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Rare Carl-Harry Stålhane Blue Stoneware Vase in Harfur Glaze, Rörstrand, 1950s
Rare Carl-Harry Stålhane Blue Stoneware Vase in Harfur Glaze, Rörstrand, 1950s

Rare Carl-Harry Stålhane Blue Stoneware Vase in Harfur Glaze, Rörstrand, 1950s

By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane

Located in The Hague, NL

By the age of 30, Stålhane was a master ceramist, and in 1953 he was appointed art director and chief designer for Rörstrand, succeeding important mid-century ceramist Gunnar Nylund.

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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chief

Materials

Cast Stone

Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Totem By Raymond Williams
Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Totem By Raymond Williams

Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Totem By Raymond Williams

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Chief Shakes Raven pole by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth artist Raymond Williams.

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1950s American Native American Vintage Chief

Materials

Cedar

Woman Sacrificing Holding Offering Bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 1940s
Woman Sacrificing Holding Offering Bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 1940s

Woman Sacrificing Holding Offering Bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 1940s

By Yoruba People

Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dr John Swanson and his wife Marian lived from 1966 - 1981 in Lagos, Nigeria where Dr Swanson was the Advisor to the National Universities Commission and later on the Chief Planning ...

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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Vintage Chief

Materials

Wood

"WATERMELON TIME" Premier Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks Died 1988
"WATERMELON TIME" Premier Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks Died 1988

"WATERMELON TIME" Premier Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks Died 1988

By Johnny Banks

Located in San Antonio, TX

From childhood Banks's favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big Chief tablet. He later recalled, "As a kid I used to lie flat on my stomach, drawing and drawing. . . .

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1980s Folk Art Vintage Chief

Materials

Mixed Media

Design for St Nicholas House, High Street, Bristol by Edmund J Thring
Design for St Nicholas House, High Street, Bristol by Edmund J Thring

Design for St Nicholas House, High Street, Bristol by Edmund J Thring

Located in London, GB

In 'A History of Architectural Model Making in Britain', David Lund notes that Thring was the chief instructor for the hundred or so recruits in the model-making department.

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20th Century Vintage Chief

Materials

Gouache

Mode Drawing : Pretty Elegant Girls - Original charcoal drawing
Mode Drawing : Pretty Elegant Girls - Original charcoal drawing

Mode Drawing : Pretty Elegant Girls - Original charcoal drawing

By Rosy Andreasi-Verdier

Located in Paris, IDF

She worked for "La Femme Chic" and "Mariages" magazines and also for editions Louchel. She was the Chief Redactor of "L'Officiel de la Couture" a leadin...

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Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Chief

Materials

Charcoal

"Night Skaters, " Large Genre Painting of Ice Skating in 1940s Chicago
"Night Skaters, " Large Genre Painting of Ice Skating in 1940s Chicago

"Night Skaters, " Large Genre Painting of Ice Skating in 1940s Chicago

Located in Philadelphia, PA

He painted murals -- such as “Lincoln at New Salem” in the Petersburg, Illinois post office -- and later moved to the Philadelphia area to serve as the chief artist and display direc...

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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Chief

Materials

Paint

Colonial by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Wine Cooler Tankard Massive '#7034'
Colonial by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Wine Cooler Tankard Massive '#7034'

Colonial by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Wine Cooler Tankard Massive '#7034'

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in Big Bend, WI

He stayed with Tiffany and eventually became a board member in 1888 and in 1893 was appointed chief designer and head of jewelry later also assuming the role of artistic director of ...

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20th Century Vintage Chief

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair of Verre Églomisé Lamps Coats of Arms for the Earls Bathurst and Granville
Pair of Verre Églomisé Lamps Coats of Arms for the Earls Bathurst and Granville

Pair of Verre Églomisé Lamps Coats of Arms for the Earls Bathurst and Granville

Located in Hanover, MA

Coat of arms of the Earls Bathurst, from: the English Peerage, Loyal Devoir: Title- Carteret, John, 1st Earl Granville (1690-1763) (Stamp 1) Arms- Four lozenges in fess in chief a c...

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1940s British Art Deco Vintage Chief

Materials

Mercury Glass

Vintage Indian Bidriware Ewer, Silver Inlay, Metal Craft, 20th Century
Vintage Indian Bidriware Ewer, Silver Inlay, Metal Craft, 20th Century

Vintage Indian Bidriware Ewer, Silver Inlay, Metal Craft, 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The term 'Bidriware' originates from the township of Bidar, which is still the chief center for the manufacture of the unique metalware.

Category

20th Century Indian Vintage Chief

Materials

Metal

Quatre Couleurs Table Lamp from Rosenthal's Studio Line by Bjørn Wiinblad, 1960s
Quatre Couleurs Table Lamp from Rosenthal's Studio Line by Bjørn Wiinblad, 1960s

Quatre Couleurs Table Lamp from Rosenthal's Studio Line by Bjørn Wiinblad, 1960s

By Bjørn Wiinblad

Located in Hamburg, DE

The Danish painter, designer, set designer and visual artist was chief designer for Rosenthal AG in Selb for 45 years.

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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chief

Materials

Gold Leaf

Watercolour Design for a Stained Glass Panel in a Private House, Jane Gray
Watercolour Design for a Stained Glass Panel in a Private House, Jane Gray

Watercolour Design for a Stained Glass Panel in a Private House, Jane Gray

By Jane Gray

Located in London, GB

The blazon of the arms, as depicted here is: ‘Gules, two seaxes in saltire argent, pommels and hilts or, between in chief a Saxon Crown or and in base a horse courant argent’.

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Chief

Materials

Watercolor

Polychrome Wood Gelede Headdress, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1940s
Polychrome Wood Gelede Headdress, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1940s

Polychrome Wood Gelede Headdress, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1940s

By Yoruba People

Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dr John Swanson and his wife Marian lived from 1966 - 1981 in Lagos, Nigeria where Dr Swanson was the Advisor to the National Universities Commission and later on the Chief Planning ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Vintage Chief

Materials

Wood

Martin Visser BR02 Sofa/ Sofa bed/ Daybed by ‘t Spectrum, Dutch Mid-Century
Martin Visser BR02 Sofa/ Sofa bed/ Daybed by ‘t Spectrum, Dutch Mid-Century

Martin Visser BR02 Sofa/ Sofa bed/ Daybed by ‘t Spectrum, Dutch Mid-Century

By Martin Visser, 't Spectrum

Located in CULEMBORG, GE

Because of his work for the furniture department of De Bijenkorf, Visser was asked in 1954 to become chief designer at Spectrum. This turned out to be a golden opportunity, his sleek...

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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chief

Materials

Stainless Steel

Red Rider by Bill Schenck

Red Rider by Bill Schenck

By Bill Schenck

Located in Phoenix, AZ

From early depictions of cinematic cowboys to real-life cowboys and cowgirls to poetic reveries about the Native American existence in the Southwest, Schenck melds the real with the ...

Category

1980s Vintage Chief

Materials

Screen

Bill Schenck, Last Horizon, Serigraph
Bill Schenck, Last Horizon, Serigraph

Bill Schenck, Last Horizon, Serigraph

By Bill Schenck

Located in Phoenix, AZ

From early depictions of cinematic cowboys to real-life cowboys and cowgirls to poetic reveries about the Native American existence in the Southwest, Schenck melds the real with the ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Chief

Materials

Screen

Portrait de D. H. Kahnweiler I Lithograph, French School, 1957, Signed
Portrait de D. H. Kahnweiler I Lithograph, French School, 1957, Signed

Portrait de D. H. Kahnweiler I Lithograph, French School, 1957, Signed

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Fairlawn, OH

His essays appeared in such art journals as Der Cicerone, Das Kunstblatt and Die Weissen Blätter under the pseudonym Daniel Henry. Chief among his publications of this period was The...

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1950s French School Vintage Chief

Materials

Lithograph

Rounded Corner Black Volak Claustra Made in 1960s Czechia by Holesov
Rounded Corner Black Volak Claustra Made in 1960s Czechia by Holesov

Rounded Corner Black Volak Claustra Made in 1960s Czechia by Holesov

By Drevopodnik Holesov, Ludvik Volak

Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj

More about the designer: Volak was the director and chief engineer of Drevopodnik in Holešov. He launched a new furniture technology called ""wood laminate"", which represented t...

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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chief

Materials

Oak

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Glass Vase, ca 1999
Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Glass Vase, ca 1999

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Glass Vase, ca 1999

By Karim Rashid

Located in Cathedral City, CA

“I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice ...

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1990s German Minimalist Vintage Chief

Materials

Blown Glass

Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water 1960s Op Art painting Art Institute Chicago
Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water 1960s Op Art painting Art Institute Chicago

Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water 1960s Op Art painting Art Institute Chicago

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in New York, NY

Created in 1964 - at the height of the Op Art movement, when Anuszkiewicz was represented by Sidney Janis Gallery - and the year he was featured on the cover of LIFE Magazine as the ...

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1960s Op Art Vintage Chief

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects by Rudi Stahl, Germany, 1970s
Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects by Rudi Stahl, Germany, 1970s

Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects by Rudi Stahl, Germany, 1970s

By Rudi Stahl

Located in Kirchlengern, DE

VITA Rudi Stahl: Apprenticeship in pottery with Wim Mühlendyck (1936 journeyman's examination there), 1937 to 1939 studies at the State College for Ceramics in Höhr-Grenzhausen; f...

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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chief

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Statue Songye, Kneeling Male Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo
Statue Songye, Kneeling Male Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo

Statue Songye, Kneeling Male Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo

Located in Cotignac, FR

During new moon ceremonies, the great nkishi was taken out, and could be placed on a chief ’s throne. It was given libations of palm oil and blood, as well as rooster meat, as offeri...

Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Chief

Materials

Metal

Original Vintage Soviet Science Fiction Movie Poster "The Secret of Two Oceans"

Original Vintage Soviet Science Fiction Movie Poster "The Secret of Two Oceans"

Located in London, GB

Original vintage Soviet film poster for a science fiction movie "The Secret of Two Oceans" - about enemy agents who set up secret facilities in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to sin...

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1950s Russian Vintage Chief

Materials

Paper

La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print

La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print

By Fabrizio La Torre

Located in Brussels, BE

And whilst the diplomat and the missionary were talking to the chief, the photographer was able to mingle with the daily life of the tribe, weaving, cooking, caring for the animals a...

Category

1950s Photorealist Vintage Chief

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bjorn Wiinblad ALADIN in the Enchanted Garden Porcelain Plate by Rosenthal
Bjorn Wiinblad ALADIN in the Enchanted Garden Porcelain Plate by Rosenthal

Bjorn Wiinblad ALADIN in the Enchanted Garden Porcelain Plate by Rosenthal

By Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp series was designed in the 60s by the Danish artist and chief designer of Rosenthal, Björn Wiinblad. Connoisseurs of Wiinblad's work know that this great a...

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Mid-20th Century German Expressionist Vintage Chief

Materials

Porcelain

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