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1930's berber rug ...
Located in Brecht, BE
unusual design for this early 20th century berber rug, lovely colors, in very good vintage condition ..
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wool

Antique 1930's berber rug ...
1930's berber rug ...
W 35.44 in L 63 in
Vintage Beni Ouarain Berber Rug, Unusually Large, 1920's
Located in Brussels, BE
This Beni Ourain rug was produced in 1920's by the nomadic Berber tribes in North Africa. Beni
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Other Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wool

Master weaver classic Moroccan Ait Youssi carpet curated by Breuckelen Berber
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Brooklyn, US
An exceptional vintage Moroccan Aït Youssi carpet, produced with the assistance of a master weaver, exhibiting organized bands of stories focused on lozenges as a theme. Multiple tra...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wool

Moroccan Rug
Located in New York, NY
Moroccan Rug 4'6'' x 6'8''.
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1650s Moroccan Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wool

Antique Moroccan Rug
Moroccan Rug
W 54 in L 80 in
Antique Moroccan Kilim with Embroidery in Red, Orange, Gray and Brown
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Moroccan Kilim with Embroidery in Red, Orange, Gray and Brown, S12-0601, 1930's Antique Moroccan Kilim Rug . This brilliant kilim displays faded orange-red, yellow, red, bro...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Kilim Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wool

Ancient Maiolica Tiles, Rampini Manufactory, Pavia, 1693-1704
By Siro Antonio Africa
Located in Milano, IT
Six maiolica “ambrogette” (tiles) Rampini manufactory, painter probably Siro Antonio Africa Pavia
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Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique African Antiques

Materials

Maiolica

Vintage 1930's African Ink Wash Portrait Study
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1930's powerful ink wash on thin paper study of African man. Unsigned, probably executed by
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Early 20th Century Unknown Primitive Antique African Antiques

Materials

Paper

Vintage 1930's African Pen & Ink Portrait Study
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1930's powerful ink wash on thin paper study of African man. Unsigned, probably executed by
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Early 20th Century Unknown Primitive Antique African Antiques

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Paper

Rare 22 karat Gold North African Fibula
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A rare item and original 21 karat Gold Fibula From North Africa, (Morocco, Algeria). The Fibula is
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Early 20th Century African Antique African Antiques

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Gold, 22k Gold

Early Twentieth-Century South African Milk Pail ('Ithunga')
Located in London, GB
This early-twentieth-century tall, narrow vessel, from the Zulu culture in South Africa, would have
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Early 20th Century South African Tribal Antique African Antiques

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Hardwood

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Africa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Africa' Italian School, 18th century ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood
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18th Century Old Masters Antique African Antiques

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Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper

Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting
By Gerald Spencer Pryse
Located in London, GB
Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Northern Africa. The painting
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique African Antiques

Materials

Oil

Large Antique African Hardwood Cape Buffalo Sculpture, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This magnificent hand carved, African Cape Buffalo recently came out of a villa in Ville Franche
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Early 1900s African Antique African Antiques

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Hardwood

Antique Map of North Africa and South Africa by Black, 1854
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Africa north part - Africa south part'. Old map of Africa showing the region of
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19th Century Antique African Antiques

Materials

Paper

Vintage African Lion Oil Painting
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage 1880's African lion oil painting on canvas. Laying lion eating on a zebra with a sunset
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19th Century Antique African Antiques

Materials

Canvas

Vintage African Lion Oil Painting
Vintage African Lion Oil Painting
H 37 in W 45 in D 5 in
Antique African Tribal Figural Carved Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique African Tribal Figural Carved Table This Antique African Tribal Figural Carved Table is a
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Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century African Milk Vessel Uganda Hima Ekyanzi
Located in Vancouver, BC
- but perhaps in your home it is both. For many tribes in Central Africa including the Bembe, Hima and
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Early 20th Century Ugandan Antique African Antiques

Materials

Aluminum

Ancient African Customs - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient African Customs is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good
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1840s Modern Antique African Antiques

Materials

Lithograph

African American Cotton field Southern Caronlina Painting, Woman w/ Pipe
By William Aiken Walker
Located in New York, NY
Up for sale is a wonderful 19th C painting by William Aiken Walker (1838 - 1921) Depicts a Soutjern Carolina Lady with a pipe in her mouth, with a vivid cotton bush in front of her....
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1860s Hudson River School Antique African Antiques

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Oil

Antique African Tribal Figural Carved Armchairs - Set of 2
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique African Tribal Figural Carved Armchairs - Set of 2 These Amazing Antique African Tribal
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Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Antique African Antiques

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Wood

Baule Female Carved Wood Figure, African Sculpture Sotheby's Provenance
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine Baule female figure. Provenance: The Alexander S. Honig collection of African Art, May 18
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Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Antique African Antiques

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Wood

Antique Map of North Africa by Ortelius, c.1600
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Barbariae et Biledulgerid nova descriptio'. Old map of coastal North Africa
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17th Century Antique African Antiques

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of the Cape Verde Islands, Africa, ca.1670
Located in Langweer, NL
the Cape Verde Islands (Africa). Islands titled 'Ile de Brava, Ile del Fuogo, Ile de St. Jago, Ile de
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1670s Antique African Antiques

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Paper

Two Fine Yaka Ornamental Figural Wood Combs Cisakulo West Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
also as items of decoration and adornment. Within the Asante Akan Kingdom of West Africa, these combs
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique African Antiques

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Wood

Southern Landscape Oil Painting Hudson River School
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
painted in his courageous travels south. "Robert S. Duncanson born in 1819, was an African American Hudson
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Antique African Antiques

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Oil, Canvas

Remarkable Antique Map of Central Africa by Scherer, c.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled map of Central Africa depicting Tarodant, Lempta, Guber, Borno, Chaxumo, Tombut, Melegvete
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18th Century Antique African Antiques

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Paper

Trunk Metal Painted Black Pair Union-Castle Line & Safmarine South African Rail
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Town Both with S.A.R. S.A.S. labels numbered 58 One with South African Railways Label One marked 'No
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19th Century English Victorian Antique African Antiques

Materials

Metal

A. J. Bennett - Light and Shade - Post Impressionist Painting, South Africa 1919
Located in Meinisberg, CH
A. J. Bennett (South African, fl. Early 20th century) Light and Shade • Oil on canvas artist
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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique African Antiques

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

The Island of Aix - The Emperor House - The Gourgaud Museum - The African Museum
By Pierre Commarmond
Located in Spokane, WA
. The Island of Aix - The Emperor House - The Gourgaud Museum - The African Museum. This ILE d'AIX is
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1920s Expressionist Antique African Antiques

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Lithograph

Rare Antique Map of Part of Europe and Africa by Scherer, C.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map with two figures. The upper figures showing part of Europe and Africa. Below a chart
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18th Century Antique African Antiques

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of the Dutch Gold Coast in Africa by Van den Bosch '1818'
Located in Langweer, NL
important Dutch colony in West Africa after Fort Elmina was captured from the Portuguese in 1637, but fell
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Early 19th Century Antique African Antiques

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Paper

19th Century North African river landscape oil painting of a man using a Shadoof
By David Bates b.1840
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
size: 19.75 inches x 29.75 inches Size including frame: 26.25 inches x 36.25 inches A North African
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19th Century Victorian Antique African Antiques

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Oil, Canvas

Old Copperplate Engraving of Fort St. James on the Gambra River, Africa, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plan de l’Isle James sur la Gambra en 1732 (…). Copperplate engraving/etching on Hand laid (Verge) paper. Sheet size: 19,7 x 26,7 cm. Image size: 13,8 x 19,8 cm. From vol. 3 o...
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1760s Antique African Antiques

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Paper

Antique Print of the Island of Gorée, close to Dakar, Senegal in Africa, c.1835
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print title d'Ile-de-Gorée'. Etched and aquatint view on chine collé depicting the island of Gorée. The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. Origina...
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19th Century Antique African Antiques

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Paper

Wenzel Friedrich Att., Adirondack Rustic Style Side Table, ca. 1880-90’s
By Wenzel Friedrich
Located in New York, NY
trophies of big game hunts throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The Texas Room, crowned by a
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1880s American Adirondack Antique African Antiques

Materials

Brass

Antique 1890's Victorian 2.25ct Old Mine Diamonds 2 Rows 18K Wedding Band Ring
Located in New York, NY
anniversary band. A history on your finger! Super Rare and Authentic. Before the diamonds from South Africa
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1890s English Victorian Antique African Antiques

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Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Noel Leaver Original Watercolor, circa 1920's, Orientalist Subject
By Noel Harry Leaver
Located in Phoenix, AZ
. He is most famous as the painter of distinctive North African views or 'Easterns', although his work
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1920s Antique African Antiques

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Paint

An eastern market tent, Nile Valley
By Augustus Osborne Lamplough
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of Art having travelled and painted scenes in Europe, the Middle East & north Africa. He is perhaps
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1910s Antique African Antiques

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Watercolor

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S - PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
chart of the Atlantic dated 1821 and showing the coasts of West Africa and Brazil, with a view of an
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Early 19th Century Realist Antique African Antiques

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Spanish 1920's Pebbled Leather and Chrome Safari Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
original and in very good condition. These types of chairs were once used on African safaris and designed
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1920s Spanish Antique African Antiques

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Chrome

Sheep Shearers, Tangiers - British 1920's Orientalist figurative oil painting
By Gerald Spencer Pryse
Located in London, GB
Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Northern Africa. The subject
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique African Antiques

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Oil

Office Interior - British 1920's Slade School Jewish art oil painting
Located in London, GB
family when the rest of her siblings emigrated again to South Africa. Pyzer Cowen exhibited in 1923 at
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1920s Impressionist Antique African Antiques

Materials

Oil

1920’s Antique Swedish Flat Weave Killim Rug-9'6'' X 6'7''
Located in Los Angeles, US
that originated around Turkey, North Africa, Iran and Afghanistan. As these weaving techniques spread
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1920s Swedish Empire Antique African Antiques

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Wool

Clarissa - British exhibited art 20's oil painting portrait actress Olive Groves
By Sir Gerald Festus Kelly
Located in London, GB
an early influence. Kelly travelled much, visiting Spain, America, South Africa and Burma. In 1920 he
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1920s Realist Antique African Antiques

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Oil

The River War by Winston S. Churchill, First Edition, Two Volume Set, 1899
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
northeast Africa affected British politics in Britain, fit into the geopolitical rivalry between Britain and
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1890s British Antique African Antiques

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Leather, Paper

Victorian Miner's Bangle
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Victorian bangle commemorating the South African Gold Industry. Crossover style with mining
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1880s South African Victorian Antique African Antiques

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Gilt Metal

Relief Fragment
Located in London, GB
A fragment of indurated limestone carved in sunk relief. A row of three shrouded deities are depicted seated, facing left, each wearing a broad collar and characteristic crown. Osiri...
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15th Century and Earlier African Antique African Antiques

Materials

Limestone

Relief Fragment
Relief Fragment
H 11.38 in W 14.77 in D 1.5 in
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the
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15th Century and Earlier North African Antique African Antiques

Materials

Other

18 karat Gold Vintage French Link Necklace
Located in Jerusalem, IL
30's in France and in French North Africa. Each one is different in the shape of the links in the
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique African Antiques

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold

Vintage French 18 karat Gold Filigree bracelet
Located in Jerusalem, IL
and since then has been widely made in bracelets and necklaces in France and in French North Africa
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique African Antiques

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold

Hand forged silver painted iron+ art glass chandelier w/scroll design Schneider
By Charles Schneider
Located in New York City, NY
, Art Deco, Mediterranean, Boho Chic, Mid century, Rustic European, Italian design, Asian, African
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique Mudjur Rug - 19th Century Central Anatolia Mudjur Prayer Rug
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
painters depicting scenes from North African bazaars. Early examples such as this red-ground Mujur display
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19th Century Turkish Antique African Antiques

Materials

Wool

OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E . Bale OLD FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
By John Edward Bale
Located in Ferndown, GB
purchase in the 1st West Indian Regiment. As a lieutenant, whilst on a tour of duty in West Africa
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique African Antiques

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Oil

Bellagio, Lake Como.
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Europe, but with trips to Africa and India - always returning with his watercolours. Describing himself
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1860s Romantic Antique African Antiques

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil

19th century pastel of a river scene, The Chapel Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland.
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Europe, but with trips to Africa and India - always returning with his watercolours. Describing himself
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1860s Romantic Antique African Antiques

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Leda and the Swan, an early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Allegorical Painting
By Fernand Allard L'Olivier
Located in Cotignac, FR
Africa During this period, he made several trips; to Tunisia in 1923 and, in 1926, to Poland, where he
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Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique African Antiques

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Period, Parasols, The Beach, Côté d'Azur.
By Auguste Chabaud
Located in Cotignac, FR
Paris again in order to secure his livelihood. He worked on a ship and got to know the West African
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Antique African Antiques

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Pastel

Huge Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Mrs Boone & Daughter after lost original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
with numerous philanthropic donations in Germany, England and South Africa - gave the Reynolds original
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Antique African Antiques

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Art Deco Diamond & Platinum Lapel Watch with Glycine Movement
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
deposit, was discovered in South Africa. And platinum’s title as the main Art Deco metal was fully
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique African Antiques

18/19 C. Italian Grand Tour Fine Antique Mixed Marble and Scagliola Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
of Northern Africa. Decorative elements from Ancient Egyptian architecture began to surface in
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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique African Antiques

Materials

Marble

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