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Early and Large Berndt Friberg Studio Vase
By Berndt Friberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique Berndt Friberg vase for Gustavsberg Sweden, 1944.
Wheel-thrown and glazed stoneware. Impressed signature and studio mark to underside: [B.F Studio].
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Berndt Friberg, Cobalt-Glazed Studio Vase
By Berndt Friberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique hand-thrown and glazed blue bottle vase. Letter dated 1963, with incised Gustavsberg Studio hand and signed "Friberg".
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vladimir Kagan, Early Custom Sculptural Walnut Desk
By Kagan-Dreyfuss, Inc., Vladimir Kagan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare, likely one-of-a-kind, Vladimir Kagan design, employing all of the design touches that make him such an important figure in American Modernism.
A wonderful melding of rati...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Early Florence Knoll 3-Seat Model 26 Sofa
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very early Florence Knoll sofa, circa late 1940s, in vintage oatmeal nubby wool Knoll fabric, with down seat and back cushions. The six inset legs make the sofa appear to float. Hard...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Maple, Textile
Reg Holmes, Oil on Canvas, 1969
By Grace Hartigan 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reginald Holmes (Canadian, 1934-2004), “The Lie is in the Reality”, signed, titled and dated verso, in brass slat frame. From a series of 100 painting commissioned by art collector L...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Karl Springer Faux Malachite Polyhedron Occasional Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare faceted table consisting of triangles and squares, the surface is beautifully hand-lacquered in a faux-malachite pattern. Originally used with a glass top as a coffee table, the...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Custom Walnut Bench for the Kandell Residence
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Likely one-of-kind walnut bench with notched faux-bois bamboo carved frame, from the master bedroom in the Penthouse apartment at the original Ritz Carlton on Manhattan's Park Ave. S...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Custom Brass Curule Bench for the Kandell Residence
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Likely one-of-kind solid cast brass stool bench, weighing roughly 75 lbs, that stood at the entrance foyer to the Penthouse apartment at the original Ritz Carlton on Park Ave. South....
Category
Vintage 1950s American Benches
Materials
Brass
American Studio Craft Occasional Table by Alan Rockwell
By Alan Rockwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid old growth black walnut, the free-edge top raised on notch-carved pedestal base, with a hand-rubbed linseed oil finish.
Alan Rockwell was part of the Nakashima workshop in ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Two Karl Springer Crocodile Leather Clad Parsons Side Tables
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Uncommon early pair of Karl Springer's iconic crocodile printed leather Parson's side or occasional tables. Identical in size, one is clad in a fun hot fuchsia while the other is a m...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Side Tables
Materials
Leather
Mahogany and Saint Gobain Glass Cocktail Table Attributed to Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting circa 1940s French modernist design employing the high/low mix strongly associated with the designs of Jacques Adnet in this period.
Chunky, almost rustic slab mahogany...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Art Glass, Mahogany
Karl Springer Lucite Table Lamp with Original Polished Steel Shade
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare solid clear acrylic oval block lamp with the original mirror-polished steel shade. Cord is embedded in the lucite block, which supports a double cluster socket and adjustable ri...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Pair Harvey Probber Model 915 Chair
By Harvey Probber
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant pair of lounge chairs in bleached mahogany with caned sides. The tapered and tailored design easily works in both traditional and ultra-modern interiors.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Swedish Grace Period Console or Sofa Table by Reiners Möbelfabrik
By Reiners Möbler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sweden, the burl maple top with zebra wood banding, raised on dark stained birch carved column legs, circa 1920.
Category
Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Zebra Wood
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Occasional or Center Table for Baker
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant neoclassically styled centre or lamp table from the rare one year collaboration with Baker furniture in 1961. The fluted walnut center pedestal sits on a brass rimmed base. T...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Rosewood and Aluminum Sidetables by Luxus
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of side tables designed by Osten and Uno Kristiansson for Luxus of Sweden.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Brass Bench #5428
By Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Architectural rectangular bench in brass square tube with upholstered seat, designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Hand-polished brass, upholstered in a Bergamo brown wool mohair.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Side Tables #8712 with Original Vitrolite Tops
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare pair of Paul Mccobb side tables retaining the original white "carrera glass" tops. Part of the Irwin Collection by Calvin Furniture Co.. McCobb em...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Vitrolite
Petite Console, La Permanente Cantu
By Carlo De Carli, Ico Parisi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic small console in black piano lacquer, with single inset drawer, raised on sculpted legs and stretchers. The side brass supports add an elegant material contrast.
Unmarked and designer unknown, this table was retailed by La Permanente Cantu...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair Karl Springer Lucite Table Lamps with Original Polished Steel Shades
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare pair of large solid clear acrylic oval block lamps with the original mirror-polished steel shades and diffusers. Cords are embedded in the lucite blocks, which support a double ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Carl Bergsten Swedish Grace Period Itarsia Occasional Table
By Carl Bergsten
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Graceful solid oak table with various inlaid wood decoration on the tray-form top. Nordiska Kompanient metal tag to underside dates the table to 1926-1927, during Bergsten's tenure a...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Vintage De Stijl Style Studio Craft Oak Armchair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting architectural rectilinear design employing solid quarter sawn oak, circa 1960s. Possibly European due to the use of French Oak, and the unusual, Neo-rationalist form. Con...
Category
Vintage 1960s French De Stijl Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Swiveling Stool
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sweet early Wormley modern design makes a perfect vanity or desk chair. The fully upholstered seat swivels over dark stained mahogany legs joined by dowel stretches, with capped...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Piero Guccione, Oil on Canvas, 1972
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Piero Guccione (Italy, 1935-2018), “Oleandro in Controluce” (Oleander in Silhouette ), titled and signed lower margins, titled, signed and dated verso, ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Tambour Door Cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Model 959
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A chic and versatile cabinet with blond tamowood top and burnt almond walnut tambour doors on a dark mahogany case. Nice details like the razor-thin brass door pulls, and dappled var...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Pair Edward Wormley for Dunbar Side Tables, Model 279
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare and sophisticated lamp tables in dark stained mahogany. The simple, architectural configuration is surprisingly contemporary for a 70 year old design. Original finish, with rect...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Janice Urnstein-Weissman, Large-Scale Oil on Canvas, 2007
By Audrey Flack 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Janice Urnstein-Weissman (American, b.1944), "Le Noir Kimono" from the Living Canvases series, signed lower right, artist inscription verso stretcher, slat framed, 49" H x 30" W (can...
Category
Early 2000s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Edward Wormley, Early Pair Side Tables model 4774A
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Perfect, architectural 3-tier mahogany side tables by Edward Wormley. This simple, streamlined design typifies Wormley’s restrained modern style of the 1940s. The pair retains thei...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Jean Lurcat Printed Linen Tapestry "Le Table"
By Jean Lurçat, Corot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, colorful printed tapestry by famed French tapestry artist Jean Lurcat. Depicting a lush surrealist still life of a picnic table laden with lobst...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Linen
Carlo Scarpa Bowl for Pauly & C.
By Carlo Scarpa, Pauly & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful, elegant center bowl in gold flecked milky white Aventurina glass with black pasta di vetro piping around the rim, sitting on a sculpted round foot. In 1933, around the tim...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Bender Madsen and Larsen Teak and Leather Armchairs
By Willy Beck, Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome teak and leather armchairs from the studio of master cabinet maker Willy Beck. Great patina and original leather. Metal labels to underside.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
Jean Mayodon Studio Art Deco Gilt and Glazed Bowl
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant and atmospheric design by legendary French Art Deco ceramicist Jean Mayadon. Blue and white nude male and female figures riding stylized g...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Edward Wormley for Dunbar 3-Tier Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Architectural Edward Wormley design in mahogany with curved bentwood drawer pull, gallery trimmed top, reverse leg taper, and leather capped feet. An interesting modern update on an Arts & Crafts form. Works equally well as side or occasional table or nightstand. Dunbar metal...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Petite Chip-Carved Cocktail Table, Attrib. Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unusual and beautifully carved and constructed coffee table. The trestle base is intricately channel and chip carved, mounted with upward curving glass top secured by large brass cap...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Chic Pair French Lacquered Wood and Gilt Bronze Side Tables
By Guy Lefevre, Maison Jansen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant pair that work equally well as end tables or nightstands. The tabletops are lacquered in a deep burgundy red, with finished mahogany secondary wood. Raised on square gilt bro...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Hollywood Regency Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Tommi Parzinger Bar Cabinet Model 159
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figured birch cabinet on plinth with sexy mahogany inlay racing stripe. The interior is fitted with drawers and fixed shelves. From a Parzinger decorated Bergan County, NJ interior, ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Cabinets
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
Pair Charles Dudouyt Oak Armchairs
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome, masculine carved solid oak chairs with modernist carved arms and sharply sabred legs. Produced by LA GENTIlHOMMIERE, Paris. Upholstered in a golden silk damask.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Fireplace Set Attributed to Danny Alessandro
By Danny Alessandro
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fireplace set comprised of chrome fire tools with black enameled handles on 4" thick solid Lucite base, chrome log holder with black leather sling an...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Lucite
Polaroid Desk Lamp by Walter Dorwin Teague
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iconic Machine Age design in aluminum, enameled metal and bakelite. Rare complete lamp with original celluloid diffuser, socket and switch, in great working condition. Paper label on...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Table Lamps
Materials
Acrylic
Gio Ponti Style Modern Italian Library or Dining Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sharply tailored mahogany writing or dining table with single side drawer and sculpted legs ending in brass sabots. Measure: Drawer is 20.5" deep and 19.25" wide.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Custom T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Walnut Cocktail Table
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This simple walnut veneered table was part of a full-house interior custom-designed by Robsjohn-Gibbings on the UES in 1937-1938. Fully documented and with a letter from the family. ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jorge Fick, Large Gouache and Watercolor Painting, C. 1971
By Jorge Fick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jorge Fick (American, 1932-2004), Small Rain, mixed media on paper, pencil signed "J. Fick" lower right, 27" x 19.5" (sight).
Jorge Fick rose to the top of the 2nd Generation Abstract Expressionist after studying at Black Mountain College...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early "Metropolitan Chair", Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen for Fritz Hansen
By Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An iconic 'Metropolitan Chair' designed by Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen in 1950. Frame in solid beech with backrest and seat in teak plywood. The name of the chair comes from t...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Beech, Teak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Pair Mahogany End Tables
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early example of Edward Wormley's sophisticated Modernism. Stepped two-tier end tables with subtle Chinoise elements to the carving of the base. These retain the original dark mah...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Jacob Kjaer 'B47' Arm Chair
By Jacob Kjaer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very rare and unusual design by master cabinet maker and furniture designer Jacob Kjaer. The seat and backrest are fully upholstered in a sea-green suede, with solid teak legs. Onl...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Suede, Teak
Chic Brutalist Dining/Centre Table by Max Papiri
By Max Papiri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic cast aluminum dining table base in a hard organic form, with 56" d stone top with brass rim. From the atelier of Mac Papiri, an im...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Brutalist Dining Room Tables
Materials
Stone, Aluminum
Aldo Tura Nut Bowl with Nutcracker
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Whimsical nut bowl as sculpture. Green velum wrapped mahogany bowl with 24-karat gold gilded brass stem and nutcracker with carved walnut finial.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Goatskin
Rare Pair of Josef Hoffmann Wingback Chairs
By Jacob & Josef Kohn, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Model 666, circa 1905, stained beech bentwood frame with Secessionist style upholstery. Early J. & J. Kohn paper label to underside.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Club Chairs
Materials
Beech
Pair Early Hans Wegner Round Chairs
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic JH-501 teak arm chairs with cane seats. This is an especially beautiiful and early pair. The color of the wood and cane on the backs has aged so wonderfully that we have lef...
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Vintage Aluminum and Rosa Breccia Marble Dining Table
By Gae Aulenti, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1970s, likely Italian, the architectural, heavy gauge aluminum base supports a thick oval marble top carved with razor edge bevel. Would make an impress...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Aluminum
Custom Set of Six Dining Chairs by Robsjohn-Gibbings
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of six dining chairs with black silk-upholstered barrel-backed seats with brass rivets on elegantly sabred bleached walnut legs, circa 1930s. From the estate of Alan Moss.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Frits Henningsen (attributed) Rosewood and Lacquered Chest on Stand
By Frits Henningsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An unusual Chinese Export-style console, constructed with the highest level of craftsmanship typical of the finest Danish cabinet makers. The rosewood upper case has inset leather to...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Madame de Andrada, Art Deco Printed Fabric Design, c. 1925
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very rare example of Cubist interior upholstery fabric design, by Madame de Andrada for Maison Paul Dumas. Examples of this fabric pattern are in the collec...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tapestries
Materials
Coating
Eric Hoglund Engraved Glass Bowl
By Kosta Boda, Erik Höglund
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rarely seen early Surrealist/Expressionist Erik Hoglund glass bowl depicting beastly dogs with over-emphasized musculature and dimensionality. Diamond etched "'Boda H 290/1153' to base.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Pair of William Lescaze Sconces
By William Lescaze
Located in Brooklyn, NY
White porcelain wall lights designed by the great Swiss modernist architect. This pair is nicely minimalist, eschewing the usual pull chain...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Porcelain
Gabriella Crespi Steel and Copper Charger
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large charger or tray is in beautiful original condition. Stamped "Gabriella Crespi Breva".
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Copper
Ilonka Karasz Art Deco Tea Pot
By Ilonka Karasz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iconic 1928 design in silver plate and ash wood, by one of the few pioneering American women designers of the early 20th century. Made by Paye & Baker, USA. Unsigned.
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Thonet Secessionist Armchair Attributed to Otto Wagner
By Otto Wagner, Thonet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unusual bentwood chair with flaring side arms, upholstered in Secessionist-style fabric. Thonet stamp to interior frame.
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Armchairs
Materials
Bentwood
Venetian Glass Sculpture by Artist Attilio Polato
By Livio Seguso, Attilo Polato
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Postmodernist pop sculpture of a Minimalist green cactus on clear glass stand, circa 1970. One of a series of artist designed sculptures produced in the studio of Livio Seguso Vetri ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tommi Parzinger Floor Lamp
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant wrought iron floor lamp by Tommi Parzinger.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
