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Dense Mid Century Italian Modern Murano Vase
$150.00Heavy, quality piece of late 1940s / early 1950s blown glass, likely from one of the Murano studios in Italy, given its sweeping, asymmetrical form, technique and style. Beautiful honey color with a tinge of orange.
Pen is used to illustrate scale.
5.25ʺW × 5.25ʺD × 6ʺH
Designer Vintage “Arched” Magazine Rack after Vernor Panton
$600.00Magazine rack in off-white painted metal with a cane-wrapped handle, circa 1970s. Features two splayed ‘arches’ supported by a round base. Very unique form, reminiscent of designs by Vernor Panton, but artist is unknown.
Paint loss as shown to rack portion and base. Otherwise, in good, vintage condition.
H 16.25″ x W 17″ x D 12.75″
Diminutive Danish Modern Rosewood Desk by EJM Skive
Diminutive Danish Modern Silver Plated Trinket Dish / Vide Poche by Hans Jensen
$350.00Danish Modern sliver-plated vide poche/trinket bowl/jewelry dish by Hans Jensen, ca. 1950s.
Elegant, sculptural form with undulating curved vessel supported by tripod base.
Very nice, polished condition with only minor scuffs commensurate with age and use present (mostly to the underside of the dish).
Signed “Denmark” with Hans Jensen fish logo present to the underside.
Very small size (the smallest of the three sizes made) – H: 1.75″ x L: 3.5″ x D: 3.5″
Diminutive Danish Modern Single-Drawer Floating Nightstand / End Table in Oak
Single suspended/wall-mounted nightstand or bedside table in oak (ca. 1960s, Denmark).
Minimal, elegant form with a single, shallow drawer.
Very good, refinished condition; only faint wear remains, as shown, notably a scuff to one of the sides.
A second oak floating shelf is listed separately (though nonidentical — no drawer, just open cubby — it complements this piece well given the similar design, material, and size). A matched pair can be made with minor differences.
Small size –
H: 4.63″ x L: 15.88″ x D: 8.25″ / 13.25″ (with drawer open)
Interior drawer dimensions –
H: 2.38″ x L: 13.75″ x D: 6″
Diminutive German Modernist Ceramic “Antigone” Relief Pitcher by Simon Peter Gerz
Simon Peter Gerz ceramic handled vase/pitcher model 2011/10 with relief geometric design known as the ‘Antigone’ pattern (ca. 1960s, Germany).
Attractive palette of neutral tones (olive and brown hues).
Short, stubby size H: 4.5″ x Diameter: 5″
Excellent, vintage condition with light wear consistent with age, as shown (two white marks to the back near the base).
Diminutive Gio Ponti for Schirolli Stained Mahogany and Laminate Writing Table
Small writing table/student desk in stained mahogany with attractive mint green laminate surface by Gio Ponti for Schirolli (ca. 1950, Italy).
Stylish piece with modernist details including crisp lines and appealing color, while occupying a small footprint suitable for an entryway or small room/office use.
Conservatively refinished condition, wear remains – edge impressions/minimal general wear to the mahogany and light surface spots/scuffs to the original green laminate surface.
H: 28.13″ x L: 35.25″ x D: 17.5″
Interior Depth (back board to leg): 12.75″
Length between legs: 32″
Floor to ‘apron’ height: 25.5″
Diminutive Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard Nielsen Teak Sideboard
This exquisite sideboard was designed by Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard Nielsen and manufactured by Søborg furniture in the 1950s. It is composed of a single tambour door, which slides open to reveal a single, adjustable shelf. There are also four drawers for additional storage (three shallow and one double) which feature Hvidt and Nielsen’s signature sculpted, semi-circular pulls. Exceptional dovetail-detailing, finger-joint cabinetry, and solid wood construction.
H: 34.75″ x W: 53.25″ x D: 19″
Diminutive Scandinavian Modern Hand-Painted Dala Horse from Färnäs Sweden
$65.00Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern Hand-Painted Dala Horse designed by Nils Olsson and handmade in a workshop in Färnäs Sweden, an even smaller Mora village than Nusnäs, where most of the Dala horses were produced – hence a slightly less common production (ca. 1960s).
Features hand-painted details in an attractive combination of colors including white, green, blue, and yellow.
Very good, vintage condition with only minor wear.
Retains the manufacturer’s label affixed to the underside.
Relatively small size –
H: 3.88″ x L: 3.75″ x D: 1″
Diminutive Tensor Articulating Table/Task Lamp
Small table/task lamp by Tensor (1950s, USA). Composed of a brown painted shade supported by brass stem and base with faux-wood paneling.
The lamp not only collapses down, but can also be adjusted in a variety of configurations by means of the hinged stem.
Two illumination settings present (low and hi).
Modernist form and highly functional, versatile design.
Patina/tarnish to the unpolished brass present, as shown. Otherwise, in good, working, vintage condition.
Dimensions at the tallest setting –
H: 17.5″ x L: 3.75″ x D: 2″
Diminutive Vintage Italian Modernist Periwinkle Textured Ashtray by Raymor
$300.00Petite Raymor textured ashtray with swaths of periwinkle, blue, orange, and red over an unglazed, almost faux-bois appearing base (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Some of the rectangles are incomplete by design giving the pattern an abstract aesthetic.
Visually stunning piece in charming, petite size to add pops of vibrant colors to even the smallest of accent tables.
Signed on the reverse.
Excellent, vintage condition with no losses.
Easel is for demonstration only.
H: 1″ x L: 5.25″ x D: 5″
Diminutive Vintage Red Variegated Incised Stoneware Vessel by Deanna Nichols
$250.00Small stoneware variegated vessel/bud vase with drainage hole by ceramicist, Deanna Nichols (b. 1942-2017, Missouri).
Holding a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute (1965) and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in California (1967), Nichols was educated in painting and complex pottery making techniques at an academic level and later served as an educator at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA, and The Chrysler Museum School in Norfolk, VA.
The second floor of the new student center at Kansas City Art Institute is named for Nichols (see image).
This circa 1979 studio piece possesses an organic form with its small size, gentle curves and delicate incised linear and circular details in attractive colors of red, ochre, and charcoal.
Incised “Nichols” signature present to the reverse.
From the family of Deanna Nichols’ personal collection of her pieces.
“I fell under the spell of the wheel, loving the physical beauty of the moves required to form clay and the sense of peace that came from throwing. Function has always been the thing that made it work for me. That and the people who take the pieces into their lives and make it all relevant. Should this lump of clay become a vessel and Should it dry without crack, Fire without flaw and Serve without breaking, Then may it claim For its maker A tiny bit of immortality.” – Deanna Nichols, 2008
H: 1.75″ x Diameter: 2.63″