Floor Lamps

WOODBURY, Conn. – Nine phone bidders and multiple Internet bidders competed for an unusual pair of Finnish modernist brass floor lamps that sold for $58,800 in Woodbury Auction’s annual Holiday Fine Estates Auction on Dec. 8. LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding. The lamps were designed by Paavo Tynell (1890-1973) around 1950 and were produced by […]

NEW YORK — Like the notable 20th-century architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Eero Saarinen, who designed furnishings to complement their buildings, Italian architect Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) excelled at translating architectural principles into decor. As one of a handful of women in the postwar Italian modern movement, she stood out from the crowd. Her keen design […]

NEW YORK – Daum, a luxury art glass company founded in 1878 in Nancy, France, is famed for its eclectic range of innovative and delightful creations. While Daum reached the apex of its cultural influence during the Art Nouveau period, it has survived and flourished by pointedly refusing to rest on its beautifully gilded laurels.