20th Century Furniture

A pair of oak and brown fabric lounge chair designed and produced by A. Brandt Ranch Oak, USA, 1950s. Seat height 17”.

Perfectly proportioned small French Art Deco living room cabinet/ bar cabinet made of mahogany and leather veneer with the best craftsmanship and probably designed by Rousseau et Lar...

A metal and fabric cord wall mirror designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.

Aquatint and drypoint etching by Pablo Picasso titled “Dans l’Atelier III,” executed in 1965. Number 34 from an edition of 50. Signed l/r Picasso, numbered lower left. In a custom gi...

Pair of large Chinese hardstone, jade and cloisonné enamel flower models Chinese, 20th Century Height 39cm, width 25cm, depth 25cm Crafted in 20th century China, this pair of lar...

A beveled glass and stained oak wall mirror designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s.

Vase designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1928. Pewter vase and brass bands engraved with a poem by Verner von Heidenstam. Stamped.

A pair of teak, brass, opaline glass and metal wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 8.5” H x 5” W x 7” D Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 3...

Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s Stamped. H: 13 cm Diameter: 9 cm

Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s Stamped. H: 11 cm / 4 1/4'' Diameter: 4 cm / 1 1/2''

Painting by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1960s. Ink on paper, framed. Signed. Artwork dimensions: H: 45 cm W: 58 cm Frame dimensions: H: 63 cm W: 72.5 cm D: 6 cm

Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1964. Stoneware with rabbit's fur glaze. Signed. H: 24 cm Diameter: 27 cm Berndt Friberg was born in the southern Sweden town of...

A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot, the hinged lid with a beribboned garland of flowers round a blank escutcheon, raised on four ogee feet....

Ebonised wood sculpture by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden, 1950s. Signed. Ebonised wood.

Wall light, glass and brass, Europe, 1970s. Ornate brass and glass wall light with two-light points and small decorative structured glass globes. The chandelier is beautifully decor...

Pair of pedestals for Carl Malmsten’s School, Sweden, 1970s Solid teak and limestone.

Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...

Luciano Bertoncini for Cjfra 'Zattera' bed, alcantara, wood, brass, metal, Italy, 1970s Step into a time capsule of Italian design excellence with this remarkable transformable 'Zat...

Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler, Denmark, 1950s. Beech and plastic shades. This Danish floor lamp ‘Bridge’ was designed by Severin Hansen in th...

This dining chair, designed for the Amsterdam-based company N.V. Jac Levee in the 1930s, is a beautiful piece of furniture design that embodies the essence of the Amsterdam School st...

The ‘Entente Cordial’ silver champagne cooler for the British Motor Boat Club, 1905. This deep cylindrical bowl by Charles Townley and John Thomas is of heavy gauge with a raised cir...

Rug ‘Sun Spots’ designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Sweden, 1966. Wool. Signed. Tapestry technique. Provenance: From a private Swedish collection. The int...

Hanna W Pair of sculptures designed by Hanna W, Sweden, 1983 Signed. Carved Stone.

A most unusual silver and gold leaf cloisonné vase by Sukiku, 1981, the ovoid body decorated in abstract designs with wispy silver shapes and moriage gold leaf scattered over a mottl...

Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s. Brass and opal glass. H: 34.5 cm D: 48 cm

De Sede, modular sofa, model ‘DS-76’, leather, Switzerland, 1970s This high-quality sectional sofa designed by De Sede in the 1970s contains one corner element, one regular element ...

Bessarabian Kilim Fragment Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'3" W x 9'4" L

Antique Room-Size Persian Heriz Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional information: Dimensions: 9'10" W x 12'10" L Origin: Persia Period: Mid-20th Century Rug ID: 15364

Vase ‘Farsta’ designed by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1952. Stoneware. Signed. H: 29.5 cm Diameter: 12.5 cm.

Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...

Set of six dining chairs ‘Darby’ designed by Torbjörn Afdal for Bruksbo, Norway, 1960s. Rosewood and leather. Stamped. H: 96 cm W: 47.5 cm D: 58 cm SH: 45 cm

Stool designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö, Sweden, 1960s. Teak and leather. H: 40 cm W: 42 cm D: 42 cm.

Antique Persian Mashad Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 9'3" W x 12'6" L Origin: Persia Period: Mid-20th Century Rug ID: 10054

Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX, Sweden, 1960s. Rattan and bamboo. H: 78 cm W: 48 cm L: 91 cm

Moroccan Rug, Mid-20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'5" W x 5'2" L Condition: Excellent

Sideboard designed by the HI-Gruppen, Sweden, 1960s. Birch. Stamped. H: 64 cm W: 130 cm D: 45 cm Literature: Örn, Johan, The HI-group and the return of craft: Swedish furniture and interiors 1960-1966, ArkDes, Stockholm, 2017, compare bedside tables by Anders Berglund...

Antique Large Oversized Persian Kirman Carpet, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 13'10" W x 19'5" L Condition: Excellent Origin: Persia Period: Early 20th Cent...

A Pair of hand carved Neo-Classical Jardinières By Lenygon & Abbot The design derived from the ancient Roman sarcophagus, these carved planters are supported on lion's paw feet, the oval fluted bodies dressed with Lion's masks. circa 1920 The Lion Mask holding a ring in its mouth derives from Ancient Roman furniture...

This round table made of solid rosewood with a smoked glass top is full of charm. it is made of a wood of great aesthetic value, has beautiful exposed grain, and boasts a design with...

Ugo La Pietra (né en 1938). Lampadaire Arcangelo Metropolitano Métal et méthacrylate peint Signé ‘Ugo La Pietra’ sur la base Lumen Center Prod. Date de création : 1977 Measures...

The porcelain handles of this knife and fork are finely hand-painted with botanical specimens native to Denmark in this beautiful Flora Danica carving utensils set. Created by the le...

Thick Modernist Checkerboard Chinese Rug, 20th Century Additional Information Dimensions: 6'8" W x 8'0" L Origin: China Period: c. 2000 Rug ID: 20326

Italian Bulky Pair of Lounge Chairs in fabric. These two armchairs can be adapted in a modern living room to provide comfort and a touch of style. They are comfortable and robust arm...

A charming bust of a child’s head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, dated 1910, the girl has her head slightly tilted forwards as she looks out from under a lock of hair, set on a square block signed on the reverse ‘E Whitney-Smith 1910’. This bronze is a reduction of Whitney-Smith’s original marble piece, a photograph of which survives in the V&A (object number AAD/1990/12/63). Another version can be seen in a 1920s photograph of the artist in his studio owned by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG x194201). Neither the identity of the sitter nor title of the work is known. Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952) was one of the pre-eminent sculptors of his day. Born in Bristol in 1880, he became a student of William Harbutt, the headmaster of Bath School of Art, best remembered today for inventing plasticine. Whitney-Smith showed great promise from an early age, opening a studio in St John’s Wood, London, in 1910. He exhibited over 40 pieces at the Royal Academy and despite not achieving Academician status, even with list of illustrious proposers, he became a dear friend of Sir Alfred Munnings, the famous horse painter, and sculpted his portrait. He was, however, elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors and his works were generally well-received by critics and the general public alike. Aside from the RA, he exhibited in Bristol, at the Paris Salon and the Scottish Academy and his work attracted the attention of such important patrons as the Courtauld family. One of his most famous works, The Waking Child, is in the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and another, The Irishman, is in the Tate. One version of his bust of Ernest Bevin, the trade unionist, stands in Tooley Street in Bermondsey to this day. An article in The Sphere, published on the 3rd of May 1924, referred to the sculptor as “a well-known sculptor of smiling children” and mentioned his “famous babies’ heads”.

Vase designed by Erich and Ingrid Triller for Tobo, Sweden, 1950s. Stoneware. Signed. H: 6.5 cm / 2 1/2'' D: 9.5 cm / 3 3/4''.

Three mounted scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s. Paper scrolls mounted on a board in a plexiglass box. Unique. Signed. H: 76 cm W: 81 cm D: 12 cm Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrko¨ping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...

Urn designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1936. Stoneware. Signed. Dimensions: H: 78.5 cm / 2' 7'' D: 53 cm / 21'' Exhibitions: In Paris 1937 at the World's Fair, Gunn...

Framed drawing ‘Rider in a Spring Landscape’ by Vicke Lindstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Ink on paper. Signed. Measures: H: 39.5 cm / 15 1/2'' W: 34 cm / 13 1/4''.

Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with a fabric shade. Stamped. Measurements: H: 102 cm / 3' 4'' D: 26 cm / 10 1/4'' Diameter of shade...

Beautiful Scroll and Bead by Blackinton Sterling Silver Flatware set with beaded design - 53 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 8 7/8" 8 Forks, 7 1/...

Suite of six chairs in walnut. Front legs with patinated brass shoes. White fabric.

Contemporary mahogany tray top coffee table with 3" decorative gallery with two cut out handles and an espresso brown finish. (table height without tray: 20").        

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver presentation bowl and plinth; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional, fine and impressive antique silver bowl has a circular rounded form onto a circular spreading foot. The body of the impressive bowl is plain and unembellished, with an applied moulded border to the undulating rim. This exceptional piece of antique silverware is fitted with two fine and impressive Art Nouveau, narrow loop style handles with bifurcating scrolling upper terminals. This antique silver bowl with handles...

Jardiniere from France made of reconstituted stone.

Antique Large Oversized Anatolian Borlu Rug, Early 20th Century Antique Borlu carpets from western Anatolia combine the soft tones of neighboring Oushak ...

Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden. 1960s. Brass. Stamped. This floor lamp, made with a fully adjustable shade, was manufactured in brass by ...

Vase by Erich & Ingrid Triller, Sweden, 1950s. Signed. Stoneware. Dimensions: H: 17.5 cm / 7” Diameter: 14 cm / 5 1/2"  

Marked. Measures: H: 39 cm / 15 1/3'' W: 55 cm / 21 1/2'' D: 38 cm / 15'' H storage section: 18 cm / 7''.