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
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
Hattakitkosol Somchai (1934-2000) Bronze Abstract Sculpture c.1960s
By Hattakitkosol Somchai
Located in Oakland, CA
Thai born Hattakitkosol Somchai (1934-2000) was a painter and a sculptor, a self taught artist who moved to New York in the 1970s. Somchai's work was shown in Tokyo, San Francisco an...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Two Color Parabolic Fin Ceramic Lightolier Table Lamp by Gerald Thurston c.1950s
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
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 theShowa 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, Iron Frame MCM 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
Restored Ingmar Relling Rocking Chair Scandinavian Design c.1960s
By Ingmar Relling, Westnofa Furniture
Located in Oakland, CA
Restored rocking chair by Ingmar Relling for Westnofa of Norway c.1960s. The sculptural frame is made of teak, when seated the armrests fit comfortably in the hands. The chair has be...
Category
Vintage 1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Teak
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 of the University Museum. His wor...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Iron and Birch California Modernist Desk c.1950s in the style of Vista
By Vista of California
Located in Oakland, CA
c.1950s Modernist desk constructed of birch plywood and a black painted iron exoskeleton frame. Honey colored birch top with figurative graining, the black frame is architectural in ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Restored Knoll Butterfly Chair in Leather / Chrome 80th Anniversary Edition Rare
By Knoll
Located in Oakland, CA
Restored 80th anniversary edition Knoll Butterfly chair c. 2018 from Italy, this edition was first shown at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Mil...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Large Exquisite Turned Live Edge Bowl Crafted out of California Redwood Burl
Located in Oakland, CA
Exquisite large turned redwood burl bowl by craftsman Julian Shaw, beautiful graining with a live edge along the rim. The graining pattern is reminiscent of flames as the light refle...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Burl, Redwood
Pair of 1960s Patio Side Chairs by L.A. Landscape Architect Cleo Baldon
By Cleo Baldon
Located in Oakland, CA
American architect, landscape architect and furniture designer Cleo Baldon (1927-2014) X- base side chairs with a dark green wrought iron frames with fumed oak runners circa 1960s fo...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of Patinaed Art Deco 1930s French Club Chairs in Tobacco Leather
Located in Oakland, CA
1930s Art Deco French Club Chairs (Pair) in all original distressed condition in tobacco colored leather. Great architectural forms with their bold armrests and wood fronts. Resting ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Club Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
