Frank Landau - Selected Design Objects Frank Landau - Selected Design Objects

Selected Objects

sofa (e)

Astonishing simplicity designed by Edward Wormley. The interesting wooden leg construction provide a pleasant break. The sofa itself makes an elegant bend in the middle and gives the shape another interesting character. Manufactured by Dunbar. The clear-shaped but stunning and lasting design makes this sofa a very unique item but typical for Wormley whose designs at Indiana based company Dunbar started going clearly into the style of Mid-century Modern since 1944.&nbs ...

Designer / Artist

Edward Wormley

Edward Wormley is a designer of modernist furniture. In 1926 he goes to study briefly at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and starts to work as an interior designer for Marshall Fields & Company department store. In 1931 he begins working for the Indiana based Dunbar Company, the collaboration that makes him a household name for several decades.

His first Dunbar chairs, produced in 1932, are reproductions of antique designs, but when they become popular Wormley augments the ...

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Worlds of Design and a Taste for Art 2

We would like to draw your attention to the following auction. The French auction house Piasa will be offering a sale in March entitled: Worlds of Design and a Taste for Art 2. A huge collection from one property, selected pieces that covers and describes an interesting subject: Where does art stop and where does design begin? Classical design pieces by Hans Wegner, Ib Kofod Larsen, Edward Wormley, as well as Lightings by Gino Sarfatti. All in all, the collection tells an exciting story, ...

Selected Objects

Table Lamps (2)

A rare pair of matching table lamps called "Sasso" by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena. Designed and manufactured in Italy in 1948. The base is polished river stone from which comes out a pole in brass. The shade is in enameled aluminum and can be adjusted in height with a screw, also the angle of the shade is adjustable. Luigi Caccia Dominioni was an Italian architect, designer and urban planner. In 1947, together with Ignazio Gardella, Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua, Maria Teresa and Fra ...

Selected Objects

Long Chair with Arm

This handcrafted Long Chair with a live edge wood slab armrest in walnut by George Nakashima is recently professionally restored by our workshop. This piece is manufactured by Nakashima Studio and sold with certificate of authenticity signed by Mira Nakashima. The double-curved silhouette is based on Charlotte Perriand's chaise longue, the belt weave on Bruno Mathsson's chaise longue. Typical of Nakashima was his combining traditional American and Japanese with modern ...

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