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Saarinen Swanson Ficks Reed Wrought Iron with Wood Frame Couch
By Ficks Reed, Eva-Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen Swanson
Located in Ferndale, MI
Eva Lisa Saarinen Swanson daughter of Eliel Saarinen and sister of Eero Saarinen married Robert Swanson. Together and with Eliel Saarinen they formed the Saarinen Swanson group. Desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Wrought Iron
1950s Eames for Herman Miller Fiberglass Ivory Parchment Shell RAR Rocking Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Ferndale, MI
Charles and Ray Eames design for Herman Miller. RAR ( Rocking Arm steel Rod ) chair. Late 1950s production chair second generation shock mounts . Date stamp looks to be 1958 . Fine ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
Paul McCobb Winchendon Planner Group side or night table cabinet on bench
By Paul McCobb, Winchendon, Planner Group
Located in Ferndale, MI
Paul McCobb designed one drawer cabinet on bench for Winchendon Furniture in Mass. This would work as a side table in bed room or living room . Part of the large Planner group collec...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Maple
Machine Age Industrial Nickel Plated Piston Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of bookends fashioned from a large internal combustion engine . Assembled in a machine shop or aboard a ship . Piston cut in half . Attached to quarter inch thick base them nick...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Sets
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Abstract blue chicken wall sculpture signed and dated 1960
Located in Ferndale, MI
Segmented pieces of pottery assembled into a fine abstract chicken form . Glazed in a bright vibrant electric blue . Signed on backside and dated 1960 .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair of giant Hugh Acton modernist aluminum on chrome stands planter pots
By Hugh Acton
Located in Ferndale, MI
Hugh Acton ( 1925 - 2018 ) obtained his MFA at the Cranbrook Art Institute in Detroit, resulting in a lifetime dedicated to what he called the "translating principles of form foun...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Properly Restored Early Production Eero Saarinen Grasshopper Chair for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Eero Saarinen's "Grasshopper " chair model 61 was the first lounge chair he designed for Knoll in the late 1940s before designing the Womb chair . Responding to what he saw as the r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Maple
Marti Rytkonen for Orrefors Sweden Ramses clear glass vase
By Orrefors
Located in Ferndale, MI
Orrefors Ramses vase designed by Marti Rytkonen . Large and impressive half inch thick clear glass vase depicting the face of Ramses . Glass is in fine condition no issues or apologi...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Carved wood sculpture abstract organic form of a horse
Located in Ferndale, MI
Carved and molded Stylized or abstract horse sculpture . Nicely sculpted organic form in solid Cherrywood .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Tall Bright Red Blenko Glass Floor Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bright Red 34.5" tall floor vase produced by Blenko Glass . Tall bottle at 29.5" plus stopper (overall stopper height is 11.5") adds 5" to height . Body has 8.25" . Color changes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large blue Blenko glass bottle with stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large blue body bottle with stopper . Bottle measures 19.5 tall add 5.5" for stopper diameter 8.75" .
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, in Milton, West Virgi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Green Blenko Glass Bottle with Stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, in Milton, West Virginia because of low natural gas prices, a major concern for glass manufacturers of the time, which drew m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Bright Red Blenko Glass Floor Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bright Red 22" tall floor vase produced by Blenko Glass . Triangular shaped body with 7.5" diameter flared opening . Color changes somewhat in different light between orange and red...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Eero Saarinen for Knoll 20" Pedestal Tulip Group Side Table
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Ferndale, MI
White laminate 20" diameter top on weighted cast base . Knoll label intact on underside of the top . Minor paint flaked on top edge .
The ever iconic Tulip table was designed by Eer...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Metal
Large and scarce amber tone ball shaped Blenko bottle with stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large amber ball shape body bottle with stopper . Rare form I have never seen before . Bottle is 17.5" tall stopper adds 3" .
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large and scarce amber tone Blenko bottle with stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large amber ribbed body bottle with stopper . Rare form I have never seen before . Bottle measures 17" tall add 6.5" for stopper diameter 11" .
William Blenko started a sheet glas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Florence Knoll designed four door credenza for Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Ferndale, MI
Very clean and original early Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates Credenza. Teak cabinet with cream doors and maple veneer interior . Left side of cabinet holds two drawers and tw...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Materials
Wood
Large California Modern David Cressey for Architectural Pottery Planter Pot
By Architectural Pottery, David Cressey
Located in Ferndale, MI
To me Architectural Pottery is one of the mid century companies that helps to define California modern aesthetic . This David Cressey pot is a fine example...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Pottery
Isamu Noguchi Herman Miller Second Generation IN-50 Cocktail table
By Isamu Noguchi, Herman Miller
Located in Ferndale, MI
Iconic Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) for Herman Miller. coffee / cocktail table . The table has a triangular glass top that rests on a cherry tone base that consists of two sculpted so...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Isamu Noguchi for Herman Miller IN-50 Cocktail Table
By Isamu Noguchi, Herman Miller
Located in Ferndale, MI
Coffee table designed by the American designer Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) for Herman Miller. This iconic table has a base of two black lacquered solid wood sculptures hinged on a hidd...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Orange and red round Italian pottery ashtray with chip
By Raymor
Located in Ferndale, MI
Chunky round ashtray signed Italy . Glazed geometric decoration of orange and red over raw terra cotta base . There are two edge chips and one chip in the red glaze .
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Pottery
Alvino Bagni Style Aqua Yellow Blue on White Raymor Italy Lava Glazed Ashtray
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Ferndale, MI
Italian pottery ashtray in a white lava glaze with multi color geometric decoration . Signed Italy 908 PKG Raymor . Very nice condition .
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Pottery
Moulthrop era spalted pecan turned wood vessel by Alan Raelston
By Edward Moulthrop
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely turned and crafted Blonde wood vessel . Signed on underside Alan Raelston , Spalted Pecan .
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Collection of Yellow Red Green Otto Brauer for Holmegaard glass Bottle Gulvvases
By Otto Brauer, Holmegaard
Located in Ferndale, MI
Collection of four Otto Braeur Holmegaard bottle vases . Large red and large yellow measure 17" tall with 6.75 diameter . Smaller red measures 14.75" tall with 5.75 diameter Green va...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Pair of H. Engholm and Svende Age Willumsen for Fritz Hansen portable tables
By Fritz Hansen, Willumsen & Engholm
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Danish teak tray tables (Model 4508) designed by Svend Åge Willumsen and Hans Engholm for Fritz Hansen in 1958 . Great representation of form and function, both practical a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Serving Tables
Materials
Wood
Tapio Wirkkala by Soinne et Kni Leaf Tray
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Ferndale, MI
Iconic and rare Tapio Wirkkala rythmic aeroplan / plywood range leaf tray awarded as most beautiful object of the world at the triennale IX in 1951 and received the gold medal. Produ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Oceana wood bowl branded Russel Wright retains early original Klise paper label
By Klise Manufacturing Company, Russel Wright
Located in Ferndale, MI
A long rare hand-carved wood bowl with an indented rim, from the "Oceana" series . Branded " Russell Wright " and retains its early paper label . Very well preserved original finish ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Rose Cabat Deep Blue Over Sea Green Feelie Vase Weed Pot
By Rose Cabat
Located in Ferndale, MI
Feelie vase signed Cabat on underside . Seafoam or ocean green satin matte glaze over deep blue maybe indigo glaze also matte finish . Glazing of the green over blue brings to mind a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Small Articulated Teak Bear Stamped Kay Bojeson
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Kay Bojesen wooden bear from the early 1950s in teak . Stamped Kay Bojeson Denmark Copyright .
Kay Bojesen from the start in 1932 hand made animal figure toys in his small Copenh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Glass top entryway console table on lucite wave base
Located in Ferndale, MI
Wonderful in its simplicity entry way console table . Bio-morphic glass top floats on undulating wave lucite base . Very nice condition throughout . Glass measures 52 wide 16 deep on...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Goat Hair, Glass, Lucite
1950s fine Tooled Leather Western Theme Ladies Handbag Purse
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely and highly tooled western theme leather purse . Decorated on both sides and the interior . Open the flap to find red interior and equestrian embellishment . Wonderful conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Leather
Tin toleware birdhouse shaped as a Childs hat
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical birdhouse formed in the shape of a Childs hat . Tin toleware soldered together .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Tin
Natural organic turned Colorado Aspen wood weed pot
Located in Ferndale, MI
Natural chunk of Colorado Aspen partially turned neck to create a weed pot but remaining wholly organic .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Vases
Materials
Wood
Wrought iron three panel folding screen with bumblebee insect decoration
Located in Ferndale, MI
Unique whimsical and organic in design wrought iron three panel screen . Lacquered steel with bumblebee / insect decoration . Wings of the bee are decorated in cane the body is glas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Acrylic on Canvas Painting Ayrton Senna Formula One McClaren Marlboro Race car
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely done painting of the Ayrton Senna Formula One Marlboro race car . Dated 1991 signed lower right and on backside . Some checking in the black of the tires , no losses .
Ayrton...
Category
Late 20th Century Industrial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Hans Bolling Torben Orskov large whimsical wood duck sculpture Denmark
By Torben Orskov, Hans Bolling
Located in Ferndale, MI
Older Hans Bolling for Torben Orskov fun stylized duck sculpture in teak wood . Stamped Hans Bolling alongside Orskov and Denmark . Large version in fine condition .
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cedric Hartman Travertine Top AE Side Table on Brass Base
By Cedric Hartman
Located in Ferndale, MI
AE table stamped with Cedric Hartman signature MADE IN USA and the number 860434 . The beauty of this Travertine topped side table by Cedric Hartman is in its simple minimal aesthet...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Travertine, Bronze
Set of Four Eames Herman Miller Chrome Frame Calico Ash DCM chairs
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Ferndale, MI
Set of four Eames for Herman Miller DCM chairs . Calico Ash grain laminate wood on chrome steel frames . Wood is in original finish which does show some wear , chrome frames are in f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Jules Heumann for Metropolitan furniture leather sofa in fiberglass frame
By Jules Heumann, Metropolitan
Located in Ferndale, MI
Couch designed by Jules Heumann for his company California based Metropolitan furniture . Label reads " Metropolitan imported from San Francisco " .
Fiberglass frame with solid wood ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Giant milk bottle store display trade stimulator
Located in Ferndale, MI
Giant milk bottle in blue tone glass . Blown in a mold . Cow image on one side , star and 1890 on the other side . Large star on underside as well . Most likely from the latter part of the 20th century . Great store display or prop for coffee , ice cream shop...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Country Bottles
Materials
Glass
Style of William "Billy" Haines Button Tufted Black Leather Brass Base Bench
By William Billy Haines
Located in Ferndale, MI
" I would rather have taste , than love or money " Famously quoted from William "Billy" Haines silent movie star who did briefly make the transition to talking pictures . When asked by the studios to "change " his lifestyle Mr. Haines said good bye...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Seldom seen Jens Quistgaard Dansk tall JHQ ice bucket
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large and rare tall ice bucket with fitted lid designed by Jens Quistgaard for the Dansk rare woods line. Introduced in 1961, the Rare Woods line was the finest designs and exotic wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Wood
Ward Bennett vide-poche polished green tone glass dish
By Ward Bennett, Brickel Associates
Located in Ferndale, MI
Simple and elegant concave dish designed by Ward Bennett . Highly polished top and underside glass with a green tint . No nicks in glass . Minor scuffs on underside .
Born in 1917, W...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Glass
Large Harris Strong wall hanging colorful glazed ceramic riverfront city scape
By Harris Strong
Located in Ferndale, MI
Stylized riverfront city scape of glazed and fired Terra cotta . Eight buildings with a freighter passing by . The white triangle possibly a sailboat . Glazed in vivid colors assembl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
As Found J & J Kohn Turn of the Century Bentwood Settee Vienna
By Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Ferndale, MI
Estate find elaborately bent wood settee with caned back rest and seat . Seat caning needs to be restored . I do not have access to a competent c...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Settees
Materials
Cane, Beech, Bentwood
Mies van der Rohe Knoll Barcelona ottoman with brown leather cushion
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Knoll
Located in Ferndale, MI
Barcelona chair and the matching footstool were designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, for the German Pavilion at the International Exposition of 1929, hosted by Barce...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Materials
Stainless Steel
1940s Cream white Hollywood Regency floor lamp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Hollywood Regency floor lamp . Stacked tower of lotus leaves in a cream white finish . Lamp has been refinished and rewired . Shade not included .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair Katavolos Littell Kelley for Laverne button tufted leather lounge chairs
By Douglas Kelly, Ross Littell and William Katavolos, Laverne International
Located in Ferndale, MI
Classic pair of original lounge chairs designed by William Katavolos, Ross Littell and Douglas Kelley for Laverne International from the Architectural Group One line of 1952. Archit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco era clear glass ball decanter with Onyx glass base and stopper
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Ferndale, MI
Fine Art Deco era decanter . Clear glass ball on black onyx glass base accented with matching black top . Superb Art Deco Machine Age design . So much in the style of Walter Dorwin Teague and Edwin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass
Pair of Walter Dorwin Teague Edwin Fuerst design Wine or Water Glasses
By Walter Dorwin Teague, E. W. Fuerst, Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Embassy pattern champagne coupes or martini glasses designed by Walter Dorwin Teague and Edwin W. Fuerst for the Libbey glass company in 1939. Styled during the Art Deco mach...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass
Set of Eight 1930s Walter Dorwin Teague Embassy Pattern Champagne Coupes
By Walter Dorwin Teague, E. W. Fuerst
Located in Ferndale, MI
Fine set of 8 Embassy pattern champagne coupes or martini glasses were designed by Walter Dorwin Teague and Edwin W. Fuerst for the Libbey glass company in 1939. Styled during the Art Deco machine age and somewhat scarce today, glasses from the Embassy pattern can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach, the Brooklyn Museum and the St. Louis Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Barware
Materials
Glass
Pair of Agate Stone in Ruby Red Resin Hollywood Regency Side tables
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of tables in the romantically stylized Hollywood Regency look .
Brushed gold leaf Neoclassic acrylic composition base accentuates the vivid ruby red table tops .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency End Tables
Materials
Agate
Bovano bright iridescent fused glass on copper charger or serving try
By Bovano
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large size Bovine serving tray or charger . Fused glass on copper .
The history of Bovano of Cheshire began in 1952, when artist Jim Bower began experimenting with powdered glass fu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Dansk Designs Denmark JHQ Quistgaard stainless stir spoon olive fork
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early Dansk production cocktail pieces . Long stir spoon and olive fork . Both marked Dansk Designs Denmark JHQ and copyright "c" . The pair does show signs of minimal use .
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
C. Jere Artisan House large raindrops tree sculpture
By C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tree in the Jere Artisan house " raindrops " style . Many varying sizes of sheet metal discs welded to steel wire branches . On this tree the steel branches are attached to natural ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Sheet Metal
Hoselton Canada stylized polished cast aluminum desk top cat sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely interpreted abstract form of sitting cat . Cast in aluminum and polished . Signed on underside Hoselton Canada .
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Set of four 1950s bamboo tiki bar stools with swivel tops
Located in Ferndale, MI
Set of four 1950s bamboo or rattan bar stools . Three triangulated legs support round swivel tops . Seats are covered in what looks like original faux cowhide vinyl . Good condition ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Large Folk Art Welded Chain Peace Sign Garden Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large 38" diameter "peace" sign . Constructed of thick heavy steel chain . Each link measures 3" x 4.25" of 7/8" diameter steel . The contrasts of peace represented by candy colo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Garden Ornaments
Materials
Steel
Russell Wright spun aluminum cocktail Pitcher
By Russel Wright
Located in Ferndale, MI
More sculpture than utilitarian object . Water or drinks pitcher . Nicely proportioned with aluminum ring handle through wood ball . Designed by one of the leading mid century indus...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
Lighting the blues tall table lamp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tall cylindrical table lamp . Painted Mondrian style in shades of blue . Base has 6.5" diameter . Body of lamp is 24.5' tall to top of socket ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster