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
the boldly-carved rope-twist oval frame embellished with acanthus leaves all surrounding a later beveled mirror plate; overall even wear and patina to refreshed gilding; antiquing to plate; some shrinkage to wood
the hinged rectangular lid resting on a conforming body flanked by wrought iron handles; adorned on all sides with an exotic wood inlaid perimeter band inset with bone inlay; the front, top and back centering a pinwheel motif; good antique condition with professionally refinished surface; warm honey-color patina with overall wear; lock mechanism now lacking
the long seat of slatted wood flanked by incurved arms with ball-form handholds; raised on a folding scissors double base; the term Savonarola derives from the chair on which the Savonarola used to sit in the convent of San Marco in Florence. The chair is named for the Italian Renaissance religious zealot Girolamo Savonarola; wear and patina to surface; movement to hinged frame; 2 ball-form handles replaced
Of Neo-gothic style and large scale with a protruding cornice carved with a meandering foliate vine; above an openwork body with trefoil and quatrefoil pierced reserves over a pointed trefoil arch; good solid condition with shrinkage at joints; chips to wood and wear and patina to surface; fitted with large steel hooks on the reverse for hanging
the inset leather top within a a stepped molded frame above an apron fitted with 5 drawers with oak secondary wood; the side panels centering carved floral clusters; the finished paneled back allows the desk to be floated; all raised on reeded bulbous supports ending in wooden casters; good restored condition with refinished surface; leather with nice rich patina
these unique carvings are from a Churulan Vallam, a traditional narrow boat used in the famous snake boat races of Kerala, South India and powered by approximately 45 people; the prow is carved as a "churul" meaning a ring out of local aini wood and adorned with incised carvings and applied metal embellishments; some missing metal elements with overall wear and abrasions; age cracks
each with square, richly-figured macassar veneered tops cantilevered on a chrome base; excellent vintage condition with minor wear to chrome; tops professionally refinished
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
great Italian design, the oval mirror having scrolled gilt metal frame, over a wall-mounted demilune console table with glass top above a scrollwork base; excellent vintage condition with overall even wear to gilding
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
originally used as traveling tea tables for the British in India; the octagonal top with central eight-pointed star medallion within a perimeter band depicting a meandering foliate vine ; raised on a hinged base with arabesque spandrels; good antique condition with overall warm patina; small areas of replaced inlay; one spandrel with repairs and replacements
BIOGRAPHY
Bill Bloomfield engages the intersecting qualities between art and architecture through vibrant, hard-edge paintings inspired by the effect of light. Bill has a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. As part of his thesis he studied color and form through silk screen printing and continues this exploration today through his paintings.
STATEMENT
the half-round glass top with ogee edge resting on a conforming brass plated openwork frame raised on four columnar supports ending in foliate scrolled feet all joined by a lower stretcher; good vintage condition with no chips or cracks to top; antiqued brass finish with nice patina
originally used as traveling tea tables for the British in India; the octagonal top centering a large stylized floral medallion surrounded foliate stems all within a perimeter border of a meandering foliate vine; raised on a hinged base with arabesque spandrels; good antique condition with overall warm patina; small replacements to inlay; two spandrels on base replaced; top now affixed to base
