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Frank Lloyd Wright Custom Chairs
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Lloyd Wright, pair of chairs from the Kalita Humphreys Theater, Dallas Texas.
Literature: Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959, Pfeiffer and F...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Six Dining Chairs by J. Stuart Clingman for Widdicomb
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Six Dining Chairs by J. Stuart Clingman for Widdicomb. The chairs are made of solid mahogany wood with a lacquer finish and feature brass spacer details. They have been reuph...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Sideboard for Calvin
By Paul McCobb, Irwin Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul McCobb Sideboard for Calvin-"Irwin Collection" walnut case with solid tapered legs connecting cross stretchers, finished on backside, travertine marble top, accordion folding do...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Travertine
Flemming Digsmed Nutcracker
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass and wood nut cracker.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll Style Rosewood and Chrome Mirror
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll style rosewood and chrome mirror, can be displayed vertically or horizontally.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Chrome
Rapheäl Coffee Table
By Rapheäl
Located in Chicago, IL
French table designed by Rapheäl.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Wood
Walnut Side Table in the Style of Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut table with inlaid geometric design flip-top and plain on verso, table breaks down for easy storage and logistics.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Modern Vase or Drink Table in the Style of Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Slender scale pedestal high tripod table, solid carved walnut lip edge top with ceramic design details inset.
Feet have lighter tone wood accent.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Set of Five Tribal Spears
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of five decorative spears from unknown origin. Good vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Carl Auböck Brass and Leather Magazine Rack
By Illums Bolighus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Auböck brass and leather magazine rack, patined cognac leather and brass, model 3808
Note; strong patina and wear with several tears on edges and underside, consistent with age...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Set of Six Small Fornasetti Dishes
By Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
6 gold leaf ceramic dishes rare design with original box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Ceramic
Fantoni Blub Shaped Vase
By Marcello Fantoni, Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni blub shaped vase, with layered glazes. Signed underside Fantoni Italy with layered glazes. Signed underside Fantoni Italy.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Macrame
Located in Chicago, IL
Knitted wool wall-mounted tapestry. Item contains seven individual pieces. unsigned but numbered.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Large Brass Pineapple Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Large-scale vase is made with solid brass.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll Desk
By Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll International Planed Office Group double pedestal desk with modesty panel model 1503.
Features five drawers one for files.
Modesty panel shows steel reveal details.
(Ten mor...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Tommi Parzinger Brass Pitcher
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass Pitcher with lid and walnut handle.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Brass
Marcello Fantoni Sculpture
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni, Untitled, Copper and Steel, 1960
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
Gabor Kalman Brutalist Steel Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Kalman takes steel and torch-cuts it, then contours it for a Brutalist effect.
Signed base Gabor Kalman '68.
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Sculptures
Materials
Cut Steel
Milo Baughman Dining Table for Directional
By Directional, Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
Milo Baughman Dining Table for Directional, Striped multi-wood table top: rosewood, walnut, and ash. Two additional matching leaves.
The Table extends from 72" to 108" fully extended...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut, Ash
Sergio Asti Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique Sergio Asti architectural sculpture. Patinaed reflective glaze over ceramic. Hand signed on underside, Sergio Asti, 1971.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fantoni Bowl
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni bowl, outer edge fluctuations with colorful glazes
Signed underside Fantoni italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Custom Phillip Starck Mirrored Louis XVI Style Chairs, Cliff Hotel San Francisco
By Philippe Starck
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom Phillip Starck mirrored Louis XVI style chairs, Cliff Hotel San Francisco, silver painted wood with cut mirrored glass on seat and back de...
Category
Early 2000s French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Textured Porcupine Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Textured Porcupine vase, stamp on underside.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Dansk Cutting Board
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut cutting board.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Walnut
Blenko Glass Top Cowboy Hat
By Blenko Glass
Located in Chicago, IL
Purple glass blown in the shape of a top hat.
stamped
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Tony Rosenthal Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Rosenthal bronze sculpture.
1965, untitled.
Stamped "Rosenthal, 1965."
Nice original patina.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Florence Knoll Custom Wall-Mounted Cabinet by Knoll Associates
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll custom wall-mounted cabinet by Knoll Associates for H.J. Heinz Co, Pittsburgh.
This custom wall-mounted cabinet with a Calcutta marble top...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Luigi Caccia Dominioni 'Ambrosianeum" High-Back Lounge Chairs
By Azucena
Located in Chicago, IL
Luigi Caccia Dominioni "Ambrosianeum" high-back lounge chairs for Azucena, reupholstered with high pile mohair. Solid walnut legs and inset notched handles are decorative and functio...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Del Fabbro sculpture No. 17
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro, F.42
1984
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913.
He trained in his family...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marcello Fantoni Ceramic Shelf Hanger
By Marcello Fantoni, Raymor
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni for Raymor ceramic shelf hanging person. Glazed Ceramic. Cat pictured sold separately.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 22
'construction' noted on back
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Dining Table in Birdseye Maple
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Chicago, IL
Giovanni Offredi for saporiti dining table in birdseye maple, with marquetry abstract designs on the surface.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple
Handcrafted and Painted Max Kuehne Coffee Tables Set of Three
By Max Kuehne
Located in Chicago, IL
Handcrafted and painted Max Kuehne coffee table set of three.
Images show versatility as single table curved, straight or as individual tapered end tables.
Known primarily as a pai...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Klismos Pull Up Chairs
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Chicago, IL
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Klismos pull up chairs for Widdicomb, United Kingdom.
Original hand woven cane on seat and back, solid lacquered walnut frame
...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
John Dickinson Sculpture
By John Dickinson
Located in Chicago, IL
Driftwood sculpture selected by John Dickinson for the Historic Firehouse, San Fransisco.
Placed in John's bedroom on the same cases shown, (also available) Custom brass display mount...
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Craftsman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Harvey Probber Lounge Chairs Reupholstered with Boucle
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Harvey Probber lounge chairs reupholstered with Boucle, on solid round oak legs.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Kaolin, Bouclé, Oak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Slipper Chairs
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Edward Wormley for Dunbar slipper chairs. Lacquered mahogany legs with newly reupholstered button tufted seat and back. ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Caned Back Dining Chairs Set of Ten
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar caned back dining chairs set of ten, Model 6328 with newly upholstered seats in cotton velvet by Great Plains, Mahogany fram...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Velvet, Walnut
Nicos Zogrophos Desk
By Nicos Zographos
Located in Chicago, IL
Zogrophos desk, slab of dark Emperador marble (brown with white veining).
Polished bronze uprights, legs have self leveling glides, with combed oak sus...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Horned Dunbar Dining Chair
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Dunbar for Modern, Edward Wormley Antler chair Model 5580 design, bleached mahogany with cained seat and newly upholstered spinney-beck leather button tufted seat cushion.
Early lab...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Mahogany
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 14
signed Mario Dal Fabbro
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture de...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture No. 1
Signed: [Mario Dal Fabbro 1979]
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Paul McCobb for Calvin Dining Set
By Directional, Paul McCobb
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul McCobb for Calvin Dining Set, Features Six Dining Chairs, Two Arm Chairs, and Four Side Chairs, a Rectangular Table in mahogany veneer original medium tone with a solid brass st...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Brass
Monumental Art Nouveau Dining Table Attributed to Victor Horta from the Firehous
By Victor Horta
Located in Chicago, IL
John Dickinson selected this table as the centerpiece Table for The Firehouse with the help of MoMA curator Peter Selz, who had curated the re-examination of Art Nouveau at MoMA in 1960 before moving to Berkeley and founded the Berkeley Art Museum. Also, a client of Dickinson's. Attributed to Victor Horta...
Category
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Conference Tables
Materials
Brass
Paul Frankl Custom Dining Table
By Paul Frankl
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul Frankl custom dining table, designed for a project in La Jolla, California 1930c.
Sold with two 24-inch leaves when both are inserted the tabl...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Glass, Wood, Cork
Richard Meier Cocktail Table for Knoll
By Richard Meier, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare 860T cocktail table for Knoll International. Limited production. Made from lacquered maple wood. Rounded corners and a slatted X-base. Designers initials engraved on underside.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Maple
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture no. 24
Signed, 1976. Nodding head. C.6
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honours in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955) and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculoture no. 25
"Cube With Inner Space" 1976
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture no. 23
Signed: [Mario Dal Fabbro 1983 R.1]
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honours in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955) and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bentwood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro No. 10
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 9
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro, 1983
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 20
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture No. 2
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro
1990
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913.
He trained in his family'...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 12
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro, 1981
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver Leaf
Thonet Coatrack
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Chicago, IL
Thonet Coatrack, stained oakwood bentwood furniture design with lacquer finish.
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Oak
Dunbar Dining/Conference Table
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar dining table, could seat 6 to 8 people.
Rounded edged walnut top with good figured patterns, dark walnut pedestal base.
Dunbar Berne Indiana metal tag on ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jan De Swart Monumental Sculptural Ship
By Jan De Swart
Located in Chicago, IL
Jan De Swart's "Ark" Ship, sculpted architectural and playful elements intricately displayed showing the master’s wit and technical skills.Exhibited at Collective Design Fair N.Y. Ma...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Dining Table
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur “Espenet” carpenter dining table, solid walnut hand carved details with 2 leaves
[Signed ESPENET ‘70].
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Craftsman Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Edward Wormley Primavera Mahogany Commode
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar 5-drawer cabinet, mahogany wood with tapered brass legs.
[metal tag Dunbar].
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
