89 free≤an’s american furniture, folk & decorative arts
11/13/12
327 Acoustic six-string guitar gibson-mandolin guitar company, kalamazoo, mi, circa 1917 Style: L-1; Number: 39326; the body with arched, ivory-banded sitka spruce top and mahogany sides and back, tortoise pickguard, ebony bridge and trapeze tailpiece; two circular bands of inlay surrounding the sound hole; the ebony and mother-of-pearl dot inlaid fingerboard with thirteen frets; the headstock inlaid, “The Gibson,” with ivory tuning pegs; retains original Gibson Guaranteed label, in hard case. L: 38 in. W: 13 3/4 in. $800-1,200
328 121659/1 Female figurine with mandolin tony duquette (california, 1914-1999) Signed lower right, “Duquette”; the standing female in elaborate 18th century-style dress and holding a mandolin, embellished with papier-mache, fabric, paint, paste jewels, and branches, mounted as a lamp. H: approx. 17 1/2 in. (figure) note: A Hollywood designer and artist, Tony Duquette was renowned for his wildly fanciful stage and film sets, interiors, jewelry, furnishings and costumes. Duquette was acclaimed internationally as well; he designed jewels for the Duchess of Windsor and was the first American to have a solo exhibition at the Louvre. $2,000-3,000
329 122059/1 Pair of copper and brass two-arm wall sconces oscar bruno bach (1884-1977), new york, ny, 1920s-1930s The two flattened C-shaped arms terminating in candle cups with gothic drops and everted rims, issuing from central square with canted corners with scroll and floral devices above and below; metal tag affixed to back brace bearing the artist’s signature. H: 14 1/4 in. $500-800