About Portman
Portman specializes in authenticated and documented works of twentieth century design -- from the tapestries, drapes and carpets of the Swedish weavery Märta Måås-Fjetterström to the gilt bronze jewelry of the mid-century Parisian atelier Line Vautrin.
Portman
Established in 20221stDibs seller since 2022
Featured Pieces
Fornasetti Eight Piece Hand Painted Tea Set from “Arte di Bere” Series
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A not-often-seen vintage eight piece tea set from Piero Fornasetti with hand-painted lithographic transfer decoration. The theme here is the iconography and ritual of tea-drinking. O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Fornasetti 1950s Beer Steins with Nautical Motifs
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of beer steins by Piero Fornasetti from the 1950s, never reissued and relatively rare. Crest/rope/nautical/seafaring motifs. Pictured in Fornasetti’s Complete Universe book...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood, “Travel” soup bowl
By Eric Ravilious
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare bowl, great condition for age and use.
And if you haven’t seen the documentary about Ravilious, Drawn to War, released in 2022, you should! There’s so much to this artist who...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Dog Bowl, round concave tray, Gordon Setter
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) is joyously offering this vintage Fornasetti hollow concave ceramic dog bowl, green glaze with gilding, in very, very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Three Vintage Fornasetti Leaf “Foglie” Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to offer three rare gilt transfer plates from the “Foglie” series, which have not been produced in decades.
A great gift for anyone who loves: Fall, Bota...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Märta Måås-Fjetterström signed “Bandet” Tapestry by Ann-Mari Forsberg
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to present a tapestry woven in Bastad at the storied weavery Märta Måås-Fjetterström, designed by Ann Marie Forsberg in the mid-twentieth century. “Bande...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-fjetterström "Solfläckar" Sunspots Tapestry
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This tapestry-woven flat weave may be among the pinnacles of achievement for Barbo Nilsson at Märta Måås-Fjetterström. The colors are just as harmonious in 2022 as they were in 1955...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Linen
Pair of Blue Ligne Roset Facett Swivel Chairs by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to offer two Facett swivel chairs by R & E Bouroullec for Ligne Roset. This the chair equivalent of Phoebe Philo’s turn of the century work for Chloe. D...
Category
Early 2000s Swivel Chairs
Materials
Wool
Swedish Grace Art Deco Wool Short Pile Carpet by Martha Gahn
By Märtha Gahn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to offer a 1930s Swedish short knotted pile carpet by Martha Gahn.
An exemplary Swedish Grace, as art deco was called ther...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
1882 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Flask of Victorian Equestrian Riding Scene
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This acid etched and engraved Tiffany sterling silver flask with full marks for 1882 might be the most fully articulated narrative in Tif...
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Märta Måås-fjetterström “Schackrutig Brun” Brown Grid Carpet Signed Ab Mmf Bn
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 1, Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Barbro Nilsson, easily Sweden’s greatest colorist of the Twentieth Century, shows us here that she can do subtlety as well as statement. This example, with a small amount of contrast...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Linen, Wool
Märta Måås-Fjetterström "Crocus" Handwoven Linen-backed Swedish Wall Hanging
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crocus tapestry by Marta Maas Fjetterstrom. A nice, and somewhat rare, size, and fully backed with linen and tabs for inserting a dowel rod. This design was made in many colorways, w...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Linen
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