Ironies Chest
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Cast Brass Bookends of Male Foundry Worker
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Modern brutalist style. The bookends depict a stylized bare chested male foundry worker pouring a ladle
Category
Early 20th Century American Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Brass
H 5.25 in W 3.75 in D 2.5 in
A Ship Called Dignity
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
” – but with huge irony, there is no wealth or sophistication here, ostensibly just poverty, crime, sewage
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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Sculpted Bench or Side Table N4 in Solid Oakwood
By Sóha
Located in Paris, FR
Bench or side table in solid oak (+ linseed oil)
(Outdoor use OK)
SÓHA design studio conceives and produces furniture design and decorative objects in solid oak in an authentic sty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Benches
Materials
Oak
Alexander Girard & George Nelson Inc. Wall Mounted Vanity, Model 1030
By Alexander Girard, George Nelson
Located in Seattle, WA
An unusual and rare wall mounted vanity from the 1964 Herman Miller accessory line to the CSS storage system. A collaborative design by Alexander Girard and George Nelson Assoc./Irvi...
Category
Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Aluminum
Art Deco Bedroom Set: Armoire, Bed and Mirror - France, 1920s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely and lively exotic bedroom set comprised of one three-door wardrobe, a double bed and a large mirror.
The set is lacquered in red and black with gilt and silvered decor repr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bedroom Sets
Antique Ophthalmometer Eye Machine by General Optical Company
Located in Norwalk, CT
This Antique Universal Ophthalmometer Eye Exam Machine by General Optical Company is stamped “Pat Oct 24th 1911”. This is an optical optometrist device to measure the curvature of th...
Category
Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott
country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd
46 x 72 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
French Steamer Trunk By Aux Etats Unis
Located in Essex, MA
Canvas and leather and wood trim with brass fittings. Provenance ; John Gardner Coolidge. He was the nephew of Isabella Steward Gardner. John was an American diplomat. His summer hom...
Category
Early 20th Century French Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Other
Moroccan Antique Berber Case Flask Hand-carved
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand made early 20th century Moroccan antique Berber case flask, carved wood covered with brass and silvered metal filigree, delicately hand-hammered metal with animals decor for pow...
Category
Vintage 1920s Moroccan Moorish Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Tin
English Artist's Gallery Display or Studio Easel of Turned Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English artist's gallery display or studio floor easel from the 19th century, featuring a sliding brass and mahogany mechanism to adjust the tray height, with turned mahog...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Easels
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique 4 Draw Telescope, English, Terrestrial, Astronomical, Dollond, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique four draw telescope. An English, brass refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use by Dollond of London, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Perf...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
Lawrence Weiner Limited Edition Tattoo, ALL IN DUE COURSE, South London Gallery
By Lawrence Weiner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lawrence Weiner, ALL IN DUE COURSE, limited edition tattoo for the South London Gallery, 2014.
Materials:
Paper
Tattoo
Dimensions:
W 10.5 cm x H 15 cm.
Tattoo size: W 4 cm x H 9 c...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
H 5.91 in W 4.14 in D 0.12 in
19th Century Travel Trunk by Innovation
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century travel trunk by Innovation
Innovation is a well known American company which specialised in luxury travel wardrobes and suitcases, they had a shop on Les Champs Elysé...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Trunks and Luggage
Unusual Early 20th Century Novelty Biscuit Box, circa 1920, Hat Box
Located in Bath, GB
A highly sought-after and collectable brass biscuit box in the form of a Hat Box with an integral handle to the top and belt and buckle detail to either side just like a leather hat ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1920s Small Beige Vellum Steamer Trunk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This beautiful hat trunk features a very warm cream color vellum and golden brass locks.
Its interior is in beige canvas.
Clean and fresh original interior .
It could be a wonderful ...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Leather
1910s Venetian Coffee Table Nightstand Laquered Wood, Gilt Brass, Pink Onyx Top
By Testolini & Salviati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century refined elegant coffee table or nightstand with conical legs in lacquered wood and gilt brass with pink onyx top and underlying crystal top. Salviati Jesurum & Co....
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Night Stands
Materials
Crystal, Onyx, Brass
H 21.26 in W 20.87 in D 12.6 in
Incense Burner, France, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Interesting ram's head and hoof design on this brass incense burner with stone base.
Category
Antique 19th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
"How the West Was Won" Sexy Josie Canseco with Indian in a Vintage Car
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
"How the West Was Won"
Texas, USA 2020
Available Sizes (Framed Size)
Large: 71” x 91” Edition of 12
Standard: 52” x 65” Edition of 12
This work is sourced directly from the artist....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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Cho Dansu Tansu Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese cho dansu merchant’s storage chest made of kiri wood and iron hardware. Wear on wood and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Provencal Commode Bureau Desk, Walnut
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
the French arts of the 18th century, which made the critic Mario Praz say, with irony, that for that
Category
Antique 1780s French Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
"I got the blues", original color print, signed and numbered by Polke (7/40)
By Sigmar Polke
Located in Cologne, DE
trivial but here too he simultaneously disavowed the trivial through irony.
Very typical for Polke are the
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Cardboard, Screen
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