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Beautiful antique Persian Tabriz hand-knotted wool rug with a blue field. This piece has a rusted frame and accent in an all-over gorgeous floral design. This rug measures: 7' x 1...

Pembroke drop-leaf table with carved apron, X stretchers and molded carved legs. Cherry wood. New England, circa 1800. Original condition. H 28-3/4" W 26" D (closed) 26" D (open) 36...

Late 18th Century tea caddy, circa 1790. A very intricately detailed oval box, meticulously made from "rolled" paper. Attributed to be a work o...

Cast bronze clasped hands by Sylvain Norga. Belgium circa 1915. Norga was known for his religious themed castings. This piece would have been mounted to an object or structure. Extre...

A very fine copy of "Les Bars," an album of ten original etchings by the master Lobel-Riche, representing fashionable women in various Parisian social settings. This album, part of a...

Each plate 20 1/4" x 13 1/2" 1 4-fold plate 2 2-fold plates Georges Goursat (1863–1934), known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque. Life and works Youth (1863–1900) Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Périgueux. The wealth inherited from his father at the age of 21 allowed him to sustain a gilded youth. In 1888 he self published in Périgueux his first three albums of caricatures, signing some as "SEM" (Figure, left), allegedly as a tribute to Amédée de Noé who signed his caricatures for Le Monde illustré as "Cham". From 1890 to 1898, he settled for a few years in Bordeaux. During this period, he published more albums and his first press caricatures in La Petite Gironde and discovered the work of Leonetto Cappiello. His style matured, becoming both simpler and more precise. During the same period, he made trips to Paris. In 1891, he designed two posters printed in the workshop of Jules Chéret for the singer Paulus . He published his first caricatures of artists in L'Illustration (Albert Brasseur) and Le Rire (Paulus, Polin and Yvette Guilbert). From 1898 to 1900, he lived in Marseille. During this stay, he met Jean Lorrain who convinced him to live in Paris. Caricature women on a boat being sailed by a sailor by Sem, 1925 Belle Époque (1900–1914) Goursat arrived in Paris in March 1900, at the time of the opening of the Universal Exposition. He picked horse races as his way of entry in high society. In June, three months after his arrival, he self-published a new album, Le Turf, with caricatures of many prominent Parisian socialites (Marquess Boni de Castellane, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Clermont-Tonnerre, Baron Alphonse and Gustave de Rothschild, Polaire). The success of this album made him famous overnight. In October of the same year, he published another album, Paris-Trouville, with the same success. Nine others followed until 1913. In 1904, Goursat received the Légion d'honneur. In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris, then in Monte Carlo and London. a diorama, composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris celebrities". World War I (1914–1918) Aged over 50 at the start of World War I, Goursat was not drafted. He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact".Ten were published in 1917 in Un pékin sur le front. Two others were incorporated in 1923 in another book, La Ronde de Nuit. In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War sketches). Their style is completely different from his previous work. He also designed posters for war bonds. Années Folles (1918–1934) After the war, Goursat came back to the kind of caricatures that made him famous. In 1919, he published Le Grand Monde à l'envers (High Society upside down). Around 1923, he published 3 albums under the general title of Le Nouveau Monde...

Original hand-colored woodcut from a portfolio of Secessionist fashion illustrations. Signed in the lower right margin by the artist, Reni Schaschl (1895-1979), a talented member of...

Circa 1910, 14k, Austro-Hungarian. This spectacular Secessionist jade bracelet is made in the manner of the Weiner Werkstatte. The compartmentalized design is hand-hammered in gold and hand caved in jade. The look is one-of-a-kind timeless style underscored by meticulous fabrication. Setting the fashion world on fire at the dawn of the modern age, jewels like this bracelet are where Deco begins. Good condition. Stone Details: Spectacularly carved jade panels...

Watercolour depicting a hunter green coat'd beagler running with his pack across the countryside. Signed: Wil Mots 1914 Art Sz: 11 3/8"H x 8 5/8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 13"W

Fine pair of Adam style tool rests, the urn finials and balustrade shafts with etched decoration and standing on ogee legs and square feet. Originally used ...

Fine pair of George III carved and giltwood candelabra in the manner of Thomas Chippendale the Younger, the four candle sockets with ribbed sides, ...

A Shaw & Nodden hand colored engraving of a merganser duck in wonderful hand-carved gilt Baroque frame.

Original c1917 Milton Bradley 'Game of Steeple Chase' Image Sz: 13 7/8"H x 7 3/4"W Frame Sz: 18"H x 12"W w/ custom two-sided red chrome frame

This pair of capacious, perfectly designed and executed chairs was created by the workshop of George Jacob and his son, Francois, during the Empire period at their Parisian workshop ...

Map Sz: 38 1/2"H x 55 1/2"W Frame Sz: 40"H x 57"W

Late 18th Century French trumeau mirror with gilt carvings, rare faux marbelizing and romantic painting.

circa 1910s Plate Sz: 20.5"H x 14.25"W 29 plates 3 double-plates 25 single plates 1 double-sided plate 12.25"H x 17.75"W Georges Goursat (1863–1934), known as Sem, was a French...

Framed set of 6 pen & ink hand-drawn by R. Weniger postcards from England/ France & Italy addressed to the philanthropist Seymour H. Knox of Buffalo, NY Art: 12"H x 11 1/2"W Frame:...

Charming watercolour depicting a rakish gent with pipe/ cap/ & stick by W L. Mots 1914 Art Sz: 11 1/4"H x 6 5/8"W Frame Sz: 15 3/4"H x 10 1/2"W

Art Sz: 8 1/2"H x 12"W 1917

Classic c1910s watercolour depicting a dapper huntsman on horseback surveying the landscape Art Sz: 13 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W Frame Sz: 19 1/4"H x 15 1/4"W

Classic c1910s Baden Baden, Germany 'Das Wettrennen-Spiel', Steeple Chase (framed) (100 slots) game board with great colour graphics Image Sz: 27"H X 17 1/2"W Frame Sz: 32"H x 23"

English engraving depicting "Vue du Pont de Westminster" Bridge circa 1775-1780 Provenance: The Old Print Shop Art Sz: 10"H x 16 3/4"W Frame Sz:...

Art Sz: 8 1/2"H x 12"W 1917

Framed set of 5 pen & ink hand-drawn by R. Weniger postcards from Italy addressed to the philanthropist Seymour H Knox of Buffalo, NY Art Sz: 12 1/2"H x 12"W Frame Sz: 16 3/4"H x 1...

Map Sz: 14 1/2"H x 19 7/8"W Frame Sz: 21"H x 26 3/8"W A fine example of Cassini's 1798 map of Alaska, the Bering Strait, and Siberia. Cassini issued this map in his 1798 atlas to illustrate the discoveries made by James Cook. Cook was the first to accurately chart the Alaskan coastline and provide a detailed mapping of the Aleutian Islands. Cook's zigzagging route is shown as he skirts the Aleutian Islands, passes through the Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean, and then turns back to sail south along the Siberian Coast. Here the Aleutians are collectively identified as Isole Alessiane, though many of the original islands...

Classic hand-drawn c1910s framed postcards in pen & ink by R Weniger from England addressed to (the philanthropist) Seymour H Knox of Buffalo, NY Image Sz: 14 1/2"H x 11 3/4"W Fram...

Rare color framed photo c1914 depicting a polo match in Lakewood, NJ Photo Sz: 3"H x 5"W Frame Sz: 8 1/4"H x 9 1/2"W

Art Sz: 19 1/2"H x 21 1/2"W Frame Sz: 25 1/2"H x 26 7/8"W Each card measures 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" The Parker Games Co Ltd London Derby Day race game published by Parker Games’ English...

An 18th century oil painting in shades of green. Removed from the dining room walls of a Loire Valley chateau.

A wonderfully robust Louis XV Provincial bureau in oak with original hardware.

Set of 4 hand-drawn by R. Weniger pen & ink c1910s postcards from Paris addressed to the philanthropist Seymour H. Knox of Buffalo, NY. Art Sz: 11 3/4"H x 7 3/4"W Frame Sz: 16 1...

Classic c1780 engraving of topiary gardens overlooking Geneve, Switz. Provenance: a Newport, RI estate Image Sz: 12 1/8"H x 20 7/8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 24"W w/ gilt wood period frame

Polo Player Charging Art Sz:11"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 14 3/4"H x 11 3/4"W

Driving Home in the Rain. 1914. Drypoint. Appleby 35. 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 (sheet 12 x 15 3/8). Edition 40. Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940; Print Collector's Quarterly 1...