New York City - Decorative Art

Antique Persian Heriz Oriental rug, Room size An antique Persian Heriz oriental rug, size 12'6" x 9'3", circa 1920. This handsome hand-woven geo...

Antique Ferahan Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1900, room size. An antique Ferahan Sarouk oriental rug, size 12' 5" x 9' 0", circa 1900. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features an in...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 6'5" H x 4'0" W, circa 1930. This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking ivory central field, with a central medallion ...

Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 5'2" H x 3'1" W, circa 1930. This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking gray green central field, with a central medal...

Vintage Persian Saraband rug, small size, circa 1930. A one-of-a-kind vintage Persian Saraband Oriental Carpet, hand-knotted with thick and lustrous wool pile. This classic carpet...

Antique Ferahan Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1900, room size. An antique Ferahan Sarouk oriental rug, size 10'4" x 6'7", circa 1900. This lovel...

Antique Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 13'6" H x 9'7" W, circa 1920. This antique hand-knotted Persian rug features a strik...

Antique Persian Hamadan Oriental Rug, Runner size A vintage Persian Hamadan oriental rug in runner size, size 7'8" x 3'7", circa 1920. This lovely hand-knotted carpet features rep...

Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 8'1" H x 5'0" W, circa 1940. This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking ivory central field, with a central medallion ...

Multidisciplinary artist, designer, photographer, and founder of her eponymous brand of wallpapers, tiles, and home textiles, Aimée Wilder presents Shadow Wildling, a new series of large-format silkscreened paintings. This debut fine art edition draws inspiration from Aimée’s textile design background to explore tessellation, positive/negative space, mathematics, fractal dragon curves, and nuanced color relationships. These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs within interior spaces. Rather than an all-over application of patterned wallpaper...

Antique Chinese rug, room size, circa 1920. A one-of-a-kind antique Chinese oriental carpet, hand-knotted with medium thickness wool pile. This beautiful hand-knotted rug features f...

French 1940s etched & painted glass wall plaque of stylized equestrian with floral background in black lacquered frame.  

An antique Persian Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1920. Size 5'0 x 3'3. This delightful hand knotted Persian rug is characterized by an elaborate floral design in the red central field, ...

Antique European Needlepoint Tapestry Panels with Courtiers Reveling, circa 1900 An interconnected set of three European Needlepoint Tapestry Panels, antique, circa 1900, size 4'5"H...

Vintage Persian Heriz Oriental rug, Small size A vintage Persian Heriz oriental rug, size 4'5" x 3'6", circa 1950. This handsome hand-woven geom...

Antique Persian Hamadan Oriental rug, Small size An antique Persian Hamadan oriental rug in small size, size 5'10”x 3'7”, circa 1920. This lovely hand-knotted carpet features a cent...

Antique Ferahan Sarouk Oriental rug, circa 1900, room size. An antique Ferahan Sarouk oriental rug, size 9'9" x 7'0", circa 1900. This lovely...

Vintage Chinese Art Deco Rug, Gallery size, circa 1940 A one-of-a-kind antique Chinese Art Deco oriental carpet, hand-knotted with medium ...

Antique Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 10'2" H x 4'9" W, circa 1920. This antique hand-knotted Persian rug features a strik...

Striking "pelangi" tie-dyed textile from Toraja Land, South Sulawesi. We added a linen border, double backed on both ends. This beautiful panel can be used as a wall hanging, draped ...

Antique Persian Bidjar Rug, Runner size, circa 1900. A one-of-a-kind antique Persian Bidjar Oriental Carpet, hand-knotted with soft wool pile. This beautiful rug features floral e...

Antique Persian N. W. Persia Rug, Room size, circa 1920 An antique N.W. Persia oriental rug in room size, size 12'2" x 9'0" , circa 1920. This handsome hand-made carpet features fl...

Antique Persian Heriz oriental rug, room size An antique Persian Heriz oriental rug, size 12'7" x 10'1", circa 1920. This handsome hand-woven ge...

Japanese Meiji Period Ukyoi-style Cloisonné Plate Depicting a Bijin with Irises, Ca. 1890 PERIOD Meiji Period: 1868-1912 DIMENSIONS Diameter: 9.75 inches Depth: 0.5 inches ABOUT ...

Courrèges silk scarf in excellent condition found in Paris, France. Features bold pop-art style colors and shapes with the Courrèges logo. Set in ...

Antique Northwest Persian carpet, Room size, size 11'6" x 9'0" An antique Northwest Persian decorative oriental carpet, in room size, size 11'6"" x 9'0"". This hand-knotted antiqu...

Antique Ferahan Oriental rug, circa 1910, Room size An antique Ferahan oriental rug, size 13'3"" x 10'3"", circa 1910. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features repeating palmett...

"An antique Persian Borderless Sultananbad Rug, size 8'5" x 2'5", circa 1890. This handsome hand knotted carpet features a repeating floro-geometric design in the blue central field....

Antique Indian Agra oriental rug, size 11'7" H x 9'1". An antique Indian Agra oriental rug, size 11'7" H x 9'1" W, in room size, circa 1900. This fine floral wool rug features a c...

Antique Indian Agra Oriental Rug, size 12'9" H x 8'0". An antique Indian Agra Oriental Rug, size 12'9" H x 8'0" W, in Room size, circa 1920. This fine floral wool rug features a P...

Antique Persian Meshed Oriental rug, Room size An antique Persian Meshed oriental rug, size 13'0 x 10'0, circa 1920. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features floral element...

Antique Indian Agra Oriental Rug, size 6'6" H x 4'0" An antique Indian Agra Oriental Rug, size 6'6" H x 4'0" W, in Small size, circa 1900. This fine floral wool rug features a Pais...

Antique Ferahan Sarouk Oriental Rug, circa 1900, Small size An antique Ferahan Sarouk oriental rug, size 6'5" x 4'4", circa 1900. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a centra...

Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 13'9" H x 12'8" W, circa 1930. This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking ivory central field, with a central medallio...

Antique Persian N. W. Persia rug, runner size, circa 1910 An antique N.W. Persia oriental rug in runner size, size 13'5 x 6'10, circa 1910. This handsome hand-made carpet features...

"Black to Color 2" wall-mounted optical art encased in acrylic by Leonard Janklow. Signed. From the private collection of the Coral Springs Museum o...

Antique Persian Bidjar rug, in room size, circa 1920. A one-of-a-kind antique Persian Bidjar rug, hand-knotted with soft wool pile. Thiis lovely hand-knotted woll rug features a c...

An antique Turkish silk Hereke oriental rug, size 4'6 H x 3'0 W, circa 1920. This fine hand-knotted carpet features a lustrous short silk pile with a vase design at one end of the bl...

Vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1940, room size. A vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 11'8" x 8'4", circa 1940. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a centra...

This unique art piece combines several mediums in a delicate collage of organic materials. Please confirm item location, (NY or NJ).

A antique Turkman Yamut oriental rug, size 1'4" x 4'0", circa 1920. This handsome hand-knotted wool carpet in small runner size features a repeating diamond gul design in the soft re...

Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Flourish Ceramic Wall Sculptures are hand built, fired to cone six and glazed white to give them a lightness and more attention to ...

"A vintage Persian Heriz oriental carpet, circa 1930, size 12'0 x 8'8. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a rarely found ivory primary field with a stylized repeating br...

An antique Persian Malayer oriental rug in a small runner size, size 8'3" x 3'7", circa 1910. This unique handwoven carpet features a delightful repeating design in the blue primary ...

A vintage Bessarabian Kilim oriental rug in kaleghi (gallery) size, size 11'3 x 5'6, circa 1930. This handsome handmade flat-woven carpet has no upward pile, and features a series of...

Monotype by Harry Bertoia, initialed and numbered 1860 on rice paper set mounted in oiled walnut frame. From the Bertoia Family collection. A beautiful rendering of his sculptures id...

An antique Persian Kerman Oriental rug, circa 1920, size: 4'1" x 3'10". This lovely hand-woven Persian carpet features an elegant floral medallion on a soft ivory field, with tones o...

Pair of English Victorian (19/20th century) brass horse racing wall plaques with walnut frames.  

English Country (20th Century) style stripped and carved Royal Peacock wall plaque/sign

Antique temple door in teak wood with remnants of the original color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, coffee table or simp...

Antique temple door in teak wood with the remnants of the original pretty coral color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, cof...

A vintage Persian Kerman rug, circa 1930, size: 5'0" x 3'0". This small hand knotted rug features a Classic floral medallion on a serene open i...

An antique Persian Kilim with Ghasghai diamond design, size 7'0 H x 4'6 H, wool flat-weave in small size, circa 1920. This delightful handwoven Persian Kilim rug is flat-woven, with ...

Vintage abstract wall art featuring a variety of colors making a unique piece. Please confirm the item location (NY or NJ).

Midcentury large-scale brass wall plaque with a hand engraved pattern. Charger has a great aged patina which brings out the beauty of the engraving.

A beautiful oil painting of a still life arrangement of flowers simply rendered in oil on canvas by Rebecca Cooperman. Exhibited at Lever House by The Leag...

An antique Persian Ferahan Sarouk oriental carpet, size 6'7 x 4'5, circa 1900. This delightful hand-knotted antique wool rug features a repeating series of ivory circles in the finel...

Chinese wall plaque framing a bisected famille rose porcelain lidded vase, depicting trees and blooming florals, in wood with a decorative faux ba...

2 French Victorian style (19/20th Century) pink and gilt trim porcelain wall plaques door push with scene of 18th Century figures. (PRICED EACH).