Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Schiedmayer Grand Piano Walnut Carved Cheeks Filigree Music Desk Faceted Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Schiedmayer grand piano with a french polished, burr walnut cabinet. The burr walnut is figured creating rippled patterns in the veneer reminiscent of oil on water.
The serpentine piano cheek features carvings of scrolling foliage, spirals and a dual linear case moulding that borders the cabinet in high relief.
The cut-out filigree music desk...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Antique French Neoclassical Brass Scale
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Antique French Neoclassical Brass Scale, by Berenger & Co, Lyon
France, Circa 1870
A stunning Large Antique French Neoclassical Brass Scale, crafted by the renowned Berenger & Co of Lyon during the mid to late 19th Century. This remarkable brass shop keepers, assay or pharmacist scale...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Gast Upright Piano Quartered Walnut Neoclassical Inlay Brass Candlesticks
Located in Leeds, GB
Albert Gast upright piano with a quartered, walnut case and ornate, brass candlesticks. Entire cabinet inlaid in neoclassical designs. Piano has an eighty-eight keyboard and two pedals.
Front panel features inlay of a central urn surrounded by scrolling acanthus and flowers. The cabinet pilasters are carved Corinthian style with a palmette flourish. The scroll piano cheeks are carved with curlicue strapwork and inlaid with foliage and flowers. The piano legs...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.
The painting depicts Christ, dressed, supported by the shoulders or back by an angel, both figures situated in an indeterminate space...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Splendid Pair 30” Santa Claus Holiday - Ship Same Day
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Splendid pair of 30” large Danta Claus Figurines. Great outfit, trimmed with faux fur, painted faces, large beards, teddy bears and presents. Great Holiday decor.
Same day shipping, ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
Grand Tour Neoclassical Style Faux-Marble Temple
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important wooden memorial temple covered in faux marble.
From the purest neoclassical form, this Grand Tour piece of furniture is a classic piece of furniture of grea...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Authentic American Black Cast Iron Farm Well Water Pump
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Authentic American Black Cast Iron Farm Well Water Pump
This classic American vintage piece would look beautiful in your garden. Its cast iron ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Vintage 1950 Christmas Boot with Miniature Tree w Lights and Santa Claus
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Artisan made vintage Christmas decoration - Christmas Santa’s boot with Miniature Christmas tree with ornaments and lights. Sitting figure of Santa Claus with presents.
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
$222 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Important Confederate Field Map of Richmond VA 1864 with Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN HISTORIC AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT American Civil War Collection consisting of:
(1) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Confederate Field Map of Richmond, VA 1864 belonging to Capt W.A. Obenchain C.S. Engineers,
(2) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Surrender/Parole Paper for Capt. W.A. Obenchain dated 1st May 1865 at Greensboro, NC
(3) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Pamphlet for Hillsborough Military Academy, NC with Major W.M. A. Obenchain listed as 'Military Staff'.
These ALL belonged to Captain (later promoted to rank of Major) William Alexander Obenchain and the battlefield map was his 'personal' field map for the Battle of the Richmond Peninsula in 1864, at the end of the US Civil War...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Paper
1950s fine Tooled Leather Western Theme Ladies Handbag Purse
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely and highly tooled western theme leather purse . Decorated on both sides and the interior . Open the flap to find red interior and equestrian embellishment . Wonderful conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass Book 1st Edition
Located in Stamford, CT
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass by Helen & George S. McKerian. Hardcover 1st Edition, 1950.
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19thC Cast Iron Mechanical Owl Bank with a Turning Head and Glass Eyes, 1880
By Shepard Hardware Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast iron Owl bank with a turning head coin lever and glass eyes. Lot of the original paint still intact. Missing the lock on the underside, not visi...
Category
1880s American Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th Century Miniature French Edition Globe by C. Abel-Klinger
By C. Abel-Klinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French Edition miniature globe.
By C. Abel-Klinger.
On a turned wooden stand with an uncalibrated brass half meridian.
The globe is marked with an integral l...
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gladiator Collectible Prop Pearl Bracelet from the 2000 Movie
Located in Lomita, CA
A freshwater pearl bracelet made as a custom piece for the 2000 Paramount film, Gladiator. The jeweler says it was created from freshwater pearls that measure 5 MM. The bracelet was ...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
$2,791 Sale Price
20% Off
8 Theological Leather Bound Books, by Franz Volkmar Reinhard, Published 1808
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
8 Theological Leather Bound Books, by Franz Volkmar Reinhard,
Germany, published in 1808
We are pleased to offer a rare and historical find with this exquisite collection of eight ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper, Parchment Paper
Antique Christmas Sledge With Toys Dolls Teddy Bears
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique artisan made Christmas wagon brimming with dolls, toys, teddy bears. Unique Holiday collectible.
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, by A. Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Queens, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1824-1887)
A rare seated bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding his walking stick and hat, with a book in his ri...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Masonic Hat
Located in Pueblo, CO
Here is a Nice Masonic Hat in the colonial style from the early to mid 20th century, Signed C E Ward Co. Ohio size 7 1/8, beautifully appropriated and in perfec...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Felt, Feathers
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Jean-Gabriel Domergue
s French Academician Sword
By Odette Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important and unique sword was presented to the famed French painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue to commemorate the painter's election to the illustrious Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1950. One of the highest honors bestowed on a French artist, the ceremonial induction into the French Academy has been accompanied by the presentation of a sword since the age of Napoléon. Rather than a weapon, the sword became part of the Academician's uniform, and, over time, its design came to represent the interests and aspirations of its recipient. This example was designed entirely by Domergue's wife Odette, a great sculptor in her own right, and thus it represents both a highly personal gift and an important art historical relic.
The design of the sword is simply magnificent. Odette Domergue found her inspiration in antiquity, a theme that is also seen in the neoclassical sculptures that occupy the gardens of the couple's famous home, Villa Fiesole - also known as Villa Domergue - in Cannes. The impressive weapon boasts a solid gold handle that takes the form of a sinuous caryatid, who is nude save for a single swath of drapery. While the female figure recalls the sculpted supports prevalent in ancient Greek architecture, she also calls to mind the subjects for which Domergue was renowned - languorous, slightly risqué women with a seductive air.
Other decorative elements such as fauna, cypresses, and grotesque heads enhance the whimsy and imagination of the incredible neoclassical design. Furthermore, the scabbard that contains the finely etched blade is also an impeccable work of art. Crafted of black Moroccan leather in imitation of the snake skin, it displays intricately engraved foliage patterns with a lion's head and Domergue's coat of arms.
Though imagined by his wife, the sword was expertly chiseled by the celebrated goldsmith R. Delsinne and assembled by the atelier of the famed sculptor and medalist Raymond Delamarre...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Stradivarius Violin copy
Located in Pueblo, CO
Very fine playing condition Stradivarius copy made of flame maple body and spruce neck. includes bow, labels read as follows;
E. R. PFRETZSCHNER Mittenwald OBB 1987 hand made cop...
Category
Late 20th Century German Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Maple, Spruce
$550 Sale Price
46% Off
Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical Arc de l’ Étoile Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate produced by P&H Choisy, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting t...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
PH Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical Palais à Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate, circa 1820-1830.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting the Palais de la Chambre...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Nicholas devotional medal on support. Gilded bronze, textile, metal, 18th century.
Golden bronze devotional medal placed on a support by wires that has an oval frame enhanced ...
Category
18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Other
Pair of Maitland Smith Style Obelisks with Travertine and Marble Veneer
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair Obelisks with travertine and marble veneer. Handsome pair of high quality stone veneered obelisks. Done in a pale travertine outlined with gray marbl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Travertine
white and black alabaster chess board
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style (19/20th Cent) white and black alabaster chess board
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of June, 1911
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of June 1911 .
On ‘The Outlook’ letterhead. Typed and personally signed and amended by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Dated June 20th 1911.
What makes this letter so important is the author, the office and the content.
It refers to the beliefs and opinions of the then President and First Lady (Edith) towards the women’s sufferage and empowerment movement that was the ‘hot topic’ of the time.
It is addressed to Eliza Calvert Hall/Obenchain who was a well known author at the end of the 19th Century and Early 20th Century. In 1905, Teddy referred to her book “Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ in a speech and recommended that every man in America should read it to understand ‘the plight of their womenfolk’. He regularly corresponded with her and we have a number of those letters in our collection. It appears that both he and Edith became big fans of Mrs Hall/Obenchain who was also heavily involved in the Suffragist movement.
The letters also provide a fascinating and historic record of Roosevelt’s personal beliefs and feelings on female empowerment.
The Letter Reads:
The Outlook
287 Fourth Avenue
New York
Office of Theodore Roosevelt
June 20th, 1911
“My dear Miss Hall:
I am touched by your sending me “To Love and To Cherish”. But then, I am one of those included in the dedication, for I well know and dearly love ” Aunt Jane of Kentucky”. Mrs. Roosevelt and I do not feel that the hero ought to have yielded to his wife’s feelings ! Ultimately it was doing an injustice to her and to his children, as well as to the State. It is a good thing to have a Governor’s wife a woman who can be as gracious a hostess, and of as fine a type, as Dolly Madison...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Mahogany Tilt-Top Tripod Table, Mini, Salesman or Example Sample
Located in Huntington, NY
An early 19th century mahogany tilt-top tripod table
Mini, salesman or example sample.
With tilt-top, tripod base.
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Landers, Frary
Clark Cast Iron Coffee Grinder/Mill
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a large and heavy Landers, Frary & Clark cast iron coffee grinder#20 1/2. It has a bell shaped nickel hopper with a flat wood lid and two...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Nickel
$1,268 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting A Very Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907.
On ‘The White House’ letterhead. Typed and personally signed and amended by President Theodore Roosevelt.
With it’s original White House envelope, stamp and postage marks.
Dated June 14th 1907.
What makes this letter so important is the author, the office and the content.
It refers to the beliefs and opinions of the then President and First Lady (Edith) towards the women’s sufferage and empowerment movement that was the ‘hot topic’ of the time.
It is addressed to Eliza Calvert Obenchain who was a well known author at the end of the 19th Century and Early 20th Century. In 1905, Teddy referred to her book “Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ in a speech and recommended that every man in America should read it to understand ‘the plight of their womenfolk’. He regularly corresponded with her and we have a number of those letters in our collection. It appears that both he and Edith became big fans of Mrs Obenchain who was also heavily involved in the Suffragist movement.
The letters also provide a fascinating and historic record of Roosevelt’s personal beliefs and feelings on female empowerment.
The Letter Reads:
The White House
Washington
Oyster Bay, N.Y.,
June 14, 1907
Personal
“Dear Mrs. Obenchain:
I gladly accept the autographed copy of “Aunt Jane” which you have been so kind to send me. But Aunt Jane is so good and so wise that she must not (amount “race (illegible)) fall into the terrible mistake of the self-indulgent, selfish, shortsighted women, cold in heart and in temper, who shirk the duties of mother-hood and then try to cover up to themselves and to others their cowardice or self-indulgence by making believe they are actuated by wise or lofty motives. *
With great regard, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt
*And she must not give aid and comfort to unsexed or sexless creatures by a jest which they may take for earnest !
Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain,
Bowling Green, Kentucky.“
The envelope is From: The White House.
Addressed to: Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky and marked ‘Personal’.
It is stamped on the front as posted from Oyster Bay, New York Post Office on June 16 1907.
It has a red 2 Cent...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
John Stobart (English, B. 1929) Portsmouth Merchants Row NH Signed Print
By John Stobart
Located in Bridgeport, CT
"John Stobart (British b. 1929) paintings and limited edition prints are collected around the world and seen by visitors of the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts and the Portland Museu...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Antique Wood Moulding Plane Wooden Carpenter
s Tool 1800
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an antique wood moulding plane wooden carpenter's tool. Circa the 1800s.
Dimensions: 9.38 W x 3.25 H x 1.5 D
Please visit take a look at our listings, we ha...
Category
1880s American Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Commode Minature Long Walnut Maltese Cross Ebonised Fruitwoo
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptionally rare, museum quality Maltese, Neoclassical walnut chest of drawers with ebonised & fruitwood inlaid maltese cross on the top and drawer fronts
Maltese furniture of this period is exceptional reflecting the status and affluence of the island.
Given the size of the island relatively little Maltese furniture was made in comparison to Europe & American mainland.
Minature furniture is rare made either as a model or an apprentice's piece so it is extremely rare to find a minature piece from Malta bearing the Maltese cross.
This minature commode is highly original with beautiful proportions, ornamentation and patination.
The 'H' shaped top with a large centered inlaid Maltese Cross and a border of stringing. The breakfront fitted with three drawers each with stringing and inlaid six point stars centrally positioned behind the wooden knobs. The uprights with two continuous vertical bands of stringing ebonised and fruitwood from the top to the bottom of the drawers in walnut to match the front of the chest and then reverting to ebonising and fruitwood down the feet. Terminating in tapering feet. The panelled sides with a repeat of the double banding on the uprights and rectangular borders within the panels. The oak lined drawers with the original 18th century blue paper lining.
Measures: length 27 cm 10 1/2", height 24 cm 9 1/2", depth 20 cm 8".
Maltese Cross:
The Maltese cross is a symbol that is most commonly associated with the Knights of Malta (also known as the Knights Hospitallers...
Category
18th Century Maltese Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer by Dasson
Located in London, GB
This fine set comprises a cartel clock and barometer, each of which are crafted entirely in gilt bronze. The clock and barometer cases are identical, and take the form of a lyre. The...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Engraved Silverplate SB Country Club Golf Club Trophy Plate WMA Rogers
By Williams Rogers
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A petite silver plate golf club trophy plate. This plate will be great hung on a wall with a current collection. (Or this could be the start of one!) ...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$75 Sale Price
25% Off
Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks.
Hardcover, english, 1st edition 1974.
"Art Pottery of the United States is directed not only to the sc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Life Record of HW Graber Texas Ranger Dedicated First Edition
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare first edition hardback copy of The Life Record of H.W. Grabber, A Terry Texas Ranger 1861-1865 Sixty-Two Years in Texas. Copyright ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Pair Silverplated Bronze
Inlaid Coconut Shell Lion Motif Obelisks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Pair Silverplated Bronze and Inlaid Coconut Shell Lion Motif Obelisks
By Maitland-Smith, Later 20th Century
A stunning large pair of Neoclassical obelisks by Maitland-Smith,...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$2,280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Remembering Jackie: a Life in Pictures Hardcover, January 1, 1994
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Remembering Jackie: A Life in Pictures Hardcover – January 1, 1994 by Life Magazine.
Uses photographs to trace the life of the former first lady, including her childhood, marriage, ...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Erard Grand Piano Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Style by William Lomax Walnut
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1861, Erard grand piano with an ornate burr walnut, black and gilt cabinet. Piano casework features Egyptian Revival and Neoclassical elements. Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Walnut, Giltwood
Rolling Stones the Photographs 1989 Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Rolling Stones the Photographs 1989 Hardcover.1st edition, 1st printing.Taken between 1967 and the present, these 150 pictures by 35 photographers are reprinted from Rolling Stone.Ti...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
John Stobart (English, B. 1929), Independence, Ltd. Ed. Signed
By John Stobart
Located in Bridgeport, CT
"John Stobart (British b. 1929) paintings and limited edition prints are collected around the world and seen by visitors of the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts and the Portland Museum in Maine. He is well known maritime artist known for images of ports and vessels as they were in the great era of sail and stream".
INDEPENDENCE, Wayne City Landing, Start of the Santa Fe Trail...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Scrap Book and Photograph pertaining to Ogden College, Bowling Green, KY
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT Original Scrap Book and Photograph of Major WA Obenchain, pertaining to Ogden College, Bowling Green, KY.
The photograph is ‘new’ to the market and has never left family ownership until NOW!
It is a previously, unseen image, of a significant historical figure, Major William Alexander Obenchain, who served on General Robert E. Lee’s Staff during the Civil War and was President of Ogden College in Bowling Green, Kentucky between 1883 – 1906.
We are of the opinion that the photo was taken, whilst, Major Obenchain was President of Ogden College, and circa 1890-1900. It bears the stamp on the bottom right for “McClure of Lexington, KY”.
Framed and under glass.
The Scrap Book is his personal Collection of numerous and various newspaper article cuttings, letters, speeches and other historical items of memorabilia, MAINLY, relating to Ogden College (now part of Western Kentucky University), from the 1870’s up to 1918.
Signed in ink, by the Major, on the inside of the front cover and hand-written annotations by him, throughout.
It also includes newspaper article cuttings and other historical items of memorabilia personally relating to Major Obenchain and his family, including: Articles relating to the ‘Stone’ Criminal Trial in Dallas, TX in 1876 for the almost fatal shooting of his brother, James T Obenchain , Merit Certificate for distinguished academic achievement by Major Obenchain, from the Buchanan Collegiate Institute dated July 6th 1849, et al.
Over 53 Pages of content!
An EXCEPTIONAL and UNIQUE Collection that is ‘new’ to the market, has never been seen by the public before and has never left family ownership until NOW!
A UNIQUE HISTORICAL RECORD OF OGDEN COLLEGE/WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY and BOWLING GREEN!
William Alexander Obenchain. Born April 27, 1841 at Buchanan, Botetourt Co., Virginia.
Parents: Thomas Jefferson Obenchain and Elizabeth Ann Sweetland.
Entered VMI on July 18, 1859 as a member of the VMI (Virginia Military Institute...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Compass with Pocket Sundial, with Case, Bronze, Butterfield, Michael
1635-1724
Located in Madrid, ES
Compass with pocket sundial, with case. Bronze. BUTTERFIELD, Michael (1635-1724). Paris, circa 1700.
Pocket sundial made of engraved metal, with a gno...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Other
Vintage Whiting
Davis Evening Bag
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
A perfect elegant vintage American evening bag! All beaded by Whiting & Davis Co. - For You, now. With classic style and color, this vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America
s Top Car Designers
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
by C. Edson Armi.
This title provides in-depth examinations of the creative process behind more than 30 c...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Round Cobalt Blue Madonna and Child Hinged Trinket Box Limoges China
By Limoges
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful cobalt blue trinket box with a hinged lid. The top features a scene of the Madonna and Child, with a wreath of gold surrounding the edges. The body is decorated with gold floral accents. The lid is hinged in a bronze hue. The bottom is marked "Limoges China...
Category
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$262 Sale Price
25% Off
High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
High Style Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Softcover by Jan Glier Reeder.
256 pages
358 illustrations
New York Book Show Awards
Special Trade, General Award, Winner (2011)
Independent Publishers Book Awards, Silver Medal (2011)
Costume Society of America Millia Davenport Publication Award, Runner-Up (2011)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010 - 256 pages.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 5-Aug. 15, 2010, and at the Brooklyn Museum, May 7-Aug. 1, 2010.
High Style is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum's remarkable collection of costumes and accessories. This lavishly illustrated volume presents more than two hundred examples drawn from its nearly twenty-four thousand women's and men's garments, accessories, hats, and shoes. Brooklyn's collection was founded in 1903 to provide inspiration for America growing fashion industry.
Through its Department of Industrial Design, Design Lab, and Department of Costumes and Textiles, the Brooklyn Museum became one of the most important centers for the study of fashion. As a result, the holdings are rich in clothing by American designers and the great French couturiers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum is also fortunate to have assembled what is considered the definitive group of works by the great couturier Charles James.
Organized in chapters that represent the collection's strengths, High Style presents Brooklyn's masterworks and provides brief histories of how they were collected. Included are historical costumes from the 1760s to the 1890s; sumptuous gowns by Charles Frederick Worth; custom designs by the important French nineteenth-century couture houses; examples from the early twentieth-century houses, including those of Lanvin, Chanel, and Poiret; iconic Surrealist- based designs by Schiaparelli; the incomparable sculpted ball gowns of James of the 1940s and 1950s; ensembles from postwar phenomenon Dior, his successor, Saint Laurent, and Givenchy. American designers of the 1920s to the 1980s are well represented. Among the women are Valentina, McCardell, Cashin, and Maxwell; among the men, Mainbocher, Norell, Beene, and Halston. Augmenting this survey is a unique selection of regional costumes and historic French fashion...
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2010s American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Silver Mesh Bag, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver mesh bag in its color decorated with triangular elements on the bottom that has a smooth closure by hinges and a chain of alternating long and short li...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silver
Antique Mahogany Windlass Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary historical Nautical rope winding Ship's Windlass from the great age of exploration and commerce reinterpreted as a standing table. The windlass section is antique wi...
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19th Century Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Brass, Copper, Other
Giovanni Battista CRESPI, Episode from the life si S. Carlo Borromeo.
By Nicolas-André Monsiau
Located in Milano, IT
The work is a round framed painting made of gilded wood, with an angel above the frame cin center. The frame is all made with very elegant, curv...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Copper
$6,245 Sale Price
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1959 Vintage Miniature Christmas Tree with PrayAngel Gold Stand and Little Santa
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Cute miniature7” vintage Christmas tree with ornaments and paying angel on top. On a gold enamel stand. Small Santa in sledge.
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1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Acrylic
$192 Sale Price
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Early 19th Century Neoclassical Automaton Windmill Sewing Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rare early 19th century working automaton sewing box with hidden compartments for necessaries and sewing implements. Original handmade cloc...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Alabaster
Antique Napoleon III Period Oak and Silvered Bronze Tobacco Cabinet by Diehl
Located in London, GB
Crafted by the acclaimed cabinetmaker, Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885), this tobacco (humidor) cabinet is a truly exquisite piece of antique oak furniture...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Bronze
Norman Rockwell by Elizabeth Miles Montgomery Hardcover Oversized Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Norman Rockwell by Elizabeth Miles Montgomery Hardcover Oversized Book.
This is a Large Picture Book of Norman Rockwell's art, as presented in the Saturday Evening Post.
There are ov...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Texas a Salute from Above Fehrenbach, T. R 1985
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Texas a Salute from Above Fehrenbach, T. R 1985.
Title: Texas: A salute from above
Publisher: Brand: Texas Books, World Pub. Services, Inc.
Publication Date: 1st Edition 1985
Language ? : ? English
Hardcover ? : ? 280 pages
Binding: Hardcover large coffee table book.
A birds-eye view of the vast state of Texas: Mountains, cities, stadiums, plains, etc. in full color with text by T.R. Fehrenbach.
Look with new eyes upon Texas. Its sweeping diversity is seen from another perspective--the view from above.
Texas Books, 1985. First Ed.. Hardcover. History; Texas; The Trans-Pecos Region, The Panhandle, West, North, Central and East Texas...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
The Well-lived Life: One Hundred Years of House
Garden
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The Well-lived Life: One Hundred Years of House & Garden by Dominique Browning.
Assouline Publishing, Inc. 2008.
Large hardcover coffee table book.
Size: 12 1/8" x 9 1/2" x 1" 1/4.
House & Home - 238 pages.
Few magazines can lay claim to a century of history or to having published work by some extraordinary and distinguished photographers and writers as House & Garden. Now, straight from the pages of this well-loved periodical, The Well-Lived Life presents a lavish chronicle of a country and a culture coming into its own, documenting America's continuing education in matters of house, home and garden over the course of the 20th century. Selecting high points from the magazine, this book surveys the growing confidence and imagination reflected in American interiors and entertaining over the last century -the dinners, picnics and parties of a country dedicated to welcoming others- and the changing definition of home. It also illuminates the joys -sedentary or sporting- Americans have always found in the out-of-doors. The Well-Lived Life surveys the landscape of our lawns and gardens...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both the eye and the mind. From Dante's divine poetry to Petrarch's sonnets of love, an...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Animal Skin, Paper
Vintage Hand Painted Solid Wooden Carousel Horse Signed "30 Autumn"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hand Painted Solid Wooden Carousel Horse Signed "30 Autumn". Item features solid carved wood, long brass bar, nicely painted details, horse approx. 70 lbs, very nice vintage ...
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Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Brass
Pleyel Upright Piano Satinwood Neoclassical Inlay Fluted, Columnar Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1893, Pleyel upright piano with a satinwood cabinet.
Entire cabinet features intricate, Neocalssical style inlay. The front panels feature a symmetri...
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1890s French Antique Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Carved Wood Model of a Locomotive in Black Lacquered and Glass Case
Located in New York, NY
Carved Wood Model of a Locomotive showcased in a glazed and painted wood case. This intricately crafted piece captures the essence of a locomotive with stunning attention to detail. ...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Glass, Wood
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