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Item Ships From: Palm Springs
Dino Rosin Chalcedony Piano
By Dino Rosin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful large art glass piano by the Italian Master Dino Rosin. Crafted out of Chalcedony or Chalcedonio glass and inscribed Made for Ann Taylor, Dino Ros...
Category
20th Century Italian Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Art Glass
Stewart Ross James for Hansen Verdigris Bronze Lamp
By Stewart Ross James, Hansen
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Lovely bronze patinated lamp designed by Stewart Ross James for Hansen. I’m working condition with an older rewire and a double cluster t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bronze
Henry Halem Signed Pottery Vase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful pottery vessel by the noted glass and ceramic artist Henry Halem. Mr Halem is a retired professor of glass at Kent State University.
The vessel ...
Category
20th Century American Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Pottery
John Follis Large "Tire" Planter
By John Follis
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Fabulous huge "Tire" planter by John Follis. We just acquired this out of a wonderfully curated Palm Springs estate. Measures approx 25.5 inches in diameter and almost 14 inches in h...
Category
1950s American Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Pottery
Pair of French Directoire Brass and Crystal Wall Sconces
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of early French Empire brass and crystal wall sconces with three candle cups and removable drip pans on knurled oval banding mounted to a round backplate. Nicely chased details ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass
Mounted Studio Ceramic by Raul Coronel
By Raul Coronel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Untitled "Flower in pot" by Raul Coronel.
C.1968
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
An Original Painting By American Artist Agnes Sims (1910 - 1990)
By Agnes Sims
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A mixed media on board from the 1960's by American Artist Agnes Sims
"Agi" Sims is known for paintings and sculptures inspired by prehistoric rock art of New Mexico.
Born in Devon, Pennsylvania, Sims attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. She managed a traveling marionette theater before establishing herself as a textile and needlework designer in Philadelphia.
After a visit to New Mexico in 1938, Sims returned to Philadelphia, packed her belongings, and returned to make Santa Fe her permanent home. She opened a classical record store in an eighteenth-century farmhouse on Canyon Road, but the shortage of shellac during the War put her out of business. Sims then became a building contractor (skills taught her by her contractor father), purchasing and renovating historic houses around Santa Fe. She later bought a nineteenth-century house with acreage on Canyon Road and built a compound including a house for herself and one for her long-time partner, Mary Louise Aswell, the fiction editor at Harper's Bazaar who had brought writers such as Eurdora Welty and Truman Capote to the public's attention.
Shortly after her arrival, a friend introduced Sims to the Galisteo Basin south of Santa Fe which was dotted with the ruins of prehistoric Indian Pueblos, and home to tens of thousands of ancient petroglyphs. The rock art captivated Sims and became her primary inspiration for the rest of her career. Over the next decade she recorded 3000 petroglyphs in drawings and thousands more in photographs. In 1949 she received a grant from the American Philosophical Society to further her research, and in 1950 she published a portfolio of selected rock at drawings in her monograph, San Cristobal Petroglyphs.
Most of Sims paintings and sculptures were inspired by petroglyphs, but unlike her documentary drawings they never were literal copies. Rather she adopted and adapted the two-dimensional representations of people and animal into an art that fit comfortably into the larger world of mid-century modernism. She used simple, idiosyncratic figures to create her own symbolism, the original meanings of the ancient art being mostly lost to the past.
Sims worked in a wide array of media. Her oil paintings on canvas often were mixed with an earthen medium which gave them a rough, stone-like texture. She developed a batik-like resist process for painting on cloth, and used it to produce large, un-stretched wall hangings. She used this technique to produce an architectural frieze 3.5 feet high and almost 150 feet long which still adorns the Century Bank lobby in downtown Santa Fe. Sims was a prolific sculptor, working in wood, stone, bronze, terracotta, fiberglass, and polyester.
Sims was given one-woman shows at the Brooklyn Museum, U.S. Embassy in London, Folger Library, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, McNay Art Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and the Museum of Fine Art in Santa Fe. She also showed her work at the gallery she owned on Canyon Road. At times, she rented studio space in her gallery building to local artisans, hoping to spark a revival of early New Mexico...
Category
1960s American Prehistoric Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Paint, Wood
Koch & Lowy Adjustable Table Lamp
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Brushed steel base with a black textured shade that can be adjusted many different ways.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Steel
Vintage Double Sided Table Mirror in the Style of Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice vintage double sided mirror like one we have that is signed by Charles Hollis Jones. This one does not have a Lucite added, but is s...
Category
20th Century American Palm Springs Modernism
Masaaki Pottery 2011
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautifully glaze and formed piece of ceramic pottery signed Masaaki 2011 on the base. Stunning colors in shades of greens. In good condition, with some glaze imperfections inherent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Pottery
Set of Four Italian Dining Chairs Designed by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima
By RIMA, Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A set of four very chic dining chairs from the 1970s.
Designed by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima.
Newly reupholster in a gray Ultra-suede fabric.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Suede
Three Chrome Ball Floor Lamp by Raymor
By Raymor
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A floor lamp bye Raymor consisting of three chrome ball light and black painted metal base.
Newly rewired.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Aldo Tura Sliver Plated Wine Server with Goatskin Handle
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sliver plated wine server with goatskin handle designed by Aldo Tura
A wonderful elegant way to serve champagne or wine!
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Goatskin
Gold Leaf Finish Faux Bamboo Magazine Holder
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A faux bamboo magazine holder with a gold leaf finish in original vintage condition.
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
Richard Faralla (1916 - 1996) Stick Figure
By Richard Faralla
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Duane 'Richard' Raoul Faralla (1916 - 1996) wood figure. This erotic wood figure was painted using a combination of blues and purples. The left arm has been replaced from the elbow....
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Wood, Paint
Venetian Hexagon Giltwood Gold Vain Wall Mirror
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Venetian style 8 sided gilt wood wall mirror, accented with smaller clear and gold vein mirror panels. A wonderfully crafted Hollywood Regency mid-century period wall mirror.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Abstract Oil Painting titled Cement Truck, Quay Gallery tag
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract oil painting titled Cement Truck. Gallery tag on back from the Quay Gallery, 2 Jerome Alley, San Francisco, California. We replaced the old black frame with a new frame. ...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Canvas
Brutalist Steel Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Brutalist steel sculpture on wood base. This incredible sculpture is not signed.
We looked all over and cannot find a signature. Wood base is 8.25" wide, 4" deep and 10" high. S...
Category
1950s Unknown Brutalist Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Steel
Sculptural Brutalist Lamp by the Laurel Lamp Mfg. Company
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Sculptural brutalist table lamp on wood base manufactured by the Laurel Lamp Company in Newark, N.J. Base is 5" wide, 5" deep and 7" high. Total height from base to the top of sock...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Copper, Steel
Painting by A. Robertson, titled Lets Take a Look at Some Meanies, dated 1995
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Oil painting dated 1995 by A. Robertson, titled "Lets Take a Look at Some Meanies". We had a new black floater frame replace the old black frame. Painting measures 47" wide, 2.25"...
Category
1990s American Modern Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Fontana Arte Style Italian Sconces
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of modern mid century Italian made sconces in the style of Fontana Arte, three layers of translucent shades of greenish color glass with chrome-plated fittings and backplate. Ta...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Brutalist Lamp by the Laurel Lamp Mfg. Company
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Sculptural brutalist table lamp on wood base manufactured by the Laurel Lamp Company in Newark, N.J. Base is 5" wide, 5" deep and 6.5" high. Total height from base to the top of so...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Copper, Steel
Modern Chrome Two-Tier Bar Cart
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Modern two-tier bar cart with inset glass tops with mirrored edged detail and castor wheels. Height top of handles 29.5" height to top 2nd shelf 25.5".
Category
Late 20th Century American Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Steel Sculpture of “Amphetrite” by Dale Edwards
By Dale Edwards
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Welded steel sculpture of “Amphetrite” goddess of the ocean. By American sculptor Dale Edwards.
Signed Dale and dated 74 (see detail photos).
In origi...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Steel
Giacometti Syrie Maugham Style “Tete de Femme” Plaster Lamps
By Syrie Maugham
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great pair of plaster after the “Tete de Femme” lamps designed by Giacometti for Syrie Maugham in the 1930’s. These lamps look to be from the 1960’s based on the wiring and electri...
Category
20th Century Unknown Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Clear Acrylic and Chrome Table Lamps by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous pair of clear acrylic and chrome table lamps by renowned designer Karl Springer.
Newly professionally polish acrylic and rewired with new custom white silk shades.
The h...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Italian “Rimini Blue” Bitossi Table Lamps by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous pair of 1960’s Italian ceramic ‘Rimini Blue’ table lamps by renowned Italian ceramicist Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
The ceramic bases are hand made and painted in Italy.
Newly...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Nickel
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Wing Back Chair and Ottoman
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautifully redone and reupholstered wing back chair designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar in the late 1950’s. I have included a couple of before photos of the construction. The le...
Category
1950s American Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Studio Brutalist Glazed Ceramic Wall Mural
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Studio Brutalist glazed ceramic mural with a black lacquered steel frame. It can be hung vertically or horizontal.
Due to hanging bracket the depth on top is 3” and 2” at bottom, 47...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Steel
Leather Rhinoceros Attributed to Dimitri Omersa (smaller version)
By Dimitri Omersa
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Incredible solid brown leather Rhinoceros in the style of Abercrombie & Fitch and Dimitri Omersa. Great color and patina with clear eyes. Rhinoceros measures 18.5" wide, 6.5" deep an...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Leather
Florence Knoll Leather Bench, Knoll Associates Inc.
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Florence Knoll bench with early label Knoll Associates, Inc. Madison Ave, NY. We had the bench redone in brown leather. Bench measures 80" wide, 20" deep and 17.5" high. The bench...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Steel
Murano Twisted Rope Glass Vanity Tray
By Venini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Murano Venetian glass mirrored vanity tray surmounted by twisted blown glass with finely detailed embossed brass straps and edging.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass
Anok Bird Sculture Mask African Art Baga People
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An antique Baga anok or elek carved wood mask sculpture, with bird and human face form elements, made by Baga people (Guinea West Africa). Features long and pointed bird beak, incise...
Category
Early 20th Century Guinean Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Wood
Pair French Empire Style Swan Candle Wall Sconces
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of French Empire style bronze or brass candle wall sconces with swan and serpent motif. Expertly executed with fine detailing throughout. Not electrified uses candles only.
Category
1960s French Empire Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Chinese Brass and Lacquered Wood Box
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Brass and Lacquered Wood Box, simple wood box with a brass edgings and front lock plate, wood section covered in a dark lacquer, hinged top lid, front with large rectangular ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass
Pair of Ceramic Lamps by Casual Lamps of California, 1987
By Casual Lamps of California
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of ceramic table lamps by Casual Lamps of California, 1987. The lucite base is 13.5" wide, 6.5" deep. The ceramic portion is 13" wide, 3.75" deep and 18.75" high. Total heigh...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Acrylic, Ceramic
American Mid century Modern solid block of Walnut Table Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful solid walnut American table lamp, circa 1970's great condition freshly rewired with brass fittings, The lampshade its not included the lamp is 18.5" tall to the top of the ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass
Japanese bamboo and rosewood display stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese bamboo and rosewood display stand, used for Ikebana or an Okimono in the Tokonoma, center floating panel with upright bamboo veneer dec...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bamboo, Rosewood
Reika Iwami, Contemporary Japanese woodblock print
By Reika Iwami
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Contemporary Japanese woodblock print (Sosaku hanga) by the female artist Reika Iwami (b. 1927, Tokyo) titled “Water Fantasy A”of a setting full moon on th...
Category
1980s Japanese International Style Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Paper
Cambodian Silver Elephant Box
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Cambodian Silver Elephant Box. A traditional sturdy crouching elephant form with front legs tucked beneath him and the hind kneeling underneath. The ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cambodian Other Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Silver
Antique English Georgian High Windsor Armchair
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique English Georgian High Windsor Armchair, the contoured saddle seat with a rich grained elm, the rest crafted from yew, turned baluster legs joined by a a crinoline stretcher,...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Yew
Antique Burmese Shan Wood, Lacquer and Gold Leafed Buddha, 19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Shan Wood, Lacquer and Gold Leafed Buddha, 19th Century. The image sits on a waisted lotus base with raised lacquer details, seated in padmasana, the lotus position ...
Category
19th Century Burmese Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms, Tani Buncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal: Tani Buncho (1763 - 1840). A famous and prol...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Paper
Japanese hammered silver vase by Seiho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese hammered silver vase by Seiho, a handled ewer form with round capsule body with a pronounced mid-body ridge, tapering stove pipe neck on centre with the mouth terminating a...
Category
20th Century Japanese Other Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Silver
Japanese Cloisonne Vase fitted as an electric table lamp
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Cloisonne Vase fitted as an electric table lamp. The bulbous vase form with tall narrow neck and flared mouth having a rich dark blue background with variegated blossoms of...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Enamel
Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Dish
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Dish, Bird Design, Hoi An Hoard, Chu Dau kiln, Vietnam, circa 1500. The sturdily potted form has a raised rim decorated in unde...
Category
16th Century Vietnamese Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vintage Ceramic Elephant Stands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Vintage Ceramic Elephant Stands, South Vietnam. Molded ceramic elephant stands with a square howdah serving as the table surface area. T...
Category
1970s Vietnamese Other Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Ceramic
Korean ceramic storage jar
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Korean ceramic storage jar, thickly potted with slanted shoulder decorated in under glaze cobalt blue of blossoming sprays, simple rolled lip and footed base, glazed overall in a tra...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Ceramic
Cambodian wood votive urn
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Cambodian wood votive urn, carved of turned wood creating a stupa like form with tiered lotus bud finial and urn on pedestal base, decorated in monochro...
Category
19th Century Cambodian Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Wood
Antique Thai Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Offering Tray
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Offering Tray. Crafted of assembled wood in an elevated and footed rectangular shape with rounded corners, lacquered red on the interior and black...
Category
Late 19th Century Thai Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries. Two Buddhist stupa shaped containers, one with a bulbous beggar’s bowl shaped body and the other with flange...
Category
18th Century Burmese Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Rock Crystal
Thai gilded copper alloy sculpture of Phra Malai visiting the damned to hell
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Thai gilded copper alloy sculpture of Phra Malai visiting the damned to hell, a standing monk image with a basket slung over his right shoulder costumed in ...
Category
19th Century Thai Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bronze
Antique Sawakhalok Celadon Bowl, Thailand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Sawakhalok Celadon Bowl, Thailand 14th/15th century.
A sturdily potted wheel thrown stoneware bowl with everted rim and chamfered lip. The cavetto has a three line combed dec...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Antique Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon
Pair Tall Murano White Blue & Adventurine Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of tall Murano Italian mid century hand blown cased white and splash of light blue table lamps. The glass bodies are covered with swirls of striped copper adventurine, resting o...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Burmese Red Lacquered Offering Tray
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Vintage Burmese Red Lacquered Offering Tray, referred to as a “Dang Lan” crafted of woven and assembled bamboo covered in a thick red and black lacquer, having thin strips of b...
Category
1950s Burmese Other Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Brush Brass Vanity Stool by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones, Hudson Rissman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Glamorous brush brass vanity stool by American renowned designer Charles Hollis Jones for Hudson Rissman.
Newly restored. It retains the original Hudson Rissman label and si...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Brass
Antique Burmese kalat lacquered offering tray, Shan States, Inle Lake
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese kalat lacquered offering tray, Shan States, Inle Lake, circa 1920. Assembled from wood and rattan covered in red, orange and black lacquer. A simple circular form wit...
Category
1920s Burmese Tribal Vintage Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage Vietnamese Front Pack Basket
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Vietnamese Front Pack Basket. Cleverly woven with three open compartments and two shoulder straps with a variation of weave patterns and well finished trim. To be worn on the...
Category
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Tribal Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Vietnamese Backpack Basket
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Vietnamese Backpack Basket. A woven form starting with a square bamboo base tapering up to an open round sturdy mouth with a a smooth interior surface, specifically used in t...
Category
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Folk Art Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Burmese Betel Box “Kun-It”
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Burmese Betel Box “Kun-It”, a cylindrical woven container with a deep lid and shallow interior tray, all covered in layers of red black and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Folk Art Palm Springs Modernism
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
