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  Art Deco “Fire Opal” necklace, frosted rock crystal round beads and four sided custom rock crystal bezels set in 18K yellow gold with 16 round–cut accent diamonds featuring five large natural fire opals (G.I.A certificate, dimension of each fire opal, 13.00 x 8.15 x 6.20mm for a TW of approx. 17.50 carats), c. 1940’s

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  Andre Thuret French Art Deco Rare Handblown Art Glass Vase c. 1930

  ANDRÉ THURET  (1898-1965)  France

  “Organic” vase/bowl  c. 1930

  Handblown and formed clear glass with bubble technique encapsulating a frosty white oxide.

  Signed: ANDRÉ THURET

  H: 2 3/8″ x D: 4″ x W: 6 1/4″

  Andre Thuret was one of the first modern French studio glass artists and a contemporary of Maurice Marinot. He was born on November 3, 1898 in Paris. It is by science that Andre Thuret came to art. It is in Thuret the engineer and the chemist who serve Thuret the vase artist.  The scientist places at the disposal of the creator of forms, rates/rhythms and colors the fluid and transparent beauty of glass and the reactions of metallic oxides. He worked in a traditional glass blowing technique at a temperature often exceeding 1,000 degrees. Thuret exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1928 and 1932 and obtained his first plate of the Company of Encouragement to Art. He was invited to exhibit in the United States in 1929-1930. Andre Thuret received his Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1947.

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  Christofle / Luc Lanel French Art Deco Dinanderie Vase c.1930

  LUC LANEL  (1893-1965)  France
  ORFÈVRERIE CHRISTOFLE   Paris

  Ovoid form with a foot and flared lip design with a polished copper body with an overall stepped rectangular and square motif geometric design
  Marks: CHRISTOFLE (large script with wave lines below), B 173, G

  For more information see: Mobilier et Décoration d’Interieur ( 1924-25), p. 10; Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes (France), Gaston Quènioux (Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1925), p. 176; 150 Ans d’Ofèvrerie Christofle, Henri Bouilhet ([Paris]:  Chêne/Hachette: 1981), pp. 241 and 230.

  H: 8 5/8″ x Dia: 5″

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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.