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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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  Andre Arbus (attr.) French Art Deco Straw Marquetry Box c. 1940

  ANDRÉ ARBUS (attr.) (1903-1969) France

  Straw marquetry box   c. 1940

  Natural gold and ebony stained straw inlaid in a design of a window pane diamond pattern on the hinged lid, original suede cloth/paper interior, wood frame

  For more information see: André Arbus: architecture-décorateur des années 40, Yvonne Brunhammer (Paris: l’Editions NORMA, 1996).

  W: 8″ x D: 5 1/2″ x H: 1 1/2″

   

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  Velten Vordamm Keramik / Bauhaus Ceramics Black and White stripe Vase c. 1920

  STEINGUTFABRIKEN VELTEN-VORDAMM Werk Velten, Germany

  Vase c. 1920

  Handpainted and glazed earthenware

  Marks: VELTEN-VORDAMM company logo, 42

  Similar work illustrated: Keramik und Bauhaus, Klaus Weber et al., exhib. cat. (Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989), p. 229, illus. 289.

  H: 7″

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  Joseph Maria Olbrich Jugendstil Darmstadt Cake server 1901

  Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908)  Austria
  Clarfeld & Springmeyer Hemer (Westfalen), Germany
  Ludwig Ziech Vereinigter Silberbesteckfabrik Hamburg, Germany

  Cake Server, 1901.

  Silvered alpaca with JO (J. Olbrich) monogram and stylized linear motif .

  Marks:  A.B.S.Z. 60

  Illustrated: Joseph M. Olbrich 1867-1908, Eckhart G. Franz, et al., exhib. cat. (Darmstadt: Mathildenhöhe, 1983), p. 346.
  For other examples of this service see: Bestecke des Jugendstils: Art Nouveau Knives, Forks and Spoons, Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers and Reinhard W. Sänger (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2000), p. 100, illus. 104; Catalogue Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Klaus Wolbert et al. (Darmstadt: Institut Mathildenhöhe,  n.d.), illustr. 306, p. 198; Das Deutsche Silber-Besteck 1805-1918: Biedermeier – Historismus – Jugendstil, Reinhard W. Sänger (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1991), pp. 176-180.

  L: 10 5/8″ x W: 2 9/16″

  Price: $3,750