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Lee Rosen for Design Technics Oversized Terracotta Table Lamp
$3,600.00Rare 1950s Lee Rosen for Design Technics large scale, hand-thrown and glazed terracotta lamp in taupe. Crude and heavily textured horizontal incised / sgraffito decoration with applied vertical ‘banding’ details.
Very nice, vintage condition with only a couple of impression lines / marks to top base glaze from the kiln (no imperfections to note). Heavy, substantial piece in very nice, vintage condition with only minor wear.
Excludes lamp shade (photos include a shade for demonstration purposes and to provide a scale context). Ginger ale can in the photo is additionally used to demonstrate scale.
Measures: Height of ceramic base alone: 22.25″
Height to top of socket 26.25″
Height to top of finial 35”
Diameter 7”.
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Oversized Terracotta Table Lamp
$3,600.00Rare 1950s Lee Rosen for Design Technics large scale, hand-thrown and glazed terracotta lamp in taupe. Crude and heavily textured horizontal incised / sgraffito decoration with applied vertical ‘banding’ details.
Very nice, vintage condition with only a couple of impression lines / marks to top base glaze from the kiln (no imperfections to note). Heavy, substantial piece in very nice, vintage condition with only minor wear.
Excludes lamp shade (photos include a shade for demonstration purposes and to provide a scale context). Ginger ale can in the photo is additionally used to demonstrate scale.
Measures: Height of ceramic base alone: 22.25″
Height to top of socket 26.25″
Height to top of finial 35”
Diameter 7”.
Mid-Century West German Volcanic-Textured Ceramic Vase in Taupe
$125.00Circa 1960s West German fat lava / volcanic-textured bulbous vase measuring H: 8″ x Diameter: 5.25″. Taupe body with white linear ‘lava drip’ decoration. Incised “W. Germany” signature with model number present to the underside.
Excellent, vintage condition free of flaws.
Pair of Decorative Ceramic and Brass Lamps by Gerald Thurston
$3,200.00Elegant, sculptural table lamps by Gerald Thurston — cream and light taupe ceramic form with patinated brass base and accents. Each lamp features a triple socket, serving as an ample light source. Excellent, vintage condition with original pull strings and finials, all in solid brass. There is minor wear / loss to the white paint of the underside of the sockets along with a couple of small scuffs to the brass bases (brass has been polished; minor wear remains). Discoloration to parts of the ceramic are original (the taupe glaze runs into the cream in a few places).
Includes new acrylic diffusers.
Measures: Height to top of ceramic base (discounting the brass stem / socket): 20.25″
Height to top of brass stem under white socket: 25″
Height to top of white socket: 26.25″
Height to top of finial: 39.25″
Diameter without diffuser: 7.5″
Diameter of diffuser: 11.5″
(Measurements provided reflect the diffuser.)
Newly rewired.
Petite Kidney-Shaped Settee in Taupe Velvet and Stained Mahogany
Diminutive ‘kidney-form’ settee with seat and tufted back in taupe velvet supported by stained mahogany legs (ca. 1950s, USA).
Small scale suitable for boudoir or foyer seating.
H: 31.25″ x L: 44.25″ x D: 26″ x Seat Height: 15.5″
Excellent, restored condition (foam and velvet are new); only minor wear to the legs present.





