Hand-Crafted Wall Decorations

4 Spanish Renaissance style (16th Cent) parchment music manuscript leaves from a choir book (Gradual) in burl wood frames (PRICED EACH)

originale quadro composizione di pesci fantasiosi in ceramica fatta e decorata a mano posti su un supporto di legno con cornice. peso totale circa kg 2 tutti i pezzi che compongono l...

Claes Thell (Swedish, 1943-2019) was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists of the 20th /21st Century. He worked as a ceramicist at the Hoganas factory before starting his own studio where he gained recognition as an artist who experimented with both shapes and glazes leading to unique stoneware pieces. Examples of his work are in the National Museum in Stockholm. An unusual modernist Swedish ceramic wall...

A French vintage watercolor on paper portrait of a lady with an arresting stare, signed by the artist. Surrounded by a mat board, protective...

Beautiful reproduction of the most famous illustration made by Giovanni Battista Leonetti ("Giov Batta Leonetti incise Roma") depicting the bust of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus. This extra large print...

These Christmas Stockings were made from mid 20th C. Perde Cover Fragments. Please note these were made from vintage Perde fragments.

The Mahogany Coat Rack Shelf by Niagara Furniture is a great accessory that is both useful and decorative. Created from the finest mahogany solids and ...

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 6 Colibri's, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applie...

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 3 Cockatoos: Le Kakatoes a Huppe Rouge, Le Kakatoes a Huppe Jaune and Le Kakatoes a Huppe Blanche. Also 1 s...

Vintage Italian architectural mixed media drawing on paper - indistinctly signed & dated lower right - unframed - Italy - circa 1984. Good vintage condition - minor paper loss to b...

Exquisite Japanese contemporary hand-crafted oshie wall decorative art piece in stunning red, white, orange and gold depicting a dramatic scene from Renjishi, one of the most popular...

Elegant hand-watercoloured black silhouette print representing "Amaryllis Aurea", printed on aged paper and accompanied by a beautiful frame made of mirrors and black-painted wood. ...

An impressive ceramic wall sculpture ”Brittle Moment” made by Pekka Paikkari in 2015. Featuring a beautiful and unique design, in which the artists imagination is combined with a cre...

Painted canvas with selenite sunrays and a chalcedony rosette center. The selenite sunray detail is created using selenite -- single, prismatic crystals from Morocco that were forme...

Georges Rouault, 'Sunt Lacrimae Rerum..." from the Miserere Series, executed between 1917-23 and published in 1948. Old hand written label on back reads: "Sunt LaCrimne Rarum" An original engraving by G.Rouault signed...

One of two beautiful rinascimental woman profile print with black background, framed by a delicate taupe passpartout and a round black frame. Each print is entirely printed in Ital...

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 7 Parakeets: La Perruche aux ailes noires, La Perruche a collier, La Perruche aux ails variees, La Perruc...

A stunning hand-crafted belt featuring a beautiful turquoise stone. This very decorative native belt attributed to the Shinnecock People of the United States of America would look wo...

This hand-crafted cork work shows a romantic scene of Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight in a charming diorama. The castle is perched atop a mountain complete with a long prot...

One of two etching printed ancient profile print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and enhanced with a square frame made of mirrors and gilded with gouache and burnished with a s...

An authentic perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of four Ducks, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied ...

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 4 Teals on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied egg...

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 4 birds: Le Sinciulo [French], and 3 Parakeets. These are La Perruche de L'Isle de Lucon, La Perruche a Mou...

Catherine Young Bates R.C.A. (b.1934 Canadian) - 'Oxford Garden Sheds - 7/20' - Vintage single color linocut print on hand made paper - signed lower right ...

Print from the Collection Botanique Black and White representing Aloe, with a beautiful wooden frame enriched with a jute passpartout, which brings out colors and sumatute of waterco...

Ryusai Shigeharu (????/???? 1802–1853) - 'Matsumoto Kinsho II' (Japanese Kabuki Actor) - Antique woodblock print - single print (not part of a ...

ANCHOR PENELOPE - 'Peony' - Vintage floral needlepoint tapestry - 100% wool - vertical or horizontal placement - padded and mounted to a Mas...

This is a 1930s Modern-style English painting, ink on paper, that has been more recently preserved in a silver gilt frame and protective glass. What was once a wallpaper sample of a ...

Rare extra-large (cm 59 x 85) antique watercolour of capital from a collection of architectural details of Florence monuments painted in Italy in the middle of 19th Century. Black ma...

Bauhaus trained artist Paul Citroen (1896-1983) is famous for his graphic works and photographs. This work is beautifully simple and delicate. It’s depicting a sitting clown, but ...

A wonderful and rare pair of circa 1815 English regency "boulle work" or "buhl work" still life pictures, the parcel-gilt black lacquered cove-mold frames of rectangular form having ...

Carved relief on white Carrara marble representing the Capitoline She-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Iconic image of the city of Rome, surmounting the inscription "SPQR,"...

Very original reproductions of decorative vases from important English mansions, printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umb...

Very original reproductions of decorative vases from important English mansions, printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umb...

An antique French rustic Orangerie framed wall mirror with an arched sunburst top in wood, original mirror glass in good condition. Minor fading, due to age. Wear consistent with age...

Very original reproductions of decorative vases from important English mansions, printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umb...

Very original reproductions of decorative vases from important English mansions, printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umb...

Modern Gouache Painting, Female Nude on Canvas, France, 1970s. Beautiful gouache painting on linen-covered cardboard. Depicts a reclining nude woman skillfully rendered with soft, ...

Large and eye-catching wall chart with fantastic graphics, featuring a pigeon which was used for educational purposes. Great artwork to add to existing collection of this well known ...

Large original gelatin silver print photograph of a sculptor w/ stone marble sculpture of mother and child. Set in a beautiful period silver gilt wood frame w/ mat and glass. Circa 1...

"Butterflies an Roses" are a very valuable botanical handcrafted prints, made on a special cotton paper. The technique of printing on silver leaf is our reinterpretation of an ancien...

Beautiful hand forged copper sculpture of a lovely girl , artistically hand painted with the original nice outside weathered patina . Will be great as indoor decoration , or outdoor , will not rust. There is no signature on the sculpture, although we Google photo...

An antique set of two bas relief medallions depicting Italian philosophers from the estate of a Diplomat family found in southern Italy, in good condition. Made of Plaster of Paris w...

This a Sevres Porcelain Portrait Wood Wall Plaque. It depicts a hand carved large gilt wood plaque shaped as a quatrefoile shield. The center...

Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in the 20th century. He worked at the Höganäs factory in his early years before opening his own studio in the ...

Elegant hand-watercoloured shell printed on aged paper and accompanied by a beautiful frame made of black mirrors and silver-painted wood. This botanical style print is available in...

Raku ceramic plate by Emilio Alberti. Good condition. Thanks

This fantastic collection of 9 sketches were most likely composed in a figure study art class in France during the 20th century. Drawn with pencil on ...

Magnificent solid wood bas-relief Greco-Roman mythological scene, 20th c

Elegant hand-watercoloured shell made by engraving on silver leaf, printed on aged paper and accompanied by a beautiful frame made of black mirrors and silver-painted wood. This bot...

This playful antique Dutch painting is perfect for many interiors. Titled modest maidens, 1866.

LOUIS ÉTIENNE DAUPHIN (1885-1926) - Untitled (Village with Windmill) - Post Impressionist fine art color copperplate engraving - signed lower right - unframed - France - circa 1920. ...

Perfect for a signature wall or a complete room this fun wallpaper has done nothing but make us smile, encapsulating the personality of the man behind the brand. This marbled wallp...

An original wallpaper strike off from England in the 1930’s has recently been framed. The new frame is carved and scalloped in an ebonized finish and new protective glass. The mat bo...

1999 Earthman, Spector Gallery, show announcement silk screened artwork, Philadelphia, PA by Jim Houser. Measures: W 12 x H 18 in. Shipped unframed.

Framed contemporary textile artwork in a soft palette of blush and ivory. The composition features fluid, abstract forms with a balance of movement and restraint reminiscent of Kelly...

A 2003 print by the renown photographer and visual artist Christopher Makos. It depicts two images, one of Andy Warhol wrapped in an American flag, the second of a topless male torso...

Extra large Roman vase printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umber highlights, and matte black details. Light brown mat...

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist and is dated 1936 on the rear. Overall frame Size approximately 28″ wide x 2″ deep x 22″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving from Kenya Province, S. Africa.” In 1953, Pfoutz was installed as President of the Lancaster County Art Association. A. Z. Kruse, New York City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn College and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, Manhattan, was the guest speaker. In January of 1953, thirty-five Pfoutz oils were exhibited at the Old Custom House in Philadelphia, PA under the sponsorship of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation. Several Lancaster County landscapes and covered bridges were included as well as Katy, a Pennsylvania Dutch scene. Symbolic paintings included End of the Second Day, the artist’s visualization of the second coming of Christ, and Twilight, typifying the grief of mothers of all lands for sons lost in battle. In June of 1953, a Pfoutz oil made history in Lancaster. From the Lancaster New Era: “For the first in local art history, a painting has been withdrawn from an exhibition because of objections from viewers and hostesses serving at the show. The painting, Jeune Fille, a standing nude done by Pfoutz, was one of the paintings in the annual spring exhibition of the Art Association and had become the center of the controversy. Pfoutz said he took the painting down… ‘graciously but reluctantly.’ ‘From an artistic standpoint, there is nothing offensive about the painting,’ Pfoutz said. ‘This community just wants its nudes with clothes on.’ “It is most brilliant in color, and because it is so brilliant I thought it would make a nice lively spot for the show. This is the first time I’ve had to take a picture off the walls. I substituted a seascape for it.’ Pfoutz said he felt the painting brought a lot of viewers to the show because it was so controversial. It had never been exhibited before. ‘If this had been shown in a metropolitan city,’ he commented, ‘people wouldn’t have given it a second glance. But the viewpoint here is more conservative, even though I don’t think moderns would have minded.’ He said he felt the painting was neither ‘objectionable nor pornographic,’ but had complied with the wishes of fellow members of the Art Association who telephoned him to relay the protests they had received. The art controversy was the first to arise here publicly since the showing of Amish Grandmother, an oil by William Gropper which was part of the Gimbel Pennsylvania exhibit at the Griest Building several years ago. — Numerous viewers of Amish Grandmother, [a painting showing an Amish woman holding a white goose], expressed themselves quite vocally, calling it an affront to the Plain Folk. But it stayed on exhibit throughout the length of the Gimbel show. Pfoutz expressed no rancor, implying that if Gropper could take it so could he.” After his death, there were several shows of Pfoutz’ work organized by his son J. Earle, Jr. J. Earle, Jr. also saw to it that President Eisenhower would receive an oil called The Cow’s Path. The president first saw the painting in 1950 when, as president of Columbia University, he visited Lancaster to address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College. After his address was over, the then Gen. Eisenhower stopped at the Fackenthal Library on the campus to view an exhibition of Pfoutz’s paintings. The Cow’s Path intrigued him. For some time, as his aides fumed to get him back on his time schedule, Eisenhower and Pfoutz talked, as artist to artist. Prior to his death, Pfoutz requested that The Cow’s Path be given to the President if he wanted it. The painting was presented to Ike at the White House in November of 1959. Mrs. Eisenhower owned a Pfoutz painting titled, In the Manor. Though house painting was his livelihood, he worked for Millersville State Teachers College (now a university) for a time during World War II, and called himself “the Chimney Sweep of MSTC.” During that period he knocked out a dizzying canvas in the surrealist style (he thought it was terrible) and got into the campus newspaper when one of the students spotted it. Earle Pfoutz was not the humble, downtrodden artist, not the Douanier Rousseau type at all. As he developed his skill and style through the years, he also fashioned a resilient confidence in himself as an artist. Whether he was building his own home (he built two) or painting one for somebody else, he never lost faith in his ultimate recognition—though he was never sure he would live to see it. Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old Safe...

I corresponded with Don in Kansas City and he identified it as his work from the early 80's. He shifted to furniture making in the 90's and has prominently exhibited at the Grovewood Gallery at the Grove Park...