the ovoid ribbed glass with controlled bubbles; with carerra marble cap and base; rewired; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; minor wear to marble; lamp shade as is.
each plaster baluster-form lamp by the Bradburn Gallery covered in a celadon painted linen with hand-painted colorful birds perched on a meandering foliate branch speckled with purple berries; height: 16" (top of plaster) 27" (top of shade); gilt embossed maker's mark to underside; good condition with minimal wear; professionally rewired
with slender flaring neck above an ovoid body; composed of various laminated wooden sections turned on a lathe
with deep brown lacquered finish, the tall graduated caned back above a loose cushion flanked by down-swept arms all over splayed legs; The Grand Ledge Chair Company was founded in 1837 in Grand Ledge, Michigan, as a small furniture shop by Thomas Garrett, Harry Jordan, and Edward Crawford. It remained a family run business until 1973, when the business was sold and eventually closed in 1981; professionally refinished with newly upholstered seat
each composed of a metal frame with wooden top and side panels; fitted with 2 metal faux-bamboo doors with antiqued mirrored panels; excellent restored condition with replaced tops
each of chic Italian design with arbalète crest rail above an openwork splat joining an upholstered seat; raised on gracefully splayed supports; professionally refinished; minor wear to surface; reupholstered
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
the graduated obelisk-form body raised on 4 brass paw feet; resting on a splayed base over a brass plinth; excellent condition; rewired; shade as is
of solid construction, the round top with random swirl burnished finish over a plain frieze apron all raised on elegant splayed supports joined by a lower shelf with similar swirl finish; abrasions to top and overall even wear and patina
the oval central plate surrounded by a scalloped reverse-etched mirrored border adorned with twisted glass rods and C-scrolls all attached with glass rosettes and leaves; good vintage condition with only minor wear; one C-scroll with inconspicuous re-glued crack
the oval plate within a punched iron border surrounded by a sloping openwork frame of graceful s-curves; excellent condition
signed 1960s bench with floating rectangular upholstered seat resting on a walnut base with square-form tapering legs connected by two stretchers; makers label to inner stretcher; Jens Risom (1916-2016) was a Danish American furniture designer. An exemplar of Mid-Century modern design, Rison was one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design in the United States. His designs are on display at the Museum of Modern Art, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum; professionally refinished and reupholstered
vintage Curtis Jeré metal wall sculpture depicting the iconic Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco; large scale dimensional wall sculpture composed of detailed brass and wire-work with benches, lamposts and urns on pedestals; signed on upper left eave of roof 'C. Jeré'; good vintage condition; oxidation in areas and overall patina; some tarnish to the brass
the octagonal hinged lid with coved border above a flared body flanked by elaborate iron handles; raised on 4 openwork iron wheels; repainted; wear to interior.
the inset glass top withing a bronze frame raised on cylindrical faux-marble metal supports ending in claw-and-ball feet all joined by an upper perimeter stretcher and lower x-form stretcher; good vintage condition with minor even wear and patina; new glass plate; with 'Made in Spain' metal tag
from the artist: I've long been inspired by old things. The texture and play of light on a weathered surface are the things that spark my imagination. I seek to capture a building's essence in my paintings, in a time less hurried with a calmness of spirit. Their strong simple shapes inspire me to try to somehow preserve their beauty captured at a moment in time.
Michael Dunlavey is a true watercolor master learning his craft first from his father as a boy then receiving his B.A. and Masters in Art from California State University, Sacramento
An unusual pair of hand-blown clear and gold aventurine Venetian candlesticks with large-scale dolphin connectors made by Salviati, circa 1920's featuring dramatic full-bodied upward-facing dolphins; raised on a splayed quilted foot with removable quilted bobeche; excellent condition with no chips or cracks;
This Impressive, 18th Century, French Régence Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood & Kingwood veneered Commode retains it’s original hand chiseled serpentine front rouge marble-top. This Régence Commode has five drawers with herringbone, and crossbanded inlaid rosewood and kingwood parquetry retaining its original Gilt-Ormolu and Gilt Hardware. Mimicking the bottom two rows of drawers is the top row consisting of two drawers flanking the faux center with escutcheon fabricating the look of a three drawer commode.
with exuberant rocaille crest flanked by foliate scrolls at the corners; with rocaille carving at the base; good antique condition with overall even patination to gilding
this extremely comfortable and stylish mid-century sofa with beechwood frame with splayed openwork ends and raised on tapering supports; fabric in good condition with minimal wear and minor fading; excellent vintage condition with wear and patina to wood
each with dramatic incurved openwork back sloping to upright teminals capped with giltwood spheres; flanking an attached leather seat all raised on a curule-form support; newly painted and gilded; newly upholstered in tan leather
the 3-sided top above a paneled conforming body centering double-doors fitted with a solid brass latch; John Van Koert was a prominent New York designer who helped promote the fascination with Danish modern furnishings in the 1950's. In 1954, he was exhibition director of ''Design in Scandinavia,'' at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, introducing modern Scandinavian design to Americans. Mr. Van Koert's furniture designs for Drexel, were represented by prominent department stores such as Macy's and Bloomingdale's; good vintage condition with minor wear and patina; patina to brass
each of rectangular form with raised offset concentric rings or 'ripples' all in a deep blue on black glaze; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; STEULER was founded in Höhr-Grenzhausen, a center of the ceramic industry in the Rhineland's Kannenbäckerland, in 1917. STEULER reached its artistic zenith in the 1960s and '70s and is best known today for the inspiring designs of Cari Zalloni. Here's a fine specimen from Cari Zalloni's shapely and colorful 'Zyklon' line of 1968 for STEULER KERAMIK.
April showers brings May, actually, June––flowers; flowers bursting of vibrant beautiful color, just like this large pair of crackle-glaze ceramic lamps in a richly-colored turquoise by Frederick Cooper here at epoca. These lamps are a perfect example of the extraordinary quality associated with the Frederick Cooper Lamp Company established in Chicago in 1923. Frederick was a Chicago artist and was fascinated with the new invention of lamps and tried to incorporate the elements and flavors of American architecture of that time which has been carried on through the generations. Visit our gallery at 1700 16th street @ Kansas to see these and other fabulous lamps at epoca and the new home of Garden Court Antiques. See you soon!