Barovier Table Lamp

Published on: March 30, 2026 By Gail Garlick

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.

Max Ingrand Mirror

Published on: March 30, 2026 By Gail Garlick

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.

Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986

Published on: March 26, 2026 By Gail Garlick

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.

Sculptural Ceiling Light by Carlo Nason for A.V. Mazzega

Published on: March 17, 2026 By Gail Garlick

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)

Large Wood Gordon and Jane Martz Lamp

Published on: March 7, 2026 By Gail Garlick

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.

Knoll Design

Published on: February 21, 2026 By Gail Garlick

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

Paul McCobb Freestanding Wall Unit

Published on: February 21, 2026 By James White

A Walnut Free Standing Wall Unit by Paul McCobb for Connoiseur Collection by H. Sacks, Brookline, Mass. consisting of ten drawers and two cabinets. Constructed as modular furniture. Two base cabinets. with a freestanding five shelf unit on top. Original warm patina, excellent untouched condition. Unit can be used with or without the shelves. Direct from a Park Avenue Estate.

Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni ’40 e ’50

Published on: February 21, 2026 By Gail Garlick

Hardcover with dust jacket by Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino. Published by Editori Laterza. An iconic text, showing period images of works by the most important designers in Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. Works by the following architects are included in this essential text, for those researching 20th century Italian design: Franco Albini, Anzani & Co, Arflex, Azucena, BBPR, Melchiorre Bega, Vittorio Bonacina, Borsani, Paolo Buffa, Michele e Andrea Busiri Vici, Campo & Graffi, Cassina, Castelli, Cavatorta, Colli, Raffaela Crespi, Dassi, Carlo de Carli, Elam, Piero Fornasetti, Gabetti & Isola, Iganzio Gardella, Eugenio Gerli, Vittorio Gregotti, Attilio Lapadula, Gino Levi Montalcini, Vico Magistretti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Roberto Mango, Roberto Menghi, Carlo Mollino, Ico & Luisa Parisi, Poggi, Gio Ponti, Quarti, Carlo Ratti, Rima, Mario Federico Roggero, Luigi Scremin, Ettore Sottsas, Guglielmo Ulrich, Vittoriano Vigano, and Marco Zanuso. First edition, 1992. Near fine (FN). Small tear in dust jacket, some rubbing. There is a stamp inside the first interior page which says this book is not subject to the VAT tax. ISBN 88-420-4088-6.

$450 USD

Three Vases by Sergio Asti for Salviati and C.

Published on: February 21, 2026 By James White

Three blown glass vases including two sizes of the Marco Vase winner of the Compasso D’Oro award.

Large Marco Vase paglio (straw) color 9.25″ H x 9.25″ D

Small Marco Vase paglio vetro incamiciato (straw exterior with white interior). size 5.5″ H x 7″ D

Tall Vase with ruggled top, vetro incalmo clear and paglio 9.50″ H x 6.25″

I mobili di Paolo Buffa a cura di Roberto Rizzi

Published on: February 21, 2026 By Gail Garlick

Fine (F) edition of I mobili di Paolo Buffa a cura di Roberto Rizzi. Catalogue from the show at The Gallery of Design and Furnishings at Cantù, Italy in 2001. 68 pp. Published by Centro Legno Arredo Cantù (2001). Italian. Paperback. $175 USD.

Iittala Art Object/Vase by Tapio Wirkkala

Published on: February 21, 2026 By Gail Garlick

The Finnish company, Iittala produced this Art Object/Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for only two years, 1970-1972. Weighing over 14 pounds, it is made by centrifugally forcing glass into a carved wooden mold. These molds were often finished by Wikkala himself. From early spring through summer the Wikkala family would move to their handmade log cabin in Lapland. There Tapio, Rut Bryk and their children explored the natural world around them creating artworks of enduring appeal. Melting ice was a recurring theme for Tapio Wirkkala, and is beautifully depicted in this rare object. Signed Tapio Wirkkala 3441.

Dino Martens by Marc Heiremans

Published on: February 21, 2026 By Gail Garlick

Very Good (VG) edition (no dustjacket) of Dino Martens by Marc Heiremans. This is the definitive catalogue of Dino Martens’ work in glass. Published by Arnoldsche Art Publishers (1999). English, Italian, and German. Hardcover. $190 USD.

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