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Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake Hotel San Francisco 1930, B and W Photography by Ralph Young
Located in Atlanta, GA
of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel building in 1930. Features: Original silver gelatin print photography
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sir Francis Drake: 18th C. Portrait of 16th C. Navigator, Privateer, Politician
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This an 18th century copper plate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jacobus Houbraken
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1740s Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Sir Francis Awaits Notification, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jo Beer
Located in Yardley, PA
( hand crafted by his late wife) as Sir Francis Drake. Seen daily in and around Plymouth, he became
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Oil

Garrards silver/ silver gilt armada dish commemorating the spanish armada 400 yr
By Garrard Co. Ltd.
Located in York, GB
that the Armada had been sighted and so an English force led by Sir Francis Drake left Plymouth to meet
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Vintage 1980s English Sterling Silver

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Silver

Gio Ponti Midcentury Wood and Brass Italian Magazine Rack with Handle, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roma, IT
globe, Sir Francis Drake and the mystical Golden Hind galleon. The golden hing was an English galleon
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

The Animal Kingdom, Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Industrial, " Collection of Ironworker Paintings and Drawings by Garth, 1920s
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mural Director for the WPA Art Project there in the 1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Bird s-Eye Views of Dunkerque, Gravelines, and Bourbourg by Braun and Hogenberg
Located in Langweer, NL
by Charles V and the town's proximity to the famous naval battle where Sir Francis Drake defeated the
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Antique 16th Century Maps

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Paper

Bird
s-Eye Views of Dunkerque, Gravelines, and Bourbourg by Braun and Hogenberg
Bird
s-Eye Views of Dunkerque, Gravelines, and Bourbourg by Braun and Hogenberg
$455 Sale Price
20% Off
H 15.75 in W 20.28 in D 0.01 in
The Spanish Armada’s Defeat: A 17th-Century German Chronicle Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
, was decisively defeated by the smaller, more agile English fleet commanded by Sir Francis Drake and
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Antique 1680s Prints

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Paper

California, Alaska and Mexico: 18th Century Hand-Colored Map by de Vaugondy
By Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Located in Alamo, CA
California by Sir Francis Drake when he claimed the area for England in 1579. His point of landfall is now
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Antique 1770s French Maps

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Paper

California: 18th Century Hand-colored Map by de Vaugondy
By Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Located in Alamo, CA
California by Sir Francis Drake when he claimed the area for England in 1579. His point of landfall is now
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1770s Landscape Prints

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Engraving

One of the most influential maps of America ever made, 17th Century Willem Blaeu
By Willem Blaeu
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
the portraits of the four circumnavigators: Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Thomas
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Maps

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Paper, Linen

Map of the World: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
Sir Francis Drake supposedly landed in 1579 during his 1579 circumnavigation of the globe. Here he
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

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Early English Carved Wooden Sir Francis Drake Bust
Located in Queens, NY
English Elizabethan style carved wood bust of Sir Francis Drake on round shaped base.  
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20th Century Jacobean Busts

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Wood

16th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Sir Francis Drake
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) Inscribed Atatis. Sve. 47 .. Oil on canvas Framed 27.5 x
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Oil painting by Adolphe Ragon “The Spanish Armada .."
Located in Mere, GB
Oil painting by Adolphe Ragon “The Spanish Armada being fire-shipped by Sir Francis Drake at Calais
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

A pair of George III antique silver Candlesticks
By John Pearson
Located in London, GB
are those of the Batten family of Uperne, County Dorset, descendants of Sir Francis Drake
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Candle Holders

Pair of George III Antique Silver Candlesticks
By John Pearson
Located in London, GB
are those of the Batten family of Uperne, County Dorset, descendants of Sir Francis Drake
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Candle Holders

"The Ironworker, " Important Depiction of American Industrial Worker, John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

17th Century Style Carved Oak Four-Poster Bed
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
the likes of Sir Francis Drake, Sir Hawkins Richard Grenville and Sir Walter Raleigh and William
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Early 20th Century English Elizabethan Beds and Bed Frames

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Oak

17th Century Elizabethan Style Carved Oak Four-Poster Bed
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
hall has hosted distinguished guests including the likes of Sir Francis Drake, Sir Hawkins Richard
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Antique Early 19th Century English Elizabethan Beds and Bed Frames

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Oak

Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, 1924
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the high seas with Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, and other privateers to the New World
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Vintage 1920s American Books

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Paper

Der Zee-Vaert Lof (ORIGINAL ETCHING BY REMBRANDT)
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New York, NY
herein are Columbus (p. 157), Vespucci (p. 161), Sir Francis Drake, Vasco de Gama, et al. The
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Prints

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Etching

Florida and Virginia: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Hondius after Mercator
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
' cartographic skills were valued by explorers and navigators, including Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, and
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Maps

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Paper

Sir Francis Drake
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jacobus Houbraken (Dutch, 1698-1780) Title: "Sir Francis Drake" (Plate 31) Portfolio: The
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1740s Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Copper

"The Ironworker" Paean to the American Industrial Worker, 1930s
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Director for the WPA Art Project there in the 1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Franz Bergmann Surrealist Studio Ceramic Plate, “Miscellanea”
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Phoenix, AZ
and a painter, having also painted murals in Chicago for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. He painted
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Historical oil painting of the surrender of Don Pedro De Valdez to Francis Drake
By John Seymour Lucas
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Don Pedro De Valdez to Sir Francis Drake, aboard the Revenge during the Spanish Armada off Portland on
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique 17th C Elizabethan Tudor Period Carved Oak Court Cupboard Cabinet 1600
Located in Portland, OR
, this design became popular during the Elizabethan period as maritime adventurers such as Sir Francis
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Antique 17th Century English Elizabethan Cabinets

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Oak

The Adventure of Sail, 1520-1914 by Donald Macintyre, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
those by Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook, Joseph Conrad and many others. With an introduction by
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Vintage 1970s English Books

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Paper

"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other clients, and also designed mosaic murals
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Ironworker, " Important Sketch of Industrial Labour by John Garth, 1925
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other clients, and also
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Florida and Virginia: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Hondius after Mercator
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
' cartographic skills were valued by explorers and navigators, including Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, and
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Early 17th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

"The Golden Hind", Sir Francis Drake Flagship
Located in San Francisco, CA
it's captain, Sir Francis Drake, in honour of his main sponsor Sir Christopher Hatton, whose family
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

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Canvas

"Sir Francis Drake Awaiting the Tide" by Frank Moss Bennett
By Frank Moss Bennett
Located in Wiltshire, GB
"Sir Francis Drake Awaiting the Tide" by Frank Moss Bennett. Frank Moss Bennett 1874-1953 was a
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Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Paintings

Northern European 16th Century Black Painted and Carved Beech Model of a Lion
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
the British navigator Sir Francis Drake passed through Maluku on his circumnavigation of the world
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Sculptures and Carvings

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Beech

Monumental Pair of Cary s Library Globes
Located in New York, NY
Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577-1580). Information from
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Antique 19th Century English Globes

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Mahogany

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By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Massive Spanish Copper Cauldron with Iron Handles
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized hand-hammered copper cauldron with iron handles, Spain, 1930s-1940s. This handcrafted copper cauldron has a dramatic aged patina. The copper nicely addorned by decorative h...
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20th Century Spanish Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

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Copper, Iron

Massive Spanish Copper Cauldron with Iron Handles
Massive Spanish Copper Cauldron with Iron Handles
$2,136 Sale Price
20% Off
H 17.33 in W 23.82 in D 22.45 in
IRIS I - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of blue, green and ocre color tones from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's unique abstracti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film

Campaign Style Thomasville Furn Mystique 3 Section Modular Queen Bed Armoires
By Thomasville
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful campaign style modular wall unit bedroom or bed set up with side armoires comprised of dark wood, removeable mirrors, lights, full/queen headboard, and brass hardware by Th...
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Vintage 1970s American Campaign Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Halden Armchair in the Style of 1930 s Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Art Deco Halden armchair, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. The Halden armchair is inspired by the Norwegian border town of the same name at the mout...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Armchairs

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Stainless Steel, Brass

Bongo Marble Wardrobe, Closet, Manual Doors, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bongó Closet, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Bongó marble wardrobe is a reinterpretation of the original Bongó bar cabinet, bringing it...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets

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Marble, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass

1970s Turner Bubble Mirror in Chrome-Finished Acrylic and Aluminum Frame
By Turner Manufacturing Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1970s Turner Bubble Mirror in Chrome-Finished Acrylic and Aluminum Frame United States, circa 1970s. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. A visually captivating and sculptural "...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

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Aluminum

Modern Bubble Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Napa, CA
20th Century modern ball lounge chair. The bubble chair was originally designed in 1968 by Eero Aarnio. Features a modern futuristic pod hanging bubble shape made from clear ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Stainless Steel

Vanity Dunhill Lighter, 1930, England
By Dunhill
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vanity Dunhill lighter 1930 England Circa 1930 Origin England It works with benzine (gasoline) Works. In very good condition It has a compartment for powder with a mirror and ano...
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vanity Dunhill Lighter, 1930, England
Vanity Dunhill Lighter, 1930, England
$680
H 2.37 in W 2.37 in D 0.6 in
Antique French Gold Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French gold bronze & clear and amethyst baccarat crystal chandelier, Circa 1890. This is a nice shape chandelier for lower ceilings and small spaces.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century French Pair of Antique Pinewood Garden Treillis Obelisks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique pair of tall treillis obelisks in Versailles green topped by pointed finials, in good condition. These antique hand crafted painted Pinewood obelisks have multiple layers ...
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Architectural Elements

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Pine

Pair, Grand Tour Neoclassical Bronze Marble Mounted Blue John Specimen Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, 19th century. An exceptional and rare pair of Grand Tour period Neoclassical columns. Each column has a stepped bronze and white marble plinth and base that is separated b...
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Antique 19th Century British Grand Tour Natural Specimens

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Marble, Bronze

Whorl Console Table in Blue Powder Coated Aluminum by Neal Aronowitz
By Neal Aronowitz
Located in Portland, OR
An elegant and powerful sculptural statement. This is a console that is an unforgettable and dynamic presence in any room. The now iconic lyrical form of the award winning Whorl Tab...
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2010s American Organic Modern Console Tables

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Aluminum

Pair Campaign Style Curio Display Cabinets by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
We are very pleased to offer a great pair of gorgeous, sleek and minimalist display cabinets made by the famous Henredon furniture makers, made in the USA. Part of Henredon’s early 1...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Brass

1960 s Art Wall Unit or Room Divider with Sculpture by Jelínek
Located in Praha, CZ
Unique mid-century artistic wall unit or room divider made of metal with two wooden benches and sculpture by Jelínek (signed).
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Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal, Copper

Grand Tour Style Shadow Box, depicting, 6 Architectural example vignettes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Architectural Study Shadow Box with Neoclassical Vignettes, Circa Mid-20th Century An elegant and educational Grand Tour-style architectural study shadow box, presenting ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Architectural Models

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Wool, Plexiglass, Paper

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