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Roadsign and Field - Michael Ormerod, Frontier, America, Abandoned, Boom
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the
Category

1980s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

Fratelli Fanciullacci, Stylised Town Series, Sgraffito, Gloss & Lava Glaze Vase
By Fratelli Fanciullacci
Located in Frome, GB
, during the Italian ceramics boom. The Town series* is characterised by its highly tactile Sgraffito on
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Gold Mine, Central City, Colorado
By Joseph Meert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and the rise of competition from Leadville, Central City remained an economic boom town through the
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1940s Pair Modern Pottery Black Horse Head Bookends Abingdon Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
1908 in the small town of Abingdon, Illinois. During the depression, not much constrution going on
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Abingdon Pottery 1940s Mid Century Modern Pair Black Horse Head Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
1908 in the small town of Abingdon, Illinois. During the depression, not much constrution going on
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Abingdon Pottery Pair White Ceramic Mid Century Modern Horse Head Bookends 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1908 in the small town of Abingdon, Illinois. During the depression, not much
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

"Clason's Guide Map of Montana" by The Clason Map Company, Circa 1920s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
help viewers find towns on the map. It also provides population data by town, for any town with a
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Maps

Materials

Paper

Pair Mid Century Modern Pottery White Horse Head Bookends Abingdon Pottery 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
1908 in the small town of Abingdon, Illinois. During the depression, not much constrution going on
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Lizzie Nichols and Perkins, 1913
Located in New York, NY
landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope
Category

1910s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ted Higby at Skyline Rodeo, 1928
Located in New York, NY
landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope
Category

1920s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sweet Peas, 1907
Located in New York, NY
Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a
Category

Early 1900s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sweet Peas, 1907
Sweet Peas, 1907
H 22.5 in W 17.5 in D 2 in
Bert Oldham Jr., 1911
Located in New York, NY
, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer
Category

1910s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mary and Maude Platt, 1912
Located in New York, NY
landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope
Category

1910s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Waiting For The Morning Train: An American Boyhood By Bruce Catton, Signed Ltd
Located in valatie, NY
is identified with Civil War history, grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, probably the only town within
Category

Vintage 1970s American Books

Materials

Paper

Vase Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Designhuset, Sweden, 1988
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Dimensions: H: 37 cm/ 14 1/2'' Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in the
Category

Vintage 1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Dish Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Designhuset, Sweden, 1983
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Stockholm, SE
: 28.5 cm/ 11 1/4". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of
Category

Vintage 1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Stoneware

Erebos
Located in Miami, FL
development buoyed by Venezuela’s oil boom. The energy business would prove a source of important patronage
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Erebos
H 23.6 in W 22.38 in D 1 in
Italian Antique 18th Century Mythological Carved Coral 18Kt Gold With Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
the town because of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Brooches

Materials

Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Francesco Passaretta 1970 Fluted Sardinian Coral Ring In 18Kt Gold With Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
alchemist or demiurge. Thanks to the Bourbons, in 1715 the town of Torre del Greco became one of the most
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modernist Cluster Rings

Materials

White Diamond, Diamond, Coral, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold

Italian 1960 Double Strands Roots Coral Necklace Mount in Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
the town because of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modernist Multi-Strand Necklaces

Materials

Coral, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Italian 1850 Renaissance Revival Pendant Carved In Coral Mount In 14Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
alchemist or demiurge. Thanks to the Bourbons, in 1715 the town of Torre del Greco became one of the most
Category

Antique 1850s Italian Renaissance Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Coral, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Unique Stoneware Vase by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950
By rorstrand studio, Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Malmö, SE
represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Carl-Harry was born in the town of Mariestad
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Stoneware Vase by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s
By rorstrand studio, Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Malmö, SE
National Museum of Art and Design. Carl-Harry was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Ceiling Lamp Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1954
By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Stockholm, SE
: H: 52 cm/ 1'9" D: 20 cm/ 8". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in
Category

Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stoneware

Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon Lake with Birds Migrating
Located in Soquel, CA
national forests, they are about 10 miles south of the nearest town, Sisters. Unsigned. Titled "Three
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Xanadu
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
the town, but so have many bad things, which makes it delicious material for the Storyteller. 70
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Xanadu
Xanadu
H 52 in W 63 in D 2 in
Set of 6 Stoneware Vases by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s
By rorstrand studio, Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Malmö, SE
represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Carl-Harry was born in the town of Mariestad
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Midcentury Sofa Isa Bergamo, 1950
By ISA Bergamo
Located in Arezzo, Italy
the end of the 1940s in Ponte San Pietro, a town of 11 thousand inhabitants just outside Bergamo. A
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Sofa Isa Bergamo, 1950
Midcentury Sofa Isa Bergamo, 1950
H 38.98 in W 79.53 in D 33.47 in
Mid-Century French Ceramic Plate by Naumovitch Gourju, Grand Chêne, Vallauris
By Le Grand Chêne 1, Ljuba Naumovitch
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
condition. The trademark, stylized oak leaf is on the underside along with their pottery's town, Vallauris
Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Enamel

Mid-century French Ceramic Pitcher by Naumovitch - Grand Chêne Studio, Vallauris
By Ljuba Naumovitch, Le Grand Chêne 1
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
with their pottery's town, Vallauris. In 1948, the couple Odette Gourju and Ljuba Naumovitch
Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Enamel

turquoise lava glazed RUSCHA FLOOR VASE 60s 70s hand-thrown marked G.- 863-40
By Ruscha
Located in Kumhausen, DE
in the town of Rheinbach, located near Bonn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (RUSCHA is
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery

Neapolitan Coral Quilted Convertible Earrings 18Kt Yellow Gold With VS Diamonds
By Oro Trend
Located in Miami, FL
imported raw coral, though he couldn’t start a factory in the town because of the boom of the French
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modernist Clip-on Earrings

Materials

Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Cook Bank Building, Rhyolite, Nevada - American Architecture Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Cook Bank Building, in Rhyolite, Nevada, is a metaphor for the ghost town in which it sits
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Xanadu
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
the town, but so have many bad things, which makes it delicious material for the Storyteller. 70
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Xanadu
Xanadu
H 71 in W 88 in D 2 in
Pair of Stoneware Vases by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s
By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane, rorstrand studio
Located in Malmö, SE
at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Carl-Harry was born in the town of Mariestad, in
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Set of 5 Stoneware Vases by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s
By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane, rorstrand studio
Located in Malmö, SE
at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design. Carl-Harry was born in the town of Mariestad, in
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

8 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Falcon, Thonet, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
and design in Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

8 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

6 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

6 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

4 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

4 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Falcon, Thonet, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

10 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

10 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a successful businessman. He was a founding member of the
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

12 Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a successful businessman. He was a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

12 Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Falcon, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

Armed Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Falcon, Thonet, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

Armless Bauhaus Beech Bentwood J Hoffman Prague 811 Dining Chairs Style Thonet
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann, Falcon
Located in Topeka, KS
Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a
Category

Late 20th Century Macedonian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

Dish Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1960s
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Stockholm, SE
town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden. As a child, he dreamed of being a successful painter. He
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Ankony Farm ( Contemporary Rural Landscape Sepia toned Photograph with Barns)
By James Bleecker
Located in Hudson, NY
exposed here; in ancient stone walls, leaning barns, faded mansions and mill towns. The valley exudes boom
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rare Antique American Central Oil & Gas Lighthouse 110 Stove Heater 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
A rare and impressive American Central Oil & Gas Lighthouse 110 heater. Baby boomers who grew up
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Metal

The Palmist - Street photography, America, 20th Century, Robert Frank, Surreal
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

"Washington/ Go By Train/ Pennsylvania Railroad" Vintage Travel Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
-oriented railroad. Train travel allowed Americans the ability to leave their towns, head into a city, or
Category

Mid-20th Century American Posters

Materials

Paper

Seventies Dümler & Breiden White Glaze Table Lamp with New Lamp Shade
By Dümler & Breiden
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Höhr-Grenzhausen, a town renowned for its many ceramics factories. The founders were Peter Dümler (7/11
Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Kline Kill Road (Tranquil Landscape Photo of a Rustic Barn in Sepia tone)
By James Bleecker
Located in Hudson, NY
have worked in the Hudson River valley. While I have photographed landscapes, towns and cities, I have
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tree and Pond, Ghent (Sepia Toned Pigment Print of a Sunlit Landscape)
By James Bleecker
Located in Hudson, NY
, towns and cities, I have chosen a selection of rural scenes for this show. All are in Columbia County
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Barn, New Concord (A tranquil winter scene of Barn and Evergreen in Sepia)
By James Bleecker
Located in Hudson, NY
, leaning barns, faded mansions and mill towns. The valley exudes boom and bust, love and leavings. About
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stoneware Fish Sculpture by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Sweden, 1970s
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Malmö, SE
Museum of Art and Design. Carl-Harry was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden. As a
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Wood

"Reclining Figure" Walt Kuhn, Figurative Nude Line Drawing, American Modernism
By Walt Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
New York and immersed himself in the booming art scene. While continuing to work as an illustrator for
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen

1907 Map of Colorado, Antique Topographical Map, by Louis Nell
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
creeks. Towns, villages, settlements, mining areas, railroads and townships are also highlighted. The map
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Maps

Materials

Paper

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