All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1950 item #365522 (stock #WA020)
Refurbished French Leather Club Chairs - Petite Rollback Pair
This sweet, simple petite pair in light caramel with brown piping can still accommodate many sizes. Color variation & unusual knobby leather resemble ostrich leather. Perfect for a smaller apartment. Circa 1940’s.
Dimensions: 30” wide, 35” deep, 32” high
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1950 item #365359 (stock #WA010)
Refurbished French Leather Club Chairs - Daniel's Caramel Rollback Pair
A classic club model fully refurbished with a dark amber hue. Thick, supple arms and a deeper pitched rake is typical of the rollback style. Circa late 1940’s.
Dimensions: 34” wide, 34” deep, 32”
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1960 item #437349 (stock #WA032)
This sumptuous salon set is in near perfect condition. Built in the mid 1950’s, it has all original leather in a dark, rich caramel color. The elegant crown backs & graceful flowing arms make this pair of chairs & matching 3-seat couch irresistible. Dimensions: Couch 80” long, 36” deep, 35” high Chairs 36”wide, 35” deep, 33” high
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1940 item #490418 (stock #WA053)
Wow, you almost have to see this refurbished pair to believe. They command attention with their giant rolled arms and curved backs. We chose black piping and a light caramel color to highlight the style of this amazing pair. Recovered in winter sheepskin, which tends to have more character in the leather, there is a rich texture & uniqueness to these chairs. Circa 1930's originally, they are now instant heirlooms. Dimensions: 42" wide, 39" deep, 34" high, 24" seat depth
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1940 item #365509 (stock #WA016)
Refurbished French Leather Club Chairs - Giant Caramel Moustache Pair
A massive, sumptuous pair of refurbished club chairs. Vibrant caramel with matching piping allow the opulent characteristics of these rare giant moustache club chairs to shine. Circa 1930’s.
Dimensions: 44” wide, 38” deep, 30” high
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1970 item #440837 (stock #WA046)
This pair is a first for us – a late 1960’s pair of French Club chairs refurbished in a soft, black leather. Super comfortable, modern style. This season, black is the new black! Dimensions; 37” wide, 33” deep, 32” high
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1940 item #272100 (stock #R024)
This delightful set of puzzle blocks, circa 1920-30's, has all of its original paper pictures. Purchased in France, the box measures 11-1/4" x 8-1/4". Normal wear from age & use, the strongman picture is torn in the bottom corner & has been taped back together, overall in wonderful condition. The blocks measure approx 1-3/4" square...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1940 item #188262 (stock #R013)
This adorable wooden pull-toy circa 1930's features two painted wood elephants playing ball over a fence. Their trucks lift up & down when a lever underneath moves - unfortunately just pulling the toy does not make them move anymore. Normal wear from age & use, the striped celluloid ball between them is cracked has a hole on one side. Still quite a charmer! Measures approx. 15" long x 5" wide x 8" tall.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1940 item #269151 (stock #ADD01)
Super charming tabletop croquet game from France circa 1920's-30's with wonderful patina on the wooden mallets, balls & stake. Set includes the stake, six balls, six mallets & eight hoops. Balls measure approximately 1-1/2" in diameter, mallets are 12" long & hoops are 2-1/2" high by 4" at widest.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1940 item #187157 (stock #R012)
This delightful wooden box contains 24 six-sided alphabet cubes with letters, numbers & adorable pictures with French vocabulary words. Circa 1920's-30's, there is an artist's mark on the cover: J Roux. This set is in good to fair condition - the wooden box has seen better days, the clasp is missing & the decoration has worn off some of the blocks but nothing to detract from the charm of this educational toy. Box measures 11" x 7-3/4"x 2". Cubes measure 1-1/2".
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1960 item #272101 (stock #ADD02)
Adorable tin litho toy cup from France, circa 1950's. Colorful graphics of a boy waterskiing & another boy in a boat. Minor scratches, light wear from age & use, but nothing to detract from the charm of this vintage toy. Measures 2-1/4" diameter, 2-1/2" high.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1950 item #351659 (stock #R035)
This adorable stuffed donkey has the softest mohair fur & a very goofy face. With articulating arms & legs, vinyl pads on the bottoms of his feet & a red vinyl mouth, he is quite an original. There are a few small areas where fur has been loved off along the seams and one ear is loose, but he is very clean & in overall good shape. I think he may have had another stripe of red yarn along his head, but he is still a cutie...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1930 item #185166 (stock #R009)
This adorable set of puzzle blocks, circa 1910-20's, has all of its original paper pictures as well as a postcard wishing the first owner a happy birthday. Purchased in France, the box measures 6-1/2" x 8-1/4" and although split along the front, it is still intact. The blocks measure a little more than 1-1/4" square...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1970 item #373197 (stock #WA030)
Rare & unusual "Monzini" foosball game. Apparently a period copy-cat of the famous "Bonzini", this manufacturer cast their name in the chest of every hand-painted player. Same solid construction as the Bonzini with linoleum playing field and chromed telescoping control rods. Excellent overall condition. Circa late 1960's.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1940 item #349779 (stock #R031)
This vintage wooden doll bed comes complete with original mattress & pillows & appears to be homemade. The mattress & bolster pillow are covered in an adorable fabric & stuffed with straw. The two end pillows are a satiny fabric & are stuffed with old down feathers. The bed itself is made of bent wood & has a wonderful patina to the blue & gray paint. There is some staining on all of the fabric & definite wear from age & use on the wood...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Numismatics : Pre AD 1000 item #625560 (stock #COIN-001)
This coin is from the Warring States period and is known as a "Square Foot Spade" coin. Size: H. 5cm W. 2.8cm. Condition: No repairs, very fine.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Numismatics : Pre 1492 item #671454 (stock #COIN-003a)
A very fine large Song bronze coin with four characters. Can be used as a pendant. Size: Diameter: 4.2cm. Condition: A very fine piece.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Numismatics : Pre AD 1000 item #672241 (stock #COIN-003)
Assortment of Han coins. Sizes: Diameter; Largest 3cm. Smallest. 2.3cm.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Numismatics : Pre 1492 item #672597 (stock #COIN-004)
Two Song coins. Can be used as pendants. Size: 3.5cm. 3.6cm. respectively.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Americas : South American : Pre 1910 item #1014168 (stock #ZMisc152)
Mate is a traditional South American infused drink prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate. This traditional antique tea straw or more accurately, mate straw is called a Bombilla. Both the straw and its matching mate container were made by the Industria Mamboreta of Argentina. The mate container is a gourd decorated with a hammered silver bottom and a wide silver rim. The silver has a deeply etched floral design with highlighted gold tones at the center of the flowers...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #1000972 (stock #322)
A Beautiful original oil painting Robert William Wood of a Texas landscape with bluebonnet flowers and old homestead and oak trees. Oil on canvas measuring approx. 25x30 inches. Condition is excellent the canvas has been relined due to age cracking overall a fine example of this artists work ready to hang. Biography A painter of realistic landscapes reflecting a vanishing wilderness in America, Robert Wood (not to be confused with Robert E...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #1022515 (stock #339)
An original oil depicting a Brigantine Ship sailing ship off the coast with other vessels and a lighthouse. Oil in board signed lower left in an original arts and crafts era frame. Measuring approx. 10 x 16 inches in excellent condition. A fine example of this artists work. Biography C. Myron Clark (1858-1925) was a painter of mountain landscapes in oil and watercolor, as well as ships (USS Constitution, 1906; Frigate in Tow)...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #656884 (stock #40E29 31)
Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978), oil on canvas board, signed lower right. Titled and dated in Gruppe's hand on the verso,"Mount Mansfield, Vermont, 1947." A vibrant spring scene with traces of lingering winter snow. Excellent condition. Size: 12 inches x 16 inches.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #745895 (stock #38B20 317)
"Deserted Station" watercolor painting by Frederick Clay Bartlett, Jr. (American, 1907-1955). Signed lower right and dated Sept. 1942. Clay Bartlett was a Vermont artist with a residence in Manchester, VT. He was a member of the Southern Vermont Artists from 1934-1951. This painting depicts an abandoned railway station with its shutters closed and with a stationary train on the adjacent tracks. Size: 13" x 19" (sight). Excellent condition.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1980 item #767903 (stock #38B20 323)
"Drake's Well" by Vincent Maragliotti (Italian/American, 1888-1978). Signed lower right and dated 1976. Oil on artist board. Size: 22" x 24", and offered in a modern gilt frame. This unusual painting was commissioned for Pennsylvania's Bicentennial exhibition, celebrating its historical events. Edwin Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859, in Titusville, PA, thus creating the future of oil prospecting...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #1296585 (stock #691)
Oil painting landscape with a creek. Signed lower right "Frederick Wagner" (1864-1940), a renowned American Impressionist who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1879 to 1884. He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy, the Carnegie, and the Corcoran, as well as the National Academy of Design. Image, 6"H x 8"L. Framed in period frame overall size 10" x 12". Written provenance directly from the artist accompanies this painting.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #719353 (stock #40E29)
"Afternoon Birches" autumnal landscape painting by Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978), oil on canvas, circa. 1950s. This colorful and warm northern Vermont scene was probably painted near Jeffersonville, VT. It is titled and signed at the top of the stretcher and also signed in the lower right, Emile A. Gruppe. The painting is in excellent original condition with no in-painting or repairs and is offered in what is probably the original frame. Canvas size: 24" x 20".
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #1140997 (stock #508)
An original conte crayon drawing of a male nude by Couse framed in a quality 24k gold leaf frame. Provenance the estate of the artist with estate stamp on the reverse. Eanger Irving Couse (1866–1936) was an American artist and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1980 item #1066995 (stock #412)
A fine epic size original oil by this renowned artist measuring 24 x 40 oil on canvas signed lower right in excellent condition.

Biography

Alexander Dzigurski traveled widely in the United States , painting in the Rocky Mountains, Grand Tetons, Glacier National Park, New England and along the coasts. Dzigurski started his career in his native Yugoslavia by decorating the interior of churches, which he continued in the U.S. after he and his family had fled from Tito's communist regime ...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #1056806 (stock #390)
Original oil on canvas of cattle in a landscape signed lower left in excellent condition measuring 32 x 36 inches. Provenance: The Closson Art Galleries Cincinnati Ohio

Biography

Thomas Corwin Lindsay, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was a well-known painter of landscapes, animal subjects and occasional portraits. He studied in Dusseldorf, Germany, in the 1860s, but lived and worked most of his life in his native city where he opened a studio in 1856 or 1857. He taught several pupils from his ...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #519262 (stock #180)
James Everett Stuart sunset glow Mt. Hood Oregon from near Portland. Oil on canvas signed lower left and dated Jan 11, 1917 signed and titled priced and dated on reverse. A fine example of this highly regarded American artists work measuring 12x18 inches in good all original condition some minor age cracking framed in a contemporary gallery frame measuring overall 20x26. A fine example of this great American artists work.

A painting Sunset Glow Mt. Hood sold for $12,000 at Santa Fe Art auctio...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #1117374 (stock #490)
An original oil on board by Alexander Nepote signed lower right and signed and titled on the reverse "River Edge" Milbre Ca. 1959 measuring approx. 24 x 30 inches image size.

Biography

A painter known for mixed-media abstractions, Alexander Nepote was born on a ranch in California near Stockton. He studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, at Mills College, and at the University of California from where he received a Master's Degree. From 1945 to 1950, he was Dean o...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #1104268 (stock #469)
A fine original Oil painting on canvas board signed lower right by Professor Starcce. Sailing boats in harbor in original frame.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1106752 (stock #471)
A fine original oil painting on board 18 x 26 inches signed lower left J.W. Curtis and dated 1893. A scene of the Australian blue mountains and the famous three sisters mountain. excellent condition. A fine example of this important Australian artists work. Known for his paintings in black and white which he exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts, in the 1880s.

Biography

James Waltham Curtis (1839-1901) was an eminent Australian colonial artist whose work lives on as a tribute to Au...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #470697 (stock #078)
Bruce Crane impressionist landscape oil on art board signed lower left Bruce Crane N.A. measuring 8x6 inches framed in a custom carved and gilt finished frame overall size 11x 9 inches. A beautiful gem of a painting by this highly regarded American impressionist painter would be a fine addition to any collection.

Biography

A popular landscape painter, especially of golden toned landscapes that conveyed fall and winter seasons, Bruce Crane was strongly influenced by the French Barbizon schoo...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1233032 (stock #10459)
August Carl Vilhelm Thomsen (Danish 1813-1886)

Young Busker With His Monkey

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right

Painting Size: 24.5” x 20”
Frame Size: 35 ” x 30.25”

Thomsen was an artist adept at painting many different subjects: landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, mythological subjects and religious scenes. He was a student at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Copenhagen. He painted numerous altar pieces for the churches of Copenhagen as well as the...