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Massimo Vignelli for Venini Ceiling Pendant

Published on: By Gail Garlick

Fasce Vericale ceiling lamp model #4038 Venini Cataogue, c. 1955 beige on white.

Venini Light 1921-1985 Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego Skira Published for the Exhibition at Le Stanze del Vetro Isola del San Giorgio Maggiore Venezia 2022 Pages 259, 260, 261

Edward Wormley for Drexel

Published on: By Gail Garlick

Elm Serving Cart by Edward Wormley for Precedent for Drexel.  1947, Factory no. 252-5 Stenciled label

Restored

exact cart shown in Exhibition Catalog, Edward Wormley, The Other Face of Modernism Gura, Kennedy and Weinberg 1997 Page 30

Massimo Vignelli for Venini Ceiling Pendant

Published on: By Gail Garlick

A Cane Pendant lamp, model #4034, from a design by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, c. 1955. Internally decorated glass. Remnant of original Venini paper label affixed. C. 1955 Shown in Exhibition Catalog

Venini Light 1921-1985 Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego Skira Published for the Exhibition at Le Stanze del Vetro Isola del San Giorgio Maggiore Venezia 2022 Pages 259, 260, 261

Sofa Table School of T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings

Published on: By Gail Garlick

This Sofa Table bears a striking resemblance to the furniture produced by Petersen Studios for T. H. Robsjohn Gibbings in the 1940’s.  Petersen Studios produced the furniture for Gibbings’ important commission in Bel Air CaliforniaThe Casa Encantada. Produced in the same period in Sweden,  this table was from a castle in Ystad, Sweden. More information about my research on this piece and the Peterson Studios pieces for Casa Encantada is available on inquiry.

Massimo Vignelli for Venini Pair of Ceiling Pendants

Published on: By Gail Garlick

Pair of Massimo Vignelli hanging pendants. Model #4040 with affixed original stickers marked 9132.  Italy, C. 1955

Provenance. Venini Light 1921-1985, Barovier and Sonego, pg. 259-261, 502 Repertorio 1950-1980, Gramigna, pg. 105 Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection, Olnick and Spanu, fig. 139 Paolo Venini and his Furnace, Barovier and Sonego, pg. 481 illustrates model

James Mont School Of Easy Chair

Published on: By James White

Roomy and Elegant James Mont Easy Chair circa 1995. This chair is a replica of a known Mont design. Upholstered in linen.

 

Pierre Paulin Tongue Chair

Published on: By James White

Biomorphic Pierre Paulin Tongue Chair for Artifort. Newly re-covered in Tonus 4 fabric by Kvadrat as per original. Excellent condition.

Vintage Fortuny Fabrics

Published on: By James White

A collection of vintage Fortuny Fabrics .

These never used pieces are from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Each is a different size. A number are printed on cotton twill. Many metallics. Call for more information.

Tapio Wirkkala Vase for Rosenthal

Published on: By James White

Pearl Drops Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal. This version is glazed.

An “Archais” Slip Cast Porcelain Vase by Heinrich Fuchs

Published on: By James White

This vase was designed by Heinrich Fuchs for Lorenz Hutschenreuther in Germany. Produced in the 1960s, as part of the the “Archais” series. The taller vase is still available. The smaller one is sold. inscised Fuchs 5118/26

Carl Schappel Crystal Sugar Bowl

Published on: By James White

Clear Crystal Glass, Borussia-Glass, White enamel cameo glass, black overlay, glass cutting. This covered sugar bowl was made by an as yet, anonymous artist for the Carl Schappel manufacture, model #6747 Haida, Novy Bor, Czechloslovakia. Could be a stunning ring and  earrings jar.

The bowl, a renowned model, is widely published.  See page 192 The Glass of the Architects, /Vienna 1900-1937 Franz, MAK Glass and Ceramics Skira as well as Image 339, 340 P. 326 Glas 1905-1925 Waltraud Neuwirth.

An exact example is in the permanent collection of the MAK Museum of decorative arts Vienna.

Carl Schappel Crystal Vase

Published on: By James White

“Borussia Glas” Probobly by Carl Schappel, this vase is of the Haida school and made by Joh. Oertel & Co. around 1912.
Colorless glass, overlaid with opaque white and black and then cut.
Published in the magazine Die Kunst vol. 28 1912-1913. Similar vase also seen Glass 1905-1925 Neuwirth p. 268.