Pairpoint Vienna Hand-Painted Neo-Classical Garlands, Lute Chandelier, 1920s

Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905 Rare oil lamp, USA, c. 1905. obverse-painted glass, patinated metal Measures: 33½ height × 10 diameter in (85 × 25 cm) Provenance: Collection of Edward and Sheila Malakoff Literature: Pairpoint Lamps, Malakoff, pg. 114. This piece is given the" rarity rating" of 1; the rarest of Pairpoint production. Purchase includes a copy of Malakoff text. Pairpoint Glass Company is an American glass manufacturer based in Sagamore, Massachusetts. It is currently the oldest operating glass company in the United States. The company was founded by Deming Jarves in 1837 in South Boston, Massachusetts, as the Mount Washington Glass Works. In 1870, Mount Washington relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts. In the 1880s, the company primarily produced art glass. In 1885, it introduced Burmese art glass, a translucent, heat reactive glass that shades from yellow at the bottom to pink at the top. The company became known for this type of glass, obtaining a British patent for it in 1886, and presenting a number of Burmese pieces to Queen Victoria. In 1880, British silver designer Thomas Pairpoint (1838-1902) resigned his position as head designer at the Meriden Brittania Company and founded the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company...

Pairpoint table lamp, exceedingly rare piece, planter base ring holder, Vienna shade, seascape and New England village featuring Vienna shade, signed, C3072 serial number. Documented (see below), USA, circa 1910. Obverse-and reverse-painted acid-etched glass, milk glass, patinated metal 14 height × 16 diameter stamped manufacturer's mark to shade 'The Pairpoint Corp'n'. Stamped manufacturer's mark to planter insert 'Pairpoint MFG Co...

Impi Sotavalta (1885-1943) Finnish hand-woven wool lavender and marigold geometric ray rug, c. 1928, Finland. Gorgeous thick pile. Rare, divine color co...

Rare steel and glass Italian modern / Postmodern design. Glass tubes serve to refract and emit light in a gorgeous manner and the trapezoidal ring that holds the tubes echoes around ...