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    Mid Century Modern is a specialty of Karen & Albert Antiquinaires. Visit our Long Island gallery, Tom Tom, to get a feel for the architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture, and urban development from about 1933 to 1965

At right, GIDEON KRAMER / ION FURNITURE CO. Set of four Ion chairs in yellow fiberglass on steel bases. Ion labels.
Celebrate man’s craft
And the word spoken in shapeless night, the
Sharp tool paring away
Waste and the forms
Cut out of mystery!
                               — by Basil Bunting

At right, Chinese Modern pottery with rare full glaze inside and out. Circa 1940.
    Wildly varied in its stylistic periods, the Victorian Era takes its name from Queen Victoria, ruling the UK and is far dominions from 1837 to 1901. Love of novelty, the birth of the industrial era, and a new middle class with dis-cretionary income fueled the design world. And we still love it today.

At right, Pair of upholstered walnut side chairs with floral handcarving. Circa 1880. Upholstery by Emmma’s Son Fine Fabrics and Upholstery
Don’t let that horse
                 eat that violin
         cried Chagall’s mother
                                    But he
                       kept right on
                                       painting...
                                                     — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

At right, iconic collage typifying the latter pop art era. Signed T. Wesselman.
    So let the battered old willow thrash against the windowpanes and the house timbers creak. Darling, do you remember The man you married? Touch me, Remind me who I am.” — from Touch Me by Stanley J. Kunitz

At right, two piece American country cupboard with original paint and hardware. Circa 1870.
     “Lights are burning
      In quiet rooms
      Where lives go on
      Resembling ours…”
          — from Bus Stop by Donald Justice

At right, a Gnome lamp by the H.G. McFaddin & Co. with reverse hand-painted Czech glass shade and base. Circa 1920.
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    Highest bid wins!

At right, a small Victorian chest, circa 1880. (Item Sold)