The Modern Art & Design Auction is an exciting combination of pictures, glass, ceramics, jewellery and furniture and furnishings by revolutionary designers and artists, spanning the mid-20th Century to the present day.
Vintage, Retro and Contemporary furniture highlights include distinctive pieces by manufacturers including Ercol, G-plan, Vanson, Heals, Avalon, Meredew, Turnidge, and De Sede. Also, beautiful items by or after designers: Charles & Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen, Terence Conran, Kurt Ostervig, Kai Kristiansen, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Jonathan Charles, and others.
There is a strong lighting section, with items by or after designers including Feruccio Laviani, Luigi Masoni, Franco Bresciano, Goffredo Reggiani, Harvey Guzzini, Solken Leuchen and Peter Nelson.
Unusual items in the Ceramics and Glass include Poole Pottery items, especially pieces by Truda Adams and Glen Baxter; also Moorcroft, Charlotte Rhead, Clarice Cliff, Monart, Whitefriars, and Ambleside Studio Pottery and much more.
The modern and contemporary art section includes a collection of LGBTQ+ pride works, from leading artists such as Henry Hate, Jack Smith, Stephen Watkins, and Ivor Sexton. The merger of street art and contemporary is represented by Nancyboy (Stuart Semple), Dan Pierce, and Broken Cat, while works by mid 20th Century fine artists; L. S. Lowry, Clifford Hall RBA ROI, Bernard Kay, Wilf Roberts, Peter Kinley, George Donald RSA RSW, and Anthony Gross are studded throughout the sale. An uncommonly good collection of African art also features prominently; with works by Asiru Olatunde, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, and Twins Seven-Seven.
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Lot 1 - Lucian Ercolani - Ercol - Windsor, Model 391 - a set of four beech and elm dining chairs
Lot 2 - Calligaris - A contemporary Italian designer teak wood sideboard credenza / chest of drawers
Lot 5 - G Plan - E Gomme - A retro vintage circa 1960s mid century oak stool
Lot 8 - A vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960's walnut dining table
Lot 10 - Kurt Ostervig for Jason Mobler, retro vintage Danish gateleg dining table
Lot 11 - A retro vintage circa 1960s Danish inspired teak sideboard credenza
Lot 13 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960s teak two-tier trolley
Lot 14 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960s White & Newton teak wood chest of drawers
Lot 17 - A set of eight retro vintage mid 20th century dining chairs by Preben Schou of Denmark
Lot 19 - E Gomme - G Plan Furniture - Librenza - 20th Century dining table and chairs
Lot 20 - E Gomme - G Plan Furniture - Librenza - a mid 20th Century tola wood sideboard
Lot 22 - E Gomme - G Plan Furniture - Librenza: a mid 20th Century tola wood chest of drawers
Lot 25 - After Poul Hundevad - a retro vintage circa 1970's teak quartetto nest of tables
Lot 26 - Ercol - Lucian Ercolani - a retro vintage circa 1960's 20th Century elm dining table
Lot 29 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960s Danish inspired Chippy Heath telephone table
Lot 32 - Heals - a retro vintage 20th Century limed oak bedroom suite
Lot 33 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960s teak sideboard by Vanson
Lot 34 - Retro vintage investiture chair from the 1969 Prince of Wales Investiture
Lot 35 - G Plan - Librenza - E Gomme - a retro vintage 1960's tola wood chest on chest of drawers
Lot 36 - A pair of retro vintage 20th Century chest of drawers of upright form
Lot 37 - Greaves and Thomas - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960s teak bergere armchair
Lot 39 - B.C. Mobler - A retro vintage mid 20th century circa 1960's Metamorphic coffee table
Lot 40 - A set of three contemporary Eames EA 105 style office chairs by Vitra
Lot 41 - After Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe & Lilly Reich - two Barcelona chairs
Lot 42 - Jonathan Charles - an Art Deco inspired original contemporary designer desk of curved form
Lot 46 - G Plan - Victor B Wilkins - Astro Spider table - a retro vintage circa 1970's coffee table
Lot 47 - A pair of retro vintage industrial Space Age mid 20th Century circa 1960s occasional tables
Lot 48 - G Plan- a retro vintage mid 20th Century teak extendable dining table and chairs
Lot 49 - A Castelli for Kartel - a retro vintage mid 20th Century storage unit in burgundy
Lot 51 - G Plan - Brandon Range - a retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960's bedroom suite
Lot 53 - A retro vintage circa 1970's backgammon/chess/gaming/coffee table of rectangular form
Lot 54 - G Plan - Victor B Wilkins- a retro vintage mid 20th century circa 1960's teak headboard
Lot 55 - A pair of retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960's teak 'Fresco' wardrobes by G Plan
Lot 56 - Avalon - British Modern Design - a retro vintage mid 20th Century teak highboard sideboard
Lot 59 - A set of five retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1970's industrial mushroom stools
Lot 60 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1960s teak sideboard
Lot 61 - A contemporary marble twin pedestal table of rectangular form
Lot 62 - Stone International: Italian low marble coffee table, retailed by Heal & Son
Lot 64 - A retro vintage 20th Century industrial space age coffee table of circular form
Lot 68 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1970s swivel office chair
Lot 70 - A retro style Modern brass & glass square coffee occasional table by Harrods of London
Lot 71 - An original retro vintage industrial Danish office arm chair by Labofa
Lot 73 - Jacob Jensen for Bang & Olufsen - a retro vintage 1970s HIFI music cabinet
Lot 74 - A Danish Gangso Mobler long john coffee table of rectangular form
Lot 75 - After Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller: a contemporary Lounge chair and foot stool.
Lot 76 - A retro vintage mid 20th Century circa 1970s lucite trolley
Lot 79 - After Mies van der Rohe - a large contemporary Barcelona daybed
Lot 81 - Attributed to A.H McIntosh of Kirkaldy - a retro vintage 20th Century teakwood coffee table
Lot 83 - A retro vintage 20th Century teak wood nest of three tables by A.H McIntosh Of Kirkaldy.
Lot 84 - Meredew: A retro vintage 20th Century circa 1960's teak wood chest of drawers
Lot 85 - A retro vintage circa 1960's mid 20th Century teakwood dressing table by Meredew
Lot 86 - Ercol - Lucian Ercolani - Plank - Model 382 - retro vintage beech and elm dining table
Lot 87 - Lucian Ercolani for Ercol: a Windsor Model 355 Studio Couch Daybed
Lot 89 - Ercol - Lucien Ercolani - A retro vintage 20th Century circa 1980s coffee table square form
Lot 90 - Terence Conran - Burnham - a contemporary Terence Conran sofa/settee
Lot 92 - G Plan - Victor B Wilkins - E Gomme - Fresco: a mid 20th century teak sideboard/credenza
Lot 93 - An original retro vintage 20th Century De Sede Model DS46 5 piece modular sofa