Modern Acrylic Rectangular Vase by Studio Nova 1980 s

Mid-Century Modern square coffee table featuring a tubular polished chrome frame with brass plated end caps. Top tier has a removable clear glass insert and bottom tier has a removab...

Striking Mid Century Modern fractured Lucite prism table lamp, circa 1970's. This sculptural geometric form Modernist lamp features a thick carved cl...

Vladislav Urban, born 1937 Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, is a glass and jewelry designer. Urban, among others, was instrumental in the evolution of Czech pre...

A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914-1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City, supporting himself with retail jobs selling men’s clothing. But in 1946 a chance encounter with a display of contemporary Japanese pottery inspired him on the spot to switch from painting to pottery. Green learned pottery techniques through engineering manuals and applied his knowledge of college chemistry to teach himself glazing. ​“In those days I looked at pots constantly,” he said. ​“I’d travel 100 miles to look at a good pot. I simply taught myself.” He took his painting skills and applied them to his clay works, creating pieces that critics praised for their painterly qualities and subtle sense of color. In 1976, he retired from the retail clothing...