Modest Designs Furniture
Color: Brown
Group of 6 Stig Lindberg Studio Ceramic Cabinet Bowls and Vases
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful group of unique, one-of-a-kind handmade pottery objects by master ceramists Stig Lindberg, for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
The group includes two delicate bowls with haresfur glaze, one yellow and one brown, the yellow bowl with an interesting insert wood handle; two vases with textured surface, one cylindrical with blue glaze, the other footed, with a mottled brown glaze; together with a small pair of brown long-necked vases.
Each example signed 'Stig L', most with the Gustavsberg Studio hand cipher, one with paper label.
Yellow bowl is 1 7/8" high, 3 3/4" diameter.
Brown bowl is 2 1/8" high, 4 1/4" diameter
Tall blue vase is 4 7/8" high, 1 1/4" diameter.
Large brown vase...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Milo Baughman Rosewood Long Bench or Table
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Low bench/table in highly figured book-matched rosewood veneer on three ebonized wood sleigh legs. For Thayer-Coggin Furniture, circa 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Josef Hoffmann for J. & J. Kohn, Bentwood Armchair Model 725 B/F
By Josef Hoffmann, J & J Kohn & Mundus
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nice example of this rare and desirable chair, in the original dark stained beech, with corner balls enforcements under the seat. Upholstered in a Secessionist style fabric.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
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
Vladimir Kagan, Early Custom Sculptural Walnut Desk
By Vladimir Kagan, Kagan-Dreyfuss, Inc.
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 rationalist and biomorphic elements, the triangular black laminate writing surface cantilevers over a cubist stack of drawers raised on sculptural foot; on the opposite end the top is supported by a classic Kagan split leg.
The piece is finished on the back to allow floating in a room. This comes out of a Kagan-Dreyfuss designed Manhattan apartment...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
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 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
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
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
Vitrolite, Mahogany
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
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
Pair Edward Wormley for Dunbar Side Tables, Model 279
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
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
Edward Wormley, Early Pair Side Tables model 4774A
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
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
Carlo Scarpa Bowl for Pauly & C.
By Pauly & Co., Carlo Scarpa
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 t...
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
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
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
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
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
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 Thonet, Otto Wagner
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
Milo Baughman Low Walnut Long Bench or Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. 1960, simple architectural design energized with exaggerated proportion, in a modern interpretation of a classic Japanese chabudai. Retains paper Thayer Coggin label to underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair Edward Wormley for Dunbar Model 5480 Chairs
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An iconic Edward Wormley design, the ‘A-Frame' chair is a wonderful example of Wormley’s expertise in mixing materials into sophisticated, architectural forms.
Employing dark stain...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
Gio Ponti Designed Vase for Paolo De Poli
By Paolo De Poli, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Battuto hand-hammered copper conical vessel enameled in mottled colors. Stamped and signed to the underside with an old Gumps paper label.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Copper
Emil Milan Abstract Salad Bowl and Tongs
By Emil Milan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Carved from solid walnut. Beautiful lines and elegant shape. Signed “EMilan” to underside.
Tongs are 12" long.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Walnut
Rare Jacques Borker Rug
By Jacques Borker
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful, intricately designed medium pile wool carpet by one of the most important and influential textile designers of the 20th century. Not as well-known at Jean Lurcat, but cons...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Joseph-Andre Motte J-2 Floor Lamp
By Joseph-André Motte, Disderot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid staved mahogany in a sensual hourglass form. The J2 model was designed to accommodate a fabric shade. Produced and distributed by Disderot, Paris. Shade not included.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Mahogany
Pair J. Ingvard Jensen Teak Rolling Bookshelf Side Tables
By J. Ingvard Jensen Odense
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome and masculine pair of Danish Modern rolling bookcase side tables raised on chrome casters. Divided into three shelving sections, each table has two adjustable shelves in two...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish End Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Giant Hans Hedberg Ceramic Egg Boxes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
13" and 10" ceramic egg sculptures with glazed surfaces that mimic actual eggs. Very pop meets organic modernism. The larger one is about the biggest egg ...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Chest of Drawers
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb 6-drawer cabinet in beautiful original finish dark walnut, with brass legs, and raffia cane wrapped handles. Signed with cloth Widdicomb ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Peter & Molgaard Hvidt Rosewood Secretary
By Peter Hvidt, Soborg Mobler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome, masculine 6-drawer dresser with recessed pulls, topped with drop-front desk fitted with drawer and storage cubicles. On enameled metal legs with rosewood block feet. Retain...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Steel
Frits Henningsen Mahogany Frame Sofa
By Frits Henningsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant and rare 3-seat neoclassical sofa designed and manufactured by Frits Henningsen for cabinet maker Rud Rasmussen. High quality and sculptural example constructed from solid ma...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Ed Kerns, Oil on Canvas, 1971
By Grace Hartigan 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ed Kerns (American, 1945), “Strands Grow”, signed, titled and dated verso, in brass slat frame. From a series of 100 painting commissioned by art collector La...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Roy Sheldon Free Edge Cocktail or Coffee Table
By Roy Sheldon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Butternut (white walnut) example of Sheldon's Nakashima-esque natural wood creations. Signed to underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Nutwood
Pair of Philippe Starck Custom Stools from the Clift Hotel, San Francisco
By Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mahogany stained wood, with burgundy Edelman ostrich leather seats, circa 1991. Two pairs available.
Category
1990s French Stools
Materials
Ostrich Leather
Swedish Grace Period Petite Commode
By Axel Einar Hjorth, Carl Malmsten
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sweet three-drawer Swedish Art Deco chest with intarsia mixed wood inlay on patchwork oak and birch veneer, brass fittings.
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Side Table Model # 5425
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Occasional table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, model 5425. Rosewood and Walnut folding x-base with removable mahogany tray top. Labeled with Dunbar gold metal tag
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Mahogany
Elegant Osvaldo Borsani (attrib) Cocktail Table
By Atelier Borsani Varedo, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1950, mahogany, ash, fruitwood, the round top clad in starburst pattern mahogany veneer with central brass star inlay, over three round tapered and sharply sabered legs, with chan...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Parchment Topped Coffee Table, Attr. Atelier Borsani Varedo
By Atelier Borsani Varedo, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant low cocktail table with natural goatskin tiles on top, and beautifully carved base and figured legs. Unsigned but exceptionally well made table attributed to Borsani.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Hardwood
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Custom Bar/Cabinet for Kandell Residence
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique, one-of-a-kind, two-door cabinet in exotic hardwood with solid cast brass bamboo frame, and black glass work-surface top, designed as a livingroom bar for the Kandell Penthous...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Rare Ward Bennett Settee and Side Chair in Vintage Fabric
By Brickel Associates, Ward Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bent ash frame with remarkably clean original mod striped cotton velvet upholstery. The chair frame is in a lighter stain wood but otherwise matches. Chair is...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Settees
Materials
Ash
Set of 5 Early Hans Wegner Round Chairs
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic set of JH-501 teak arm chairs with cane seats. This is an especially beautiiful and early set. The color of the wood and cane on the backs has aged so wonderfully that we hav...
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Pair Vintage "Campanino" Chiavari by Fratelli Levaggi
By Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair light and elegant c. 1940s Chiavari dining chairs. The original design dates to the early 19th c., by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi. Painted wood with original rush seats. This vers...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Neoclassical Side Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Set of Four Rare Dining Chairs by Martin Eisler and Carlo Hauner for Forma
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma Brazil
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brazil, circa 1956, delicately carved hardwood frame with hand caned seat. Remnant early Forma Moveis S/A label and Brazilian import stickers to underside.
Category
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bubinga
Rare Paul Frankl Cork and Mahogany Kneehole Desk
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. 1940s, American, the mahogany eight- drawer desk encased in cork veneer on four sides, with book storage-well on the reverse. Bakelite and brass pulls....
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Cork
Danish Rosewood and Steel Coffee Table
By Georg Thams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic coffee table with bookmatched rosewood top on brushed flatbar steel base. Design by architect Georg Thams.
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Large Wilhelm Kage Farsta Vase
By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rustic one-of-a-kind, hand thrown stoneware pottery centerpiece bowl vase with lovely etched design. For Gustavsberg. Signed, with studio...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Aubock Brass Coat Rack
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Austria, 1950s, solid cast bronze. Three sculptural biomorphic hooks mounted to a teak bracket. Bracket measures 32.75" x 2.75". Hooks are 7" x 4". Nice vintage example.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Centerpiece Bowl
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Polished steel and copper, stamped "Gabriella Crespi Breva".
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Copper
Nakashima Widdicomb Style Walnut and Burl Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American walnut occasional or lamp table with burl maple inlaid top and hickory edge, circa 1957. Nice architectural details like exposed supports and octagonal carved legs. Unmarked...
Category
Vintage 1950s American American Craftsman End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Tall Vintage Brass and Brushed Aluminum 6-Panel Screen
By Maison Jansen, Willy Rizzo, John Vesey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic and elegant 6 panel room-divider in brushed aluminum and brass anodized aluminum. This tall and heavy set of panels are joined by brass hinges and are currently in two 3-panel s...
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Aubock Coffee Service
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Graceful design in copper, brass and wrapped cane. Includes coffee pot, cream and sugar servers and serving tray. Signed.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Strick House Daybed by Amir Farr
By Amir Farr, Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bench or daybed designed by Amir Farr in consultation with Oscar Niemeyer for the famous Strick House, Niemeyer's only completed residential commission in the United States. Due to h...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Daybeds
Materials
Fir
