20th Century Design

BY HARALD NIELSEN Of half spherical form with hammered texture and simple ring base, date mark for 1933-44, HN initials, 580A, and other markings, h:

Probably American, ca. 1930 Lobed body with hammered texture and floral bulb to lid, applied spout and carved ivory handle on three webbed feet, stamp

American, ca. 1920 Probably by Bradley & Hubbard, seven-piece including inkwell, stamp box, pen tray, letter opener, calendar, envelope rack, an...

Four pieces, including two hammered copper trays, unmarked, 5 x 9 3/4 x 12 in.; an enameled copper picture signed A. Gilles, 6 x 7 1/2 in.; a hammered

Three pieces, including two diminutive tea pots and a small hexagonal dish for bags, monogrammed initials, stamped MAPPIN & WEBB PARIS FAB. ANGL...

BY WALTER VON NESSEN Designed 1932 Including coffee pot, sugar and creamer, copper with black plastic handles and knobs, stamped archer mark, hinge to

A pair of bubble candlesticks in chrome, h: 2 1/4 in.; a mint and nut dish in chrome with banded middle, designed by Ruth and William Gerth, l: 8 1/2

Designed by Lurelle Guild Cutout silhouette design with brass rod and tray, stamped mark, h: 16 in. $100-150

Designed by Michael W. McArdle for Sunbeam, 1934 Including a pitcher, creamer, sugar and tray executed in chrome with black Bakelite handles and line

A divided candy dish with black metal base, glass insert and nickel lid with black metal finial, designed by Ruth & William Gerth, dia: 7 in.; a...

Designed by Ruth and William Gerth Rectangular, in a satin nickel finish with scribed geometric designs, wood lining, 6 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. chip to li

Designed by Ruth and William Gerth With four asymmetrically placed tubes joined by a Bakelite collar, on a stepped circular base, h: 9 in.; together w

A triple collapsible tray with scribed concentric design, h: 7 in. and six iced drink tumblers with scribed lines designed by Harry Laylon, h: 5 in.;

Designed by Harry Laylon Including a flower bowl with ribbed white plastic base and sawtooth rim, dia: 10 in.; and a pair of matching candlesticks, h:

In the shape of a swan with red Bakelite head and body pierced to hold toothpicks, on a dished base, h: 7 in. $50-70

Designed by Ruth and William Gerth With semi-spherical creamer and lidded sugar with black Bakelite handles, on a tray with concentric circle design,

Iron gate detail Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 15 x 20 in., framed. $400-600

Suggestions for lamps, Mrs. R. W. Bliss residence, Washington, D. C. Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 24 x 15 in., framed. $1,000-1,500

Iron gate detail, University of Pittsburgh Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 42 x 20 in., framed. $400-600

Iron gates elevation, Washington National Cathedral Ink on paper, signed lower right, 18 1/2 x 26 1/2 in., framed. $500-700

Suggestion for colonial iron thumb latches, Edsel B. Ford residence, Michigan Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 15 x 13 in., framed. $300-500

Suggestion for iron bracket lamps, T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co., Butler, Pa. Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 17 1/2 x 12 in., framed. $500-...

Suggestions for iron wall bracket light, Clarence Lewis residence, Sterlington, N. Y. Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 9 x 10 in., framed. $500-70

Suggestion for iron electrolier, Clarence Lewis residence, Sterlington, N. Y. Pencil on paper, 19 x 11 1/4 in., framed. $600-800

Suggestion for metal lantern and bracket, Clarence Lewis residence, Sterlington, N. Y. Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 10 x 9 1/4 in., framed. $5

Iron gate elevation Pencil on paper, signed lower right, 10 1/2 x 11 1/4 in., framed. $500-700

Iron gate elevation Pencil on paper, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in., framed. $500-700

Various ironwork drawings Seven pieces, including gates for Heinz chapel, Pittsburgh; cross detail; lamp detail; frieze detail; gates for Haimes resid

Samuel Yellin Workshop, Philadelphia Of vertical proportions with simple square gridwork enclosing fleur-de-lis, two ring handles and lock and decorat

Samuel Yellin workshop, Philadelphia, 1923 Each having frame and hinged screen of riveted construction and forty-nine brass circular rosettes with scr

Samuel Yellin Workshop, Philadelphia, 1923 Together forming a Gothic arch, each with vinework border enclosing diamond grilles with applied insects, b

Samuel Goldberg, Philadelphia, 1936 Each circular with intaglio carving, one a medieval man’s profile, the other a medieval woman’s profil

Gouache on paper, sheet size: 6 3/4 x 11 in. $200-400

Untitled, painted tile in a Masonite frame, signed lower left, tile: 6 x 6 in. $2,500-3,500

Patented 1913 Chrome, with telescoping arms, collapsed length: 2 3/4, opened length: 15 1/2 in. $60-80

France, ca. 1930 Bronze figure on a marble base, unwired, signed FRANCE LE VERRIER, h: 7 1/3 in. $250-400

Variegated turquoise and white marble, repaired, h: 12 1/2 in. $100-200

One a LeCoultre in folding metal case with copper face and radium numerals, the other with a bronze frame inlaid with black glass; both run with worki

Continental, ca. 1935 Two pieces, including a double inkwell and pen tray of heavy variegated gray and burgundy marble, with matching letter rack, one

E. Ingraham Co., Bristol, Connecticut Working electric motor, keeps time, mild abrasions to copper surround, dia: 7 in. Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904

Produced by Vitra Recent manufacture, with orange balls and black hands, new in box. $80-120

Produced by Herman Miller Recent manufacture, with 14 colored wood balls on an enameled metal rack, includes mounting hardware, as new. $80-120

Diane Attendrie Plated bronze, signature to base, h: 16 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

Comprised of six pieces of wood laminated together, then carved, h: 19 1/2 in. $100-200

BY HIVO G. VAN TEAL Segmented pyramids on a diamond-shaped base, signed, h: 17 in. $100-200

Wood base, signed BM 1960, h: 18 in. $100-200

In the 1930s fashion, three, each with black illustrations against mirrors, framed, 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. $80-120

The Serve, 1972 Enamel on aluminum, signed lower right, 28 x 28 in. John Vassos studied fine art with John Singer Sargent and Joseph Urban before movi

Tee Shot, 1971 Enamel on aluminum, signed lower right, 28 x 28 in. $600-800

Interaction Molded fiberglass, signed lower right, 28 x 56 in., with accompanying paperwork. $300-500

Two panels with bubble border framing mirror plate, 18 x 36 in.; a third panel with Saturn Ring, 24 x 24 in. $200-300

ÔWaterfowl,’ 1994 Watercolor, charcoal and pastel on rag paper, signed lower right, 22 1/4 x 30 in., framed: 28 1/2 x 26 in. PROVENANCE: ...

Carved and painted wood, 23 x 44 in. $200-400

In the form of a leaf with articulated veins and applied scarab, l: 48 in. $100-150

After a design by Charles Rennie Macintosh Recent manufacture, with rectilinear stand and arm having pierced square design suspending a lantern with s

With twisted wooden shaft in a creamy yellow paint and stepped brass shade, chips to base, h: 67 in. $200-300

Chrome stem with Lucite leaves and large spherical bulbs (one shown), h: 38 in. $100-200

With three chrome arm supports and three tiered circular frosted glass plates, chips to largest plate, crack to smallest, h: 20 in. (excluding adjusta

Of cut and pieced orange plastic, with ceiling mount, h: 14, dia: 18 in. $50-70

Produced by Louis Poulsen, Denmark Designed 1958, tiered enameled metal shade with red and blue interior, dia: 19, h: 9 1/2 in. $250-400

In the form of an atom with alternating bentwood, green and blue Lucite strips around a plastic cylinder, chain suspension, Frederick Ramond label, h:

Circa 1960s With nickeled bronze dome over an illuminated interior with stepped rows of 80 crystal teardrop pendants, stamped BACCARAT [in circle] Bro

White glass mushroom shade on a black enameled tulip base, stickered, h: 11 3/4 in. $150-250

Cylindrical shade on swiveling arm, Nessen sticker, h: 13 1/4 in. $150-250

Produced by Martinelli-Luce, Italy Designed 1967, with black enameled metal base, telescoping stainless steel shaft and white methacrylate shade, labe

Black enameled metal shade, white enameled steel shaft and tripod base, h: 64 1/2 in. $300-500

With unusual domical spun aluminum shade on pivoting chrome arm, pole shaft and circular base, stamped NESSEN LAMPS N. Y. C., h: 49, shade dia: 15 in.

Stainless steel wall mount and pivoting arm with a black enameled metal shade, stamped REGOLABILE (adjustable), scratches to shade. $250-400

Produced by Visa Lighting, USA Of recent manufacture, each half-cylinder form with aluminum frame encasing a white plastic shade, h: 16 in. $200-300

With chrome base, shaft and light brackets holding three circular plastic shades, h: 55 in. $100-200

Produced by Akari, Japan Collapsible paper cubes on metal stand with adjustable legs, Noguchi signature with Japan, h: 76 in. $800-1,200

Produced by Artemide, Italy Designed 1979, each with white enameled metal base, black shaft, white light frame and black guard for special hammer bulb

Produced by Artemide, Italy Red enameled shaft on a black base, halogen light to top, losses to enamel, h: 71 1/4 in. $200-300

With adjustable metal body, lacks bulb cover. See illustration on our website $150-250

With plastic shade on enameled metal shaft and base, works, h: 19 in. $80-120

White frosted glass shade on black metal tulip base, blue Laurel sticker, h: 56 1/2 in. $300-500

Ca. 1900 Scalloped oak case inlaid with copper whiplash motifs and mother-of-pearl floral buds, the works signed Aitchison & Co., London, l: 34,...

With matchbox holder and removable hammered copper ashtray on an elaborate pedestal with scrolls and rings, ball & rod supports, snake feet, h: ...

American, ca. 1920 Three pieces, including a pair of andirons with brass finials and a firescreen with cut and applied swamp scene in the Japanese man

Probably English, ca. 1900 Each with stylized butterfly between two Glasgow roses, 38 x 29 1/2, 30 x 35 in. $400-600

Probably English, ca. 1900 Each with stylized butterfly between two Glasgow roses, two panes broken out on one window, 29 1/2 x 34 in. $300-500

Ca. 1900 Each in softwood frame with painted Medieval maiden against a stylized landscape, 22 x 29 in. $500-700

English or Scottish, ca. 1900 With stylized floral design between heart & thistle motif, 28 x 38 1/2 in. $200-300

English or Continental, ca. 1900 Upholstered crest, slat back and arm supports, carved arms, upholstered seat, and bun feet, h: 37, w: 23, d: 23 in. $

Circa 1900 With carved sunflower pediment surmounting an oak pyrography frieze and marble top, the mahogany case with organically-carved strapwork and

Probably Vienna, ca. 1900 Comprised of four pieces including an armoire, bed including headboard, footboard and rails, and two nightstands, all inlaid

Each with slat back, paddle arms with through-tenons, rectilinear legs and stretchers, unmarked, h: 39, w: 27, d: 22 in. $400-600

Probably English, ca. 1900 Molded-edge top over four shelves, each with whiplash carving and wooden screws, the canted sides with similar screws and w

Possibly English, ca. 1900 With bowed and slatted footrest on turned legs joined by simple stretchers, original finish, h: 15, 16 x 16 in. $200-300

Oak ears, woven cane back, and graceful oak arms on turned legs with arched stretcher, all supporting a trapezoidal caned slipseat, seat rail stamped

Ca. 1900 With tall carved and paneled back, flat curved arms, trapezoidal seat and turned legs, retains an upholstered seat pad (not pictured) and ori

Rectangular top with reeded ends and inlaid panels, twin supports and central U-shaped pedestal, all on an oval base, h: 29 1/4, l: 42, w: 18 in. $300

Designed by David Robertson for Johnson Furniture Co., ca. 1930 Each with mahogany frame, trapezoidal upholstered seat and back, stepped front legs, b

Three pieces, including a couch and two armchairs, each with bentwood shell and cream leather upholstery, chair h: 32 1/2, d: 36, w: 30 in. $1,000-1,5

London, ca. 1930s Four pieces, with mahogany cases and burlwood veneer, including a full-size bed with footboard and attached nightstands, total width

The case with molded edge of darker wood, bowed in the middle above a floral inlaid panel, flanked by two sets of cabinet doors with line inlay, all o

The table with simple rectangular top with pull-out extensions (no leaves) on a pedestal base with twin C-supports, h: 31, top: 40 x 61 1/2 in; eight

Ca. 1930s The server with bow front, carved and arched mirror above a marble top, two cabinet doors centering a beveled glazed door, h: 60, w: 54 1/2,

With mirror and asymmetrical shelf structure on a case with four small drawers and twin cabinet doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, h: 69, w: 70, d:

Three pieces, including a chest of drawers with circular etched mirror, h: 66, w: 44, d: 21 in.; a wardrobe, h: 58, w: 36, d: 21 in.; a nightstand, h: