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Deruta majolica charger from the workshop of Serafino Volpi hand painted with the wide eyed curly haired head of an 'ignudo' figure wearing headband fr...

Deruta majolica charger from the workshop of Serafino Volpi hand painted with the portrait of the prophet Zaccaria from Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel ...

SATURDAY SALE We have three Aurora pendants in the elusive white color, priced individually. Perry King & Santiago Miranda designed the 'Aurora' pendant light in 1982 for Arteluce, ...

Quilted maple hardwood dining table created in 1987 by studio furniture maker Gregg Lipton for his parents, so an extra special amount of love went into this!

Mastercraft model 21-420 china cabinet vitrine. Clad in antiqued brass with black lacquer trim. Backwall is smoked antiqued mirror. Three tempered clear glass shelves with plate gro...

Pair of shapely down filled lounge chairs designed by Austrian emigre Ernst Schwadron and retailed through Rena Rosenthal inc. New York in the...

Ziggurat brass clad cocktail table in stepped inverted pyramid design with 0,75 inch thick glass top, USA circa 1983. Interior well clad in mirror polished stainless steel. Glamorous...

SATURDAY SALE Pakistani Peshawari handmade rug 156" x 116"

Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) architectural brazed wire tabletop or wall mount sculpture of a church. Signed Fantoni Firenze Italy on metal tag.

Trapezoidal shaped wall mounted niche-form light fixture designed by Gio Ponti for the m/s Augustus transatlantic ocean liner. From the Atlantico, tourist class dining room aboard th...

Three pairs of extremely rare and highly coveted chairs designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Cassina, Italy for the First Class bar of Italia Line's MV Augustus ocean liner...

BG SUMMER SALE A wall-mounted allegorical figural group in hand painted plaster resin relief depicting life sized nude sculptures modeled in...

Pair of solid brass Italian 1950's candelabra by architect-designer, Cesare Lacca. Each holds four candle tapers. Look closely at the phenomenally skillful brass work using solid bra...

Rare multi-directional table lamp by Lumen Milano, probably designed by Oscar Torlasco, mid-1940's. Gloriously engineered elongated tapered brass stem stretches from a knurled ball j...

Very rare French 1950'a wall mounted fixture by Maison Lunel with three orientable circular spot reflectors with slightly convex sandblasted glass lens diffusors. This is part of a...

Three seat sofa designed by Austrian emigre Ernst Schwadron and retailed through Rena Rosenthal inc. New York in the 1940's. This design was part of his early collection for Knoll w...

Two seat love seat sofa designed by Austrian emigre Ernst Schwadron and retailed through Rena Rosenthal inc. New York in the 1940's. This design was part of his early collection for...

Tommi Parzinger designed custom seven foot long wall mounted floating console sideboard fitted with with two drawers. Wood case and supporting brackets finished in white lacquer and...

BG SUMMER SALE Arne Vodder for Vamo Sonderborg "Ella" Dining Chairs in ebonized teak, four side chairs and two armchairs. The seat backs have a clever tilt mechanism for extra co...

SATURDAY SALE Designed by Thomas A. Greene for T. A. Greene Company and retailed by Feldman Lighting of Los Angeles. Pendant itself is 24 inches high by 10 inches diameter. With existing chain the drop is 30 inches. If requested we can change the color of the candle sleeves to metallic gold instead of the original matte black. Thomas A. Greene was a pioneering and artistic African American designer and businessman. He started his career making dental prosthetics and jewelry and then moved onto larger sculptural pieces. He produced lighting for Feldman and Monteverdi & Young. Tom Greene's lighting and metal sculpture designs are found in many countries, as well as in the U.S. Here is just a small cross-section of his clients: Gruen Lighting, MGM Studios, 20th Century Fox Studios, EuroDisneyland-France, Monte Carlo Hotel-Las Vegas, Hyatt Regency, Trump Towers Casino, Luxor Hotel and Casino, Bellagio Hotel, Disney Tokyo, The Grove, Westin Hotel in Maui and in Kauai, Beverly Hills City Hall, Conrad Hilton...

Mastercraft model 260 'China Cabinet' or vitrine, display cabinet, curio in the empire style with pediment. Hardwood structure clad in patinated solid brass and black mirror trim. Beveled glass sidelights and windowed doors. Storage cupboard behind lower square doors with solid brass ring pulls. interior is fitted with three removable glass shelves and smoked antique mirror back Recessed lights with...

Pair of heavy cast bronze sculptural andirons in the form of a swordfish or dolphin in the manner of a 1926 design by Pierre Emile Legrain. Appare...

Duxello wingback lounge chair designed by Folke Ohlsson for DUX of Sweden. This was one of his early designs, dating to 1955. The wings have such a dramatic profile along with the ti...

FINAL SALE Pair of nickel-silver double entrance doors with three raised square panels, hinges and lock. Similar to main entrance doors of Tiff...

Stunning pair of walnut freeform, biomorphic side or end tables with 2 tiers of heavy tempered glass with flared edges secured by solid brass hardware. Top tier is 20 inches high; main tier is 15 inches high. Designed by C. E. Waltman for Tonk Manufacturing...

SATURDAY SALE Monumental Italian 1950's botanical bouquet form chandelier with 24 lights at the ends of 24 curved brass tubular arms. Rewired. Original brass and porcelain E14 cande...

Gorgeous taza/candy dish in solid brass designed by Tommi Parzinger and produced by Dorlyn Silversmiths circa 1952. Marked underneath "made by Dorlyn-Silversmiths" with a reversed P and R cipher for Tommi Parzinger (1903-1981) and Otto Rasmussen...

Torch cut brass and mixed metal kinetic floral spray in the style of Curtis Jere retailed through Brotman's Village Fair in Sausalito, CA circa 1970

Set of six decorative Ionic and Corinthian columns made of carved wood that has been accentuated with bronze colored leaf. These were used as merchandising display props at Boston’s ...

Pair of streamline Art Deco floor lamps in the style of Gilbert Rhode and Donald Deskey by Rembrandt Lamp Company. Polished chrome stem and base with three tier polished aluminum shades. Each has a single porcelain socket for use with a mogul size lightbulb up to 300 watts. We have supplied two porcelain adapters so you can use standard size Edison screw lightbulbs. On/off switch below shade. Shades easily lift off for ease of transport. Marked Rembrandt on both cast iron footers inside each base. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein.

SATURDAY SALE Matched pair of Sherle Wagner Italian hand painted porcelain sinks with Lotus Blossom design, scalloped oval form, over edge, cou...

Massive World War I brass artillery shell case marked "Polte Magdeburg Juni 1911" fitted with custom round pillbox cushion upholstered in sea foa...

SATURDAY SALE Vintage rectangular Danish rya rug, tones of blue on off-white, 100% wool, produced in the 1960's but never used. Has been kept rolled and wrapped in storage for over ...

Early George Nelson model 5062 X-Leg extension dining table for Herman Miller, 1952. Table has two 12 inch extension leaves and pull-out metal extension tracks. Table is 29 inches...

Vintage modernist five tapered leg round garden table made of patinated cast and forged iron with brass sabots and embellishments and a 60 inch round glass top 3/4 inch thick. Space...

Set of seven fer forge and hand welded iron folding garden dining chairs, probably French, 1960's. Extremely robust artisinal construction using hefty solid iron round rod in unusua...

SATURDAY SALE The first thing I thought upon seeing this was Constantin Brancusi's bird sculptures and the questions about the nature of abstract art it asked. This is an early 20t...

Custom extending dining table with polished chrome geometric base and highly figured rosewood top finished in clear high gloss polyester. 30 inches high by 63 inches wide by 63 inch...

Original hexagonal chair designed by Harvey Probber for his Hexabloc island seating system with many possibilities for omnidirectional arrangement. Co...

Original corner segment from Harvey Probber's Cubo sectional seating group. Original plush velour covers unzip to be removed for cleaning. Stainless steel tubular legs extend up th...

Set of six original Harvey Probber dining chairs from the collection of a 35 year employee in Fall River, MA. Nearly in New Old Stock (NOS) condition. Minimalist design with loose cu...

At last, a mid-century sofa at a comfortable seat height thanks to its 10 inch high legs. Original Harvey Probber mid-century modern sofa with distinctive sloped arms and square tape...

Footstool or ottoman, Italian 1950s, in rectangular slightly kidney bean shape. Wood frame upholstered in dense foam and covered in its original wine colored cotton velvet, standing ...

SATURDAY SALE Arredoluce "Triennale" solid brass floor lamp model 12128 designed by Angelo Lelii in 1947, produced in 1954. One owner. 100% original. Nothing replaced nor added. Ful...

George Nelson vanity bench stool model N° 4672 for Herman Miller, designed 1946. Aluminum rods, foam, original fabric covering. Original Herman Miller label present. Produced by Herman Miller from 1946 to 1956. One owner. Cushion dimensions ~3 inches high by 19 inches wide by 15 inches deep.

SATURDAY SALE Vintage 1930s Art Deco eglomise wall mirror with wine and spirits motifs. Likely Venetian although possibly English, single half inch glass pane with chamfered edges with central silvered mirror and vertical orange/red and black reverse painted borders having underside of glass cut with fruits and cocktail motifs and a stepped ziggurat design at the bottom center. Bottom right has a small loss to glass corner which thankfully is obscured by the backboard so it doesn't stand...

Glamorous mirrored credenza buffet cabinet designed by O. B. Solie for Ello in the 1970's as part of their successful "Reflections" collection (See last image for an original Ello te...

Achingly stylish 1950's Torinese wall mounted coat and had rack in diamond shaped panels of cobalt blue mirror and silver mirror mounted with four solid brass and thick crystal hooks...

An articulating desk lamp model C429 by Lumen Milano in brass, enameled aluminum and marble, late 1940s production. Note the faint vertical seam in th...

Early 20th century Italian alabaster bust of a little girl reading a book standing on a period walnut pedestal column. Bust is apparently unsigned. Bust Height 14" Width 10" D...

Pair of Grosfeld House no. 3726A mahogany end tables. Single drawer with bronze draped pull. False drawer on backside. Dimensions of rectangular top excluding legs is 27 inches...

Vintage 1960s mirror polished stainless steel clad Campaign chest of two drawers with solid brass pulls by Sarreid of Spain. Finished on the back...

BG GALLERIES Rites of Spring Sale Vintage 1950s Woodard baby blue painted wrought iron seating group consisting of a pair of bouncer armchairs and a two-seat settee. Dimensions: Chairs Height 28” Width 24” Depth 28” Seat Height...

SATURDAY SALE Galloping Horses, airbrushed watercolor by Benjamin Jorj Harris (American, 1904-1957) for Newman Decor. Dimensions shown are for fr...

Paul Evans style brutalist cocktail table consisting of two hand-welded and polychromed rectangular cubes connected by two slim steel bars welded to the cubes on both ends and topped...

James Mont Design, signed, trapezoidal single door cabinet in pencil reed, suitable as nightstand or side cabinet. Circa 1948. Measures 24" H x 24"...

WINTER SALE Pair of Hollywood Regency illuminated wall mirrors in gilt wood shadow box frames with inset panels of colored acrylic resin gemstones crafted to look like crushed glass...

One stylish pyramid form chest of drawers made of ebonized oak and embellished with hammered silver metal accents. 15.5 inches wide at the top descending to 23 inches wide at the bo...

1970 designed "Moods" tall boy wardrobe designed by O. B. Solie for Ello Furniture Mfg. Co. clad in gunmetal tinted brushed stainless steel and smoked mirror. Post Moden space age v...

Rock Star 1970's mirrored credenza floating chest of drawers designed by O. B. Solie for Ello as part of his ultra luxury 'Moods' collection...