Lovely Losso ancestor figure with an amazing patina. There is a leather band around one of the legs. H. 24,5 cm. Ex. Alain Dufour, Paris.
Classic Gendarme with a a rich, dark dye. This pair has all original leather. Gendarme indicates the gentle slope and higher back. Gendarme back derives its name from the 19th century French police hats which in turn took their shape from Napoleons style hat.
measurements: depth-38", width-37", height-29", seat depth-22", seat width-18", seat height-15"
We love the swoop of the arms on this 1940s era French leather Wingback Club chair. This solo club chair is a excellent condition example of club chair comfort.
measurements: depth-35", width-31", height-37", seat depth-22", seat width-19", seat height-16"
Looking for that tall, dark and handsome pair of French leather cllub chairs, look no farther… Circa 1940s this pair of chairs have a beautiful high grain sheephide like we rarely find on these beauties.
measurements: depth-38", width-34", height-31", seat depth-21", seat width-18", seat height-15"
Looking for a pair of French Club chairs in perfect condition with a leather that can take some hard knocks. This pair have pigskin. They hail from the 40s, but were professionally restored in the 1990s with this wonderful, durable hide...
So we love these sweet smaller flared arm club Chairs. Trefle means cloverback in French. This chair features all original leather and a medium to firm seat. This one came out of a private home in Normandy and it hails from the late 1940s.
measurements: depth-36", width-37", height-29", seat depth-20", seat width-20", seat height-15"
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Mustache backed Burgundy hued. So French leather club chairs always have some patine, nicks , scratches, repairs etc. The are never in perfect condition. If near perfection is what you seek in a pair of Club chairs… You found them. Circa 1960s.
measurements: depth-36", width-36", height-30", seat depth-21", seat width-19", seat height-16"
The quintessential Slopeback French club chair. This mild mannered pair of chairs has the perfect blend in look that would settle in nicely with practically any type of furnishing.All original leather Circa 1940s.
measurements: depth-36", width-37", height-32", seat depth-22", seat width-18", seat height-15"
This inviting pair of French nailed head leather Club chairs have all original leather and handsome velvet back cushions. Circa 1930s.
measurements: depth-36", width-32", height-34", seat depth-21", seat width-17", seat height-16"
This almost Streamline pair we've never seen before. The gentle arc of the cognac toned arms and slightly tapered back create a sumptous look that will enthrall you and your guests. Circa eraly 1950s with all original leather.
measurements: depth-48", width-38", height-33", seat depth-22", seat width-18", seat height-15"
Rollback French leather club chairs. Maybe our favorite style as they lend themselves to all interior décor, These will find a happy home with anything from Victorian, Mid-century to Ikea. We promise when you have guests over this is where you will find them. This pair has all original leather except the cushions and kickpanels in front. Circa 1940s.
measurements: depth-40", width-38", height-33", seat depth-22", seat width-19", seat height-16"
Lovely French Wingback leather club chairs from the 1940s have restored cushions. This is the pair that you want to spend the whole afternoon wit a great novel. Excellent overall condition.
measurements: depth-42", width-35", height-36", seat depth-24", seat width-18", seat height-16"
Deep, low, comfortable lounge chairs. This pair of French leather club chairs were built in the mid 1960s. They are one of the largest pair of chairs we've had in a long time. The all original leather in in excellent condition.
measurements: depth-40", width-34", height-34", seat depth-23", seat width-19", seat height-15"
Paquebot is the French word for cruiseship, This style of French club chairs known as paquebot often filled the lounges on the classic cruiselines like La France, Titanic etc. They were built in the 1940s and are in excellent original condition with restored sheephide cushions.
measurements: depth-38", width-35", height-32", seat depth-24", seat width-19", seat height-16"
This Fazzoletto bowl utilizes the filigrana a retortoli technique, used in Murano since the 16th century; jade green and lattimo "netted" vertical canes produce this elegant coloring. Venini's fazzoletto design is documented in numerous books, most recently in "Paulo Venini and His Furnace" by Marino Barovier and Carla Sunego, P.131. Made in the 1950's, this beauty is 4"hx5"w and in excellent condition
Technically superior transcription of a Mughal Padshshnama 17th century album page in the Royal Collection Windsor.
Depicting part of The Weighing of Shah Jahan. (ref: plate 13 of Kings of the World catalogue 1997 ISBN 1 898592 ll X) See reference image for comparison.
Hand painted with gold on card. 41x29 cm.
Undated, estimated to be early 20th century
A classic mid-century sterling silver jigger by Smith & Smith and retailed by Black, Starr & Gorham, one of America's leading luxury stores in the 1950s. The jigger is simply decorated with a series of three incised rings that do double duty as markers for variously sized pours. The bottom is fully hallmarked...
Pair of Chinese antique erotic mirrored imaged plates done in famille rose showing a man and a woman involved in creative pleasures. The plates are gilt rim and the underside of each plate are glazed in pink. On the base of each, there is a 6 character Tongzhi (1862-1874) mark in iron red. These plates come boxed.
Size: 7-1/2" Diameter by 1-15" high
Age: Late Qing to Early Republic
Condition: Very good condition, no breaks and/or noticeable cracks...
Articulated Mud head puppet carved by Henry Seeni.
Similar example in Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.
Reddish brown sack mask to which are fastened three gourds, one on top and one over each ear, and painted reddish brown. Rag ruff. Kilt made from a woman's old dress. Body painted with red-brown clay. He carries a feather and a rattle. Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Kachina Dances and sometimes a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own...
This set of bar tools in Tiffany's classic "Bamboo" pattern includes a bottle/can opener, ice pick and fruit knife, all with gilt sterling silver handles. This is a wonderful design that looks as stylish today as it did in when conceived by the designer Van Day Truex in 1961. The set is presented in its original fitted velvet-lined box Tiffany blue box. Each piece is marked "Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling".
A French Art Deco cocktail pick set in the form a wishing well. A water bucket hangs from the winch and six red bakelite-topped cocktail picks are stored in the well itself. The The whole is set on a Macassar ebony base. Sets such as this were used on bar and café counters to serve cocktail garnishes, canapés or even escargot.
A heavy sterling silver figural bar jigger in the form of a thimble. The jigger is ornately engraved to suggest the texture of a real thimble and the side is engraved "Just A Thimbleful." The interior is gilt. The underneath is monogrammed "W". The jigger bears the hallmark for S.J. Rose & Son and the date mark for 1969.
- Origin: Birmingham, England, 1969.
- Condition: excellent; no dings; gilding intact.
- Dimensions: 2-3/16" tall.
- Weight: 44.6 grams.
Ohno Bakufu
Spiny Lobster
Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection (Dai Nihon gyorui gashu), Volume 1
Date: 1937-38.
Size: Approximately 15.5 x 11 inches.
Artist's signature and seal upper left.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shoin
Publisher carver, and printer seals lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Matte line near image edge. A few faint foxing spots.
Kawase Hasui
Kanestuki Hall Bell Tower, Okayama
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1947
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal at lower right, indicating a first edition printed between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #500.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Back top margin has tape residue. Very slight bend lower right corner. Pencil notation at lower back margin.
Kawase Hasui
Matsushima
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Print size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
A Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to a 7 x 5 original card.
Red Hasui seal at lower right.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso of print.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-43.
Condition: Card edges are slightly toned and creased.
A vintage sterling silver figural jigger by Gorham, the sides marked off with enameled stoplights in green, yellow and red meant to signify "go," "caution," and "stop." Each light corresponds to the 1, 2-1/2, and 3-1/2 ounce markings on the jigger's bottom. The bottom is hallmarked by Gorham.
Origin: America, ca. 1950.
Condition: Excellent; a very shallow 1/8" ding on the back side near the bottom. Slight paint loss to the red stoplight.
Weight: 53.0 grams
A vintage sterling silver figural jigger by Alvin, the sides marked off with enameled stoplights in green, yellow and red. Each light is accompanied by the words “Go,” “Caution” and “Stop.” The bottom is hallmarked by Alvin.
Origin: America, ca. 1960. Condition: excellent; no dings, monograms, excellent enamel except for a tiny bit of enamel loss to the red light. Dimensions: 2-1/2” tall. Weight: 36.8 gr.
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Mukojima
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1931.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Watanabe round 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #261.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pristine. Removed from original folder.
One of Hasui's most loved snow scenes.
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Evening Rain in Kawarago
Date: 1947
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Edition: First. Watanabe 6mm seal at lower left corner. Used 1946-1957.
Reference: Hotei #504.
Stamped "Original works of art" on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Pencil notation at upper right margin. Partial stamp at lower right margin.
This charming stylized snail by Livio Seguso, exemplifies the finesse of the Venetian Glass maestros' skills in interpreting their natural environment with hot glass. In the detail images the snail is shown with a shell form by Seguso from an earlier time: Seguso Vetri d'Arte, mid 1930's. The shell is a Flavio Poli design, and is available: item #0-18, Trocadero #860669...
Frank Brangwyn and Yoshijiro Urushibara
Venice, Golden Morning
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25. x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1924
Edition: First and only.
Yoshijiro produced this woodblock print from a watercolor by Brangwyn as part of their famous collaboration.
Signed in pencil by both Brangwyn and Urushibara. Initialed by Brangwyn within image.
Reference: UB27 in Chapman and Horner.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Title: Autumn Moon at Tama River
Size: Approximately 7 x 4.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Sealed "Shotei" at left.
Date: Pre-1936.
Reference: Shotei catalog #S-2.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top margin has small tear impinging image by 2mm.
Ohara Hoson (Koson)
Rooster and Weasel
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.75 inches.
Date: 1929. First and only edition.
Publisher: Kawaguchi and Sakai. Publisher's seal in right margin...
Japanese bronze fu-dog and ball. The playful fu-dog stands with mouth open in a dynamic pose with back feet on the ground and front paws on the ball. The ball is made of open work bronze with a design of peonies and scrolling vines.
Taisho Period C. 20th Century
Dimensions: 13 1/2" high x 16" long x 8" deep.
Reddish brown sack mask to which are fastened three gourds, one on top and one over each ear, and painted reddish brown. Rag ruff. Kilt made from a woman's old dress. Body painted with red-brown clay. He carries a feather and a rattle. Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Katsina Dances and sometimes a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own. At First Mesa they are said to sing Zuni songs.
Length 3 1/8" X Width at the shoulders 1"
Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Night heron on the bough of a willow tree in the rain
Size: Approximately 11.25 x 10.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1935.
Shoson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S14.1 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Never displayed.