Decorative and Design

Roycroft items began being produced in the late 19th-century in East Aurora, NY, the workshop and community forming around the entrepreneurial spirit of Elbert Hubbard, his theories around artistic upheaval and a gradual societal unshackling from boundaries imposed in the Victorian era having pushed him to invest in and establish an assortment of manufacturing space for craft works. Of the various forms of production that took place — printing, furniture making, leather working — the results of the metal workshop, with hammered copper in particular, have become highly sought after for their charm and cultivated beauty, the design and fabrication ushering in a stripped back and cleaner approach to form, part-influenced by various member’s exposure to European Secessionist and proto-Modernist movement.

Jasperware with applied white classical relief, the two-handled vase with trophy drops to neck above classical Muses within foliate frames, ht. 14 5/8; the base with fruiting grapevine festoons terminating at lion masks with ribbons below a palmette border and with laurel and berries surrounding foot, ht. 9 1/2 in.; impressed marks.

Non-Stop modular sofa upholstered in leather.

French Art Deco furniture is characterized by sleek, smooth lines, geometric patterns, and an experimental use of industrial materials such as metals, plastics, and glass. The modern functionality of this French art deco desk is demonstrated by the simple shelves and drawer that blend into the side of the desk- staying congruent with the streamlined style of the piece. This desk was designed at the height of the art deco style, during the 1930s.

Destruction as an act of creation, ‘Deconstructed Cup’ removes and then rebuilds its purpose to reflect the temporality of a vessel. Ederle frequently works in architectural terms with his thrown pots, working at an elemental level to reveal “inner truths” and using uneven or broken shapes to develop consciously hidden or unexpected results. The works classical motif and simple interplay of white clay and terra sigellata recalls Greek white-ground pottery.

Blackman Cruz Workshop USA, 2008 patinated and highlighted bronze, starfire glass With a narrative of coils or tentacle-like movement and fluidity, Cruz’s “Deliquescent Dining Table” balances grace and poise with a brash and vaguely uneasy exotic estrangement. A use of shell or wavelike motif seems referential to the stylings of Rococo and Baroque furniture, and the overall form takes on a figural silhouette not altogether removed from the kind of mythical winged lion or gryphon commonly seen within those eras. Such flamboyance is offset and balanced by the dulled patina applied to the surface of the bronze, and the sleek contemporary starfire glass tabletop. This is number twenty-six of an edition of fifty from the Blackman Cruz Workshop. The Blackman Cruz Workshop Deliquescent table has its roots firmly planted in the jocular stylings of the Rococo. The table presents a graceful fluidity that exudes sculptural confidence. Its unending shell-like curves that highlight the unique patina of this example underline the flamboyant nature of the piece. Louis XV would have been proud. - Adam Blackman This work is number twenty-six from the edition of fifty. Stamped with manufacturer's mark and numbered to base: [Blackman Cruz 26/50]. ***RESHOOT?

Sculptural single-drawer desk with birds eye maple top on fiberglass base.

The largest depicting a devil with an angel on a cloud and the remaining example depicting a woman in a cauldron with the devil. The devil examples do not run when wound. Light surface scratching a minor dents throughout consistent with use. Item 182: erotic ball clock oversized, Arabic numbers, wound and set by lever at top, painted face, devil angel, devil has erotic animation that is automatic and continuous after winding, viewable works, front and back open at notches, on works engraved, "1558838" provenance: Father Time Antiques, Chicago, IL, 2000

Dexter lamp and Tank table with custom shade by Todd Cameron, Key West, FL, 2016; Reclaimed industrial parts and tools, welded and patinated steel, blown glass; Both signed and dated; Lamp: 31" x 14", pedestal: 37" x 11 1/2"; Provenance: The artist Excellent condition. Heavy and well-made

Dick Dale at Toads Place New Haven May 31, 2001

Black Jasper with applied white classical relief with floral festoons terminating at ram's heads to neck above Bacchus heads mounted among running laurel to shoulders, each side with a framed classical medallion bordered with fruiting grapevine festoons above foliate borders.