The Americas
A Whole New World
Discover a curated collection of works by creators from San Francisco to São Paolo.
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Original Vintage Rio Mid-Century Modern Chaise by Oscar Niemeyer, 1978
By Oscar Niemeyer, Anna Maria Niemeyer
Located in New York, NY
Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
That’s "Rio" Chaise Lounge created in 1978 by Oscar Niemeyer and his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer. "Rio" is exemplary of Niemeyer’s exquisite curves and sinuous forms made famous by his seminal modern architecture.
That's a rare vintage piece Manufactured by Moveis Tepperman in Brazil, 1995.
Literature
Desenho da Utopia, Brazilian Modern Furniture...
Category
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Leather, Cane, Wood
Mid-Century Modern "Cubo" Sofa by Brazilian Designer Jorge Zalszupin
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in New York, NY
This recently upholstered cubo (Cube) sofa was designed by Jorge Zalszupin (1922-2020) in the 1970s.
The elegance, a feature of Zalszupin designs, on this piece does not come from ...
Category
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Masterpiece Coffee Table by Rude Osolnik
By Rude Osolnik
Located in South Charleston, WV
Previously the property of the Osolnik family. 41.5" diameter and 18" tall.
An important artist, who seldom produced furniture. This example by Osolnik is representative of the fine...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Cherry
Pair of Lividi Nightstands Tables by Designer Jonathan Nesci in Solid Aluminum
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
Lividi nightstands (Italian for black and blue Bruises) produced in powder-coated and mirror-polished, quarter-inch thick aluminum plate. Solid alum...
Category
2010s American Minimalist The Americas
Materials
Aluminum
Wharton Esherick Important Sofa
By Wharton Esherick
Located in Chicago, IL
Wharton Esherick important sofa for Lawrence and Alice Seiver.
We are pleased to offer this exceptional item, the epitome of the Americ...
Category
1950s American American Craftsman Vintage The Americas
Materials
Poplar, Tulipwood, Walnut
Pre-Columbian Gold Quimbaya Necklace with Six Frogs
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Gold Quimbaya necklace with beads in the shape of six frogs of delicate and slender shape with a beautiful gold color and patina, very nice expression with two narrow lines on the ba...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique The Americas
Las flores del mal
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
He refers to the history of art, particularly to pop culture and the social circumstances of its local environment as well as its universal confrontation.
Humor and irony with a crit...
Category
2010s Conceptual The Americas
Materials
Cotton, Color
Julio Roberto Katinsky Sling Chairs, Brazil, 1959
By Julio Katinski
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Highly beautiful and rare pair of sling chairs designed by Julio Roberto Katinsky, locally made in Brazil 1959. In 1959, to serve a private orde...
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Metal
Savana Armchair in Natural Wicker, Brazilian Contemporary Style, Black seat
By Tiago Curioni
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
The savana armchair is made of wicker in the Brazilian contemporary style.
A clump of grass, a bush, which moves in the wind and envelops its inhabita...
Category
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern The Americas
Materials
Wicker
George Sellers, 'The Hand Table, ' Bronze Coffee Table with Laminated Glass
By George Sellers
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
George Sellers is a classically-trained artist who studied sculpture in Italy. George had also been doing the window art for years in New York at luxury jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels, w...
Category
2010s American The Americas
Materials
Bronze
"Offering Mirror" Polished Bronze Wall Mirror with Blackened Steel Shelves
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The "Offering Mirror" is not just a mirror but a sculptural object. It is one of our many humble offerings at the alter of art and design. Every aspect of this formed Bronze wall-mounted mirror has been painstakingly obsessed over. The polished metal finish imbues the piece with the personality of a burnished idol or relic. Paired with a blackened steel shelving...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist The Americas
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Mexican Modernist Silver Pitcher by Hector Aguilar
By Hector Aguilar
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early mid-Century Modernist sterling silver water pitcher made by Hector Aguilar circa 1940-1945. Made in Taxco, Mexico and hallmarked Taxco /940 and Stamped for Hector Aguilar. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Sterling Silver
Contemporary Futuristic Center Table in Stainless Steel
By Juliana Vasconcellos and Matheus Barreto
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Ghost table
Designed by Juliana Vasconcellos and Matheus Barreto
Brushed and Polished Stainless Steel
Dimensions center table: L. 165cm x W. 110cm x H. 34cm
An asymmetrical balan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian The Americas
Materials
Stainless Steel
Brazilian Wood and Copper Desk with Drawers, Mid Century Brazilian Modern
By Atelier BAM
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Marajoara desk with drawer is a study upon Mid Century Modern utilitarian furniture, with Brazilian Native Arte Reference.
The modern design style is one of the most influential movements in contemporary Brazilian design. Among the main names of modernist designers are Lina Bo Bardi, Vilanova Artigas, Oscar Niemeyer, and a few others; giving a legacy maintained by contemporary architects like Isay Weinfeld...
Category
2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Style Brass Table Lamp with Painted Brass Shade
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
Brass table lamp with painted red brass shade.
This lamp is in a style that we call eclectic historical, combining Egyptian, Roman, English and neo classical elements. The history of eclectic style spans all the way back to the 18th century. The word eclecticism actually comes from the Greek word “eklektikos.”
It was commonly used in philosophy and encouraged picking the best doctrines from multiple schools of thought, then combining them to create a completely unique school of thought, specific to the person choosing the doctrines. The influence of the ancient cultures...
Category
2010s Mexican Art Deco The Americas
Materials
Bronze
Vasija Los Gemelos / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Mata Ortiz
By Hector Gallegos & Laura Bugarini
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
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Artisan: Laura Bugarini Cota
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Carved polychrome jar painted with geometric design.
- Dimensions: 11" x 14" i...
Category
2010s Folk Art The Americas
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Bill T. Jones
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe, American (1946 - 1989)
Title: Bill T. Jones
Year: 1985
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed, titled and stamped verso
Image Size: 18.5 x 1...
Category
1980s Contemporary The Americas
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Lloyd Wright Coffee Table Heritage Henredon Taliesin Mahogany, 1955
By Heritage-Henredon, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Camden, ME
A Frank Lloyd Wright mahogany coffee table or end table designed by for Heritage Henredon for their Taliesin line introduced in 1955.
The table is in excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Geometric Graphic Slate Mohair Stools/ Chairs
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern stools were realized in the United States circa 1970. They feature a rounded rectangular back that extends to the floor with a volumetric cyl...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Mohair
Supernatural Being, Pre-Columbian Gold Pendant, Costa Rica, circa 800 to 1500 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Southern Costa Rica or Western Panama, circa 800 to 1500 AD. A very fine example of the goldwork of the Veraguas-Chiriqui-Diquis region. A pendant in Carbonera style of a supernatural being, a composite monster with human torso and feline (probably jaguar) head. The figure is set in a frame decorated with little animal heads, one at each corner. The hands have also turned into animal heads. In place of genitalia is a stylized serpent head suspended by a twisted cord that was supposed to continue across the frame. A minor casting accident prevented it form being attached to the frame. A modern goldsmith would solder in two short lengths of twisted wire, but the ancient goldsmith did not have the equipment to make such repair. A double thread ending in spirals goes across the frame behind the neck of the figure, helping to fill up the frame and avoiding a large empty space. The word "thread" reminds us that the twisted and straight cords were, in the original wax model of the pendant really extruded wax threads, turned into metal by the lost wax (cire perdue) process. The braid pattern on the frame is illusory, just two twisted threads of extruded wax laid side by side. The goldsmith made the toes out of extruded wax thread too, very decorative as well. The piece comes with a certificate of authenticity by Mr. Robert Sonin, 5 May 2006. ref. photo roll 3301. A world renowned expert on Pre-Columbian Artifacts...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antique The Americas
Materials
Gold
Brazilian Rosewood Bookshelf by Geraldo de Barros, Unilabor, 1950s, Mid-Century
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
This bookshelf was designed in the 1950s by Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998) and produced by Unilabor. He designed and projected furniture based on his constructive references related t...
Category
1950s South American Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Iron
Sergio Rodrigues "Alex" Dining Table
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sergio Rodrigues "Alex" dining table.
A dining table by Sergio Rodrigues with jacaranda base and etched white marble top.
Brazil, circa 1950s.
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage The Americas
Materials
Jacaranda
Leonor Fini - Satyr - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Satyr - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Circa 1982
On colored paper
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 275
Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm
Category
1980s Modern The Americas
Materials
Lithograph
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Ostriches in Lucite Made by Abraham Palatnik
By Abraham Palatnik
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Pair of ostriches designed and made by Abraham Palatnik. Nice condition but one of them has some scratches when looked upon closely.
The Brazilian artist Abraham Palatnik (1928) w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Lucite
Contemporary Black Side Table "Tee", Made of Brazilian Ashwood
By Atelier BAM
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Contemporary black side table with strong geometric form, “Tee” side table is suitable for your contemporary interior. Along your sofa or compound with others to form a centrer table...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist The Americas
Materials
Stone
Frank Lloyd Wright Benches and Table from Wright's 1951 Unitarian Church
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Long Island City, NY
This trio of hinged bench seats and one table were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1951 for the Unitarian Meeting House, which Wright also designed, at 900 University...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Upholstery, Fir
Dining Table with Cane Top by Carlo Hauner, Brazilian Midcentury, 1950s
By Carlo Hauner, Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler's pieces of furniture are highly designed and well-executed, with ingenious constructive details – very distinctive of any production of the time in Br...
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Wood, Cane
Bloch Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazilian Midcentury Design, 1964
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
A particular characteristic in Brazilian mid-century furniture making was the practice of furnishing houses and commercial buildings in exchange for a special commission. This chair ...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
Abraham Palatnik "The Giraffe and the Cheetah", 1960
By Abraham Palatnik
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Abraham Palatnik
The giraffe and the cheetah
2 sculptures in amber and black acrylic.
circa 1960
Cheetah: 12 x 6 x 2 mm
Giraffe: 21 x 12 x 3 mm
Super...
Category
1960s French Vintage The Americas
Materials
Glass
Vintage 'Mole' Solid Rosewood Sofa by Sergio Rodrigues, 1960s, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
The iconic Mole sofa is Sergio Rodrigues' signature piece designed between 1956 and 1957, giving rise to the famous and award-winning Mole armchair. In Portu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
The Gap
By Mauricio Sandoval
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Mauricio Sandoval
(Aguascalientes, México, 1960) Lives and works in Mexico City
Mauricio Sandoval is an abstract painter, one of the best ever in Mexico; he creates his own pictorial language that expresses a never-ending search and continuous, organic movement. His production is characteristically expansive, sometimes saturating spaces with texture or color, energetic, long, and fluid traces.
Sandoval’s work has retained some determining constants throughout his trajectory, during which he has developed a complex relationship between poetic language and image. From an early age, the artist has had an ever-present intense relationship with poetry and literature, mythological and scientific references as we can see in “The Gap...
Category
2010s Abstract The Americas
Materials
Oil
George Sellers, 'Ophidian Mirror, ' Bronze Mirror, Limited Edition of 8
By George Sellers
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
George Sellers is a classically-trained artist who studied sculpture in Italy. George had also been doing the window art for years in New York at luxury jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels, w...
Category
2010s American The Americas
Materials
Bronze
Open Air School (iconic image of indigenous teacher by Mexican muralist)
By Diego Rivera
Located in New Orleans, LA
An indigenous teacher, surrounded by her multi-generational students, sits at the edge of a field, open book in hand. In the distance, we see campesinos working the fields with their horses. A lone, armed horseman watches over the class, locating the lithograph in its historical setting, the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution...
Category
1930s Modern The Americas
Materials
Lithograph
Autumn Glow
By John Defeo
Located in Bozeman, MT
Johnny Defeo’s work belongs to the concept of souvenir, attempting to capture the experiences he has in the natural world, where he feels free and most at home. His paintings and rug...
Category
2010s Contemporary The Americas
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American 20th Century Wood Slab and Chain Links Stools, Sold Each
Located in Atlanta, GA
Four American chain stools from the 20th century with wood slab seats, priced and sold $1,125 each. Made in the USA during the 20th century, these stools e...
Category
20th Century American The Americas
Materials
Metal
Vase D33
By Cultivado em Casa
Located in Floresta, MG
The D33 collection is intended to enhance the foam, a material very present in furniture, yet always hidden. Abusing its main characteristic, absorption, the entire volume of the mat...
Category
2010s Brazilian The Americas
Materials
Steel
Pair of Mira Nakashima Mira Bar Stools in Walnut, USA
By George Nakashima, Mira Nakashima
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Mira Nakashima "Mira bar stools" in walnut, USA. The chairs are in black walnut. Please consider the production lead time of around 18 months.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Balancing Silver Bowl from the Balance Collection by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Balance collection is composed by pieces of different materials that Challenge the laws of equilibrium. Making use of the same typology and differen...
Category
2010s Mexican The Americas
Materials
Silver
Glass and Polished Stainless Steel Torchiere by Curtis Norton
By Lewis Trimble
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A polished stainless steel 5 arm floor lamp by Curtis Norton. Each arm supporting murano pulegoso glass shades.
Category
20th Century American The Americas
Materials
Murano Glass
Monumental Fifty/50 Floor Shelf by Jonathan Nesci, Final Work of Edition 3/3
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
Fifty/50 floor shelf initially produced and named for the collector and legendary Mid-Century Modern dealer Mark McDonald. Designed within the form langu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist The Americas
Materials
Aluminum
Carlo Hauner Martin Eisler Concha Lounge Chair, Brazil, 1950
By Carlo Hauner, Martin Eisler
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning and comfortable ‘Concha’ (shell) lounge chair designed by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler and manufactured by Forma Moveis, Brazil 1950. This chair has a solid steel structur...
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Metal
Sergio Rodrigues Stool "Mocho" Stool for Oca, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare Sergio Rodrigues "Mocho" stool for Oca, Brazil, 1954. Sublime in its simplicity and comfort, in very good original condition, stamped.
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
"Açafrão & Urucum" Contemporary Hand-Built Floor Lamp Large
By Cultivado em Casa
Located in Floresta, MG
The project was born inside Mercado Novo, consecrated by its many aromas, colors and flavors, a cultural and historical point of our city, Belo Horizonte...
Category
2010s Brazilian The Americas
Materials
Steel
Brass Vase, Brazilian Contemporary Style
By Tiago Curioni
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Yugen means a deep inner feeling, an expression of depth, the untranslated mystery, the incomprehensible and the abstract in all artistic activities. According to the Japanese, Yugen...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist The Americas
Materials
Brass
Cowboy
By John Defeo
Located in Bozeman, MT
Johnny Defeo’s work belongs to the concept of souvenir, attempting to capture the experiences he has in the natural world, where he feels free and most at home. His paintings and rug...
Category
2010s Contemporary The Americas
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Mid-Century Custom Vladimir Kagan Sideboard for JFK TWA Saarinen Terminal
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Queens, NY
Midcentury tiger maple sideboard / bar with tambour side shelves over two drawers and center with raising mechanism and wine storage. This piece ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Maple
Art Deco Hand Carved Ashtray in Nero Marquina Marble
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
One of our best-selling and iconic pieces from Loyzaga Design, the Ruhlmann ashtrays come in different sizes and styles, as well as types of marble combinations.
These are hand carve...
Category
2010s Mexican Art Deco The Americas
Materials
Marble
Oscar Niemeyer, Single armchair "Alta", France, 1974
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
Single armchair model “Alta”
Manufactured by Mobilier international
France, 1974
Steel, wool upholstery
Measurements
104,1 x 68,6x 56,5h cm
41 x 27 x 22,25h in
Literature
Gilles de Bure, Inte´rieurs: Le Mobilier Franc¸ais 1965-1979, Pa- ris, 1983, p. 101
Provenance
Private collection, Antwerp.
Details
Certificate by Oscar Niemeyer Foundation.
Biography
Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. His exceptional architectural work has been unanimously hailed, and his influence on how the world looks like today has been reminded. In 1960’s Oscar Niemeyer started developing furniture projects, in collaboration with his daughter Ana Maria. The first piece designed by the team was “the Alta easy chair” and its footrest, but the most famous piece designed by Oscar and Ana is the “Rio Chaise Longue...
Category
1970s French Vintage The Americas
Materials
Steel
Karl Springer 1970s Midcentury Octagonal Bar Cart with Red Snakeskin Finish
By Karl Springer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Karl Springer octagonal bar cart from the mid 20th century, with red snakeskin and casters. Made by renowned designer Karl Springer in the 1970s, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Style Side Table in Oak Veneer and Pink Poui
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
Wooden side table with a round top and two story shelves, made in oak veneer and tabebuia rosea.
This side table is inspired by the Art Deco movement in the 1920s that is marked by the use of geometric shapes, stylized curves, atmospheric lighting, luxe materials like marble, velvet, brass, and chrome, and bold colors and metallic finishes.
The Jazz table...
Category
2010s Mexican Art Deco The Americas
Materials
Mahogany
Edward Wormley Elliptical Rosewood Coffee Table by Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Highland, IN
This stunning cocktail table by Edward Wormley exemplifies his refined sensibility and fine detailing as well as the quality of Dunbar's construction. The table was custom ordered wi...
Category
1950s American Vintage The Americas
Materials
Metal
Balancing Obsidian Sculptural Bowl from the Balance Collection by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Balance collection is composed by pieces of different materials that challenge the laws of equilibrium. Making use of the same typology and different scales, the collection shows in ...
Category
2010s Mexican The Americas
Materials
Other
3-Piece Percival Lafer Designed Coffee and End Tables in Jacaranda Rosewood
By Percival Lafer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered is a three piece set of a Percival Lafer designed coffee and end tables in Jacaranda Rosewood, all have their original smoke glass tops.
...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Americas
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Pre-Columbian Chimu Multicolor Banner with Geometric Designs
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful and Impressive Fragment of a Multicolor Banner with Ocher, Red and Purple with Geometric Designs with Birds and Mythic Creatures in Horizontal Bands.
This piece is accomp...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique The Americas
Mexican Antique Dolores Porras Clay Pottery Folk Art Terracotta Vessel Vase
By Dolores Porras
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This one of a kind Mexican antique is one of few pieces Dolores had at her home at the time she passed away. Dolores portrays the flora from her garden...
Category
Early 2000s Mexican Folk Art The Americas
Materials
Clay, Pottery, Terracotta
18th C. Brazilian Peroba Wood Table with Drawers, Exquisitely Rustic
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite Brazilian peroba wood table with three drawers from the 18th century. This antique table from Brazil is made from peroba wood, which is a...
Category
18th Century Brazilian Antique The Americas
Materials
Wood
OG Wall-Mounted Shelf with Doors in Waxed Aluminum Plate by Jonathan Nesci
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
The Minimalist wall-mounted G shelf is sculpted out of 1/4 inch thick, wax-polished aluminum with two Minimalist pin-hinged doors. Each shelf has an inset welded U-channel that spans the length of the shelf and easily mounts on included custom-bent steel Z-clips. Each bay of this modernist shelf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist The Americas
Materials
Aluminum
Pogo, Decorative Side Table, Nightstand, in Red by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
POGO is a charming piece that fills up the room with a youthful energy and a subtle bliss.
Side table large designed by Joel Escalona, made of fiberglass with high gloss finish in wh...
Category
2010s Mexican The Americas
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair of Contempo Lounge Chairs, by Percival Lafer, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern
By Percival Lafer
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Designed and produced in 1977 by the master Percival Lafer, this pair of lounge chairs is a true testament to the designer's ingenuity and passion for both form and function. Lafer's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern The Americas
Materials
Steel
Museum Quality Pre-Columbian Gold Twin Figures Pendant, circa 800 to 1500 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Southern Costa Rica/Western Panama, circa 800 to 1500 AD. Gold Veraguas-Chiriqui-Diquis twin figure pendant cast by the lost-wax (cire perdu) grasping an imaginary club with their claws, with bat ears and pop out eyes and each figure ending in the shape of a jaguar tooth, symbolizing the power of the jaguar and the ability to see in the dark; The casting process did not go entirely smoothly. Part of his mold, on the side of the proper right figure (viewer's left side), did not fill with metal. The Pre-Columbian goldsmith carried out a superb repair, probably making a wax patch and pouring gate on the gold pendant, then enclosing it in a new mold and pouring in more metal. The patch is hardly visible on the outside. A modern goldsmith, who cannot do it as well, would use his gas torch to solder on a patch. The gold is of such high grade or karat, possibly unalloyed native gold...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antique The Americas
Materials
Gold
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