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This is another fabulous chair that has been in our personal stash for quite a few years! This awesome chair is done in the style of the famed LC2 Grand Comfort Chair by Le Corbusier, but it was designed and produced by the Jack Cartwright Company. Corbusier, along with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, designed his Bauhaus chair in the 1920s but this one came much later around 1960s-1970s. There is one major difference in the two chairs…the middle chrome bar of the Jack Cartwright chair is in the middle between the upper and lower bars and the LC2’s is closer to the lower bar not in the middle. Another difference is the size. The 20/123 is significantly wider (and truth be known…more comfortable!). This chair is done in a black vinyl faux leather and is simply stunning. Although technically Bauhaus in style it is called by and goes with many other design ethics…Art Deco…Mid-Century Modern…Modern…and even Industrial and Modern Country. It is definitely a design classic and still produced today! Jack Cartwright, a graduate of the Kendall School of design, had the desire to design contemporary seating. In May 1963, along with just one other employee…a production specialist, he started his namesake company Jack Cartwright. They had a clear vision to provide the market with modern style upholstered furniture produced with exceptionally high quality but priced within the reach of the masses. The Jack Cartwright company is still in operation today. Mr. Cartwright also lent his designs skill to Founders Furniture during the mid-20th century designing many beautiful furnishings for them. This is one of those classic pieces that as beautiful to gaze upon as it is to use. Make it yours!!! Price: $2,195 This Wolfform Co. mannequin is considered the Cadillac of dress forms in the fashion industry. A full-bodied female, aka “Judy”, manufactured in 1986 in a size 12, this garment fitting form is sought after for its high-quality construction and the Wolfform Company’s attention to detail. A dress form from Wolform gets its perfect shape from a sturdy papier-mache core made from molds. The cores are then padded with cotton and covered with a cream-colored Irish linen. It is placed on an adjustable metal rod and hangs from a curved steel pole attached to a cast iron base with casters for ease of movement. This model has a single removable leg. Now that is all information you need if you intend to use the dress form for its intended purpose as a fashion form for creating haute couture clothing. But if your intention is to use this marvelous piece as a wonderful sculptural work of art, then you will want to know that it has the most intriguing shape and natural age patina to the steel and cast iron and Irish linen. She will make an incredible conversation piece in any room just as she is, but I visualize her wearing an outstanding vintage piece of apparel, an antique kimono, or maybe just a luxurious long strand of pearls! The Wolfform Company is located in Englewood, New Jersey and has been producing garment fitting forms since the early 1900s. They produce male and children’s forms as well as the female shape. Their process and best available materials have stayed relatively the same in over 100 years. But their female form has had to undergo many evolutions in shape and size as each new “look” became a fashion trend. Suppliers of primarily fashion designers, manufacturers, and fashion schools throughout the world their forms are sought after as the premier fashion form. In my research I discovered they briefly closed their doors early in the 21st century, but through high demand of their quality product are back in full swing. My imagination has gone crazy with the wonderful displays and vignettes that could be obtained using this unique “Judy”, as the female mannequin is sometimes called. You need to make her yours and let your imagination soar! Price: $1,995 Did you ever play jacks when you were a kid!? Am I showing my age? Well I did and loved it. Although we are calling this a jax table it really isn’t exactly shaped like a jax, but I don’t know what else to call it. Actually, it is maybe more like the way you hold pick-up-sticks! Whew! Now I really am showing my age or the fact we have been trying to entertain ourselves while we are all social distancing! Anyway, the four slender brass plated tubes are cinched together in the middle with a brass plated tubular circle like when you hold the pick-up-sticks together. When you give them a little twist and let them go, they form the four legs and the four arms that hold the glass top. So simple and yet so amazing! This table can serve several purposes: a center table in an entry or living room; an end table; a tea table or lamp table; or even a small breakfast or game table. Its style is very versatile as well. It will be perfectly at home in a mid-century modern space, with Hollywood regency or modern décor, and even some traditional spaces. You need to make this fabulous accent table your own. Quick! Do it now. Price: $1,195 I don’t believe I have ever seen such a beautiful color blue! And I adore the matte Van Briggle Pottery glazes. So, here is a set of seven Van Briggle tumblers circa 1990s. Or, if you don’t want to use them as tumblers…make them vases! You know how sometimes you just like the feel of something in your hands? These are that. Although they are a set of seven, they bear the initials of five different etchers at Van Briggle. Two sets of initials with two tumblers each are unknown etchers, but their initials, in case you may know, are JD and TE (with the E looking like a backward 3). The three remaining tumblers have three different sets of initials. The first one is HVM and belongs to Hilde Manuszak who was at Van Briggle from 1988-2002. The second one is LS and belongs to Loretta Short who was at Van Briggle from 1987-1997. And, the third one is CLC belonging to Cristina Crispi who was at Van Briggle for only one year in 1994. In addition to the etchers initials these seven pieces all have the scratched in XI mark of the “Glaze Sprayer”. This mark could be attributed to two different sprayers, Garoid (Gary) Dhondt who was with Van Briggle from 1995-closing or Annette Moody who was there from 1994 to 1997. Whew! That is a lot of information I know. But it is important if you are a collector. If you aren’t and you just like these because they’re handsome…I don’t blame you. So do I! Van Briggle Pottery was founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado circa 1901 (some say 1899) by Artus and Anne Van Briggle. Artus was an accomplished painter and had studied abroad while working for Rookwood Pottery. It was there he garnered an appreciation for the Art Nouveau styles and the Oriental matt glazes which he incorporated into his style and techniques established for Van Briggle Pottery. Thus, making them a fundamental force in American Art Pottery and the Arts and Craft movement. In1904, after only three years at the helm of Van Briggle, Artus died from tuberculosis at the young age of 35. But the designs and glazes he produced in those three years carried the pottery into the 21st century. After his death Anne continued their work until 1912. For many, many years Van Briggle Pottery was a mainstay for tourists visiting Colorado Springs. They toured the workshop and bought souvenir treasures which spread Van Briggle pieces throughout the world. Van Briggle finally closed their doors for good in 2012, 111 years after opening. These might be just the pieces to start a collection. Make them yours. Price: $495 I adore stripes….and black! Boy does this sofa fit that bill. This is the perfect sofa to anchor any room in need of a sofa. Its bold black and taupe stripes and stately stature ensure that it will be the topic of conversation. Plus, it is extremely comfy and its neutral, yet striking color combo allows for many accent color options. Made by Bernhardt Interiors and officially called a tuxedo style sofa with sloped arms and tight back. It sports nail head detail trim down both sides of its sloped arms to the top of its black trestle base with a single row across the face of the deck. The striped fabric alternates between a black velvet two-inch stripe and a taupe grosgrain-style flat weave three-inch stripe. The throw pillows are feather and the dual seat cushions are feather wrapped foam. It has obviously seen little to no use in its ten years of life and is ready and waiting for a new home. Make it yours! Price: $3,995 This set of four chairs is nothing short of stunning! We are completely enthralled with them here at the shop. These chrome and brown faux leather, vinyl, upholstered chairs are made in Canada in the style of Italian designer Gastone Rinaldi. Their curvaceous reverse cantilevered chrome design is not only lovely to view but is extremely comfortable. Its back hits just in the right spot to support my back.

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