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Louis XVI Style Canapé Upholstered with Aubusson Tapestry, circa 1880
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style Canapé, upholstered with Aubusson tapestry depicting a scene from Aesop’s Fables
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Fable Antique

Materials

Tapestry, Giltwood

Renaissance Cupboard from Loire Valley, France
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
engravings after Rosso Fiorentino’s set of Divinités de la Fable. Represented inside niches these elegant
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16th Century French Renaissance Fable Antique

Materials

Walnut

Nemesis - Original Etching by Philips Galle - 1605
By Philips Galle
Located in Roma, IT
exaratae; et variis distichis ab Hug. Illustrated fable", Antwerp, 1581. Our specimen is printed on laid
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Early 1600s Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

Six Piece "Mason s Ironstone" Toiletry Set, English, circa 1835
By Mason s Ironstone
Located in Incline Village, NV
a, so called, iconic Chinese fable about two young lovers denied marriage by their parents; the
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1830s English Early Victorian Fable Antique

Materials

Ironstone

Important Renaissance Medical Box Spanish or Italian Workshop, Around 1550
Located in Madrid, ES
. Spalliera. Paintings of Renaissance Tuscany: Fables of Poets for Patrician Homes. University Park
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16th Century Spanish Baroque Fable Antique

Materials

Wood

18thC.Georgian Washstand and Six Piece "Mason s Ironstone" Toiletry Set
By Mason s Ironstone
Located in Incline Village, NV
, iconic Chinese fable about two young lovers denied marriage by their parents; the story being told in
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1770s English Georgian Fable Antique

Materials

Ironstone, Hardwood

0.70ct Diamond pendant by Facet Fable
Located in London, Mayfair
is authentic, handmade and one-of-a-kind. The Illuminate Collection by Facet & Fable. Through this
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1860s English Victorian Fable Antique

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver

Set of 12 Plates, Aesop Fables, Wedgwood, circa 1860
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
from one of Æsop’s fables, and carries a title painted on the back - I've not been able to show all
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Mid-18th Century English Romantic Fable Antique

Materials

Creamware

Marc Chagall, Le Charlatan from the Fables de La Fontaine, Paris, 1927-1930
By Marc Chagall
Located in Vienna, AT
'Les Fables de la Fontaine'. Printed by Maurice Potin in Paris it is number 71 /100. Hand signed in
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1920s Modern Fable Antique

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

French Antique Baroque Pearl Silver 18 Karat Yellow Gold Aesop Fable Stork Ring
Located in Antwerp, BE
fox that deserves what's coming her way in your own fable by Jean de La Fontaine? The inspiration for
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19th Century French Victorian Fable Antique

Materials

Natural Pearl, Onyx, Pearl, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold, Yellow Gold

Framed Aubusson Tapestry Cartoon Of The Fable The Stork And The Fox C. 1880
Located in London, GB
Aubusson tapestry cartoon of a scene from 'Les Fables de La Fontaine'. The story of "The Stork
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19th Century French Louis XIV Fable Antique

19th Century Chinese Hand-Painted Folk Tale of a "Slave Market" on Paper
Located in Manhattan, NY
Slave market with surreal detail of Chinese Fable on paper.
Category

19th Century Chinese Fable Antique

Materials

Acrylic, Parchment Paper, Wood

18th Century Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Stockholm, SE
From "Les Fables" by Lafontaine. Light beige ground, pale pink border, rewoven in the 19th cent
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18th Century and Earlier French Aubusson Fable Antique

George III Finely Carved Pine Chimney Piece Surround. English, Circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
tendril leaf carving, the central frieze depicting a story from Aesop's Fable with a fox and a stork
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1770s English George III Fable Antique

Assorted 18th and 19th Century French Needlepoint Pillows
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Vancouver, BC
aubussons; two petit point, (one showing one of the fable's of Fontaine); and one woven with sea shells; all
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Late 18th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique

Materials

Silk, Wool

Les deux mulets - The two donkeys.
By Eugène Verboeckhoven
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Lafontaine Fables which apparantly remained unpublished. State: Second state of 2. Reference: H & L 38
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1830s Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

19th Century French Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
depict a scene from the French fable "La Fontaine". Cleaned and in excellent condition. Soft and muted
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19th Century French Country Fable Antique

Materials

Linen

Illusirissimus et potentissimus Princeps [..].
By Francis Barlow
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, Barlow's etchings illustrated an edition of Aesop's Fables. He also produced paintings for decoration.
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1670s Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

Early 19th Century Persian Kirman
Located in Sydney, AU
Subjects of the Roman Fables, after Raphael. Nasir al'Din Shah had a copy of this tapestry hanging in the
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Fable Antique

Materials

Wool, Cotton

19th Century Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
style. Foliage, flowers and animals decors that descibes Fables of "JEAN DE LA FONTAINE" one
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique

Materials

Bronze

A femme avare, galant escroc. Galant Scene Interior. Lancret. French
Located in Greven, DE
included in Jean de Lafontaines Fables.
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18th Century Old Masters Fable Antique

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Pair of Plates decorated by Jefferyes Hamett O Neale, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
become attached to the shape, which is also found with fables or birds in the panels, painted by
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Fable Antique

Materials

Porcelain

Herne Hawking - Men on foot and horseback hunting heron with falcons or hawks.
By Francis Barlow
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
subjects. In 1666, Barlow's etchings illustrated an edition of Aesop's Fables. He also produced paintings
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1680s Fable Antique

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Rare George Jones Majolica Fox Dish
By George Jones
Located in Atlanta, GA
fables. George Jones worked for the Minton factory and then began his own company. Georges and Sones was
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19th Century English Victorian Fable Antique

Materials

Pottery

La Cigale - Frederick Arthur Bridgman - American - 1881
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in NEW YORK, NY
subject is based on Jean de la Fontaine's fable La Cigale et la fourmi. A large study in oil depicting the
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1880s Fable Antique

Materials

Oil, Board

Partridge Hawking - A group of hunters on foot and horseback, hunting [...].
By Francis Barlow
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Aesop's Fables. He also produced paintings for decoration.
Category

1680s Fable Antique

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Philippe Rousseau Still life with peaches and mixed flowers
By Philippe Rousseau
Located in Lincoln, GB
. Rousseau also exhibited at the Salons a series of still life and allegorical images derived from the fables
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19th Century Fable Antique

Materials

Oil

Captivity
By Jean Louis Grégoire
Located in West Sussex, GB
Stunning romantic bronze showing a young man clipping the wings of a hawk. Based on the Fables of
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Late 19th Century Romantic Fable Antique

Materials

Bronze

Mid 18th Century Carnelian Gemstone Gold Flask
Located in Paris, FR
. These animals are a reference to La Fontaine’s fables, which were in vogue with interior design during
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1740s German Fable Antique

Materials

Carnelian, 18k Gold

Den hoogh-moet doet geen goet, [...]
By Salomon Savery
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
. Reference: Praz 522-3; Landwehr, Emblem & Fable 842; Visser 507. Artists and Engravers: Made by Salomon
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1640s Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

In t eewigh duyster Rijk is d Oorlogh uyt-gebroedt, [...].
By Salomon Savery
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
& Fable 842; Visser 507. Artists and Engravers: Made by Salomon Savery after an anonymous artist. Salomon
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1640s Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

18th Century Patinated Bronze Group of Apollo Daphne
Located in Pasadena, CA
Metamorphoses (I.438-567), a collection of Greek fables first written in 8 CE. The myth purportedly explains
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Late 18th Century French Fable Antique

Materials

Onyx, Marble, Bronze

17th Century Baroque Attributed to Carlo Maratta Jupiter Transformed Oil Paint
Located in roma, IT
articulated since the 1680s; in a series of exquisite mythological fables set in lush landscapes, renewing the
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Late 17th Century Baroque Fable Antique

Materials

Copper

Spiegel der Boetvaardigheid en Genade.
By Adriaan Spinneker
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Vincent van de Vinne. Ref: Landwehr, Emblem & Fable books Low Countries 760; Landwehr, Dutch Emblem books
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1750s Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

George III Antique Silver Hare in Reeds Vinaigrette, Samuel Pemberton, 1809
By Samuel Pemberton
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
forerunner of all modern field guides. He notably illustrated editions of Aesop's Fables throughout his life
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Early 1800s English George III Fable Antique

Materials

Silver

Exquisite Oversized Japanese Ten-Drawer Cabinet Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
amazingly detailed and delightful depiction of a scene from the beloved Edo Period fable of Momotarō, with
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1920s Japanese Fable Antique

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Paper Mache Laquered Hand Painted and Signed Russian Box
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
recurring motifs always concern themes such as legends, fables, battles, hunting scenes, flowers and
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Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Fable Antique

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Paper Mache Laquered Hand Painted and Signed Russian Box
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
painting of icons; the recurring motifs always concern themes such as legends, fables, battles, hunting
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Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Fable Antique

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Paper Mache Lacquered Hand Painted and Signed Russian Box
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
legends, fables, battles, hunting scenes, flowers and landscapes taken from Russian myths. The main craft
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Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Fable Antique

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Paper Mache Laquered Hand Painted and Signed Russian Box
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
always concern themes such as legends, fables, battles, hunting scenes, flowers and landscapes taken from
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Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Fable Antique

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Paper Mache Lacquered Hand Painted and Signed Russian Box
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
, fables, battles, hunting scenes, flowers and landscapes taken from Russian myths. The main craft
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Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Fable Antique

Materials

Wood

Painted glass depicting Perseus assisted by two angels to release Andromeda
Located in Carrocera, Spain
recognized. Rubens represents in this splendid canvas the mythological fable of Andrómeda and Perseo. The
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19th Century Other Fable Antique

Astronomie des Dames
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Fontaine’s “Fables”. His great gift for imagination combined with humor, wit and expert illustrations also
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Mid-19th Century Academic Fable Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

L Etoile du Berger
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Florham Park, NJ
gift for satire. He also illustrated Swift’s “Gulliver” and Fontaine’s “Fables”. His great gift for
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Mid-19th Century Academic Fable Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Fontaine’s “Fables”. His great gift for imagination combined with humor, wit and expert illustrations also
Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Fable Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

La Mauvais Etoile
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Fontaine’s “Fables”. His great gift for imagination combined with humor, wit and expert illustrations also
Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Fable Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

Un Planete et ses Satellites
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Fontaine’s “Fables”. His great gift for imagination combined with humor, wit and expert illustrations also
Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Fable Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

Les Nebuleuses
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Florham Park, NJ
gift for satire. He also illustrated Swift’s “Gulliver” and Fontaine’s “Fables”. His great gift for
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Mid-19th Century Academic Fable Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

Suite of Louis XVI Seat Furniture by Henri Jacob
By Henri Jacob
Located in London, Middlesex
the Fables de La Fontaine and other pastoral scenes, the canapé stamped twice H. JACOB, all inscribed
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1780s French Louis XVI Fable Antique

Materials

Beech

Aubusson Verdure Tapestry Cartoon with Birds in a Wooded Landscape
Located in London, GB
for sets of chairs show scenes from la Fontaines fables, luxuriant bunches of flowers and simple farm
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19th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique

Materials

Canvas

French Art Nouveau Enameled 18 Karat Yellow Gold Swan on Diamond Lake Brooch
Located in Antwerp, BE
swan is The Ugly Duckling fable. Swans are often a symbol of love or fidelity because of their long
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold

Benjamin Rabier Signed Rare Silver Knife Rests Six-Piece, La Fontaine s Fables
By Pierre Devouge, Benjamin Rabier
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
silversmith Pierre Devouge. Each piece represents a fable of Jean de la Fontaine: Picture 2 : The Wolf and
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1920s French Art Deco Fable Antique

Materials

Metal

Benjamin Rabier Signed Rare French Silver Knife Rests 6 Pc, La Fontaine s Fables
By Pierre Devouge, Benjamin Rabier
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
silversmith Pierre Devouge. Each piece represents a fable of Jean de la Fontaine: Picture 2: The two rats
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1920s French Art Deco Fable Antique

Materials

Metal

19th Century Aubusson / Aesop’s Fables
Located in San Marino, CA
19th century Aubusson / Aesop’s Fables.
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19th Century Fable Antique

Rabbit- from Fontaine s Fable (Original etching)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
From Fontaine's Fable by Marc Chagall, this is "Rabbit". An original black and white etching from
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1920s Expressionist Fable Antique

Materials

Etching

Aesop Fables Theme Painted Small Screen Decorated on Both Sides
Located in Washington, DC
Aesop fables theme painted small screen decorated on both sides.
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19th Century French Fable Antique

First Period Worcester Porcelain Fable Plate, Lord Henry Thynne Pattern
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Downingtown, PA
First period Worcester porcelain fable plate, Lord Henry Thynne Pattern, Painting by Jefferyes
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1770s English Georgian Fable Antique

Materials

Porcelain

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Fable Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate fable antique for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Old Masters style, while we also have 76 Old Masters versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect fable antique may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right fable antique is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes white, gray, beige and brown. Creating a fable antique has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jean Jeacques Grandville, Bernard Picart, Marc Chagall, J. J. Grandville and Samuel Howitt are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paper, lithograph and etching — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small fable antique measuring 1.97 high and 1.78 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 48 across to better suit those in the market for a large fable antique.

How Much is a Fable Antique?

The price for a fable antique in our collection starts at $44 and tops out at $85,000 with the average selling for $158.