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African American 19th Century

An American Civil War Era African American Southern Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
Quilts, Alabama Quilts, 19th Century Quilts, African American Art, Antique African American Quilts
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Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts

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Wool, Cotton

Portrait of African American Man Drinking titled "Evening Revelry"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This expressive painting by Francis William Edmunds offers a compelling glimpse into 19th-century
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Map of the Southern Oceans, South America and Africa
Located in New York, NY
Antique Map of the South Atlantic, c. 1800s Engraving 20 x 28 in. Framed: 25 3/4 x 33 3/4 in.
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19th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

African Brass Plant Stand / Vide-Poche — Pierced Botanical Decor
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
19th-Century African Brass Plant Stand / Vide-Poche — Pierced Botanical Decor Description: This is
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Antique 19th Century Angolan American Classical Decorative Dishes and Vi...

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Brass

Large Mammals Print: Elephant, Rhino, Hippo Tapir – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
. Created for educational use, it illustrates powerful animals from Africa, Asia, and South America
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Antique 1860s German Prints

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Paper

Benton_Mary Church Terrell Life Cycle_monoprint, collage, Oberlin College Women
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
the 19th century and beyond. These works embody the artist’s stellar theme of bringing past to present
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, Anna Julia Cooper, monoprint with Chine collé, Oberlin College Women
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
the 19th century and beyond. These works embody the artist’s stellar theme of bringing past to present
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Monoprint, Laid Paper

Benton_Mary Church Terrell Over Time_monoprint and collage, Oberlin College Women
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
the 19th century and beyond. These works embody the artist’s stellar theme of bringing past to present
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, Spirit of Hope (Alice Paul) monoprint with Chine collé, PioneerActivist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
attendees and graduates that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, The Suffragist(Alice Pau), monoprint with Chine collé, Pioneer Activist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
attendees and graduates that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, Ida Gibbs Hunt, Class of 1884, monoprint with Chine collé, Oberlin
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
attendees and graduates that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women
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1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Gold Leaf

Benton, The Gaze (Dorothy Canfield Fisher) monoprint with Chine collé, Feminist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College
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1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Silver

Benton, Catherine Marya Sedgewick, monoprint with Chine collé, PioneerActivist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
the 19th century and beyond. These works embody the artist’s stellar theme of bringing past to present
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Gold Leaf

Benton, Susan B. Anthony the Elder, monoprint with Chine collé, PioneerActivist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College, a collaboration
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, Votes for Women, monoprint with Chine collé, PioneerActivist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
the 19th century and beyond. These works embody the artist’s stellar theme of bringing past to present
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Monoprint

Benton, Antoinette B Blackwell and the Blue Circle, monoprint, Oberlin College
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College, a collaboration
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1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Gold Leaf

Benton, Carrie Chapman Catt, monoprint with Chine collé, Pioneer Activist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College
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1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Gold Leaf

Benton, Mabel Loomis Todd, monoprint with Chine collé, Pioneer Activist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
attendees and graduates that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women
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1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Gold Leaf

Benton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Her Daughter, monoprint, PioneerActivist
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
that also including African American women. The artist exhibited 19th Century Women at Oberlin College
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1990s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Gold Leaf

African Agapanthus, or Blue Lily, a native of the Cape
By Frances Jauncey Ketchum
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK
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Early 19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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"Flowers in a Blue Vase, Still Life, " Floral Lilac Early African-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
, a pattern followed by nearly all 19th-century American painters who had the means to do so. On his
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Frederick Douglas, by Jos Sances
Located in Palm Springs, CA
leader in the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. Medium: Screenprint Year
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Screen

Mary Brown s Sampler
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
precursor to learning how to read. It was not common for a girl, especially for a young African American
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

19th Century Portrait of an African American Male
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare unsigned realist portrait of a young African American man in a suit.
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Crayon

19th Century African American Southern Quilt Possibly of Gee’s Bend, Alabama
Located in Barrington, IL
quilts made before the American Civil War in 1860s. 19th century African American Southern Quilts have
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Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts

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Wool, Cotton

African American Pine Burr Quilt Late 19th Century, Ex. Demme Collection
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very graphic African American pine burr quilt. The subtle colors on this quilt have faded down over
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Antique 1890s American Folk Art Quilts

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Cotton, Linen

African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need
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Mid-19th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache

19th Century Adam and Eve Sampler
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Rare African American themed 19th century Adam and Eve Sampler, in a birds eye maple frame. The
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Antique 19th Century American Primitive Tapestries

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Linen, Glass, Birdseye Maple

19th Century Adam and Eve Sampler
19th Century Adam and Eve Sampler
H 14 in W 12.5 in D 1 in
Austrian Painted Figure of a African American Boy, Signed Bernhard Bloch ca 1900
By Bernhard Bloch
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very lifelike figure of a young American black boy is a fine example of the work of Bernhard
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Other Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Frederick Douglas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
leader in the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. Medium: Screenprint Year
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Screen

Voting by Ballot in the United States Published in The Graphic, November 6, 1872
Located in Langweer, NL
. election process 19th century, African American voters, *The Graphic* voting illustration, 15th Amendment
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Antique 1870s Prints

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Paper

2 Volumes. Henry M. Stanley, In Darkest Africa.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Henry M. Stanley, In Darkest Africa. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers
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Antique Late 19th Century North American Books

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Leather

20th Century "Faux Cheetah" Stenciled Rug
By American Leather
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large, luxurious hide stenciled to appear as a cheetah. May be used over hard wood floors, rugs or as a throw over a bed or lounge. Colored in ivory, black, brown and caramel.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Anglo-Indian Moroccan and North Afric...

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Cowhide, Leather

African American Weathervane
Located in Summerland, CA
African American Weathervane/Trade Sign Sheet metal and polychrome. Double sided.
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Antique 19th Century American Weathervanes

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Sheet Metal

African American Weathervane
African American Weathervane
H 36 in W 24 in D 10 in
Johann Maresch Terracotta Figure an African American Boy, 19th century
By Johann Maresch
Located in New York, NY
Modelled holding a pewter chamber stick, wearing a fez, impressed marks 'J. M. 6454' 25.3/4 in. (65.5 cm.) high Medium polychrome decorated terracotta. Year of work, circa 1900. ...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Aesthetic Movement Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Head of an African-American Jockey
Located in Litchfield, CT
Although many jockeys in the mid-nineteenth century were African-American, very few sculptures and
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Antique 19th Century Sculptures

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Iron

Miniature American Oil Painting, African American subject
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Aiken Walker. American, circa 1890
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Antique 19th Century American Paintings

Antique African Tribal Asana Wood Sculpture
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique African Asana sculpture
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Antique 19th Century American Samoan Tribal Tribal Art

18th Century Oak and Iron Mounted Memento Mori Doorstop Carved as a Human Skull
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
now expect a door stop to look and function today was down to a 19th century African American inventor
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Antique Mid-17th Century English George II Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

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A Spanish Wrought Iron Archive Chest, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Spanish Wrought Iron Archive Chest, 18th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Dimensions: Height: 26cm. Width: 62cm. Depth: 30cm.
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Blanket Chests

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Wrought Iron

A Spanish Wrought Iron Archive Chest, 18th Century
A Spanish Wrought Iron Archive Chest, 18th Century
$2,800
H 10.24 in W 24.41 in D 11.82 in
Mid Century Modern Satelite Lounge Chair by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
By Milo Baughman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing Satelite round 2 person lounge chair by Milo Baughman for Thayer-Coggin. In excellent condition, it was reupholstered a few years ago and well maintained, no wear to speak ...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Fabric, Walnut

Incredible English Mahogany Seven-Pedestal Dining Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Measuring over 30 feet in length, this tremendous and highly versatile English dining table is the greatest. It has the ability to transform to a multitude of sizes to fit any occasi...
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Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Dining Room Tables

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Brass

Series01 Large Sconce, Dark Patinated Brass, Ash Leather Pivoting Shade
By Adam Otlewski
Located in Ozone Park, NY
Solid machined brass in dark patinated finish, hand-dyed soft unstructured leather pivoting shade. All material finishes are living finishes: they will change and patina for the bett...
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2010s American Bauhaus Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Hand-Forged Custom Iron "Mercer" Chandelier with Nine Lights
By Far-Fetched, LLC.
Located in Houston, TX
This hand-forged Iron chandelier is a classic reproduction light of our design. The three arms have three lights each for a total of nine candelabra sockets. Height is to the top of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American French Provincial Chandeliers and...

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Iron

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN(Turban), Hand Drawn Lithograph, Black Female Portrait
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned African American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, printed in light black ink on archival c...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

A Pair of Ketland and Co. Flintlock Pistols
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of 18th century English flintlock pistols by Ketland and Co. having proof-marked brass barrels, walnut stocks and engraved steel locks, both with original ramrods and both in ...
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Antique 18th Century English George III Paperweights

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Walnut

A Pair of Ketland and Co. Flintlock Pistols
A Pair of Ketland and Co. Flintlock Pistols
$3,900 / set
H 5 in W 15 in D 2 in
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Burl Wood Credenza for Thayer Coggin
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Toledo, OH
Beautiful Milo Baughman credenza for Thayer Coggin with burl wood patchwork square tiles design. This 3-door cabinet features 4 drawers, an adjustable shelf, and sits on a chrome fin...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Chrome

Paul Evans "Cityscape" Dining / Console Table
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Denton, TX
Paul Evans cityscape for Directional dining / console table with chrome-plated steel and burled wood base. Glass not included Base dimensions: 63 L x 19 D x 28.38 Glass: 71 3/...
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Paul Evans "Cityscape" Dining / Console Table
Paul Evans "Cityscape" Dining / Console Table
$15,000
H 28.75 in W 72 in D 24 in
Lounge chairs in peach pink velvet by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, 1960s
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in amstelveen, NL
Rare pair of sculptural lounge chairs in peach pink cotton velvet by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Italy, 1960s. These iconic armchairs embody Dominioni’s signature aesthetic: architectur...
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Chrome

English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Adam (circa 1780) gilt wood console with a carved frieze over rams head topped fluted legs with a stretcher & alabaster veneered marble top with a verde edge.
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Antique 18th Century English Neoclassical Console Tables

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Alabaster, Marble, Gold Leaf

English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
$185,000
H 36.25 in W 61.5 in D 30.25 in
A French Bronze Bust of a Classical Female
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French bronze bust depicting a classical female of elegant form, crowned with a laurel wreath. The bust has a rich brown patina revealing golden undertones at the tips of the laure...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Busts

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Bronze

A French Bronze Bust of a Classical Female
A French Bronze Bust of a Classical Female
$2,750
H 17 in W 9 in D 8.5 in
Antique World Map by P. Schenk 1706
By Peter Schenk
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Diversa Orbis Terrae. Visu Incedente per Coluros Tropicorum, Ambos Ejus Polos, et Parciularis Sphaerae Zenith, in Planum Orthographica Projectio (..) Plat Ontwerp...
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Antique Early 18th Century Maps

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Paper

Antique World Map by P. Schenk 
1706
Antique World Map by P. Schenk 
1706
$5,167 Sale Price
20% Off
H 20.87 in W 23.82 in D 0.02 in
1960s Pair of Teak Cabinets / Room Dividers by Kajsa Nils "Nisse" Strinning
By Kajsa Strinning 1, String Design AB, Nils Nisse Strinning
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
This modular teak shelving system, designed by Kajsa and Nils "Nisse" Strinning in the 1960s, is a prime example of Scandinavian functionalism. Versatile sectional design, perfect a...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Bookcases

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Glass, Teak

1960s Pair of Teak  Cabinets / Room Dividers by Kajsa 
Nils "Nisse" Strinning
1960s Pair of Teak  Cabinets / Room Dividers by Kajsa 
Nils "Nisse" Strinning
$3,823 Sale Price / set
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H 71.26 in W 35.44 in D 16.15 in
Jacques Adnet - A French 1950s Desk with Lamp by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet - A fine French Mid-Century rectangular desk and lamp, with a black lacquered metal base, pivoting leather covered drawer, saddle-stitched leather mail holder, briefca...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America by W. Robertson, 1835
By William Robertson
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Robertson, William, Frost, John. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America, With an Account of His Life and Writings, To which are added Questions for the Examination of...
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Antique 1830s American Early Victorian Books

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Leather, Fabric, Paper

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.
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    The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.