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Original Moulin Rouge Mistinguett, 1926 French cabaret vintage poster on linen
By Charles Gesmar
Located in Spokane, WA
entertainer started when she met Saint-Marcel on a train to Paris en route to a violin lesson. Saint-Marcel
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1920s Art Deco Antique Violins

Materials

Lithograph

Maison Gervais by Maurice de Vlaminck - Cityscape, Figurative Art, Gouache, Town
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in London, GB
French mother, his father was a Flemish violin teacher who encouraged his teenage son to study with the
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1920s Modern Antique Violins

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Virgin Mary with Christ Child Angel Musicians – German Chromolithograph, 1900
Located in Langweer, NL
harmonious ensemble: one plays the violin, another the cello, and the third sings from a sheet of sacred
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Early 20th Century German Antique Violins

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Paper

Louis XVI st. patinated Wood and Giltwood ‘A Chassis’ dining chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
foliate sprays, surrounded by a satin and burnished border. The violin shaped upholstered backs showcase a
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19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Violins

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Antique French 18k Yellow Gold Double Bass Model Circa 1920
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
anatomy: a concave c-bout accented with violin corners, an f-hole to either side of the bridged strings
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1920s French Antique Violins

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Yellow Gold

Antique Mahogany Brass Double Music Stand C1910
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous mahogany double sided adjustable music stand. Carved violin neck scroll base with a lyre
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1910s Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Violins

Materials

Brass

1810s French Yellow Gold Bracelet Charms Napoleonic Hussar
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
and a violin. (The violin may not be directly related to the Hussars, however, it was claimed that
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1810s French Antique Violins

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18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Oval Plaster Relief Plaque of a Musical Putto
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
putto or winged cherub is well-captured, with great wings and a shawl on its back as it plays a violin
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Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Violins

Materials

Plaster

Primitive Early 20th Century Fiddle and Bow
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Unusual home made primitive violin. good burnished patination. excellent attention to detail
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Early 20th Century French Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

French 18th Century Louis XV Bombé Chest, Marble Top and Gorgeous Marquetry
Located in New Orleans, LA
. The drawer fronts are heavily inlaid with marquetry design of violins, drums, horns, sheet music
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18th Century French Antique Violins

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Marble

French 19th Century Transition Mable Top Marquetry Chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
. The drawer fronts are heavily inlaid with marquetry design of violins, drums, horns, sheet music
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18th Century French Antique Violins

Materials

Marble

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver Musician and Donkey Table Ornament
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
anatomical features. The donkey is ridden by a male figure playing a violin. This exceptional example
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19th Century Antique Violins

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Silver

19th C. Genre Scene Oil on Canvas Painting “A Heavenly Recital” by J. Bernstein
Located in Dallas, TX
: one plays the violin, another the cello, while the third accompanies them on the flute. The intimate
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Late 19th Century German Antique Violins

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Canvas, Giltwood

“Le Jeune Violoniste” – Patinated Bronze In The Style of Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in Southall, GB
captures a youthful musician deeply engrossed in playing his violin, his stance dynamic and lifelike. The
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Early 20th Century European Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

LATE 19th CENTURY BRONZE SCULPTURE PORTRAIT OF MOZART
Located in Firenze, FI
traditional wig, while the gaze is focused on the violin he is playing; the latter has an iron string in the
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Pair of Antique Limestone Cherubs - Les Anges de la Musique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
other, in good condition. The left is playing the flute and the right cherub is playing a violin
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Violins

Materials

Limestone

19th Century French Louis XV Carved Burl, Ash Walnut Bressan Clock Vaisselier
Located in Dallas, TX
clock casing with glass, a violin shape center door decorated with hand carved flower basket, and three
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins

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Walnut, Burl, Ash

Giltwood Trophy Wall Applique
Located in Leesburg, VA
intricately carved array of musical instruments at its base, including a detailed violin and horn, all
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Violins

Materials

Giltwood

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, composer, Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1904
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
, violin and piano pieces, Scottish folk music and works for the stage. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Violins

Materials

Lithograph

Small 19th century Bronze nude musician, 32cm
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting small late 19th Century patinated bronze statue of a nude girl playing a violin
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Late 19th Century French Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

Antique Map of Meurthe, France – Hand-Colored by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
46. Mirecourt – famous for violin-making 47. Bayonville-sur-Mad – rural hamlet 48. Chenevières
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Violins

Materials

Paper

Still Life Musical Instruments Bettera Paint 17/18rt Century Oil on canvas Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
still life, with the display of objects and musical instruments, such as musical scores, violin, lute
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Madonna and Child with Angels, attributed to Louis de Caullery, Flemish, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
gives a small concert, playing the violin, lute, and harp. While at the feet of the Virgin, three
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Violins

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Copper

Estate William Eaton English Sterling Silver Asparagus Tongs
By William Eaton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
openings of a violin or fiddle. The blades are held in place with silver screws. The tongs sit open and
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Early 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Violins

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Sterling Silver

John Bennett Georgian Barometer
By John Bennett
Located in New Orleans, LA
, is fiddle back (so named because it is commonly found on violin backs), so it has a fine, even ripple
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Violins

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Giltwood End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
are elegantly scrolled, including the violin-shaped top with three tiers of edge molding, the aprons
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins

Materials

Carrara Marble

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Vanity Fair Royalty portrait chromolithograph, 1874
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'First Violin' Chromolithograph, 1884, after Ape (Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889) Vanity Fair
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Violins

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Lithograph

Virgin and Child with Music-Making Angels
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in New York, NY
-length supporting the infant Jesus on an orb, looking to right at an angel playing a violin, while
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17th Century Baroque Antique Violins

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Copper

French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Painted Trumeau
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
giltwood ornamentation of a dainty satin ribbon draped over carvings of a flute and violin, joined by open
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Violins

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Gold

Portrait of a Lady in Pink - Victorian Impressionist art female oil painting
By Edyth Starkie
Located in Hagley, England
magistrate, who had also taught himself to play the violin. Her youthful behavior was said to be so wild and
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Master of the Neapolitan School of the 17th Century. Vision of Saint Francis
Located in Madrid, ES
had a vision in which an angel appeared to him with a violin. This depiction of legends can be found
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Violins

Materials

Paint

Still Life of Game with Spaniels and Falcons in a Landscape by Carstian Luyckx
Located in SANTA FE, NM
the case with the composition Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, a Violin, a Musical Score, a Pipe and
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1660s Old Masters Antique Violins

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Canvas, Oil

Anatolian Ceramic Idol, Early Bronze Age circa 2700-2400 BCE
Located in Vosselaar, BE
culture is a distinctive violin shape. The fluent, elegant, lines are complemented with a faded 2 tone
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15th Century and Earlier Turkish Archaistic Antique Violins

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Louis XVI style, Mantel Clock 17"(43cm)
Located in Brighton, Sussex
violin, a four glass case mounted with ormolu foliate and swag decoration, an eight day hour and half
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19th Century French Antique Violins

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Ormolu

Street Musicians in Rome with Mandolin and Fiddle, London 1824
Located in Langweer, NL
music. Opposite her, a male companion dressed in rustic, weathered attire plays a small violin or fiddle
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1820s English Antique Violins

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Paper

The Musician
Located in New Orleans, LA
, looking blissfully content, sits in his lavish living space playing the violin, accompanied by a flutist
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Late 19th Century Academic Antique Violins

Materials

Oil, Panel

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze And Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. Atop the marble base is a patinated Bronze winged cherub playing a violin decorated in beautiful roses
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Violins

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Marble, Bronze

An Assembled Group of Seventeen Sitzendorf Porcelain Monkey Band Figures.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spector, Chicago, Illinois Fred Spector began violin lessons at the age of five with his uncle J.B. Mazur
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Violins

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Porcelain

19th Century French Terracotta Statue of Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely-sculpted terracott figure of boy playing violin. Sit on a separate French dore bronze finely
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

Palladio Louis XV Giltwood Instrumental Wall Hanging
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Palladio giltwood wall hanging of multiple musical instruments (violin, flute, horns
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Violins

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century French Adjustable Table Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
button that when pushed, allows the desk to be raised or lowered. Violin shaped plinth base with book
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19th Century French Empire Antique Violins

Materials

Brass

THINGVALLA
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
, on 2 November 1850, where, for generations his family had been violin makers. His father encouraged
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1870s Academic Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Rococo Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This superb 19th century giltwood wall mirror, with its curvaceous violin shape and exuberant
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Violins

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

Bougival
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pierre Lescot in Paris. His father Edmond Julien was Flemish and taught violin and his mother Joséphine
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1910s Fauvist Antique Violins

Materials

Woodcut

19th Century Regence Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite violin-shaped Régence style wall mirror in hand-carved and gilded wood, with a
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19th Century French Régence Antique Violins

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Mirror, Giltwood

18th Century Italian Trompe L Oeil Painting On Canvas Of Musical Instruments
Located in Stamford, CT
a French horn, lute, violin and pan flute, all hanging from a ribbon with a big bow on top and
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas, Oak

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
the Queen of England (1936); Red Violin (1948); Asters (1948); Still-life with Violin (Homage to Bach
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1920s Fauvist Antique Violins

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

French Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated Wood And Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French early 19th century Louis XV st. patinated wood and Giltwood mirror. The violin
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

"The Guitarist" Louis Betts, 1920s Portrait American Impressionist Painting
By Louis Betts
Located in New York, NY
City in 1885. A painting of a man holding a violin, Professor Armellini, now in the collection of the
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prelude de Lohengrin (2e planche) (The Appearance of the Holy Grail)
By Henri Fantin-Latour
Located in Fairlawn, OH
ending softly on divided violins in high register, then building to a mighty climax with full brass and
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1890s Romantic Antique Violins

Materials

Lithograph

18th Century Pair of Petite Giltwood Mirrors
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pair of small, violin-shaped Rococo carved giltwood table mirrors, adorned with scrolled foliage
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18th Century French Antique Violins

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

French Norman sideboard in molded and carved oak – late 17th early 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
with a central plain violin motif with the edges carved with fine foliage. We also find these
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Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

Set of Four French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Carved Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
carvings of flowers and foliage. The violin shaped seat is below the curved back with more richly carved
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

Georges Despret Rare Decorative Plate in Glass Paste
By Georges Despret 1
Located in NANTES, FR
. … Glass paste, its Ingres violin! Georges Despret researches the secret of making legendary vases. He
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Violins

Materials

Wrought Iron

Portrait of Major General Harding Steward - British 19thC military oil painting
By Edyth Starkie
Located in Hagley, England
–1897), was a resident magistrate, who had also taught himself to play the violin. Her youthful behavior
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19th Century Realist Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Edward Addison, Esq., 1780s
By George Romney
Located in Henley-on-Thames, England
violins; though his early talent for portraiture attracted the attention of Daniel Gardner’s mother, who
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1780s Old Masters Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Green Colored Glazed Vintage Tile by Michael Powolny circa 1925 Austria
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
shows a violin artist in an impressive way. Many important ceramic artists cooperated with this Keramik
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Violins

Materials

Ceramic

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Antique Violins For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique violins for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique violins — often made from wood, metal and bronze — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique violins available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Folk Art, Art Nouveau and Baroque antique violins are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique violins over the years, but those made by Gustave Marmuse Paris, Adolph Maubach and Agnes Weinrich are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Violins?

Prices for antique violins can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique violins begin at $75 and can go as high as $245,275, while the average can fetch as much as $1,800.