In honor of International Women's Day, epoca highlight's the work of an amazing mid-century female sculptor, Joanna Gichner Kendall. Joanna Gichner Kendall (b. 1899, Baltimore, MD. d. April 20, 1989) A portrait sculptor, she fulfilled numerous commissions for portrait busts of notables, including President John F. Kennedy and Will Rogers .
Holiday Entertaining: Red, Green & Gold, these colors are nothing, if not festive! epoca's cocktail and bar cart combination draws on these definitive holiday hues for a most glamorous and celebratory soiree, Pomegranate and Cranberry Mojitos served on a PAIR of Glam Mid-century Hollywood Regency Bar Carts! Remember "Christmas Comes But Once a Year"
each well-figured lamp of well-figured sienna-colored onyx with gray and black veining with flared neck above a bulbous lobed body over a splayed base and giltwood plinth; excellent vintage condition with some chipping to edges; re-gilded base; rewired
the beveled rectangular plate surrounded by a giltwood frame with half-turnings and carved rosette corners; wear to later gilding; age to plate.
each of cylindrical fluted form all in a rich drip glaze of blues and greens on a celadon ground; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; rewired, lampshades as is
Each of cylindrical form covered in a pale green leather fitted with brass spheres all over a canted base; excellent vintage condition with minor wear to surface; rewired
the inset glass top in a nickel plated frame raised on square lucite supports all joined by a lower glass shelf; excellent vintage condition with minor overall wear
the collapsible nickel-plated frame fitted with 2 removable black glass trays with reticulated gallery; excellent condition with minor overall wear
the rectangular table with canted corners raised on lucite cluster columns all joined by a lower glass shelf; excellent condition commensurate with age
with waisted brass collar above a double-baluster ceramic body all in a richly-colored sapphire-blue drip glaze; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; fine craquelure to glaze; rewired
each tall and striking lamp in a soft frosted blue glass adorned with raised floral decoration; excellent condition with no chips or cracks
the turned column-form lamp of nicely figured Carrara marble raised on a stepped base with brass detailing; minor overall wear; rewired
having curved front with five inlaid doors, all raised on turned and flared feet with brass terminals; the center door opens to reveal sycamore-veneered drawers; the right door opens to reveal a mirrored and glass bar compartment; excellent condition
of quite large scale, the square Moorish tables with intricate mosaic inlay overall above a stick-and-ball carved openwork apron over arabesque spandrels; all raised on turned feet; minor surface wear throughout; some repair and fill-in to inlay; excellent overall condition with minor repairs
the robustly-proportioned desk with inset hand-tooled leather top above a central drawer flanked by pedestal doors; raised on tapering block supports; with finished back fitted with a single shelf; excellent condition; new leather top
centering a triple-baluster column emanating scrolled solid-brass arms with original drip pans; terminating in a large sphere with ring finial; originally candle-lit but now electrified; excellent antique condition with overall even wear and patina; with original 1951 invoice from C.J.
Each large ginger jar with subtle celadon drip glaze with fine craquelure to surface; raised on turned giltwood bases; rewired; good vintage condition
a truly spectacular pair of mid-century urn-form lamps of clear glass infused with pink and white latticework design; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; metal caps and wooden bases regilded; rewired
always fun to see a new take on a classical design, this brass mirror inspired by Thomas Chippendale with its goose neck or broken arch pediment crest, reeded frame and floret details; good vintage condition with minor wear and patina
each tall ruffled vase with thickly molded foot; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks with minor rubbing to underside
the rectangular hinged lid framed by a brass inlaid border surrounding floral vines; the body inlaid with fine floral and foliate brass stringing; the red velvet lined interior with removable tray; restored condition.
centering a convex mirror within a brass frame surrounded by lively cut brass foliage; later mirror; wear and patina to metal; possibly once fitted with a clock
super good quality with elegant shape and small size, the serpentine parquetry top above a bombé body fitted with 2 oak-lined drawers all raised on splayed legs ending in hoof feet; maker's label 'Auffray & Co. NYC" Auffray's & Co. originated in France in the early 1800's. It established a NYC workroom and showroom on 3rd Avenue in 1941. It later spent 40 years on 56th Street and now resides 200 Lexington Avenue in the Design Building. Auffray produced superb quality French reproduction furniture for high-end department stores such as Gimbels and B.
Epoca in the pages of this summer's Luxe Interior + Design San Francisco Edition:
"Discover alluring Art Deco chic at epoca. See epoca's stylish mix of 20th Century and antique furnishings including a sophisticated 1930's Austrian Art Deco table of exotic amboyna with a dramatic, inlaid double trefoil knot ..."
