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Vintage Jarvie-Style Brass Candlesticks
$650.00Mid-century brass turned candlesticks, each with bulbous bobeche and cylindrical stem on circular, disk base. Beautifully aged, showing natural patina, a few scuffs/tarnish spots (unpolished).
Measures: Height 6.25″ x Diameter 4.5″.
Vintage Koch & Lowy Chrome Adjustable Task / Table Lamp with Articulating Shade
$350.00Vintage Koch & Lowy Chrome stage or spotlight-style task/table lamp (ca. 1970s, USA).
Featuring a geometric-form articulating shade with lucite on/off dial offering full height adjustability along a vertical stem measuring 15.5″ high.
Scuffs/dings present consistent with age/use; overall, good, vintage condition.
Height can be adjusted from 15.5″ (stem) to 17.5″ (shade moved to the top of stem)
Shortest 7.25″ (shade positioned downward) to 10.5″ (shade extended)
Base diameter 6″
Vintage Leather Bulldog Footstool by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch
$3,200.00Charming leather bulldog sculpture/ottoman by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch (ca. 1960s, England).
Recently oiled and conditioned – supple leather shows warm patina/light age consistent with use (scuffs present, as shown, and the right eye is secure, but slightly loose compared to the left).
Uncommon bulldog figure and size: H: 18.5″ x L: 29″ x D: 9.5″
Vintage Leather Pig Footstool by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch
$3,200.00Charming hand-stitched leather pig sculpture/ottoman by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch (ca. 1960s, England).
Supple leather has been oiled and conditioned to eradicate dry patches and discoloration; only light scuffs remain, as shown.
H: 17″ x L: 28.5″ x D: 9.5″
Vintage Lilac and Pale Gray Studio Ceramic Planter with Plate by Deanna Nichols
$950.00Studio ceramic planter with drainage hole and plate/saucer 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 piece dates to the early 1990s, based on the signature “D. Nichols,” which she used during that era and features a design reminiscent of the linear pattern and shape of certain sea shells. The rim decorated with incised sinuous lines protrudes out slightly from the vessel. Attractive pale gray color with lilac/periwinkle rim.
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.
Stacked – H: 8.25″ x Diameter: 9.63″
Plate – H: 1.25″ x Diameter: 7.63″
Vase – H: 7.88″ x Diameter: 9.63″
Vintage Lucite Free-Standing Mantle Clock
$650.00Artist signed Ca. 1970s lucite mantle / tabletop clock that can additionally be wall mounted. Modernist shape and pops of color to contrast the transparent lucite frame.
Battery operated and in functional, ready-to-use condition. There are a few scuffs to the lucite and one spot of paint unevenness to one of the hands (all minor – clock is in very good, vintage condition).
H: 12.88″ x L: 9.13″ x D: 2.25″
Vintage Lunt Silversmiths English Pewter Decanter
$150.00Ca. late 1940s / early 1950s English Pewter ship liquor decanter made exclusively for Lunt Silversmiths. Modernist form featuring a a graduated body, stepped ridge to the stem, and a flared rim topped with the original bulbous-form stopper. Good age present (patina along with a dimple to the stopper, as shown). Overall, very good, vintage condition with wear consistent with age and use.
H: 8.75″ x Diameter: 5.75″
Without stopper – H: 7″
Vintage Maple Media Console with Extendable Surface
$2,400.00Stylish, compact and highly functional media cabinet / console in walnut with ebonized accents and laminate top tier surface. The two drawers are divided into cubbies, and all but two cubby slats are removable (with one exception, all divisions within the drawers are fixed). There is an extendable surface and one ‘trick’ cubby in the bottom drawer – the wooden dividers and ‘floor’ are all removable for this section alone. Ideal for storing an important document or small item, as the hidden compartment under the removable wooden ‘floor’ isn’t large enough for anything substantial.
As this was previously used as a media console, there are holes cut out of the back for running cords.
Conservatively refinished condition with only minor wear remaining.
Measures: H: 29.5″ (top of black laminate tier) / 27.5″ (surface height) x D: 18″ / D: 27″ (with open drawers) x L: 42″.
Vintage Matte Brown and Slate Glaze Ceramic Planter with Stand by Deanna Nichols
$1,100.00Studio ceramic planter with saucer/plate/display stand 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 piece dates to the early 1990s, based on the signature “D. Nichols,” which she used during that era and features a matte brown glaze with metallic charcoal/slate glaze rim with incised linear and lava drip decoration. A rare color and textural example from Nichols who favored matte earth-tones glazes. Additionally, this example includes a versatile plate which can serve as a supportive cradle for the planter or reversed for use as a stand.
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.
Stacked – H: 8″ x Diameter: 8.5″
Plate – H: 1.5″ x Diameter: 7.5″
Vase – H: 6.5″ x Diameter: 8.5″
Vintage Matte Maroon Glazed Ceramic Planter Bowl by Deanna Nichols
$350.00Studio ceramic planter/bowl 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).
Circa 1979 based on the signature “Nichols,” which she used during that era and features a design reminiscent of the linear pattern and shape of certain sea shells. The rim decorated with incised sinuous lines protrudes out slightly from the vessel. Attractive palette in matte maroon, brown, and ochre glazes.
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
Relatively short size – H: 4″ x Diameter: 8.63″
Vintage Matte-Glaze Cordovan Crimped Ceramic Vase
$650.00Bulbous-form ceramic vase (ca. 1970s, USA). Attractive colors incorporated — eggplant / cordovan with a butterscotch streak and pinched top border.
Very good, vintage condition with slight dullness to patches of the glaze.
Measures: Height: 8″ x Diameter: 7.5″.
Vintage Michael Taylor “Far East” Console Table for Baker in Oak and Burl Inlay
$2,800.00Elegant console or sofa table designed in the 1960s by Michael Taylor for Baker’s “Far East” collection. Composed of a three-panel burl inlay with ‘espresso’ stained oak trim and frame. Greek key motifs present throughout. Original condition with light scuffs and wear to the burl and minimal spots of loss to the espresso finish, as shown. Overall, good, vintage condition.
Measures: H 28″ L 53.75″ D 14.5″.