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Style: American Empire
Antique Brass & Pietra Dura Portrait Miniature Painting George Washington 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine, antique brass easel with Pietra Dura panels and three handpainted portrait miniature paintings, circa 1880. The brass easel of triangular ...
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1880s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Brass

American Oil on Canvas Landscape in the Original Floral Gilt Frame. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas landscape with a flowing stream, trees and mountains, watering cows in the foreground, sun in the background, encompassed on the origi...
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1850s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Pair of American Figural Oil on Canvas Portraits in Original Gilt Frames, C 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American figural oil on canvas portraits in original gilt wood and gesso molded edge frames, New York, 19th Century John Clark Hollister, NY 1818-1905 Martha Lyman Hollister,...
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1840s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19C Oil on Canvas ‘Portrait of a Distinguished Lady’ In the Style of J Eichholtz
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 19C Oil on Canvas ‘Portrait of a Distinguished Lady’ In the Style of Jacob Eichholtz. Nice sized portrait of an older lady of high social status, from circa 1820. She has brown curly hair (suggesting that she may not have been as old as she appears) with a beautiful lace bonnet, with intricate lace collar and black period dress which is suggestive of a ‘mourning’ period. Oil on Canvas mounted on a wooden fame with nails and glue. Unsigned, but most definitely in the style and manner of Jacob Eichholtz, who was a renowned Pennsylvanian artist, known for his portraits of families of status and wealth, in and around Pennsylvania in the early 19th Century. Jacob Eichholtz (1776–1842) was an early American painter...
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Early 19th Century American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas

American Oil on Canvas of Landscape in Original Gilt Frame, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas of landscape depicting mountains, meadows, and a stream in the original mounted foliage gilt frame. Late 19th Century.
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1870s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gold Leaf

19C Oil on Canvas Portrait of a 'Distinguished Gent' In the Style of J Eichholtz
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 19C Oil on Canvas Portrait of a ‘Distinguished Gentleman’ In the Style of Jacob Eichholtz. Nice sized portrait of a Gentleman of high social status, from circa 1820. He has brown hair with a period collar and bowed white silk cravat and a black period tunic or coat. Oil on Canvas mounted on a wooden fame with nails and glue. Unsigned, but most definitely in the style and manner of Jacob Eichholtz who was a renowned Pennsylvanian artist known for his portraits of families of status and wealth in and around Pennsylvania in the early 19th Century. Jacob Eichholtz (1776–1842) was an early American painter...
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Early 19th Century American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of American Oil on Canvas Stills. Signed T. Maria. Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American oil on canvas stills in gilt and painted frames. Each painting consist of fruit in wicker baskets. Signed by artist. T. Maria. Early 19th Century.
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1830s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

American Oil on Canvas Portrait of Seated Young Lady, NY, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas portrait of seated young lady in the original gilt wood floral flame, New York, Mid-19th century.
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1850s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint

American Oil on Canvas Ship Captain with Spyglass in Orig, Gilt Frame, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait oil on canvas of a young ship captain holding a spyglass with a sailing ship, crew in rowboat, and gulls in lower background mounted in the original decorative gilt...
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1840s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

American Oval Pastel of Young Lady Grasping Dove, Cola, SC. Circa 1865
Located in Charleston, SC
American pastel of young lady grasping dove in the original oval floral gilt frame presented under glass, Mid 19th Century. Original paper label on back. Ursuline Convent, Valle Cru...
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1860s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Terryl Best "Ribbons VIII" Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Terryl Best (American, XX) "Ribbons VIII" oil painting on canvas depicting a Minimalist abstract polychrome composition on a butter yellow ground, signed to verso with National Assoc...
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20th Century American Empire Paintings

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Canvas

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Large Oil on Canvas Mother and Child Signed L. Nicolas
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An Oil on Canvas Signed L. Nicolas. A follower of Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 - Paris 1743). This wonderfully detailed oil on canvas of mother and child in a solid carved wood frame....
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Contemporary British Framed Oil Painting on Canvas (White Roses In Mustard Pot)
Located in Austin, TX
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Grand Tour Pietra Dura Plaque of Cavaliers Drinking in a Cellar, Florence c.1885
Located in London, GB
A fantastic large Grand Tour Florentine antique pietra dura plaque depicting a group of drunken cavaliers carousing in a cellar. The image in this piece is all made of pietra dura:...
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Pair Antique American Framed Oil on Canvas Portrait Paintings, Circa 1840.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique American Framed Oil on Canvas Portrait Paintings, Circa 1840. Portraits of Catherine Margaret James (1820-1854) & Colonel Robert Emmet Temple West Point, Army Albany, NY
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Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully painted oil on canvas of a lady, circa 1825, merged with a period gilt-wood frame.
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Pair of 19th Century French Oil on Board Paintings in Carved Gilt Frames
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Pair of Miniature Portraits in Giltwood Frames
Located in Huntington, NY
2 portraits, late 18th century, oil on board.
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Pine, Giltwood

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18th century Portrait of Lady Oil on Canvas in Giltwood Frame
Located in Savannah, GA
English oil on canvas portrait dating from the late 1700s painted in the manor of Joshua Reynolds. We believe the giltwood frame could be the original as it is right for the period. ...
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Located in Dublin, Ireland
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Domenick Capobianco Surrealist Acrylic on Board
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) Surrealist Acrylic Painting on Wood Board, depicting a palette knife, in the manner of Rene Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967), apparently unsigned...
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20th Century American Empire Paintings

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Capobianco "Red Wedge.." Color Field Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
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20th Century American Empire Paintings

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Curt Walters "Homestead Herald" Oil on Canvas
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Ammi Phillips Attributed Portrait of a Gentleman Oil
Located in Astoria, NY
Ammi Phillips (American, 1788-1865) attributed oil painting on canvas, circa 1835-1840, depicting the portrait of a brown-haired gentleman, his left arm resting on a stack of books or ledgers. 30" H x 25.25" W. Provenance: From a 240 East 15th Street estate. Note: The offered lot by Ammi Phillips bears marked similarity to the works of the artist's later "Kent Limner" period of 1835-1840, particularly the images of gentlemen painted in the area of Lime Rock...
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Wolf Kahn (German/American, 1927-2020) "Row of Trees" pastel drawing on paper depicting a winter landscape scene, signed lower right, housed under Plexiglas in a silvered wood frame....
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Lawrence Glickman (American, XX- XXI) "Reverie" acrylic painting on canvas, signed and titled on reverse. 44" H x 40" W. Provenance: From the artist's estate.
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Albert Radoczy Surrealist Gouache on Paper
Located in Astoria, NY
Albert Radoczy (American, XX), modern Surrealist-theme gouache on paper depicting portraits and figures among fibers in three colors, signed and dated "1979" lower right. Image: 20" ...
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Albert Radoczy Surrealist Gouache on Paper
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American Portrait of George Washington Oil on Canvas in Gilt Frame, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American oval portrait of George Washington oil on canvas in the original gilt floral frame. Portrait retains the original wood back, Unsigned, C...
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American Portrait of George Washington Oil on Canvas in Gilt Frame, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
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American Portrait of George Washington Oil on Board in Original Gilt Frame. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
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Antique American Empire Eglomise Trumeau Gilt and Ebonized Wall Mirror
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Mirror, Glass, Giltwood

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