from his Potrero Hill studio, San Francisco artist Bill Stanisich would lay down his brush and gaze down onto Yerba Buena Island, the Bay Bridge and surrounding water. What he saw was ever-changing so he decided to capture on paper the various moods of mother nature. On still, clear nights, the water was a sheet of glass and Yerba Buena Island's silhouette soaked up the darkness creating a black void, while the tips of the Bay Bridge Towers emited beacons of light in the distance. When it rained, vague shadows were barely visible through the wet, dark skies.
with cylindrical neck above an ovoid body ending in a splayed foot; decorated overall with a controlled drip glaze in colors of ivory and cerulean blue; with wooden cap and base; fine overall craquelure to glaze; good vintage condition with no chips or cracks; professionally rewired
the square game table with 'floating' top of radiating oak veneer; above an ebonized body fitted with two drawers with oak secondary wood; raised on tapering, stepped quadrangular supports; each barrel-back chair with incurved back and downward sloping arms flanking a tight seat; all raised on tapering legs; professionally refreshed surface; good vintage condition with sturdy frames; reupholstered
of large scale, the robust lamp of octagonal baluster form with everted lip above an ovoid body all resting on a splayed foot and circular base; decorated overall in a rich drip glaze in colors of ochre, green, brown and ivory; 18.5" (top of ceramic) 30.5" (top of shade); good vintage condition with no chips or cracks; professionally rewired
each of simple cylindrical form covered in a mottled celadon green glaze; with custom giltwood bases and gilt-metal caps; 17.5" (top of vase) 28.5" (top of shade); good vintage condition with minor wear; the vases now drilled and mounted as lamps; rubbing and patina to gilding
A stunning and rare ash credenza or sideboard designed by Paul László for Brown Saltman c.1950s ,USA as part of the "Basket Weave" collection; this classic California Modern design featuring two doors sheathed in convex square wooden tiles adhered in a basket weave pattern with alternating grain all flanked by three bookmatched drawers; raised on short tapering supports; Stamped - Brown Saltman Co - South Gate, California; good vintage condition with warm patina; professionally refinished
A stunning textured ash dresser designed by Paul László for Brown Saltman c.1950s ,USA as part of the "Basket Weave" collection; this classic California Modern design features six drawers sheathed in convex square wooden tiles adhered in a basket weave pattern with alternating grain; Stamped - Brown Saltman Co - South Gate, California; raised on solid rectilinear splayed supports; good vintage condition with warm patina; professionally refinished
A stunning ash desk designed by Paul László for Brown Saltman c.1950s ,USA as part of the "Basket Weave" collection; this classic California Modern design features two cabinet doors flanking the kneehole; one door opens to reveal an open shelf while the other provides three sliding drawers. It also has a center drawer with dividers for desk accessories and such. This piece can also be used as a console table. Stamped - Brown Saltman Co - South Gate, California; good vintage condition with professionally refinished surface
the circular tabouret with new decking above a rope-twist gilwood frame with cabriole supports with knotted feet all joined by an x-form stretcher centering a robust central knot; gilding refreshed; nice patina with overall even rubbing; structurally sound frame; needing upholstered seat.
Seat furniture carved in this manner is generally associated with the Parisian upholsterer A.M.E. Fournier, who supplied at least one carved rope stool to the Musée National du Château de Compiègne.
each of solid birch construction with rectangular tops and demi-bullnose edge above a conforming body fitted with 3 uniquely sculpted drawers of raised panels acting as drawer pulls; the whole raised on splayed legs; the lack of hardware and three-dimensional shape give the Sculptura line its distinctive sculptural quality; with incised maker's mark to drawer lining; professionally refinished; good vintage condition with warm patina
