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Vintage Felice Galbiati Surreal Still Life Lacquered Panels Milano Italy 1950s
By Felice Galbiati
Located in Miami, FL
Italian surreal still life panels depicting string instruments, a viola and a mandolin(o). Made by
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood, Masonite
$1,500 / set
H 29.5 in W 17.5 in D 1.25 in
A Large 19th Century Vienna Porcelain Vase w/ Ormolu Mount, Signed Wagner
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
paneling, referencing the 19th century. The lyre is one of the oldest known stringed instruments
Category
19th Century Austrian Louis XVI Used String Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$27,500
H 31.5 in Dm 12.5 in
Hindu Sacred Musicians – Satadéven and Vaïche Navin, 1806
Located in Langweer, NL
string instrument and portrayed in the act of musical devotion. These figures reflect the integral role
Category
Early 1800s French Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
"Still Life with Flowers, gloves and walking stick"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
, suggesting a recently departed figure or an intimate domestic setting.
The stringed instrument represents
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,375
H 21.26 in W 16.15 in
Pair of Large Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Samson Porcelain Candelabra
By Samson
Cie
Located in London, GB
stringed instrument. They stand 68cm in height and bear the Samson mark to the underside. Beautiful pieces
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Used String Instruments
Materials
Ormolu
$23,811 Sale Price / set
30% Off
H 26.78 in W 21.26 in D 14.18 in
1960’s Abstract CUBIST Violin Bird Composition by Polish/Russian
Located in New York, NY
Here we have an abstract composition composed of hands, a reptilian-like figure, and a string
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Used String Instruments
Materials
Oil
$3,200
H 8.75 in W 10.5 in
Yellow Gold Harp Charm 9k Stringed Music Instrument Harpist
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 9k Yellow Gold
Theme: Harp, Stringed Music Instrument
Features: Etched Detailing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
9k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Jazz on a T-" Abstract Kinetic Sculpture
By John Scott
Located in Houston, TX
topics ranging from the West African diddly-bow string instrument to the rhythms and movements inspired
Category
20th Century Abstract Used String Instruments
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
H 47 in W 60 in D 20 in
Vintage MC Bertrand Pictorial French Tapestry Rug
Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
.
On the Design
This particular piece features an array of string instruments and a clarinet on the
Category
1970s French Aubusson Used String Instruments
Materials
Wool
1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs
Located in Langweer, NL
musical heritage.
1. Indou jouant du Pennak:
- Instrument: The musician appears to be using a stringed
Category
1840s Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
$228 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 10.12 in W 6.7 in D 0 in
Wunderkammer, The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909)
Located in PARIS, FR
string instrument. Above the scene, a poem accompanies the artist’s signature and seals.
Tanomura
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
$1,710 Sale Price
20% Off
H 73.23 in W 16.93 in D 1.19 in
Vintage Gilt Bronze Asian Sculpture of a Thai Deity Prince Playing Music 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
sculpture of a religious Thai deity sitting with one knee raised as he plays a musical instrument.
Warm
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Tibetan Used String Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$650
H 7.5 in W 5.75 in D 3.5 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster For India Manipuri Dancer And Musicians Artwork
Located in London, GB
white turbans, playing a drum and stringed instrument against the green background, the title text in
Category
1950s Indian Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
$2,041
H 39.38 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
“The Odalisques” 19th Century Orientalist Oil on Canvas, Signed Raupp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
stringed instrument) while the other listens in repose.
The setting combines the theatrical staging and
Category
Late 19th Century European Romantic Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
H 25.75 in W 66 in D 4.5 in
"Nobility" 180/300 Signed Color Serigraph of Abstract Horse and Woman with Lute
By Tiefeng Jiang
Located in Austin, TX
decorated with vibrant patterns and symbolic elements, including a green woman playing a stringed instrument
Category
1990s Pop Art Used String Instruments
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Original Vintage Poster: "Come to Puerto Rico, U.S.A. Caribbean Playground
Located in Spokane, WA
seamlessly with a string instrument, evoking the island's lively music, lush landscapes, and welcoming spirit
Category
1950s American Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Screen
$1,320
H 42 in W 28 in D 0.3 in
"Candy Seller" Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper
By Utagawa Yoshiiku
Located in Soquel, CA
Uzaemon as the Candy Peddler Uzumatsu. He is playing a stringed instrument (the shamisen) to attract
Category
1860s Edo Used String Instruments
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers
By Willibaldd Leo Frh-v-Lütgendorff, Dirk J. Balfoort, John H. Fairfield
Located in valatie, NY
(1644- 1737) the Italian crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and
Category
Early 20th Century German Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
Henryk Kaston 18 Karat Gold
Diamond of Niccolo Paganini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
other string instruments. His bows have sold for as much as 6-figures at auction.
He was equally
Category
20th Century American Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
Art Deco Tantalus by Louis Prodhon
By Louis Prodhon
Located in New Orleans, LA
, stringed instruments, and precious personal items such as this remarkable decanter box.
Established by
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Used String Instruments
Materials
Chrome
Japanese Meiji Han Koto with Maki-e Lacquer Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
circa late 19th century of Meiji Period (1868-1912). The facade of the stringed instrument features
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
Banjo, MRI, 1995 New York Hospital
By Steve Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
aesthetic.
Abstract, Black and White, Still Life, X-Ray, instrument, string instrument, music, banjo
Category
1990s Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Archival Pigment
1977
Flesh Things Out
By John Clem Clarke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
her head and a troubadour serenading her with soft music from a stringed instrument. The lush
Category
1970s Pop Art Used String Instruments
Materials
Offset
James Brown British Impressionist oil painting, Lucien Pissarro circle
Located in Harkstead, GB
music and he was an authority on string instruments and the originator of the practice of polychordia
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas
$11,565
H 24 in W 21 in D 2 in
Victorian Sterling Silver Lyre Candle Holders
By Harrison Brothers
George Howson 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with concave fluted decoration
Category
19th Century English Victorian Used String Instruments
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Khotan Rug in Red with Rare Pictorial Design - Rug
Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
by precisely depicted cultural implements including a penjing (bonsai) container, stringed instrument
Category
1920s Turkish Used String Instruments
Materials
Wool
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
W 70 in L 107 in
An Assembled Group of Seventeen Sitzendorf Porcelain Monkey Band Figures.
Located in Buchanan, MI
.
He was a collector of all violin and string instrument related objects. His vast collections of
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Used String Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
$240 / item
H 5 in W 3 in D 3 in
Pair of Antique Terracotta Statues, Paris, circa 1880
By Gossin Frères Manufactory
Located in Dallas, TX
vielle à roue is a string instrument that produces sound when a crank is turned. The crank rotates a
Category
Late 19th Century French Used String Instruments
Materials
Terracotta
$4,800 / set
H 26.125 in W 12.375 in D 11.625 in
Handmade Vintage Persian Isfahan Rug 3
x 4
, 1960s - 2B106
Located in Bordeaux, FR
cup, a musician playing a stringed instrument, and others engrossed in conversation or reading.
Hand
Category
1960s French Used String Instruments
Materials
Wool
"Playing the Zither" Chinese Ink Painting with Text "The Whole World is Happy"
Located in Austin, TX
playing a stringed instrument called a guqin, similar to a zither. Standing to their left is a younger man
Category
1990s Used String Instruments
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink
$7,500
H 37.5 in W 68.5 in
"Symphony" - Large Colorful Mixed Media Textured Abstract Landscape Artwork
By Steven H. Rehfeld
Located in Carmel, CA
. Dark, expressive strokes evoke the deep resonance of string instruments, while splashes of color seem
Category
2010s Abstract Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
$27,500
H 57 in W 65 in D 1.75 in
The 5 Senses
By Cecily Brown
Located in London, GB
hinting at the various attributes in her source: a stringed instrument can be made out near the bottom
Category
2010s Abstract Used String Instruments
Materials
Digital Pigment
Vladimir Volodia Lazarev (Russian French, 1904-1988) "The Ballad" Impressionist
Located in Atlanta, GA
young musician in quiet reverie, absorbed in the act of playing a traditional Russian stringed
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
$2,800
H 36.5 in W 28.25 in D 2 in
Antique Ellis
Co. 1920s Sterling Silver Lyre Candle Holders
By Ellis Jacob Greenberg
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
of the stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with embossed concave
Category
1920s British Used String Instruments
Materials
Sterling Silver
Harp Musical 18 Karat White Gold Ring with Symphony of Diamonds
By Pradera Irama
Located in Bilbao, ES
.
The harp is the second biggest string instrument in an orchestra. It dates back to 4000 BC when the
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Black Porcelaine Lips in 18 Karat White Gold Ring
By Pradera Irama
Located in Bilbao, ES
combines classic with contemporary mounting and styles.
The harp is the second biggest string instrument
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
Large Exceptional Japanese Ceramic Moriage Moon Flask Vase Meiji Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
), hand-chimes, and Zither (a stringed instrument) and other smaller Buddhist symbols. The sided are
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Used String Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
$18,000
H 19.25 in W 15 in D 5 in
Ancient Yarn
Located in München, BY
instruments. String instruments are among the world’s oldest known instruments. They may have originated from
Category
2010s Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Roi David)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Palo Alto, CA
string instrument delicately constructed in his hands. Gilded flecks of gold are highlighted around the
Category
1950s Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Glass
Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Strumenti Musicali Dinner Plates, 1950s-1960s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
' (Musical Instruments) series, each plate is a unique composition of stringed instruments, including lutes
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$2,500 / set
H 0.7 in Dm 10 in
18th century portrait of the German Flautist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz
By Arthur Devis
Located in Bath, Somerset
Merseburg. At the completion of his apprenticeship Quantz was able to play most of the principle string
Category
18th Century English School Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,695 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24.41 in W 19.1 in
"Lingering Note, " Original Acrylic on Canvas Board Portrait by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts a man with a string instrument singing. Gee
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Reginald K. Gee"Lingering Note, " Original Acrylic on Canvas Board Portrait by Reginald K. Gee, 2007
$1,900
H 16.25 in W 13.25 in
Greek Costumes – Athenians and Palicars of Selléide, c.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
literature.
To the left, a seated homme du peuple à Athènes strums a stringed instrument, serenading a young
Category
1840s French Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
Antique Javanese Costume
Dance Prints – Bedajas and Ronggeng – c.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
traditional instruments including drums and bowed string instruments. Their vibrant attire, including colorful
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
$380 / set
H 6.46 in W 9.81 in D 0.01 in
Antique Carved Winged KINNARA Winged Deity Goddess Thailand
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
watch over the well-being of humans in times of trouble or danger. An ancient Indian string instrument
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Used String Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique Louis XVI French Demilune Marquetry Chest of Drawers Stamped Tondeur
Located in Firenze, IT
marquetry is inspired by the theme of music, allegories with both wind and string instruments, sheet music
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Used String Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$43,950
H 33.08 in W 33.08 in D 16.54 in
Chinese Costumes – Mandarin, Tartar Lady and Musicians, c.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
and helmet, while a *Musicien* kneels in the foreground playing a stringed instrument, perhaps an erhu
Category
1840s French Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
Luciano Frigerio unique ebony and marble dining or conference table, Italy 1970s
By Luciano Frigerio
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
distinguished by its use in the black keys of pianos and certain parts of the finest string instruments. In
Category
1970s Italian Used String Instruments
Materials
Carrara Marble
$52,264
H 30.52 in W 110.24 in D 38.19 in
Javanese Court Scene – Musician, Dancer, and Sultan’s Guard, c.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
, a seated musicien plays a bowed string instrument resembling a rebab, his rhythmic accompaniment
Category
1840s French Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
$308
H 9.06 in W 11.82 in D 0.01 in
Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Commodes, François Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in New York, NY
engaged in leisure and daily activity: playing stringed instruments, drawing water, conversing beneath
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Used String Instruments
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$95,000
H 31.5 in W 45 in D 20.5 in
Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
blued bronze, dressed in a tunic, holds this kithara, a plucked stringed instrument from ancient Greece
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Used String Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Other
$5,939
H 22.45 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Dancing Musician
, New York, Kinetic Figural, NYMOMA, LACMA, Whitney Museum
By Ronald Mallory
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
checked cap, shown dancing and playing a stringed instrument.
This notable modernist and foundational
Category
1970s Expressionist Used String Instruments
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
An Allegorical Illustration from Anthony Le Grand
s The Principles of Philosophy
Located in Langweer, NL
. The instruments include trumpets, drums, and various wind and string instruments lying on the ground
Category
1690s Used String Instruments
Materials
Paper
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
H 13 in W 8.55 in D 0 in
Allegro Con Brio - contemporary, figurative, acrylic and thread sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
on a series of transparent stringed instruments.
Category
2010s Contemporary Used String Instruments
Materials
Thread, Acrylic Polymer
$80,000
H 39 in W 54 in D 54 in
Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
metals, musical instruments including a tambourine with its sticks and a stringed instrument, a lute and
Category
17th Century Old Masters Used String Instruments
Materials
Oil
$9,512 Sale Price
20% Off
H 27.96 in W 40.16 in
18th Century Rococo Chinoiserie Canvas, Camaïeu Bleu, Circle of Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Cotignac, FR
stringed instrument as birds and butterflies soar overhead, the whole is surrounded by a 'feigned' Rococo
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Used String Instruments
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,850
H 19.69 in Dm 25.6 in
Coralcello, richly colorful music themed abstraction
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
coral reefs.
Rich brushwork in image of stringed musical instrument within the abstract composition
Category
2010s Abstract Used String Instruments
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
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There is a range of used string instruments for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct used string instruments — often made from wood, cord and string — can elevate any home. Used string instruments have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Used string instruments made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Arts and Crafts — are very popular at 1stDibs. Alcoa Aluminum, John Burdick and Hattakitkosol Somchai each produced beautiful used string instruments that are worth considering.
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The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,100, while they’re typically $395 on the low end and $22,000 highest priced.
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