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Item Ships From: Chicago
Riding the Storm by Maxine Snider, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale abstract mixed media painting on canvas by Chicago artist Maxine Snider, 1990s. Signed en verso. Maxine Snider is a Chicago artist and d...
Category

1990s American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Chinese Monumental Mill Wheel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hewn from pine and held together with handmade iron nails, this provincial wooden wheel is a remarkable example of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship. Its monumental scale suggests it...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

Chinese Monumental Mill Wheel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hewn from pine and held together with iron hardware, this provincial wooden wheel is a remarkable example of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship. Its monumental scale suggests it was u...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

Chinese Monumental Mill Wheel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hewn from pine and held together with handmade iron nails, this provincial wooden wheel is a remarkable example of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship. Its monumental scale suggests it...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

Steel + Etched Ceramic Wall Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale vintage wall sculpture consisting of two interlocking demilune steel frames with rich oxidation. Each frame has a beautiful cerami...
Category

20th Century American Rustic Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Steel

Domestic Issues by Maxine Snider, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale abstract mixed media painting on canvas by Chicago artist Maxine Snider, 1990s. Signed en verso. Maxine Snider is a Chicago artist and d...
Category

1990s American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Canvas

Gentle Horizon by Maxine Snider, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale diptyque acrylic painting on canvas by Chicago artist Maxine Snider, 1990s. This piece is presented in a wood frame with a silver finish. S...
Category

1990s American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Wood

Mithé Espelt French Gold Ceramic and Fused Blue Glass Rectangular Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Chicago, IL
A mirror created by Mithé Espelt, circa 1960, in France. The mirror is composed of tiled fused glass within a gold crackle glazed ceramic frame. Very fine original condition. A si...
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic, Mirror

"Boro" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. This kite entitled "Boro" is patterned with Japanese indigo-dyed fabric scraps, sewn together to form a patchwork of contrasting patterns and shades of blue. The kite's design recreates the traditional practice of Boro stitching...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Muslin, Bamboo, Cotton

Light Amber Italian Back-Painted Glass Frame Wall Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful vintage Italian mirror featuring a back painted modernized shield shape frame in a light amber hue with a rosy tint. This piece has a circular mir...
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Glass, Mirror

Rather Large Vintage Beaver Sign from a Zoo
Located in Chicago, IL
A rather large and whimsical mid-20th century American beaver sign from a Wisconsin zoo. The sign composed of two thin sheets of steel with a thin sheet of plywood sandwiched between...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Steel

Greg Parker, Untitled, 1988; Graphite and Oil on Gessoed Panel
By Greg Parker
Located in Chicago, IL
Greg Parker, American, b. 1952 Untitled, 1988 Graphite and oil on gessoed panel Signed and dated to verso. Geometric composition in monochromatic variations ending on a graphite...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Gesso, Paint

Set of Ten Framed Original Rorschach Inkblot Cards
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable set of ten mid-20th century original Rorschach inkblot cards in full black & white and color printing, and framed behind glass in white ...
Category

1960s Canadian Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Set of Three Framed Early 20th Century Italian Cello Backs
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable set of three early 20th century Italian cello backs, each frames in a deep shadow box with a simple white gallery frame. Perfect for the classical music aficionado in yo...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Wall Mounted Iron and Bronze Bell
Located in Chicago, IL
Wall mounted iron and bronze bell.
Category

1930s Argentine Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Swallow Tails, Double Butterfly Portrait Highly Detailed, Carved Silver Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Reminiscent of John James Audubon specimen drawings, these two meticulously drawn swallow tail butterflies are matted separately and framed in a beautifully carved silver frame Sylvia Beckman Swallow Tails colored pencil on paper 19H x 15.50W in 48.26H x 39.37W cm SUB013 Sylvia Beckman, b. 1938, Detroit, MI Education University of Michigan, School of Arch. & Design University of Wisconsin, Botany Private apprenticeship in stone sculpture, bronze, gilding and painting Exhibitions 2017 “Coming Attractions”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 1997 S.O.F.A. exhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1997 Monumental Bronze Sculpture Commisson, Olbrich Park, Madison, WI 1994 Sculpture, Olbrich Botanic Gardens, Spring Display, Madison,WI 1994 Paintings & Drawings, North Seas Gallery, Charlevoix, MI 1994 Paintings & drawings, Olbrich Botanic Center, Madison, WI 1988 Monumental Stone Sculpture...
Category

2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Monumental Mid-20th Century Belgian Academic Figure Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning monumental mid-20th century Belgian academic figure drawing depicting a seated man with a great head of hair, and with a keen attention to m...
Category

1950s Belgian Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Granite

"Moonlight" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. In “Moonlight,” Thompson creates a moody composition of light and dark with a patchwork of Japanese fabrics...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Muslin, Silk, Bamboo, Cotton, Paint

"Feng Shui" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. In “Feng Shui...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Silk, Bamboo, Muslin

Bloodroot, Gold Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Reminiscent of John James Audubon specimen drawings, these two meticulously drawn swallow tail butterflies are matted separately and framed in a beautifully carved silver frame Sylvia Beckman Bloodroot, 2010 colored pencil on paper 19.5 x 18.25 framed SUB005 Sylvia Beckman, b. 1938, Detroit, MI Education University of Michigan, School of Arch. & Design University of Wisconsin, Botany Private apprenticeship in stone sculpture, bronze, gilding and painting Exhibitions 2017 “Coming Attractions”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 1997 S.O.F.A. exhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1997 Monumental Bronze Sculpture Commisson, Olbrich Park, Madison, WI 1994 Sculpture, Olbrich Botanic Gardens, Spring Display, Madison,WI 1994 Paintings & Drawings, North Seas Gallery, Charlevoix, MI 1994 Paintings & drawings, Olbrich Botanic Center, Madison, WI 1988 Monumental Stone Sculpture...
Category

2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Figural Modern Painting on Canvas by George D'Amato, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large figural modernist painting on canvas by George D’Amato, 1990s. This gorgeous artwork features vibrant red, green and black hues. Artist signature on the lower right. Georg...
Category

1990s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Dancing Til Dawn" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragment...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Silk, Muslin, Bamboo

Italian Ceramic Art Deco Hanging Wall Mask manner of Goldsheider
By Goldsheider
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian ceramic Art Deco hanging wall mask bust of a woman. Similar to the works of Goldsheider. This mask is marked Italy on backside along with what seems be a makers mark and m...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Chinese Watercolors on Paper, 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chinese hand painted watercolor on paper featuring vibrant floral designs. This piece was acquired from a collector specializing in Chinese art based in Korea and Taiwan. 20t...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper, Paint

Kingfisher, Colored Pencil Drawing with Blue, Orange, Brown, Matted & Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The Kingfisher is bird often first noticed by its wild rattling call as it flies over rivers or lakes. It may be seen perched on a high snag, or hovering on rapidly beating wings, then plunging headfirst into the water to grab a fish. Artist Sylvia Beckman captures the Kingfisher with all its glorious plumage and brilliant colorings This drawing is matted and framed. Sylvia Beckman Kingfisher colored pencil on paper Measures: 13 H x 8 W in 33.02 H x 20.32 W cm FRAMED DIMENSIONS 18h x 14w in 45.72h x 35.56w cm SUB029 Sylvia Beckman, b. 1938, Detroit, MI Education University of Michigan, School of Arch. & Design University of Wisconsin, Botany Private apprenticeship in stone sculpture, bronze, gilding and painting Exhibitions 2017 “Coming Attractions”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 1997 S.O.F.A. exhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1997 Monumental Bronze Sculpture Commisson, Olbrich Park, Madison, WI 1994 Sculpture, Olbrich Botanic Gardens, Spring Display, Madison,WI 1994 Paintings & Drawings, North Seas Gallery, Charlevoix, MI 1994 Paintings & drawings, Olbrich Botanic Center, Madison, WI 1988 Monumental Stone Sculpture...
Category

2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Pressed French Botanical, circa 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French pressed botanical from 1897. For those of you that may be interested, we will be listings many more antique French botanical's in the c...
Category

1890s French Country Antique Chicago - Decorative Art

Early 19th Century Georgian Regency Era Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful early 19th century Georgian Regency era oil-on-canvas portrait of a gentleman with long sideburns, and wearing a cravat and blue silk waistcoat...
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paint

Stunning Framed Academic Figure Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning late 20th-century academic graphite-on-paper male figure drawing showcasing a skillful attention to musculature, highlights and shadows,...
Category

Late 20th Century American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Three Sand Hill Cranes, Colored Pencil Drawing, Matted & Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The endangered Florida Sandhill Crane can be found in the freshwater wetlands in peninsular Florida from the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp. Sylvia Beckman Three Florida Sand Hill...
Category

2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

1970s Tom Hayward Abstract Figurative Framed Textile Art
Located in Chicago, IL
Gorgeous and show-stopping art by Tom Hayward. 5 faces in a neutral palette with texture. Dimensions: 49"W × 2"D × 59"H Styles: Abstract, Figurative P...
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Canvas

Mounted Kuba Shoowa Embroidered Cloth
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful mid-20th century Kuba Shoowa flat-weave multi-colored embroidered raffia cloth panel with a fantastic all-over geometric motif. Sometimes multiple panels are stitched tog...
Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Raffia

19th Century Wooden Grain Shovel on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A simple yet honest 19th century hand-carved wood grain shovel with the most wonderful smooth finish only one hundred years of use could bestow, and mounted on a custom steel wall mo...
Category

19th Century Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Oil Painting of a Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Depicting an Italian scene; likely 18th century. The painter is unknown but likely Flemish. The canvas is in good overall good condition, now mounted on a hardboard backing. The comp...
Category

18th Century Belgian Antique Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

'This is Not a Painting?, ' a Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This is not a painting. What is a painting? Is it the brushstrokes of pigment on canvas that make a painting a painting? If you're a caveman, a painting is clay on the wall of a cave...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Maple

"Aeriform" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragment...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Bamboo, Paper

Torque Wall Form by Erin Vincent
By Erin Vincent
Located in Chicago, IL
A framed textural wall sculpture made from foam, aqua resin, paper and ink on board by Canadian artist Erin Vincent. Her work is inspired by the beauty an...
Category

2010s Canadian Organic Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Resin, Foam, Wood, Paper

"Patina" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Bamboo, Paper

"Garage" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Garage,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper, Wood, Paint

Large Eugenio Diez Illuminated Marquetry Wall Hangings or Cabinet Doors
By Eugenio Diez
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Eugenio Diez illuminated marquetry wood panels. These were from a very large cabinet. The doors could be repurposed for another cabinet. Styl...
Category

Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

"Azrael" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the series “Heavenly,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes cont...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Sandstone Wall Plaque
Located in Chicago, IL
This red sandstone carving was once embedded in the wall surrounding an aristocratic compound. It depicts scholars in a garden, eating and conversing. It came from Shanxi Province an...
Category

18th Century Chinese Antique Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Sandstone

Mounted Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board that floats off the wall in the shape of the k...
Category

Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Raffia

Fragment of a Chinese Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
The sign is of Burmese origin, made from teakwood and covered in lacquer and gold leaf. The two legible characters are “Jade” and “Art”. As many carved signs were shop signs, this may have been a jade dealer’s sign...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Ramiel" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the series “Heavenly,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes cont...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 19
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976) "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 19 Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT. From the set of 12...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Pediment Wood Carving
Located in Chicago, IL
This Teakwood pediment carving came from a Northern Thai house. Pediment carvings were part of the traditional architecture system and were found under overhanging roof gables. We know it was a residential roof (and not a temple's) because of the shallow angle. Temple roofs are much steeper and usually temple exteriors were painted, so some pigment would usually remain, particularly towards the top. Thai houses were made from solid teak --walls, roofs, floors; everything. They were always raised on stilts to remain above seasonal flooding, snakes and other forest creatures. The area below the house was used for animals and storage. The Thai architectural wall system (including pediments) always employed heavy beams and thin floating panels. Visually these wall panels are very attractive and richly textured on account of exposure to moisture. Teak is very resistant to moisture and insects, so the lifespan of teak exterior parts can be over 150 years. The antique pediment...
Category

Early 20th Century Thai Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

"Ladies at Tea" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic, Paper

Golden Hued Landscape, Soft Pastel on Paper, Rural Scene with Tree Bank and Sky
Located in Chicago, IL
This serene impressionist landscape painting of a rural scene is created in soft pastel. The lush surface perfectly compliments the golden hues in the sky and the velvety earth and t...
Category

Early 2000s Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paint

Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon sashes that s...
Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Fabric, Beads

Marcello Fantoni Wall Plaque
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni rare studio wall plaque. Marked: Fantoni, Italy.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Study for Event Horizon" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by images of deep space, computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses the tangible qualities of pattern ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Landscape Oil Painting from Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
Sprawling green meadows, crystalline waters, and classical architecture define this set of sumptuous nineteenth-century oil paintings, hailing from Italy. Comparable in size and styl...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Clyde Burt Ceramic Charger
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic charger in glazed stoneware. Signature to underside: [CB]. American, circa 1965.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

GT Atelier Custom TV Art Wall by The Golden Triangle, Chicago
Located in Chicago, IL
Introducing the "GT Custom TV Art Wall" by The Golden Triangle. This art installation presents a solution to a very modern design problem: “What do...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Urbane Profile" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, integrating techniques of painting, collage, and printmaking into ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic, Paper

"Devastated Land" Marble Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural Craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with handcut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Minimalist Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

"Day Turns to Night" by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera-including fragments ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Bamboo, Paper

Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon...
Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Chicago - Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Fabric, Beads

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