New York City - Wall Decorations

American Victorian gilt framed oval oil painting portrait of 19th Century man in brown suit

Circa 1970 oil on panel depicting a traveling pack of animals by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995). Fine example sho...

Parker Elwood "Woody" Panttila (1924 - 2002, Brooklyn, NY USA) poodle living room vignette including a ceramic urn with sunflowers, a fuchsia drape backdrop and multi-colored rug. Pa...

Abstract expressionist figural study of two boys in a camp setting working together on a craft project (ca. 1960s, USA). There is some discoloration to ...

Ze’ev Raban plaster -plaque made in Bezalel School, Jerusalem This image is of the “father who bought the goat for two zuzim”. Designed by Ze’ev Raban, made circa 1915-1920. Signed w...

Large mono-print by Harry Bertoia, initialed and numbered 1857 on rice paper set mounted in oiled walnut frame. From the Bertoia Family collection. A beautiful rendering of his sculp...

Let your child's imagination roam wild with this Jurassic dinosaur wallpaper! Aimée's Pangaea is the ultimate pattern for your kid's walls. Samples...

American (19/20th Cent) oil painting portrait of an important religious priest wearing red vestments in a gold carved frame.

Patcha by Patricia Urquiola Why not talking about upcycling as a gesture? Patricia Urquiola reinterprets the change of mentality, of moving common habits and creative flows towards s...

Contemporary American artist Patrick Phillips "Is an abstract expressionist painter influenced by the 'New York School' artists including Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Helen F...

Late 19th century English Victorian wood framed lithograph of 3 monkeys with fruit in barn.  

Copy of a portrait of Russian royal Michail Pavlovic showing a youth in Cavalry uniform with sabre

Founder of Ivana Helsinki, Paola Suhonen pressed flowers in a book, creating Herbario years later. Aimée worked with these elements to create a myriad of colorful wallpapers and fabr...

Naomi Clark paints abstract, vibrant, amoeba-like shapes in single solid colors on silk noil fabric to create Amoeba curtains fabric. Sold by the yard (36" x 55"), these curtains can...

Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Flourish Ceramic Wall Sculptures are hand built, fired to cone six and glazed white to give them a lightness and more attention to ...

German Paul Wunderlich (1927-2010) Les Soeurs (B. 220) lithograph, the image of the two sisters charged with eroticism and also playful in its surrealistic to...

Japanese porcelain charger, circa 1880.

Harley Davidson motorcycle lithograph. Original vintage black and white lithograph entitled "Motorcycle." In black frame. Hand signed, num...

PAIR of Rustic Adirondack style (1940s) mezzotint hunt scene pictures framed in carved bark (PRICED AS PAIR) (Similar pair: 056178)

French Louis XVI style (20th Cent) gilt framed oil painting of 18th Century man with 2 ladies in interior (signed).  

Important Micromosaic depicting a Pastoral Scene with woman, Man and Sheep Circa 1850's, Italy Dimensions: Micromosaic without Frame: approxim...

In 1963, Danny Lyon spent time in a poor white area of Chicago called Uptown. Nicknamed ‘hillbilly heaven’, it was a very tough and deprived neighbourhood. With a borrowed Rolleiflex camera...

Antique temple door in teak wood with the original pretty coral color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, coffee table or sim...

An oil on canvas painting depicting a pair of sailors enjoying the morning marine layer of the North Sea, off the West Coast of Sweden.

Under the blanket project, Naomi Clark creates what she titles Quilt Paintings. She breathes new life into old wool and cotton camping blankets culled from EBay, flea markets and gar...

Large original acrylic on canvas "Two Protea" by Ben Schonzeit, American 1989, signed and dated on reverse with gallery label that reads: (Ben Schonzeit “Two Protea, Acrylic on canva...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

English Victorian gilt framed oil painting of landscape with cows, sheep, and figures on path by trees (signed)

Italian Venetian-style (mid 20th Century) oil on canvas seascape painting depicting a long stone bridge over a busy canal filled with boaters with a city in the background under a bl...

The purr-fect pattern for all the cat lovers, shadow cat envelopes you in a warm feline sea. Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please m...

English Victorian gilt framed oil landscape painting of stream and mountains (Manders)

Copy of a painting titled "Dancer With Hoop" showing a classical image of a girl playing with a small black dog. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

Concert poster of Sun Ra on tour at Larry's Hideaway in Ontario, Canada, in September 1983.

A fine original pastel portrait of a beautiful young woman in vibrant colors, representing a modern interpretation of a classical subject . She is portrayed as aristocratic, sensual,...

Mid-Century lithograph of two tropical fish, one brown, one pink and red, in a beige mat with gold bevel and a rectangular giltwood frame. (signed, Charles Skora, #9).  

Pair of English Victorian Stevengraph embroidered hunt scenes with fruitwood frames (Stevens).  

Prudence Whittlesey signed watercolor painting in a gilt wood frame. Dimensions: 38.5” H x 32” W x 3” D Bio: Prudence Whittlesey is an American artist. A Pollock-Krasner Foundatio...

In 1963, Danny Lyon spent time in a poor white area of Chicago called Uptown. Nicknamed ‘hillbilly heaven’, it was a very tough and deprived neighborhood. With a borrowed Rolleiflex camera, he followed the inhabitants of Clifton Street, where he befriended the families who lived there, documenting intimate moments both inside their homes and on the street. Three Young Men...

Print Print made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper with matte finish Measures: 17.00 x 12.00 in 43.2 x 30.5 cm Edition of 150 This work is signed and numbered by the artist on recto. Like most of Marcel Dzama's drawings, this print of old-fashioned circus performers is reminiscent of antique illustrations...

Copy of a seascape painting showing rowboats and sailboat moored in a harbor Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

A French allegorical tapestry from the late 19th century, circa 1890, depicting Don Quixote knocked off his horse after unsuccessfully tilting at ...

Copy of a painting titled "Indian With Horn Hat" showing portrait of a Native American with bear claw necklace and fancy hat tipped in red

The Geo Bird pattern is one of our most popular because it brings nature into your home in a modern slightly geometric interpretation. The tree leaves, branches and birds have been s...

This Hohenberg Mosaic depicts a classical Thai dancer and is comprised of glass and ceramic tiles against a crystalline incrustation. The frame is solid walnut and the piece is stencil signed on the reverse 'Hohenberg Original.'

An original 19th century albumen studio portrait of two Beja warriors from Sudan. The Beja are a group of nomadic shepherds who live scattered across the desert regions of Sudan, ...

Copy of an abstract painting in Pop style titled " AP Big Eyes" showing eyes and mouth floating in space.

This oversized sexy 1960s geometric adds mod flair to your space. Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message us to purchase. Printing: Screen-printed by h...

American Country style (20th Cent) oil painting of horse Italian Draught. (signed BENEDETTO)

Teitelbaum Mixed Media Art on Paper

A breathtaking yellow, black, red and blue color vintage artist Jan Cremer art rug, country of origin / Rug type: Indian rugs, circa date: Vintage / mid-20t...

This incredible textural, cosmic pattern can be as subtle or as bold as you like! Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message us to purchase. Printing: Digi...

Abstract gouache painting by American artist Shawn Savage. Shades of blue with grey and black in a black frame. Signed by the artist.

Antique Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, circa 1920, Room size An antique Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 12'0" x 9'0", circa 1920. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features an intri...

Copy of vertical landscape "Young Girl Gathering Flowers" Impressionist painting

New England Coastline. Connecticut shore painting in oil with marsh grasses and sailboats in the distance, and salty ocean air almost palpable this ...

An original Maison Jansen pencil drawing depicting an architectural detail "Rosace de Plafond Louis XIV" page 133 Stamped: Jansen, 39 Rue Royale Paris 8e

Copy of painting by French Impressionist Copy of an impressionist landscape painting titled "Field of Poppies"

Pierre Sala created contemporary art furniture. This rare poster is signed by Sala and photograph by Alain Dovifat. Unframed and will be rolled in a tube for shipping. Post modern Me...

American Art Deco bronze store front plaque with geometric design.

Copy of a portrait painting of the Spanish explorer Columbus in Black cape and coat