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Swedish Art Deco Marquetry Mirror by Birger Ekman for Mjolby Intarsia
By Mjölby Intarsia, Birger Ekman
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Art Deco mirror with marquetry depicting a seated woman playing a string instrument framed
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chinese Guqin Table
Located in Chicago, IL
high waist, and gently tapered square legs ending in horse hoof feet. A guqin is a plucked seven string
Category
18th Century Chinese Ming Antique String Instrument
Materials
Elm
Antique Thai Gilt Bronze Musicians
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A set of three Thai gilt bronze seated musicians, one playing a drum, one a stringed instrument and
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Early 20th Century Thai Antique String Instrument
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vintage Chinese Brass Vases
Located in Sheffield, MA
stringed instrument, a seated plump man possibly representing "good luck," a smiling figure and a warrior
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique String Instrument
Materials
Brass
Japanese Antique "MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS" Book 1880
Located in South Burlington, VT
), drums (Taiko & Tsuzimi), stringed instruments (Koto), Wind instrument (Gagaku) and many more- a great
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Italian High-Relief Plaster Wall Plaque
Located in Stamford, CT
mortal daughters of Jupiter. They are singing, while two of them play stringed instruments, and they are
Category
Early 20th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Chinese Ruyi Ribbon Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
viewing painted scrolls or as a musician's stand on which to play the qin, a traditional Chinese string
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique String Instrument
Materials
Elm
Carved Indian Temple Carving Statue from Gujarat Depicting a Celestial Musician
Located in Yonkers, NY
string instrument. Charming our eyes with its nicely weathered appearance and nice proportions, this
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Early 20th Century Indian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
The Stroh or Stroviol Violin
By English School
Located in Madrid, ES
The Stroh or Stroviol violin is a type of stringed musical instrument that is mechanically
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Early 20th Century English Modern Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Napoleon III Style Inlaid Chest With Musical Theme
Located in Bridgeport, CT
musical notes, crossed recorders, stringed instruments and horns all in fine contrasting wood inlay. The
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique String Instrument
Materials
Stone, Metal
"Stroviols" Rare Original Stroh Fiddle with Horn
By Stroh
Located in Peekskill, NY
the time a large horn or cone collected the sound for recording. String instruments could not compete
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique String Instrument
Materials
Tin, Iron
Jewish Yad or Torah Pointer of Silver with Inset Stone
Located in Austin, TX
stringed instrument on the handle end, with a traditional pointed finger hand on the other end. With
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Early 20th Century Russian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Silver
18th Century George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Automation Bracket Clock by St
By Stephen Rimbault
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
other string instruments and a conductor. The hand of the harpsichord player, the bows of the string
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Mid-18th Century British George III Antique String Instrument
Materials
Brass, Steel
19th Century
Memento Mori
Etching by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson
By Alfred Wordsworth Thompson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
of merry-makers trailing behind a figure of Death as it plays a spade-shaped string instrument.
Plate
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
"Music under the Sea, " Spectacular Art Deco Punchbowl/Centerpiece w/ Mermaids
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
another female figure playing a version of the rebec, an ancient stringed instrument. Kåge was a
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany and Co. 19th Century Sterling and Gold Serving Spoon in Olympian Pattern
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
gathered around a figure playing a lyre, an ancient greek stringed instrument very similar to modern harps
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1870s American Neoclassical Antique String Instrument
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Austrian Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case, Antique, circa 1910
By Georg Adam Scheid
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
-stringed instrument, with an engraved floral and foliate landscape to the background.
The posterior
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1910s Austrian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Meissen Acier Gardener Figurines Group Model D 95 Made circa 1870
By Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Young Female Gardener who is making music by playing a string instrument similar to a violin (she turns
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1870s German Rococo Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurines Couple Malabarian Lady Man Tall Models 1519 1523 by Meyer 1830
Located in Vienna, AT
plays a string instrument, being similar to a guitar / a chest is attached to man's back. The figurines
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1830s German Rococo Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Fine Antique Lacquered Koto Lute, Rare Violin Size, Meiji, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from the Chinese zheng, and similar to the Mongolian
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
The Music Lesson
original oil painting after Dou with clavichord and viol
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, a viol da gamba (the large stringed instrument), and a finely carved stone fireplace with a statue
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Early 19th Century Baroque Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Victorian Satinwood and Harewood Half Moon Painted Console Table
Located in London, GB
stringed instruments. In 17th century England it was imported from Germany.
In the 18th century airwood
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1890s English Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Satinwood, Harewood
Chinese Antique Scholar
s Chest Bookcase
Located in Somis, CA
front of the chest depicts a scholar in the bamboo forest playing the string music instrument Gu Zhen
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Orientalist harem painting in giltwood frame by O’Neil
Located in London, GB
clothing, with pearls and a red rose in her hair. She rests one hand on a stringed musical instrument, and
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meyle
Mayer 1910 Art Nouveau Gilt Silver Pendant With Enamel
Plique Au Jour
Located in Miami, FL
decorated muse who is playing a kind of stringed musical instrument, more like a lute.
Gemstones: Mount in
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1910s German Art Nouveau Antique String Instrument
Materials
Chrysophrase, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Enamel
French Empire Candelabra Apollo
Daphne Manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomire
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Newark, England
stringed musical instrument part of the lute-family and consists of two arms and a crossbar with strings
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique String Instrument
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Set of Five Early Stringed Instruments
Located in Seattle, WA
Primitive, hand-carved stringed instruments in classic shapes. Crude and incomplete yet familiar
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Trio of Stringed Instrument Molds
Located in Treasure Island, CA
1/2, 3/4 sized violin and violincello molds. This have nice patina and make unusual decorativbe objects. I don't believe I've seen these mold forms before! Priced as set.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Musical Instruments on Stand
Located in East Hampton, NY
19thC. Nepalese Wooden String Instruments on Metal Stands (2 available priced individually)
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19th Century Nepalese Antique String Instrument
Materials
String
Tribal Instruments
Located in East Hampton, NY
Mid to Late 19hC. Indian Tribal Carved Wooden and Skin String Instruments Mounted On Iron Stand ( 4
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1850s Indian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
$1,450
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze and Gilt Bronze Female Figure
Located in London, west Sussex
classical maiden playing an elaborate stringed instrument. The figure is mounted on a square marble cube
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1928 National Steel Guitar, Style Two Tricone Model
By National Guitar
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The National Guitar company of Los Angeles California created one of the most unique stringed
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique String Instrument
Materials
Brass
Large Scale Italian Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
Highly ornate large crest with putti holding stringed instrument.
Decorative distressed
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19th Century Italian Antique String Instrument
Pair of Late 19th Century Reverse Glass Portraits
Located in London, GB
noblewoman, one plucking a stringed instrument before a mountainous landscape; the other attending to her
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Early 20th Century Qing Antique String Instrument
Materials
Glass, Oil
Pair of Granite and Spelter Figurative Book Ends
Located in Wilson, NC
lady posing with string instrument. This pair could also serve as decorative objects in the home (on a
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Early 1900s French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Granite, Spelter
19th Century Music Instrument Shop Sign
Located in Paris, FR
This sign was from a music shop. It is all carved in wood, shaped as a lyre (stringed instrument
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Heart-Shaped Biedermeier Side Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
The romantic curves of this striking side chair resemble the scrolling structure of stringed
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19th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Black Lacquer Coromandel Panel
Located in San Francisco, CA
scholars examining a scroll, other texts and a stringed instrument on a table and an attendant waiting with
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture
By Hans Muller
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. Here Muller has captured a nude maiden playing a stringed instrument as to beckon us with an alluring
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Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Victorian Gemset Domra Brooch
Located in Sale, Cheshire
folk string instrument of the lute family with a round body and three or four metal strings.
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Late 19th Century Russian Late Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
White Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, 14k Gold
George IV Irish Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
'lyre' comes from a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar
Category
19th Century Irish Antique String Instrument
Materials
Mahogany
PAIR OF INDIAN CARVED AND POLYCHROMED WOODEN FIGURES
Located in San Francisco, CA
from its previous architectural application; one with drums and one holding a stringed instrument (seni
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18th Century and Earlier Indian Antique String Instrument
Louis XV or Louis XVI Transitional Period Gold Leaf Mirror, France, circa 1895
Located in Houston, TX
central cartouche at the top of the arch featuring both a stringed instrument along with a lute and two
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique String Instrument
Antique Victorian 18 Carat Gold Silver Lyre Flower Locket, circa 1880
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
front which is a classical Greek string instrument and symbol of Apollo - God of music, truth and
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1880s British Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
18k Gold, Silver, Enamel
Louis XVI French "Trophée" Sculpture Wall Hanging, circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
as a hand held stringed instrument in the exact centre surrounded by three wind instruments. Behind
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
skillful mastery of the lyre, a stringed instrument similar to a small harp. His music was said to be so
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique String Instrument
Materials
Stoneware
An Outstanding Set of Tang Dynasty Seven Equestrian Figures
Located in New York, NY
at the pipa , a stringed instrument held upright and played with five small plectra attached to each
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique String Instrument
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Republic Nine Dragon Cloisonne Enamel Brass Charger of Monumental Scale
Located in Atlanta, GA
dragon son loved music. Its likeness is found as a motif decoration on stringed instruments. Fu Xi: This
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique String Instrument
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Pair of English Lyre Back Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in Great Barrington, MA
based on the ancient Greek stringed musical instrument that is undoubtedly the root of the
fully
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique String Instrument
Materials
Mahogany
French Antique Louis XVI Style Painted Gilt Trumeau Mirror, 1870 (35"w x 83 1/2)
Located in Houston, TX
decoration the tambourine features bells on the left side, there is a stringed hand held instrument in the
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique String Instrument
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Stringed African Instruments
Located in New York, NY
Two African stringed instruments, similar to a small guitar, made of animal skins with gut strings
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Early 20th Century Liberian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
17th Century Old Master Oil Portrait Painting on Canvas by Caspar Netscher
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
case square) is found in many cultures. As a struck string instrument, is considered to be among the
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1660s Antique String Instrument
Materials
Oil
Carved White Marble Standing Figure of a Chinese Goddess
Located in Woodbury, CT
She is playing a Chinese stringed musical instrument. She wears traditional clothing with a scarf
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble
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Antique String Instrument For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique string instrument you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique string instrument — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique string instrument, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique string instrument is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, neoclassical and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made antique string instrument has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Cary’s, Dirk J. Balfoort and Gossin Frères Manufactory are consistently popular.
How Much is a Antique String Instrument?
Prices for an antique string instrument start at $241 and top out at $236,757 with the average selling for $5,700.
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