wood

mid 19th century to late 19th century

Used artist's painting palette with two hinges, one hook, and two knobs on the end to hold one surface apart from the other.

Belonged to Imogen Cunningham.

untitled (clay rotary cutting tool used by Viola Frey)
mid 20th century to early 21st century

This is a rotary cutting tool used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The tool has ten discs, which are surrounded by a curved rectangular piece of metal with slots for the blades. The turned...

untitled (clay wire tool used by Viola Frey)
late 20th century to early 21st century

This is a clay wire tool with a wooden handle used by Viola Frey. The handle is unvarnished with a curved and a flat side.

untitled (clay scraper used by Viola Frey)
mid 20th century to early 21st century

This is a scraper tool with a looped serrated blade used by Viola Frey. The tool has a turned wooden handle with reddish brown finish; the bottom is pierced with a shape of six points radiating...

untitled (Raphael fan brush used by Viola Frey)
late 20th century to early 21st century

This is a Raphaユl brand size 12 fan brush used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The brush has white bristles and a varnished wooden handle. The top of the...

early 1950s

This is an IN-50 glass and birch coffee table designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1944 and produced in the early 1950s. The table top (c) is supported on two wooden legs that appear in organic "L...

1934
20th century

This is a carved wooden chain in three sections that is painted metallic silver. (A) has 24 oval links with double-link end pieces. (B) has five ball-in-cage sections and one double-link end...

20th century

This is a metallic silver painted bottle carved out of wood with a ball-in-cage design containing two spheres.

20th century

This is a metallic silver painted bottle carved out of wood with a ball-in-cage design containing nine spheres.

20th century

This is a rectangular Tramp Art box on a pedestal base. The box is hinged and the interior is lined with brown fabric. Layers of scalloped wood are applied to each side of the box, forming a...

20TH CENTURY

This is a Tramp Art bottle whimsy that consists of a wooden side chair with a woven seat inside a one quart Jack Daniels clear glass bottle.

20th century

This is a circular Tramp Art framed mirror. The wooden frame surrounding the mirror is constructed with layers of geometric decoration that have scalloped edges.

20th century

This is a wooden Tramp Art frame with tri-petal corners. The decorative elements of the frame have scalloped edges and four small square mirrors are built into the frame at the interior corners...

circa 1930

This is a Tramp Art bottle whimsy that consists of a wooden spinning wheel painted metallic gold inside a glass bottle.

untitled (lamp)
circa 1910

This is a bronze lamp with dragon motifs mounted on a carved hardwood base. The shade is made of mica and has an applied Chinese characters on each panel.

coffee pot
1913

Sterling cylindrical coffee pot that narrows at top in vertical thrust; short spout that descends half length of pot; straight squared wood handle with veveled edge at right angle to pot,...

N-O SO 2
1933

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1933 ARTIST BIRTH: 1894 ARTIST DEATH: 1954

Airline Armchair
1934-1935
1898-1902

This is a genesaro wood cabinet settle with an upholstered seat and back. Three pull-out drawers are incorporated below the seat of the bench. Cabinetry is built in on the left side and above...

1908

This is a genizero wood side chair with an upholstered slip seat. Splat on the chair back separates two oblong cut-outs. The front and back leg on both right and left rest on a horizontal wood...

mid 20th century

This is a footed oval bowl with striped horizontal wood grain.

Rib Chair
1968|2003

This is a wood "rib chair" made in 1968. The cushion was re-made in 2003.

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