Early 20th Century Wall Decorations

A rare, domed, black, white and red enameled Art Nouveau advertising plate designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1905 for Wiener Werkstätte. The Wiener Werkstätte, founded by Josef Hoffmann,...

Shoowa Prestige Cloth D.R.Congo, Kuba (Shoowa) People Mid 20th century Raffia, natural dyes, cut pile embroidery 61 x 53.5 cm (24″ x 21”) Provenance: Pierre Loos Collection, Bru...

Painted by the renowned muralist, Barry Faulkner, in 1929 for the ceiling of the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford, Connecticut, this remarkable Art Deco study depicts Canes Venatici, or the Herdsman holding two hounds, Asterion and Chara, by the leash as they chase Ursa Major around the Pole. The overall theme of the ceiling mural is "Drama" and it is reputed to be the largest and most ambitious in America, featuring the allegorical figure of Drama surrounded by the constellations and the Zodiac, as well as modern symbols of America including Al Jolson...

oil painting, Oswald Grill, portrait, 1924, signed and dated The Viennese painter Oswald Grill studied at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna School of Arts and Crafts) and at the...

A unique photograph album in original grey card wrappers with the Ruhlmann name embossed on the front and the name of the client Monsieur Molinie also...

Wonderful image by Arthur Rackham. It is one of the illustrations for Wagner's " The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie " Tipped in plate. On card Lithograph. Published 1910 The measurem...

Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947) Wagtail & Chrysanthemum Early 20th century Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf. Sign: Koyo Seal: Koyo This ...

After Pablo Picasso ''Nature Morte a la Tete Antique'' (Still Life with an Antique Head) 1930s Screenprint 52 x 40cm Sheet. Done after a painting executed in 1925 and published by Ma...

77024, this opulent antique Turkish silk and gold Hereke tapestry with flower of the seven mountains. Featuring a central medallion of cinnamon-red floating in a cut out medallion of...

Jugendstil Brass Relief with floral motiv brass original patina around 1908 Original condition Original patina

One of the most iconic poster designs of the 20th century by one of the most revered poster artists. Founded in 1836 Cognac Pellisson is a French Liquour company that continues to today. Here the poster promoting the brand depicts a woman carrying an oversized barrel of the cognac in typical humour. This beautiful poster for the French brandy...

Pair of Reliefs, "Allegory of Sappho", Georg Klimt (1867 - 1931), patinated copper, ca. 1900, Jugendstil, Vienna, Secessionist Art, Art Nouveau Georg Klimt's excellent craftsmanshi...

Antique French Victorian Glass Beaded Purple Flower Casket Wreath Wall Art Sculpture (A). Item was hand beaded in France with glass beads and impressive flower detail, very nice anti...

A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved two-tone gilt wood, gilt-patinated and gesso frame, 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 Painting diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 55 1/8 inches (140 cm) Frame width: 46 inches (116.8 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...

Hand-painted Faenza ceramic wall shelf, made in the early 20th century Ø cm 19 Ø cm 14 h cm 21 Antique ceramic shelves are fascinating objects that combine functionality with the ...

This is a very rare and iconic piece of early advertising, branding the Walter Baker Chocolate Company and standing over 4 feet tall. Much history surroun...

Art Deco metal embossed pewter panel sculpture representing a naked boy with eagle, signed by Foma.

Hans Zatzka Vienna 1859 - 1945 Vienna Children's Delights Oil on canvas Measures: 69 x 55 cm, with frame 80 x 65 cm Signed lower right...

A charming pair of antique French faience Quimper plates, circa 1920. Maker's mark on front and reverse. These collectible hand painted plates feature the classic Breton man smoking ...

Great map of Israel Original color. Good condition Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.

A period hand woven horizontal rectangles in two yellows and off white in a strict 'implied verticals' geometric Bauhaus or Black Mountain Design. Approximately 26 x 25.75 x 3/8".

On offer is a Navajo chief blanket of the third phase circa 1895-1920s. The chief blanket is the highest achievement of the Navajo textile develop...

Original antique Cunard poster for their Europe America transatlantic cruise travel route featuring stunning artwork by Odin Rosenvinge (1880-1957) of the four-funneled ocean liner R...

This is a woven bamboo basket made in Japan from the Meiji to Taisho periods (1868-1920). I don't know if the baskets actually used by farmers were repurposed as flower vases, or if ...

Large and impressive, this bronze bas relief rondel depicts a nude St. George on his valiant horse, spearing a fearsome dragon below. The relief is bold and expressive, and the bron...

A very fine early 20th century Italian “japoneserie” painted and parcel-gilt Boiserie panels with a black painted canvas insert. Modular panels create a complete room with an amazin...

Bring a sense of countryside tradition into your space with this dynamic French hunting scene. Painted circa 1920 and signed lower left by M. Pol, the oil on canvas is titled “La Vén...

Original antique oil on canvas painting from 1920 by artist K. Hjorth with motive from Norway. The painting is titled “Stavern Citadellöya”, the Stavern Fortress located on the Islan...

Great image of plums Lithograph with original color. Published, circa 1900 Unframed.  

This original Art-Deco champagne poster from 1926 exudes elegance! Created by J Stall, this poster has beautiful detailing and is a example of true Ar...

ERROR IN LISTING: This listing is for ONE Painting, we are trying to fix this currently. Stunning Continental View possibly Venice, Italy. Watercolour on Artists board, first quarter of the Twentieth Century. Allthough not signed this beautiful Watercolour is firmly attributed to the work of English Artist Harold Hitchcock, who did not always add signature. Depicting Mountainous and Landscape views with three ladies...

This is a stylish original watercolor still life flower drawing estimated to be from the 1920s. The flowers are painted in shades of white and pale blue with green leaves. The drawi...

Original antique World War One recruitment poster - Britishers You're Needed Come Across Now - featuring an image on a globe map depicting a ...

Dimensions: Height: 9 1/4 in Width: 5 3/4 in Depth: 3/4 in This vintage pair of Pietra Dura framed plaques is bound to bring a sense of sophisticat...

Pair of Antique Rose Chromolithographs by Parsons & Willmott, 1914 This striking pair of chromolithographs originates from Ellen Ann Willmott’s monumental work 'The Genus Rosa' (1910–1914), illustrated by Alfred Parsons...

Original antique equestrian sport poster for horse racing featuring an illustration of jockeys riding horses jumping over a fence and water by the painter Albert Mantelet (Albert Man...

At once functional and decorative, Chinese lattice windows allowed fresh air and light into a room while still maintaining privacy. Assembled by interlocking narrow rods of carved pi...

Handcrafted and rare Arts & Crafts wall cabinet with working lock and key. A beautifully handcrafted Arts & Crafts oak wall cabinet, dating from the early 20th century, originally d...

Original antique poster for the Ligue Maritime Francais / French Maritime League featuring a warship firing guns at sea and an ocean liner cruise ship with the benefits of both liste...

Pair of Art Deco engravings circa 1925. Elegant with a hat by Jean Hardy. Original carved wooden frame. In very good condition. Height: 58.5 cm Width: 48 c...

Porcelain Oyster Botanical Plate Limoges, circa 1900.

A lovely little shelf made of hand carved wood, made in the black forest area in Germany. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. It is not marked. A nice addition to your col...

Oil on panel a horse in front of a stable or a farm

A large 19th century oil on canvas Bacchante group depicting two allegorical young semi-nude maidens dancing with pan, attributed to Leopold Schmutzler...

A rare, domed, black, white & blue enameled Art Nouveau advertising plate. Designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1905 for Wiener Werkstatte (founded by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and Frit...

Antique oil on board painting by James Joshua Guthrie (1874-1952). An extremely romantic image depicting various figures of different ages walking a path through the woods at sunset...

Aubusson - Vintage silk and wool floral tapestry - mounted to the original stretcher along the edges - unframed - signed lower right - France - early/mid 20th century. Good vintag...

This signed etching of Bowling Green Park was done by Anton Schutz. It is dated 1927. It depicts a bustling scene in the Financial District of Lower Manh...

Original vintage postal services advertising poster - Courrier Postal Aerien de Nuit Bruxelles Londres / Night Airmail Brussels London - featuring a great Art Deco design showing a red plane lit up by two bright searchlights shining from Bruxelle Brussel and Londres Londen in the corners below, the logo of a crown over a red lion in a post horn...

Great image of the solar system Unframed. Chromo-lithograph Published, C.1900 The measurement is the paper size of the print Free shipping.

A Swiss Black Forest hand carved wooden buck head wall sculpture from the turn of the century, with shield plate. Born in the early years of the 20th century...

Extremely Rare Original Bugatti Poster "Automobiles and Railcars" Printed in 1935. Provenance: the seller of the goods had a long association with Bugatti Trust R. GERI (20th Centu...

Wonderful image by Edmund Dulac Tipped in plate onto paper Lithograph. Published C.1930 The measurement given is the paper size not the actual coloured printed image. Free ship...

A Pair of French Oil on Canvas Marie Adelaide Of France As Diana And Henriette Of France As Flora, after the originals by Jean-marc Nattier (French 1685-1766). Marie-Adelaide (1732-1800), depicted as a seated Diana, was the third daughter of Louis XV, the original work by Nattier is currently on display at the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Henriette Of France, depicted as a seated Flora. Henriette was also considered the favorite daughter...

Orientalist Painting Wall Art Arab Market Scene Dutch G. Huijsser Antique Frame. Very nice oil on cardboard by Gerard Huijsser, Dutch painter, depicting a gathering of people in a or...

This French Art Deco Charger, by Claudius Linossier, was created using the technique known as dinanderie, which involved decorating hammering out copper vessels to produce subtle but beautiful gradations of color. The charger features a Maenad, a female follower of Dionysus. During the orgiastic rites of Dionysus, maenads roamed the mountains possessed by the god, performing frenzied, ecstatic dances. These Maenads were often depicted on attic pottery...

This is an early 20th century pencil drawing of a classical bust. This drawing is presented in a hand carved vintage French cocoa inspired frame. This pencil drawing is an artist stu...

Gorgeous poster from 1925 advertising "France Sport Cycles". Depicting 3 cyclists on their various bicycle frame models in a countryside scene, the poste...

This is a KPM style hand painted plaque of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The bright colors of her robes highlight her porcelain skin. Sh...

A Japanese festival kimono expertly mounted and displayed in a large acrylic shadow box. This impressive ceremonial garment circa late 19th-early 20th century was made from a thick l...