Plaza Vanity by Michael Graves

Probably one of the rarest & most important works of late-20th century art furniture ever created!! In particular, an absolute tour-de-force by Michael Graves --- the greatest Postmodernist Architect of the 20th century! In terms of form and composition, one could liken it to many of Graves' buildings (Humana Tower, Louisville; Portland Municipal Building, Portland, Oregon; Government of the Netherlands Congress Bldg; etc. The Plaza vanity and stool is a true Museum-piece with pivoting brass-rimmed silvered mirror, hand-matched bird's-eye maple, lacquered wood (in his archetypal color palette of grayish-teal), mirrored "Busby Berkley-ish perfume shelves, brass and elegant light blue-gray velvet upholstery. Only approx. 40 units ever made. Will be sold with original provenance...

The notion of the container and the secrecy that can abound from it was an important preoccupation for the stellar Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata --- perhaps because he grew out of...

The "D'Antibes" cabinet was designed by George Sowden (UK), one of the early members of the Memphis collective and husband to Nathalie du Pasquier (thus explaining her influence, vis-a-vis the silkscreened decorations on the cabinet's sides. George early on thought of it as a medicine cabinet, an apothecary vitrine or just a small bookcase. In my first great apartment on the Detroit River, it was my towel...

The Bel Air armchair, designed in 1982 for the second historic Memphis exhibition, is by radical Southern California iconoclast Peter Shire. With its "beachball"-like corner sculptur...

This extremely rare cabinet by Martine Bedin, one of the early Memphis practitioners, was emblematic of the collective's fascination with HPL laminates. Secret shelves and drawers, t...

Designed by Ettore Sottsass himself after his iconic full-scale object, the Carlton cabinet. Perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase. The vivid colors and seemingly random interplay of solids and voids suggest AvantGarde painting...

Wooden dresser from the 1930s designed by Tomaso Buzzi made by fine Italian manufacture. The structure is completely in wood, at the sides there are two drawer units, composed of four drawers on each side, with metal handles.In the middle there is a single drawer that connects both sides. The feet of the vintage vanity dresser...

Michael Gittings Studio. Unique crinkle cabinet Hand beaten, polished aluminium and brushed aluminium. Measures: 197 cm 110 cm 42 cm. Michael Gittings Melbourne based designer...

Michael Gittings Studio. Steppes armoire Blackened timber frame with copper exterior and woven copper doors Measures; 100 cm 180 cm 55 cm Edition of ...

This chest of drawers is made from ebony wood that originated in Madagascar. It features matte gray lacquered drawers, whose front is covered in genuine leather with ebony trim. The ...

1980 Faux Marble Heart Black Laminate Mirror Vanity Dresser Desk. Light in the Mirror works perfectly Vanity desk dimensions Width: 67.5 Heig...

This magnificent chest is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready. A ...