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Boston Modern Fresco of Angel on Concrete by Jean Wechsler Knapp
By Jean Wechsler Knapp
Located in Hanover, MA
Boston Expressionist fresco painting of an angel playing a curved horn within a key pattern on a cast concrete slab by Jean Wechsler Knapp, 1927-1993. Signed lower right. Deaccessioned from the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Previously exhibited at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Verso retains museum exhibition labels.
Would make a nice top for a table base.
Ref: Boston Modern: Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Modernism (Revisiting New England) by Judith Bookbinder
Jean Wechsler Knapp was born:: September 19, 1927, Chestnut Hill, Newton, MA
Died: April 18, 1993, Cambridge, MA
(Caroline Knapp's mother)
Wife of Dr. Peter H...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Cement
André Arbus Eight Legged Table
By André Arbus
Located in Hanover, MA
French-polished rectangular table in acajou crotch mahogany attributed to André Arbus, circa 1938. Four-way book matched veneer top. Double beveled edge on 2 inch thick top. Eight sq...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dining Room Tables
Materials
Bronze
Novelty "World's Largest" Chippendale Chair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hanover, MA
High quality carved solid mahogany giant Chippendale style armchair with upholstered seat. Very sturdy. Great for an event prop, advertising or promotional display.
Measures: Seat h...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Ernst Schwadron Limed Oak Cabinet
By Ernst Schwadron, Beyond Gorgeosity
Located in Hanover, MA
Presenting BG Galleries' exclusive re-edition of a custom design by Ernst Schwadron and executed in the workshop of Vladimir Kagan's father in 1949.
Two door cabinet of harmonic pro...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Set of Six John Widdicomb Caned Back Dining Chairs
By John Widdicomb
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of six walnut dining chairs by John Widdicomb, circa 1960. The four side chairs have woven radio cane backs. The two arm chairs have upholstered backs which match the seats. See ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Designer Square Cocktail Table Padauk and Stainless Steel
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage 1980s cocktail table with high gloss polished bookmatched Padauk square top on a brushed stainless steel base comprised of square legs and double arched stretchers embellishe...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Gothic Arch Window Shutter
Located in Hanover, MA
Currently in 1stdibs SATURDAY SALE
Large size fan louvered exterior window shutter in original rustic distressed old paint, green on front, black on v...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Architectural Elements
Materials
Cedar
Surrealist Chairs by Tessa Koot
By Tessa Koot
Located in Hanover, MA
From the series "Additions to the family" by Eindhoven artist, Tessa Koot, originally exhibited in 2012 at Tuttobene during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
Three individual chairs sculpted by the artist into figures that seem to belong in a Salvador Dali fantasy landscape.
Soft textured...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Polystyrene
Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings Cradle
By Creative Playthings, Gloria Caranica
Located in Hanover, MA
Molded plywood doll cradle by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings, circa 1956.
Creative playthings of Princeton, NJ was founded in 1949 by Frank & The...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Plywood
Samson Berman Studio Floor Lamp with Integrated Table
By Samson Berman
Located in Hanover, MA
Custom-made very grand scale (at 7 feet 6 inches tall) and sculptural walnut wood floor lamp with integrated side table from the Flushing, NY studios of Samson Berman...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Soaring Seagulls Dining Table by Adolfo Genovese
By F. & G. Handmade Furniture Co., Adolfo Genovese
Located in Hanover, MA
Italian American modernist design expandable round dining table by Adolfo Genovese of F. & G. Handmade Furniture Co. 121 First Street East Cambridge, MA.
This table was made late 1940s-early 1950s.
The base is a walnut N- or Z- form frame of three panels each having a lattice-like design of carved three-dimensional flock of seagulls in flight. Perfect not only for a beach house!
The 52 inch diameter round two part top has a 2.5 inch flat edge apron all around and a very unusual grain of bird's eye figured walnut. The table expands to 88 inches long by 52 inches wide with two 18 inch leaves.
Beautifully restored and ready to place.
See image 12 for this table in its original home circa 1954. We also have the four F & G dining chairs...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aldo Tura Rolling Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Hanover, MA
1960 Aldo Tura "Organetto" cocktail bar cabinet trolley in beautifully grained pallisander and lacquered goatskin parchment with gilt brass hardware, key and wheels. This whimsical design is in the form of a barrel organ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Russel Wright "Oceana" Serving Bowl
By Klise Manufacturing Company, Russel Wright
Located in Hanover, MA
Russel Wright "Oceana" sculptural serving bowl circa 1938 produced by Klise Woodworking Company, Grand Rapids, MI. Hazelwood in the form of deep-sea fauna.
This particular one had a...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Maple
Lee Reynolds Burr
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Hanover, MA
1960s oil on canvas abstract painting signed 'Reynolds'. This large scale artwork features a bright white ground with vivid yellow, orange, red and pink textured palette knife detail. See the obituary for Lee Reynolds Burr...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Period Baroque Venetian Giltwood Sconces
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of 18th century Venetian Baroque appliques in 'Legno Dorata'. Each with three curved wire arms clad in water gilt gesso, terminating in carved water giltwood candle cups. Very g...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Mastercraft Brass & Glass Vitrine
By Mastercraft, William Doezema
Located in Hanover, MA
Four door brass vitrine display case by Mastercraft of Grand Rapids, Michigan circa 1970. Upper case with two tall doors; lower case with two short doors; all doors with beveled glas...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Vitrines
Materials
Brass
James Mont Cerused King Size Bed Headboard with Integrated Nightstands
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
Original signed James Mont Designs upholstered king size headboard with integrated nightstands and two-piece platform bed frame o...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Oak
Guglielmo Ulrich attributed Cocktail Table
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's Italian coffee table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich.
Ebonized mahogany and solid brass sabots,
Boat shaped glass top 46 inches by 25 inches.
Table base dimensions without gl...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mastercraft Burl and Brass Extendable Dining Table and Six Chairs
By Mastercraft, Charak Furniture Company, William Doezema
Located in Hanover, MA
HOLIDAY SALE
Vintage 1960s dining table and six chairs designed by William Doezema for Mastercraft retailed by Charak of Boston. Briar root burl veneer although frequently identifi...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Brass
Venini 'Tronchi" Round Ballroom Chandelier
By Venini
Located in Hanover, MA
Monumental round flush mount "tronchi" tube chandelier by Venini. Three tiers.
52 inches diameter, 30 inch drop.
6 inch polished brass banded mounting pan, mirror polished stainles...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Stainless Steel
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Model 3374 Square Cocktail Table
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Hanover, MA
Late 1950s Edward Wormley for Dunbar model number 3374 square walnut cocktail table with distinctive three-sided legs and black micarta to...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Formica, Walnut
Tom Greene for Feldman Pair of Brutalist Torch Cut Brass Sconces with Downlights
By Tom Greene, Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in Hanover, MA
Large scale wall sconces by Tom Greene for Feldman Lighting, circa 1965. Brutalist design fabricated in Los Angeles by cutting brass and applying patination with an oxyacetylene torch. Three long candelabra each takes up to 60 watt bulbs, so 180 watts per sconce.
In addition, these sconces each have a downward directed patinated cone light concealed behind the sconce between the 6" round backplate which each take a single standard Edison screw bulb.
Feldman label inside backplate as well as UL label.
Thomas A. Greene started his career making dental prosthetics and jewelry and then moved onto larger sculptural pieces...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
2D Plywood Marionette Mannequin
Located in Hanover, MA
Peculiar Folk Art two-dimensional marionette or mannequin comprised of ten elements of cutout half inch plywood, connected with bolts and wing nuts, permitting the limbs to be moved ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plywood
Vintage Walnut Ottoman After Vladimir Kagan
By Grosfeld House
Located in Hanover, MA
A low square ottoman; sculpted solid walnut splayed leg base, square top with two up-curved sides, freshly upholstered in ivory woven cotton/rayon with matching loose square pillow c...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Walnut
"Transmutation" by Bernhard Rohne, Acid Etched Brass Panel in Frame 18/100
By Bernhard Rohne
Located in Hanover, MA
Framed acid etched brass panel by Bernhard Rohne. 32 inches wide by 24 inches high. Signed and dated lower left "Bernhard Rohne 18/100 1. Feb. '78"
The title of this work is "Transmutation" and comes from a series of "space" related designs begun for the 1975 gallery opening...
Category
Vintage 1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti Queen Bed - Authenticated
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hanover, MA
Gio Ponti bed from 1957 in incredibly figured olive ash burl wood veneer with "organized wall" headboard fitted with floating shelves above single drawer nightstands topped with original reverse silvered Vitreal glass stamped 1957, and pair enameled perforated brass articulating reading lamps...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
Tri-Color Multi-Bevel Bordered Mirror in Giltwood Frame
Located in Hanover, MA
Pop the champagne and put quarters in the vibrating bed, and look at how gorgeous you are in this va-va-voom sexy (and elegant) vintage mirror, attributed to Mastercraft.
Central ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Max Keuhne Style Chest of Drawers with Incised Flowers and Brass Strapping
By Max Kuehne
Located in Hanover, MA
Henredon long low modernist chest of six drawers, three by three, each face of which has been decoratively incised with a pattern of flower and embellished with solid brass ribbon motif, circa 1959.
Reminiscent of furniture designed by Max Keuhne...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Brass
Kobis & Lorence Chandelier
By M. Kobis & R. Lorens
Located in Hanover, MA
1950s French chandelier by Kobis et Lorence in the form of a bouquet of flowers with six curved brass arms and color green, yellow and red enameled pe...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Giant Art Deco Brass Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Display Models
By Wahl Eversharp Co
Located in Hanover, MA
Oversized retail advertising presentation brass fountain pen and mechanical pencil display signs from the early 1920s when they would have been featured within a wood and glass display cabinet at the pen counter of a stationary store.
Originally the fountain pen would have been marked on its side "Wahl Pen...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Signs
Materials
Brass
Unusual American Empire Mahogany Armchair
Located in Hanover, MA
Mid-late 19th century (Second Period) American Empire chair, stripped, tightened and finish restored and polished, ready for your upholsterer's workbench.
It is most unusual to find ...
Category
Antique 1850s American Empire Revival Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Adnet Style Saddle Stitched Leather Cantilevered Wall Console
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Hanover, MA
A wall console wrapped in saddle leather supported by two L shaped brackets with a top stitch detail in the manner of Jacques Adnet. One drawer with a piece of leather serving as the...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Leather
Ronnie Brahms for H. Sacks Wall Mounted Console Server
By H Sacks & Sons
Located in Hanover, MA
Gracious and at once both neoclassical and modern, this wall-mounted buffet console was designed by the late Ronnie Brahms and produced by the family own...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Persian Walnut Dresser by Bert England for John Widdicomb
By John Widdicomb, Bert England
Located in Hanover, MA
Luxurious nine drawer dresser in Persian walnut designed by Bert England for the John Widdicomb's Orientation Group. End doors with chunky s...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fendi Casa King Size Leather Headboard with Integrated Leather Nightstands
By Fendi Casa
Located in Hanover, MA
Opulent Fendi Casa light beige Italian leather channel tufted upholstered king-size headboard and integrated nightstands. Excellent condition.
He...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Leather, Ash
Silvio Cavatorta Mahogany Cabinet Mounted with Tilting Mirror
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Hanover, MA
1950s Italian mahogany cabinet with six-drawers and a long horizontal tilting mahogany framed mirror over a brass framed crystal shelf, all mo...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Brass, Steel
American Art Deco Tall Chest of Drawers by R-Way
By Eliel Saarinen, R-Way Furniture Company
Located in Hanover, MA
American Art Deco highboy dresser with Machine-Age lines in its tiered appearance and curved edge drawers. Produced circa 1947 by R-Way Furnit...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Burl
Eight Custom Dining Chairs by Juan Montoya
By Juan Montoya
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of eight dining armchairs custom designed by Juan Montoya in 1990 for a private residence in Georgetown DC. Fabricated and upholstered by Ken Flam in...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Vienna Secession Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Rare Harvey Probber Brass and Mahogany Desk
By Harvey Probber
Located in Hanover, MA
Harvey Probber mahogany writing desk with white laminate top with solid brass tubular legs and solid brass flat bar stretchers.
Left side oriented three drawer case with original ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Suspension Lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumen, Milano
By Lumen, Oscar Torlasco
Located in Hanover, MA
1950s Italian suspension lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumen, Milano with brass structure and color enameled distinctively formed aluminum cones.
See images 12-14 for examples of the ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
24-Karat Gold Monumental Sputnik Chandelier
By Beyond Gorgeosity
Located in Hanover, MA
Custom-made 24-karat gold plated brass Sputnik chandelier over 5 feet wide.
66 inches in diameter including lightbulbs. 32 inches height but we can lengthen or shorten by request....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...
Materials
Gold, Brass
Sciolari for Boulanger Brass Spiral Pendant with Golden Globes
Located in Hanover, MA
Gaetano Sciolari for Boulanger Belgium 1970s chandelier pendant with six amber glass balls on brass convex bobeches and brass supports arranged in a helix spiral...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Set of Four "California" Armchairs by Antonio Sibau
By A. Sibau, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of four dining armchairs in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright by A. Sibau produced in Manzano, Italy
Made of beechwood with cherry fini...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Prairie School Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Cherry
Silver Plated Robot Lamp
By Beyond Gorgeosity
Located in Hanover, MA
This prototype was custom crafted by our own artisans inspired by the 1970s Robot lamp by the Torino Lamp Company part of Atrio Consolidated Industries.
W...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Copper, Silver Plate
10 Don Ruseau Provincial Caned Walnut Dining Armchairs
By Don Ruseau
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of ten dining armchairs by legendary carver Don Ruseau Inc., New York City.
Provincial Louis XV style with caned backs and seats. Hand carved and all joints pegged, not glued.
...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Louis XV Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
'Andre' Square Dining Table by Tobia Scarpa for Knoll
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Hanover, MA
Designed in 1967 for Gavina, the "Andre" dining table by Tobia Scarpa produced by Knoll. Chromed steel frame and chromed tubular steel legs, round black leather pads on top of legs s...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Chrome
Two Pair of Vintage Italian Brass Lily Sconces
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Hanover, MA
We have two pair of these 1950s Italian three-light sconces in the manner of Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce.
Scrolled brass arms support three original ivory enameled aluminum shades ea...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Luigi Tiengo Surfboard Back Gondola Sofa for Cimon
Located in Hanover, MA
Strikingly sculptural vintage early 1960s gondola sofa with floating surfboard upholstered back designed by Luigi Tiengo for Cimon Ltée of Montreal in 1964. Loose seat cushion. Walnut frame. Tapered splayed walnut legs. Visually impactful from all sides. Newly upholstered in wool Maharam "Layers Vineyard Small" by Hella Jongerius.
Luigi Tiengo was born in Adria, Italy in 1926, studied industrial design and won a prestigious furniture design award in 1956. That same year he emigrated to Canada where he began designing for several Montreal furniture...
Category
Vintage 1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Walnut, Wool
Pair of Brass Chiavari Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of brass Chiavari ladder back chairs with nearly matching leopard vinyl seat covering.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Italian Art Deco Secretary Vanity Dressing Table Attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Hanover, MA
Custom Italian vanity, dressing table or secretary with triptych mirror, in parchment and fruitwood, possibly pear wood, attributed to Paolo Buffa. Italy, circa 1935.
The table and ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Vanities
Materials
Brass
James Mont Style Queen Headboard and Pair of Nightstands
By James Mont, Helen Hobey, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hanover, MA
A pagoda form queen sized headboard and pair of nightstands in the style of James Mont, attributed to Helen Hobey for Baker Furniture.
Headboard 40" high x 79" wide x 4" deep
Nigh...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Two Pair of 1950s Italian Brass Sconces in Foliate Form
By Arredoluce
Located in Hanover, MA
These 1950s Italian triple branch sconces give me goosebumps. They are so aristocratic. I love the chippy original paint on each cup and how the branches spout organically from the m...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Grouping of 18th Century Coopered and Brass Banded Service Accoutrement
Located in Hanover, MA
Fantastic grouping of antique mahogany and oak plate buckets, wine bottle coolers, umbrella holders, flower buckets, what ever you want to use them for. Even for holding kindling, a...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Wine Coolers
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Gadrooned Corbel
Located in Hanover, MA
Unusual Art Deco solid cast brass corbel in bell form with fluted gadrooning.
Very heavy. 20-25 pounds.
A bracket could be attached to the back so it cou...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
"Big-Superbig" Desk Suite by Guido Faleschini for Mariani Via Pace Collection
By i4 Mariani, Pace Collection, Guido Faleschini
Located in Hanover, MA
Stylish and high quality executive office ensemble produced in 1976 by i4Mariani Italy, designed by architect Guido Faleschini and retailed in the USA through Pace Collection.
The...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Burl Walnut and Aluminium Console/Sofa Table by Tomlinson
By Tomlinson
Located in Hanover, MA
Parsons style sofa or console table by Tomlinson with patchwork burled walnut top on a polished aluminium square frame base. Four corners embellished with aluminium open corbel brack...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Paul Frankl "Station Wagon" Three-Drawer Chest for Johnson Furniture
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Hanover, MA
Gorgeous three-drawer nightstand chest by Paul Frankl from his highly coveted "Station Wagon Group" created in 1945 for Johnson Furniture Company of Grand Rapids. Branded mark in top...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Brass
S.S. United States Thermometer
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage SS United States Thermometer by the British Rototherm Co. Ltd. London, England About 4.75" high and 5.25" wide. This table/desk top thermometer is in a leather clad wood case...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Mid-Century Modern Nautical Objects
Materials
Leather
S.S. United States Wall Mounted Lamp, 1951 by E.F. Caldwell
Located in Hanover, MA
Wall-mounted floor lamp salvaged from a first class cabin of the S.S. United States ocean liner.
See image 4 for this lamp in bedrooms of Suite U87-U89...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Sciolari Chrome and Magnifying Lens Crystal Pendant
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Hanover, MA
Stylish small chrome pendant chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari with glass magnifying lenses over four bulbs, perfect size for a vestibule or entry hall.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
