DESIGNinTELL: SHOWS & EVENTS

SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW PREVIEW | DEALER’S CHOICE

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Zoe G. Settle

One of our favorite shows, the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, [ www.sffas.org] takes place this week (October 27-30), with the theme “Hidden Treasures.” Called “the design event of the season on the west coast” (Jeffery Allan Marks on Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorator), SFFAS has assembled over 60 dealers, exhibiting a trove of fine and decorative arts. As a special preview VandM asked a dozen dealers to select a favorite piece. Check back for more news after the opening!

THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW, FESTIVAL PAVILION, FORT MASON CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO

This pair of giltwood klismos armchairs (circa 1835) was made for Adrian Hope, who like his father, Thomas Hope, was a major promoter of the arts in Regency England.

KENTSHIRE GALLERY, 700 MADISON AVENUE,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, (212) 242-1100;
www.kentshire.com

Alfred Janniot’s plaster Tête Idéale, 17.7”x 18.9”x 13”, was a study for the head of the central figure in the group Homage à Jean Goujon. The complete carving decorates the façade of Hôtel du Collectionneur, a celebrated pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exposition.

GALERIE LEFEBVRE,
15 RUE DU PRÉ AUX CLERCS, PARIS;
www. gallery-lefebvre.com

From America’s Renaissance Revival, the recently discovered Neoclassical Mural Study by an unknown artist, circa 1910, depicts the Rite of Spring. The study for a mural was a celebration, but of what: a bacchanalia or California’s new agricultural power?
SULLIVAN GOSS—AN AMERICAN GALLERY, 7 EAST ANAPAM STREET, SANTA BARBARBA, CALIFORNIA;
www.sullivangoss.com
Henry Moore designed this table for his family’s vacation home in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, and asked the nearby Henraux Marble Works to execute his design in 1963 or 1964. Travertine was one of his favorite stones, and he also used it as flooring for the villa.
CARLTON HOBBS, 60 EAST 93 STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;
www. carltonhobbs.com

This first edition of The Book of the Pearl is a fine example of Edwardian book making, with 24 illustrations on 16 color plates and 175 duotone illustrations on 79 plates (New York: The Century Company, 1908).

PETER FETTERMAN GALLERY, 2525 MICHIGAN AVENUE GALLERY A1,
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA;
www.peterfetterman.com
©Lillian Bassman, courtesy of Peter Fetterman Gallery
A crescent moon and griffin gleam with 5 carats of Ceylon-colored sapphires and 3 ¼ carats of diamonds in this silver over 18 carat gold brooch, circa 1860s-1870s.
LAWRENCE JEFFREY ESTATE JEWELRY,
33 WEST STREET, LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT;
www.lawrencejeffrey.com
This rare 31-star flag was made between 1850, when California became the thirty-first state, and 1858. In this whimsical variation of the “Great Star” pattern a pentagon of stars surrounds a single star.
JEFF BRIDGMAN,
14 FRANKLIN CHURCH ROAD,
YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA;
www.jeffbridgman.com
New cream-colored leather upholstery with nail-head trim dresses a Frits Henningsen settee, circa 1940. Like all of Henningsen’s designs, this was completely handmade.
ALMON HARTZOG GALLERY,
111 RHODE ISLAND STREET, SUITE 3, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA;
www.almondhartzog.com
The hand-colored lithograph was approved and declared to be the official map of California by an Act of the Legislature passed on March 25, 1853.
ARADER,
435 JACKSON STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO;
www.aradersf.com
An eighteenth century Italian silk-floss embroidered antependium, 35.5” x 91”, once decorated the front of an altar (detail).
KATHLEEN TAYLOR—THE LOTUS COLLECTION, 445 JACKSON STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNA;
www.ktaylor-lotus.com
Therien & Co., which has participated in the SFAAS since the beginning 30 years ago, features a pair of urns, circa 1950, attributed to Jean Luneau.

THERIEN & CO.,
411 VERMONT STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; www.therien.com
　

HAYDEN & FANDETTA RARE BOOKS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK; www.haydenandfandettararebooks.com

The doyenne of fashion photography Lillian Bassman was known for her interest in pure form, as exhibited in Across the Restaurant, Paris, 1949. Originally shot for Harper’s Bazaar, the gelatin silver print is the last of an edition of 25.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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