Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
BEAUX ARTS STYLE
Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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Style: Beaux Arts
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Massimo Salvati
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Massimo Salvati depicts a quaint harbor of a seaside village in Italy, all from the fisherman's perspective with the village in the backgroun...
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Late 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Under the Aqueduct, " Very Fine 1920s Trumeau from Philadelphia Estate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautiful pairing of mirror and painting, framed in dark green and old gold, comes from a historic estate in the Philadelphia area. The upper painting depicts a bustling Italia...
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Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Canvas
Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe Danish 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Sewing Room" (Systue)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...
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19th Century Danish Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
"The Farm" by François Gall
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right.
Measures 176" x 18.5" including the frame and 8" x 10.5" sight.
Francois Gall 1912-1987 French
Well listed artist in the Benezit. ...
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Mid-20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Preparing the Meal" by Sam Uhrdin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This oil on canvas is signed and date in the upper left and measures 38" x 45.25" including the frame.
Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964).
Sam Uhr...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Algernon Sullivan Plaque, " Rare Bas Relief with Nude Figures by Jules Roine
By Jules-Edouard Roiné 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and important relief sculpture honors Algernon Sydney Sullivan, one of the most admired and respected attorneys and civic leaders active in New York in the late 19th century. Born a Hoosier, he moved to New York by 1860, and though an ardent abolitionist, felt honor-bound to step forward to defend the sailors of the Confederate ship Savannah, captured by the Union early in the Civil War. He served in the public sector for a decade and fought the Tweed gang. Later, Sullivan created two of the more important and influential law firms in New York in his era -- one of them, Sullivan and Cromwell, continues today -- but he always remained supportive of the poor who could not afford to retain an attorney for legal assistance. In his honor, the Sullivan Fountain was erected in Van Cortlandt...
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1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Painting of Bridge Over Aniene River, Vicovaro Italy
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century landscape painting by Carl Budtz-Moller (Danish 1882 - 1953) depicting an arched bridge leading to the walled city of Vicovaro
in the municipality of Subiaco northeast of Rome. Nice composition in gold and yellow with green trees and people crossing the bridge. Oil on canvas in nice gold leaf frame. Signed and dated 1912 lower right. Title verso on stretcher: Bol Over Floden Anienne Vicovaro (River over Anien River, Vicovaro) Very good condition, nicely framed.
Dimensions:
Frame: 34 3/4 x 42 1/4 in.
Stretcher 26 1/8 x 33 3/8 in.
Carl Budtz-Møller travelled extensively in Italy over the course of 30 years beginning in 1907 painting...
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Early 20th Century Danish Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
"On the Seine" by Jules René Hervé
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil painting by Jules René Hervé, signed lower left.
Measures 14.5" x 16" including the frame.
Jules René Hervé was an Academic French painter, bo...
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1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Triptych of paintings by Jean Cuillerat
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Triptych of abstract paintings by Jean Cuillerat, France circa 1960.
Gouache on cardboard.
Jean Cuillerat (1927-1998)
Mouvement de la nouvelle Ecole de Paris rallié au mouvement de l’abstraction lyrique...
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1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
18th Century Framed Oil Painting on Wood Panel of Wachau, Austria
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Framed Oil Painting on Wood Panel of Wachau, Austria is a superlative hillside view of the fabled city as it would have appeared over a century ago. The artist has take...
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Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Hand-Painted Large Antique Screen Double-Sided
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
781/M - That's a wonderful very large painting! On a side: an imaginary garden with flowers' triumph, all lacquered on 9 panels - on the other side: some simple Chinese patterns on...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
3 Beautifully Framed Vanity Fair Satyrical Prints
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
3 Beautifully Framed Vanity Fair Satyrical Prints
This is a collection of 3 Beautifully Framed Vanity Fair Satyrical Prints
This is a good collection of coloured prints, the pict...
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Early 1900s Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Pewter
1940s Signed Lithograph of Maurice Chevalier by French artist Charles Kiffer
Located in New York, NY
A lithograph from the 1940s of the singer and actor Maurice Chevalier . The artist was Charles Kiffer . Kiffer began to draw and paint caricatures of actors while attending the Ecole...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
La Ciotat, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
La Ciotat, oil painting (50 x 70 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud
Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters multiple tec...
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2010s French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Wall Ceramic Sculpture with White and Green Glazes Decoration, circa 1950-1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A wall ceramic sculpture with white and green glazes decoration.
In the style of sainte radegonde.
Perfect original conditions.
Circa 1960.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Painting Ludwig Klimek, Bathers in the Bay of Nice
By Klimek
Located in Nice, FR
Ludwig KLIMEK was born in Krakow (Poland) in 1912.
Ludwig KLIMEK was born in Krakow (Poland) in 1912.
Fleeing the invasion of his country by German troops in 1939, he came to Franc...
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Seaside 2, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Portugal seaside 2, oil painting (120 x 80 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud
Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters mu...
Category
2010s French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
G. Verdey " Life of the French Cavalry Summer 1914 " Watercolour 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Large Watercolor depicts the daily life of French soldiers belonging to the cavalry. This scene can be dated thanks to the clothes worn by the men in this work. Indeed, the bright bl...
Category
1910s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Paris Street Scene with an Active Morning 1912 by Artist Albert Abramovitz
By Benjamin Abramowitz
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Well constructed impressionist painting depicting a Paris street scene. Fantastic color. Beautiful original frame signed Abramawitz
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Paint
Gilded Wooden Double Cornice
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare double gilded wooden cornice, from an ancient castle fire screen.
The gilded wooden bases are still here (not photographed): if You want to make a fire screen with some antique ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Fruitwood
Exceptional Wall Ceramic Installation by Cathy Coëz, circa 2009
By Cathy Coëz
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional wall ceramic installation by Cathy Coëz.
This installation is composed of 217 pieces.
This piece was exhibited at the Art Decorat...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Pair of Decorative Wall- Mounted Ceramic by Alfred Renoleau, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A rare pair of decorative wall-mounted ceramic by Alfred Renoleau.
Perfect conditions.
Each piece is signed,
circa 1900.
Category
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"Placing the Sandal, " Bas Relief Masterpiece with Nudes by Levillain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine carved relief panel was sculpted by Ferdinand Levillain, France's master of bas relief at the turn of the last century. Levillain was famous for his low reliefs in med...
Category
1890s French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Antique Portrait of a Famous Maiden
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5300 - Oval antique portrait of a young famous maiden, but critics questioned are undecided : is she The Duchess of Polignac or Madame de Warens? On the back of the picture someone writed "Madame de Warens in 1729", but this portrait is very similar to that of Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron duchesse of Polignac, great friend and favorite of the queen Maria Antonietta...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Beaux Arts Period Mural Style Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late 19th century Baroque revival style Beaux Arts period oil on canvas laid down on board. Most likely this was part of a larger mural at one time.
Elaborate still life, beautifu...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Julian the Hospitaller, " Impressionist Scene W/ Saint and Laborers in the Field
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly and confidently painted by an important French painter, Augusta de Bourgade, in 1914, this Impressionist painting depicts a group of laborers in the field interacting wit...
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1910s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Work and Industry", Large Allegorical Relief Panel w/ Half Nude American Indian
By Rudolf Mayer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and magnificent bas relief panel by Rudolf Mayer entitled "Handel Und Industrie" or "Work and Industry," makes fascinating use of German workers and a Native American to re...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Still Life with Fruits and Copper Plate
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Pleasant French still life with fruits and copper plate, frame with little pomegranates relief -
Signed low to the left -
O/7133 -
Dimensions: canvas cm. 87 x70 H.
Frame cm. 102 x 8...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Antico dipinto a olio "Natura morta con fiori" firmato Guerin Therese inizio 900
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendo dipinto a olio francese,natura morta con fiori,intitolata dall'autrice Therese Guerin "le Vase Bleu".Therese Guerin (1861-1933) nativa di Lione,e' stata allieva di Medard and Perrachon e si è sempre distinta per la qualita' delle sue opere,questo dipinto ne è uno splendido esempio per la magistrale esecuzione delle rose e del vaso blu...
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Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
After Knorr, Butterflies And Birds, Colored Framed Engravings, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of colorful naturalist engravings depicting 4 species of hummingbirds with a nest and butterflies (7 species), from the collection of specimens of the Museum of Johann Ambrosius Beurer (Ex Museo Beureriano)
Engravings after George Wolfgang Knorr...
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19th Century German Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Charcoal Portrait in Neoclassic Style
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This early 20th century portrait depicts the bust of a man on pedestal, drawn from a sculptural piece in charcoal. These were popular 19th century renditions usually done in a neocla...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Fruitwood, Paper
"San Fransisco" Trolley Drawing by Frank Duarte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This finely detailed drawing of San Francisco by Frank Duarte showcases a classic architectural rendering style. This drawing references styles rooted in Architectural Illustration. ...
Category
20th Century American Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Neapolitan Pair of Gouache Views, Mid 19th Century
Located in CH
Pair of Mid 19th century Italian Neapolitan views, gouache on paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mary Pio, Photography: Arabesque. Black and white, 2014
Located in PARIS, FR
This large-format photograph (50 x 70 cm) shows Brazilian model and photographer Mary Pio on a boat in Rio de Janeiro. The vertical structure of the photograph is composed by the boa...
Category
2010s Brazilian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Boxwood, Paper
"Horse Race" Old Painting on Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
For those who love horses: Interesting painting with an horse race, with the name of horse "Brie Conte Robert". Signed: Ramon de Vargas - Paris 1926.
On the back of the picture ther...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Fruitwood
Extra Large Gilt Plaster Fresco of Greek Columns
By Beaux Arts Galleria
Located in East Freetown, MA
Extra large plaster relief of a landscape with trees and Greek pillars. Reinforced plaster is very large (6 feet by 4 feet) and heavy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
Antique Oil Painting of ‘The Skating Party’ by Louis Béroud
Located in London, GB
Depicts a white and grey winter landscape with figures ice skating and watching standing in the snow, under a set of tall trees.
The swept gilt framed oil on canvas is signed, lower left.
French
Sight Size: H: 25 in / 64 cm W: 20.5 in / 52 cm
Louis Béroud...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Claudia Andujar, "Guerreiro de Toototobi", de la serie Sonhos Yanomamis, 2002
Located in PARIS, FR
Cette Photographie est superposition de chrome et impression à l'encre pigmentée minérale sur papier Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 gr.
Selon les mots de l'artiste Claudia Andujar:...
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Early 2000s Brazilian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Daniel Viene ( 1955-2013) " je pense pour vous" mixed technique on paper, signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Daniel Viene ( 1955-2013) " je pense pour vous" mixed technique on paper, signed and dated 2001
painting alone 66 x 46 cm
Presentation
Daniel Viéné is a...
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Early 2000s Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Antique Oil Paintings in Original Frames
By Karl Rudolph Sohn
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5504 - Elegant pair of antique European portraits oil paintings, with a strong personality. Original frames -
Signed Carl (o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Italian Countryside Landscape With Grazing Sheep
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/8216 - Relaxing countryside landscape with idyllic atmosphere of Southern Italy - signed by Painter: Giovanni Marelli
I don't know why the painter depicted the peasants as blacks ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Bouquet of Roses on the Table
By Hermann Euler
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5816 - Antique picture signed P. Euler (Pierre-Nicolas Euler - 1846-1913).
French painter of flowers and fruits. He studied at the school of Fine Arts in Lyon from 1860 to 1865.
H...
Category
Early 20th Century German Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Children Playing" Little Antique Painting
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6504 - Little lovely Fleming old painting, with a scene of children playing: for connoisseurs.
It is still in its original frame, but it deserve to be placed in a prominent positio...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Oil On Wood Diptych By Jorge Duque
By Jorge Duque
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a large-scale diptych oil painting on wood by the renowned Colombian artist Jorge Duque Lara (b. 1962 - d. 2005), acquired in the 1980s.
Consisting of two wood panels ea...
Category
1980s Colombian Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Portrait Prints of Noblewomen: Pair
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
ST/628, antique large prints with portrait of two noblewomen: Anne, Duchess of Cumberland - reproduced by Goupil & Co. from the mezzotint by Thomas Watson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Roses on the Table" Old French Painting, oil on canvas
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Delicious painting! Like a bouquet of fresh flowers: for a gift , always..
If You don't want the painting with frame, You can use it for a mirror
ref. O/6796
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Hand-Painted Italian Metal Tray for Table or Wall
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage Tuscan hand-painted metal tray. There is another one, very similar, by which there may be a pair of trays or wall decorations.
On disposal there is a black metal base/ little...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Mastaba serigraphy & barrel
Located in PAU, FR
CHRISTO Mastaba Project for the Kunstverein in Koln 1986 Screenprint Signed and numbered 164/200 With a red and yellow metal barrel from the installati...
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1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Tuscan Coat of Arms
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Tuscan Coat of Arm in terra-cotta signed "A. Salvietti 187x"
Signed and Dated "A. Salvetti 187x"
73 x 48 cm
Antonio Salvietti (1854-1931) was an Italian architect and painter.
He w...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Old Paintings Reproducing "Lavinia from Tiziano"
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/7418 - Interesting pair of old paintings reproducing the very famous works by Tiziano Vecellio : his daughter in the guise of a noblewoman and of a...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile
Wooden Antique Venetian Shelves with Caryatids, Wall Consoles
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1584 - Unusual pair of wooden shelves with caryatids: perfect with a simple wooden shelf.
They were in a Venetian house.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Large University Anatomical Chart “Organs of Sense & Voice” by Turner
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large University anatomical chart “Organs of Sense & Voice” by Turner
W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Anatomy and Physiology By Dr William Turner, Professor of Anatomy University of Edinburgh/A J Nystrom & Co US Agents Chicago
This is plate 9, Organs of Sense & Voice, by Turner, it is large lithograph set...
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Early 20th Century Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen
"Countryside" Italian Painting
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Calm, pleasant countryside landscape with all colors of the Italian sun, it seems to be there on the spot...
by a Neapolitan painter: Renato Criscuolo,
O...
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Late 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Four Tie-Backs with Antique Gilt Wooden Friezes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Many customers asked me for ancient tie-backs: so I tought of recovering ancient friezes (in wood or metal) and fitting them suitable as coat hangers. T...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Fruitwood
Hand-Painted Italian Metal Tray for Table or Wall, With Base
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tuscan hand-painted metal tray, paired with other similar tray - Unusual on wall - On disposal a metal black base (only one with a good price, but there is shipping!).
O/327.
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1980s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Pair of Needle Point Bedside Carpets or Large Pillows
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Enjoyable embroidered tissues, suitable as large cushions with cheerful bouquets of flowers -
nr. 361 - 362.
Category
1980s Chinese Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Cotton
"Boy with Blue Eyes, " Portrait Masterwork, Oil on Canvas by William Paxton
By William McGregor Paxton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great masters of portraiture, this depiction of a male youth is brimming with warmth and life. The boy pictured here, with his ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
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