Published on: By Gail Garlick
Long low console by Paul McCobb. This size of this console is either custom made for Directional Furniture or more likely made for the Connoisseur Collection by H. Sachs. Brookline Mass. Purchased directly from a Park Avenue estate.
Dimensions:
W. 60 in (152.4 cm); H. 22 in (55.88 cm); D. 18 in (45.72 cm)
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Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Chandelier
Italy, c. 1960.
Model 1930 custom variant.
Two white satin finished white glass, conical shades. Brass shows beautiful, age appropriate patination.
W. 16.5 in; H. 27.5 in; D. 6 in;
W. 41.91 cm; H. 69.85 cm; D. 15.24 cm;
All original, naturally patinated, excellent vintage condition.
Documented in Quaderni Fontana no.1, page 29
Reference number: GDL-019
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Unique Walnut desk having a rectangular top with chamfered corners. Its case holds two drawers with forged burnished brass pulls. The legs and cross stretchers are mortised and tenoned together as is the long cross brace which also acts as a foot rest. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Roberta Lietti. Numbered 1959.22 scrivania archivio del design di Ico Parisi (desk 1959 #22 Ico Parisi Design Archive)
Reference number GDF-061
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Early Desk / Table by Ico Parisi for MIM
Italy c. 1950
Rare, early teak desk / table by Ico Parisi for Mobil Italiani Moderni (MIM). Elegant bowed top. This early version utilizes all wood construction, where later models of this design incorporated metal fasteners to attach the top to the legs. Excellent vintage condition
28.5″ H, 71″ W, 35.75″ D
Reference number MIM-IP-01
This item has been sold.
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Pair of Lamps designed after an original 1930’s Pietro Chiesa Lamp for Fontana Arte. This superbly crafted pair were purchased at the storied gallery Fred Silberman in the early 1990’s. They may be from the original series made by Roberto Rida.
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Glass Vase by Erik Höglund for Boda 1950’s. A wheel cut design depicting two fishermen carrying their catch encircles the diameter.
Signed Boda H822/1195
H 17.5cm / 6.89 inches
D16.25cm / 6.40 inches
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Luscious gold flecked soft mint green Murano glass. Typical of Barovier and Seguso during the 1940s and 1950s. The color of this glass is difficult to render onscreen. Best to see in person.
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Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte wall mirror. Model 1669, designed in 1963. Concave colored cut glass frame, brass fitting. Diameter 27 3/4″, weight 16 lbs. Documented in the Fontana Arte catalogue number 6, page 154. This mirror is authentic. Not a copy.
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Venini. Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986 offers an in-depth account of the glassworks founded by trained attorney Paolo Venini in 1921. The company was owned by the family until 1986 when it was sold. The catalogue contains 250 items produced over six decades of activity. Editor Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana traces the history of the ‘Vetrerie Venini’ glasshouse through successive art directors: Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Paolo Venini, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, and Ludovico Diaz de Santillana.
Very Good condition (missing dust jacket). ISBN: 88-8118-651-9
$76.00 USD
We also have a copy of this book New in original shrink wrap.
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This is the first time I’ve seen this rare model LS 163 by Carlo Nason for A.V. Mazzega. Six large discs are worked in the Zanfirico technique and hang from a lacquered white cieling support at the end of very fine chains. It has one light bulb 100 W. Each disc is 36 CM 14 inches in Diameter. This light is part mobile and part hanging lamp.
Dimensions:
H. 30 in (76.2 cm)
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Tall stacked walnut lamp by Gordan and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios. This model is the SW-31 square lamp. The lamp is slightly tapered measuring at the bottom, 5.5″ and at the top 5″. It retains it’s mellow patina having not been refinished.
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1981 first edition retrospective on the design company of Hans & Florence Knoll in Very Good (VG) condition. Covers Bauhaus origins to 1981 line of furnishings and products. 183 black and white & 230 color illustrations. This book features the designers, architects, artists, and sculptors who have designed Knoll’s furniture and textiles. They include Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Alvar Aalto, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, Ettore Sottsass, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer, and Anni Albers. Book design by Massimo Vignelli with contributions by Richard Saul Wurman and Christine Rae. Authored and edited by Eric Larrabee. Dust jacket has light wear, rubbing, and foxing inside edges. The hard cover seems to have a slight warp.
$475 USD