Featured Pieces
"Flight of the Crested Bird," Art Deco Plate by...
Waylande Desantis Gregory
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Ceramics
Porcelain
One of the most stunning ceramic pieces by Waylande Gregory we have seen, this 1940s plate depicts an exotic, crested bird in flight, in shades of white and gold on a brilliant, lips...
"Mother Embracing Child," WPA-Era Sculpture in ...
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Clay
Stylized and reductive, this beautiful 1930s-vintage ceramic sculpture depicts a sitting mother holding her child very close, her legs crossed and her arms enfolding the baby. The wa...
Art Deco Shagreen Box by Asprey, England
Asprey & Co.
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Shagreen
Beautifully finished in panels of ivory-toned shagreen, this hinged box is a superb example of the craftsmanship practiced by the famed Asprey Company in London. Founded in the late ...
"Picking Apples in Arcadia," Art Deco Painting ...
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Paint
This gorgeous, idyllic depiction of nude figures enjoying the beauty and abundance of Arcadia, some picking apples and others making love, was painted by David Karfunkle in the 1930s...
"Crested Water Bird," Art Deco Rondel in Black ...
Waylande Desantis Gregory
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Porcelain
Rare and winning, this lovely Art Deco porcelain rondel, glazed in black, gold and red on a white ground, was designed and executed by Waylande Gregory, the great American sculptor a...
Art Deco Swiss Clock with Aquatic Motif, Enamel...
Arthur Imhof
Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Enamel
An especially fine and rare Art Deco clock, this aquatic-themed desktop piece was made by Arthur Imhof in Switzerland, probably not long after he begin to make clocks in 1939. The br...
"Progress of Civilization" Art Deco Masterpiece...
Aiden Lassell Ripley
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Paper
In this remarkable drawing, famed muralist Lassell Ripley depicts primitive man, warming himself by the fire with little to wear, looking into the distance toward the bright, white A...
"Men Clasping Hands," Unique Art Deco Sculpture...
Léon Sarteel
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Plaster
Beautiful and dignified, this remarkable and powerful sculpture depicts a nude male couple clasping hands, either in solidarity, collegiality or intimacy -- it is difficult to be cer...
"Gathering Flowers," Fabulous Art Deco Lacquer ...
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Lacquer
Gorgeously painted and lacquered, this decorative Art Deco box features a series of nude female figures gathering flowers in a sumptuous garden setting, all in rich, deep hues -- car...
High Style Art Deco Picture Frame, Fer Forge, b...
Paul Kiss
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Picture Frames
Wrought Iron
One of the finest examples of fer forge (wrought iron) Art Deco artisanry we have ever seen, this elaborate picture frame, elaborated with scrolls, leaves and foliate motifs, was exe...
"Asian Archer," Art Deco Painting of Asian Yout...
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Paint
Dramatically and vividly painted, this depiction of a seated Archer of Asian descent, holding his bow in one hand, is a Classic example of Depression-era portraiture. The contemplati...
"Bacchus and Nymph," Superb Art Deco Vase with ...
René Buthaud
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases
Ceramic
Designed and glazed by René Buthaud, arguably the world's finest sculptor/ceramicist working in the Art Deco manner in the 1920s and 1930s, this superb vase depicts two nude figures:...