7 1/2 Inch African Gourd Kalimba Mbira Thumb Piano. $40
Set of Ultra-Premium Frederick Cooper Green Glazed Porcelain Vase Table Lamps in Exceptional Condition. Frederick Cooper is a well-known designer of high quality and iconic lighting pieces. The company has a reputation of providing a variety of stunning lamps, ceiling pendants, wall lights, and other home décor items. Background Way back in 1923, a Chicago based artist, Frederick Cooper started a studio to create watercolour paintings, artwork, and sculptures. However he was drawn towards the idea of designing lamps. Soon he started designing lamps by blending the ideas of using brass, wood, and fabric that went well with the American architecture. And within a short span, the company became world renown for creating heirloom quality lamps. 16 x 31. Expect to pay $1,200 or more for Frederick Cooper lamps of this style and quality new. Fred's Good As New Price: $350 for the set.
Three Framed Plates from "L'ornement Polychrome" Edited by Racinet. Excellent condition. Three mounted and giltwood framed chromolithograph plates from L'Ornement Polychrome: Motifs de tous les styles, art ancien et asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, by A. Racinet, 1869-1873. Published by Firmin-Didot, Paris. Specifically, the three framed plates are Middle Ages, Renaissance and 17th century. This reference work “created to render major services to our industrial arts” brings the archeological art and polychromy of the past to the architects, artists and decorators of his time. It was published in two volumes; the first 100 plates were published in ten installments between 1869 and 1873, shortly after published as a volume in 5000 copies, a second edition was printed in 1875. The second volume containing 120 plates was published between 1885 and 1887. 16 1/4 x 21.
