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Pair of Chinese Reverse on Glass Export Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Chinese Export reverse on glass paintings, in wonderful condition. Forged iron hanger, on
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings
Reverse Painting on Glass Window of Downtown Princeton
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fun whimsical reverse painting on glass on a funky old window with original green paint, having
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
PAIR OF CHINA TRADE REVERSE PAINTINGS ON GLASS
Located in Essex, MA
As We Would Say In the Gallery, "These Are Very Emma" Pair of Period China Trade Reverse Paintings
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass Soviet Propaganda Painting Depicting Lenin
Located in Bristol, GB
Vintage Political Painting Depicting Lenin
Depicting Vladimir Lenin with a raised arm standing on
Category
Early 20th Century Bulgarian Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Late 19th/Early 20th c. English Painted Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
frame having molded stepped cornice and projecting undershelf with two original reverse glass paintings
Category
20th Century English More Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paint
Singing Monk
By Hendrik Valk
Located in DEVENTER, NL
, titled 'Singing Monk' and opus number 124G
Reverse glass painting
Dimensions excluding frame: 23.5 x 17.5
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint
$2,307
Chinese Reverse Painting of Dogs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique Chinese reverse painting on glass of a dog or Spaniel with two puppies painted in a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass
Antique Oriental Art Scene, Chinese, Reverse Painting, Glass Panel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall antique Oriental art scene. A Chinese, reverse painted glass panel, dating to the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Paintings
Materials
Glass
1800s Glass Reverse Painted Eye
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a well done early advertising sign. The glass plate measures around 8x10 inches. It sits in
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Glass
Pair of 19th century Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th century Chinese reverse painting on glass
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings
Original Reverse Painting on Glass Harlequin, Jester Puppet by Ernest Grauper
Located in Toledo, OH
Original reverse painting on glass by German artist Ernest Graupner 1917-1989. Child with puppet
Category
20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass
Pair of Vintage Reverse Layered Glass Paintings English Unique Kitsch Rare 1980
Located in Buffalo, NY
painted glass which gives them incredible depth and presence.
Each work is 16" x 12 in their original
Category
1980s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Lemuel Curtis 8 Day Girandole Clock by Ted Burleigh Jr
Located in Milford, NH
.” The fine brass movement is weight driven. The beautiful reverse glass painting on convex glass depicts
Category
20th Century Wall Clocks
Two Early 19th Cent. Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Reverse paintings on glass of women in traditional Chinese robes in original carved and painted
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings
Reverse Painting on Glass, Portrait of a Woman, India, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
An églomisé portrait of an Indian woman holding a flower, black wood frame, mid-late 19th century. Provenance: Thomas Britt.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings
Materials
Glass
Reverse Painting on Glass, Portrait of a Woman, India, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
An églomisé portrait of an Indian woman holding a bird, black wood frame, mid-late 19th century. Provenance: Thomas Britt.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings
Materials
Glass
Pair of English 19th Century Reverse Paintings on Glass of Naval Battles
Located in Hudson, NY
are in fact reverse paintings on glass. Taken from 18th century engravings of English battles at sea
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Paintings
Materials
Glass
Set of Six Early 20th Century Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass Paintings
Located in Essex, MA
Set of six Chinese reverse painting on glass from the Early 20th century.
Showing Chinese court
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Grand Tour London Reverse Painting on Glass in Elaborate Frame
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Victorian papier mache frame.
Black lacquered frame with gold and abalone decoration and a reverse
Category
Antique 1880s English Grand Tour Paintings
Reverse engraving on black glass
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-721 Neo classical reverse engraving on glass
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Paintings
Italian Reverse Glass Portrait Painting of a Fashionable Lady, Rome, circa 1775
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderfully naive circa 1775 Italian reverse glass polychrome portrait painting of Roman
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Blown Glass, Giltwood
Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass of a Young Girl
Located in Essex, MA
With period gadrooned frame, girl holding a bird with a blue cape in a landscape.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings
CHARMING PAIR OF ENGLISH REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS OF FLOWERS
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Beautiful English Manor House Work of a Nosegay of Flowers and a Cluster of Fruit
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Gorgeous Mid-Century Modern Italian Reverse Painting on Curved Glass, circa 1950
By Duilio Dubé Bernabe, Santambrogio
De Berti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Mid-Century Modern neoclassical painting on curved glass made by Sant'Ambrogio e De Berti, it
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Brass
Asimi Lefko by Cassandria Blackmore, Metal Framed Reverse Painted Glass, 2014
By Cassandria Blackmore
Located in St. Louis, MO
about this wonderful piece.
Material: Deconstructed Reverse Painted Glass, Colored Grout, Metal Frame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chinese Reverse-Painted Glass Portraits
Located in Vista, CA
Pair of Chinese reverse-painted glass ancestor portraits, 20th century, each figure dressed in gold
Category
20th Century European Paintings
Materials
Glass
$3,695 / set
Reverse Painting on Glass, Portrait of a Mughul Prince, India, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
An églomisé portrait of an Indian Mughul prince holding a sword, black wood frame, mid-late 19th century. Provenance: Thomas Britt.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Reverse Painting On Glass Of St. George
The Dragon
Located in New York, NY
A French circa 1930's reverse painting on glass depicting St. George slaying the dragon
Category
Vintage 1930s French Paintings
Chinese Vintage Reproduction Reverse Painting of Ship on Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-executed Chinese reverse painting on glass of a fully rigged sailing ship in an appropriate
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Psychedelic Reverse Paint on Glass Art
By R. Stein
Located in Wilton, CT
Very well done and kind of psychedelic reverse paint on glass original art work by R. Stein. Hand
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Reverse Painted Glass Interior Scene with Gilded Frame
Located in Long Island City, NY
This reverse glass interior scene with gilded frame depicts a robed female beside a Grecian statue
Category
Antique 19th Century Greco Roman Paintings
Materials
Glass
Chinese Folk Painted Wall Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
The painted frame of this wall mirror originally bordered a reverse glass painting, a traditional
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
18th Century Venetian Reverse Painted on Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very decorative 18th century Venetian reverse painted on glass. The painting is of a landscape
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Reverse Painting, English, Landscape Art, Picture, Framed, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming antique reverse painting. An English, glass mezzotint in a giltwood frame
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Paintings
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Antique Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass of a Tang Dynasty Student
Located in Astoria, NY
A rare antique Chinese reverse painting on glass in its original frame, dated 1851. Titled on the
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Wood
19th Century, French, Louis XV Silvered Bronze Centrepiece with Reverse Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
painting is an antique technique in which the painting is applied to the back of the glass, so the picture
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
Coat of Arms of George Hutchinson Reverse Painting, circa 1826
Located in valatie, NY
The Scottish coat of arms belonging to George Hutchinson reverse painted on glass. The painting is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scottish George IV Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
A Lovely Reverse Painted Portrait on Glass of An Edwardian Beauty
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Lovely Reverse Painted Portrait on Glass of An Edwardian Beauty
A truly skillful piece, this
Category
Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Paintings
Materials
Glass
Painted Glass paintings.
Located in New York, NY
Indonesian reverse painted glass paintings of village scenes. Circa 19th Century.
Category
Antique 19th Century Indonesian Paintings
Materials
Paint, Glass, Wood
Indian Glass Painting
Located in New York, NY
A reverse painted glass Painting by a Chinese Artist in India, Circa 19th Century.
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood
Chinese Qing Reverse Painted Mirror, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare early 19th century Chinese Qing Export Reverse Painting on mirror. Picture features Chinese
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Reverse Glass Painted Opium Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
A circa 1900 reverse glass painted tray from Northern China depicting two ladies at leisure. The
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Tall Vintage Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painted Hardwood Framed Hanging Panel
Located in Austin, TX
A very large vintage Chinese export reverse glass painted figural hanging wall panel in a carved
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Super Cool Op Art Painting on Glass
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very graphic Op Art style reverse painting on glass having a bold geometric design in black and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass
19th Century New England Folk Art Reverse Painted Seascape
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century New England Folk Art reverse painting on glass coastal seascape, circa 1870s, unsigned
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass
American Postmodern Patrick Nagel Style Reverse-Painted Wall Art
By Patrick Nagel
Located in Astoria, NY
American Postmodern reverse-painted acrylic wall art in the style of Patrick Nagel. The piece is
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Reverse Painted Snuff Bottle Extra Large
Located in Somis, CA
reverse painting from the inside. The scene depicted a group of birds perched on a prunus blossom tree in
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Agate
Lemuel Curtis 8 Day Girandole Clock by Ted Burleigh Jr
Located in Milford, NH
beautiful reverse glass painting on convex glass depicts Perry’s Victory with tall ships in battle. “L
Category
20th Century American Wall Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Mother-of-Pearl and Bronze Perfume Box with Scenes from the Far East
Located in Paris, FR
lid is very elaborately decorated with three realistic reverse glass paintings featuring scenes
Category
Antique 1860s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Bronze
Mother of Pearl and Bronze Perfume Box with Scenes from the Far East
Located in Paris, FR
lid is very elaborately decorated with three realistic reverse glass paintings featuring scenes
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
European Reverse Painting on Glass of Woman
Located in Essex, MA
In a nicely carved frame depicting a woman with a cape seated before a table with fruit.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Set of Three French Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in Essex, MA
With sponge decorated frames and nicely painted in reverse on glass. Provenance; Stephanie Hoppen
Category
Vintage 1940s European Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,800 / set
Vibrant Reverse Painting on Glass Vintage Window
By Fay Sciarra
Located in Hopewell, NJ
” , a delightful whimsical reverse painting on glass of her beloved flowers and acrobatic birds.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Gold Italian Reverse Painting Glass Occasional Square Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Houston, TX
Decorative reverse painted glass top square Italian coffee or side table. Beautiful gold leafing.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
Horse Painting on Glass Gold Silver Leaf, Jack White, circa 1970
Located in Austin, TX
A brilliant and substantial reverse glass and gold leaf painting of a horse by respected artist
Category
Late 20th Century American Other Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Reverse Painting and Collage on Glass Window
Located in Hopewell, NJ
in East Hampton, NY. Ergo, "East Hampton Couch" is a sofa portrait, painted reverse on a glass
Category
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Fabric
1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian Painting on Glass Attributed to Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Duilio Dubé Bernabe
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Mid-Century Modern reverse painting on curved glass attributed to Fontana Arte. It' signed Haeti
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Brass
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Reverse Glass Painting For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the reverse glass painting you’re looking for. A reverse glass painting — often made from glass, wood and paint — can elevate any home. Find 530 options for an antique or vintage reverse glass painting now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect reverse glass painting — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A reverse glass painting, designed in the mid-century modern, folk art or neoclassical style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Fay Sciarra, Huw Griffith and Ulla Darni each produced at least one beautiful reverse glass painting that is worth considering.
How Much is a Reverse Glass Painting?
The average selling price for a reverse glass painting at 1stDibs is $2,597, while they’re typically $25 on the low end and $495,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Reverse Glass Painting
- How do I reverse paint on glass?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The first step in reverse glass painting is to select your design and to transfer it to a pane of glass. From there you can paint in your design. Once the paint is dry and set, you can proudly display your artwork from the unpainted side that will have no exposed paint and will be less prone to chipping.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Reverse painting on glass is called verre églomisé. The term gets its name from the 18th-century decorator Jean-Baptiste Glomy who became famous for his reverse-painted glass prints. On 1stDibs, you can shop a collection of verre églomisé furniture and jewelry.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Reverse painting is a method of glass art. The artist paints the back of a glass panel so the finished work can be seen from the opposite side. The technique is centuries old and pieces can be found in a variety of art styles. Browse a selection of reverse painted pieces on 1stDibs.
- Can glass lampshades be painted?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, a glass lampshade can be painted. It’s best to use a paint that’s designed to be applied to glass and to use the instructions that are provided with that paint to get the best results. Shop a range of antique and modern glass lampshades on 1stDibs.
- Can a glass window be painted?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, you can paint a glass window. Certain types of paint are optimal for glass and include enamel acrylics, specially formulated solvent-based paints and acrylics specifically suited for glass. On 1stDibs, you can find a collection of painted glass windows from top sellers around the world.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The difference between stained glass and painted glass is how it is made. To create stained glass, an artisan adds pigments to the glass and then fires it at high temperatures to permanently change the appearance of the material. With painted glass, color is added after firing and may rub off or fade with age. You'll find a large selection of glass decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Windows that appear to be made of painted glass are called stained glass windows. Stained glass windows are made of glass that has been colored by mixing molten glass with metallic oxides. Shop a range of stained glass pieces from top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The craft of painting enamel on glass is called enameling. Because regular paint would simply wash off glass, the artisan uses enamel and fires it into the glass once they have painted the design. Browse a range of enameled glass pieces on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021Yes, it is safe to paint a glass lampshade as long as you are using glass-specific paint. One thing to note: If your lampshade is translucent (versus opaque), the paint color will look slightly different when you turn the lamp on.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021Yes, you can paint a glass lamp shade. You can use glass paints or acrylic paint to give old glass fixtures an inexpensive makeover. You can also use stencils for added visual appeal. Find a variety of lamp shades on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 30, 2024Technically, you can put a canvas painting in a glass frame. However, many experts advise against it. Paintings executed on canvas typically do not need the protection of glass, and a glass front on a frame can actually make it more difficult to admire the brushwork and fine details of a piece. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse assortment of paintings.
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