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Material: Bentwood
Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This bent handle basket was made i...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Willow, Bentwood
Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This bent handle basket was made i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Bentwood, Willow
Vintage R & Y Augousti Mosaic Vase with Inlays of Red and Black Pen-Shell
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Organic Modern decorative vase made of exotic pen-shell over a molded wood frame. The handcrafted vase has a square form with rounded edges and features mosaic inlays on both sides. The shell inlays have geometric designs with floral motifs lacquered in vibrant hues of red and black. Signed R&Y Augousti on the underside. Rare vintage find...
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Early 2000s French Organic Modern Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Wood, Bentwood
Antique Chinese Shanxi Round Bentwood Dumpling Serving Steamer Box 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century Shanxi wooden storage box used for serving steamed dumplings / food at family gatherings. This steamer box features traditional round, rustic, bentwood constructi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Bentwood
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture no. 23
Signed: [Mario Dal Fabbro 1983 R.1]
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honours in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955) and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Bentwood
Italian Modernist Side Chair by Vittorio Nobili for Fratelli Tagliabue
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Italian modernist side chair by Vittorio Nobili for Fratelli Tagliabue, perfect little accent chair, sculpture, retains its original pati...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Black Tar String Instrument Viola Sculpture, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi
Viola and Tar.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Bentwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
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