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The DECOR pages at TheFROCK.com are a gallery of vintage and antique fine art and artifacts from the 17th through 20th centuries. It's a curated collection of rare pillows and paintings, boxes and jars, candlesticks and lamps, and all things decorative. As with any vintage and antique items, please expect age-appropriate wear including all the subtle signs of use and/or manmade irregularity that are the authentication and hallmarks of aged and hand-wrought wares. (See our Purchase/Policy page if you are unfamiliar with examples of age-appropriate wear on vintage and antique merchandise.)
Antique 19th century European portrait painting in a semi-miniature oil on board of a woman with a serpent bangle on her upper arm. Housed in its antique and elaborately decorated gilt wood frame. Measures about 11" x 12" overall (portrait is about 5"x6" unframed.) Condition is excellent with only age-appropriate wear.
$3,800 / DE-002001
1960s oil on stretched canvas portrait of a crystal ball gazer. The soothsayer woman is beautifully painted in fleshy impressionistic strokes, and wearing an exotic dress in rich shimmering hues. Big size, the canvas alone is about 26" x 20", and framed they measure about 31.5” tall by 25.5” wide. Condition is excellent with minor paint losses and other age-appropriate wear. Sophisticated palette, luminous scene, beautiful brushwork, rare subject... a striking piece with rare paranormal subject matter.
$23,800 / DE-002004
Pair of pillows with early 20th century bird embroidery surrounded by crewel embroidered leaf and vine linen. The antique hand-embroidered center motif is edged in soft brush fringe. Pillows are edged in heavy striated velvet, backed in woven floral. Measures 21" square; big fluffy soft and wonderful, rare to find items that marry homey comfort and high style so well. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear.
$3,350 / DE-002007
Antique, probably 18th century, oil on canvas painting, shoreline landscape scene with fisherman and a gnarled tree under an ominous sky. Antique frame is believed to be original. Stretched canvas measures just over 16.25” by 12.25”; outer frame measures about 22” x 18”. Condition is good with age-appropriate wear including a variety of minor flaws and retouches to the beautifully decorated gilt wood frame. A hand written note on back is of unknown relevance
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$18,980 / DE-002008
Very large 20th century pastel portrait on board of a smileless woman in a happy blouse, amid the trees. It is signed Brian Rusher in the lower left. Housed in an ornate gilt heavy wood frame. Impressive size and scale, it measures well over 3 feet tall, overall. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear.
$9,325 / DE-002009
Antique, likely Victorian, brilliant-cut clear and frosted glass compote jar with lid. Gilt band trims. Condition is excellent with light wear and use marks throughout. It stands an impressive 12.25” tall, and the mouth has a 4” diameter. A stunning piece of quality antique glass.
$1,540 / DE-002011
Circa 1800 Regency era oil portrait painting on canvas of a young woman with braided hair, in gray dress. Housed in a semi-painted gilt wood frame. Condition is excellent with craquelure and other age appropriate wear; it was lined sometime in the 20th century. Measures about 25.5" x 29" framed.
$17,880 / DE-002013
Truly huge antique hand-painted French art nouveau porcelain lidded dresser dish. Fantastic enamel figures in ethereal landscape. Artist's mark at bottom, dated 1891. Measures about 9" wide and 4" tall. Condition is excellent with age appropriate wear and use marks on all surfaces.
$1,440 / DE-002014
These monumental metal (nickel silver, I believe) candlesticks are teeming with intricately detailed little high-relief creatures throughout the ornate metalwork. Each is about ___ tall from the bottom of the feet to the top of the pie-crust ruffled rim. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear and use to all surfaces.
$5,650 / DE-002015
The suicidal death of Cleopatra by asp bite, oil on canvas painting in heavy carved wood frame. Semi nude, elaborate textiles, 18th or 19th century antique. Unsigned. Measures about 31" by 37" inches on the wall and about 25" by 30" inches painting alone. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear.
$36,550 / DE-002016
Rare painting by the highly noted French romantic painter Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan (1803-1855). The work is signed lower right and dates to about 1835. The painting is on its original canvas and the most beautiful handmade stretcher. Condition is good and uncleaned with craquelure and other age-appropriate wear. It also has its original gilt frame which is in strong condition with the usual fissures in the decoration and minimal losses. Framed measures about 23"x20".
$24,400 / DE-002018
Devil-handled italian ceramic vase with intricate and brightly colored mythological designs painted throughout. Impressive handles made from the long horns of grotesque devil faces. Signed at bottom. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear, including minor chipping at bottom of base and glaze of rims. Measures 9 inches tall and 5.5 inches wide at handles.
$1,880 / DE-002021
Big (nearly 3 feet) antique c. 1850 oil on canvas portrait painting of a chic woman with good jewelry, in its original magnificently cornered frame. Measures about 27" by 31.5" overall. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear including minor flakes and losses throughout the decoration.
$19,400 / DE-002022
Magical unsigned 19th century, I believe, oil on panel with a devilish faun / satyr-type character seated at the center of a flourishing flower and trellised vine garden. The thick hardwood panel is well housed in a densely carved gilt wood frame that dates later than the painting. The frame's outer measurements are about 14.5 x 18.25 inches. Condition is excellent with only age-appropriate wear.
$8,550 / DE-002023
A striking pair of antique blown glass vases with ribbed stems and what looks like a silver acid etched fern, ribbon and dots design. The rounded top has a 2 3/8" opening. They stand just under 9" tall, and are 5 3/4" at widest, with a round foot 3 7/8" across. Among the most impressive glass we've seen. Condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear.
$2,600 / DE-002024
Incredibly finely painted antique 19th century porcelain cabinet plate, gilt rim. Measures 9" diameter. Condition is good with areas of worn paint and other age-appropriate wear which may include glaze craquelure, discolor, and discreet surface abrasions with small paint losses and/or rubbing of gilded details.
$550 / DE-002025
Antique—c. 1750, I believe—oil on wood panel portrait painting of an old man in theatrical light. Measures about 15.75" × 13.25" overall. The painting's condition is excellent with age-appropriate wear, the antique gilt frame is good too, with a repaired crack visible only from side, and loss and wear to the gilt finish throughout.
$3,800 / DE-002026
Antique oil on canvas portrait painting of a fair-skinned gentleman, beautifully painted. Antique carved wood frame has discreet fissures in its decoration, the frame may be original to the painting. Large size, framed about 35x30". Excellent condition with age-appropriate wear to paint and frame.
$17,880 / DE-002027
