Christopher Dresser More Furniture and Collectibles

- Handbuilt ceramic coat hook - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Houda. - co...

The patina, the form, the function and the overall presentation of this antique Aesthetic Movement mahogany hall tree make it worth a second and third look. It has all the elegance ...

This is an antique decorative hall stand. An English, cast iron stick rack in the manner of Coalbrookdale, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Wonderfully ornate hallway stand...

A rare pair of c1910 Sullivanesque style architectural terracotta blocks by the Midland Terra Cotta Company of Chicago Illinois. Midland was a major contributor to many Chicago and P...

Falkirk. An aesthetic movement cast iron stick stand with flowing finial, a semi-circular stick retainer flanked by coronets with a wonderful pai...

An English, Aesthetic Period cast iron hall tree by John and Thomas Cox of Birmingham. This design was registered on October 6, 1884. This Victorian hall tree features a mirror, shel...

Late Victorian era Aesthetic Movement Bamboo and Grassmat Hall Tree with Mirror & Umbrella Stand features graceful, sinuous curves in its bamboo frame adding an elegant and unique to...

Early 19th century brass and cast iron stick stand, the lovely brass finials above four scrolled arms raised on a reeded iron column ending on an...

Christopher Wool The Paris Review: 1989 The Paris Review book, with original cover design by Christopher Wool. Offset lithograph on double sided art periodical. The full book. ...

A very nice early 20th Century umbrella / stick stand, made from tubular brass with cast iron base. Dates from the early 20th Century, a compact Demi Lume design which fits and look...

Original English European high-style Art Deco bronze and bird's-eye matching bedroom set featuring a lowboy dresser, highboy dresser, and vanity. Each piece comes with a stepped blac...

Author Paul Gunther and Gay Giordano Cutting-edge examples of the use of optical illusion in design—from trompe l’oeil to anamorphosis—to solve various challenges, be they space or budget related, or that act as aesthetic features in architecture and the fields that rub elbows with it: art, design, and furniture. This magical volume presents the startling world of illusion in design as employed by today’s architects, interior designers, furniture designers, and others at work bending the appearance of reality for purposes of aesthetics or practicality or fun. From a faux bookcase that masks a room or Prohibition-style bar, to the mind-boggling Escher-like effects achieved by Casa Ceramica, whose optical illusion of a floor dips into valleys and rises into mounds (but is in reality flat), the book is a revelation and an inspiration. It offers to us the possibility that nearly anything can be done, if it can be imagined—even in our own homes. The authors look at residences across the globe, as well as spaces beyond the home, that utilize a myriad of surprising techniques. Included are projects by conceptual designers such as Studio Malka and Vector Architects, as well as established practitioners such as Ferguson and Shamamian, G. P. Schafer, Peter Pennoyer...