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Vintage Dark Brownish Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar with Tapering Lines
Located in Yonkers, NY
form. Ideal as a kitchen centerpiece, it can simply stand alone as an objet d'art. It's equally fitting
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Hand-Painted Opaline Glass Lamps on Bronze Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
preserved surface and crisp painted details. Their harmonious palette and refined form make them ideal for
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
High-Fired Glazed Ceramic Figurative Sculpture Spiral Hat Extravagant
By Óscar Aldonza Torres
Located in FISTERRA, ES
emotional ambivalence through the dialogue of form and material. Ideal for contemporary interiors, gallery
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Love and Earth
Located in London, GB
process is deeply minimalist in appearance, resonating with enigmatic structures and ideal sculptural
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Cigar Case, Black Leather Four-Position Sleeve, George V
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
slimline form is ideal to slip into an inside jacket pocket and the telescopic nature suits a variety of
Category
Early 20th Century British George V Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Leather
Newly Refinished -Mid-Century Danish Modern Small Rosewood Dresser, Entry Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
drawer fronts and gracefully curved edges that embody the elegance of Danish design. Its compact form
Category
Vintage 1950s American Other Dressers
Materials
Rosewood
Modernist Dry Pigment Plaster Lacquer Abstract Geometric Painting Gregg Robinson
By Gregg Robinson
Located in Surfside, FL
satisfying. Obviously, the modernist ideal of efficiency in form and function requires that method of
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Mixed Media, Oil, Board, Pigment
Modernist Dry Pigment Plaster Lacquer Abstract Geometric Painting Gregg Robinson
By Gregg Robinson
Located in Surfside, FL
satisfying. Obviously, the modernist ideal of efficiency in form and function requires that method of
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Board, Plaster, Pigment
Citrine Diamond Small Stud Earrings Vintage 14 Karat Gold Estate Fine Jewelry
Located in Torrance, CA
triangular form. Ideal for day or evening wear. The earrings are fitted with post & butterfly backings for
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Stud Earrings
Materials
Citrine, Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Fine Pair French Walnut Cane Directoire 1950s era X Cerule X Benches
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
and rosette details that reflect old-world European craftsmanship. Their timeless form makes them
Category
Vintage 1950s Benches
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Bookshelf by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Jersey City, NJ
architectural firm, this piece was likely conceived to help convey Bauhaus ideals: elemental form, intersecting
Category
Early 20th Century American Bookcases
Newly Refinished - Pair of Mid-Century Modern Walnut Night Stands w/ Bookcase
By Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
original character. Durable, elegant, and understated, they are an ideal blend of form and function.
Fun
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Brass
Tall French Art Deco Figural Lamp "Clarte" by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in New York City, NY
his own foundry and continued his art. His concentration on sculpting the ideal female form was
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
A New Beginning
By Elisabeth Hoffova
Located in London, GB
related works by Hoffova in the same style. Together they would be ideal to form a small, coherent
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Beautiful Art Deco Bronze Chandelier with Striking Alabaster Like Glass Shades
Located in Lisse, NL
luxurious retail environment. It’s a perfect fusion of function and form, ideal for collectors or anyone
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Polished Aluminium and Black Leather Executive Armchairs
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Weesp, NL
simple geometric forms, they were ideal for such productions. Eero Aarnio continues to create new designs
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
French Riviera Mid-Century Modern Wicker Rattan Round Italian Wall Mirror, 1970s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
rattan that is shaped in a round and perfect form, ideal for adding deepness to an open space.
This
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Rattan, Mirror, Wicker
Mid Century Modern Dresser by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb, c1960s
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Chino Hills, CA
interiors. Known for distilling Greco-Roman ideals into modern forms, Gibbings rejected ornament in favor of
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Religious Hand-Painted Altar Triptych Icon Ecclesiastical Art
Located in Forney, TX
devotional shrine, while the folding form is the ideal size for use as a portable / traveling religous icon
Category
Antique 19th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Closet grissinato manifacture Fabbrica Armadio Triestina Attr. a Luigi Scremin
By Luigi Scremin
Located in Milano, IT
craftsmanship and design were celebrated as art forms. They are ideal for those who appreciate the beauty of the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Solid Silver Milk Pitcher Jug with Ornate Chased Design - 1863
Located in London, GB
form factor, ideal for practical usage or for decorating an interior to elevate its splendour.
A full
Category
Antique 19th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Barovier and Toso Murano Art Glass Pineapple Table Lamp, Labelled, 1940s
By Barovier, Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venetian Crystal is a unique, sustainable and safe material, ideal to give form to works of great artistic
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf
Normandy Cows Circa 1910 Framed French Provincial Farming Livestock Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
, and natural form.
Ideal for lovers of vintage French art, agricultural scenes, and early 20th-century
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Max Le Verrier, ‘Boubou’, French Art Deco Patinated Bronze Desk Lamp, Ca. 1920
By Max Le Verrier
Located in New York, NY
ideal female form. His female figures are characterised by a lithe athleticism and perfect symmetry; and
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Chest, Coffer, 17 Century, English, Oak, John Butler Yeats, William Butler Yeats
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
, including artist J.T. Nettleship, George Wilson, and Edwin Ellis all of whom espoused Pre-Raphaelite ideals
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Henry watching Athena Dance I - Stay - sold out Edition of 5, AP1/2, 20x20cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Henry watching Athena Dance (Stay) - with Ryan Gosling - 21st Century, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Wonder Wheel - Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, Polaroid, expired, 21st
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Childhood Memories - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dancer - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Henry watching Athena Dance I - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Henry watching Athena Dance I - Stay - Edition 6/10
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Accident II (Stay) with Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling - Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fountain Head - Stay, starring Ryan Gosling
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Henry watching Athena Dance I (Stay) with Ryan Gosling
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Headless - Stay with Ewan McGregor
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Wonder Wheel - Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, Polaroid, expired, 21st
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lila
s Studio (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Headless - Stay with Ewan McGregor
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Stay) - Original Polaroid Unique Piece
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
seamlessly here. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Cyclone (Stay) - Coney Island, 21 Century, Contemporary, Icons, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Jersey Views - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Ryan Gosling (Stay)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Accident II (Stay) with Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling - Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Childhood Memories - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Childhood Memories - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, Ocean, Dog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dugong I - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Ewan McGregor - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Ancient Bridge Views - Stay
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fountain Head (Stay) starring Ryan Gosling, Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Dancer - Contemporary, nude, portrait, figurative, Polaroid, photograph, expired
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Manhatten, Stay, Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, Polaroid, expired, Schneider
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Burning Car (Stay) 20x20cm - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Moving Underpass East River (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Accident I (Stay) - starring Ryan Gosling, Polaroid, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Burning Car (Stay) 20x20cm - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Boy with Silver Mask (Stay) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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