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High-Gloss Textured Vintage Italian Studio Ceramic Footed Decorative Bowl / Compote
Unique 1950s Italian Modern decorative compote / bowl. Crude by design, with heavy, contrasting textures and incised, geometric designs. However, the high-gloss glaze gives the piece a refined, polished look.
Attractive combination of colors in dark and light blue, ochre, and green. The interior surface is green with light blue mottling.
A very unique decorative object in very nice, vintage condition with only paint loss to the rim, as pictured.
Unsigned.
6.5ʺW × 6.5ʺD × 4.5ʺH
Hollywood Regency Gilt Metal Rope-Tied Mirrored Vanity with Chair on Casters
Glamorous Italian-style gilt metal vanity with mirrored surface and attachable mirror manufactured by Townhome Originals (ca. 1970s, California, USA).
Vanity has been paired with a matching, diminutive, gilt-metal vanity chair on casters (manufacturer unknown).
Elegant rope-tied details on mirror and vanity almost giving the frame a bamboo-like aesthetic.
Mirrored surface shows a smattering of scratches, and there are minor scuffs to the metal frame, as shown; otherwise, the piece is in very good, vintage condition retaining the original gilt.
The chair upholstery shows wear to both seat and back, but can be used as is with these imperfections. The casters are a recent addition, though of the same vintage.
The mirror can be removed from the vanity and hung on the wall if preferred.
Vanity with mirror: H: 56.25″ x L: 36″ x D: 16″
Chair alone: H: 34.75″ x L: 15″ x D: 19″ (including casters)
Casters are 2.75″ high
Mirror alone: H: 27.75″ x L: 19.5″ x D: 3″
Table height without mirror: H: 29.5″
Hollywood Regency Style Ebonized Wall Clock With Glass Embellishments by Empire
Circa 1980s Hollywood Regency-Style wall clock (model 1901) by Empire Art Products of Glendale, NY. Compose of an ebonized wood frame with mirror-glass trim and square embellishments representing numbers. Hands are chromed-metal. Very good, vintage condition with one scratch to one of the mirrored squares and some paint loss / edge wear to the ebony, as shown.
Branded on verso with company name and address.
18.5ʺW × 2.5ʺD × 18.5ʺH
Hollywood Regency- Style Brass and Silver Brocade Trifold Table / Vanity Mirror
Hollywood Regency- Style Brass and Silver Brocade Trifold Table / Vanity Mirror (ca. 1950s, USA).
Tarnish, as shown, along with a few specks in the glass itself, and a few scuffs to the brocade exterior.
Extended H: 16.25″ x L: 38″ L x D: 0.25″
Folded: H: 16.25″ x L: 13.5″ L x 1.25″
Hollywood Regency-Style “Rosette” Cabinet by Lane
Striking and glamorous cabinet manufactured ca. 1963 by Lane Altavista, though bearing a similarity to cabinets designed by Dorothy Draper for Heritage-Henredon.
Composed of a cream frame with gold border and ornate, oversized “rosette” pulls. Though, the rosette knobs are purely decorative and the handles don’t actually open the cabinet. There are built-in hinges that open by pressing on the right door and then manually releasing the left.
The doors open to reveal open storage flanked by a single, fixed-shelf.
Functions perfectly and is conservatively restored with a professional touch up to the gold border. Only a couple of light impressions are present to one side, as shown. Excellent, vintage condition.
H: 29.13″ x D: 17″ x L: 36″
Interior dimensions: L: 34″ x D: 17″ x Height from top to surface of shelf: 9.25″/ Height from bottom of shelf to base: 13.75″
Hollywood Regency-Style Giltwood Cheval Dressing Mirror
Glamorous cheval painted mirror with ornate decoration (including floral motif) throughout. Paint on mirror frame itself is a deep brown with hints of copper, while the base is painted gold. Practical, elegant piece in good, vintage condition.
H: 65″ x W: 26″ x D: 18.25″
Ico Parisi for Stildomus “Temide” Palisander Umbrella Stand with Drip Pan
$3,600.00Model 1703 “Temide” architectural umbrella stand (portaombrelli) in palisander with polished aluminum trim by architect/designer Ico Parisi for Stildomus (ca. 1960, Italy).
Retains its original painted metal drip pan, which is usually missing (pan can double as an ashtray when stand is turned over and tray is placed on top of the slats).
The scarcely seen red metal drip pan shows wear from age and use, and was repainted at some point (original orange/red paint can be seen on the reverse). Palisander has been conservatively refinished and, along with the aluminum border, shows only minor wear.
Featured in “Line, Form, Space”, Design Special of DSCENE Magazine, Issue 20, 2024 – Eliot Sumner Cover Story (see final image).
References: Ico Parisi & Architetture (1990), p.220.
Domus December 1960, p. 373.
Measurements
H: 19.63″ x L: 10.38″ x D: 10.38″
Illuminated Glass World Globe on Mahogany Stand by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Mahogany sculptural globe stand supported by brass sabots originally designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar in 1953. The globe itself is a 16″ Rand McNally Terrestrial globe composed of paper gores over glass with a brass meridian. Its estimated date of production is between 1958 and 1959 (United Arab Republic, Ghana, and French North Africa are all present).
Very good, vintage condition with light soiling / small spots of paper loss to the globe itself, tarnish to the unpolished brass meridian and feet and light wear to the newly refinished mahogany, as shown.
Measures: Height: 34″ x Diameter: 20.5″.
Iris Brody Oil Wash on Masonite Figural Study
$1,800.00Iris Brody (American – d. 1961, NY, drug overdose) oil wash on paper laid on masonite figural study of a boy. Brody, part of the Kerouc / Ginsberg Lower East Side Manhattan “Beatnick” scene, was an artist notably admired and collected by William Burroughs. Her painting of poet-musician Jackson Mac Low can be seen in the background of a famous photograph of Burroughs.
Artist signed.
Framed dimensions: H: 41.13″ x D: 1.25″ x L: 24.88″
Unframed (roughly): H: 37″ x L: 20.5″.
Iron Wine Rack by Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard
This tall, architectural wine rack was designed by Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard in the 1960s. It is composed of a wrought iron frame off-set by a woven cane basket and laminate shelf, which can house additional barware / accessories. Holds 39 bottles of wine.
H: 72″ x W: 17.25″ x D: 12.5″
Italian ‘Flex’ Floor Lamp Model 2164 by Elio Martinelli
Inspired by the human spine and intended to resemble vertebrae, the ‘Flex’ floor lamp was designed by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, Italy in 1969. Composed of a ribbed, swivelling arm in white plastic which glides easily back and forth, and a fully rotatable lacquered metal shade and stationary base. The ‘spine’ is flexible allowing for height adjustability. Measures: Height can be adjusted from 11.25″ to 62.75″ Length can be adjusted from 12.75″ when lamp is erect (base diameter) to 60″ when fully extended. The shade diameter is 8.25″ (Dimensions provided reflect the highest adjustment and the shortest length, which, in this case, is the base diameter.) Nice, vintage condition, sans light scratches and paint loss to the base.
H: 62.75″ x Diameter: 12.75″
Italian ‘Sirio’ Table Lamp by Sergio Brazzoli & Ermanno Lampa for Guzzini
Vintage ‘Sirio’ table lamp/wall sconce designed by Sergio Brazzoli & Ermanno Lampa for Guzzini (1970s, Italy). Composed of two acrylic half-spheres, one in smoked acrylic, the other in white connected by round, chrome brackets. A thin band of space separates the two pieces, allowing for additional light to be released.
Stylish, space-age design that emits an attractive, warm light.
Excellent, vintage condition with only light wear (few small scuffs to the acrylic, as shown, along with light spotting to a chrome bracket). Rewired for US use while retaining the switch.
H: 7.5″ x L: 6″ x D: 6″