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This wool Persian carpet by Orley Shabahang depicting an antique map, "San Francisco", measures 10' x 14'. Every step upon its plush surface takes one on a journey not only across a room, but through time and history. From the Orley Shabahang Map Collection, which translates antique cartography...

Retro 14K Yellow gold link bracelet with six round opals each surrounded by 4 stylized leaves. The opals have fiery play of color in blue-green and pink and measure about 5mm. The br...

Gorham Museum quality mixed metals Gorham sterling silver water pitcher #740. It is adorned with applied copper elements includ...

"Sonja, After Hirosada" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower right and titled/editioned it lower left in graphite. Th...

This mask was made by an unknown aboriginal Australian artist. It is made from carved wood and vegetable pigment. The artist used natural colors ...

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960's 2pc Purple Multicolor Op Art Silk Blouse Pants Leisure Set Ensemble Circa: c.1960’s Label(s): Label has been removed Style: Ensemble/suit set Color(s): Shades...

"Descanso, Peru (Woman)" by Ernesto Gutierrez, 1986, oil on jute canvas, signed lower right. 25" x 30" art 35" x 40" frame Artist Bio: Ernesto Gutierrez was born in Lima, Peru in ...

Dinner size Art Nouveau Patrician by Gorham, circa 1901, sterling silver flatware, 83 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives w/blunt plated blades, 9 5/8" 12 dinner size f...

"Nude Awakening" is an original oil painting on jute canvas by Ernesto Gutierrez. It features a nude woman sitting on a green seat. The artist signed th...

Queen Elizabeth I by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 67 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9" 12 forks, 7 1/2" 12 salad forks, 6 3/4" 12 teaspoons, 6" 12 place soup spoons, ...

Wild Rose by International sterling silver flatware set, 30 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: Six knives, 9 1/8", six forks, 7 1/4", six salad forks, 6", six teaspoo...

COURREGES c.1970-1980's Ivory Slub Knit Button-Up Long Sleeve Cardigan Sweater Circa: c.1970's-1980's Label(s): Courreges Paris Style: Cardigan sweater Color(s): Ivory Lined: No M...

Peter Hertz opened this workshop in 1834 and for a period of time had a location in Ostergrade but eventually settled on the corner of Kobmagergrade and Kronpirnsengrade in Copenhage...

18K white gold Art Deco blue sapphire filigree ring. The ring features a genuine earth mined oval cut blue sapphire. It measures about 6mm x 4.5mm and weighs .87 cts. The sapphire is...

A very excellent accent design piece. This metal, black magazine holder end table would look great in a Modern or Mid-Century decor. It features a gorgeous sculptural design, and doe...

Rare, circa 1920, "Basket of Flowers" by Dominick & Haff sterling silver flatware set, 66 pieces. This set includes: 10 dinner size knives (some minor dents on ends), 9 3/4" 10 dinn...

The superb Scandinavian Moderne "Acanthus" or "Dronning" pattern of sterling silver flatware was designed by Johan Rohde in 1917 for Georg Jensen. Johan Rohde is known for his innova...

High-end Antique with Gorgeous Medallion and Variations of Strawberry Field About: One of the most Ralph Lauren styles pieces we've ever had. Old world charm that has been beloved by the many, the europeans, the eastern market, and the western american market all the same - true one-of-one antique beauty. From top to bottom this piece has such a refined sophistication about it. Matured dyes, subtle age-related patina, and a color palette that belongs near old-growth wood, fine craftsmanship molding, leatherbound books...

DESCRIPTION: ART DECO c.1920's Emerald & Clear Glass Sterling Silver Bib Pendant Necklace Circa: c.1920’s Markings: Sterling Style: Fringe pendant necklace...

"Looking North 2" by Janet Richardson-Baughman is a pastel drawing on paper, signed in the lower right corner. The work is framed and matted with acid-free mat board. This landscape ...

Signed with stamp, J.V. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4" art 19" x 15-1/4" frame Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...

"From: Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli "Jaufre and Eymardine" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book. Image: 8.12" x 6"...

14K white gold ring featuring a large cushion cut morganite weighing 10.85 carats. The genuine earth mined morganite has light pink/peach color and measures about 18mm x 13mm. The mo...

DESCRIPTION: EMILIO PUCCI c.1976 "Chad" Print 2 Pc Green Cotton Shirt Skirt Dress Set Circa: c.1976 Label(s): Emilio Pucci; Saks Fifth Avenue Emilio Pucci Boutique Designer: Emil...

Dinner size Wild Rose by International sterling silver flatware set of 51 pieces. This set includes: Eight dinner size knives, 9 5/8", eight dinner size forks, 7 3/4", eight sala...

Beaded by Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set, 64 pieces. This set includes: eight dinner knives, 8 7/8", eight dinner forks, 7 1/8", ...

S/S 1998 "Golden Shower" show, renamed "Untitled" Alexander McQueen pale yellow wool knit sweater. High neckline. Long sleeves are fitted at the top and have godet insets at the bott...

16K yellow gold pin featuring a finely carved slightly bluish-grey chalcedony leaf. The pin is handmade, signed S&CJ WES and marked .666 which is 16K gold. The carved stone leaf is v...

"Pajaro" is an original black and white lithograph by Arturo A. Secunda. It depicts a parrot. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the title and the edition number (27/100) in the lower left. 11 1/2" x 17 1/2" art 22 3/4" x 28 1/2" frame Arthur Secunda is an internationally renowned artist whose career has spanned five decades. His one man shows have been seen worldwide in numerous galleries and museums in France, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Israel, and Japan. In the United States, he is represented in most major museums of the country, including the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the UCLA Museum, the Detroit Art Institute, and the Phoenix Museum. Known for his brilliant collages and striking graphics, Secunda has mastered all types of printmaking, even making his own paper in France and Japan. His impressive body of work includes painting, mixed media, polyester assemblage, ceramics and welded sculpture. His studies began at the Detroit Art Institute as a teenager, and continued in New York at the Art Students League and New York University. After a stint in the Air Force as an artist, he then studied, thanks to the GI bill, in Mexico, Paris and Italy, with many great artists and teachers, beginning a lifelong propensity for travel-- living and working in other countries. For decades, he maintained studios in Paris and LA. He considers himself a landscape artist, and has developed his own iconography in representing nature, the land and its forms, as well as corresponding inner landscapes. He is known for a specific kind of color gradation and blending of forms in many media. His work tends to oscillate between the serene--striated colors in landscapes--to the expressive, as in many of his oil paintings. After years in Paris, Secunda has maintained a studio in Scottsdale for the last decade--doing what he has done in all of the other places he has liv ed and worked in the last 50 years--creating imagery. He has worked as a jazz musician--in Paris in the early days to support himself, and as a milkman; as an art critic, lecturer, curator, writer and publisher. Periodically, he consults at NASA where he is an image visualizer, helping translate scientific data into visual images. Highly respected as a teacher, he will spend August in Lacoste, France teaching a master class in collage and the creation of handmade artists books. (Secunda has an international following of people who subscribe and collect his dada art "books".) Next year, he will have a one man exhibition at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, presenting a never before seen series of expressive portrait monotypes of noted art personalities, after which he will exhibit early Mexican woodcuts...

In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a growing spring of a tree. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store. Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper 8 x 5.75 inches, artwork 14 x 12 inches, frame Stamped with artist signature, below image, lower left. Presented in a new custom frame with a gold-finish neoclassical wood moulding, archival matting and mounting materials; and UV glass to inhibit fading. Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...

Superb Trifid by Crichton (English, London, 1953) Sterling Silver Flatware set, 152 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size Knives, 10 1/4" (one is by CJ Vander and measures 10"...

In natural tones of gray and cream with some brown, this 2' x 3' wool rug inspired by art deco aesthetic traditions, is titled "Empire State" and showcases the beauty of authentic Pe...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN c.2010 “Angels & Demons” GRINLING GIBBONS Skull Floral Wool / Silk Knit Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Designer:...

Rare European Size Over a Century-Old DISTINCT Antique Serapi About: Did You See This Size? Never again will we get this Elongated Palace size length in a more standard Room Size ...

Gorgeous George & Martha by Westmorland sterling silver Flatware set, 87 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 8 3/4" 8 Forks, 7" 8 Salad Forks, 6" 8 Teaspoons, 6" 8 Cream Soup...

Brand / Manufacturer: Moschino Collection: Spring 2006 Designer: Rosella Jardini Style: Above-the-knee skirt Color(s): Shades of ivory, black, white Lined: Yes Marked Fabric Content:...

Sterling silver hollow handle with stainless implement pie server custom made 10 5/8" in the pattern Provence by Tiffany & Co. It is not monogrammed and is in excellent condition. ...

Outstanding dinner size Wedgwood by International Sterling Silver flatware set - 128 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 5/8" 12 dinner size forks, 7 3/4" 12 regular...

Berry by Christofle Capricorne France Stainless Steel Flatware set - 100 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/4"...

Stunning Lily of the Valley by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 48 pieces. This set includes:  12 knives, 9", 12 forks, 7 1/4", 12 salad forks, 6 1/2", 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8"...

Tiffany and Co. Spectacular Tiffany and Co. Modernism sterling silver wine cooler / cubist bowl made in Portugal. This bowl measures 4" tall x 7" and weighs a heavy 30.2 troy ounces...

This modern red and tan wool Persian rug with detailed textured patterns, sized 3' x 4', showcases a warm, earthy palette that infuses any room with inviting tones. The rich blend of...

Add some luxe to your life with this fabulous King Edward Gold by Gorham Sterling Silver flatware set - 32 pieces. This set is vermeil (completely gold-washed) and includes: 8 Knives, 8 7/8", 8 Forks, 7 1/8", 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/8", 8 Teaspoons, 5 7/8" Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary. Excellent condition, not monogrammed. This set has a beautiful gold finish. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table, especially when paired with gold rimmed china...

14K yellow gold fire agate pendant with chain. The pendant has 2 fire agate cabochons that are chocolate brown with red, green and rainbow iridescence. The rounder fire agate weighs ...

Georg Jensen sterling silver pair of Candelabra, No. 244 Pomegranate by Georg Jensen Magnificent rare hand hammered Pomegranate by Georg Jensen sterling silver two-light candel...

Measuring 10' x 13'9", this transitional Lahore rug is hand-knotted in red, taupe, green, gold, pink, and blue wool and belongs to the Orley Shabahang World Market Collection. Bright and colorful, the design depicts a flourishing flower garden featuring a repetitive, all-over pattern with a flair of Art-Nouveau inspiration. Composed of curvilinear vases...

'Flowers' is an original linocut by Wisconsin-based artist Schomer Lichtner. The composition presents a scattered floral still life amongst abstracted shadows and forms, rendered with Lichtner's quintessential abstract sensibilities. This print is one from a series that each depict abstracted subjects in black silhouette, taking pleasure in the materiality of the linocut technique. The free forms of the flower resemble the lyrical mid-century works of the French artist Henri Matisse, which combined with these material concerns demonstrate Lichter's modern sensibilities. The prints from this series are unusual because of how below the image, Lichtner also includes his Chinese seal and a linocut remarque of a cow, each of which act as an additional signature of the artist on the artwork. Linocut in black and red on Permalife white wove paper 4 x 5.25 inches, image 11.5 x 8.75 inches, sheet 16.5 x 13.63 inches, frame Signed in pencil, below image, lower right. Edition 1/100 in pencil, below image, lower left. Chinese signature stamp in red, below image, lower right. Remaque of a cow in red, below image, lower right. Permalife watermark to paper. Framed to conservation standards in a shadow-box style mounting, using 100 percent rag matting, museum glass, and housed in a silver-finish wood moulding. Overall excellent condition with no creases or discoloration. Milwaukee artist Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas and abstract imagery. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows...

In a 2' x 3' size, this organic modern wool Persian area rug in brown and cream showcases a pleasant and harmonious pattern. The medley of neutral earth tones utilized in this handkn...

Stunning enchanting orchid by Westmorland sterling silver flatware set - 32 Pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 9 1/8" 8 forks, 7" 8 salad forks, 6...

"Farewell" is an original color woodcut by Carol Summers. The artist signed the piece. This woodcut depicts a river flowing through green hills beneath a blood-red sky. The edition number is 20/50. 24 1/4" x 37" art 32" x 45" frame Carol Summers has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2009 “The Horn Of Plenty” Dogtooth Print Knit Sweater Top Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: A/W 2009 “The Horn Of Plenty” Designer: Alexan...

DESCRIPTION: GUCCI A/W 2013 Black Channel Quilted Beaver Fur Trim Hooded Down Puffer Coat Estimated Retail: $3295 Brand / Manufacturer: Gucci Collection: Autumn / Winter 2013 Des...

Sea Sculpture by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set - 66 pieces. This pattern would be perfect for a modern home. It has a wave-like design, reminiscent...

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960’s Green Signature Op Art Long Sleeve Silk Jersey Shift Dress Circa: 1960’s Label(s): Emilio Pucci; Made in Italy for Lord & Taylor Designer: Emilio Pucci Style: ...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1999 “No. 13” Black Concealed ButtonExtended Shoulder Blazer / Jacket Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1999 “No. 13” Designer: Alexander...

"Skiing Near Holy Hill" is an original silkscreen print by Schomer Lichtner. The artist initials are lower right, and the title is along the lower edge. This print depicts people skiing near Holy Hill, Wisconsin. The artist used a muted blue, a deep and dark purple, and accents of red to create this piece. 4 7/8" x 6 7/8" art 11 7/8" x 13 7/8" frame Milwaukee artist, Schomer Lichtner passed away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas, such as his "Ballerina Dancing on Cow" sculpture below. The late James Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel referred to Lichtner as the artist laureate of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the official artist of the Milwaukee Ballet. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre, " joy of life," and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows and elegant ballerina dancers. Lichtner also painted all sorts of combinations of beautiful women, flowers and country landscapes. James Auer, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel art critic, said that his art eventually "exploded into expressionistic design elements with bold, flat areas of color and high energy that anticipated Pop Art." Auer went on to describe Lichtner’s work as full of "wit, vigor and virtuosity." As early as 1930, Lichtner’s work was shown at the prestigious Carnegie International Exhibition in New York and at museums throughout the Midwest. As a student, he was a protégé of another icon of 20th century American art, Gustave Moeller...

Austrian .800 Silver Incredible Austrian .800 silver 6-light candelabra / epergne from Vienna, Austria (maker unknown). This massive piece features a three dimensional man holding...

Very nice looking and functional high quality Brutalist Lane dresser. The drawers catch on rollers. In very good condition throughout. Very nice drawer pulls, beautiful minimalist p...

Vintage Gianni Versace Couture Spring/Summer 1994 "Punk Collection" black bodysuit top. Sleeveless with embroidered circle cutout detail at the chest and upper back. High cut legs. C...

Else Marie by Orla Vagn Mogensen Danish sterling silver flatware set of 36 pieces. Renowned silversmith Orla Vagn Mogensen was a silversmith in Denmark (Copenhagen) from 1949-1975....