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"Arc de Triomphe" French Impressionist Pair of Oil Paintings on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
trompe-l'œil and impressionistic works that capture the interplay of light, transparency, and texture
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Richard Haas, The Rookery Courtyard, Chicago, s/n etching architecture and art
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
most celebrated architectural muralist and trompe l'oeil artist.
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1970s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Pair of Stunning Venetian Style Urn Engraved Floral Mirror Lamps, Italy, 20th C.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italy in the 20th century. These lamps are a visual delight, featuring a trompe l'oeil effect that adds
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Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Vintage Soft Blue Persian Kerman Rug with Timeless Elegance
Located in Dallas, TX
cartouche style border flanked with a trompe l'oeil filigree scroll inner border. With its intricate floral
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Late 20th Century Persian Kirman Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wool

Vintage Turkish Silk Hereke Rug with Neoclassical Victorian Style
Located in Dallas, TX
two elongated botanical medallions decorated with trompe l'oeil filigree. It is enclosed with a
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Victorian Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Silk

Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
best known for his trompe-l'œil still-life paintings. This one presages Pop Art with its depiction of
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Watercolor

Jaggu Prasad "Vase with Wildflowers Insects" Oil on Board, 9" x 7"
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Dutch still life painting. The sense of trompe l’oeil realism is enhanced by Prasad's extraordinary
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Late 20th Century Baroque Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wood

Daniel Douke (American, b. 1943) Romeo Juliet Cigar Box Acrylic Painting C.
By Daniel Douke
Located in Long Island City, NY
breakfast pieces, the trompe-l’oeil skill of quattrocento illusionistic painters, and a reverence towards
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20th Century North American Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Acrylic

Furniture by Wedell Castle by Davira S. Taragin (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The book reproduces the artist's most important works, including clocks and trompe l'oeil pieces
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20th Century Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Paper

Vintage Indian Savonnerie Rug, Timeless Elegance Meets Renaissance Heritage
By Savonnerie
Located in Dallas, TX
medallion adorned with a delicate bottony cross motif and trompe l'oeil filigree​, proudly positioned in the
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Late 20th Century Indian Renaissance Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wool

Central Synagogue Lexington Avenue Looking North Etching and aquatint S/N Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas is an American painter known for his use of trompe l’oeil techniques to create illusionistic
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1990s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting Michael Quincy Rothwell
Located in Baltimore, MD
landscapes, a series of trompe-l-oeils and nudes. According to a bio found on one of his paintings his work
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1960s American Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Canvas

Sheet Corner
By Gerhard Richter
Located in London, GB
(...). The graphic fulfils all criteria of a classic Trompe-l'oeil, an optical illusion." (Butin 2004, p. 39
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1960s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Americana Oil Painting, "Paper Box" Robert Sarsony, ACA Gallery
By Robert Sarsony
Located in Surfside, FL
trompe l'oeil element to them. Sarsony also portrays figure and landscape subjects with an attention to
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1970s American Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Board

The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, 20th Century British Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
from the 1920s, the painting is a fine example of trompe l’oeil, or trick of the eye. The artist has
Category

20th Century Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of the Mall From a Castle Tower Seven-Color Lithograph on rag Signed HC VII
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
world's leading architectural muralists, and is best known for his trompe l'oeil paintings. He has created
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1980s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Romano Parmeggiani - 1980
By Romano Parmeggiani
Located in Roma, IT
or of the Venetian gardens or even by the grass that grows on the stones. The trompe-l'oeil on
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1980s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Romano Parmeggiani - 1980
By Romano Parmeggiani
Located in Roma, IT
-l'oeil on history is strong, but the trap for our gaze brings us a big question about our present, about
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1980s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Romano Parmeggiani - 1980
By Romano Parmeggiani
Located in Roma, IT
-l'oeil on history is strong, but the trap for our gaze brings us a big question about our present, about
Category

1980s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Romano Parmeggiani - 1980
By Romano Parmeggiani
Located in Roma, IT
-l'oeil on history is strong, but the trap for our gaze brings us a big question about our present, about
Category

1980s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Ferdinando Meccani “Corinto” Dining Table Italy, 1978
By Ferdinando Meccani
Located in New York, NY
resembles a column and creates a kind of trompe l'oeil in which the frame parts create a sense of movement
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1970s Italian Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Glass, Cherry, Wenge

XXth Century, Pair of Roman Coffee Tables with Lacquered Wood Top
Located in IT
and elongated support surface. The trompe l'oeil faux marble lacquered top gives more lightness to
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1950s Italian Renaissance Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wrought Iron

Dining Table Model “Corinto” by Ferdinando Meccani, Italy 1978
By Ferdinando Meccani
Located in Hellouw, NL
result is a shape that resembles a column and creates a kind of trompe l'oeil in which the frame parts
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Cherry, Glass

Prayer Rug 2
By Catherine Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Modern realist “trompe l’oeil” egg tempera painting by American female artist Catherine Catanzaro
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1980s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Board, Egg Tempera, Tempera, Wood

Prayer Rug 2
$2,800 Sale Price
37% Off
Prayer Rug 1
By Catherine Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Modern realist “trompe l’oeil” egg tempera painting by American female artist Catherine Catanzaro
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1980s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Board, Egg Tempera, Tempera, Wood

Prayer Rug 1
$2,800 Sale Price
37% Off
Italian Lacquered Wood Corinthian Column Étagère by Fornasetti, 1996
By Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
hand-lacquered wood and accented with Fornasetti’s signature trompe-l'œil technique. The delicate
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1990s Italian Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Glass, Wood

Piero Fornasetti Coffee Table-Neoclassical Bordo Bassorilievo Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
richness, reflecting Fornasetti’s fascination with trompe-l'œil and the surreal. Fornasetti’s work during
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wood

A Christian Dior Lace Couture Gown Collection Ligne Oblique (?) Circa 1950
By Christian Dior
Located in Toulon, FR
” and “En 8”, “Envol” and “Zigzag”, “Ailée”, “Trompe l'oeil” and “ Milieu de siècle”, “Vertical” and
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1950s French Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Cesto di Dalie Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s Italy, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
is made with lithographic transfer on metal displaying a Trompe l'oeil of a floor wicker basket
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Metal

Artwork by André Verroken for Hof van Cleve, Belgium, 1990s
Located in Antwerp, BE
tantalizing sense of mystery, as Verroken expertly incorporates the trompe l'oeil technique to play with
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1990s Belgian Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wood

"Shrine I" Watercolor with Lacquer Mixed Media
By Yuriko Takata
Located in Surfside, FL
and lacquer on paper over plywood to render the subject, and is reminiscent in style to trompe l'oeil
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Late 20th Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Steven Wolfe Original Bronze Bookends, Ed. 2/3
Located in New York, NY
tradition of trompe l’oeil, Wolfe created pieces that quite literally “fool the eye” on first inspection
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1990s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Bronze

SUSANNA HARDAGE Mannequin with Textile Assemblage, Coins and Costume Jewellery
Located in Milano, IT
using a thousand different materials and techniques - from decoupage to painting to trompe l'oeil - to
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1980s Italian Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Vintage French Savonnerie Style Needlepoint Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
trompe l'oeil filigree extend from each corner. The embellishments alone are sufficiently mesjer8z8hg
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Late 20th Century Chinese Aubusson Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wool

Antique Golden Persian Floral Mahal Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
. Framing this masterpiece is a floral border, composed of trompe l'oeil elements, acanthus scrollwork
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Mid-20th Century Persian Louis XV Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wool

"Doorway" Ken Davies, Realist House Porch Architecture
Located in New York, NY
Art Digest, wrote: "Kenneth Davies' trompe l'oeil* paintings exhibit a visual observation so acute and
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1970s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Oil, Board

Pair of Mid-Century Italian Carved and Hand-Painted Oak Cassapanca Benches
Located in Dallas, TX
sometimes referred to as illusionist furniture, rooted in the broader trompe-l’œil practices of Italian
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Paint, Oak

Piero Fornasetti Tray with Still Life, Natura Morta Pattern, Early, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
-century design. He was a master of visual trompe-l'oeil and an avid collector of historical iconography
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Strumenti Musicali Dinner Plates, 1950s-1960s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
trompe l'oeil faux bois (false wood) ground, a recurring motif in Fornasetti's work that playfully blurs
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

ANGELA CUMMINGS 1984 Geometric Earrings 18Kt In Yellow Gold And Black Jade
By Angela Cummings
Located in Miami, FL
-dimensional trompe l'oeil patterns in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with high polish finish. Embellished with
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1980s American Modernist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Black Jade, Jade, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold

Italian Louis XV XVI Transition Cube Parquetry Marquetry Chest of Drawers Signed
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in Forney, TX
mounted canted corners, adorned in exquisite fruitwood ribboned floral and foliate marquetry, trompe-l'œil
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Breccia Marble, Brass, Bronze

Andrè Dubreuil Ram Armchair in Iron and Red Velvet by Ceccotti 1990s
By André Dubreuil, Ceccotti
Located in Cascina, Pisa
and trompe-l’œil painter. The meeting that would change his life dates back to 1985: called to work on
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1990s Italian Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Iron

Four paper objects on shelf
By Yrjö Edelmann
Located in Malmo, SE
centuries artists have endeavoured to delude the eye of the observer by conjuring forth a trompe-l’oeil
Category

1990s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Persian Floral Silk Qum Area Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
, where nature's beauty is captured in its most pristine form. The trompe l'oeil filigree adds a layer of
Category

Late 20th Century Persian Kirman Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Silk

Korean Folding Chaekgeori Painted Scholar Floor Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
their halls and studies. Early screens were painted with trompe-l’oeil bookcases displaying books and
Category

20th Century Korean Folk Art Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Wood, Paper

Artificial landscape with house and tree
By Yrjö Edelmann
Located in Malmo, SE
centuries artists have endeavoured to delude the eye of the observer by conjuring forth a trompe-l’oeil
Category

1970s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

1970s Roland Klein for Marcel Fenez Floral Accordion Pleat Dress
By Marcel Fenez
Located in London, GB
l'oeil jumper decorated with rhinestones. MEASUREMENTS Bust - 31 in. (78.7 cm) Waist - 26 in. (66 cm
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1970s British Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Pink surprise
By Yrjö Edelmann
Located in Malmo, SE
forth a trompe-l’oeil image. And so too does Edelmann, with his wrinkled wrapping paper — storm-tossed
Category

1980s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Sixteen Foot Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Daybed from the IBM Building
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Highland, IN
greater trompe l’oeil effect. Rather, they are finished with a cold-cast bronze gelcoat. Perhaps a nod to
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1990s American International Style Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Steel

Wrapped castle of Kalmar
By Yrjö Edelmann
Located in Malmo, SE
centuries artists have endeavoured to delude the eye of the observer by conjuring forth a trompe-l’oeil
Category

1990s Contemporary Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Monumental J.W. Fiske–Attributed Polychromed Lead Stag-Head Reticulated Urn
By J.W. Fiske Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
imitate woven wicker or latticework, a deliberate trompe-l’œil effect that reflects the 19th-century
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20th Century American Sporting Art Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Lead

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
artistic tradition of Ottoman ceramics. The artwork is a masterful piece of trompe-l'œil, depicting an
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Paper

Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum, Limited Edition 1970s glazed enamel and metal
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
, architectonic and trompe-l'oeil effects of Op Art - a movement Anuszkiewicz helped to define and which, in its
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1970s Op Art Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Richard Haas, Downtown Los Angeles MOCA, Etching Aquatint, Signed/N, Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
HAAS BIOGRAPHY Richard Haas is an American painter known for his use of trompe l’oeil techniques to
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1990s Realist Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Vivai del Sud Bamboo Palm Trees Mirrored Screen, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in New York, NY
. In the spirit of Vivai del Sud, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Bamboo, Mirror, Wood

A large oval serving table, artistic Chiavari craftsmanship, Italy, 1940s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
classical inlay at the center of the top, which, with an optical illusion (almost trompe-l'œil), appears to
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1940s Italian Art Deco Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Cherry

Vintage Persian Isfahan Rug with French Romanticism and Louis XIV Style
Located in Dallas, TX
acanthus scrollwork border a large round cartouche beautifully displaying trompe l'oeil filigree adorns
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Mid-20th Century Persian Louis XIV Trompe L Oeil Vintage

Materials

Wool

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Trompe L Oeil Vintage For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the trompe l oeil vintage you’re looking for. A trompe l oeil vintage — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the trompe l oeil vintage you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right trompe l oeil vintage, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency and Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one trompe l oeil vintage that is appealing in its simplicity, but Aldo Tura, Bazzani and Frederick Cooper produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Trompe L Oeil Vintage?

Prices for a trompe l oeil vintage can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $385 and can go as high as $45,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,080.