Decorating the Children's Room

Childhood is a time of imagination, whimsy and fantasy. Brighten your child's room and encourage their natural interest in pictures, animals and storytelling with colorful prints and art. This page features some items from our inventory; contact us for more suggestions.

Children love illustrations of their favorite nursery rhymes and stories, like this 1930s Nursery Rhyme Clock.

Costumed Characters  •   See also our Fashion & Historical Costume section
Condon Print

Fashions for the Ages
Fashion from the Middle Ages to the Roaring Twenties is captured in a winsome series of fashion illustrations by H.C. Condon. One of many available shown above.
$550 each.

Ringling Bros. Circus Parade in Old Springfield Ringling Bros. Circus Parade
c. 1930s. $400.


Ballerina painting Ballerinas
Pair of Paintings c. 1940s
$1,500 the pair
Detail of Playing Cards Print Sheet of Playing Cards
Detail shown above of this 19th C. uncut sheet of 24 cards decorated with royal figures and swords.
$250.
Animals  •   See also our Birds & Animals section
Heimburg North American Animal Illustration

North American Animals
Dutch: 1930s, gouache and watercolor $1,500

We have a large selection of natural history prints of Birds & Animals including dogs and cats, whimsical monkeys, colorful birds, turtles, frogs and marine animals.

For a more playful approach, see our Illustration Art.

Koala bears by Sarnoff

Koalas
American: 20th C., oil on canvas $1,300

Monkey and Hippopotamus

Monkey and Hippopotamus
American: c. 1900, pen and ink
$300

Frog and Bumblebee

The Frog and the Bumblebee
American: 1949, watercolor
$450

Games & Toys  •  Illustrations

Witness My Act and Deed
Detail of Victorian print of a mischievious cat.
$850

Witness My Act and Deed print

Find Illustrations, Games & Toys, and Genre Prints created for the children of the 19th and early 20th centuries on our web site. Chiromagica game

Harry Potter's Headmaster?:
Chiromagica Game, New York: 1870
$1,200

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