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Material: Wood
Mid-Century Teak “Fish” Wall-Mounted Board Set — Attributed to J. Quistgaard
Located in Herentals, BE
A rare and beautifully composed mid-century set of 6 teak “fish” boards presented on a wall-mounted plate with an integrated wooden rod. Each board hangs gracefully by its eye, creat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Wooden Chopping Set of 3 Old Patina, Brown Color French, 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Wooden cutting boards, with its old patina. They are object of the French 20th century, in the style of French Provincial which is brown in color, and in a condition consistent with ...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
Seashell Appetizer Picks
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of 23 natural seashell appetizer or bar picks.
Category
Late 20th Century Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Shell, Wood
$275 / set
Antique English Coromandel Turntable Tantalus by George Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
Retailed by Fottorini and Sons, Bradford
From our Tantalus collection, we are delighted to offer this Coromandel Turntable Tantalus by George Betjemann and Son. The Tantalus of Betj...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
German Black Forest Wood Carved Figural Man Head Cork Bottle Stopper, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable wood and cork bottle stopper, Germany, 1930s. Ideal decoration bottle stopper. Great idea to surprise your guests or a very interesting gift.
Category
1930s German Black Forest Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Cork
Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen Teak Bowl
By Kay Bojesen, Finn Juhl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic Danish modern teak bowls designed by Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Turned from a single piece of teak wood into an organic modern shape. Polished and clean, with origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
$1,100 / item
Handcrafted Turned Oak Yakisugi Bowl
Located in London, GB
Fine traditionally hand-crafted and turned Oak half Yakisugi platter - bowl. These are handmade to the very best quality in London using traditional techniq...
Category
2010s English Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Oak
$408 / item
Danish 18th Century Brass And Wood Nutcracker
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish 18th Century brass and wood nutcracker.
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Don Shoemaker Small Geometric Marquetry Decorative Tray for Señal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rosewood serving tray by Don Shoemaker for his company Señal in the 1960s. The surface of the tray has a repeating geometric marquetry pattern in a gradient of local Mexican hardwood...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood, Rosewood
Pair of Sterling Sculptures of Flying Swans in Landscape, Spain, Circa 1960s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Sterling Sculptures of Flying Swans in Landscape, Spain, Circa 1960s
This exquisite pair of sterling silver sculptures showcases two flying swans in a serene landscape craf...
Category
20th Century Spanish Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Provincial Chinese Farm Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden tray from northern China charms with rustic texture and asymmetric form. Hand-carved from a single block of wood, the tray has an oval shape with rounded corners and tape...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Royal Holland Pewter and Teak Danish Coffee Pot 1960s KMD Tiel Daalderop
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Danish Modern Royal Holland KMD Tiel Daalderop Pewter and Teak coffee pot circa 1960.
Mid Century Modern Royal Holland Pewter KMD Tiel pewter and teak wood coffee pot.
Vintage From the 60’s with beautiful sleek lines.
Danish Modern Coffee Pitcher with lid: 12.5" with lid on.
Stamped with the Royal Holland Pewter logo, "KDM", and "Made in Holland", some numbers.
Condition: There are some light dents on the side which I attempted to capture.
The pewter has some scratches from normal use, small dents on side.
This mid-century set is a compliment to many settings and is the ultimate danish mid century design.
I would use as a Danish MCM vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Scandinavian Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Extra Large Danish Modern Teak Handled Serving Tray by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful serving teak tray by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, ca' 1960's. This is an extra large-hard to find version at 26"long and 19.5"wide. Great Danish crafstmanship and honest and ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Japanese Art Deco Tea Set for Four People
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco tea set made of the chary wood .Artisan antique work and hand painted
Weight of the set is about 1.5 Lb .( 750 grams ).
Category
1930s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,875 / set
Fine Original Early Dansk Large Teak Serving Tray by Jens Quistgaard
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
The best and possibly largest two handle Teak Serving Tray by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Denmark . Very clean original no cracks or bruise . Little evidence of previous use . Stamp...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
1940s Oak Wood and Brass French Wine Cooler by Geraud Lafitte for George Goulet
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amazing oak and brass wine cooler hand-crafted in France by Geraud Lafitte in the Forties for the Champagne George Goulet of Reims, it's in original condition with normal signs of...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Large French Art Deco Butcher Block Table
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Large French Art Deco butcher's block from the 1920s. Made of solid beech wood.
The base section stands on 6 slightly stepped square legs with a high frame and 2 large drawers. The...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Beech
Bentwood Teak & Cane Tray, Japan, 1960's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Bentwood Teak & Cane Tray, Japan, 1960's.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cane, Teak, Plywood
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Beech Chopping Block
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Straightforward in form and function, this chopping block from France is cut from a solid piece of beech using only right angles. The surface is delightfully rippled from the saw, th...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Beech
Solid Oak Serving Tray Set – EDGE
Located in Orlando, FL
The EDGE Series Wooden Serving Tray Set brings together natural beauty, functionality, and minimalist design in a refined collection made for both serving and decorating. Crafted wit...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Oak
Mid Century Danish Modern Teak Serving Bowl by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk.
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Danish Modern Mid Size Teak Serving Bowl by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk. Circa 1970s
Features a beautiful staved teak wood construction and a quintessential Mid Century Mo...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Large Dansk Staved Teak Centerpiece / Serving Bowl by Jens Quistgaard
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A large Mid Century staved teak center piece or serving bowl with rounded edges and beveled top rim . Early production with the three duck mark and branded Dansk manufactures mark , ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Period "Cave a Liqueur"
Located in Austin, TX
This exquisite French 19th Century Louis Philippe Period "Cave à Liqueur", stamped by the renowned Coignard Chapon, is a remarkable example of fine craftsmanship and French sophistic...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Regency Papier-mâché Chinoiserie Japanned Tray
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century Regency papier-mâché chinoiserie tray. In addition to the lovely pen-work, it has mother of pearl inlay. It is not marked. Lite and general wear.
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
18th Century Continental Baroque Period Gilt Tooled Leather Clad Knife Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce original antique European Baroque Period tooled leather clad cutlery caddy, circa 1740
Handcrafted in Continental Europe in the first half of...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Leather, Wood
German Black Forest Wood Carved Figural Gnome Cork Bottle Stopper, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable wood and cork bottle stopper. Germany, 1910s or older. Ideal decoration bottle stopper. Great idea to surprise your guests or a very interesting gift. Found at an Estate Sal...
Category
1930s German Black Forest Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Cork
19th Century European Rustic Timber Large Trivet / Charcuterie Board
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century European Rustic Timber Large Trivet / Charcuterie Board hand made in Hungary by Europe2you. Great patina.
Measures 17.5" in width, 17.5" in depth and 3.5" in height
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood
Karl Holmberg Set of Three Teak Kidney Bean Coasters, Sweden, 1960s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Karl Holmberg Set of Three Teak Kidney Bean Coasters, Sweden, 1960s.
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Knife Box, English, Walnut, Cutlery Canteen, Fitted Interior, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique knife box. An English, walnut cutlery canteen with fitted interior, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Appealing an unusual...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Walnut
German Carved Oak Relief Plaque, 17th Century – “God Blesses the Wine”
Located in Knivsta, SE
German Carved Oak Relief Plaque, 17th Century – “God Blesses the Wine”
A wonderfully charming carved oak relief panel from Germany, dating to the 1600s. The plaque depicts a crown...
Category
17th Century German Baroque Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Oak
Vintage Dansk Danish Modern 'Rare Woods' Cocobolo Ice Bucket by Jens Quistgaard
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Danish Modern wooden ice bucket.
By Dansk.
Designed by Jens Quistgaard.
From Dansk's "Rare Woods" series.
In cocobolo with straight sides and curved top, circular lid, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic, Cocobolo
Vintage Apothecary Mortar and Pestle by Coors
Located in San Diego, CA
Porcelain mortar and pestle. Great for cooks or as an accent piece. Heavy duty. By Coors USA.
Category
20th Century American American Classical Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Digsmed Teak Tray, Denmark, 1960's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Digsmed Teak Tray, Denmark, 1960's. Signed with the makers mark to the bottom.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Boxed Amboss Mid-Century 6 Knives And 6 Forks, Flatware Cutlery, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of six small modernist forks and knives in their original boxes. Executed in the 1950s by Amboss Austria. Made of stainless steel with beautiful teak wooden handles. Originally produced as fruit knives and forks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
19th Century French André-Charles Boulle Style Cave à Liqueur
Located in Dallas, TX
The incredibly intricate brass inlay that embellishes the lid and front façade of this cave à liqueur is reminiscent of the technique utilized by Andre-Charles Boulle while hand-craf...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Brass
Beautiful ART DECO centrepiece bowl by Durousseau & Raynaud silver plated 1930s
By Durousseau and Raynaud
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
ART DECO centrepiece bowl by Durousseau & Raynaud silver plated 1930s
This magnificent French centrepiece from the 1930s is in the style of the Streamline Modern Art Deco. The silve...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$1,189 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful large Etched Murano Glass Mirrored Tray by Barovier, Italy, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Created by Ercole Barovier, this piece is a beautiful Italian serving or vanity table tray edged in Murano glass rope that is embedded with blue. Done ...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Murano Glass
Teak Brass Nutcracker by Poul Knudsen, Denmark, 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Exceptional Danish modernist nut cracker designed by Poul Knudsen. Nut cracker is in vintage condition, beautiful wood grain in teak and brass fittings with excellent patina. Great D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Art Nouveau Bar Serving Tray Wood & Repoussed Pewter Nancy
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique French serving tray embodies the elegance of the Art Nouveau era. Crafted from warm-toned wood, it features delicate...
Category
Early 1900s French Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Rare Danish Raadvad Bread Slicer Model 294 Silver and Dark Wood Version, Ca 1980
By Ove Larsen, Raadvad
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Original vintage Danish Raadvad bread slicer in a rare matte silver colored version with dark wooden board!
Manufactured by the famous Danish Company RAADVAD. It is the model 294 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel, Iron
French 19th Century, Thick Wooden Chopping or Cutting Board
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique thick wooden chopping-cutting board with a beautiful form. Never seen before is this shape. Great statement on your countertop,
France, circa 1850
Weathered. If needed items w...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
$350 Sale Price
48% Off
Set of Italian Polished Pewter Salt & Pepper Shakers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Set of Salt Shakers & Pepper Grinder in Polished Pewter, a Set of Two. This classic pair is marked Made in Italy on the bottom. Wonderful addition to add to your table for e...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Large Jens Qistgaard Dansk Staved Teak Bowl Denmark
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Ferndale, MI
One of the many bowls designed by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk Denmark . Beautifully proportioned Staved Teak sculptural and utilitarian . Fine condition . Very minor evidence of any...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Antique Wooden Stand for Chinese or Japanese Porcelain, China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Here we have a nice wooden stand
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Period: 19th c / early 20th c
Condition: A bit worn
Dimensions: The si...
Category
20th Century Chinese Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
$70 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Vintage Small Red Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood red plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior! Very nice as a gift. Only one ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Exquisite Vintage Italian Wooden Bowl – Early 20th Century Rustic Elegance
Located in Barcelona, ES
Exquisite Vintage Italian Wooden Bowl – Early 20th Century Rustic Elegance
Step into the charm of 1940s Italy with this remarkable handcrafted wooden bowl. A stunning example of Ita...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Victorian Sterling Silver Teapot with Wooden Handle
Located in VALENZA, IT
Victorian sterling silver teapot with wooden handle.
A very stylish and handsome Antique Victorian Sterling Silver teapot, having a very plain round straight-sided body, a straight t...
Category
1850s English Other Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Danish Teak Tray with Glass Bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard, 1960s
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Asaa, DK
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern teak tray with glass bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard for IHQ Dansk Designs, 1960s.
Serving tray in solid teak with six green glass dishes. Each dish has feet that fits into the lattice on the tray. Length 46.5 cm.
Marked JHQ Dansk Designs...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Teak
Rare Victorian Solid Amboyna Tantalus George Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
Silver Plated Handle
From our Tantalus collection, we are pleased to offer this very rare Victorian Amboyna Tantalus. The Tantalus from the original Betjemann design with a solid Am...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Japanese Teak Wood Tray Modern Minimalist
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Japanese teak serving tray, Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Japan. Tray is a warm brown teak, strategically arched design around, sleek 'h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak, Wood
Gustavian Painted Wood Butlers Wine Cutlery Flatware Caddy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming, hand-painted in Gustavian blue, wine holder or flatware or kitchen utensil caddy with pineapple handle. This caddy features 4 compartments for a wide range of contents.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Gustavian Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Paint
Snake Red Wood Serving Tray
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
This tray is made out of birchwood and is a different and original option for home serving trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romanian Grand Tour Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
$68 / item
Mid Century Witco Style Bottle Holder
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Classic mid century bottle holder in the styling of William Westenhaver for Witco. Tall and slender notched wood case with handle and metal hinge and lock. Interior is lined with per...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Boulle / Napoleon III Liqueur Cave Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French liqueur cave box with inlaid brass and and tortoise shell marquetry decor, a lift top door and swing side doors, polished surface, bronze legs.
Inside there is a wood...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Brass
"Toruń" Teak Wood Cutting Board with Knife by J. H. Quistgaard, Denmark
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Teak Wood Cutting Board with Knife
"Toruń" by J. H. Quistgaard
Denmark, circa 1970
"in good vintage condition"
"oiled with food grade mineral oil"
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Werkstätte Carl Auböck II Fondue Pot and Burner Set in Copper and Brass 1950s
Located in Troy, MI
Fondue set by Carl Aubock II Austria circa 1950s
Complete set with lidded copper pot inset to brass tripod stand and brass warmer
Signed in 3 places
10 inch overall width
5.5 inch ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Copper
Japanese Wooden Soup-Bowl with Red Lacquer Chrysanthemum 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This red lacquer soup-bowl was made in Japan around 1970s in Showa era.
This bowl is made with wood and there is a motif of chrysanthemum.
Dimension: H7.5 × 13 × 13 cm
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. This gorgeous Willy Rizzo style dry bar was produced in Italy during the 1970s.
The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak.
A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room.
Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer.
Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci.
In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments.
Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects.
In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue.
Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later.
In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions.
Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel, Metal, Chrome
Serving Tray in Charred Oak Wood Organic Shaped
Located in Waiblingen, BW
The serving tray is shaped using various hand tools, making each piece unique with its own distinctive wood grain. It is made from charred oak wood and finished with a food safe hard...
Category
2010s German Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Oak
Dansk Teak "SPHERE" Pepper Mill Peppermill Quistgaard JHQ IHQ Denmark
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Buffalo, NY
Collectible and highly sought-after Jens Harald Quistgaard Dansk teak pepper miil / salt shaker from the 1960's. Model # 855. Made in Denmark. This p...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
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