wood

1982

This is a round turned wood bowl with a short base made from Mexican cocobolo wood.

Rectagular Box with Lid
1929
circa 1906-1915

This is a mahogany writing table that is incised with figures and floral motifs.  Decoration appears on the table top in a border near edge and on the drawer fronts.  Brass hardware...

1980

This is a turned wood bowl made from dark brown dessert ironwood with a tan colored free ragged edge.

1983

This is a turned bowl made from Hawaiian Macadamia wood. The bowl is egg-shaped with a lip that dips in a concave curve on each side. Two knots are visible with radiating wood grain.

1988

This is a turned wood bowl with a short base and bark on the lip that dips in a concave curve on each side. The bowl is made from Sumac that has honey and dark brown striped wood grain.

1986

This is a turned wood bowl made from South Carolina box elder. The bowl has tan and pink wood grain.

mid 20th century to late 20th century|n.d.

This is a turned wood bowl with a short circular base made from black acacia wood. The bowl has an oblong shape with a lip that dips in a concave curve on each side.

1994

This is a short cylindrical turned vase made from London plane wood (lacewood). The vase rests on a footed base and has a small opening with a short vertical lip.

1988

This is a turned vase made from cocobolo wood. The vase has a cylindrical body on a small footed base. The vase tapers sharply inward about two-thirds up the side into a vertical collar with a...

1987

This is a flat turned vase made from potumuto wood with a glossy finish.

mid 20th century

This is a rectangular wooden frame constructed with a woodworking technique that uses interlocking wooden sticks. The frame contains a black and white photograph of the maker, Ole Swanson,...

late 20th century to early 21st century

This is a wooden bowl carved with intersecting curved lines and many pierced openings.

late 20th century

This is a turned bowl made from maple. The outside of the bowl has a carved texture and is dyed dark green.

1999

This is a turned and carved vase made from African Sumac. The overall shape is spherical with a small foot base and short neck at top. The vase is decorated with vertical pierced woven bands...

1979

This is a turned burl wood vase. The sides of the vase flair outward slightly to the shoulder and then turn sharply inward to a narrow neck. A disc-shaped lip surrounds the opening at top....

2000

This is a carved bowl made from a redwood lace burl. The overall shape is oblong with scalloped sides and a natural jagged lip.

late 20th century

This is a low bowl made of turned maple and padouk. The majority of the bowl is made with cream colored wood and sits on a short footed base. A band of dark wood is inlaid around the outer lip...

1995

This is a turned redwood root. The overall shape is an abstract triangle with upturned points and a spherical bowl in the center.

1993

This is a turned live oak root burl.

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1986

This is a turned mahogany plate. The plate has a shallow lip and metal hardware on the back for hanging.

mid 20th century to late 20th century

This is a small wooden chest constructed using a band saw and joined with adhesive. The chest has three drawers lined with blue felt. The front panels of the drawers are dyed red and each has a...

20th century

This is a box constructed with a woodworking technique that uses interlocking wooden sticks. The box has a pyramid-shaped lid (B) that fits on a rectangular base (A). The base has long vertical...

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...

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