About Farnsworth
I originally started out as a private collector starting in the late 1980s while living in Santa Barbara, California, with an educational background and career in the visual arts I was always attracted to design and the interplay it has in our lives and eventually becoming a full time dealer in the mid 2000s. With ever expanding interests, be it furniture from around the world from the mid 19th Century into the later 20th, Abstract Art, Folk Art, Modernism, Deco, Machine Age, Japanese Craft, Bauhaus and America Craft these design periods and movements drive me to go d...Read More
Farnsworth
Established in 20071stDibs seller since 2022
Featured Pieces
Early 20th Century Japanese Hand-Crafted Wood Shop Keeper's Stool
Located in Oakland, CA
Japanese Step Stool (Fumidai), Aka Matsu Red Pine Wood, Meiji Period early 20th Century.. All wood construction with its A symmetrical architecture, a wonderful example of form follo...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Japonisme Footstools
Materials
Wood
American Folding Ships Bench, Hardwood with Patina, c. 1930s-40s
Located in Oakland, CA
American c. 1930s - 40s folding ships bench with a hardwood top which is a older replacement of the original with patina from age, use and the elements. The bench has added character...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Industrial Benches
Materials
Metal
Pop Art Handmade Oversized Wooden Stapler c. 1970s
Located in Oakland, CA
Hand carved oak Pop Art stapler by woodworker Joseph DeNeff. A finely crafted sculpture with details as would be found in conventional staplers. An interesting and unusual piece.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Maurice Heaton (1900-1990) Art Glass Abstract Fish Bowl Art Glass Movement
By Maurice Heaton
Located in Oakland, CA
Maurice Heaton (1900-1990) art glass bowl in the form of a fish, reverse fused powered enamel on glass, the enamel was applied on the reverse side so that the bowl could be used with...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Architect William Katavolos "K" Swivel Lounge Chair c. 1950s
By William Katavolos
Located in Oakland, CA
Architect William Katavolos (1924-2020) "K" swivel lounge chair c. 1950s. In all original condition with its welded iron frame and saddle tan latigo leather sling cover. The lounge c...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Iron
"Lena" Armchair Chair by Sven-Erik Fryklund Sweden c. 1950s
By Sven Erik Fryklund
Located in Oakland, CA
All original condition armchair by Swedish designer Sven-Erik Fryklund for Hagafors Stolfabrik, Sweden c. 1950s. With its wonderful egonomic design and constructed of birch that has ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Birch
R. Bruce Salinger Whimsical Kinetic Sand Ants Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
Whimsical motorized kinetic sculpture by R. Bruce Salinger titled "The Blimp" c. 1990s. Salinger's work embraces the whimsical and the absurd, by using the Rube Goldberg methodology ...
Category
1990s American Kinetic Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Japanese Shoji Table Lamp in Redwood and Rice Paper c.1970s
Located in Oakland, CA
Japanese Shoji table lamp in redwood and rice paper c.1970s. Finely crafted in redwood and rice paper with its classic Japanese architecture, a timeless design. The rice paper shade...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Japonisme Table Lamps
Materials
Paper, Redwood
Two Color Parabolic Fin Ceramic Lightolier Table Lamp by Gerald Thurston c.1950s
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Oakland, CA
Parabolic ceramic "Fin" two color table lamp designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier. The lamp is complimented with brass and aluminum accents. The two color accents are a black /...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Japanese Chabudai Low Folding Table from the Showa Period (1927-1945)
Located in Oakland, CA
Japanese Chabudai Low Folding Table from the Showa Period (1927-1945). A compact table that folds up for storage that was originally designed for the small domiciles in Japan. Now it...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Tables
Materials
Wood
Restored Knoll Butterfly Chair, Carmel Latigo Leather, White Iron Frame c.1950s
By Knoll
Located in Oakland, CA
Knoll Butterfly chair c.1950s in a Carmel colored latigo leather that has been hand crafted and reinforced with copper rivets. The iron frame has been resprayed in a soft white as pe...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Iron
Figurative Marble Abstract Sculpture by Jerrold Ballaine Bay Area Artist
Located in Oakland, CA
Hand carved sculpture in marble by Jerrold Ballaine (1934-2025) was a Bay Area artist, Emeritus Professor of Art at Berkeley University and director o...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
