This vintage Tropi-Cal/Fong Brothers’ design circa 1966 is a perfect example of their amazing work. It has a stainless steel frame with woven resin wicker. This furniture is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
The current incarnation — a blend of worldly inspirations that includes Asian minimalism, South Seas handicrafts and streamlined L.A. casual — is fast becoming a national trend.
Finn Juhl (1912-1989) was the first Danish furniture to be recognized internationally. The trained architect and self-taught furniture designer drew the inspiration for his Finn Juhl Credenza (1955) from the cubist movement and Goether’s color wheel, reflected in the piece’s simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes and its sliding doors and six trays finished in varying shades of blue lacquer.
Wonderful sofa in yellow woolen fabric manufactured by bovirke in 1954.
Vintage Curtis Jere iconic mid-century sculptures are becoming increasingly popular and much sought after by collectors. The Curtis Jere wall art is equally at home in modern or traditional interiors as it ranges from enameled natural scenes to edgy metal abstract sculpture.
It may come as a surprise by Curtis Jere is actually not a person but the work of artists and Jerry Fels and his brother in law Curtis “Kurt” Freiler. The two founders combined pieces of their own names to create the C. Jeré signature for their company Artisan House. The company has since been sold and resold.
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) is widely regarded as the father of Op-Art. He is a major master of 20th century art. His paintings are in the permanent collections of many important museums around the world.
The breakthrough brought by his kinetic visual experiments transformed the flat surface into a world of unending possibilities, book marking an era in the history of art and foreshadowing a new global reality shaped by programming and the Internet.
Tommi Parzinger was a German furniture designer and painter, known for high-styled modernism. He’s considered one of the key creators of the Hollywood Regency look and many of his pieces were commissions or custom-built for discerning clientele. To this day, his designs are stylish, versatile and incredibly au courant. This Studded Console is an all original, khaki lacquer piece set with bronze studs and solid brass hardware on a solid walnut base. With an inset two-piece white glass top, four doors open to reveal a felt-lined divided drawer and three adjustable shelves on the inside.
Venture back in time with this Brass Cigarette Holder, it is rarely seen and considered highly collectible, even in today’s non-smoking environment.
After concluding his degree in Architecture at the Mackenzie University in São Paulo, Percival Lafer took over his father’s furniture company The Lafer Co.
His motto, since day one, was innovation. Every design should reflect state-of-the-art technologies applied to innovative ideas. Contemporary designs intended for the mass market; every design should be different and original, therefore patented.
