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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

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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 good vintage condition. I have n...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Ceramic

Fornasetti “Antichi Planisferi” Hand Painted Map Small Plates or Coasters
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Piero Fornasetti’s “Antichi Planisferi” or antique maps series may be the most detailed and articulated of his coaster designs. Intricately hand-pai...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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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...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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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...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Tapestries

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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...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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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...
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Early 2000s Swivel Chairs

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Wool

Fornasetti “Prospettiva” Architectural Plates, Set of 3, 1950’s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Please note: the price is for the set of three plates. Three plates from Piero Fornasetti’s “Prospettiva” series. Vintage 1950’s material, not reissued. A beautiful red tint ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Pair of Fornasetti Red Warrior Chariot/Baghe Lamps
By Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery is pleased to offer this pair of vintage mid-century lamps from Fornasetti in good vintage condition, re-wired for the USA. Shades sold separately. Is there anyone for whom graphic design, Milan, humour and tromp l’oeil combine for more easily than Piero Fornasetti? The house which still produces works of the highest quality is still in operation today. But the nerdiest collectors will appreciate the vintage material which has never been reproduced, in this case these red and black enamel transfer lamps. Please inquire if you’d like the silk string shades. Photos explain condition: small losses. “The disproportion between the objects and the settings where they are placed creates new, surreal atmospheres in which a lamp is as important as a building, a salt shaker is as important as a tower, a tabletop is as important as a piazza...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

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...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Western European Rugs

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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...
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Antique 1880s American Victorian Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Henning Kjaernulf Danish Ladderback Scalloped Chairs
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 6 Henning Kjaernulf dining chairs by Nyrup Møbelfabrik, 1960/70s. Portman Gallery is pleased to offer these elegantly proportioned high back d...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Wool, Oak

Märta Måås-fjetterström “Schackrutig Brun” Brown Grid Carpet Signed Ab Mmf Bn
By Barbro Lundberg Nilsson, Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 1
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...
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20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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Linen, Wool

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