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Very Large Gilded Bronze Cartel and Its Console, Signed Gudin, Louis XV Period
By Jacques-Gérôme Gudin
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful violin shaped cartel in green lacquered oak and its base. It is richly decorated with
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Bronze
18th Century, French, Louis XV Provencal Carved Hand Painted Grandfather Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
bonnet top over a violin shape body. The movement face is decorated with a repousse brass face depicting
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Walnut
Antique Louis XV Style Thirteen-Light Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
. With makers mark "Vieu" on the crown. The Chandelier is hung with a variety of violin shaped crystal
Category
Late 19th Century Finnish Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Low Side Table with Musical Marquetry Top
Located in Dallas, TX
violin, books and sheet music interspersed with flowers or floral arrangement.
Very much in the style
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Violins
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood, Walnut, Harewood
Exceptionally Large 17th Century Walnut Guilloché Mirror with Antique Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
history of fine artisans and it’s tradition of craftsmanship and music. It is famous for its violin and
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Violins
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Carved Burl Walnut Tall Case Clock from Lyon
Located in Dallas, TX
tall case clock has beautiful carved lines with a bonnet top, a violin shape body style and finished at
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Bronze
"The Arts, " Rare Allegorical Bronze Relief by Barrias
Located in Philadelphia, PA
a violin and seated on a classical column capital, with a painter's palette and a sculptor's mallet
Category
19th Century French Antique Violins
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XIV Serpentine Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
door, however, steals the show with a breathtaking sculpture of musical instruments including a violin
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XIV Antique Violins
Materials
Brass
Jacques Callot "Gobbi" Engraving 17th Century
By Jacques Callot
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
performance (apparently already in motion)
Number 19: "The man scraping the grill as a violin" The gobbi is
Category
17th Century French Antique Violins
Materials
Paper
Antique Louis XVI Revival Marquetry Display Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
with musical theme including violin and music. It measures 68" high, 39" wide and 16" deep. The marble
Category
19th Century French Antique Violins
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century French Violinist automaton with dome
Located in London, GB
reflected in how she plays the violin turning head from side to side and move her right arm holding the bow
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Violins
Materials
Metal
Antique French Louis XV Style Marriage Deux Corps from Rouen Circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
the violin, bow, and sheet music found within the ovals on the doors and the apron. Also note the high
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins
Antique 1920s Deco Poinsettia Slot Machine Mills Novelty Co
Located in London, GB
predecessors, celebrated machines that automatically played a violin and, after about 1909, a piano. By 1944
Category
1920s American Antique Violins
George I Carved Irish Walnut Pair of Chairs
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
patina, circa 1720.
The undercut shaped back-splats of violin form are beautifully and naturally carved
Category
1720s Irish Antique Violins
Materials
Walnut
$27,177 / set
Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #2)
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
like the sound of violins; she was the Walt Whitman of women.”
Category
1910s American Modern Antique Violins
Materials
Ink, Pen
Antique 3 Tier Music Stand, English, Whatnot, Articulated Lectern, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
the rest
Upper display gallery ideal for setting down a violin or trumpet
Supports accentuated with
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Violins
Materials
Wood
Meissen the Music Band Cherubs Making Music Model 2489 Kaendler Made 1860
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
plays the cello
° a cherub is making music by the lute
° a cherub plays the violin
° in the centre
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Violins
Materials
Porcelain
French Neoclassical Marble and Gilt Bronze Antique Pedestal Column, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
acanthus leaves, these flanking a large central mount of a cherub with a violin in hand. The attractive
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Violins
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style French Secrétaire by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in New Orleans, LA
and sycamore inlay, the secrétaire's graceful Louis XV-style violin-shaped form is beautifully
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Satinwood, Sycamore
W.A. Mozart Best Piano Works, Classic of the Art of Sound, Vienna, 1922 U.E.3925
Located in Sofia, BG
childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before
Category
1920s Antique Violins
Materials
Paper
Louis XV Style French Secrétaire by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in New Orleans, LA
and sycamore inlay, the secrétaire's graceful Louis XV-style violin-shaped form is beautifully
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Satinwood, Sycamore
Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier C 59 Made 1850
By Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
billy goat
A third cherub, seizing a ribbon as well as a bird
Man with wine bottle and violin
Woman
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Violins
Materials
Porcelain
Decorative 1800
s Articulated Dental Wall Table
Located in Peekskill, NY
with straight cabinetry. This example curves like a violin. With the arm open the bracket reaches
Category
19th Century American Antique Violins
Materials
Iron
Black Lacquer Box with Hand Painted Tempera Miniature, England, 1882
Located in Prato, Tuscany
", "Tuning the violin", "Admiring the day's shoot", and others sold at auctions around the world. He died in
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Violins
Materials
Lacquer
18th Century Gilt Bronze Boulle Marquetry Ormolu-Mounted Bracket Clock
Located in PARIS, FR
A regence boulle marquetry ormolu-mounted bracket clock
Our violin-shaped cartel is decorated with
Category
Early 18th Century French Régence Antique Violins
Materials
Bronze
The Orchestra - Fauvist Figurative Nude Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
a nude orchestra with the conductor in the foreground. The musicians are playing cellos, violins and
Category
1920s Fauvist Antique Violins
Materials
Oil, Panel
Meissen Genre Group
House Concert
, by Joseph von Kramer, Germany, Circa 1903
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
for the song to begin, to the left of them the father in the blue frock coat, violin and bow in right
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Violins
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Parcel Paint Louis XVI Center Table with Musical Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
violins over scrolls of music on the musical trophy motifs. The shaped second tier is pierced with foliate
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Violins
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Portrait of a Female Piano Player, Signed and Dated
Located in Stamford, CT
institution in 18th century Lucca. He studied the violin in Genoa with Domenico Ferrari (1742) and in Livorno
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Violins
Materials
Canvas
A Unique Collection Of Five Hand Carved Monkeys Circa 1880
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
"
A FURTHER PAIR OF MONKEYS PLAYING VIOLIN'S SITTING ON ROCKS THIS PAIR IS 60" TALL
THEN A SINGLE
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Violins
Materials
Wood
17th Century Needlework of Orpheus Taming the Wild Animals
Located in Downingtown, PA
looks more like a violin.
Dimensions: 25 1/2 inches wide x 31 1/2 inches high
Orpheus was a
Category
17th Century English Jacobean Antique Violins
Materials
Textile, Wool
Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Vitrine Display Cabinet Case, circa 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
representing throughout; the focal point of the apron is mounted with a violin over scrolls of music in the
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Violins
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Mantel Clock, Dated 1893
Located in London, GB
musical motifs, the top is crowned with a cherub playing a violin and it sits on a beautiful Rococo base
Category
1890s French Rococo Revival Antique Violins
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-18th Century, French, Louis XV Carved Walnut Grandfather Clock with Rooster
Located in Dallas, TX
over a violin shape body. The case with carved moldings throughout is decorated with a carved double
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Violins
Materials
Walnut
Magical Summer Dance at Dusk – Watercolor by Hilding Werner (1921)
Located in Stockholm, SE
storytelling. A fiddler sits off to the side, violin tucked under his chin, serenading the dancers with lively
Category
1920s Romantic Antique Violins
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Le Repos du Modèle
By Henri Matisse
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
, violin, and painting who lived near Matisse's studio, where the study for this work was executed, at
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Violins
Materials
Lithograph
Viennese Silver Art Nouveau Cutlery Set, 12 People by Klinkosch In Original Case
By J. C. Klinkosch
Located in Vienna, AT
smooth, simple design called 'Violin case', without monogram
Original Wooden Casette:
This silver
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Violins
Materials
Silver
Antonio Jacobsen Oil on Board of “S.S. Massachusetts”
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Norwell, MA
Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 2, 1850 to a family of violin makers. His father encouraged him to practice
Category
Early 20th Century North American Antique Violins
"The Bransford" Antonio Jacobsen, Marine Ship Portrait, Great Lakes Seascape
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in New York, NY
canvas
22 x 50 inches
Antonio Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a family of violin makers
Category
Early 1900s Antique Violins
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Oil Painting by Swedish Artist Karl Tirén
Located in Stockholm, SE
talents were not confined to painting and music alone; he was also a skilled violin maker and a member of
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Antique Violins
Materials
Oil, Board
17th c. Flemish, Virgin and Child with angel musicians by Cornelis de Baellieur
Located in PARIS, FR
angels, gathered to entertain them and witness the crowning of the Virgin. They play the violin, viola da
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Violins
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Odalisque sur la terrasse (Odalisque on the Terrace), 1922
By Henri Matisse
Located in Palo Alto, CA
violin, expressing a studied figure with a quality similar to that of the still life of a musical
Category
1920s Modern Antique Violins
Materials
Aquatint
Antique French Fruitwood Cabinet Bookcase, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
traditionally used on the backs of violins.
Apple is pale and hard in texture, sometimes speckled with tiny
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Violins
New England Landscape Sunset
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
well. He numbered an old Italian violin which was made in Cremona among his prized possessions. He was
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Antique Violins
Materials
Board, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Odalisque sur la terrasse (Odalisque on the Terrace)
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Palo Alto, CA
closer to the viewer holding a violin, expressing a studied figure with a quality similar to that of the
Category
1920s Modern Antique Violins
Materials
Aquatint
Pair of Louis XV chairs or armchairs. Possibly France, 18th century
Located in Madrid, ES
of the chair took on a more graceful violin shape. This form became known as the Chaise à la Reine
Category
18th Century European Rococo Antique Violins
Materials
Other
“The Glow” by Franklin DeHaven
Located in Sheffield, MA
Association, DeHaven was called a landscape painter-musician. The violin was his favorite instrument; he
Category
19th Century American Antique Violins
Materials
Canvas
Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Mantel Clock, circa 1850
Located in London, GB
and musical motifs, the top is crowned with a cherub playing a violin and it sits on a beautiful
Category
1850s French Antique Violins
Spring
— 1920s American Modernism, Color Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
.
Turzak learned woodworking from a neighbor, an English cabinet maker, and soon apprenticed for violin
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Violins
Materials
Woodcut
Autumn
— 1920s American Modernism, Color Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
cabinet maker, and soon apprenticed for violin making. He drew cartoons for his school's yearbook and
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Violins
Materials
Woodcut
Sur la Plage - Juan les Pins
By Jean Pougny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Paris (MAMVP): Chair, Violin and Globe
Paris (MNAM-CCI, Pougny Bequest): Self-portrait (1912); Chair and
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Violins
Materials
Oil, Board
Regency George IV English Music Stand or Lectern, circa 1830
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Milano, IT
functional furniture, designed to support a musical score for instruments such as the violin, viola or other
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Violins
Materials
Brass
Lieutenant Rabett’s Seagoing Silver Flute, 1823
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
efforts to master the violin in the Master and Commander series of novels - with the flute being
Category
1820s English Antique Violins
Materials
Silver
Sunset - 20th Century Impressionist Oil, Seascape by Vartan Makhokhian
By Vartan Makhokhian
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Sanasarian, Makhokhian learned to paint. He also learned to play the violin and studied music theory
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Violins
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coucher de Soleil sur la Mer - 19th Century Oil, Sunset over Seascape - Mahokian
By Vartan Makhokhian
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
, Makhokhian learned to paint. He also learned to play the violin and studied music theory. Makhokhian's uncle
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Violins
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunset - Impressionist Oil, Sunset over Seascape by Vartan Makhokhian
By Vartan Makhokhian
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
, Makhokhian learned to paint. He also learned to play the violin and studied music theory. Makhokhian's uncle
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Violins
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of KPM Porcelain Plaques Franz Wagner Signed Sceptre Mark 19th Century
By Franz Wagner, Wagner Kpm, KPM Porcelain, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Newark, England
violins (which he played throughout his life). From the age of 15 Romney was informally taught art by a
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Violins
Materials
Porcelain, Gesso
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