Three prints by Ernest Trova from the "Manscape" series

Here is an extraordinarily rare piece with fantastic provenance– this oversize version of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona daybed is 16 feet in length and custom fabricated of fiberglass and steel. You would not know that it is fiberglass without touching it. The level of detail and realism is stunning. It’s like an artwork using the principal of transference of material– when an object appears to be made of one expected material, but is really crafted of something totally different, often incongruent with one's expectations. The reason fiberglass was used to make this daybed is that it was created for use in the lobby of Mies van der Rohe’s IBM building at 330 N. Wabash in Chicago. Mies often specified that the public spaces in the buildings he designed be furnished with tables and seating also of his design. In the 1990s the owner of the IBM building hired Chicago designer Judy Niedermaier to decorate the public spaces. Having seen ordinary Barcelona chairs and sofas suffer the abuse of high-traffic spaces see with hundreds of people using them on a daily basis, she opted to something different that would hold up under extreme wear. Interestingly, this was not the first time Niedermaier employed fiberglass in her design work, nor would it be her last. Her firm had used fiberglass for store displays, pots and mannequins in some of their prop and merchandise display work, and then in the early 2000s with the famous downtown Chicago outdoor art projects “Cows on Parade” and “Suite Home Chicago” (fiberglass outdoor furniture...

A wonderful example of Italian midcentury lighting, this three-arm floor lamp has conical-shades in red, yellow and blue attached with bra...

A fantastic design that builds on historic precedents, Jeff Messerschmit's "Pipe Line" chair combines luxurious materials in a rationalist manner accentuating the components of the c...

This important early design by Elinor McGuire dates from the 1950s. It's from their "Style 1" series, and was offered as this model B-1 loveseat, as a single lounge chair, and also a three seat sofa...

Antique print titled 'Croisier aux Pays-Bas'. Print of a Crosier from the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and Engraver...

Original antique print of monkeys titled 'The Moluck, The Entellus of Bengal, The Indri'. This print originates from 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder' by F.J. Bertuch. Friedrich Johann Bertuch...

Antique print titled 'Cachi-Caori'. Original antique print of a religious pilgrim carrying water from the Ganges. Engraved by Poisson after Sonnerat. Published circa 1790.

Antique print titled 'Prospect von der Bastion Gelderland (..) - Vue de la Bastion de Gelderland (..)'. View of the Portuguese non-denominational church and environs as seen from Bas...