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Period: 1920s
Antique American Female Artist Impressionist Flower Still Life Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist still life oil painting by Elizabeth L. Rothwell (c.1877 - 1946). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Circa 1924.
Category

1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Art Deco Silver Plated Roux Marquiand Tea Set Attributed
Located in Lugo, IT
Tea service attributed to French manufacture Roux Marquiand, 1920/25. Tray, milk jug, sugar bowl and teapot. Tray size 60 by 36 cm Highest element 18 cm lowest 10 cm Condition as see...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Metal

English Farmhouse - Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Piece by Paul Earee
By Paul Earee
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
As Frederick Percy Eary, he was born at Sudbury, Suffolk on 16 July 1888, son of Albert Henry Eary (11 November 1862-1941), mat weaver, and his wife Hannah (6 July 1860-1939), who married at Sudbury in 1883 and in 1939 were living at 5 Acton Square, Sudbury. Known as Paul Earee, an artist who was a professionally trained as an ecclesiastical architect, art teacher and illustrator, using his spare time in painting, etchings and drawing with strong regional content. As an architect he designed many buildings and interiors in Sudbury including the pulpit of St Gregory...
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique fine quality small C1920 caddy top mahogany chest of drawers
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality small C1920 caddy top mahogany chest of drawers. No loose joints or woodworm and the drawers slide freely. Overall maximum dimensions: 64cmW x 40cmD x 75cmH. I...
Category

Vintage 1920s Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Antique Vintage very large strong log or storage basket boulangerie
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Vintage very large strong boulangerie basket. Would make an oh so impressive log basket for a country house or hotel. These are so hard to f...
Category

Vintage 1920s Blanket Chests

Materials

Wood

Lovely Japanese Taisho Scroll Kyoson Yano Nihonga Boats on a Spring Day
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
[Authentic work] ◆ Hirai Hirai ◆ Boat trip in the rain ◆ Kyoto ◆ Hand-painted ◆ Silk ◆ Hanging scroll ◆ Hirai Baisen Baisen Hirai [Art yearbook appraised value 70 10,000 yen] 1889 ...
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Vintage 1920s Taisho Paintings

Materials

Silk

French 1920s White Painted Bistro Table
Located in Buchanan, NY
This charming French garden table from the 1920s is the perfect addition to any patio, terrace, or garden. Its perforated top allows for drainage, making it ideal for outdoor use. Th...
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Vintage 1920s French Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Japanese PAinting Taisho Scroll Kodo Umemura Nihonga Waterfall
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
[Authentic work] ◆ Kodo Umemura ◆ Diagram of Kiyoshi Miyama ◆ Master: Yoshifumi Kikuchi ◆ Co-box ◆ Handpainted ◆ Paper ◆ Hanging scroll ◆ Kodo Umemura Born in Osaka in 1898 He grad...
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Vintage 1920s Taisho Paintings

Materials

Silk

Antique Original Art Deco Circa 1920s 18k Gold Natural Rose Cut Diamond Ring
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition. Total weight is 4 grams. Totally is diamond about 0.35 ct. The diamond is has H-I color and s1-s2. Ring size is US 6.5 (We offer free resizing) We can make an...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Cluster Rings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

The Helmsman
By Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
Located in Storrs, CT
The Helmsman. 1925. Etching. Hurst 130. 7 x 10 7/8 (sheet 11 x 5). Trial proof, apart from the edition of 75 An extremely rich impression printed cream wove paper. An exceptionally r...
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

'Sandows' Dining Chairs by René Herbst
By René Herbst
Located in Brooklyn, NY
'Sandows' dining chairs designed by René Herbst. Chrome tubular frame with bungee seat and back. Designed in 1928, this piece is considered an early modernist masterpiece well ahead ...
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Vintage 1920s Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Antique Art Deco 1920 Platinum And 14K Gold Natural Diamond Decorated Brooch
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition. Total weight 8.3 grams. Totally is rose cut diamond 1.30 ct. Totally is brilliant cut diamond 0.80 ct. The diamon is has G-H-I color and vvs-vs clarity. Acid ...
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Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Diamond, 14k Gold, Platinum

1920s Églomisé Checker Board with Advertising Surround From Middletown CT.
Located in Savannah, GA
This unique Églomisé checkerboard with a wooden frame is surrounded by 1920s advertising from Middletown, Connecticut. "Églomisé is a French term me...
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Game Boards

Materials

Glass, Wood

Flamenco musicians drawing colored pencils spanish modernism
By Ricard Canals Llambí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Canals Llambí (1876-1931) - Flamenco musicians - Colored pencils Drawing measurements 23x32 cm. Frame measurements 41x50 cm. Frame in poor condition. Ricard Canals Llambí (Ba...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Secretary Desk, Northern Europe, circa 1920, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Secretary desk, Northern Europe, circa 1920 Very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height: 101 cm, width: 94 cm, depth: 52 cm.
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Vintage 1920s Scandinavian French Provincial Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Ornements d'Oreilles, 1929 (#3.542)
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Possibly created as a design for one of Harper's Bazar's 1929 monthly editions, Ornements d'Oreilles (#3.542) is also similar to a design Erté considered for his 'Art to Wear' jewelr...
Category

1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

“The Pool of London”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original watercolor on archival paper of the busy port of London, England with tugs and ships by the British artist Douglas Ian Smart. Signed lower left. Titled...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

Antique American Impressionist Gilt Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed.
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Solid Pine Kitchen Cupboard, 1920's
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large pine cupboard from the 1920s. The cabinet consists of 2 separate parts. In the upper part 2 doors with one shelf. At the bottom 2 drawers above and 2 doors with a shelf for ple...
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Vintage 1920s Hungarian Rustic Cupboards

Materials

Glass, Pine

Oil On Canvas Still Life With Flowers And Japanese Satsuma Porcelain
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Still Life With Flowers And Japanese Satsuma Porcelain" Painting very rich in colors with beautiful dimensions The whole sold with a sublime frame in perfect condition...
Category

1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Antique Large Fountain - Luxury Reclaimed Italian Limestone Statue Fountain
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
In 1927, a team of master carvers from Palermo, Italy were tasked to create an exceptionally phenomenal limestone fountain for a noble Milano family estate. Within 14 months they completed the job by hand-carving a very unique and large pool fountain...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Classical Greek Fountains

Materials

Limestone, Wrought Iron

Victorian Lady with Lamb Carved Shell Cameo Brooch/Necklace, 1920s
Located in McKinney, TX
- Vintage item - Collectible costume jewelry piece from the early 20th century - Pendant measures 2" x 1.5" - 18" gold-filled chain (not original to piece) - Carved shell cameo featuring a woman in hoop skirt and hat with baby lamb motif - Pendant can be removed from chain and worn as a brooch...
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Vintage 1920s Unknown Victorian Pendant Necklaces

Art Deco 27.60 Ct Natural Peridot Diamond 18 KT Platinum Pendant
Located in Napoli, IT
This stunning antique pendant is 1925 circa Skillfully hand created during the Deco period of solid 18 KT gold Platinum topped Breath taking in design expressed in elegant mixed geom...
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Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Diamond, Peridot, 18k Gold, Platinum

Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929 Nantucket Sunrise, a Fisherman is gazing at the sky by James Francis Barker (American, 1872 – 1950). In the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847 - 1917) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts. Albert Ryder is known for Romanticism-pastoral landscape painting. Barker has a heavy impasto and extensive brushwork throughout and captures American Post Impressionism with this early sunrise on Nantucket Island scene. Image, 10.25"H x 14.25"W Signed "J. F. Barker" dated "3/29" on Stretcher bar verso Signed James F. Barker on Linen verso James F. Barker’s lineage traces back to eleven of the original Nantucket settlers. He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, With a degree in mechanical engineering and graduate degree in architecture, his career was centered among institutes of higher learning. Barker was also a skilled painter and a talented photographer. Barker specialized in waterfront, wharf, and beach scenes. The artist exhibited his work during the summer months at the Eagle’s Wing Studio on Union Street, having named the studio after a steamer, which had been captained by his grandfather. James Francis Barker (1872 – 10 December 1950) was the second president of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute, succeeding Carleton B. Gibson, from 1916–1919. He also pursued painting, pottery, metal working, and cabinet making. Gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, becoming Superintendent of the Manual Training Department at East Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1897. He left in 1904 to pursue similar positions at Grand Rapids High School and the Hackley School in Muskegon, Michigan. In 1906, he participated in the formation of East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio and served as its first principal. He married the former Kate Spooner in 1897 and raised one daughter. After being widowed in the late 1930s, he married Josephine M...
Category

1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Frankart Nude Ladies Lamp Model L211
By Arthur von Frankenberg, Frankart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frankart Lady Lamp, model L211. Two nudes hold aloft an amber Round Globe. Center Switch under metal Dish. 2 other globe options are available an...
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Circa 1920s Art Deco Platinum Natural Diamond Decorated Ring
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition. Total weight is 3.5 grams. Totally is Center diamond 0.45 ct. Totally is side diamond about 0.15 ct. The diamond is has G-H color and vvs-vs clarity. Ring si...
Category

Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Solitaire Rings

Materials

Diamond, Platinum

20Thc Old Hickory Day Bed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handsome hickory pole daybed has flared ends and spindled side rails. When topped with a thick piece of foam and pillows (as shown in final photos, not included) it makes a nice sitting bench or cot as a stylish addition to a room’s furniture array. Made by Rustic Hickory Furniture...
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Vintage 1920s American Adirondack Settees

Materials

Hickory

Art Deco 1.50 Carat Solitaire Platinum Ring
Located in Rome, IT
Exquisite diamond ring features a phenomenally brilliant 1 carat old European cut diamond center complemented by a richly detailed diamond encrusted platinum setting. Fiery, beautifu...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Cocktail Rings

Materials

Platinum

Signed American School Handsome Male Portrait Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist oil painting portrait. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Swedish Tapestry Geometric 4x6 130cm x 186cm
Located in New York, NY
Antique Swedish Tapestry 4x6 4'3" x 6'1" 130cm x 186cm About Us~ Welcome to Antique Rug Collection. Your #1 Source for handmade Antique Rugs...
Category

Vintage 1920s Scandinavian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Materials

Wool

“Arc de Triomphe Paris”
By Henri Grenier
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor and gouache on archival paper by French artist, Henri Grenier. Signed lower right. Circa 1925. Condition is excellent. The artwork is housed in its original ornate carv...
Category

1920s Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor, Oil Pastel

Antique Art Deco Circa 1920s 12k Gold Natural Diamond Decorated Drop Earring
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition. Total weight is 4 grams. Totally about is 1 carat old cut diamond. Acid tested to be 18k real gold. The diamond is has vs-s1-s...
Category

Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Gold

Antique Art Deco 14k Gold Natural Rose Cut Diamond And Emerald Decorated Brooch
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition. Total weight is 2.7 grams. Totally is diamond 0.30 carat. The diamond is has H-I-J-K-L color and s1-s2-s3 clarity. Totally is emerald 0.65 carat. Original Ar...
Category

Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold

Antique Chinese Rug
Located in Long Island, NY
Antique Chinese Rug
Category

Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Art Deco Corinthian Column Candlesticks in Pewter, Sweden 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of candleholders in patinated pewter. Fluted design derived from Corinthian Columns. This design resembles the style of Sylvia Stage and Just Andersen. Made in Sweden during t...
Category

Vintage 1920s Scandinavian Art Deco Candlesticks

Materials

Pewter

Antique Silver Ladle, Small Soup & Stew Ladles Engraved Decorative Art Deco
Located in Hampshire, GB
A small, hefty, exceptional, refined, and impressive antique Edwardian English silver plated Queen's pattern soup ladle is an addition to our silver cutlery collection. This exceptional antique Edwardian silver soup ladle has been crafted in the Queen's pattern. The anterior and posterior surfaces of the handle are embellished with the Classic Queen's pattern ornamentation, including a convex shell design to either side of the terminal, in addition to the honeysuckle and rosette design. This exceptional Edwardian spoon...
Category

Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Serving Pieces

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal

Oversize Antique Heriz Handmade Red & Blue Medallion Motif Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Oversize Persian Heriz hand knotted wool rug with a red and blue field. This Heriz rug has a navy-blue frame and multi-color accents in an all-over gorgeous geometr...
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Vintage 1920s Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Antique Walnut Cabinet, Sheet Music Cabinet, File Cabinet, Scotland 1920, H1131
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Cabinet, Sheet Music Cabinet, Collectors Cabinet, Filing Cabinet, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1920, H1131 + Scotland 1920 + Solid Walnut + Original finish + Rect...
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Vintage 1920s Scottish Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Antique American Modernist WPA Mural Study Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed mural study oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed.
Category

1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Lacquered Wood Panel Signed Qt
Located in Madrid, ES
Art Deco Lacquered Wood Panel Signed Qt Decorative panel from the art deco period signed with the initials QT. The technique used is cutting. G...
Category

Vintage 1920s Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Walnut Extending Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice table from the Art Deco period, circa 1920. The table is made of walnut and can be extended. The table can be extended by 3 x 33cm (max 210cm). If the table is extended, ad...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique Men's 0.08 Carat Round Diamond Squared Ring 18k Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Men's 0.08 Carat G/VS Single Cut Round Diamond Squared Ring 18k Gold. Very elegant ring with unusual round cornered squares ring. The ring features...
Category

Vintage 1920s Band Rings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Art Nouveau Wardrobe by Mathieu Gallerey in Mahogany, Clematis model, circa 1920
By Mathieu Gallerey
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Large double-door mahogany wardrobe / cabinet with beveled mirrors. On the outside we find a large drawer and a pediment enhanced with beautiful decorative bronzes. The interior cons...
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Bronze

Antique Art Deco Rug Antique Chinese Walter Nichols Rug 1920 9x12 275cm x 361cm
Located in New York, NY
9x12 Rare Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug Chinese Rug 1920 Handmade Circa 1920 9' x 11'10" 275cm x 361cm "This is a magnificent unique antique Art Deco rug. It has an incredibl...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Early American School Modernist Seaside Wine Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step back in time to the roaring 1920s, a period of innovation, artistic rebellion, and cultural transformation. This painting invites you to own a piece of this vibrant era with a r...
Category

1920s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Art Deco Natural Princess Cut Diamond Decorated Band Ring
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition. Total weight is 2.8 grams. Totally is diamond 0.70 carat. The diamond is has H color and vs-s1. Ring size is US 6 (We offer free resizing) We can make any siz...
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Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Band Rings

Materials

Diamond

Antique 0.70 Carat Diamonds Eternity Band Ring 14k White Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Antique 0.70 Carat Diamonds Eternity Ring 14k White Gold. The diamonds featured are single cut round earth mined. The ring has a beautiful design shining at every angle. The ring is ...
Category

Vintage 1920s Band Rings

Materials

Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold

Antique Art Deco Rug Antique Chinese Rug Chinese Rug 1920 Gold Chinese Rug
Located in New York, NY
Rare antique Art Deco rug Chinese rug antique Chinese rug 3'10" x 6'6" 4' x 7' 110cm x 199cm Circa 1920 "Beautiful antique Art Deco rug...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Green Apple Glass Sculpture, Italy, 1926, signed
By Paolo Venini, Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Murano Art Glass Green Apple Sculpture, Italy, c. 1926. acid-etched signature; Murano green cased glass with app...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Art Dèco Italian Walnut Vitrines or Bar Display Cabinet, 1925
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Art Dèco vitrines or display cabinet, Italian production of the 1920s, in walnut and walnut briar, screen-printed glass with grinding around. The showcase has been restored and polis...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Crystal

18 Karat Gold and Diamond Painted Cameo Brooch Pendant
Located in Summerland, CA
Lovely 18k gold frame around intricately painted portrait of a beautiful lady adorned with five diamonds. Wonderful example of renaissance revival. Hallmarked 750 on the back. Ca...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Brooches

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Spanish landscape oil on board painting Spain impressionism
By Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) - Spanish landscape - Oil on board Oil mesures 18x11 cm. Frame measures 28x22 cm. Photographer and artist from Lleida trained at the "Círculo...
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage 18 kt. Yellow gold ladies' jade and diamond ring
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage 18 kt. Yellow gold rectangular-shaped jade and diamond ring. Made in England, Birmingham, 1929 Maker: H.A ( unidentified ) Fully hallmarked. Dimensions - Ring Size (UK) = K ...
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Vintage 1920s British Fashion Rings

Materials

Diamond, Jade, Yellow Gold

Antique French Tapestry Wool & Silk Masque Vase Exotic Flowers 4x5 122x 142cm
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Tapestry Wool & Silk Masquerade Vase Exotic Flowers 4x5 1920 4' x 4'8" 122cm x 142cm "A magnificent antique French tapestry depicting an ornate vase full of flowers....
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Vintage 1920s French Baroque Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Silk

French Art Déco chandelier Pressed Glass and Cast Iron by Pierre Gilles 1925
By Pierre Gilles
Located in Salzburg, AT
French art deco chandelier by Pierre Gilles The object is rectilinear and austere in design, the round 4-piece centerpiece has 4 arms in the shape of an inverted flower. The matte ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Iron

English Cast Iron Hand Painted Cocker Spaniel sculpture/Door Stop circa 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1213 English hand cast and painted iron sculpture/door stop
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Vintage 1920s Animal Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Antique Pine Bench, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A charming bench from hungary with the original paint. Over time and use, the blue paint has been worn away in places to the wood. The bench is stable and sturdy. Free of woodworm.
Category

Vintage 1920s Hungarian Rustic Benches

Materials

Pine

Ballerina in the dressing room
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Stohner (1894 Mannheim - 1957 Paris), Ballerina in the dressing room, 1924. Pastel on painting cardboard, 65 x 45 cm, 77,5 x 59,5 (frame), signed lower left "Stohner" and dated "[19]24". Behind glass in gold stucco frame of the time. - Painting cardboard slightly warped, in the lower area minimally stained, frame with age patina and traces of abrasion. - The Naturalness of Artificiality - We see a ballerina putting on her right ballet shoe while the left one is still lying on the floor in front of her. It is precisely the casualness of the scene that gives it its intimacy: the blonde young woman is completely absorbed in the activity of getting ready for the dance, oblivious to us, while we are positioned right in front of her in the dressing room, inaccessible to the audience, watching her dress. Even though she does not yet perform a dance step, there is a graceful elegance in the action shown that seems quite natural in contrast to the rehearsed art form of dance. The young woman is not presenting herself to an audience in a perfectly formed movement, but is performing an everyday action, unaware that she is being watched. Concentrated, almost devotional, she pulls the ballet slipper over the verses, not noticing that one of the straps of the tutu has slipped off her shoulder, reinforcing the erotic moment of the scene. Inspired by Edgar Degas, Karl Stohner has painted the scene in strong pastel tones. The dominant blues and turquoises give the scene a magical, mysterious quality and, like the pink of the stockings and ballet slippers, are borrowed from Degas's dancers. Degas's colors, however, are cooler tempered, which is particularly evident in the light impasto applied incarnate. This is where the vividness of Auguste Renoir comes into play, making the dancer seem entirely flesh and blood. Karl Stohner, who has studied the pastels of Degas and Renoir intensively, combines the two artists here to create his own pictorial language. He has laid out the background in broad layers of strokes, ranging in color from white to turquoise to dark blue. The result is a dynamic, pattern-like structure that contrasts with the woman's calm, inward-looking posture. The fund anticipates the dynamics of the choreography of the dance for which the ballerina is preparing. At the same time, the broad pastel line in the background is an adequate means of painting to depict the soft, flowing elegance of the dancer. About the artist Against the wishes of his wealthy parents, Karl Stohner decided to become a painter. His talent was discovered by the director of the Mannheim Art Gallery, Fritz Wichert, who supported him from then on, including financing study trips to Paris. There he discovered the art of Degas, Cézanne and Renoir, which inspired his work. GERMAN VERSION Karl Stohner (1894 Mannheim - 1957 Paris), Ballerina im Ankleideraum, 1924. Pastell auf Malkarton, 65 x 45 cm, 77,5 x 59,5 (Rahmen), unten links mit „Stohner“ signiert und auf „[19]24“ datiert. Hinter Glas im Goldstuckrahmen der Zeit. - Malkarton leicht verzogen, im unteren Bereich minimal fleckig, Rahmen mit Alterspatina und Abriebspuren - Die Natürlichkeit der Kunstform - Wir sehen eine Ballerina, die sich den rechten Ballettschuh anzieht, während der linke noch vor ihr auf dem Boden liegt. Gerade aus der Beiläufigkeit der Szenerie speist sich ihre Intimität: Die blonde...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

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