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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 Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
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 Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
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 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 Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen, Willy Beck
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
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
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 Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
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
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
Eric Hoglund Engraved Glass Bowl
By Erik Höglund, Kosta Boda
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 Attilo Polato, Livio Seguso
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
Bernard Saby, "VI 73", 1973
By Bernard Saby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Surrealist landscape abstract, oil on paper laid on stretched linen, signed "Saby" lower right, titled and dated lower left, pen inscribed "Galerie du Dragon" on stretcher, chrome sl...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Rare Erik Hoglund “Cirkus” Vase
By Boda, Erik Höglund
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wheel-cut engraved glass with applied glass elements, produced by Boda, circa 1950s. Signed “Boda H 238/1151 E. Hoglund”. A nice and large example of Hoglund’s early Expressionist et...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Vases
Materials
Glass
Chic Custom Steel and Bronze Bench in the style of Maria Pergay
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful and elegant minimalist design. Heavy gauge steel with bronze details is masterfully bent into sculptural form. Labeled and dated 1992 with the name Waal Fathi...
Category
1990s Unknown Minimalist Benches
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Pair Paul M. Jones End Tables
By Paul M. Jones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. 1970s, chic architectural side tables in chromed steel with thick plate glass top. From the Estate of Herbert Kasper.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Minimalist End Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Milo Baughman Low Walnut Long Bench or Coffee Table
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
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 Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
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
Vintage Fulvio Bianconi Pezzato Vase for Venini
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Model 1329 in the 'Paris' colorway of red, blue, green, and hay yellow glass. One of Bianconi's major contributions to the art of glassmaking, the Pezzato series premiered at the 195...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
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
Fulvio Bianconi Fasce Bottle for Venini, Signed
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful early example of this Classic Venini design. Extra-long neck and bright yellow stripe on dark blue base. Venini label sticker covers most of the acid stamp.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Bottles
Materials
Glass
Two Signed Keith Haring Posters
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early poster art in the classic Haring style. "New York is Book Country" from 1985 clearly shows Haring's influence on contemporary artist suc...
Category
Vintage 1980s Posters
Materials
Paper
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 Ercole Barovier Rugiada Table Lamps
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare pair of ‘Dew Glass’ table lamps, produced by Barovier & Toso. Ercole Barovier invented the Rugiada technique in 1938, and the process was patented and exclusive to the company. It involves the application of colorless glass grit and shards onto the surface of clear glass during production.
When the object is then heated, the particles are partially melted and fuse to the solid surface...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
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
Pol Chambost Blue Craqueleur Lamp with Original Shade; Signed
By Pol Chambost
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Deep blue crackle glaze lamp with small fu dog medallion decoration. Original shade has matching blue trim. Ceramic vase was originally made as a lamp base. Signed to underside "Pol ...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Luciano Gaspari Glass Sculpture on Custom Lamp Pedestal
By Luciano Gaspari, Salviati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1960, Italy, the cast clear glass modernist Spazialismo work is the largest of three sizes, and weights approx. 20lbs. It was produced by murano glass maker Salviati, where Gaspar...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
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
1970s Steel and Bronze Canopy Bed
By Don Cameron
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fabulous four-poster queen bed frame in steel with bronze elements. From a Bergen County, New Jersey estate decorated over multiple decades by Tommi Parzinger, this bed was purported...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Steel
Set of Three Vintage "Spring" Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Possibly custom-made, these rustic modern corkscrew-form tables are constructed from heavy solid wrought iron and old repurposed wood tops. All three tables are 12” diameter; heights...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Side Tables
Materials
Iron
Tripod Floor Lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen Lighting
By Hansen Lighting Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid brass tripod floor lamp model 206, first introduced in 1950. This example is likely from the early 1970s and retains a clean, tarnish-free high-polish brass finish with a light...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Enzo Mari Lucite Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lucite cube with internal red sphere.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
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
Rare Stephane Boudin for Maison Jansen Gilt Bronze and Glass Cocktail Table
By Maison Jansen, Stéphane Boudin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exceptionally rare Jansen design. A chic modern take on a Louis XV-style low coffee table, the shaped 1.5" thick green glass top raised on beautifully cast and thickly gilt bronze acanthus-form legs. From a Maison Jansen decorated Park Ave. estate. An identical table was in the library of Jayne & Charles B. Wrightsman's Palm Beach house, a well-documented Jansen commission, illustrated in J.A. Abbott, Jansen, New York 2006, p. 291 (photo provided), as well as architectural sketches of the original design by the hand of Stephane Boudin...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Arredoluce Model 12128 Triennale Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Classic Italian modern floor lamp has all the bells and whistles: chromed brass frame with elegant monotone white and black and grey shades; stitched leather on stem, lamp arms ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Chic Italian Lucite Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Substantial solid block of Lucite with beautifully carved/sculptured front. Chrome stem is topped with single socket.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Lucite
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
