive face of Ludwig van Beethoven out of an oakw...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Wood Wall Decorations

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Oak

Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi, Oil on Canvas "Madonna & Child" After Murillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi (1855-1941) A large and impressive early 20th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo...
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1910s Italian Baroque Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Pair of German Nuremberg Village Aquatint Etchings Framed by Rudolf Veit
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This pair of German Village Etchings beautifully captures the charm of Nuremberg's historic streets and architecture. Each finely detailed etching showcases the town's rustic buildin...
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Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Sailing Ship Diorama 19th Century Signed
Located in Norwood, NJ
George Vempley Burwood, British (1844-1917) signed and dated. Sailing ship, schooner diorama, shadow box with figures and painted background.
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1890s British Victorian Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paint

Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Wall System
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Rosewood Danish wall system, circa 1960's. Double door cabinet with beautiful bookmatched veneer, interior shelf and open cubby. Three height adjustable shelves with graduating depth...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Rosewood

Set of TWO Toucan Prints in Circular Frames from early 19thC originals, New
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a set of TWO digitally remastered framed coloured prints of two different Toucans, dating originally from the very early 19th Century late Georgian period, Circa 1809. Th...
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2010s British Georgian Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

German 19th Century Oil on Canvas Triptych of Cherubs by Ferdinand Wagner II
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) A very fine and charming triptych group of three oil on canvas laid on board titled "An Allegory to Spring" each panel depicting different playful and joyous scenes of putti and a cherubs reminiscent of spring, love and peace. The center panel depicting a seated putto, crowned with flowers, a standing putto behind him holding a sack of arrows and a seated cherub facing him next to a watchful peace dove on top resting of a flower bouquet. The left panel depicting a seated putto next to a standing putto with a freshly harvested apple. The right side panel depicting a standing cherub holding a fig branches with leaves. All three-in-one panels within individually carved giltwood frames. All panels signed at the lower left: Ferd. Wagner, circa 1890. Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) was the son of Passau Ferdinand Wagner Senior, a teacher at a vocational art school who began training him professionally at a young age. After traveling to Italy in 1867-1868, he continued with his art studies at The Munich Academy of Arts led by Peter Von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr...
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Victorian Mirror with Carved Dragon attr. to Gabriel Viardot ca. 1880
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Victorian Mirror with Carved Dragon attr. to Gabriel Viardot ca. 1880 A great Victorian mirror in the style of Gabriel Viardot. The mirror in the shape of a crescent moon is held by...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood

Wood Samples
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
MATERIAL OPTIONS Every NONO product is hand-crafted and made to order with the highest quality standards. We have an extensive list of materials that range from solid woods to exqui...
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2010s Mexican Other Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood

Wood Samples
Wood Samples
$50 / item
18th Century Hand Painted Venetian Style Bellini Decorative Panel with Parrots
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our hand painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Bellini Panel. An exquisite decorative wooden panel inspired by the famous Venetian cocktail invent...
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2010s Italian Other Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

Les Bienfaits de la Nature by F.Majorel (1878-1965) Large Art Deco Oil on Canvas
By Fernand Majorel
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Les bienfaits de la nature offerts au plus grand nombre" “Nature's Goodness offered to more people” An Impressive and Decorative Art Deco oil on canvas painting Original frame Signe...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Two Floating Shelves with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble, Sereno by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Set of Two Floating Shelves with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent in the Middle, Sereno by Joel Escalona — What happens when the practical becomes art? What happens when ornamen...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Oak

East Village Art Scene Oil on Board, Signed Kim Keever, 1985
Located in Stamford, CT
Small scale expressionistic oil on board in vivid pink, blue and green paint, by East Village artist Kim Keever. He was a part of the 1980s New York City East Village...
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Late 20th Century American Expressionist Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

Josef Twirbutt Wall Sculpture
By Josef Twirbutt
Located in New York, NY
Highly textured, abstract wall relief of sawn, stained, and collaged wood and found wood objects by Lithuanian-born American artist Josef Twirbutt. T...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

after Henri Matisse Nu Bleu Wool Tapestry Wall Art Hanging. 1970's
Located in Las Vegas, NV
circa 1970's woven wool tapestry after Henri Matisse Nu Bleu. Large panel measuring 37" wide and 56" long. Tapestry is hung on an old wooden rod.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wool, Wood

1980s American School Style Interior Scene of a Sitting Room Watercolor Painting
Located in Morristown, NJ
American School (20th c.), Interior scene, watercolor on paper, signed and dated "Wisner, '81" lower right. A charming, colorful and detailed representation of a beautiful room-scape. It makes me want to grab a good book and snuggle up by the fire. The framing is by The House of Heydenryk...
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1980s American American Classical Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Jordi Alcaraz Abstract Artwork: A Captivating Journey into Contemporary Art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Alcaraz Abstract Artwork: A Captivating Journey into Contemporary Art Immerse yourself in the captivating world of contemporary art with the Jordi Alcaraz Abstract Artwork. Cr...
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2010s Spanish Modern Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of etchings of views of a Greek ceremonial klismos chair. In his fifties, G.B. Piranesi was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Ita...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Paper

Spanish 18th Century Doors
Located in Round Top, TX
A fabulous pair of 18th century doors from the Catalan region of Spain. Terrific painted finish and original hardware. Wonderful to build in or as wall mounted artwork.
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

Painting of an Abstract Female Body in Oil on Newspaper by Antonio Guansé 1963
Located in Salzburg, AT
Painting of a casual, abstract female body in oil on newspaper by Antonio Guanse, Paris 1963 The woman's body lolls casually under the artist's brushstrokes. The abstract depiction ...
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1960s French Expressionist Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Papercord, Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Fantastic quality antique Victorian carved oak banjo clock barometer
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique Victorian carved oak banjo clock barometer having a quality carved oak case in the form of an anchor surrounding the two porcelain dials, signed Beha Licker...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Glass, Oak

Exceptional Mid Century Danish Modern Floating Rosewood Wall Cabinet 1950s
Located in Detroit, MI
This truly stunning vintage mid century Danish modern rosewood wall-mounted cabinet shelving unit circa 1950 was designed by Danish architect Bent Helweg-Møller and produced by cabin...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass

American Revolutionary War Bond from the State of Connecticut in Custom Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
An American Revolutionary war bond from the State of Connecticut from the late 18th century in custom black frame under glass. From the poignant tapestry of America's Revolutionary p...
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Late 18th Century North American Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Gold-Leaf Moro Screen with butterflies
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Moro Screen. Did you know that a group of butterflies is called a "Kaleidoscope"? The name comes ...
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2010s Italian Other Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood

French painting "Mountain Landscape”, Madeleine Doillon -Toulouse
By Madeley
Located in Valladolid, ES
This gorgeous work by the French artist Madeleine Doillon-Toulouse presents a mountain landscape with an expressionist aesthetic. The expressionist landscape does not faithfully rep...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Paint

Black Forrest Oak Carved Panel Hunting Game Birds Bas-Relief Plaque circa 1890
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Black Forrest Oak Carved Panel Hunting Game Birds Bas-Relief Carving Plaque An oak carved panel of hanging game birds. In reeded gilt frame with s...
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Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Oak

Charcoal Drawing by Rosanne Sniderman
Located in New York, NY
Ash wood frame, glass, charcoal on paper. Charcoal study of sculpture.
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Ash, Paper

St Andrews, Life Association Print By Michael Brown Golf Print
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
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 ...
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Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Wood Wall Decorations

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Oak, Paper

19th c. Framed English Chromolithograph Fern
Located in Wichita, KS
A beautiful collection of four chromolithographs from the 19th c. by Francis George Heath. Archival quality framing with archival matte front and back, protecting the original, antiq...
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19th Century English Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Marvelous Antique Carved Wood Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A wonderful early 20th century carved mahogany locksmith trade sign in the shape of a large key. Makes an unexpected piece of wall art as a found object with tons of character.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood

GROUP NP2 - NERONE and PATUZZI Sculptural panel 1972
Located in Vigevano, PV
ITA: Sculptural wall panel designed by Nerone & Patuzzi and produced by Forme & Superfici in 1972. This is an unnumbered prototype, thus to be considered a unique piece. A few number...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage Kai Kristansen Teak Wall System w/ Desk & Chair
Located in Emeryville, CA
Kai Kristiansen's wall system, also known as the "FM wall system," is a modular shelving and storage system designed by Danish furniture designer Kai Kristiansen in the 1960s. Kristi...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Wall Decorations

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Teak

Set of 17th Century English Carved Oak Foliage Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of 3 antique English carved oak foliage panels, dating from the mid 17th century. This charming set of decorative country wall panels will look beautiful in homes of any age o...
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Mid-17th Century English Tudor Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood, Oak

Set Of Four Framed Genuine Antique Zebra Skin
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this stunning set of four antique zebra skin frames. Each piece showcases the unique beauty and texture of genuine zebra hide, beautifully framed in a clas...
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20th Century African Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Hide, Acrylic, Wood

Charles Joshua Chaplin 'French, 1825-1891' 'Girl with Bird's Nest' Oil on Canvas
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Joshua Chaplin (French, 1825-1891) 'The Bird's Nest' A very fine and charming Rococo revival style oil on canvas depicting a young girl, dressed in 18th century costume and r...
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19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

19th Century French Framed Cameo Collection with Gilt Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 19th-century French framed collection of cameos presents a stunning display of classical artistry. The composition features an array of intricately detailed terracotta...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Metal

Josef Albers Signed Abstract Screenprint "Ascension"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original signed abstract screenprint, entitled "Ascension", by Josef Albers for the limited edition "Washburn College Bible", 1979. Albers created this work as a frontispiece for Vol...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Roy Lichtenstein “Drowning Girl” New York MoMA Print
Located in Austin, TX
Framed print by Roy Lichtenstein created for the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1989. This original poster titled “Drowning Girl” was inspired by a DC Comic and shows a girl drowni...
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1980s American Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Vintage Mid-Century Decorative Wall Panel - Iconic Retro Art
Located in Manzano, IT
Vintage Mid-Century Decorative Wall Panel - Iconic Retro Art Elevate your interior with this striking vintage decorative wall panel that embodies the spirit of mid-century modern de...
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1960s Italian Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Antique Photograph of Young Man Ebonized Wood Gold Gilt Bronze Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
An antique black and white photograph of a young man in a black ebonized wood and gold gilt bronze picture frame, circa mid-19th century, 1850s...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Bronze

Chinese Diamond Lattice Window Panel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century lattice window panel likely originated in a northern Chinese home with neutral and balanced interiors. The geometric lattice pattern is linear and open, and w...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood, Pine

20th C. Exceptional Framed Hand-Carved Wood Relief of the Last Supper, Rare
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Exceptional Framed Hand-Carved Wood Relief of the Last Super. Continental tropical baroque heavy solid wood frame, carved by a master carver. The piece has elaborately carved opulent heavy foliage frame around a meticulously hand carved fugures of Jesus and the 12 Apostles...
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20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Hardwood

1960s Raoul Dufy Venice Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raoul Dufy "Venice" gouache on paper. Nice new wood frame included. Framed size: 26" x 33" Image size: 16.5" x 23.5".
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1960s French Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Fine Handcarved Oak Gothic Revival Wall Shrine / Chapel for Statuette
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and good condition, Gothic-art shrine for standing or wall-hanging. This handsome and decorative, Gothic wall shrine is completely hand-crafted out of solid oak and it will look awesome, no matter where you decide to mount or place her. It must have taken its creator quite a few days to first draw this intricate design on paper and then hand carve the entire piece out of solid oak. The Gothic Style elements are deeply handcarved in both doors and they make this shrine highly decorative and an absolute joy to own and look at. This cabinet chapel (or chapel cabinet) comes with its brass lock in perfect working order and also with its original gothic style key. The handgrip is in fact a Gothic trefoil symbol (for the trinity). What also makes this piece extra attractive is the Gothic church window-like frame behind the doors. It is among the finest we have seen to date and on top of that this antique also has a beautiful and rich patina. By the way, the bronze Mary statuette is not included in our price. Finally, thanks to the hook in the back, mounting this antique chapel...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Wood Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass

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 Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Decorative Giltwood Church Sunburst early 20th Century
Located in Hastings, GB
A circa 1920 highly decorative water gilded Italian sunburst, hand carved wooden rays with a brass sun face to the centre. Original hanging hook to the rear. Width 55cm, Depth 5cm.
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1920s Italian Baroque Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Brass

Rowdy, a Framed Photograph by Bruce Weber
Located in Chicago, IL
This 1987 photogravure by Bruce Weber is a portrait of a golden retriever in profile—mouth open, tongue loose, gaze lifted with unwavering devotion toward someone just outside the fr...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Dutch 19th Century Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th century oil painting on panel. A Dutch school ( Hollandsche School) painting, oil on an oak panel with a scene of a river landsca...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Oak

Antique French oil painting "Landscape with blooming heather" by Gaston Anglade
By Gaston Vincent Anglade
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Antique French painting Impressionist oil painting "Landscape with flowering heather" executed by Gaston Anglade in the late 1800s.The author was born on September 29,1854 in Bordea...
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1890s French Other Antique Wood Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Set 2 Bernhard Rohne Vintage Acid Etched Brass Owl & Frog Panel Framed Fine Art
Located in Miami, FL
Here we offer 2 original vintage handcrafted acid etched brass metal owl and frog art pieces. Both are framed and have the original paper back label with the Models on the reverse. The frog is the symbol of prosperity, and the owl is symbol of the ghost spirit by the Haida Pacific Northwest Coast...
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1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Wall Decorations

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Brass

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