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American designer Wendell Castle's concrete chair may be available in white or black and can be used for indoor or outdoor use. Born in Kansas in 1932, Wendell Castle received a B.F.A. from the university of Kansas in Industrial Design in 1958 and an M.F.A. in sculpture, graduating in 1961. He moved to Rochester, New York to teach at the School of American Craftsmen and established a permanent studio in the area, which is where he still works today. Wendell Castle's work can be found in the permanent collections of more than 40 museums and cultural institutions worldwide, including: Art Institute of Chicago, (IL); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (CA); the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY); Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (MN); Muse´e des beaux-arts de Montre´al (Quebec, Canada); Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (MA); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX); Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, (KS); Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA); Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; (Washington, DC); the Victoria & Albert Museum, London....

Vintage pair of Wassily chairs, designed by Marcel Breuer, with stitched black leather and a chromed steel tube frame, all in excellent condition. Marcel Breuer was an apprentice at the Bauhaus in 1925 when he conceived the first tubular steel chair. Named for his contemporary, Wassily Kandinsky, the tubular frame was inspired by a bicycle. The Gavina Group, founded by Dino Gavina in Bologna in 1949, was an Italian furniture production company established to manufacture and sell experimental works by local unknown designers. The Italian company was the first one to create and distribute this timeless piece. In 1968 Knoll bought the rights to Gavina’s holdings, including right to produce Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair. This original set is considered to be very valuable. Chairs possess all signature features of Gavina made B3 - Closed or capped steel tube ends, thick high quality leather and stitching....

The tree 3 cabinet is part of Italian designer Andrea Branzi's tree and stones series. Exhibition history: Andrea Branzi: Trees and stones. Friedman Benda, New York, NY, September 11-October 13, 2012; Andrea Branzi, Objecten en Territoria, deSingel, International kunstcampus/Vlaams Architectuurinstituut, Antwerp, Belgium. February 16-May 26, 2012; Independent Design Secession, Triennale di Bovisa. Design Museum, Milan, Italy. April 12-April 28, 2011. (similar example exhibited) Andrea Branzi was born in Florence in 1938 and studied as an architect at the Florence School of Architecture, receiving a degree in 1966. From 1964-1974, he was a founding member of the experimental group Archizoom, which envisioned the No-Stop-City among other projects. A key member of the Studio Alchimia, founded in 1976, he went on to associate with the Memphis Group in the 1980s. Presently, he lives and works in Milan and until 2009 was a professor and chairman of the School of Interior Design at the Politecnico di Milano....

Functional desk designed by Paul Evans for the " Cityscape series" in mixed patchwork of chromed steel and brass veneers. Desk with 2 drawers on cantilevered base. A few typical minor dings and blemishes to surface....

Chrome eight tables by Timothy Schreiber are stainless steel end tables polished to a mirror finish. Chrome eight tables are from an edition of 12. Timothy Schreiber initially trained in cabinet making in Germany before studying architecture and design at Bauhaus University, Weimar (Germany), University of Stuttgart (Germany) and Westminster University in London (United Kingdom). During and after his studies he worked with a number of signature architects including German Guenther Behinsh and London based Pritzker Price winner Zaha Hadid. In 2003 he spent a year living and working in China where he was involved in the design of the aquatic centre of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (Water cube). Since 2005 he has been paying special attention to the development of bespoke art furniture and objects....

Lovely pair of rattan chairs with metal legs and coordinating side table attributed Janine Abraham and Dirk Jan Rol. Pieces were used on the set of Nicole Kidman's "Grace of Monaco."...

Pair of hand- coiled gilded ceramic flat back lamps by Andrea Koeppel. Available custom/by commission, measurements include custom lampshades. Models of understated luxury, Koeppel’s gilt pieces are made in the hand-coiled tradition and fired with oxides, then gilded in precious metals. She draws her inspiration from the pure and precise lighting design created by Alberto Giacometti and Diego Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank. The resulting functional artworks are each one-of-a-kind and include custom shades and electrical components that are carefully considered design details....

An Asante wooden aku’aba fertility doll, published as part of the Ladislas Segy collection and dating to the early 20th century. The aku’aba of stylized form, a cylindrical torso with raised navel, breasts and distinctive scarification beneath the outstretched arms. With a flat dome-shaped head, coffee bean eyes, arching brows carved in relief and a small downturned mouth. The ringed neck is typical, representing rolls of fat and by extension beauty and prosperity. Aku’aba dolls are regarded as some of the most distinctive artifacts produced by the Asante peoples of central Ghana. If an Asante woman had difficulty conceiving she would consult a priest who would provide the doll, the aku’aba was then carried, fed, bathed, and otherwise cared for by the woman as if it was a living baby. In so doing, it was hoped she would eventually conceive. Aku’aba dolls are thus not only artworks, but objects with a beautiful, sometimes melancholy story behind them. Published: Segy, L. 1975 (4th ed.). African Sculpture Speaks. Pg. 184 fig. 199. New York: Da Capo Press. Provenance: Ex. collection of H. & L. Segy, inventory number 2429. Ladislas Segy collected between the 1950s-1980s and was the author of "African Sculpture Speaks," published in 1952 together with numerous books on Tribal Art....

Maarten Baas made this clay chair at the artfair Art Basel in 2007. This chair is one of five red clay chairs numbered 3/5. He is now one of the most famous Dutch designers. Signed by maarten baas with marker. Naam BAAS in metal and year as a mark in the clay....

Inciso bottle-form vase in a subtle color....

Fantastic Danish coat rack. Clean lines and great design. Original built in mirror with 5 interchangeable iron hooks. Unique piece!...

A really unique woven reed or rush chair in the shape of a heart. Looks very much in the vein of Tom Dixon's woven chairs or Marc Newson's. This chair may be a prototype as it appears to be hand finished underneath. In any event a most unusual sculptural chair....

Table mirror by Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova, Italy, circa 1960....

A rare silver plate and glass claret from the English aesthetic movement designed by Christopher Dresser for Hukin and Heath. Signed, bears engraving as an athletic award....

Wall-mounted coat rack by Georges Jouve, produced by Asselbur, France, circa 1950. Black glazed earthenware....

"Vase Oursin" an exceptional and rare white-glazed ceramic urchin-motif, Vase. The underside incised with "Apollon" artist's mark and Jouve. France, circa 1950....

Jacques Adnet pair of night stands in hand-stitched black leather....

Art Deco Silver plate Danish Wonderful Design Curved arm and detachable Ball spout watering can....

Brand Name: Breguet Style Number: 5140BB/29/9W6, 5140 Series: Classique Automatic Case Material: 18K White Gold Movement : Automatic Crystal Material: Scratch Resistant Sapphire Case Diameter: 40mm Case back: Solid Strap Material: Navy Blue Croc Breguet Strap Clasp: 18K White Gold Tang Buckle...

American Arts and Crafts period rustic refectory or farm table beautifully made with mortise and tenon and pegged construction. A handsome and solid table with a warm patina....

Poul Kjærholm for Fritz Hansen wicker stainless steel and leather chaise longue, circa early 1980s. This example has an adjustable stainless frame and base suspended leather bolster cushion and finely woven wicker surface. Excellent original condition. Please see our other listings for other Kjærholm items....

A vintage skyscraper Sheffield Silver Co. cocktail shaker. Good vintage condition with age appropriate wear. Some scratches and a dent to the base....

Six Jughenstill tall elegant brown backelite candlesticks, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Available also singularly....

Josef Hoffmann's "Egg" rocking chair Illustrated: Klassiker des Modernen Möbeldesign, Dorothee Müller (Munich: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1980), p. 112; Mackintosh to Mollino: fifty years of chair design, Derek E. Ostergard (Barry Friedman Ltd.: New York, 1984), p. 29; Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstätte, Jane Kallir (New York: Galerie St. Etienne / George Braziller, 1986), p. 73, illus. 84; Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, ed. Derek E. Ostergard, New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1987), p. 87; For more information on Antonio Volpe see: Illustrazione del Comune di Udine, G. Occioni-Bonaffons, ed. Udine: Societa Alpina Friulana, 1886), pp. 317-318; Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, ed. Derek E. Ostergard (New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1987), pp. 87-88, 340....

Signed & dated lower right From the edition of 14...

Vintage Gemsbok shoulder mounted taxidermy. Also known as Oryx Gazella from the Oryx genus. Gemsbok are light brownish-grey to tan in colour, with lighter patches to the bottom rear of the rump. A blackish stripe extends from the chin down the bottom edge of the neck through the join of the shoulder and legs. The gemsbok are native to arid regions and deserts. They have striking features and coloration. The horns have a a dark brown to black coloring and are straight in shape, and have ridges which narrow towards the tops....

Nice set of three oak trophy plates. They are dated and signed. Not those dull deer plates you normally see on every street corner nowadays but real authentic Tiroller Chamois Buck as you would find hanging on the wall by the dozens in farmhouses in the Alps. I would rather sell them as a set because they belong together and they look much nicer combined I think. Off course it's also more economical to ship them together. Splitting up is possible but it will cost you to destroy the set!...

An immaculately cast specimen of a North American alligator scull, resting on a custom black iron display stand. The largest tooth measuring 2 inches....

Very rare original Mathieu Mategot table lamp, made in France in the 1950s and manufactured by Atelier Mategot. Brass lamp foot and rotatable dark grey lacquered perforated lamp shade. The lamp has got a B22 bayonett socket and works on 110V as well as 220V. European 2-pin plug. US 2-pin plug if required. Max. height is 15". Length of lamp shade is 9". Diameter of shade is 6". Rewired with new fabric wiring....

Nice old large turtle with brown varnished finish with some remants of orange painted lettering...

Vintage snapping turtle harvest shell. Nice beach patina....

Dining table in cerused oak with parquetry top, resting on two pedestals bases decorated with plaited rope. Newly restored to perfection, France, circa 1960 attributed to Audoux Minet. This elegant table can accommodate six persons or could make a large writing table.      ...

Braided rope frame oval mirror, having original brass hook ring on back for mounting, by Audoux et Minet, French 1950s. 16 in x 9 3/4 in. (Item #2159 sats)...

Audoux Minet's in perfect condition of rope with top in oak....

Sublime Pair of French Mid-CenturyTable Lamps in the Form of a Perfect Sphere and Covered in Rope by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. The pieces convey a modern rustic / brutalist sensibility. Shades are for demonstration purposes only....

Pair of 1950s 'Small Horse' table lamps by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet in rope. Hemp plumed tail adorned with two small rope baskets. One lighted arm and new lamp shade....