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Jean Elysée Puiforcat was a French silversmith, sculptor and designer. Puiforcat is considered the "most important French Art Deco silversmith." ...

"Giving a Sign (C-33)" is an original black serpentine stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe. The artist signed the piece at the base. This artwork features a woman in a large, textured dress gesturing to her side. 11" x 11" x 6" art Colleen Madamombe was born in 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Considered to be among the finest new talents from Zimbabwe, she has won the award of Best Female Artist of Zimbabwe for the past three consecutive years, and is quickly becoming an established figure of the Second Generation of Zimbabwean stone...

The beauty of classic tradition is captured in Internationals Grecian motif Wedgwood pattern. The delicate scrolled relief border gracefully encloses a detailed Grecian urn with intr...

Harold Altman was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art Students League, the Black Mountain College, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and was a graduate of ...

Large silver sculpture by Reed and Barton sterling silver flatware set of 70 pieces. (See photo of Reed & Barton's 1954 advertisement, as illustrated in Modernism in American Silver ...

Buttercup by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 59 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 8 3/4" Eight forks, 7"...

MONCLER F/W 2018 “Ocean Giubbotto” Olive Black Puffer Layer Belted Hooded Jacket Estimated Retail: $2,275.00 Brand / Manufacturer: Moncler Collection: A/W 2018 Manufacturer Style Name: “Ocean Giubbotto” Style: Puffer down jacket Color(s): Olive green and black Lined: No Unmarked Fabric Content (feel of): Nylon (shells); white goose down feathers (interior stuffing); metal (closures) Additional Details / Inclusions: Olive green and black puffer layered jacket with belt and hood. Black down puffer underlayer at interior; visible high chimney style collar with off-center exposed zip-up closure. Smooth olive green top layer exterior with green belt inside channels at exterior attached at interior side seams creating cinched waist silhouette; silver-toned “D” ring belt buckle closures. Two functional welt flap pockets with black signature Moncler snap button closures; two large vertical functional welt flap pockets with black signature Moncler snap button closures. Black puffer down top layer exterior at back of jacket; green smooth under layer. Long sleeves with black puffer down exterior at back of sleeves; olive green smooth exterior at front of sleeves. Olive green adjustable straps at outer layer cuffs with black signature Moncler snap closures. Black ribbed knit under layer cuffs at bottom of sleeves. Signature Moncler logo patch at left sleeve exterior. Quilted interior lining. Olive green hood...

Large Dinner & Luncheon size Mid-Century Modern "Diadem by Reed & Barton" sterling silver Flatware set - 120 pieces. In the year 1967, famed Reed & Barton designer John Prip's Diad...

Classic Rose by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware set - 42 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9 1/8" 8 Forks, 7 1/2" 8 Salad Forks, 6 5/8" 8 Teaspoons, 6" 1 Gravy Ladle, 7" ...

Inspired by carvings from the Melrose Mansion of Natchez, Mississippi, this pattern possesses unusual boldness and depth. Melrose has elegant curves and intricate detailing along the...

CORO c.1932 “Duette” Silver Rhodium Plated Cut Steel Rhinestone Brooch Dress Clips Brand / Manufacturer: Coro Manufacturer Style Name: “Duette” Clip St...

These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...

Signed and dated in pen lower right corner

Ace Hotel is a wall sculpture fabricated in welded aluminum and painted in enamel paints. It is comprised of four sections which give the appearance of one, unified piece when instal...

Young Love by Oneida Sterling Silver Flatware set - 51 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9" 8 Forks, 7 1/2" 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2" 8 Teaspoons, 6 1/8" 8 Cream Soup Spoons, 6 1/2" ...

Stunning silver flutes by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 76 Pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 8 3/4". 12 Forks, 7 3/8". 12 Salad forks, 6 1/2". 12 Teaspoons, 5 7/8". 12 Cr...

New, unused Grande Renaissance by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver flatware set - 51 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9" 12 forks, 7 3/8" 12 ...

Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...

Vintage c.1940's watermelon pink oblong beaded long lucite necklace. Single long beaded strand made up of multiple oblong shaped lucite beads ascending...

GRANDE BAROQUE BY WALLACE sterling silver Flatware set - 59 Pieces. This set includes: 8 KNIVES, 9" 8 FORKS, 7 1/2"...

Flemish by Tiffany & CO. sterling silver flatware set - 51 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9 1/4", 12 forks, 7", 12 salad forks, 6 3/4", 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8", one gravy ladle, 7 1/4", one serving spoon, 8 1/2", one cold meat fork, straight tines Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary. Excellent condition, not monogrammed. This set will be beautifully professionally polished and sealed in plastic sleeves prior to shipping. Tiffany’s Flemish...

"India" is a woodcut and monotype signed by Carol Summers. Here, Summer's abstract language for landscape imagery is taken to its most extreme: The image offers a view of a highly stylized waterfall, with red water falling down behind green foliage below. A hint of light blue at the lower left suggests a continuation of the water's flow. Above, purples and yellows mist upward from the power of the water. The playfulness of the image is enhanced by Summers' signature printmaking technique, which allows the ink from the woodblock to seep through the paper, blurring the edges of each form. Summers' signature can be found in pencil at the bottom of the rightmost blue form, with the title and edition at the bottom of the leftmost blue form. A copy of this print can be found in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 37.25 x 24.88 inches, artwork 48.5 x 35.5 inches, frame Numbered 44 from the edition of 75 Carol Summers (1925-2016) 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 Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MoMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...

"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" is a color lithograph after original 1962 painting by Rene Magritte. Two blue curtains are parted on either side. Two curtain shaped mirrors show a sky and clouds. A ball sits right to the left of the mirrors. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.75 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed...

Old Master Gold by Towle Sterling Silver flatware set - 48 pieces. This set is vermeil (completely gold-washed) and includes: 12 Knives, 8 7/8", 12 Forks, 7 1/4", 12 Salad Forks,...

Superb monumental Dinner and Luncheon Size Marie Antoinette by Alvin circa 1910 sterling silver Flatware set, 201 pieces, in huge vintage chest. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size ...

Dinner Size Sovereign Old by Gorham (1941) sterling silver flatware set with stylized acorn motif, 88 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 5/8" 12 dinner size forks, ...

Dinner size English shell by Lunt sterling silver flatware set, 63 pieces. This set includes: Condition12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2" 12 dinner size forks, 7 1/2" 12 regular/dessert ...

Pls note that the artworks are possible to purchase separately (2500Euro/artwork). I titled my work "Upstairs and Downstairs," drawing inspiration from the daily climb or descent of...

An American classic, 1810 is a faithful adaptation of a coin silver pattern. Simple lines, generous proportions, and graceful balance combine to create an unassuming yet elegant stat...

Jean Elysée Puiforcat was a French silversmith, sculptor and designer. Puiforcat is considered the "most important French Art Deco silversmith." These handcrafted utensils show off t...

Celebrate all of your meals in style with this Louis XIV by Towle sterling silver flatware set. Founded in 1690 in Massachusetts, the elite artisans at Towle Silversmiths handcrafted...

Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely handmade and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver. The subtle hammered finis...

Highly polished sides with a trellis of rambling roses down the center and of the handle best describes the Rambler Rose pattern first introduced by Towle in 1937. RAMBLER ROSE BY T...

Pirouette by Alvin sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9 1/4" eight forks, 7 5/8", eight salad forks, 6 5/8", eight teaspoons, 6", eight p...

The Kafi 1 (Icelandic for submerged) hors d'oeuvre board has an elongated proportion that adds a dynamic appearance to any setting large or small. Recessed bowls provide a perfect sh...

Mount Vernon by Watson Sterling Silver flatware set, 55 pieces. This set includes: 8 dinner size knives, 10 1/8" 8 dinner size forks, 7 3/4" 8 regular knives, 8 3/4" 8 regular forks...

Dinner size chapel bells by Alvin sterling silver flatware set, 79 pieces. this set includes 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2" 12 dinner size forks, 7 7/8" 1...

In this painting, Robert Richter presents the viewer with a deep and vibrant field of red grass. Indeed, the term 'field' here is apt, as the large expanse of red in the painting see...

La Reine Vermeil (completely gold-washed) by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 32 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9", eight forks, 7", eight salad forks, 6 1/8", ei...

Beautiful Milburn Rose by Westmorland sterling silver flatware set - 43 Pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 9" 8 forks, 7 1/4" 8 salad forks, 6 3/8" 8 teaspoons, 6" 8 cream soup sp...

"Sierra Madre" is a color woodblock signed by Carol Summers. As suggested by the title, the print teeters the line between Summers' fanciful landscapes an...

Old English / Early English by Various English Makers Sterling Silver flatware set - 58 pieces. This set includes: 6 Dinner Knives, 9 3/4" 8 Dinner Forks, 8" 2 Knives, 8 5/8" 10 Sa...

PROMISE BY ROYAL CREST sterling silver Flatware set - 76 pieces. This set includes: 12 KNIVES, 9 1/8" 12 FORKS, 7 1/8" 12 SALAD FORKS, 6 1/4" 12 TEASPOONS, 6" 12 CREAM SOUP SPOONS, ...

Savannah by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set - 104 pieces. This large set includes: 16 knives, 9 1/8" 16 forks, 7 3/8 16 salad forks, 6 1/4" 16 teaspoons, 6" 16 place soup...

GUCCI Resort 2017 "Blind for Love" Embroidered Cat Patch Jersey T-Shirt Top - Look #20 Estimated Retail: $990.00 Brand / Manufacturer: Gucci Coll...

"Rayon des Soieries, Opera Bouffe en un Acte" is an original color lithograph poster by Maurice Dufrene. The artist's name is written lower right. This piece depicts an Art Deco repr...

Edward Moore, designer of this pattern, dominated the first era of Tiffany made flatware and designed several full lines of sterling patterns. Moore's father manufactured for Tiffany...

Damask Rose is a popular pattern that was released in the year 1946. The pattern has a three-dimensional rose motif with a modern twist. Large Damask Rose by Oneida Sterling Silver ...

Superb Meadow by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set - 198 pieces including many fabulous serving pieces. This multi-motif pattern features various finely detailed scenes of flowers, cattails, clover, grasses, and foliage found in the American Meadow. The pattern was designed by Edward Holbrook and was introduced in the year 1897. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2" 12 dinner size forks, 7 1/2" 12 regular knives, 8 1/2" 12 regular/dessert forks, 6 3/4" 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8" 12 place soup spoons, 7" 12 flat handle butter spreaders, 6 1/4" 12 sherbet forks, gold-washed, 4 3/4" 12 cocktail forks, 5 1/2" 12 escargot forks...

Dinner size pantheon sterling silver flatware set - 60 pieces. All of the pieces were made by Tuttle except for the dinner knives, which are the earl...

"Rembrandt en Habit de Capitaine" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (249/250) in the lower left. This...

Photo-realist still life painting of a pink peony against a country landscape with blue mountains and a blue, moon-lit sky just after sunset "Leaping Peony" by Ann Getsinger...

S. Christian Fogh, a Danish silversmith, operated a workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1947-1973. He was known for his unique jewelry and flatware creations. Rare Renaissance b...

Named for King Richard I of England. Described as truly a royal pattern with regal dignity drawn from the romantic background of the pomp and pageantry of Richard the Lion-hearted an...

"King with Two Tribesmen" is a bronze relief sculpture from the Nigeria-Benin area tribe. It depicts three figures: two tribesmen on the left a...

Virginian by Oneida sterling silver flatware set, 36 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: six knives, 9", six forks, 7 1/8"...

Southern Rose by Manchester repousse Sterling Silver flatware set - 57 pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 8 3/4" 12 Forks, 7" 12 Salad Forks, 5 3/4" 12 Teaspoons, 5 3/4" 1 Gravy ...

Intricately carved floral motifs carefully arranged along the handle and by the neck of this fanciful pattern are balanced by a slender central panel edged with delicate borders. Int...

Rare Dinner size Argo Fregat by Georg Jensen sterling silver Flatware set, 60 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, long handle, 8 7/8" 12 dinner size forks, 7 1/2" 12 ...

Unusual Waterford Crystal handle with stainless blade/tines flatware lot, 20 pieces. This rare set includes: 10 Large Dinner Size Knives, 10 1/2" 10 Large Dinner Size Forks, 8 3/4" ...