We will set out to demystify the sometimes esoteric world of buying and decorating with antiques.
ASID Members: Everyone who buys or uses furniture, who makes, designs, or sells it, collectors, architects, decorators and students (ASID Members only, please)
Thursday, February 28 at 5:30 p.m. Epoca 1700 16th Street San Francisco
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the well-crafted lamp of quilted glass with gold inclusions; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; rewired
an exceptionally rare size, this Murano glass lamp using the Sommerso technique of layered colored glass; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; rewired
the thick oval glass top with ogee edge resting on a conforming neoclassical style brass base raised on four columnar supports terminating in hoof feet all joined by incurved perimeter stretchers; good vintage condition with minor pitting and patina; sturdy frame; no chips or cracks to glass with some wear to surface
a stylish French 1940s brass rectangular coffee table with inset black glass top; with black glass top inset within a brass frame raised on reeded supports with stylized melon-form caps all joined by a lower x-form stretcher; later glass; good vintage condition with overall even wear and patina
this classic designed Murano glass chandelier with inverted balsuster-form central support with flared canopy all above a glass bowl emanating five tall rosette and foliate stems interspersed with five low down-scrolled leaves; fitted with five deeply scrolled candle arms supporting scalloped bobeches with foliate edging; good vintage condition; one tall leaf re-glued; one replaced lower leaf; professionally cleaned and rewired
each large tapering vessel finely decorated with naturalistic paintings in enamel of parrots on flower laden branches with gilt accents; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; minor wear to gilt; now mounted as lamps
Alamo Square 2014 - Oil On Canvas By William Stanisich, San Francisco; Signed And Framed Dated 2014 presented by epoca. “Its paths cling to the sides of steep hills. The views are spectacular and after the 1906 earthquake, it was here the surrounding neighborhood set up a tent city to take refuge”.
each bottle-form lamp with checkered orange and olive green design all above a rectangular wooden base; excellent condition; rewired
the lively capital with outscrolled acanthus leaves all resting on a separate wooden base; excellent condition with later base
each large well-rendered painting depicting Chinese vases finely detailed with colorful floral and foliate stems; professionally conserved and re-stretched on new frames; good clear and vibrant colors; excellent condition; newly framed
the square top with inset tiles all above intricate openwork aprons with arabesque spandrels; painted overall with stylized floral and foliate motifs in colors of scarlet, ochre and olive green; overall wear and patina with some chipping to paint
with arching faux bamboo handle joining a glass framed receptable over faux bamboo legs; excellent condition with minor overall wear
excellent condition with overall even wear
each of columnar form resting on a square base; originally fitted with a kerosene receptacle; excellent condition; external French wiring
finely molded with small finches nesting in stylized brambles; etched in script 'Lalique France'
the long shaft of stacked glass orbs above a spheroid body emanating 6 scrolled arms; of white striated glass with gold inclusions; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; can be shortened.
each of graceful form with long cylindrical neck above a bulbous body; the whole adorned with applied striated decoration in a graduated color pattern from white to aqua; resting on brass canted bases; height: 17.25" (top of glass) 28.25" (top of shade); good vintage condition with no chips or cracks; some imperfections in glass inherent in the glass blowing process; some pitting to brass; professionally rewired
the central supports of graduated stack glass orbs all emanating 6 deeply scrolled candle arms with glass drips pans and chrome candle sleeves; excellent vintage condition; rewired
the chrome fixture with central support emanating 10 splayed arms ending in tubular batons capped by glass spheres with electrical sockets at opposite end; adorned with suspended glass spheres; fitted with 10 chandelier-sized sockets; excellent vintage condition with minor surface wear; re-wired
the large square inset glass top in a polished nickel and patinated brass frame raised on quadrangular supports joined by a lower glass shelf; excellent vintage condition with overall even wear and patina; signed 'Jean Charles"; Jean Charles Furniture produced a wide range of furniture in Paris over the last century closing in the late 1980`s. Jean Charles furniture appears consistently stamped with a logo of `JC` followed by `Jean Charles`.
each of voluptuous, elegant form in vibrant fuschia cased glass; raised on splayed gilt-wood bases; excellent condition; rewired
each of urn form having an everted rim above a cylindrical body above a bulbous mid-section all above a splayed foot; raised on fluted giltwood bases; made of a striated teal glass adorned with a gilt painted perimeter band of anthemia and palm leaves with additional banding below; water-gilded caps and bases; professionally rewired; some rubbing to gilded bases and decoration; some bubbling to interior surface of urns
A stunning mid-century Hollywood Regency wall mirror dated January 1956 en verso; the tall rectangular mirror plate within an exceptional undulating glass frame of clear and etched mirrored glass with chrome mounts at each corner; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; some foxing to mirror