High Style Art Deco Vase/Lamp Base w/ Mayan Influence, 1930s, by Glidden Parker

A classic example of stylized Art Deco drawing with attenuated figures, this depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was created by Glidden Parker, who is most famous for his...

A classic example of 1930s drawing showing the influence of Cubism and Art Deco design, this depiction of a nude couple standing in a landscape with fractured hills and clouds was created by Glidden Parker, most famous for his influence on modern ceramics and home design. Parker's stripped-down, geometric forms for tableware and decorative ware became widely popular in the 1940s and 1950s, and his earliest pieces sometimes have Art Deco decorative motifs. This drawing precedes the establishment of Glidden Pottery...

A large, early and rare example of Glidden Parker's ceramic artistry, this striking tray depicting a horse with flying tail and mane depicts his mastery of the sgraffito technique, w...

Illustrated in "Ceramiche Robj" and considered a major design by the renowned sculptor and ceramicist, this large piece was probably made in early 1930s to coincide with the debut of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris, which attracted almost 9 million visitors in less than a year. Rare and striking, this porcelain table lamp base depicts the globe surmounted by a tightly composed cluster of nude and semi-nude female figures representing cultures around the world. The women depicted here, all glazed in a gorgeous snow-white glaze highlighted in gold, are clearly representing a range of nations in Asia and Africa, probably coinciding with the nations that were part of the French Colonial Empire in the 1930s, before they won their freedom. Much like the one surviving building from the Exposition, now the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, which features a massive bas relief mural...

These lamps, (ideally kept as a pair) are a modern revisit to glorious art deco. As with all the work of Sam Rush, these lamps should be viewed as functional art . So whether in da...

Characteristic desk lamp, Bauhaus style, designed in 1930. The lamp has a heavy cast iron base and an enameled metal cap. The heavy base gives the lamp a solid place. Fully adjustabl...

- Made in Czechoslovakia - Made of metal, chrome and wood - 1. lamp: all chrome, adjustable, 1935 Dimension: H 51 x W 25 x D 16 - 2.lamp: metal, wood, nykl, adjustable, 1940 Dim...

- Made in Czechoslovakia - Made of metal, colored glass - Re-polished - Fully functional - Very good, original condition.