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  Jean Despres, French Art Deco Modernist Covered Centerpiece c. 1940

  Jean Despres (1889-1980) France.

  Modernist covered centerpiece, circa 1940.

  Hand-wrought and hand-hammered silver plate.

  Marks: J. Despres (script incised signature on the edge on one handle),
  JD French Jean Despres touchmark (2x).

  For related works see: Jean Després: Maestro Orafo Tra Art Déco e Avanguardie, Melissa Gabardi (Milano: IDEA Books, 1999) Metallkunst: Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939) Band IV, Karl H. Brohan (Berlin: Brohan-Museum, 1990); Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940 (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992)

  H: 5 ¼” x W: 11 ½” x diameter: 8 ¾”

   

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  Donald Deskey (attr.) / American Streamline Modernist store display c. 1928-30

  DONALD DESKEY  attributed (1894-1989)  USA
  DESKEY-VOLLMER, INC.  (maker)

  Modernist intersecting-circles store display  c.1928-30

  Chrome-plated sphere and cylindrical shaft and details, original plate glass shelves and mirrored base

  ***This store display piece is exceptional quality and survives in mint condition.

  For more information and related designs see: Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs and Interiors, David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher, E.P. Dutton: New York, 1987, pages 12-17 and 96-98 (Abby Rockefeller table centerpiece)

  H: 8 ¾” x W: 11” x D of base: 10 ¼”

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  Tommi Parzinger / American Art Deco Coffee Table circa 1939

  TOMMI PARZINGER  (1903-1981)  Germany/USA
  PARZINGER, INC.  New York

  Coffee table   c.1939

  Carved and ceruse oak with an incised diamond pattern pewter top

  Illustrated: Arts and Decoration, June 1940

  ***This table was originally priced at $80 during the period, as it appears in the Arts and Decoration vintage illustration from 1940.

  For other examples of Parzinger’s work see: Town & Country, Vol. 54, “Counter Points”, December 1939, p. 31; Town & Country, Vol. 95, “Counter Points”, June 1940, p. 19;  The Studio, 1938, “For the Table”, p.107-09; The Studio, 1942, “Tommi Parzinger, Designer of Modern Interiors and Silver”, p.37; Decorative Art, Studio Yearbook (London & New York: The Studio Publications, 1952-53), p. 98; Craft in the Machine Age, ed. Janet Kardon (New York: American Craft Museum, 1995) p.128, 134, 183, 241.

  H: 12” x L: 42” x D: 14”

  Price: $34,500

  This is a wonderful and rare coffee table by Tommi Parzinger in beautifully detailed ceruse oak with a diamond pattern pewter inset top. This table was
  completely handmade and dates from 1940, shortly after Parzinger opened his first eponymous gallery on East 57th Street. It is low and lean with exquisite Neoclassical Revival carved details and a silhouette that calls to mind an American take on Jean Michel Frank’s sober and refined elegance of the same time period. The cross-hatch carving with tassels on the two long sides and the related top corner details also have a charm reminiscent of Parzinger’s affable personality and effervescent design sensibility.

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  Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF, German Art Deco Crystal and Silver footed box c.1935

  WILHELM WAGENFELD (1900-1990) Germany

  WMF  [Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik]  Geislingen, Germany

  Tazza  c. 1935

  Hexagonal green-tinted lead crystal covered dish / tazza with lid in a stepped jewel-like form mounted with a silver lid and footed base silver

  Marks:  WMF logo, moon, crown, 800

  For more information see: Wilhelm Wagenfeld und die Moderne Glasindustrie,Walter Scheiffele (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1994); WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006).

  H: 5 1/4″ x D: 7″ x W: 7″

  Price: $3,500