1940s Wall Decorations
Period: 1940s
Color: Orange
Original Vintage Political Poster, 'GALA FRANCO ESPAGNOL'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Political Poster, 'GALA FRANCO ESPAGNOL'
This is an original vintage poster depicting Francisco Franco, who lead the Nation...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, in Small Size, with Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, circa 1945, Small size
A vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 6'8" x 4'5", circa 1945. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a central...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Vintage Chinese Art Deco Oriental Rug, in Gallery Size, W Flowers and Ivory Tone
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese Art Deco Rug, Gallery size, circa 1940
A one-of-a-kind antique Chinese Art Deco oriental carpet, hand-knotted with medium ...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 8'1" H x 5'0" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking ivory central field, with a central medallion ...
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Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Original Vintage Film Poster Ziegfeld Follies Fred Astaire Judy Garland Pin Up
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an MGM film in Technicolour - Ziegfeld Follies - the Greatest production since the birth of motion pictures! featuring an all star cast including Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Gene Kelly and others, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli, and produced by Arthur Freed. Fun pin-up style design depicting a lady in a feather bird costume smiling at the viewer while holding a telephone with her other hand on her hip, the bold stylised title letter Z following the shape of her body with the text on the side against the yellow background. This musical film was a cinematic take on The Ziegfeld Follies theatrical production on Broadway New York City that ran from 1907 to 1931, inspired by the pretty pin up chorus girls...
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Australian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Movie Poster Air Force WWII Military Aviation Film Howard Hawks
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the French release of a 1943 American World War Two aviation film about the crew of a bomber plane in Pearl Harbour who are sent to Manila to help w...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, in Room Size, with Medallion, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1940, room size.
A vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 11'8" x 8'4", circa 1940. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a centra...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Van Der Elst, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Joseph Van Der Elst. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., 1944. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. An in-depth look into art of the Middle Ages. Contents: 1. The Times and the Men who Made Them: Men of Flanders; The Flemish Parade; The Good Black Earth; The Rise of the Towns; The Medieval Guilds; Of Love, the Dream; The Upward Glance; Pt. 2. The Flemish Masters: Jan van Eyck; Petrus Christus...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Treasure The Honour Of The Family USSR Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Treasure the Honour of the Family! - featuring the quote below artwork showing an elderly man pointing to three photographs on a wall of m...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Food Poster Sausage Cutting Standard Methods Meat Slices Cook
Located in London, GB
Original vintage food poster showing the different methods of cutting sausage meat slices with the description below each board, the title...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster For Savings Certificates Royal Navy War Ship Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Put Your Trust In The Navy & Your Money In Savings Certificates - featuring a military illustration of sai...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rare Large Vintage Laurel & Hardy Poster, "The Dancing Masters"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare version of the original theatrical release poster for the black and white 1943 movie by 20th century fox. The frame obscures a name lower right.
This one is the same image as...
Category
Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster 25th Anniversary Komsomol USSR WWII Soviet Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Soviet propaganda poster - Long Live the 25th Anniversary of the Leninist-Stalinist Komsomol! Dynamic artwork depicting soldiers and workers marching f...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster USSR WWII Victory Long Live Generalissimos Stalin
By Viktor Deni
Located in London, GB
Original vintage soviet victory propaganda poster issued in 1945 at the end of world war two featuring a dynamic design by the notable cartoonist and bolshevist agitpop poster artist...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Sport Poster for 50 Years of Boxing in Russia 1898 1948
By A. Bannikov
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport poster promoting 50 Years of Boxing in Russia 1898 1948 The Sport of Courage and Strength published by the USSR ministry of physical culture and sport. ...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Cycling Race Poster Vuelta Ciclista Cataluna Race Spain Pirelli
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cycling poster for the XXV Vuelta Ciclista a Cataluna V Gran Premio Bodas de Plata / XXV Catalonia Cycling Tour V Gra...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Salute The Soldier The Liberator Save Lend More
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Salute The Soldier The Liberator Save More Lend More - depicting an army soldier in military uniform armed with a gun and stepping forward int...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Gran Premio Pena Motorista Barcelona Montjuic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Gran Premio Pena Motorista Barcelona Circuito de Montjuich / Grand Prix Pena Motorista Barcelona Montjuic Circui...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Save Tractor Fuel To Speed The Tanks Darts Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster - Double and Treble your efforts to save tractor fuel to speed the tanks - featuring an illustration of darts in a dartboard with the...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster WWII Factories Industry Reconstruction Red Army Victory
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster encouraging the viewer to rebuild factories and industries damaged during World War Two - T??????! ?????????????? ???? ?????, ???? ??????????? ?? ????????? ??????? ????? ??????? ?????, ?? ??????????? ??????! / Comrade! By restoring your plant, your enterprise, you help the Red Army...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Free Holland Welcomes The Soldiers Of The Allies WWII
By Pat Keely
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Free Holland Welcomes the Soldiers of the Allies / Welkom in het vrije Nederland! Dynamic design by the...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Political Poster Strike Now In The West Communist Party GB
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two political propaganda poster issued by the Communist Party of Great Britain - Strike now in the West and finish th...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Music Movie Poster La P'tite Femme Du Moulin Rouge Chaste Susan
By Vicente Cristellys
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for a musical comedy film La P'tite Femme du Moulin-Rouge featuring a great illustration by Vicente Cristellys (1898-1...
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French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Geroba Tabletten Cough Lozenges Health Graphic Design
By Edi Hauri
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising Geroba cough lozenges featuring a great graphic design illustration by Edi Hauri (1911-1988) depicting a yellow hand shape held up as a stop signa...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Winter Sports In Austria Alps Mountains Snowball Design
By Paul Aigner
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster - Winter Sports in Austria - featuring artwork by Paul Aigner (1909-1984) depicting a fun image after a snowball fight of a smiling lady with snow ...
Category
Austrian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Men Working Together US Military Home Front Workers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Men Working Together! - featuring a US Army soldier and Navy sailor in military uniform standing behind a smil...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Move To The Far East With Us Cattle Crop Farming
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Move to the Far East With Us / ??????????? ? ??? ?? ??????? ??????! - featuring a lady behind wheat and a man framed by a tree welcoming a...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Charles Kiffer Lithograph of Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful original Mid-Century Modern lithograph was created for the inauguration of the new Alhambra Theater, featuring Maurice Chevalier, circa 1948. It features the actor don...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Fratricidio Fratricide WWII Fascist War Propaganda Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage fascist Italian World War Two poster - Fratricidio! / Fratricide - featuring an Italian soldier wearing a torn and bloodied uniform and ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Anti British State Values Domination Exploitation
Located in London, GB
Original vintage anti-British World War Two propaganda poster issued in Fascist Italy - I principi di vita e di Stato Dell'Inghilterra. Sete di dominio. ...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Angel Battling the Hydra, " Fantastic Art Deco Sculptural Relief with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating to 1943, at the height of Great Britain's battle, newly joined by America, against the Nazis, this rare, Art Deco bas relief sculptural panel was commissioned and presented by the Air Ministry to fund raisers across Britain "In Recognition of Successful Achievement in Wings for Victory Week," and in particular the "Per Ardua Ad Astra" campaign (which quoted the Royal Air Force's motto, translated as “Through Adversity to the Stars"). The panel features a nude male angel...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Bakelite
Original Vintage Poster Free Labor Will Win WWII Home Front Propaganda USA Flag
Located in London, GB
Original vintage American World War Two poster - Free Labor Will Win - published by the U.S. Government and the War Production Board as a reminder that the Fascist enemies were using...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster El Vino Es La Mas Sana Wine The Healthiest Drink Pasteur
Located in London, GB
Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster with a quote by the renowned French chemist, microbiologist and bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): Wine is the Healthiest and Most Hygienic of Beverages / El Vino...
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Uruguayan Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Britain Defender Of Freedom Africa RAF Beaufighters
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster in Portuguese - A Gra Bretanha Defensora de Liberdade Avios Britanicos "Beaufighters" bombardieam no Norte de Africa as colunas de Ro...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Male Nude with Sculptural Fragment, " Important Depiction of Fred McDarrah
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing is a highly important and rare window into a relationship that impacted the larger world of Abstract Expressionism in New York just a few years after it was made in 1949...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Original Vintage War Poster Soviet Pilot Civil Air Fleet Partisans USSR WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster featuring a dynamic design depicting a Soviet air force pilot with medals on his uniform below a thick coat, wearing flying go...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Command Decision 1948 Argentine Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1948 Argentine poster for the film Command Decision directed by Sam Wood with Clark Gable / Walter Pidgeon / Van Johnson / Brian Donlevy. Good-very good condition, folded. M...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Railway Poster - In War and Peace We Serve GWR LMS LNER SR
By Reginald Mayes
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two travel advertising poster - In War and Peace We Serve - published by the Big Four railway companies of the time (1923-1947): Great Western Railway GWR,...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWI Propaganda Poster Back Them Up Tank Attack Western Desert
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster, Back Them Up! A British tank attack in the Western Desert, featuring a dynamic illustration of a tank ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Galloping Horse" Art Deco Plaque by Waylande Gregory, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in brilliant white, deep red, gold and black, this striking round plaque was made by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. Prodigious and inde...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Original Vintage Water Sport Poster for Grand Meeting International Motonautique
By Geo Ham
Located in London, GB
Original vintage water sport poster for the Grand Meeting International Motonautique held on 12 and 13 June 1948 at the Bassin Du Trocadero featuring a dynamic illustration by Geo Ham (Georges Hamel; 1900-1972) of speed boats racing around a chequered buoy with a race flag blowing in the wind. Founded in 1922 in Belgium as the Union Internationale du Yachting Automobile, the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM; since 1927) is the international governing body of power boating...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential space or a small professional theatre, depicts several ...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Aces Wild" R1948 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1948 re-release U.S. one sheet poster for. Fine condition, linen-backed. This poster has been professionally linen-backed. Please note: the size is stated in inches and the ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Important Set of 5 Ceramic Wall Sconces French Ceramic, circa 1940
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Important set of 5 ceramic wall sconces.
Really elegant set with 2 brown ceramic glaze and 3 orange ceramic glaze.
This set comes from an important house in ouest of france.
...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Original Vintage Rothmans Poster Advertising Rothman of Pall Mall Tobacconist
By Eric Fraser
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cigarette advertising poster for Rothman of Pall Mall the best-known tobacconist in the world. Great design featuring an...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Midcentury British European Airways Poster for Business Abroad
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for British European Airways - Business Abroad In Half The Time BEA Takes You There And Brings You ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Engraved Pink Tinted Glass Panel, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engraved pink tinted glass panel, circa 1940.
Little splinter on the bottom (see picture) but not visible when assembled.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Gazelle French Shoe Poster Signed ''Robys''
By Robys
Located in Westport, CT
Stamped'' Robys'' Advertising shoe poster with gift box and shoes and Gazelles jumping out of it! Framed in black and silver leaf trim Frame, circa 1940, ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
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