1930s Decorative Art

A collection of artistic illustrations featuring vintage furniture and accessories, including quilts, armchairs, card cases, and rocking chairs, showcasing intricate designs.

Melita Hofmann, Box, 1935 1942 Box

Edmond W Brown, Patchwork Quilt, c 1936 Patchwork Quilt

Armchair. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.7 x 22.7 cm (11 5/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rolland Livingstone.

Melita Hofmann, Card Case, c 1936 Card Case

John Cutting, Rocking Chair, c 1936 Rocking Chair

Eugene Barrell, Tie Pin, c 1936 Tie Pin

Two Low Tables with Ornamental Objects 19th century Anonymous, Chinese, 19th century Chinese. Two Low Tables with Ornamental Objects. Anonymous, Chinese, 19th century. 19th century. Pen and ink and gouache. Drawings

Interior chair of the Fouquet shop (dummy title)

Vase of Flowers 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Vase of Flowers 362485

Folterwerktuigen, ca. 1600.Target tools. Different types of screws, clamps and pliers. Torture tools in use in 's-Hertogenbosch, approx. 1600. At the bottom of a inscription with pen.

Melita Hofmann, Box, 1935 1942 Box

Table piece and jugs, c. 1830 - c. 1850 Paris tracing paper. graphite (mineral) Paris tracing paper. graphite (mineral)

Flower cup; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1900 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);

Paul Ward, Scent Bottle, 1935 1942 Scent Bottle

Banner with saw and hammer. .

Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), Reich Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture in Berlin-Mitte (1938-1938): Wall candlestick 1:10. Pencil, colored pencil on paper, 40.3 x 29.7 cm (including scan edges)

Lon Cronk, Shaker Porch Bench, 1935 1942 Shaker Porch Bench

Bernard Gussow, Side Chair (one of four), c 1937 Side Chair (one of four)

Design for Five Table Top Mirrors with Varying Ornament early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for Five Table Top Mirrors with Varying Ornament 386950

A Christmas card and mince pie with excerpts from Shakespeare; depicting spices, plants, drinking and cooking ware, four girls holding hands, flowers.. Comins, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Barker). Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Girls, Cookery, Plants

Two scales and two tiles of earthenware, prepared during the exhibition Rétrospective of 1873 in Tours, France, Gabriel Blaise, 1873 photomechanical print Tours paper dish, plate, saucer. temporary exhibition, 'Salon' Tours

Harley Kempter, Cast Iron Window Railing, c 1939 Cast Iron Window Railing

Pot, ornament, sward, fragment of an ornament, Maltese cross. unknown, draughtsman, cartoonist

Tri colored violet sketch (field paste, Viola Tricolor L.) on card 3 unknown

John Osbold, Quilt Swatches, c 1938 Quilt Swatches

American 20th Century, Spice Box, 1935 1942 Spice Box

Edna C Rex, Duncan Phyfe Sewing Cabinet, c 1940 Duncan Phyfe Sewing Cabinet

Frank Fumagalli, Box, 1935 1942 Box

Neva Coffey, Flat Iron Holder, c 1940 Flat Iron Holder

Thomas Holloway, Folding Desk, c 1937 Folding Desk

Charles Goodwin, Urn Design, c 1940 Urn Design

William High, Spectacles, c 1937 Spectacles

Drawing, Design for Rolling Serving Table with Three Trays; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 12.4 x 17.1 cm (4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. )

Candlestick and handles of two medieval keys.Leaf 14 Verso and 15 Recto from a sketchbook with 27 sheets.

Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), official apartment of the Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin-Mitte (1941-1941): Lantern (4). Pencil, coal on transparent, 46.1 x 22.9 cm (including scan edges)

Red -white tulip, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. deck paint. pencil brush flowers: tulip

Ornamentschets, Gerardus Josephus Xavery, 1753 drawing paper. pencil ornament derived from plant forms

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Small tree in the middle of garden tools, print, prints, height 41 mm, width 42 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, 1836 - 1912, paper, wood engraving

Silver Tankard. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.9 x 36 cm (12 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" high; 5 1/2" in diameter. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Flynn.

Pottery Bottle. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.3 x 23.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" Dia(outside circle) 3 1/2"(inside circle) 2" Deep(approx). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Willoughby Ions.

Roberta Spicer and Nancy Crimi, Belt, 1935 1942 Belt

Ray Price, Decorative Ironwork & Locksmith Sign, c 1939 Decorative Ironwork & Locksmith Sign

Charles Goodwin, Shaker Grease Lamp, 1941 Shaker Grease Lamp

Gladys Cook, Purse, 1935 1942 Purse

Lucille Chabot, Shaker Kerchief, c 1936 Shaker Kerchief

William P Shearwood, Brooch, c 1936 Brooch

Cauliflower, Julie de Graag, 1887 - 1924 print A cauliflower in a wicker basket. paper vegetables

Drawing, Design for Small Round Oak Table with Square Fluted Legs; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.

John H Tercuzzi, Cap or Bonnet Pin, 1938 Cap or Bonnet Pin

Regina Henderer, Fluting Iron, c 1938 Fluting Iron

Still Life. Date: 1876. Origin: United States. Ink and watercolor wash on cream wove paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Potpourri Jar. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 27.2 cm (14 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" High 2 3/4" Wide 2 1/2" Deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank M Keane.

Knitted Glove. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 32.7 x 28.9 cm (12 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elizabeth Moutal.

Ann Gene Buckley, Snuff Box, c 1937 Snuff Box

Bronze candlestick with three floors resting on a foot with ornaments, c. 1878 - c. 1881 photograph Paris photographic support albumen print

Hair comb with twenty teeth and three red stones. .

Funeral flag unknown

Wiik, Maria, work, Sketch book, 'min första skissbok', approx. 1873-1876, special category: sketch book, 24 cm x 30 cm, Wiik, Maria, section: Still life, bottle, candlestick, box and folded paper or book, approx. 1873-1876, Maria Catharina Wiik 1853 - 1928 a Finnish painter of still life, genre images, landscape paintings and portraits. Lived in Finland

Joseph Sudek, Cake Saucer, c 1936 Cake Saucer

Portrait of Cornelis Govert Visscher; Portraits of patriots. Bust from Cornelis Govert Visscher to the left in a medallion with a peripheral in Dutch.

Uvena Novae Villiae; Anna Atkins (British, 1799 - 1871), and Anne Dixon (British, 1799 - 1877); about 1854; Cyanotype; 34.9 × 24.7 cm (13 3,4 × 9 3,4 in.)

No. 1.; Tina Modotti, American, born Italy, 1896 - 1942; 1925; Platinum print; Image: 24.1 x 17 cm (9 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)

Paul Kelly, Printing Blocks, 1939 Printing Blocks

James Vail, Cravat, c 1937 Cravat

Fireman's Hat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 39.6 x 32.3 cm (15 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry Jennings.

Alois E Ulrich, Shaker Wooden Wall Shelf, c 1937 Shaker Wooden Wall Shelf

Mortuary crown Mortuary wreath. Photograph of Berihaud. Album paper.

Trophy with agricultural objects; Recueil des Trophés Chinoises. A trophy with agricultural objects such as a rake, a watering can, a staff and a basket.

Ralph Atkinson, Tumbler, 1937 Tumbler

Fragment of the lace; The end of the 16th century (1591-00-00-1600-00-00);Geometric ornaments, rosette (ornament)

Trophies with agricultural objects and a harness, anonymous, After Pierre Ranson, 1746 - 1806 print Six trophies with armor and agricultural objects such as baskets, a thyrsus, a stool, a rake, jugs, fruit and a bump carn. after drawing by: Parispublisher: Augsburg paper etching trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. agricultural implements. armour

Julie C Brush, Doll Cradle, c 1936 Doll Cradle

George Constantine, Shaker Bedspread, 1935 1942 Shaker Bedspread

Zodiac calendar with holder in the shape of a hanging scroll, 1846, Shibata Zeshin, Japanese, 1807 - 1891, 10 5/16 × 3 1/16 × 1 11/16 in. (26.19 × 7.78 × 4.29 cm), Gold and silver maki-e and shell inlay on lacquered wood, Japan, 19th century

Ornamental Iron Leaf. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperbaord. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Max Fernekes.

Poem for a Jug, Blue on White. William Scott (1914-1990). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1978. 50.8 x 50.8cm

Kant pattern for a rug of bobbin with golden rain branches and flowers, Louise Wilhelmina van der Meulen -Nulle, c. 1912 Side letter or edge pattern with a part of the pattern for a rug with invnr. BK-1979-84. The letter is numbered (5). Apeldoorn paper drawing Side letter or edge pattern with a part of the pattern for a rug with invnr. BK-1979-84. The letter is numbered (5). Apeldoorn paper drawing

Potted plant. .

Charlotte Angus, Pa German Music Box, 1935 1942 Pa. German Music Box

Manuel G Runyan, Sunbonnet, c 1939 Sunbonnet

Flower study with glass vase, c. 1875 - c. 1895 photograph Part of collective band with photos of flower studies. Paris cardboard. photographic support albumen print flowers. container of glass: bottle, jar, vase

Peter C Ustinoff, Octagonal Table, c 1941 Octagonal Table

Edith Magnette, Silk Patchwork for Pillow, c 1936 Silk Patchwork for Pillow

Earrings. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 13.1 x 15.9 cm (5 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry Jennings.

Anonymous / "Street pavement slab with game boards", Centuries I-V, Engraving on stone.

Ink and Pen Stand. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 25 x 30.6 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Cole.

Robert Stewart, Green Glass, c 1937 Green Glass

Isadore Goldberg, Dish, c 1940 Dish

Visiting Card Tray. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 29 cm (9 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 3/8" long; 5 1/2" wide; 1 3/4" high. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Helen Hobart.

Silver Reliekhouder from the Saint-Pierre church in Champagnac-le-Vieux, c. 1850 - in or before 1857 photograph France photographic support salted paper print relics (and reliquaries)

Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), Park Hotel in Poznan (1940-1940): Variation ear chair. Pencil on transparent, 37.4 x 46.1 cm (including scan edges)

Study magazine, including a chair, stool and capital, 1857 - 1859 Leaf 48 Verso from a sketchbook with 77 sheets. paper. pencil table. stool. capital (~ column, pillar)

Gordena Jackson, Ring Bit, c 1938 Ring Bit

Settee. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.1 x 46.5 cm (14 3/16 x 18 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 40"high overall; seat 48"; See data shee for dets.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ralph Morton.

Columbus Simpson, Silver Spoon, 1935 1942 Silver Spoon

Berh of Zygmunt and the old in the engraving with the representation of the king, according to Il. Z: Portrait of Zygmunt Stary, il. from: "Polish Chronicle" (Chronica Polonorum), Maciej Miechowita (Kraków 1521) in the collections of Dominik Witke-Je Ewski in 1914-view in a 1: 5 scale; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1914 (not after 11.12.1914) (1914-00-00-1914-00-00);

Ethel Dougan, Iron Bit, 1938 Iron Bit

FC Davenport, Trivet, c 1941 Trivet

Foot studies unknown

William O Fletcher, Home Savings bank, c 1940 Home Savings bank

Landscape tile with windmill on mound, blue decor on white ground, no corner filling, wall tile tile sculpture ceramics earthenware glaze tin glaze, in form made baked glazed painted baked Wall tile with blue decor on white fond Central representation mill on mound in the background lake with sailing ship it is striking that the horizon goes from edge to edge. Yellow shard. Shaved pottery. No corner filling. Slightly slanted sides. Tile is hollow indigenous pottery

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