Monthly Archives: May 2009

New Inventory Updates

Center44 MIDTOWN MANHATTAN’S ANTIQUES AND MODERN MARKETPLACE   Gone Fishin’ We’re off for the holiday, but we’ll be back and ready to fry some fish on Tuesday, May 26th.  Please note: When we return, Center44 will have new hours:  Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm. We have so much great new bait, er, inventory, arriving daily that [...]

New Inventory Updates

Center44 MIDTOWN MANHATTAN’S ANTIQUES AND MODERN MARKETPLACE   Transparency There is a lot of extraordinary merchandise right now at Center44 in clear glass, lucite, and other see-through materials.  There are coffee and game tables, sets of side chairs and armchairs, firescreens, consoles, pedestals, lighting and artworks too numerous to present at one time.  We’ve selected a handful [...]

New Inventory Updates

Center44 MIDTOWN MANHATTAN’S ANTIQUES AND MODERN MARKETPLACE The Art of the Matter Straight From the Freight Rare Fornasetti Chair Center44 dealer Avalon just brought in this fabulous and rare Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) "musicale" chair.  It’s a c. 1950 example from the early production of the Italian master’s work in partially painted wood.   Although he made [...]

New Inventory Updates

Center44 MIDTOWN MANHATTAN’S ANTIQUES AND MODERN MARKETPLACE   Amorphous, Organic and Biomorphic amorphous: lacking definite form or having no specific shape. organic: of irregular contour suggesting forms found in nature. biomorphic: suggestive in shape of a living organism. The Center44 Portfolio Project Sandi Berman is well known in the antiques world as Skyscraper, selling Deco, [...]