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Place of Origin: Italian
Ludovica Blu Elettrico Wallpaper - Racconti collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Electric Blue Subjects: Multicolor Designer: Marika Tardio Designed by hand in Digital Art Made in: Italy Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-wove...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Sport Poster Rome Olympic Games Italy Romulus And Remus Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster for Die XVII Olympischen Spiele Roma 25.VIII-11.IX featuring a great design by Armando Testa (1917-1992) depicting the twin brothers Romulus and Remus...
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1960s Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Ludovica Nero Mezzanotte Wallpaper - Racconti collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Midnight Black Subjects: Multicolor Designer: Marika Tardio Designed by hand in Digital Art Made in: Italy Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-wo...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Italian 19th Century Still-Life Oil Painting Depicting Fruits, in Giltwood Frame
By Florentine
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian oil on canvas still-life painting from the 19th century in carved giltwood frame, signed Florentine. Created in Italy during the 19th century, this still-life painting dep...
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19th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Original Vintage Travel Poster Come To Malta Frank Portelli Mediterranean Beach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Come to Malta - featuring a colourful design by Frank Portelli (1922-2004) depicting a bottle of wine and fruit on a table under a green and white st...
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1950s Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Mid-20th Century Italian Bamboo Wall Shelf
Located in Pearland, TX
A stylish Mid-Century Italian rattan and bamboo two tiered wall shelf, circa 1960. Beautiful rattan spiral design on sides with the original finish. Perfect for displaying collectibl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Bamboo, Rattan

Hotel key holder in walnut wood with keys, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique Hotel or Inn Key Holder, with carved profiles and all in solid walnut, iron hooks and original antique keys included (those in the photo), from Italy, from the 18th century. ...
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18th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Walnut

Antique Italian Botanical Collection in a Window Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A wondrous collection of Florentine botanicals lovingly gathered between 1905 and 1907 and presented under glass in a weathered window frame with nine panels, dated, categorized and ...
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Early 20th Century Bohemian Italian Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood

Blow-up 1967 Italian Locandina Yellow Style Film Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love this striking original country-of-origin Italian Locandina film poster for Antonioni's 1966's classic Blow-up. Produced in 3 different colours with yellow being the rarest. ...
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20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Antique Old Master Floral Still Life Oil Painting Flowers 18th Century Italian
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Beautiful Italian Still Life oil painting on old canvas of a brass urn holding a bouquet of assorted flowers set on a ledge. 18th or ...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Paint

Large Mid-20th Century Italian White Blanc De Chine Fruit Topiary Wall Hanging
Located in Pearland, TX
A stunning large 20.5" Mid-Century Italian Blanc de Chine glazed ceramic handmade hanging wall fruit topiary. No maker's mark. This gorgeous topiary features a hand molded assortment...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Ceramic, Plaster

Bolognese School of the 16th Century - Mummy of Saint Catherine of Bologna
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bolognese School of the 16th Century Mummy of Saint Catherine of Bologna
Oil on Panel 20,5 x 7 x 0,8 cm This rare painting depicts Saint Catherine of Bologna as a mummy, housed in a ...
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood, Giltwood

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Set of Portrait Medals of The 12 Roman Emperors
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful mounted and framed 19th century Italian Grand Tour set of silvered bronze portrait medallions of The 12 Roman Emperors surrounding 3 larger medals, one showing the Battle o...
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Early 19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Bronze

Attribution of Mattia Preti " Salvator Mundi " 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Attribution of Mattia Preti " Salvator Mundi " 17th Century Italian painting from the 17th century depicting the figure of the infant Jesus as Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World),...
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17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Paint

18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Gold-Leaf Moro Screen with butterflies
By Porte Italia
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 Other Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pair of Vintage Gilded Wood Italian Wall Brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of large gilded wood Italian wall brackets.
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20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Vintage Pop Art, C. Jere Style Multi-Colored Paperclip Wall Sculpture
By C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Pop Art Paperclip Wall Sculpture, purchased in Italy and in the style of Curtis Jere. The sculpture of oversized paperclips linked together is in fun primary colors and measu...
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Late 20th Century Modern Italian Wall Decorations

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Metal

Tapestry Madonna and Child - grass juice
Located in Firenze, FI
This tapestry is made with the technique called "grass juice." Its dimensions are 243 cm. x 140 cm. Made in the early 1900s, it depicts a madonna with child. The figure of the Madonn...
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Early 20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Cotton

18th Century Italian Silk & Silver Metallic Thread Lampas Brocade Panel
Located in Rochester, NY
An exceptional and fine hand woven 18th century Italian silk and silver metallic thread lampas brocade panel with beautiful aged original color. Red silk backing w/ attached strip of...
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Early 18th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Metallic Thread

Small Italian 18th Century Baroque Silvered Wall Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Italian Venetian-style wall mirror with original silvered patina.
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Mid-18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Gesso, Giltwood, Wood

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest R1970s Italian 2 Foglio Film Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Jack Nicholson's character rightfully takes centre stage in the visually impressive Italian 70s re-release 2 sheet. The simple but effective artwork and size of the poster combine to...
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20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Linen, Paper

Italian Contemporary Hand Colored Pompeian Red Antique Vase Print 2 of 2
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Beautiful print that is part of a series of two, representing 2 different views of an ancient Italian vase of Villa Ghigi. It is printed with an antique press and colored by our best...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Turquoise Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold gilded tabernacle door adorned with naturally forming baroque pearls. This door once belonged on a tabernacle which housed the eucharist in a church. In the...
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18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Gold Leaf

17th C. Italian Old Master Painting Madonna, Child, St. Anne, John the Baptist
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th century Italian old master painting Madonna and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist. Important Tuscan School Old Master painting in oil on a hand shaved wood panel. ...
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Late 17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

Nerone Patuzzi NP2 wall panel made in Italy 1974
By Nerone and Patuzzi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning abstract square wall panel designed by Nerone Patuzzi, crafted from etched aluminum with a wooden backing, created by Forme e Superfici and belongs to a limited edition, wit...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Aluminum

Italian Art Studio Pottery Vintage Plate in Fanciullacci Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s Mid-Century Modern handcrafted and hand-decorated large bowl in the style of Fratelli Fanciullacci. Vintage handcrafted Italian art studio pottery, Florence. Bands with vertica...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Ceramic

Matteo Lovatti 19th Century Oil on Panel Young Prince's Visit
By Matteo Lovatti 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Matteo Lovatti (Italian, b. 1861) a fine 19th century oil on panel "The Young Prince's Visit" Depicting an interior tavern scene with a jester introducing and welcoming a young Princ...
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19th Century Baroque Revival Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood

Colorful 20th Century Oil Painting of Paris by Italian Artist Piero Solavaggione
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Oil painting on canvas in its original frame representing a Parisian quarter with a church on the background. Painted by the Italian artist Professor Piero Solavaggione (Carmagnola (...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas

18th Century Italian Rococo Pine Wall Brackets
Located in San Marino, CA
Pair of 18th century Italian Venetian Rococo painted and gilt pine wall brackets.
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18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Pine

Italian Early 19th Century Painted Wood Architectural Wall Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Italian carved wood wall-mounted shelf. This Italian architectural piece, from the early 19th century, has been hand-carved in a scroll and leaf motif. The shelf top has a...
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19th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood

Ricamo Oro Antico Wallpaper, Racconti Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Textured Light Beige Subjects: Gold Designer: Marika Tardio Designed by hand in Digital Art Made in: Italy Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-wov...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Landscape Pastoral Scene, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting pastoral scene, bucolic landscape with animals and popular characters of good pictorial quality. Paint...
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1750s Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas

17th Century Francesco Curti "Vendor of Shoes" Etching
By Francesco Curti, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Located in Cagliari, IT
The print is part of the series consisting of forty engravings, "I mestieri per la via" (The crafts on the road), engraved by Francesco Curti (Bologna ca.1603- Bologna 1670) by an in...
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1660s Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Copper

"Progetto 1" Etching by Walter Valentini, c. 1980's
By Walter Valentini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Progetto 1" is a captivating etching by the renowned Italian artist Walter Valentini, dating back to the 1980s. This exquisite artwork presents a fusion of intricate detail and mode...
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1980s Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Heinz Pinggera, "Music Recital for the Cardinal" Oil on Canvas
By Heinz Pinggera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heinz Pinggera (Italian, b 1900) "A Recital for the Cardinal" oil on canvas within a gilt-wood and gesso frame. The interior 18th century rococo scene depicting a seated Cardinal or ...
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Early 20th Century Rococo Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Pair of Italian Metal & Crystal Wall Brackets Shelves
Located in Miami, FL
A gorgeous pair of vintage Hollywood Regency style Italian metal and crystal wall brackets shelves. These lovely shelves have beautiful droplet crystals. They are perfect for display...
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Wall Decorations

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Crystal, Metal

Ippolito Caffi 19th Century Signed Italian Painting
By Ippolito Caffi
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important painting attributed to the great 19th-century artist Ippolito Caffi. Tempera on canvas pasted on panel. Depicts the Bay of Naples in all its resplendent beaut...
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Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Wall Clock Leather Brass, 1960s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A wall clock made of leather and brass manufactured in midcentury, circa 1960. The clock hangs with golden toned cords on a brass knob. A removable key is used for winding the move...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Brass

Fabscarte Metallic Handmade and Hand Painted Wallpaper, Dune
By Fabscarte
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. A landscape of mo...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Ceramic Wall Flower Shelf by Ginori - Eagle Shaped Shower
By Richard Ginori
Located in Milano, MI
Wall-mounted eagle-shaped ceramic flower holder shelf made by Ginori - Shower. Majolica earthenware, decorated with polychrome glazes. Present imperfections as shown in photos. Ø cm...
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1880s Classical Roman Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Terracotta

Painting Face of young woman Cappellini
Located in Taranto, IT
Painted Face of young woman Cappellini. Measures: Height 71 cm Width 61 cm Mixed Media on canvas In good conservative condition, present signs of time due to use and age. (Pl...
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1970s Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Pietro Consagra, Prospetto di edificio frontale, Edition 58/100, 1990s
By Pietro Consagra
Located in Roma, RM
Pietro Consagra, Prospetto di edificio frontale, Edition 58/100. Silk-screen printing on shaped cardboard, eg. 58/100, 65.5 x 57 cm 1999 Signature in pencil lower left Publisher BGS ...
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1990s Italian Wall Decorations

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Other

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. Beyond is the rectangular forecourt to the church, the piazza retta, leading to the façade by Maderno, completed in 1610, and the dome by Michelangelo, Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana. To the right of the façade the roof of the Sistine Chapel is just visible, followed by the Cortile di S. Damaso, the palace of the Swiss Guards and the palace of Paul V. A Cardinal is being driven in a carriage across the piazza at the right in the direction of the Borgo Nuovo and Ponte S. Angelo with his blue-liveried retinue and subsidiary carriages. Unlike the later versions of the subject that depict the Duke de Choiseul, there seems to be no intent to portray any particular cardinal: the procession of a cardinal here is presented simply as characteristic activity within the piazza. Various groups of figures, including well-dressed women in brightly colored dresses, Swiss Guards, priests, gentlemen, idlers and a pilgrim are distributed around the piazza. In the foreground an imaginary heap of fallen masonry provides visual interest in an otherwise dead space. Panini painted the Piazza S. Pietro on a number of occasions, and his works falls into two types, one with the viewpoint shifted slightly to left of the axis, as in the Farnborough Hall version, and one with it shifted slightly to the right. The first type is based on a composition by Gaspar van Wittel, of which there are numerous versions from 1684 until 1721 (Fig. 9 van Wittel). The work by Panini that seems closest to Van Wittel and therefore probably the earliest is the version in the Circolo della Caccia, Rome, which has been dated to the second half of the 1730s, but is probably a decade or so earlier. Another, on the London art market in 2002-2009, and a version with workshop participation at Sotheby's, Milan (20 November 2007, lot 137) and currently on the art market in Rome, are closer to an important painting in Toledo (Arisi no. 308) that is signed and dated 1741 (fig. 6). Van Wittel employed a wide format (about 2:1), showed both of the end faces of the colonnade almost to their full extent, and introduced the theme of a heap of masonry to enliven the foreground. His choice of perspective implies a viewpoint located in the small piazza between the Borgo Nuovo and Borgo Vecchio, now the Piazza Pio XII at the top of the Via della Conciliazione. From this viewpoint a building at the left tended to interfere with the view of the end of the left arm, as can be seen from the Nolli map...
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1850s Louis XVI Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Glass

Luigi Saccardo 'Topline' Highboards in Vibrant Green and Black Color
By Luigi Saccardo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Saccardo, 'Beehive' large cabinets from the 'Topline' series, lacquered laminated wood, metal, Italy, circa 1976 Back in the seventies, Topline was a newly introduced collection by Casem, a company based in Castelfiorentino (Florence). Conceptualized by Luigi Saccardo, the collection featured a range of premium furniture pieces that combined minimalist design with practical functionality. As exemplified, the units feature open compartments, of which each individual compartment is 40 cm / 15.75 in. The clean and open layout of the cabinets allows to display objects in several ways. The top and bottom sections are provided with green door panels with subtle round metal door handles...
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1970s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Metal

17th Century Etchingn and Drypoint" Ceres and Phytalus" by Salvator Rosa, 1662
By Salvator Rosa
Located in Cagliari, IT
" Ceres and Phytalus" To left, Phytalus, kneeling, receives the fig tree from the goddess Ceres, standing to right, as a reward for his hospitality. Etching and drypoint, circa 1662,...
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17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

pair of Italian late 18th century Gouache and Silvered Wood paintings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and finely detailed pair of Italian late 18th century Gouache and Silvered Wood paintings, in the manner of Michelangelo Maestri. Each truly stunning painting of maidens playing musical instruments is framed within a Silvered wood rectangular frame. Both Gouaches depict nude maidens with cloud like garments gently wrapped around their body. One maiden is adorned in beautiful pearl jewelry...
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18th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Silver Leaf

Nebula, Giudizio Universale 'Michelangelo' Wallpaper
By Millim Studio
Located in Roma, IT
Were I, all of a sudden, to find myself lost in a dream, I would search in the horizon for the right moment to make it come true. Even if everything seems frozen in time, it’s actua...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Opinion Ciatti Henry III Triangular Wall Shelf Left
By Bruno Rainaldi, Opinion Ciatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Well defined with contemporary lines, a geometric design and unusual shapes in order to surprise and astonish. Henri is the collection of shelves designed by Bruno Rainaldi, characte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Wall Decorations

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Stainless Steel

Franco Fontana Italian Print Vintage Photo "Adriatico" 1975
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Photographic print - chromogenic - vintage - “Adriatico” by Italian artist Franco Fontana, 1975. Signed and dated by the author at the base. Franco Fontana: (Modena, Italy - December 9, 1933) is an Italian photographer, photojournalist and writer. 2775/5000 He began photographing in 1961. A frequent photographer at the "Fotoclub", his activity is mainly amateur, even though he carries out aesthetic research on various themes. Very important will be those dedicated to the abstract expression of color, carried out in a period in which abstract art in photography was to be found exclusively in black and white. In 1963 he exhibited at the Third International Biennial of Color in Vienna; the year after Popular Photography publishes, for the first time, a portfolio with text by Piero Racanicchi. He held his first solo exhibitions in 1965 in Turin (Subalpina photographic society) and in 1968 in Modena (Galleria della Sala di Cultura). The exhibition in his hometown marks a turning point in his research. Its complex activity and the international importance of its production can be summarized in some figures. Over 70 books have been dedicated to him, published by Italian, French, German, Swiss, Spanish, American and Japanese publishers; he has exhibited in public museums and private galleries around the world - over 400 personal and group exhibitions he has held so far. His works are preserved in over fifty museums around the world, including: International Museum of Photography, Rochester; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunsthaus Zurich; Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin; The Photographic Museum, Helsinki; Puskin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; The University of Texas, Austin; Museum of Modern Art, Norman, Oklahoma; San Paolo Art Museum; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo; Beijing National Gallery; The Australian National Gallery, Melbourne; The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney - and private. He has received important awards and prizes, in Italy and abroad. He has collaborated and collaborated with magazines and newspapers: Time-Life, Vogue USA, Vogue France, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Sette, Panorama, Epoca, Class, Frankfurter Allgemeine, New York Times. Among the many advertising campaigns signed...
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1970s Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Large Painting Of Anna Maria Borghese by Vittorio Matteo Corcos
Located in Norwood, NJ
Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Italian, (1859–1933) Original portrait of Anna Maria Borghese by Vittorio Matteo Corcos. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Ex-Sot...
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Late 19th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Gold Leaf

Italian Sun in Splendor Carved-Wood Wall Plaque w/Original Finish, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian wooden wall plaque, carved "in his glory", from the 19th century. This antique wall decoration from Italy has a vertical shape and features a "sun in splendor" carved sun ...
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19th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood

Giovanni de Simone Ceramic Tile Italian Design Multi-Color Swordfish Marlin 1970
By Giovanni de Simone
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Giovanni de Simone ceramic tile Italian design multi-color swordfish marlin.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Ceramic

Matteo Lovatti (Italian, 1861-1909) 19th-Century Oil on Canvas "Church V State"
By Matteo Lovatti 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Matteo Lovatti (Italian, 1861-1909) A Fine 19th-Century Oil on Canvas Titled 'Church V. State - The Fencing Lesson'. The finely detailed artwork depicting an interior tavern scene, f...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Italian Old Venetian Miniature Wall Shelf, Gilded Carved Acanthus, Rococo Style
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is an absolutely stunning, 1950s Italian gilt wood wall shelf or wall console. Minor patina gives this piece a classy statement. Made of h...
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1950s Rococo Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pair Of 19th Century Italian Gilt Wall Brackets
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of 19th century Italian gilt wall brackets. Brackets have beautifully carved and painted acanthus leaves topped with a flat shelf. Wonderful old patina. Brass hardware is affixe...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood

18th Century Large Oil on Canvas Italian Painting of King's Daughter, "Europe"
Located in Round Top, TX
Large Original oil on canvas painting of a scene with the king's daughter “Europe”. Unsigned. Inscribed S. Evropæa. Italian painter, circa late 1700:'s. This painting stands over 6' ...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

19th Century Italian School Oil on Canvas Painting of Birds
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine large scale 19th century Italian school painting of a landscape scene with birds. So pretty and framed in a lovely gold...
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19th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Original Vintage Poster, Cordial Campari Nizzoli 1927 Lithograph Beverage
By Marcello Nizzoli
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster, Cordial Campari Nizzoli, 1927 Condition backing / material: Linen (backed on acid-free paper and cotton canvas) Printer...
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19th Century Art Deco Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Early 20th Century Italian Street Scene Painting in Gilt Frame Signed Petrilli
By N. Petrilli
Located in Dallas, TX
This oil on canvas painting was created in Italy, circa 1920. Set inside the original carved gilt frame, this painting depicts a European city scene bustling with people walking down...
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Early 20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Vintage wall decor Scorpio by Salvino Marsura, Italy 1960s
By Salvino Marsura
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Original vintage wall decor Scorpio by Salvino Marsura made in Treviso, Italy in the 1960s. Salvino Marsura is an Italian artist born in Treviso in 1938. His career began in the 1950...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Wall Decorations

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Metal

Italian Carved Wood Depiction of "The Last Supper"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. bas-relief panel which is a type of sculpture where the design in only slightly raised from the background surface, creating a shallow, low-relief effect. The relief depicts...
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19th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

Ricamo Quattro Colori Wallpaper - Racconti collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Textured Light Beige Subjects: Red, Azure, Blue, Gold Designer: Marika Tardio Designed by hand in Digital Art Made in: Italy Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellu...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Unique sculpture Maternity in Martellato glass with engraved signature dated 1969
By Fontana Arte
Located in Palermo, IT
This hammered and etched glass art sculpture captures the essence of motherhood with delicate artistry. The jagged surface of the hammered glass creates a dynamic play of light and s...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Nickel

Ricamo Rosa Antico Wallpaper, Essenziali Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Antique Rose Subjects: White Line Designer: Marika Tardio Designed by hand in Digital Art Made in: Italy Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-woven...
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2010s Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Morbelli Zodiac Plate “Virgin” Porcelain Gold, 1950, Italy
By Arte Morbelli
Located in Milano, IT
Morbelli Zodiac plate “Virgin” porcelain gold, 1950, Italy.
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1950s Other Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Porcelain

Brass and glass wall mounted coatrack by Peter Ghyczy, 1970s
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Delft, NL
Brass and glass wall mounted coatrack by Peter Ghyczy, 1970s A brass with glass wall mounted coatrack, design by Peter Ghyczy Peter Ghyczy (1940 – 2022) was a German designer of Hun...
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20th Century Italian Wall Decorations

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Brass

Original Vintage Poster CONTRATTO CAPPIELLO, 1930 Large
By Leonetto Cappiello
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Artist  Leonetto Cappiello Year 1930 Dimensions 137x198cm Condition Good    
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Italian Wall Decorations

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Paper

Contemporary Art Lighting Sculpture - Volto degli Altri by Marco Lodola
By Mirabili, Marco Lodola
Located in Pistoia, IT
Light sculpture Curved acrylic sheet, Lighting with light tubes "The intervention of an artist, citizen of the world, like Marco Lodola has created a climate of high cultural as well...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Italian Wall Decorations

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Plexiglass

19th C. Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Portrait Plaque Roman Emperor Titus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Portrait Plaque Roman Emperor Titus Italy, Circa 1880s A fine example of 19th-century Italian Grand Tour, this masterwork carved marbl...
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19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Marble, Steel

Pair of Large Framed 18th Century Italian Oil on Canvas Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Large Framed 18th Century Italian Oil on Canvas Paintings of Classical Scenes
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18th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Ghidini 1961 Single Butterfly Coatrack in Gold by Richard Hutten
By Ghidini 1961, Richard Hutten
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Coatrack in stainless steel The single butterfly coat hanger is both playful and elegant and gives to customers the possibility to embellish in a bra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Wall Decorations

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Stainless Steel

Pair of Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Paintings of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Mid-20th Century Oil on canvas, gilt frame Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5...
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Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

17th Century Venetian Double Sided Oil Painting Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite and rare 17th century double sided Palazzo door from Venice, Italy. This sensational door is constructed with a wooden frame, canvas sides and its iron hardware. Two dif...
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17th Century Antique Italian Wall Decorations

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Canvas

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