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Original Vintage Poster For World s Fair Chicago 1833 A Century Of Progress 1933
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for the World's Fair Chicago 1833 A Century of Progress 1933 international
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Opulent Set of 12 Ornate English Raised Gilded Cobalt Dinner Service Plates
By Royal Doulton, Herbert Betteley 1
Located in Lambertville, NJ
responsible for decorating many of the ornamental ware exhibited at the Chicago World’s Fair (World
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Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

American Impressionism Hardcover Book by William H. Gerdts
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
World Fair and its replacement by the radical styles of Cubism and Futurism. Also studies how
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Early 2000s American American Classical Books

Materials

Paper

19th Century Sporting Dog Portrait of a Saint Bernard by Lily Irene Jackson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
works at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Her work is represented in the West Virginia State Museum in
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Antique Late 19th Century American Sporting Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Western Winchester Pheasant Hunting Poster by Weimar Pursell, circa 1955
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Oil, the Chicago World's Fair and more, although his work is extremely rare to find today. Condition
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Vintage 1950s Posters

Materials

Paper

Mongolian Dancer bronze sculpture by Malvina Hoffman
Located in Hudson, NY
Chicago World's Fair and the 1938 New York World's Fair. At the height of the collections popularity
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Anders Zorn Etching, 1919, "Against the Current"
By Anders Zorn
Located in Phoenix, AZ
his first trip to America, Zorn visited New York City en route to Chicago's World Fair. The self-made
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Early 20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Anders Zorn Original Etching Pencil Signed, 1897 - “August Saint Gaudens”
By Anders Zorn
Located in Phoenix, AZ
discriminating admirers. He met quite a few supporters at the Chicago World’s Fair and enjoyed his time in
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1890s Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Swiss Brienz Black Forest Hand-Carved Wood Bear
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
"Great Exhibition in London (1851)", "Centennial Exhibit in Philadelphia (1876)", "Chicago Worlds Fair
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Black Forest Mirror in Lindenwood Hand Carved Tree Branches in the Folk Style
Located in London, GB
international exhibitions such as London Great Exhibition of 1851, Chicago World’s Fair 1893, and Exposition
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Antique 1860s Swiss Black Forest Wall Mirrors

Materials

Other

Black Forest Mirror in Lindenwood Hand Carved Tree Branches in the Folk Style
Located in London, GB
international exhibitions such as London Great Exhibition of 1851, Chicago World’s Fair 1893, and Exposition
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Antique 1860s Swiss Black Forest Wall Mirrors

Materials

Other

Terracotta Painted Sculpture of a Woman by Edgardo Simone
By Edgardo Simone
Located in Rochester, NY
Chicago's World's Fair in 1933-1934, sat as a model in his studio as did President Franklin Roosevlet and
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Lonely Freight, Freight Train, Mountains Western, Indiana / Michigan Artist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
World's Fair in 1933. She retired from teaching in 1939 and turned the farm's carriage shed into an
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Original Sculpture "Law and Order"
By Edgardo Simone
Located in Rochester, NY
. Pershing, Henry Ford and Louis Brandeis. Sally Rand, the famous fan dancer of Chicago's World's Fair in
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Italian Fishermen in their Boats at Dusk and a Quiet Sea
Located in Stockholm, SE
high honours on the international stage, notably receiving the Grand Medal at the Chicago World's Fair
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Early 1900s Italian School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Connie Mack"
By Harry Rosin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Chicago World’s Fair, the Texas Centennial, the
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

"The Deerfield Boy"
By Harry Rosin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Arts, the Chicago World’s Fair, the Texas Centennial, the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, the
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

19th Century Black Forest Music Box
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
) Chicago Worlds Fair, Chicago (1893) Exposition Universelle, Paris (1900) In Europe Black Forest carvings
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Musical Instruments

Materials

Other

Samurai Walking in Snow — Forty-seven Ronin Memorial Series, 1920
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, and the St. Louis World
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1920s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Merchandise Mart — American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
(Chicago World’s Fair, 1933-34) that it supported him throughout the Depression. He followed it with
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Michigan Avenue Bridge — American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Abraham Lincoln sold so well at the Century of Progress International Exhibition (Chicago World’s Fair
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1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Very Rare Pair of Original Early 20th Century Black Forest Wood Bear Armchairs
By Black Forrest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
) Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia (1876) Chicago Worlds Fair, Chicago (1893) Exposition Universelle
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Black Forest Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Warren McArthur Streamline Modern Aluminum Black Coffee Table Model 1559-s 1930s
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1933 Chicago World’s Fair, known as the “Century of Progress Exhibition.” The fair’s tagline, “See
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Warren McArthur Streamline Modern Aluminum Chair, Art Deco, 1930s, USA
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Brooklyn, NY
World’s Fair, known as the “Century of Progress Exhibition.” The fair’s tagline, “See America Streamlined
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Vintage 1930s American Side Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Baker Milling Road Neoclassical Walnut Linen Press Dresser Armoire Wardrobe
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Europe. Two years later, Baker introduces Chinese Modern furniture to Americans at the Chicago World
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Linen Presses

Materials

Walnut

Gilbert Rohde Chest of Drawers for Herman Miller in Birdseye Maple and Mahogany
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in San Diego, CA
the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. The installation garnered acclaim for De Pree’s brand all over the
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Dressers

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Mahogany

Baker Jacques Garcia Tiered Mahogany Mirrored Beveled Glass Drybar Side Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Chinese Modern furniture to Americans at the Chicago World’s Fair. 1940s and 50s In 1941, more than 1,500
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Late 20th Century Dry Bars

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Compo de L Abazia Venice - British Victorian art Venetian square oil painting
By William Logsdail
Located in Hagley, England
awarded a medal for oil painting at the World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World
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19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

WPA Etching "Sky Riders" Industrial Steelworkers New York Skyscraper Signed
Located in Portland, OR
exhibit at The Chicago World's Fair. It contained 7 full-colored illustrations from his paintings. It was
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Farming Rice Fields Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Suzuki Shonen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
] . 1893 (1893) Chicago World's Fair Sell the "in the snow cold crow view", "Shunkei landscape view" to. At
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Casa Luhan, Adobe Home of Mabel Dodge Luhan, Taos, New Mexico, Landscape
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
of American Art, New York (1933); "A Century of Progress," Chicago World's Fair, Illinois (1934
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1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Bucking Bronco, Original Sketch of Horse and Cowboy, Modernist Framed Drawing
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
(1933); "A Century of Progress," Chicago World's Fair, Illinois (1934); "Fifty Modern Prints of 1933
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20th Century American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

La Baigneuse (Seated Nude Woman by her Bath)
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Exposition (World's Fair) in Chicago, Illinois, Gallery 64, #166.
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1880s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"View Towards Vinalhaven Maine"
Located in Southampton, NY
Artists and exhibited at several venues including the Art Institute of Chicago, the World’s Fair of New
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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

After the Bath
By Harve Stein
Located in Plano, TX
Art Association; Providence Art Club. Exhibits : Art Institute of Chicago 1937; 1939 World's Fair in
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1980s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Norman Bel Geddes Old Hollywood Floral Still Life with Conch Shells
Located in Soquel, CA
, including the 1934 Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago and the New York World's Fair of 1939. Through
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Skagen Colony Danish School Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
at the Royal Charlottenborg Academy between 1891-1899 and the World Fair in Chicago in 1893
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tiffany Studios Bronze And L.C.T. Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
designs. One of the first lamps designed by the company was exhibited at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Listening - MId 20th Century American Figurative Portrait Study of a Seated Man
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the 1939 World's Fair in New
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Conant Ball Revival 5 Drawer Low Chest Nice Legs
Located in Fraser, MI
Progress Worlds Fair in Chicago, Connant Ball contracted Russell Wright to design a branded line of blonde
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Vintage 1930s Dressers

Materials

Maple

Exquisite Mosaic and Brass Coffee or Side Table by Berthold Müller, 1960s
By Berthold Muller
Located in Voorburg, NL
in, the Catholic section of the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art during the World’s Fair in Chicago
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone, Brass

Meiji Period Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Birds by Hasegawa Gyokujun
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chicago Columbian World Fair (1893), the Fourth National Industrial Exhibition (1895), and the first
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood

Mt. Tamalpais and the Marin Hills with Cows, Ludmilla Welch 1898
By Ludmilla Pilat Welch
Located in Soquel, CA
few years in New York, Boston, and a visit to the Worlds Fair in Chicago, she came with her husband to
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1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Rare Midcentury Mosaic Coffee Table by Berthold Muller
By Berthold Muller
Located in Weesp, NL
, and took part in, the Catholic section of the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art during the World’s Fair
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone

Rare Mid-Century Mosaic Coffee Table by Berthold Muller
By Berthold Muller
Located in Weesp, NL
, and took part in, the Catholic section of the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art during the World’s Fair
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone, Gold Plate, Brass

Mexican Shrimp Boats
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
1939 World’s Fair in New York City. Back in Ohio, Grauer became affiliated with Cleveland College, one
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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. In 1894, the company trademarked Favrile to prevent other studios
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Colorful Mosaic and Brass Coffee Table
By Berthold Muller
Located in Weesp, NL
, and took part in, the Catholic section of the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art during the World’s Fair
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

Mid Century Modern Mosaic Marble and Gold-Plated Coffee Table
By Berthold Muller
Located in Weesp, NL
, and took part in, the Catholic section of the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art during the World’s Fair
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Gold Plate, Copper

Richard Henry Gates Landscape Painting
By Richard Gates
Located in New Windsor, NY
for exhibits for the San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia World Fairs. After the death of his
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Czech 19th Century oil painting of a mermaid on some rock by Knupfer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Duel of Tritons which was awarded the golden medal by the Archduke Karl Ludwig at the World’s Fair in
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Erik Chambert Walnut Mirror, Swedish Modern, 1930s
Located in Skanninge, SE
exhibitions together with AB Chamberts Möbelfabrik: Chicago in 1933, the world fairs in Brussels and Paris in
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Tiffany Chrysanthemum Sterling Silver Knife with Chicago World s Fair Symbol
By Tiffany Co.
Located in New York, NY
). Hallmark includes the mark of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, and the letter M for the
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Antique Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Serving Pieces

Materials

Sterling Silver

Lloyd Sofa for Chicago World s Fair
Located in Southampton, NY
the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
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Vintage 1930s American Sofas

Materials

Metal

Graphic Chicago World s Fair Paper Umbrella 1933
Located in New York, NY
Wonderfully Graphic Chicago World's Fair Paper Umbrella circa 1933. Image #9 shows the piece lit
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Vintage 1930s American Decorative Objects

Materials

Paper, Bamboo

1933 Chicago World s Fair Poster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Offering a lovely 1933 World's Fair poster. Colors are vibrant, and the design is heavy toward art
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Vintage 1930s American Posters

Materials

Ink, Paper

Rare Metal Street Sign from the 1933 Chicago World s Fair
Located in Round Top, TX
An extremely rare circular metal sign depicting an airplane from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair
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Early 20th Century American Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

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