Past Perfect

A very striking and uncommon 1950s Stiffel mid-century modern atomic-style floor lamp with large saucer shade and three shaded uplights on brass rods and black metal base. Twenty-fo...

A lovely pair of 1940s Austrian slipper chairs with matching throw pillows professionally reupholstered in the early 1990s in purple dupioni silk with chenille piping. Clean and cla...

A late-1960s Scandinavian modern teak roll-top secretary desk with pull-out writing surface and multiple drawers by Egon Ostergaard for Svensk Mobelindustri of Sweden. Lockable cyli...

A pair of scarce 1960 Lane Acclaim No. 900-18 snack tables by Dutch designer Andre Bus. A seldom seen design from the iconic mid-century modern furniture line that launched in 195...

An exceptionally well done and scarce vintage transformation or opening mask in the style of—and likely by—the First Nations Kwakuitl (Kwakwaka’wakw) people of the coastal Pacific Northwest. Mask features a very striking visage when closed, with big green eye sockets and upper cheeks, bright red nostrils and lips, and black eyes, brows, and trim goatee. When opened, a second face with similar bold black accents and a red open slit mouth is dramatically revealed. It’s framed by black open-palm hands and thick, undulating black border designs on either side and around the face. Polychrome is most likely organic pigments. Crafted of hand-carved red cedar—known as the “Tree of Life” by First Nations people. Mask is trimmed all the away around with both split and twisted rope-like reed elements, and is topped by a copious amount of long golden horse hair. Whether open, closed, or a bit of both, it exhibits fantastic and powerful character from every angle. Retains tag from the since-closed Fairweather Gallery in Sitka, Alaska. Ready to hang via a metal tab on the top back. We’ve estimated the mask as being from the 1970s based on surface wear contrasting with the still quite fine condition of the reed and hair elements, though it’s quite possible that it’s from even earlier. A transformation mask...

A striking and uncommon 1950s Hollywood Regency Italian onyx and brass three-legged side table or occasional table. Stylized trefoil-shaped top with graceful curves joining the thre...

An exceptional and uncommon 1950s Modeline mid-century modern atomic-style tripod floor lamp with large fiberglass saucer shade and matching smaller one on a brass rod and black wood...

A pair of 1970s Pierre Cardin for Dillingham white and brass chests of drawers or nightstands. From iconic designer Pierre Cardin’s clean and concise Art Deco or Streamline Moderne-...

A late-1960s Danish modern model 45 rosewood coffee table with aluminum accents by Rud Thygesen for Heltborg Møbler, and distributed by Domus Danica. Expansive five-foot-plus-long t...

A strikingly handsome and scarce 1950s mid-century Scandinavian modern two-tone teak coffee table by Aase Mølle for Trævarefabrik from Ganddal, Norway. Trim, legs, and stretchers of...

A very attractive and well-made 1950s three-piece set of rattan nesting tables. Tables feature natural rattan frames with cane-wrapped accents throughout. A nice design detail are r...

A very nice pair of circa 1970 bamboo side tables or end tables with distinctive herringbone pattern woven cane tops. Hand-crafted natural bamboo frames feature hand-woven and wrapp...