Wiener Werkstatte Postcard Design for Fabrics

Wiener Werkstätte Postcard. New Year by E. Wimmer

Authentic Wiener Werkstaette postcard, design for fabrics by Architect E. Wimmer.

New Year’s wishes in Hebrew and German.

Unused, very good condition.

Wiener Werkstaette evolved from the Vienna Secession, founded in 1897 as a progressive alliance of artists and designers. From the start, the Secession had placed special emphasis on the applied arts, and its 1900 exhibition surveying the work of contemporary European design workshops prompted the young architect Josef Hoffmann and his artist friend Koloman Moser to consider establishing a similar enterprise.

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Pianist Alfred Gruenfeld Postcard

Pianist Alfred Gruenfeld Postcard

Pianist Alfred Gruenfeld: Vintage postcard depicting the famous musician playing the piano.

Unused, good condition. Artist signed

Alfred Grünfeld (1852 –1924) was an Austrian pianist and composer. He studied in Prague and Berlin before he settled at Vienna in 1873, where he received the title of "Kammervirtuose". He made tours through Europe and the United States. During a visit to Germany Grünfeld was appointed court pianist to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. From 1897 he was a professor at the Vienna Conservatory.

Grünfeld was the first pianist of note to make a recording. His brother was musician Heinrich Grünfeld.

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Charlie Chaplin: 2 scarce, early vintage Postcards

Charlie Chaplin: 2 scarce, early vintage Postcards

Two funny old postcards from app. 1920, depicting Charlie Chaplin with flowers.

Both have been published by ELUG (Germany) as number 707 and 708., Both are unused and in good condition.

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (1889 – 1977) was a British comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from a child in the Victorian era to close to his death at the age of 88, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

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Chinese Leisure Seal with dark Enlcosure

Chinese Leisure Seal with dark Enlcosure

 

Attractive, old Chinese leisure seal, faint grey stone with dark grey enclosure at the upper part, well used to carve 2 goldfish.

As actual seal 4 characters have been carved: yu duo xia ri (grant may days of leisure) 20 x 20 x 82 mm.

Good condition. Side engraving with details most probably added later.

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Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe

Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe

We have added several good old postcards from former Eastern Europe countries.
Some are lithographs, some from small towns.

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Darling Postcard with little Girls, Doll, Cat, 1918

Decorative, lithographed postcard, depicting 2 little girls in Victorian dresses, one sewing, one reading from a book.

A little cat and doll in the cradle are on the floor.

Used as field post in Austria in 1918, censor-strike, upper right corner with a crease, otherwise good condition.

Artist signed: LD

Japanese vintage Postcard with Birds and Flowers. 1907

Japanese vintage Postcard with Birds and Flowers. 1907

Attractive postcard with Japanese motif, depicting birds on a tree, poppy flower, partly gold print.
Used in France in 1907. Good condition.

Old Chinese Yi Xing Teapot 宜兴茶壶 unusual Shape

Old Chinese Yi Xing Teapot

Attractive old Chinese Yi-xing teapot from first half of last century. Unusual shape with a scholar and twigs of a pine tree.

The bottom mark reads ? 店葭制

There are 2 small chips at the lid, otherwise good condition.

7,2 x 3,2 x 4,2 inches (18,5 x 8,5 x 10,3 cm) 

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