Contemporary Design

Steel. Four supports spanned at the base with concave steel siding, supporting a round, black resin top with brass tinsel. Original Saporiti Italia label intact on one support. O...

Decorative keepsake/cigarette wood box topped with a red orange Higgins Glass graphic lid. Great as a desk or bedside accessory. Signed

Fun and elegant Italian contemporary custom made pendant chandelier, entirely handcrafted, of organic modern design consisting of a succession of elements: handcut jewel like reeded ...

Georgian Style Mahogany Pembroke Table Style: Georgian Features: Mahogany construction, Pembroke table design. Dealer: S138XX

Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Upholstered Chrome Side Chairs. 37" H x 21" W x 22" D; seat: 18" H.

Vintage mustard yellow rug with a repeating floral pattern border. Dealer: S138XX

A pair of symmetrical antique Japanese Meiji period lobed enamel over brass vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. Each vase is enameled with a polychrome ima...

Fabulous brass floral chandelier with 8 candelabra lights in 3 different settings. Tall downrod presently affixed to hang chandelier but also comes with enough original chain to sus...

Minimalist three-tier white metal light fixture with suspended concentric rings by Prescolite, USA, circa 1950. Rewired; takes a standard U.S. bulb, 150 watts max. Reminiscent of li...

Danish-influenced wood and black leather wrapped table lamp by ESA. USA, circa 1960.

A Chamberlin's Worcester boldly-colored porcelain dinner plate in the "Japan" Imari pattern #982. England, 1820. Signed with hand applied mark. A rare and fine example of English ...

Chrome ball table lamp. USA, circa 1970. Two available; priced individually. Newly rewired for U.S.; takes one standard build, 75 watts max.

A 12-arm chandelier in polished chrome by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier, USA, circa 1950. Wired for US; in very good condition. Takes 24 candelabra base bulbs, 40 watts max each....

A vintage twelve-arm candlabra chandelier designed by Erik Hoglund. Model 341. Glass pendants made by Boda Nova Glassworks; wrought iron frame made by Axel Stromberg Ironworks. Sw...

The Macomber Sputnik-style light fixture. USA, new production. Features six horizontal arms and four downward arms. Polished brass. This is a custom item; available ready made in dim...

Crystal rod chandelier by Camer. Murano, Italy, circa 1950. An all original light fixture with a brushed steel metal frame. An outer row of 12-inch...

There are a total of four available but we are selling them as pairs. The "Love You Love You Not" Wall Lamp by Brand van Egmond has been designed...

Pair of “Mandrague” brown leather armchairs by Ferruccio Laviani for Molteni & C. Italy, circa 2000. Measures: Seat height 15 inches Arm hei...

A chrome framed chandelier with glass ice cubes shades by Italian designer Gaetano Sciolari' for Lightolier, circa 1970.

A set of 4 (four) chargers in the Pocketwatch pattern by Wedgwood for Ralph Lauren Home. England, circa 1990. Bone china. Dimensions: 12.32 inches wide.  

An elegant, small-scale chandelier with chrome frame and crystal drops by Camer. Italy, circa 1960. Perfectly sized for a hallway or bathroom. Newly polished and rewired for U.S.; ...

Modern walnut and brass table lamp. USA, circa 1960. Features a reverse tapered wood stem with sculpted brass base. Two available; priced individually.

Dark Green and Saddle Leather Upholstered Sleeper Sofa, with three back and three seat cushions above a conforming plinth. 32" H x 92" L x 32" D; seat: 20" H.

Lawrence Glickman (American, XX- XXI) acrylic painting on canvas depicting an abstracted still life scene with mathematical equations.

Exceptional upright murano art glass sculpture by Peter Shire in collaboration with Vistosi Murano. Signed at bottom. Most likely one of kind. Upright bone floats above a cobalt blue...

Luca coffee table large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: D 55” x W 34” x H 13.5 in Materials: Travertine, bronze legs. Umberto Bellardi Ricci is an Italian sculptor and arc...

Jean Gillon Mid-Century Jacaranda Equine Sculptural Bookends, Brazil, 1960s. Handcrafted with hard rosewood (also known as jacaranda), rare pair of horse head bookends by Jean Gillo...

Francesco Scavullo black & white photograph Jay & Jed Johnson, mounted on board. From Scavullo Studio. 1968-9. 18.25 x 12.25 inches. Minnesota twins, Jay and Jed Johnson moved to N...

Phillip Jeffries Japanese Washi: Set in Cement Specialty Wallpaper, White, Japan. Specialty Wallpaper. PJ 1926. Handmade in Vietnam and Japan with pulp ...

Jill Freedman Kissing FDNY 1976, black & white photo on Kodak Endura, Signed. Image also known as ‘Brotherly Love.” This is a black and white photograph ...

Minimal Italian modern Brix monumental modular dresser set by Bensen, Italy. Large set with multiple components. Multiple configurations possible. Ple...

Rare Brunschwig and Fils Montecito Blue Stripe Floral textile by John Botz, 1979. Gorgeous abstracted take on classic blue pinstripe with floral accent. Appe...

Mah Jong modular sofa set by Hans Hopfer, designed in 1971 for Roche Bobois and in a current customized mix of textiles from Sonia Rykiel and the house of Missoni. Features multiple cushions that can be arranged in endless number of ways Mix and match and stack (or don’t) at your leisure...

Organic Modern Hand Carved Malachite and Rose Quartz Egg Sculptural Set of 4. Midcentury green malachite hand-burnished egg set of 3 with one large rose qu...

Fritz Schleifer, Bauhaus Ausstellung of 1923, Lithograph, Exhibition Print Weimar. A vintage Bauhaus exhibition poster. This particular desi...

Versace original Vanitas gilt dining chair set of 4, Gianni Versace, 1994. The shape ' of the Vanitas took inspiration from a Louis XV chair bought ...

Scalamandre duchess silk double tassel curtain tieback, carved jade, red, blue.

Philip Jeffries Natural Silver Max’s Metallic Raffia Natural Wallcovering, Japan. Width 36 in (91.4 cm) Pre-Trimmed Bolt Size: 8 Yards Repeat None Fire...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Boussac France Linen Blend Dorado Textile, Red, White, Green, Brown, 1970s. Approximately four continuous yards of a delightful print on soft linen from Boussac. It drapes beautifull...

Verner Panton Verpan UFO chandelier, white, red,Chrome, Denmark, 1975, 2015. Originally designed in 1975, Panton’s iconic UFO chandelier was produced in a f...

Steiff Germany Mother Pig and Piglets Soft Figural Sculptures, Mohair, Germany. 3pc set. Large 26" high pig with two baby pigs. Two have metal tag and label. Dimensions: Height: 26 i...

Schumacher Sailboats Nautical Textile, White Cream, Multi Color Vintage Cotton. Appears to be a bolt. Many yards. Width of fabric is approximately 54.”

Christian Liaigre Saddle Leather Omen Bed, Queen/Double, France, c. 1994. Rare piece. No longer in production. Available for special order from time to time from Maison Liaigre, Fra...

Vintage Sherle Wagner Handprinted Water Lillies Wallpaper, 1960s. Gorgeous, rare hand-print from Sherle Wagner in their iconic Water Lillies pattern. No longer in production. Amazing...

Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase, Yellow, Green Ceramic. Signed and dated. Rose Cabat worked in earthenware, stoneware and, finally, porcel...

The Flos Hide wall lamp by Flos Lighting is a modern LED wall flusher that functions as a shelf as well. Indirect-light wall lamp. Body in pressofused aluminium, with shiny finish. I...

Perfect for pampering yourself or your guest, Versace towels are a must have for any contemporary and luxurious home. Rectangular cotton terrycloth towel...

Vintage Sherle Wagner hand painted scalloped ceramic soap dish mums bouquet. Vitreous China. Hand painted and hand decorated item. Mums Bouquet pattern applied by hand, multiple firi...

Chinese Deco Chrysanthemum Porcelain Lamp, Hollywood Regency, Early 20th Century. Hand painted. Floral front, lion handles and calligraphy on back. This listing is for a single tab...

Branco & Preto Brazilian Mid-Century Modern side table with glass top set in Caviuna wood frame. 21.5" H x 25.5" W x 25.5" D. Listing is for single table. Caviuna is a Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy, hard dark-coloured wood streaked with black. Table features glass top effortlessly embedded in the wooden frame. Gorgeous sculptural rectangular recessed legs. The strong lines and masterful proportions, sculptural yet unassuming - effortlessly stylish. Made by Luiz Pássaro...

Sferra Giza 45 Quatrefoil collection cotton sateen jacquard duvet cover, white, Italy . The Giza 45 collections are widely recognized as the finest bedding sheets...

Vetement Couture limited edition calfskin paperbag clutch messenger bag, fall winter 2019. Numbered, limited edition.

Phillip Jeffries Specialty Ox Horn - Gray Wallcovering, Handmade, PJ 2904. Listing is for one 12-yard bolt. Width is 36” untrimmed. Vertical and Horizontal rep...

FPM MILANO moonlight silver bank spinner 68 suitcase. Aluminum shell suitcase in silver. · Single-stage telescoping handle · Leather grab handle at top and side · Four dual wheels · Hinged double latch lock closures · Integrated TSA key lock and combination lock at main compartment · Leather garment straps with pin-buckle fastening at interior · Two internal dividers and zip pocket at interior · Satin lining · 68L capacity · H25 x W18 x D10 in Part of the Bank collection. Supplier color...

After KAWS Travis Scott Record Art, “The Scotts”: Offset lithograph on vinyl record jacket & record labels. 2020. Dimensions: 12 x 12 inches. Condition...

Contemporary Chinese black and green speckled glaze vase. Classic shape with tall neck and two handles at wide spout opening. One of three from a collection that sit well together....

Signed Raymond Pettibon Lithograph 2002 (Raymond Pettibon untitled, 'I see before me...'): Published by Pettibon's longtime gallerist Brooke Alexander in 2002 with imagery originatin...

The Renaissance Revival style hall bench or settee, measures approximately 51 inches in height, 48 inches in width, and 21 inches in depth. The seat height is approximately 18 inch...

The Following Item we are offering is a Rare Antique Lovely HEAVY HANDCUT Emerald Hand Crystal Glass Basket. Basket is Finely Detailed Throughout in a Magnificent Pattern Surrounded ...