Neoclassical Wall Decorations
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
American Oil on Board Portrait of Horse, NY, James Weiland, Circa 1900
By James Weiland
Located in Hollywood, SC
American oil on board portrait of horse landscape in the original gold gilt floral frame. Signed James Weiland, (1872-1968) New York, Early 20th cent...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Donna Schuster “Nude Bathers” Watercolor, Pencil and Gouache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna Schuster (1893-1953) “Nude Bathers” watercolor, pencil and gouache within a giltwood carved frame and protective glass. Signed ‘Donna Schuster’ (Lower Right), circa 1920-1930.
...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
French 18th Century Trompe l'Oeil Painting
By Piat Joseph Sauvage 1
Located in New York, NY
This neoclassical trompe l'oeil painting is an allegory of summer. It would have been hung with allegories of the other three seasons over the doors of a salon. Ceres, Roman goddess...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Relief Bronze Masterpiece with Cherubs in a Barrel-Organ
Located in Miami, FL
This very fine carved relief panel was sculpted by Grau Foundry, Spanish master of bas relief. Medallic work and finely-detailed bronze objects. This unique piece, depicts five cheru...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Fine Large Late 18th Century or Early 19th Century French Academic Drawing
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine drawing while unsigned is an excellent example of sketch work done in sanguine as preparatory work for large finished paintings. Created in France during the days of artist...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Neoclassical Plaster Panel
Located in New York, NY
One of two in our inventory, this decorative plaster relief depicts a mythological scene. Hung on a wall or placed atop a large table or chest, this work can add architectural intere...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
Italian Oval Oil on Board Gilt Carved Wood Portrait of a Gentleman, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Italian oval oil on board gilt carved wood portrait of a gentleman in the original floral and berry frame, 18th century.
Category
1770s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Two Large Sculpted Marble Relief Plaques of St John and St James
Located in London, GB
These exquisitely carved marble relief plaques, are notable for their large size and fine detailing, and were made after two famous plaques of the...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
18th Century French or Swiss Military Watercolor, Signed and Dated
Located in Stamford, CT
Very interesting drawing of two soldiers in uniform one most likely French holding a rifle with bayonet and the other, Swiss, dressed in a fancy red outfit with codpiece and odd hat holding a menacing looking mace. Behind them on either side are burning castles...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
18th Century Portrait Color Engraving, Original Frame, 'A Saint Giles's Beauty'
Located in Stamford, CT
Stipple and etching, printed in dark brown ink with hand-coloring. Likely the original late 18th century frame and thus the print is in excellent condition.
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting on Burlap of Lily Flowers
By Jacques Lamy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A very large oil painting on burlap of lilies in a planter, executed in the ancient fresco style with a quiet simplicity that evokes a sense of sere...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Edgar Brandt Inspired Wrought Iron Screen or Room Divider
Located in Houston, TX
Edgar Brandt inspired wrought iron screen or room divider.
Fabulous one of a kind antique Neoclassical style three-panel hand forged heavy weight wrought iron screen or room divider,...
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1920s Unknown Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wrought Iron
Donna Schuster “Mother and Child” Watercolor, Pencil and Gouache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna schuster (1883-1953) “Mother and Child” watercolor, pencil and gouache within a giltwood carved frame and protective glass. Signed ‘Donna Schuster’ (Lower Right), circa 1920-19...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century Roman Marble Relief Portrait of Seneca
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Italian marble relief portrait of the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca, carved in deep relief and mounted on a red and white variegat...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
William Hamilton First Edition Frontispiece
Located in New York, NY
William Hamilton first edition frontispiece. Hand-colored original engraved frontispiece plate from the first edition of the "Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Hand Colored Engraving of a Dutch Mother and Child
Located in Stamford, CT
From: 'Costumes of Various Countries' by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, circa 1797. Hand colored engravings on paper. 'Hollandie', showing a mother and child in native costume fro...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Oil Painting by British Caricaturist Henry W. Bunbury
By Henry William Bunbury
Located in New York, NY
An untitled painting by British caricaturist and illustrator Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). Oil on canvas. Unsigned.
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Late 18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
A 19th Century French Oil on Artist Board Painting in Period Giltwood Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
depicting a farmer tending to two cows pulling a plow
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood
Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of etchings of views of a Greek ceremonial klismos chair.
In his fifties, G.B. Piranesi was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Ita...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th century American Southern Portrait by Benoni Irwin
By Benoni Irwin
Located in Savannah, GA
Oil on canvas portrait entitled:Mr. Bowles of Kentucky, painted by Benoni Irwin (1840-1896) an American portraitist born in new market, Ontario, Canada. He moved to New York as a you...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Pair of Wrought Iron Wall Hangings
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant pair of wall hanging made of handcrafted twisted iron pieces from the Mizner Era of palm beach Florida, put together to become very attractive wall decoration.
Could use hor...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Trimph Der Venus Royal Vienna Platter Framed Signed and W Bee Hive Marking
By Berger Pinh
Located in Stamford, CT
A Vienna style porcelain burgundy-ground tray, 'triumph Der Venus' late 19th century, blue beehive mark, signed bergère Pinh. The oblong octagonal tray painted with Venus rising from...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Style, Relief Carved Walnut Panel
Located in New York, NY
19th century Italian Neoclassical style carved walnut panel with relief carvings of
dolphins and fruit with a scroll design and a center crown.
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Petite Point & Needlepoint Giltwood Framed Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning 19th century petite point giltwood framed tapestry depicts the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus in a boat crewed by angels in a remarkable feat of artistic weaving i...
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1880s French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry, Giltwood
Garden of Light
By Parke Custis Dougherty
Located in West Chester, PA
Oil on board of a women with parasol sitting in a garden filled with the light of the day.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Italian Gilt Wood and Painted Floral Oval Dressing - Shaving Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
Italian gilt and painted oval dressing - shaving mirror with decorative scrolled floral cartouche, flanking bell flowers, interior decorative lambs tongue frame resting on acanthus carved step back...
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1820s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Wood, Glass, Gesso
Bookplate etchings of the Farnese Hercules and Michelangelo's David, set of two
Located in Vista, CA
Etchings, ca. 19th Century. Book plates.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
20h Century Los Angeles Oil on Canvas Painting by R. Platt, circa 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
20h century Los Angeles oil on canvas painting by R. Platt. A landscape of buildings with figures in the foreground. Original canvas and frame. Cleaned and in excellent condition. Pa...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Italian, 18th Century Decorative Panel
By Bonzanigo
Located in New York, NY
A neoclassical painted and gilded overdoor panel in the manner of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, circa 1790.
Category
1790s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Brackets
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each demilune shaped marbleized top above a conforming frieze decorated with a stylized leaf above a marbleized shelf.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Botanical Still Life with Insects, Continental, Early 19th Century
Located in Downingtown, PA
A fine continental botanical still life painting with insects,
possibly Scandinavian,
Gouache and oil on vellum,
early 19th century.
The painting is stunning. The painting with...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Late 18th Century French Grisaille Painting
Located in Rome, IT
Late 18th century French Grisaille Painting, oil on canvas.
Mythological scene with the Greek God Pan and dancing putto figures with ivory painted an...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Italian Pietra Dura Sample Panel, Probably Florence, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The samples include porphyry, breccia and various other marble examples, framed in slate.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Audubon Print of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Located in Stamford, CT
A rare original large folio size hand-colored etching, plate # 2 in Audubon's "Birds of North America." This is a rare printing of a first edition by Lizars. Only 50 copies of the fi...
Category
1820s American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair of Italian Painted and Gilt Hanging Wall Vitrines, Late 19th century
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian painted and gilt hanging glass wall vitrines with fitted interior upholstered shelving, floral gilt motif, and the original wood bac...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Upholstery, Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th c. Italian Gilt Carved and Painted Wall Plaques
Located in New York, NY
Eighteenth century Italian Neoclassical wall plaques with white painted oval backs adorned with gilt carved helmets and laurel wreaths.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Wood Demilune Acanthus Wall Brackets, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian gilt carved wood demilune wall brackets with scrolled foliage acanthus motif. All original. Early 19th Century.
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Framed Etching, Neoclassical Vessel, 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Framed etching, neoclassical vessel, 19th century. Custom silver leaf frame and mat.
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Colorful 19th Century Antique American Hooked Rug with Diamond Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
Measures: 4'1 x 8'8.
American hooked rugs are indigenous to the Northeast of the United States and Eastern Canada. Their production began in the mid-1800s, gradually spreading lower in to North America. Early American Hooked rugs...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
"Theves, Karach" Egyptian Spinx Print
Located in New York, NY
19th Cent print of various views of an Egyptian sphinx "Theves, Karach" in an ebonized and gilt frame
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
"Veduta Della Pirimide Di C. Cestio" Hand-Tinted Engraving by Luigi Rossini
By Luigi Rossini
Located in New York, NY
Picturesque 1822 engraving of the pyramid built as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, circa 18 BC. Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) was an Italian artist celebrated for his view...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Early 19th Century Portraits of a Man and Woman
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A pair early 19th century French oil on canvas paintings of a man and woman, probably husband and wife. Neoclassical and Napoleonic in style, these paintings are very well executed a...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Antique Persian Sarouk Ferehan Scatter Rug
Located in New York, NY
Super quality early 20th century Persian Sarouk Ferehan carpet. Deep red field and border with a navy blue medallion and accents in blue and green.
Measures: ''3'5'' x 4'10''.
Category
20th Century Persian Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
18th Century Neoclassical Mirror with Signed Grisaille by Jacob de Wit, 1749
By Jacob De Wit
Located in Essex, MA
Rare signed and dated Grisaille panel of The Allegory of Art by "Jacob de Wit," 1749.
Incorporated into a mirror in the late 18th century.
Putti en grisaille.
Original gilt.
Al...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Beech
Italian Neo-Classic Mural of Cupids
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic style mural painting on canvas of a Pair of medallions with cupids centering a still life of fruit behind a blue drape with a swag valance
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Large Pair of Circular, Patinated Bronze Relief Plaques of Night and Day
Located in London, GB
A pair of patinated bronze antique plaques of Night and Day
French, Late 19th Century
80cm in diameter, 5cm in depth
Modelled after Bertel Thorvaldsen's iconic 'Night and Day' relie...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Original French Architectural Watercolor
Located in Pembroke, MA
An original French pen and ink and watercolored drawing of a "Module Egypto-Grec", in the Beaux Arts style (circa 1850). The watercolored drawing has been recently matted and framed ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
Oil on Canvas Pointillism Painting of Naked Women
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An oil on canvas pointillism painting of a naked women art class on Cape Cod. Signed by George Durant and dated '52, this is not a subject matter...
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Monumental Framed Oil on Canvas Pastural Landscape
Located in Essex, MA
By Hans Jacob Maurer, signed and dated J.B Maurer, 1780. Stylistically, this painting is reminiscent of the plein air and fete champetre movements of the French, 18th century court p...
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Late 18th Century Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
Pair of Specimen Marble Plaques of Differing Urns and Vases, Italian
Located in Spencertown, NY
Italian, 20th century
Each plaque containing 15 examples of vases/urns using different marbles for each, for a total of 30 examples.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Italian Neoclassical Painted and Gilt Wood Arched Glass Display Case, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
Italian Neoclassical gilt carved wood and painted arched glass display case with flanking acorn finials, bell flowers, original glass, interior adjustable shelves, and resting on cla...
Category
1790s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Print French 19th Century Black and White France
Located in New York, NY
Print French 19th Century Black and White France. A copper print made during the 19th century in France Framed in a blackened wooden frame.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Pair of rectangular porcelain plates with antique scenes, early 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of rectangular plates in porcelain representing antique scenes on cartouches with languished odalisques and nymphs and surrounded by putti in greyness. First frame in the medieval style and gold color; second one in celestial blue, reminding the color created by the chemist...
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1830s French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Neoclassical Scenes on Paper with Custom Colored with Gild Detail Frame
Located in Carmel, CA
This is a handsome pair of neoclassical prints on paper. The buff matting has a gold bead and the custom frame is hand colored with a gilded bevel edge.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Set of Three Early 19th Century Architectural Prints by Louis-Pierre Baltard de
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three gorgeous early 19th century architectural prints by Louis-Pierre Baltard de la Fresque (1764 — 1846).
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Wood
Pair of Late 18th Century Fragments
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of wall hangings, each antique fragment having painted and gilded frame with leaf detail, surrounding a classical carved giltwood face surmo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Signed Oil on Board Painting of a House by Artist Roger Hayward Circa 1957
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on board painting by artist Roger Hayward (1899-1979), depicting the entrance to a Victorian-style home as seen from the street below. With a wonderf...
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Gilt Wall Shelves
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-classic cream painted and gilt trimmed carved wall bracket shelves with a scroll design and decorated with carved leaves (2-PRICED PER Pair)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
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