A conversation with Tom Stringer, Interior Designer and Author, and Eric Petsinger, Owner of Epoca, 20th Century & Antique Furnishings Moderated by Heidi Gerpheide, Publisher of California Homes 7:00pm: Book Signing And Reception at Zeterre Landscape Architecture Studio & Garden, 1171 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA. Join Us to Celebrate An Adventurous Life: Global Interiors By Tom Stringer Tuesday, October 23, 6:00pm: Welcome 6:30pm: Program.
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photograph by New York City artist/photographer Alessandro Papallardo; within an ebonized wooden frame
photograph by New York artist/photographer Alessandro Papallardo; within an ebonized wooden frame
The tall vase of white cased-glass covered in an orange textured glaze adorned with a continuous fret band; excellent condition with no chips or cracks
the large bottle-form lamp in a richly-textured burnt-orange crater-glaze; excellent condition with no chips or cracks
each clear glass cylinder adorned with applied bamboo branch work; excellent condition; rewired
the well-rendered leaf with thick stem flanked by 2 acorns; with a central vein emanating to the scalloped edge; patination to surface
with slender flared neck flanked by graceful handles; above an elongated bulbous body over a splayed base with floral vine relief; newly nickel plated; rewired; shade as is
each with spheroid body flanked by shell-form handles; raised on a lively dolphin support over a square base ending in shell feet; rewired and replated with new shades; excellent condition; shades as is
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
the sturdy aluminum frame with adjustable back rest; raised on graceful splayed supports
the short flared neck above an elongated body tapering at the base; adorned overall with raised thistle branches in white glass on a coral ground; excellent condition; no chips or cracks; minor wear to underside, circa 1960's
the tall ovoid-shaped lamp resting on a square plinth all clad in a russet-colored leather with brass fittings; good vintage condition with overall even wear and patina to leather; rewired
each with long columnar neck above a bell-shaped body adorned with gilt banding and bold greek key motif; excellent condition with minor wear; rewired; new lampshades as is.
the porcelain column wrapped with metal wire above a porcelain crackle-glazed orb; all raised on a black and gold painted base; patination to metal; excellent condition
of compressed form covered overall in an ivory and brown drip-glaze over a caramel ground; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; rewired
the large bottle-form lamp with long neck and tapering body all in a crater glaze
of asymmetrical form with a lively floral head emanating from one corner; with artist's initials 'PSM', overall oxidized surface
each with shaped lid over a cylindrical body all in alternating clear and frosted glass with hand-painted foliate perimeter bands with gilt highlights; overall even wear with rubbing to gilded surface; no chips or cracks; foliate bands of different hues
the large richly-patinated mahogany tray of abalete form with thick ogee perimeter molding all flanked by openwork foliate handles; professionally refinished; replaced screws to underside
Moya Aiken
each large glazed ceramic baluster-form table lamp on later lucite bases designed by Swedish artist Ingrid Atterberg as part of the "Spiral' series, circa 1949, with alternating ochre and white stripes on a matte brown ground; impressed marks to underside; Ingrid Atterberg (1920-2008) was born in the northern Sweden city of Harnosand. She studied at Slojdforeningens School in Gothenburg. Ingrid came to the Upsala-Ekeby Pottery factory in 1944, staying on until 1964.
each artist-signed lamp of baluster form with waisted neck above an ovoid body all over a splayed foot; resting on a turned gold-painted wooden base; each adorned with well-executed hand-painted exotic birds resting on a meandering floral and foliate branch; height: 18.5" (top of porcelain) 30.5" (top of shade); marked 'Made in Italy' to underside; good condition with no chips or cracks; professionally rewired; minor wear to wooden bases