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A Nineteenth Century Limestone Chimneypiece in the Style of Inigo Jones
By Inigo Jones
Located in London, GB
classical urns. The jambs faced with tapering pilaster columns with ionic capitals, above carved harps
Category

19th Century English Regency Antique Harps

Materials

Limestone

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Genre Scene Bamboccioni, 1650
Located in Vicoforte, IT
drink while one of their companions plays a harp. 20th century frame in carved and lacquered wood of
Category

1650s Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Copper and Lapis Blue Enamel Table Lamp, 20th C.
Located in New York City, NY
shade harp. Overall Height: 23.5-28.5" Diameter: 5.75"
Category

1910s Antique Harps

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Pair of French “Poet Musician” Bronze Sculpture Five-Light Candelabra
Located in Shippensburg, PA
turned brass rod rises containing the electrified cord and the light bulb. The brass harp affixes on
Category

Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Brass, Bronze

William Bodfish Oil Painting Titled "The Sister s Visit", Dated 1888
Located in New York, NY
created detailed illustrations of hunting, whaling and fishing adventures for such magazines as Harper
Category

1880s Antique Harps

Materials

Oil

Stiffel Table Lamp, Black Ceramic and Brass, 1940s
By Stiffel
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
and statement black ceramic body. It has the original harp and finial. The lamp measures24.5" to the
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century Russian Brass Samovar Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
past. Harp: 28.5"H Shade: 14" Diameter
Category

Late 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

The Boys of 76 by Charles Carleton Coffin, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Coffin, Charles Carleton. The Boys of ‘76. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First Edition
Category

1870s American American Colonial Antique Harps

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

Studious Girl Reading a Book - Women s Education - Female Illustrator
By Elizabeth Shippen Green
Located in Miami, FL
, Harper's Monthly, June 1912, pg. 22 Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an
Category

1910s Academic Antique Harps

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Charcoal

EARLY 19th CENTURY VIENNESE EMPIRE CLOCK
Located in Firenze, FI
Medusa and the harp, together with refined vegetal decorations that enhance its design. This piece is
Category

Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

THANKSGIVING IN CAMP
By Winslow Homer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original wood engraving as published by Harpers Weekly December 3, 1864, after a drawing by Winslow Homer
Category

1860s American Realist Antique Harps

Materials

Woodcut

THANKSGIVING IN CAMP
THANKSGIVING IN CAMP
$175 Sale Price
53% Off
George III Pine Gesso Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
with a range of ornate details. Musical instruments decorate the centre tablet including a harp
Category

Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Harps

Materials

Composition

The Intercollegiate Regatta, Victorious Cornell
Located in Bristol, CT
Harper's Weekly colour plate from sketches by A.B. Frost depicting 'The Intercollegiate Regatta
Category

1870s Antique Harps

Materials

Lithograph

Large Vintage Japanese Imari Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
. Harp and finial included. The height of 29" is to top of finial. In good working condition.
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain

Victorian Painted Etruscan Locket
Located in New York, NY
motif with maiden holding harp on pedestal. Locket opens in back for storage. 1870's USA. 1.5" x 1".
Category

1870s American Victorian Antique Harps

Materials

Vermeil, Silver

Antique Hardman Co Ecclesiastical Stained Glass Window of Kings
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
them. The other displays a figure playing a harp while a depiction of himself sleeps below. The
Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Harps

Materials

Lead

Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Brass Converted 4 Arm Candelabra Table Lamp Light
Located in Dayton, OH
brass harp with trophy finial. Dimensions: 33" x 4.5" x 6"
Category

Early 20th Century Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Marble, Brass

Antique Arts Crafts Wicker / Rattan Table Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
into a column of coiled wicker - rattan with antique brass hardware / harp with dome shade. Newly
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Harps

Materials

Wicker, Rattan

Rare Pair 19 C. French Ormolu Mounted Theodore Deck Faience Porcelain Lamps
By Theodore Deck
Located in New York, NY
. The lamps are fitted with harp-shaped metal frames to support shades. Théodore Deck (1823–1891) was a
Category

1870s French Chinoiserie Antique Harps

Materials

Ormolu

Silver and silver pique tortoiseshell hairbrushes and hand mirror original case
Located in London, GB
fine silver pique work to the back of each piece. Hallmarked for Hassett and Harper Birmingham, England
Category

1920s English Antique Harps

Materials

Silver

Egyptian Revival Style Dark Red Wood Hand Carved Lamp with Shade.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
is 25.5" to the top of the wooden carved area. With the proper harp (depending on the shade) the
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Egyptian Revival Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Pair Antique Victoria Czech 24K w/ Platinum Crown Bronze Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Opa Locka, FL
, Crown Encrusted Bronze Porcelain Table Lamps. Yes this pair of lamps is Deluxe. No shadews but harps
Category

1890s French Rococo Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain

Ormolu Corinthian Column Sinumbra Base Table Lamps, France, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
brass single socket knob-turn fittings with shade harps. Provenance: Private collection, Rome, Italy.
Category

Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Metal, Brass, Ormolu

Pierre Schoenewerk Antique French Bronze Figure of Euterpe
By Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk 1
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
harp-like instrument perched behind her. Dating to circa 1890, this large scale version has a desirable
Category

Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Metal, Bronze

"Skating on Ladies Pond Central Park": Winslow Homer 19th C. Woodcut Engraving
By Winslow Homer
Located in Alamo, CA
, New York", was published in Harper's Weekly in the January 28, 1860 edition. It depicts a large number
Category

1870s American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

Floor lamp in gilded carved wood and pearly glass lampshade, Art Deco, 1920 s
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
dimensions: height 150 cm diameter 48 cm Height of floor lamp + harp: 144 cm Dimensions of the lampshade
Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Metal

Intaglio or cameo, Muse. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
carrying a harp, with a sculpture on a column behind her. This may be a Muse, so common that even Wedgewood
Category

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Harps

Materials

Glass

19th century Egyptian Grand Tour Cairo Ware silver inlay charger.
Located in Central England, GB
from a harp-like instrument. The central scene is bordered and banded with classical decorative
Category

Mid-19th Century Egyptian Egyptian Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Antique American Wicker Rattan Arts Crafts Table Lamp, 1918-1920
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
rattan and are stabilized by a wooden base. The original brass hardware, harp, and finial support woven
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Coffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Dallas, TX
as an independent interior designer in 1936. In 1938, Harper’s Bazaar stated that Robsjohn-Gibbings
Category

Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Harps

Materials

Gold, Brass

Suffrage Textile in Green, White, Violet - Votes for Women - Connecticut Made
Located in York County, PA
. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted Harper. Following graduation from Vassar College, Harriot
Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Harps

Materials

Cotton

Pair of Japanese Pagoda Form Porcelain Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
to bottom of harp 14"
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Export Antique Harps

Materials

Enamel

pirals of the Sea: Artistic Renderings of 19th Century Gastropods, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
)**: Known as the ventricose harp, it is a tropical sea snail with a distinctively ridged and colorful shell
Category

1840s Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

1920s FBS Limoges Continental Blue Cobalt Porcelain Gilt Vase Mounted as Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
as Lamp. Measures 6" in width, 5" in depth and stand 23" in height to the top of the harp and 17" to
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Mexican Indians Bringing Flowers and Fruits to Market, Lake Chalco, 1866
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored wood engraving, published in Harper's Weekly on November 10, 1866, beautifully illustrates the
Category

1860s American Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

19th Century Louis XV Style French Adjustable Stool
Located in Winter Park, FL
fabric, depicting a harp with pink flowers. The seat of this small stool may be easily adjusted to a
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Harps

Materials

Tapestry, Rosewood

Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
By Frederic Remington, Francis Parkman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the mid-1880s when he began making western illustrations for Harper's Weekly and many other widely
Category

1890s American Antique Harps

Materials

Leather, Paper

La Princesse Lointaine: Porteurs d Eventails (original gouache on paper)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
him to become a naval officer. In 1915, he secured a contract with Harper’s Bazaar magazine, producing
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Gouache

Pont Neuf
By Frank Myers Boggs
Located in Sheffield, MA
first job at Harper’s magazine as a wood engraver when he was just seventeen. His ambitions grew beyond
Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Oil

Morning Journal - A modern newspaper at a modern price Les maitres de l affiche
Located in PARIS, FR
regularly in Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Magazine, St. Nicolas, Century Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and
Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Harps

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Bronze and Porphyry Clock by Julien Le Roy, 19th Century
By Julien Le Roy
Located in Cypress, CA
two reclining bronze cherubs playing a gilt harp. The movement made by Dargent Medallie Company with
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Marble, Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu

Returning from the General Store
By William Henry Dethlef Koerner
Located in Missouri, MO
story illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, The Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's, McClure's
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Harps

Materials

Oil, Panel

Art Deco Round Layered Wooden Table Lamp, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
cord. This lamp does not include shade or harp.
Category

Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Holiday in Camp -- Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"
By Winslow Homer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(Signed in text in title caption, see photo) Published in Harper's Weekly July 15, 1865 A very rare early
Category

1860s American Realist Antique Harps

Materials

Engraving

Pair Of Antique English Chippendale Style Side Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
frames. The backs with scrolled top and delicately carved and pierced Harp form back splat, the stretcher
Category

19th Century Chippendale Antique Harps

Materials

Hardwood

“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day
By Winslow Homer
Located in Southampton, NY
Original wood engraving on paper. Taken from Harper’s Weekly, April 7, 1860. Signed “Homer” in the
Category

1860s Academic Antique Harps

Materials

Archival Paper, Engraving

Pair of Vintage French Carved Marble and Gilt Bronze Cassolettes Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
gilt bronze mounts. Harps and finials included. Shades not included. Measures: 9" W x 7" D x 32" H     
Category

Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Heintz Bronze Sterling Silver Table Lamp
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
Located in Malibu, CA
shade as shown is available for an additional charge. The lamp comes with the original harp for a larger
Category

19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Harps

Materials

Sterling Silver, Bronze

William Keith Original Tonal Oil Painting Flock of Sheep by a Pond Landscape
Located in Tustin, CA
an engraver. He moved to California in 1859 after visiting California on a trip he made for Harper
Category

Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Poul Hansen Opaline Milk Glass Ormolu White Table Lamp, Pierced, Lattice Bronze
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Lampshade NOT included. Height to top of socket is 21.5”. Harp not included.
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Waldorf Astoria Hotel Statuary Breche Marble Mantel English Regency
Located in New York, NY
playing a miniature harp and a pair of symbols above the jambs. The edges of the narrow shelf are modestly
Category

Early 20th Century European Regency Antique Harps

Materials

Statuary Marble

A Sandstorm on the Little Colorado River, Arizona
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Plano, TX
dibs. George Elbert Burr worked as an illustrator for several New York magazines: Harper
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Harps

Materials

Watercolor

Rare Gem French Antique Louis XVI Mirror with Intricate Fronton Carving
Located in Hopewell, NJ
features a lovely harp or lyre, floral motifs, and laurel wreath. # 6160 Measures : Mirror is 16.25 w 19
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Qing Dynasty Cast-Bronze Table Lamps with Green Grass Cloth Shades
By Tu Qing Yun
Located in Austin, TX
lamp harps are built into the lamps and are representative of late Qing Dynasty pieces, once
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Exotic Anglo-Indian Repoused Oil Lamp with Alligator Handles, Now Electrified
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
harp, making it ready for the shade of your choice. A true blend of cultural artistry and functionality
Category

Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Orientalist Empty Pocket in Vienna Bronze
Located in Marseille, FR
with a harp. Red breccia marble base. Height 15cm. Additional information: Material: Bronze.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Pair English Aesthetic Movement Gourd Vases, Now as Lamps Attributed Doulton
By Doulton Burslem
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
brass harps and organic gourd-shaped finials, harmonizing with the vases' original form. These lamps
Category

Early 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

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Antique Harps For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique harps available for sale. Each of these unique antique harps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. There are all kinds of antique harps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique harps bearing Victorian or Art Nouveau hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Tiffany Studios, Robert Harper and Sébastien Érard each produced beautiful antique harps that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Harps?

Prices for antique harps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique harps begin at $1 and can go as high as $179,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,328.
Questions About Antique Harps
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Early harps have a few different names. Lyre harp or simply lyre is a very common term used for harps that appeared in ancient Sumeria and Phoenicia. There were also diatonic harps, Renaissance harps, triple strung harps, both single and double action pedal harps and chromatic harps. Shop a collection of properly vetted antique harps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.