Decorative Art

18th Century Playing Cards by David Weege, 1758 27 pieces of copper engraved playing cards, framed behind glass, made by David Weege 27 pi...

Practical size, wall display cabinet for medals, keys, pins etc. This beautifully designed and all handcrafted single door cabinet is as unique as you are and it can be used for al...

Pair of framed XL butterflies, Trogonoptera Brookiana or Ripon's Birdwing, from Malaysia. Professionally naturalized under a black box frame with anti-UV acrylic window, with CITES ...

Fantastic original Australian Daybill film poster for Stanley Kubrick's seminal sci-fi 2001 A Space Odyssey. Classic design softly illustrated in a ...

Antique portrait titled 'William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle'. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (c.?16 December 1593 – ...

We adore the deep, rich colours on this original Polish Circus / Cyrk poster from 1970, fantastic Horse Ringmaster design by Waldemar Swierzy. The ‘Cyrk” circus poster in Poland app...

This handmade decorative tile panel combines the traditional Portuguese faience tile making techniques with a modern approach of shapes and color, res...

V. HANON (unknown artist/maker) - 'Mother & Child' - Modernist enamel painting on copper panel - float mounted on wood panel - hanger to the back - country of origin unknown - mid 20...

Starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond in the classic You Only Live Twice. One of the most collectable poster formats. Fantastic poster for a fantastic film e...

Touring evening Through a COUNTRY and its CUISINE Good Remembrance Touring Evening. For several years, on the first or second Friday of the month of NOVEMBER, member restaurants have...

(1951- ). Oil on panel; 30" x 40". Thomas deDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landscapes and of the American Indian lifestyle are reminiscent of works by the masters of the Hudson River School. Thomas deDecker has won numerous state and national awards, including Artist of the Year 1986, and Outstanding Artist given by the CM Russell...

Majolica reticulated lilac plate signed Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890.

An Italian pair of beautifully carved and painted wood corbels from the 18th century. These antique decorative wall brackets from Italy each feature exquisite scrolling acanthus leav...

19th-Century Victorian Majolica sunflower plate, inspired by Wedgwood.

Original antique print of a Condor Vulture. Extracted from 'Das Buch der Welt' by Carl Hoffmann - **Publisher**: Carl Hoffmann - **Publication Locat...

A high quality and most decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze wall decor/plates. Each most elegant and octagonal shaped charger displays ...

19th Century Majolica flowers and butterfly plate Wasmuel.

Little friezes in gilded wood. They used to be thicker, same front and back, but someone made them thinner: he cuts them in half to obtain two. They were probably parts of a spark ar...

This original 18th century frame is silver gilded over copper. It is elaborately embossed and chiseled. The cartouche is surrounded by rocaille and volute motifs. The Carta is mounte...

Majolica Shell Dish Keller & Guerin Saint Clement Circa 1900. Decorated with a flower.  

Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typical 18th century Portugal set ...

Antique splendid French bronze d'oré coat of arms of city of Paris symbolizing resilience, "Tossed But Not Sunk" circa 1890-1900.

German Majolica leaf plate circa 1890.

Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950) Modern Eve (H., C. & I. 424), 1933. Etching, drypoint and aquatint with handcoloring on wove paper, signed in pencil, with the blindstamp of the arti...

This customizable Murano glass curtain in black, amethyst, clear, gray and aqua tints worked with avventurina, a contemporary work of art as a very decorative solution for a screen o...

Wonderfully inventive and contemporary design by Galova for the Czech poster for Disney's Mary Poppins, which some may even describe as supercalifragilisticexpialidociouse! Like the...

Persian Textile and Tile Patterns – Vibrant Oriental Motifs, Pl. XXIII Description: This richly colored decorative plate, titled "PERSAN" (Persian), Plate XXIII, is a striking celeb...

Fabulous map of Nevada Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.

Wooden barometer signed Burlinson Ripon made in the mid 19th century. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with weather indications and the name of the m...

This recent artwork from the w o o d p o p studio is an example of the type of modern marquetry that w o o d p o p is becoming synonymous with. Since its inception 10 years ago - the studio has specialised in marquetry and inlay work; meticulous art-forms where pieces of wood veneer are inlaid to create decorative designs or pictures. Emma Wood, who founded the studio 10 years ago in Wales' Black Mountains has gained a reputation for pairing this traditional art-form with contemporary subject matter and its application on to non-traditional surfaces. This "ATOMS OF THE UNIVERSE" artwork is inspired by the Platonic...

Vintage Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria A vintage chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) trophy mounted on a wooden carved plaque which features a handwritten inscription. The...

A wonderful 18th century Nevers polychrome plate featuring a striking hunting trophy. Hand painted in vibrant blue, yellow, green and aubergine with a decorated border on the scallop...

Rhine River & Tributaries Antique Map by Willem Blaeu, c.1640 This spectacular mid-seventeenth-century copper-engraved map, titled in Latin “Rhenus Fluvio...

Small original antique print with two skulls. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1790.

This unique brutalist wall relief was sculpted with bronzed resin over wood, in the style of Paul Evans, circa 1970s. Incredible textures and col...

Rare collector´s item. XXL size low rimmed stoneware dish by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in Denmark. It's made of chamotte clay which gives a rough and vivid surfa...

A striking Japonist wall clock crafted in dark carved wood, adorned with inlaid panels of deep green hardstone. The radiating fan-shaped structure is enriched with fantastical and my...

Black Forest Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Germany ca. 1960s A vintage roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque with carved oak leaves and acorns. The tro...

We love Frank McCarthy's design and colours on the French Grande film poster for You Only Live Twice. This first release from 1967 is super rare and is in fantastic condition. The ...

The Frameworks are created with the same technique as our wallcoverings and represent a unique artistic vision, which embellish the location where they are exhibited. This creation ...

1887 calendar prints mounted on solid Bamboo frames 1950s

Antique costume print titled 'Gardeners Wife of Rotterdam'. Old costume print depicting a gardeners wife of Rotterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Netherlands disp...

Vintage French Art Deco Le Verre Francais Glass Wall Sconce Covers, 1930s. This lovely pair of glass sconce covers date to the art deco period. Ad...

French Majolica bird & flower plate, Circa 1890.

Stunning sunset colored mid-century modern harbor and cityscape painting. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. The painting is heavily textured with impasto thick paint on...

Geometric Abstract Enamel on Copper in elaborate multi-layer stainless steel frame with black museum board and fabric matting ready to hang Enamel Art Work and Framing are not origi...

19th Century French Neo-Classical wall carving or over-door. With shaped concave sides and flora surround mould. The central panel featuring a carved figure of Minerva, flanked by f...

Robert Mapplethorpe Botanical Plate, Calla Lily, 1984 Made By Swid Powell The Robert Mapplethorpe porcelain plate depicts in black and white a Calla Lily made in 1984. It is lithographically printed porcelain based on Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs and made by Swid Powell. Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. He was concerned with Classical aspects of beauty, whether in his nudes, floral still life pictures, or self-portraits—light, shadow, composition, and form were central to all his work. Dimensions: 12 inches diameter x 1 inch height Reference: Annette Tapert, Swid Powell: Objects by Architects, New York, 1990, pp. 142-43 See: Examples from this series can be found in the MFAH, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Also see Yale University Art Gallery for an examples. Robert Mapplethorpe was born on November 4, 1946, in Floral Park...

Alfredo Barbini great plate Murano art glass black corroded copper green, 1980.

Wonderful first-year-of-release French Moyenne film poster for bonafide classic Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence of Arabia, undoubtedly one of the most celebrated epics in the history o...

Lansium Domesticum – Langsat Botanical Lithograph c.1863 This antique botanical print features Lansium domesticum, commonly known as langsat, lanzones, or buahluku. The lithograph beautifully illustrates a fruiting branch with clusters of round, pale yellowish-brown fruits hanging in groups beneath broad, glossy green leaves. The fruits, which grow directly from the woody stem, are shown both whole and in cross-section at the bottom of the print, revealing their translucent segmented flesh and seeds. The detailed scientific drawings provide additional clarity on the plant’s morphology, making this plate both decorative and educational. This print originates from Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l' Ile de Java peints d'après nature by Berthe Hoola Van Nooten...

18th Century French carnation plate , Manufacture of Sceaux. Border déchiqueté. Sceaux ceramics are presented at The Getty Museum and The MET. The ceramic manufactory at Sceaux, outs...

Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure. Decoration on gold leaf, plants. very stylish.

Handmade Vintage from the 1960s Materials: wool, cotton Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments. Width: 13 inches Height: 17 inches ...

Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.

Pair of circa 1950s English Montgolfier etchings with wood frames. Measurements: Height: 18.75" Width: 14.5" Depth: 1.5".

A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520) The circular canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame (all high quality gilt is original) which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting, circa 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Measures: Canvas height: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Canvas width: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Painting diameter: 28 1/4 inches (71.8 cm) Frame height: 57 7/8 inches (147 cm) Frame width: 45 1/2 inches (115.6 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm).   Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...

Lovely image by Beatrix Potter Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice " Possibly a 1st edition from 1904 The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...

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A French Louis XVI period painted and hand carved wooden boiseries panel from the late 18th century, with monogram, swag and fruit motifs. Born in France during the second half of the 18th century, this exquisite painted boiseries features a central monogram set inside an oval medallion, accented with a swag adorned with delicate fruits in its extremities. Ribbon-tied at the top, the carved panel charms us with its perfectly harmonious décor and soft color, framed with rais-de cœur motifs. Hung anywhere in a room, perhaps above a chest-of-drawers, side table or credenza, this Louis XVI 18th century painted...