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Period: 1930s
Erik Mattsson, Swedish Grace Intarsia Inlaid "Vikingar" Cabinet
By Erik Mattsson 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Swedish Art Deco "Vikings" cabinet, designed by master architect/designer Erik Mattsson, inlay by Mjolby Intarsia, A.B, for Westbergs Mobler, Tranas.
Mixed wood marquetry inlay on ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Macassar, Mahogany, Rosewood
Pair American Art Deco Curved Glass Console Tables by Ben Mildwoff
By Modernage Furniture Company, Ben Mildwoff
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fabulous vintage pair of curved glass and ebonized wood console tables, designed by Ben Mildwoff and manufactured by his industrial glass company. Incredibly contemporary looking, this true Art Deco design epitomizes the early modernist fascination with creating high design through humble industrial materials.
Immigrating to New York City early in the last century, Ben Mildwoff founded a successful industrial glass manufacturing company. With an interest in art and design, he eventually became a designer of mid-century modern furniture, working in glass. His designs graced the homes of his NYC society friends, fitting seamlessly alongside the designs of Paul Frankl, Donald Deskey, and the other stars of NYC modern...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Walter Von Nesson 'Skyscraper' Floor Lamp
By Jule Bouy, Walter Von Nessen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silvered metal floor lamp, circa 1930. Measure: Base is 10" x 10".
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
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 t...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Glass
Materials
Art Glass
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
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
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
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
Swedish Grace Period Petite Commode
By Carl Malmsten, Axel Einar Hjorth
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
Rare Boris Lacroix Folding Table
By Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ingenious streamline moderne design. Two-tier table in nickel steel with lacquered wood shelves folds flat for storage. An incredible early French Industrial modern...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Streamlined Moderne Tray Tables
Materials
Steel
1930s Four-Arm Modernist Nickeled Bronze Chandelier
By Boris Jean Lacroix, Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting design employing heavy gauge nickel plated bronze square tubing with ballbearing decoration. A nice expression of early French or German Functionalist minimalism. From the Collection of Alan...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Bauhaus Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Rare Pair Gilbert Rohde #3770 Six-Drawer Dressers
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare design for Herman Miller features a curved case in opulent tropical wood veneer with sold hardwood handles, in a masculine streamlined design, with the surprising addition ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of French Chased Wrought Iron Sconces after Paul Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Deco modernist Gothic design recalls the Statue of Liberty, with its spiked crown and raised torches. Hand-worked wrought iron two-arm sconces, with original patina and milk glas...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wrought Iron
Just Andersen Danish Bronze Chandelier
By Just Andersen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant, solid bronze chandelier with high-quality casting and wonderful hot patina in dark and medium bronze with verdigris highlights. Classic Danish deco acanthus leaf and flower ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Warren McArthur Desk
By Warren McArthur
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black lacquered top and drawers in aluminium tube base, with aluminum handles. Original lacquer finish.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Jean Mayodon Vase
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning hand-painted vase depicting abstracted torsos and animals on ghostly wooded landscape. Celedon on cobalt glazes with gold-leaf detail. Artists cipher to underside.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Custom Robsjohn-Gibbings Wastebasket
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut wastepaper basket with two brass ring handles from a 1938 custom Manhattan NY interior by Robsjohn-Gibbings. This is part of a library suite we ac...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Walnut
Petit French Art Deco Nickeled Bronze Table Lamp
By Atelier Jean Perzel, Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
France, brushed nickeled surface over bronze with adjustable dome shade, circa 1930. Retains European socket.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Carlo Scarpa Vanity Mirror for Venini Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Red filigree glass frame with bronze mounts and original mirror. Stamped "Venini Murano" and "Made in Italy" on the backplate. This mirror is included in ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Materials
Art Glass
Early Gilbert Rohde Console
By Gilbert Rohde, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic example of early American Modern Age design. Chromed steel base, with demilune cork and mahogany top is the epitome of jazz-age experim...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Demi-lune Tables
Materials
Cork
Custom T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Walnut Bookcase
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple modernist three-shelf bookcase on sleigh legs with lovely striped graining and light coursed surface. This unit is part of a custom designed library suite...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Early Napoleone Martinuzzi Table Lamp
By Zecchin Martinuzzi, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare and extraordinary table lamp. Twisted stem on dome base. Irridescent pink incamiciato glass with white applied "pasta" decoration and gold lea...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Rare Vicke Lindstrand Vase for Orrefors
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large 13" vase with stylized image of a rider dismounting from his horse. This is an early and influencial modernist design from Lindstrand, included in the 1990 museum retrospective...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Two Early Chiavari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Carved and ebonized fruitwood chairs with beautiful, original cane seat. Old paper label to underside.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Side Chairs
French Deco Floor Lamp Attributed to André Arbus
By André Arbus
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French standing lamp with tapered octagonal carved sycamore stem on solid cast bronze tripod base with stylized bronze fittings, circa 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps
Materials
Sycamore
Paavo Tynell Desk Lamp for Taito
By Taito Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early Paavo Tynell task lamp. Stamped "Taito" to underside.
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Table Lamps
Folke Arstrom Silverplate and Bakelite Cocktail Set
By Folke Arstrom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
High Art Deco cocktail shaker and eight martini glasses. Classic design. For GAB. Each piece stamped.
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Barware
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By Modernage Furniture Company
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Sculptural Glass Console Table, designed for the Modernage Company of NYC, circa 1940s. This table retains all of it's original glass, which is that rich light green color at the edg...
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Category
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Materials
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Walter Von Nessen Floor Lights
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Walter Von Nessen
Manufacturer: Nessen Lighting
Period and Model: Mid-Century Modern
Specs: Brushed Chrome
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Swedish Grace Cabinet with Carved Decor by Eugen Höglund, Vetlanda, Sweden, 1930
By Eugen Höglund
Located in Odense, DK
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Category
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Materials
Beech, Walnut
H 54.73 in W 34.65 in D 16.15 in
Venini Murano Pink & White Glass Zanfirico Bowl by Carlo Scarpa
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Located in Bolton, GB
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Materials
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Ceramic Glazed ‘Mobach Utrecht’ Jug, Signed
By Mobach
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very sophisticated ceramic jug designed and made by Klaas Mobach for ‘Mobach Utrecht’ in the 1940s with black and blue reduced fired glaze. Execution Mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
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Small Bowl in Green Sommerso Glass, Carlo Scarpa for Venini Murano 1930s
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
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Walter Von Nessen Machine Age Black Enamel & Brass Table Lamp, 1940's
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American Modernist Walter Von Nessen attributed brass column table lamp. Featuring an open five column architectural framework, with tubular Black enameled Brass center and four surr...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Style Console Table
By Travail Francais
Located in Miami, FL
Art DecoStyle tall console/table made out of rosewood and chrome plated details.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-Century "Swedish Grace" Cabinet / Bar / Sideboard Attr. to Eliel Saarinen
By Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
Rare double level cabinet, sideboard, buffet, bar or etagere in the Modern Neoclassical tradition known as Swedish Grace in Scandinavia.
The piece is attributed Eliel Saarinen, the father of Eero Saarinen. It is composed of various burl woods with the doors finished with stunning rectangular inlays providing harmony and balance. Classical figures adorn the corners of the base cabinet and shelving...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
H 59.3 in W 39.5 in D 18 in
Walter Von Nessen Aluminum Swing Arm Floor Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Walter Von Nessen Aluminum Swing Arm Floor Lamp ,, Wonderful example,, Retains original parchment shade (missing some boon-doggle) Minor dent to bottom,,3-way lamp (bulb) capability,...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
VENINI " Carlo Scarpa " Submerged Vase Centerpiece Murano Glass 1935 Italy
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Milano, IT
Vase/ Centerpiece Carlo Scarpa
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Other Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
H 4.34 in W 6.5 in D 3.94 in