Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Bracket Back Sofa

This is one of the finest pieces we have featured over the last eight years, and one of my personal favorites.  It was designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.  Edward Wormley was the design director for Dunbar Furniture for many years.  He was also one of the top designers of the 20th century, and was on par with the likes of Florence Knoll and George Nelson.  He was at the forefront of bringing modernism into American homes in the mid-20th century.  We have featured a number of pieces he designed while working with Drexel, but this is the first we have had that he designed during his lengthy tenure at Dunbar.  It kind of has it all...timeless design, great functionality (especially for those who love to entertain, as it seats four very comfortably) and it is in what I feel comfortable calling mint vintage condition.  The Asian Modern fabric is just as timeless as the design of the sofa. https://www.1stdibs.com/search/?q=edward+wormley+bracket+back  90.5" l., 31.5" d., 27.5" h.  American, c. 1960's  SOLD
http://www.edwardwormley.com/lookbook/

   

Happy New Year!

We hope everyone had Happy Holidays and that 2017 is off to a good start!  We are kicking off the new year with our annual  January sale.  Almost everything in the shop (excluding art) is going to be marked down from 20% to 60%.  We will be posting a selection of sale items over the next few days.  If there is a piece you have had your eye on and want to know the sale price before we post it, please give us a call or send us an email and we will be happy to let you know the new price.  

David Blackwood

We are very pleased to present this outstanding selection of etchings by David Blackwood.  Included in this grouping are works with some of his most iconic imagery including Ephraim Kelloway's Door and a whale and glacier image.  The etchings span a sixteen year period and date from 1999 to 2015.

Ephraim Kelloway's Door (triptych), 2012

Etching

12" x 24" unframed

$3,500.00

Twilight Sounding, 2010

Etching

8" x 12" unframed

$3,000.00

Gram Glover's Tree, 1999

Etching

15" x 18" unframed

$3000.00

Flatty, 2015

Etching

10" x 14"

$2,500.00

For David Judah: Home from Bragg's Island, 2005

Etching

15" x 36"

$8,000.00

David Blackwood

  We just opened the portfolio of works that we received this week and are thrilled to have this wonderful selection of etchings to present.  While we are still cataloguing and photographing, we wanted to post these two very special pieces today.  Both etchings depict majestic schooners at sea.  In Barbour's 'Seabird' Leaving Newtown, the commanding 'Seabird' makes its' way confidently through calm waters with its' sails full and its' flags unfurled.  In the much moodier 'The Flora L. Nickerson' Leaving for the Labrador, the scene is not as serene.  Both the sea and sky are much more energetic and turbulent, and the whole seascape is made a little more foreboding by the looming iceberg.

David Blackwood

Barbour's 'Seabird' Leaving Newtown, 1998

Etching

24" x 36" unframed

SOLD

David Blackwood

'The Flora L. Nickerson' Leaving for the Labrador, 2011

Etching

24" x 36" unframed

$9,000.00

Royal Flush

This posting is a bit out of our normal realm, but we just finished season one of  "The Crown" and it inspired this holiday offering of Royal ephemera.  The royal flush includes a large (65" h., 75" w.) British Empire map which was "constructed and engraved by W. and A.K. Johnston of Edinburgh and London" in 1930.  Next is a 1950's lithotone print of the Royal Family by one of the masters of 20th c. photography, Yousuf Karsh.  Then, a rare retail display card of  King Edward VIII which was printed in England for E.Griffiths Hughes Ltd.  We are also including a print of George V as well as a Toronto Star commemorative pull out print of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her coronation in 1955.  A perfect holiday gift for the Anglophile on your list.  SOLD

Holiday Hours

We hope everyone is having a happy holiday season and taking time from the hustle and bustle to enjoy time with friends and family.  Please find our holiday hours listed below.  If you would like to visit the shop outside of these hours, please phone 416.407.1269 to reach us and we will do our best to accommodate.

Wednesday Dec. 21,  11-5

Thursday Dec. 22, 11-5

Friday Dec. 23, 11-5

Saturday Dec. 24, 10-1

Sunday Dec. 25, Closed

Monday Dec. 26, Closed

Tuesday Dec. 27, Closed

Wednesday Dec. 28, 11-5

Thursday Dec. 29, 11-5

Friday Dec. 30, Closed

Saturday Dec. 31, Closed

Sunday Jan. 1, Closed

Chinoiserie Pagoda Chandelier

My inner Mrs. Robinson is showing again.  Just brought this fantastic Hollywood Regency, faux bamboo, pagoda chandelier into the shop tonight.  I'm hoping someone claims it tomorrow, otherwise it might find itself under our Christmas tree.  It's pretty special.  The baby sister is very nice too.  https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/lighting/chandeliers-pendant-lights/italian-faux-bamboo-pagoda-chandelier/id-f_4699693/

21" h., 24" diam.  American, c. 1960's  SOLD

Chinoiserie Tole Tray

Beautiful handpainted tole tray with a Chinoiserie scene.  It would look great on a coffee table or it can be easily hung as it already has a metal hanger.  25" l., 17" h.  American, c. 1940's  SOLD

Lurelle Guild for Kensington Aluminum, Bowl

No one really wants a fruit basket for Christmas.  Instead, a more thoughtful and lasting gift would be this cool, Machine Age Modern fruit bowl designed by Lurelle Guild for Kensington Aluminum.  11.5" diam., 5" h.  American, c. 1930's  $75.00

Wolfgang Hoffmann for Howell, Pair of Tables

Designed by one of the leaders in American Modernism, these chrome and black Micarta tables are quintessential Art Deco.  The tables were designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann and marketed through Howell Designs of St. Charles, Illinois.  26" l.,  13" d., 22" h.  American, c. 1930's  SOLD

Build Love Not Walls

Our Christmas windows this year were inspired by current events and by our December charity.  We have had lots of conversations over the past year with clients, friends, and family, many of whom are parents, about things that are happening in the world.  Many times during the course of these conversations, parents have talked about the ways in which they are discussing current events with and explaining world issues to their children.  With these conversations top of mind, the 'Build Love Not Walls' window came into being.  The idea was to present our message with very big (but not huge) kid's alphabet building blocks.  We began by cutting wood and assembling the nine plywood blocks.  Next we made stencils for the letters and cut, painted and attached them to the blocks.  The house was taken over as a window workshop for a few days.  When installing the blocks in the windows we wanted to literally build 'love' and tumble 'walls'.  This afternoon at 3 when the elementary school next to the shop let out, it was great to see so many kids looking at the windows with their parents.  I heard a couple of kids yelling "Build love!"
This year, our December charity is UNHCR Canada.  The Canadian UN Refugee Agency helps refugees and other displaced people "survive, recover and rebuild better futures".  https://give.unhcr.ca/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1920&ea.campaign.id=57651&en_txn10=16-SEM_Iraq&gclid=CKrRn_K84tACFQyNaQodHrYJ6Q&gclsrc=aw.ds
86 cents of every dollar donated to UNHCR goes directly to uprooted families.  As of this month, the monthly federal stipend for the first wave of Syrian refugees comes to an end as they enter their second year in Canada.  If you would like to donate to the UNHCR, please click on the link above.  It's easy.  During the month of December we will be donating 10 percent of the profits from each sale to UNHCR.

Mid-Century Arm Chair

Handsome and very comfortable mid-century arm chair with a walnut frame and caned back.  The tan and black herringbone upholstery is new.  29" w., 33" d. 29" h.  American, c. 1960's  SOLD