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Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Depicting Female Playing Stringed Instrument
Located in New York, NY
playing a small stringed instrument, wearing yellow scarf with blue, red and green stripes, held in place
Category
Late 19th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas
H 1 in W 13.5 in D 19.25 in
19th Century Bronze Musician Sculpture
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A bronze figure of a musician. He is playing a string instrument.
Category
19th Century French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Bronze
Antique Orchestra Chair with Lyre Back
Located in Denton, TX
height adjustment. Leather seat was replaced at one time.
This chair was probably used for large string
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique String Instrument
Materials
Brass
Antique Staffordshire Troubadour Man & King Charles Spaniel Figurine 13"
Located in Dayton, OH
troubadour, holding a guitar / stringed instrument, seated on a mossy wall with a red and white dog, a King
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 6-String Mahogany, Rosewood & Pine Ukrainian National National Balalaika
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique 6-String Mahogany, Rosewood And Pine Ukrainian National Balalaika C1920
Measures - 26 5/8
Category
Early 20th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood, Pine
H 26.75 in W 15 in D 4.5 in
Antique Engraving of Archangel Michael and an Arab Moor Playing Instrument, 1698
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of an Arab Moor man playing a stringed instrument 105: Mural in St. Marc's church
Category
1690s Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
H 12.8 in W 7.88 in D 0 in
19th Century Asian Wood Lacquer Musical Instrument Pipa with Dragon Lion Pattern
Located in 景德镇市, CN
19th Century Asian Wood Lacquer Pipa is a remarkable antique stringed instrument, meticulously
Category
19th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 3.35 in W 10.24 in D 25.6 in
Mantel Clock in Malachite, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
by a fully sculpted figure of a young woman playing a lyre, with another stringed instrument on the
Category
19th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Chinese Lacquered Qin Scroll Table
Located in Chicago, IL
ancient stringed instrument.
Additional Dimensions:
Table Apron to Floor: 26.75"H
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique String Instrument
Materials
Elm
Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
master, Franz Lefler (1831-1898), depicting children singing and playing string instruments. Measures
Category
19th Century German Romantic Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Portraits Paintings, 1770s
By Giuseppe Angeli
Located in Vicoforte, IT
two splendid male figures, a hunter with his dog and a player with a stringed instrument. Paintings of
Category
1770s Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.1 in W 36.62 in D 2.37 in
18th Century Painting Showing Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets
By Emile Cardinaux
Located in London, GB
Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringed instrument and a
Category
1920s Swiss Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
H 50.4 in W 35.83 in D 0.04 in
Art Nouveau Modernist Angel Musician Enamel Pendant Necklace Sterling Silver
Located in New York, NY
, MODERNIST PENDANT HAS AN EXQUISITE IMAGE OF AN ANGEL PLAYING A MUSICAL STRINGED INSTRUMENT. THE DESIGN OF
Category
19th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Antique String Instrument
Materials
Enamel, Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Sèvres-style Porcelain Charger
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Norwood, NJ
stringed instrument, in the presence of other members of his family. Cobalt blue with tooled gilt border
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Large Carrara marble by Barrias, The Little Musician
By Louis Ernest Barrias
Located in Paris, FR
young musician. He is seated on a cushion with pompoms resting on a pedestal, playing a three-stringed
Category
1880s French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian 18th century Scagliola and Wrought Iron coffee table, circa 1723
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
cards, dice, a string instrument, a script containing a composer, and various other artist elements
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 20.7 in W 51.25 in D 24 in
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Painting on Woven Fabric Portraying A Female Dancer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
, with a male musician playing a stringed instrument. The painting is highly detailed showing intricate
Category
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Fabric
H 66 in W 102 in D 0.25 in
A Large Qajar Oil Painting With Female Portrait And Floral Triumph, Late 19th Ce
Located in London, GB
instrument, possibly a Persian lute (barbat), around her neck a string of pearls, her portrait encased within
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paint
H 61.82 in W 33.86 in D 1.19 in
English Regency Gilt Figural and Ebonized Dital Harp, Maker E. Light, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency gilt stenciled figural and floral ebonized dital harp signed by maker Edward Light. Retailed at Srohl Foley place London, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s English Regency Antique String Instrument
Materials
Giltwood, Ebony, Wood, String
H 34 in W 14 in D 6.25 in
Persian Manuscript Page - Garden Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
one tuning a stringed instrument. Behind these three stand another two men. Behind the seated man
Category
Late 18th Century Persian Islamic Antique String Instrument
Materials
Gold Leaf
Exceptional Napoleon III Style Inlaid Chest With Musical Theme
Located in Bridgeport, CT
musical notes, crossed recorders, stringed instruments and horns all in fine contrasting wood inlay. The
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique String Instrument
Materials
Stone, Metal
French 19th Century Painted Trumeau Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
left one observes a finely dressed lady playing a type of string instrument for her beau, leaning
Category
19th Century French Other Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
A Large 19th Century Vienna Porcelain Vase w/ Ormolu Mount, Signed Wagner
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
paneling, referencing the 19th century. The lyre is one of the oldest known stringed instruments
Category
19th Century Austrian Louis XVI Antique String Instrument
Materials
Bronze
"Still Life with Flowers, gloves and walking stick"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
, suggesting a recently departed figure or an intimate domestic setting.
The stringed instrument represents
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Large Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Samson Porcelain Candelabra
By Samson & Cie
Located in London, GB
stringed instrument. They stand 68cm in height and bear the Samson mark to the underside. Beautiful pieces
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique String Instrument
Materials
Ormolu
H 26.78 in W 21.26 in D 14.18 in
1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs
Located in Langweer, NL
musical heritage.
1. Indou jouant du Pennak:
- Instrument: The musician appears to be using a stringed
Category
1840s Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
Wunderkammer, The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909)
Located in PARIS, FR
string instrument. Above the scene, a poem accompanies the artist’s signature and seals.
Tanomura
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
H 73.23 in W 16.93 in D 1.19 in
Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers
By Willibaldd Leo Frh-v-Lütgendorff, Dirk J. Balfoort, John H. Fairfield
Located in valatie, NY
(1644- 1737) the Italian crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and
Category
Early 20th Century German Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
Japanese Meiji Han Koto with Maki-e Lacquer Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
circa late 19th century of Meiji Period (1868-1912). The facade of the stringed instrument features
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Vintage Khotan Rug in Red with Rare Pictorial Design - Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
by precisely depicted cultural implements including a penjing (bonsai) container, stringed instrument
Category
1920s Turkish Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wool
Victorian Sterling Silver Lyre Candle Holders
By Harrison Brothers & George Howson 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with concave fluted decoration
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
An Assembled Group of Seventeen Sitzendorf Porcelain Monkey Band Figures.
Located in Buchanan, MI
.
He was a collector of all violin and string instrument related objects. His vast collections of
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Terracotta Statues, Paris, circa 1880
By Gossin Frères Manufactory
Located in Dallas, TX
vielle à roue is a string instrument that produces sound when a crank is turned. The crank rotates a
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Ellis & Co. 1920s Sterling Silver Lyre Candle Holders
By Ellis Jacob Greenberg
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
of the stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with embossed concave
Category
1920s British Antique String Instrument
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Exceptional Japanese Ceramic Moriage Moon Flask Vase Meiji Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
), hand-chimes, and Zither (a stringed instrument) and other smaller Buddhist symbols. The sided are
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique String Instrument
Materials
Ceramic
18th century portrait of the German Flautist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz
By Arthur Devis
Located in Bath, Somerset
Merseburg. At the completion of his apprenticeship Quantz was able to play most of the principle string
Category
18th Century English School Antique String Instrument
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Louis XVI French Demilune Marquetry Chest of Drawers Stamped Tondeur
Located in Firenze, IT
marquetry is inspired by the theme of music, allegories with both wind and string instruments, sheet music
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique String Instrument
Materials
Bronze
H 33.08 in W 33.08 in D 16.54 in
1927 Gelas Double-Table Mandolin, Numbered (5947) and Stamped
Located in Ixelles, BE
in plucked string instruments.
2. Career:
• Innovations: In the 1920s, he introduced the double
Category
1920s French Antique String Instrument
Materials
Other
Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
blued bronze, dressed in a tunic, holds this kithara, a plucked stringed instrument from ancient Greece
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique String Instrument
Materials
Bronze, Other
H 22.45 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
An Allegorical Illustration from Anthony Le Grand's The Principles of Philosophy
Located in Langweer, NL
. The instruments include trumpets, drums, and various wind and string instruments lying on the ground
Category
1690s Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
H 13 in W 8.55 in D 0 in
Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
metals, musical instruments including a tambourine with its sticks and a stringed instrument, a lute and
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique String Instrument
Materials
Oil
Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
Located in London, GB
rustic music on stringed instruments and pipes (De rerum natura, 4.580). Indeed, in Roman era depictions
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble
18th Century Rococo Chinoiserie Canvas, Camaïeu Bleu, Circle of Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Cotignac, FR
stringed instrument as birds and butterflies soar overhead, the whole is surrounded by a 'feigned' Rococo
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Georgian Period Neoclassical Style Marble Mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
drapes and a Lyre (ancient stringed musical instrument), to either side of the centre tablet are fluted
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Neoclassical Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble
Two Large Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
lyres — the stringed musical instrument, associated with ancient Greece. The arms are curved, and three
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Antique String Instrument
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Novelty Silver Mounted Lyre Decanter Hukin & Heath
By Heath & Middleton
Located in Northampton, GB
millesimal fineness (parts per thousand) of 925.
Lyre a stringed musical instrument part of the lute-family
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
French Siena Marble Tazza Urns Charles X
Located in Newark, England
intense marble.
Lyre a stringed musical instrument part of the lute-family and consists of two arms and a
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Metal, Bronze
Head of a Classical Poet (Socrates?)
By Pier Francesco Mola
Located in New York, NY
executed, richly nuanced physiognomy. Some with vacant eyes and a stringed instrument are traditionally
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Northeast Indian Santal Carved Wood Sarangi Musical Instrument
Located in Seattle, WA
Northeast Indian wood stringed musical instrument, sarangi, from the Santal tribal regions of Bihar
Category
19th Century Indian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Desk, 19th Century
Located in Asheville, NC
Unusually carved Italian Renaissance style desk, central fall panel of band of putti playing string
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique String Instrument
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Court Musician
Located in San Francisco, CA
, a Japanese traditional string instrument. Meiji period, circa 1885.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique String Instrument
Materials
Wood
Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
Located in Vancouver, BC
women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout
Category
1730s Romantic Antique String Instrument
Materials
Oil
Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets
By Emile Cardinaux
Located in London, GB
Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringed instrument and a
Category
1920s Antique String Instrument
Materials
Paper
Marble Bust of Sapho
Located in Woodbury, CT
shoulder and continuing over the stringed instrument, the neck of which is broken and missing. Repairs to
Category
Late 19th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Marble
Large Decorative Islamic Qajar/Ottoman Underglaze Moulded Pottery Tile
Located in Haslemere, GB
women in the Qajar period and the themes of dance and music. A musician plays the Tar (stringed
Category
19th Century West Asian Islamic Antique String Instrument
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Pair of 12th Century Rajasthan Red Sandstone Figures
Located in Mosman Park, AU
celestial musicians. One holding a stringed instrument with head turned to the right and the other playing a
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique String Instrument
Materials
Sandstone
Fireback, Second Empire
Located in Gembloux, BE
Architectures de l'Antiquite. I the center is the 'Lyre', a string-instrument known for its use in Greek
Category
1860s French Empire Revival Antique String Instrument
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Paste Lyre Heart Locket 9 Carat Gold Back and Front
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
in the shape of a lovely Lyre which is a classical Greek string instrument and symbol of Apollo - God
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique String Instrument
Materials
9k Gold
Still life with musical instruments (pair)
Located in Zürich, CH
manufacture of stringed instruments, naturally disposed the Bergamo artists to specialize in still lifes on a
Category
17th Century Antique String Instrument
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique string instrument you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique string instrument — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique string instrument, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique string instrument is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, neoclassical and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made antique string instrument has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Cary’s, Dirk J. Balfoort and Gossin Frères Manufactory are consistently popular.
How Much is a Antique String Instrument?
Prices for an antique string instrument start at $241 and top out at $236,757 with the average selling for $5,700.