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Antique Hand-Colored Print, North American Indigenous People, ca.1805
Located in Langweer, NL
publication documented cultures around the world, based on historical European observations of Indigenous
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 Antique Photogravures of Sumatra Plantations — Deli, Medan Region, 1900
Located in Langweer, NL
three original photogravures documenting plantation life in North Sumatra around 1900, produced by
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Sultan of Deli Palace and Esplanade, Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, c1910
Located in Langweer, NL
important photographers active in Sumatra at the time, the work documents both civic and royal environments
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Tobacco Fermentation
Packing – Deli, Sumatra, Kleingrothe, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
clarity, but also for their cultural and historic importance—documenting labor systems, architecture
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Map Set of Western
Southern Borneo, Dutch East Indies Era, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
interior were still only partially explored and documented by European surveyors. They reflect the late
Category
1880s Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Rare Antique Map of Borneo (Kalimantan), Dutch East Indies Colonial Era, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
Borneo at a moment when large parts of the interior were still only partially explored and documented by
Category
1880s Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Red-throated Diver: Original 1st Octavo Ed. Hand-colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Antique Document
Materials
Lithograph
Black-throated Diver: Original 1st Edition Hand-colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Antique Document
Materials
Lithograph
Curlew Bird and Charleston, SC: Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Document
Materials
Lithograph
Romantic Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Falconer Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
certificate of free export from Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Antique Document
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$949 Sale Price
46% Off
Degue French Art Deco Table Lamp 1920
By David Gueron Degue, Edouard Cazaux
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
, inherent to the manufacturing techniques of the period, is visible and documented (see photo). This is not
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Document
Materials
Wrought Iron
Great North Diver Bird: Original 19th C. 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Antique Document
Materials
Lithograph
Least Bittern Birds: Original 19th C. 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Antique Document
Materials
Lithograph
Giovanni Carbone (Genoese Master) - 17th century figure painting - Portrait
Located in Varmo, IT
export from Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Antique Document
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Map of Dutch Colonies in the Caribbean
Suriname by Dornseiffen, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
plantation economy and global trade networks remained firmly intact. This map visually documents the mature
Category
1880s Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Yongzheng Chinese Export Porcelain Plate with Arms of Elwick of Middlesex
Located in Downingtown, PA
, therefore, serves as a physical document of the Chinese potters' successful mastery of a difficult and
Category
1720s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Document
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Studios New York "Geometric" Plafonnier
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
finial. Inspired by an original Tiffany design documented in historical sources, we created a custom
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Document
Materials
Bronze
Antique Map of Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Moluccas by Dornseiffen - 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
give the sheet strong visual authority. It functions beautifully as both a collector’s document and an
Category
1880s Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Moth Pair Xylina Lambda Ortholithia by Sepp
Brants - Handcolor, 1905
Located in Langweer, NL
, adding documented scholarly provenance and institutional credibility.
The third series of Nederlandsche
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Tobacco Seed Fields — Deli Region, Sumatra — Dutch East Indies, c.1910
Located in Langweer, NL
photogravure sheet documents two essential stages in Deli tobacco cultivation in East Sumatra. The upper image
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Oil Industry at Rantau-Pandjang, Sumatra - Dutch East Indies, ca.1910
Located in Langweer, NL
document the rapid industrial expansion that accompanied the rise of the petroleum sector in Sumatra
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Kesawan Street, Medan – Rare c.1910 Photograph by C.J. Kleingrothe, Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
produced by the famous Medan photographer and publisher Charles J. Kleingrothe, whose studio documented the
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Pair of Silver Louis XIV Wall Lights made of Wood From a Hunting Lodge
Located in Hannover, DE
. Unfortunately, we're not exactly sure where the lodge came from because its history hasn't been documented. The
Category
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Document
Materials
Silver Leaf, Metal
Rococò Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - The Street Show
Located in Varmo, IT
the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is not part of the
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,966 Sale Price
47% Off
Orientalist Venetian painting - 18th century figure painting - Turkish scene
Located in Varmo, IT
. This document certifies that the work is not part of the Italian cultural heritage. Normally the times
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,373 Sale Price
55% Off
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Flute player dog
Located in Varmo, IT
. This document certifies that the work is not part of the Italian cultural heritage. Normally the times
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,780 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Chinese painter - 18th century figure painting - Landscape Pagoda
Located in Varmo, IT
Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is not part
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,076 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese painter - 18th century figure painting - Landscape Pagoda
Located in Varmo, IT
Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is not part
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,780 Sale Price
31% Off
Antique Chinese painter - 18th century figure painting - Landscape Pagoda
Located in Varmo, IT
export from Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,780 Sale Price
31% Off
Rare Miniature Inlaid Dutch Marquetry Salesman
s Sample or Jewelry Box
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
valuables, documents, or curiosities. Below, three serpentine-front drawers are adorned with scrolling
Category
1890s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Document
Materials
Tulipwood, Walnut
Charles LEMANCEAU Rare French Art Deco Elephant Statue, 1920
By Charles Lemanceau, Saint-Clément
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
)
Documented in the Saint-Clément catalog
Strong geometric form typical of Lemanceau’s iconic animal sculptures
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Document
Materials
Ceramic
Our Native Summer Home, J B Close
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
drawing from a mere picture into a historical document or deed of sorts. The house is shown from an
Category
1890s Folk Art Antique Document
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
An Italian Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Rhyton with Winged Horse on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
adapting classical shapes documented in Roman metalwork, terracotta rhyta, and mythological animal imagery
Category
1850s Italian Grand Tour Antique Document
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fuegians of Tierra del Fuego – Antique Hand-Colored Ethnographic Print c.1805
Located in Langweer, NL
part of a growing Enlightenment effort to document global cultures through travel accounts, early
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Patagonians of Southern Argentina – Antique Hand-Colored Print c.1805
Located in Langweer, NL
of the early 19th century, documenting cultures from around the world based on traveler and
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Guiana Indigenous People – Antique Hand-Colored Ethnographic Print c.1805
Located in Langweer, NL
of the early 19th century, documenting world cultures through exploration accounts and early
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Inhabitants of Unalaska, Alaska – Antique Hand-Colored Ethnographic Print c.1805
Located in Langweer, NL
Dutch projects to document global Indigenous cultures through travel accounts and early anthropological
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Inhabitants of Nootka Sound (Vancouver Island) – Antique Ethnograph Print, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
one of the earliest Dutch efforts to document cultures around the world through travel reports and
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Inhabitants of Norton Bay, Alaska – Antique Hand-Colored Ethnographic Print 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
& Kuyper’s publication was one of the earliest Dutch attempts to document cultures from around the world
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Inhabitants of Prince William’s Bay, Alaska – Antique Ethnographic Print, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
historical records documenting Indigenous lifeways prior to widespread cultural change.
A highly collectible
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Medan Resident’s Palace, East Coast of Sumatra – Kleingrothe Photogravure c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
artist is C.J. Kleingrothe, the renowned German photographer who documented the rapid development of
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Coffee Establishment Girsahan
Sorting Coffee – Antique Photos Sumatra, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
visually engaging original photogravure plate published circa 1900, documenting the early coffee industry
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Stabat Government Bridge
Forest Road – Kleingrothe Photogravure c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
wilderness. The scene documents the expansion of colonial transport routes deep into unexploited land, a
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Coffee Fermentation Sheds and Harvest, Padang Roetan, Sumatra, c.1910
Located in Langweer, NL
original pair of early 20th-century photogravures documents both the processing and harvesting stages of
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Wampu River
Sultan of Langkat Palace near Medan — Dutch East Indies c.1910
Located in Langweer, NL
important visual records of colonial Sumatra, documenting both local culture and rapidly developing
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Photo Gravure of Soengei Boewaya River, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1910
Located in Langweer, NL
photographer of East Sumatra during the late 19th and early 20th century. His photographs documented plantation
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Malay Mosque Tandjong Poera – Original 1900s Photogravure, Sumatra Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
document of Indonesian Islamic architecture.
Plates from Kleingrothe’s documentation of Sumatra are
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Petroleum Tin Factory
Filling Operations — Photogravure, Sumatra ca.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
working in colonial-era Sumatra, celebrated for documenting the rapid economic expansion driven by oil
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Document
Materials
Paper
James Gillray – A Dress of “Thanks” from the Faculty…- 1803 - Edition Humphrey
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
eighteenth-century political satire, this piece stands as a significant document of visual propaganda and
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Egyptian Women at the Nile Water Scene from Maximilian in Bavaria, 1846
Located in Langweer, NL
important travel publication documenting the oriental journey of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, with drawings
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Egyptian Infantry Guard Scene from Maximilian in Bavaria, 1846
Located in Langweer, NL
authority and court life.
The plate originates from the important expedition publication documenting the
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Islamic Lamps and Hookahs Object Study, Maximilian Egypt 1846
Located in Langweer, NL
. This makes the print not only a collectible artwork, but also a foundational design document.
Today
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Antique Hyena Hunt on the Nile Moonlight Scene from Maximilian, 1846
Located in Langweer, NL
important travel publication documenting the oriental journey of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, with drawings
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Document
Materials
Paper
Dutch Art Deco side table by P.E.L. Izeren for Genneper Molen, 1920s
By Genneper Molen, P.E.L. Izeren 1
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
Molen as no. 258. This design is documented. The old catalogue from the Genneper Molen depicts the same
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Antique Document
Materials
Oak
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Ship
s Passport Signed, November 5, 1804
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This rare official document, dated November 5, 1804, is signed by both Thomas Jefferson as the
Category
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Document
Materials
Paper
19th Century Bronze Sculpture, Panther Hunter, Denmark, Jerichau/ P. Ipsen
By Jens Adolf Jerichau
Located in Dresden, DE
technical quality, its documented manufacturing provenance, and its connection to a leading sculptor in 19th
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Neoclassical Antique Document
Materials
Terracotta
Antonio Joli (Venetian painter) - 18th century landscape painting - Architecture
Located in Varmo, IT
export from Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Document
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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