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Vintage Drawings Of Decorative Objects

A collection of artistic renderings showcasing various decorative items like match safes, chairs, candle holders, and sconces, illustrated in delicate detail.

Bernard Westmacott, Candle Holder, 1935 1942 Candle Holder

Match Safe. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 22.5 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 7/16" long; 3 15/16" wide; 1 3/16" deep. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jack Staloff.

Side Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.5 cm (11 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edna C. Rex.

Bernard Westmacott, Candle Holder, 1935 1942 Candle Holder

Luther D Wenrich, Tin Wall Sconce, c 1939 Tin Wall Sconce

Still life on a table, a ladder and a figure. Leaf 37 Verso, loose leaf in a sketchbook with 33 sheets and 10 loose drawings.

Jack Staloff, Andiron, c 1937 Andiron

Frank Budash, Pa German Rolling Pin, c 1941 Pa. German Rolling Pin

Metal Ladle. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 24.9 x 35.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albert Geuppert.

Gerald Transpota, Spanish Bit, c 1937 Spanish Bit

Inkwell. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.7 x 23 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Fumagalli.

Powder Flask. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 26.2 x 34.8 cm (10 5/16 x 13 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/4" wide; 9 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alf Bruseth.

Samuel Fineman, Candlestick, c 1938 Candlestick

Cinch for Saddle. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 33 1/2" long; 10" wide. Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelius Christoffels.

Slippers. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30 x 23 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Concha.

Snuffer. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23.1 x 28.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael Fenga.

Rocking Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 24.1 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 37"high; 20"wide; top of back 18"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward A. Darby.

Henrietta S Hukill, Tailor's Goose Iron, c 1939 Tailor's Goose Iron

Starch Strainer. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 46 x 35.4 cm (18 1/8 x 13 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 3/4" long; 2 11/16" wide; 1 5/8" deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Stanley Mazur.

Vase Stand. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 36.4 x 25.1 cm (14 5/16 x 9 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" high; 7" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Otto E. Hake.

Alfred Koehn, Policeman's Rattle, c 1939 Policeman's Rattle

Gerald Bernhardt, Rush Burner Candle Holder, c 1936 Rush Burner Candle Holder

James Vail, Lantern, c 1936 Lantern

Dana Bartlett, Rattle, 1935 1942 Rattle

Gerald Transpota and Raymond E Noble, Baptismal Font, c 1937 Baptismal Font

Padlock. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 25 x 35.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LeRoy Griffith.

Horsehair Jewelry. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.1 x 27.2 cm (13 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William High.

Elizabeth Johnson, Branding Iron, c 1942 Branding Iron

American 20th Century, Textile, 1935 1942 Textile

Wagenwiel, 1848 - 1888 Leaf 23 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. chalk wheel (of vehicle)

Iron Pot and Pot Hooks. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 24.6 x 28.9 cm (9 11/16 x 11 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Goodwin.

Geoffrey Holt, Flatiron, 1935 1942 Flatiron

Edward L Loper, Sugar Cutter, c 1939 Sugar Cutter

Filippo Porreca, Flat Iron Holder, c 1939 Flat Iron Holder

Side Chair (one of four). Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 37 1/2"high, 19"wide, 18"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernard Gussow.

Wheelbarrow and a landscape with a mill. Mill in a Landscape. Furthermore, Two Objects, Incuding A Wheelbarrow. Leaf 38 Recto from a Sketchbook with 69 Sheets Manufactured in The Area of Delft, Rotterdam, Oudewater and Harlingen.

Sausage Stuffer. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 22.8 cm (11 3/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel Fineman.

A chair from the engraving of Jan Ezajasz Nilson, according to the drawing of Jan Gotfryd Borlach, depicting the mine Salt in Wieliczka (18th century), from the collection of Dominik Witke-Je Ewski in 1914-view in a 1: 5 scale; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1914 (not after 16.06.1914) (1914-00-00-1914-00-00);

Wooden Plow. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 34" long; 36" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vera Van Voris.

Candlestick. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.7 x 29.2 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 9/16" high; 3 1/4" wide; 4 1/2" deep. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Selma Sandler.

Sara Garfinkel, Infant's Booties, 1935 1942 Infant's Booties

Pie Plate. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.9 x 29 cm (14 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 3/4" Dia. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carl Buergerniss.

Pa. German Plate. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 45.4 x 38.2 cm (17 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 10" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Aaron Fastovsky.

Dorothea Mierisch, Child's Bonnet, c 1938 Child's Bonnet

Silver Sugar Tongs. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 22.6 x 30.6 cm (8 7/8 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 5" long. Medium: graphite and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary Berner.

Sponge Cup. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 23 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.

Red River Dog Sled. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: Original IAD Object: 32" high; 110" long; 22" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wilbur M Rice.

Rocker. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 37.9 cm (17 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Violet Hartenstein.

Wooden Spoon. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 20.5 cm (11 x 8 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

German saddle from the mid 16th century. Front view of the richly decorated saddle and stirrups. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

A circular table on four legs from the Karolina Wereszczakowa collection, in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw from 1925 (war loss) - views at the front and countertop in advance on a scale of 1: 5; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1915 (before 5.05.1915) (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Refillable Pencil. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary Fitzgerald.

Vase. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 1/4" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.

Butter Mold. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" high; 5" in diameter; 2" thick; handle: 4 3/4" long; 1 3/8" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel W. Ford.

Man's Stick Pin. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.4 cm (11 x 8 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Kalamian Walton.

Butter Molds. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 26.7 x 35.7 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: box: 4 3/4" long; 2 1/2" wide; 3 1/8" deep; print block: 7/8" thick; 3 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harvey Beck.

LeRoy Griffith, Padlock, c 1941 Padlock

Two Low Tables with Ornamental Objects. Artist: Anonymous, Chinese, 19th century. Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/8 x 18 3/8 in. (35.9 x 46.7 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Howard Lumbard, Carpet Stretcher, 1935 1942 Carpet Stretcher

Hungarian saber, addiction (16th century); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

Powder Flask. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 30.7 cm (9 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 10" long; 4" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Aaron Fastovsky.

Pascal Candlestick. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 4'6"high; 7"diam.; 4"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ethel Dougan.

Jane Iverson, Ship's Billethead, c 1938 Ship's Billethead

Crock. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 27.7 x 38 cm (10 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 12 1/2" High 8" Dia(top) 6 3/4" Dia(bot). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Caseau.

Michael Riccitelli, Fish Weather Vane, 1939 Fish Weather Vane

Edward White, Ruby Vase, c 1936 Ruby Vase

Projects For Braclets, Design for a Bracelet; George E Germer (1868 - 1936); graphite, brush and white gouache, brush and yellow, brown watercolor on cardboard; 9 × 12.8 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.); 1939-84-30-d

Pa. German Cheese Strainer. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 25.2 x 24.3 cm (9 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 1/8" high; 3" wide; 4" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luther D. Wenrich.

Brass Betty Lamp. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 35.3 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" high; 5 1/4" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Oscar Bluhme.

Queen Mary's harp (Gaelic harp) from before the 15th century, attributed to Queen Mary Stuart. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.

Latches. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 44.3 x 36.5 cm (17 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Al Curry.

Candle Stand. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.9 x 26.9 cm (14 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6" high; 6" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luella Schroeder.

Church Pew. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 45.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2'8"high; 13"deep; 8'long. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Randolph Atkinson.

Powder Flask. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 46 x 38.2 cm (18 1/8 x 15 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter G. Capuozzo.

Evening Slipper. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28 cm (14 1/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Kieckhofel.

Cow Bell. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 40.5 x 30.5 cm (15 15/16 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: overall: 22 1/2" long; bell: 6 1/2" high; 5" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MAX UNGER.

Ornament ca. 1880 Richardson Ellson & Co.. Ornament 386685

Saucer from the silver cup, would -be gift for Emperor Napoleon in 1812, property of Józef Wolff in Warsaw in 1918 - views from above and side and company signs; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1918 (not after 27.10.1918) (1918-00-00-1918-00-00);

Bootjack. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 27.8 x 35.7 cm (10 15/16 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11" long; 4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marius Hansen.

Margery Parish, Chest, c 1938 Chest

Henry Tomaszewski, Chair, 1937 Chair

Ladle. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29.7 cm (9 1/16 x 11 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: A. Zaidenberg.

Bernard Krieger and Mildred Ford, Skewers and Holder, c 1939 Skewers and Holder

Charles Caseau, Candlestick, c 1938 Candlestick

Waffle Iron. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 36.5 cm (11 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: handles: 32" long; 7" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ardella Watkins.

Toy Sledge and Oxen. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.7 x 45.8 cm (11 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Sledge: 12" long, 6 1/2" wide; Oxen: 7" long, 5 1/4" tall; yoke: 11" across. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Kerby.

Vincent Burzy, Pin, 1935 1942 Pin

Lillian Causey, Bag, c 1937 Bag

Sketch of a Chalice 1845-55 Alfred Henry Forrester Alfred Crowquill British. Sketch of a Chalice 394867

Clarence Secor, Child's Rocking Chair, 1939 Child's Rocking Chair

Three furniture legs and handle of vase. The table leg on the left has the shape of a bird of prey.

Metal handle of crystal barrel, from the Louvre.

Robert Tardiff, Rosette, 1938 Rosette

Gemel Bottle. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 22.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" High 5" Wide(top) 5 7/8" Base. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.

Brass Bullet Mold. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 27.9 cm (9 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fred Hassebrock.

Pair of Pin Cushions. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 28.4 cm (9 x 11 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2" high; 1 5/8" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicholas Acampora.

Harry Mann Waddell, Chair, 1937 Chair

Leaf Finial. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albert Geuppert.

Paul Ward, Pie Plate, c 1937 Pie Plate

Isidore Steinberg, Lorgnette, c 1937 Lorgnette

Wedding Ring. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bertha Semple.

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