Specializing in fine examples of the American Arts and Crafts movement.
THE EXHIBITION CLOSED ON THE EIGHTEENTH OF JANUARY. THE SHOP WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WHILE I TAKE DOWN THE EXHIBIT AND GET THE SHOP SET BACK UP AS A SHOP. STAY TUNED!  Tulips at my exhibit on the last day...
Today is the last day of the exhibition. It has been so wonderful to be able to share with so many people the work of the Dirk van Erp studio which I have loved for so many years. I have learned so much I hadn't known before-by sharing, by seeing the objects outside of my home environment, by hearing others' thoughts and experiences with pieces of their own they have collected and lived with too. Generative and thrilling both, this show has been. I only wish I could keep the exhibit set up forever for other people to see and enjoy.
I have also learned a great deal about tulips in the process. I have bought fresh tulips each week to feature in the center of the show space in August Tiesselinck's tulipiere crafted by Adrien Pijnacker (circa 1660). Three in the front, five in the back. The Dutch knew how to turn the tulips into a natural crown. The center holder in the back is larger than the rest, meant to hold three tulips where all the others hold one. Ten tulips. Not by the dozen. That's the way they are sold to this day as people have come to learn what the Dutch knew long ago. The tulipiere is the one and perfect holder for them. And when they are placed in the tulipiere they change of their own will. As Arlene Baxter said last night, "...and they grow!" She was right! I knew that a grouping of erect tulips in the following days would bend in graceful, unexpected gestures every which way. And Arlene asserted correctly that they also grow in length in a brief period of time. The tulips which I had cut fresh so they could drink while they "stood" in the vase had actually gotten considerably longer so they could sway outward and dance.They had minds and wills of their own. And I came to love that unexpected free will of theirs, as well as the incredible variety and shades of petals and innards which glow with hidden spirit and beauty. No wonder there were WARS over tulip varieties in the early days of Holland's love affair with the unique flowers. But yesterday and today... Yesterday the last bunch I had purchased were all turned downward, for the very first time in two months, it was like a living frown. Well..., I said to myself outloud ( with an implyed "Too bad", resigned to let them speak their own poetry even if it made me unhappy...), a bit dismayed that this had come to pass and taking it as a sign. The show was coming to an end and even the tulips were sad.... I woke up this morning and the tulips had taken a different turn. To my amazement and happiness, here, pictured above this paragraph, is what they look like today. Now and forever, something new and wonderful: I will always love and admire tulips... Thanks to all who made this exhibit a true joy for me. I will always remember it as being a very special time in my career in the Arts and Crafts. Isak Lindenauer January 18, 2015 
Harvey Ellis sideboard and rush seat chairs, top shelf: sessions clock, handled Fulper vase, Wheatley prairie lamp. Lower shelf: Delft peacock tile, large Van Briggle vase.
The D'Arcy Gaw cattail firescreen. c.1909
Group of rare large van Erp vases to be featured in the upcoming exhibit.
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Isak Lindenauer
4143 19th Street
San Francisco, California
94114
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For those who are just finding out about my shop: I buy and sell Craftsman, Stickley, and other Mission Oak Arts & Crafts furniture, art pottery, copper and other art metal, California plein air and tonalist paintings, woodblocks by William Rice, Frances Gearhart, Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, Elizabeth Burton, Elizabeth Norton, and Margaret Patterson, furniture by Gustav Stickley, L&JG Stickley, Stickley Brothers,Charles Stickley, Roycroft, Limbert, Lifetime, Shop of the Crafters, Harden, Michigan Chair Co, art pottery by Newcomb, Grueby, Rookwood, Van Briggle, Rhead, Robertson, Arequipa, California Faience, Marblehead, Ohr, and a large selection of Art tiles by many makers: Claycraft, Bachelder, Richmond Art Tile, Marblehead, Grueby, Rookwood, and Wheatley, fine lighting of the period by van Erp, Limbert, Tiffany, Handel, Duffner and Kimberly, Bigelow and Kennard, Old Mission Kopperkraft and Bradley & Hubbard , hammered metalwork by Dirk van Erp, August Tiesselinck, Harry Dixon, Fred Brosi, Hans Jauchens, Old Mission Kopperkraft, Armen Herenian, Mills & Burnley, The Copper Shop, Limbert, Stickley Brothers, Liberty's lines of pewter and silver: Tudric and Cymric, Kalo, Shreve, and Tiffany studios, a selection of arts and crafts art nouveau and jugendstil jewelry by makers such as Liberty of London, Charles Horner, William Hair Haseler, Archibald Knox, Murrle Bennett, Theodor Fahrner, Heinrich Levinger, Peer Smed, and other period enamel pieces by Shepard, Charles Robbins Co., and Watson Newell Co., and vintage textiles, books and associated periodicals of the day: Craftsman magazines, Philopolis press, and Paul Elder. Please feel free to contact me if you have quality Arts and Crafts to sell or if you may be looking for any of the above work. At any given time you will certainly find examples of much of this work here...
Copyright © 2014-2021 Isak Lindenauer
4143 19th Street
San Francisco, California
94114
If you'd like to be on a list to receive updates
about new inventory and special shop events, or if
you have particular "wants" to fill out your home, business,
or specific collection, please use the contact form on this
site and send me an email with your email address and
any other pertinent information.
For those who are just finding out about my shop: I buy and sell Craftsman, Stickley, and other Mission Oak Arts & Crafts furniture, art pottery, copper and other art metal, California plein air and tonalist paintings, woodblocks by William Rice, Frances Gearhart, Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, Elizabeth Burton, Elizabeth Norton, and Margaret Patterson, furniture by Gustav Stickley, L&JG Stickley, Stickley Brothers,Charles Stickley, Roycroft, Limbert, Lifetime, Shop of the Crafters, Harden, Michigan Chair Co, art pottery by Newcomb, Grueby, Rookwood, Van Briggle, Rhead, Robertson, Arequipa, California Faience, Marblehead, Ohr, and a large selection of Art tiles by many makers: Claycraft, Bachelder, Richmond Art Tile, Marblehead, Grueby, Rookwood, and Wheatley, fine lighting of the period by van Erp, Limbert, Tiffany, Handel, Duffner and Kimberly, Bigelow and Kennard, Old Mission Kopperkraft and Bradley & Hubbard , hammered metalwork by Dirk van Erp, August Tiesselinck, Harry Dixon, Fred Brosi, Hans Jauchens, Old Mission Kopperkraft, Armen Herenian, Mills & Burnley, The Copper Shop, Limbert, Stickley Brothers, Liberty's lines of pewter and silver: Tudric and Cymric, Kalo, Shreve, and Tiffany studios, a selection of arts and crafts art nouveau and jugendstil jewelry by makers such as Liberty of London, Charles Horner, William Hair Haseler, Archibald Knox, Murrle Bennett, Theodor Fahrner, Heinrich Levinger, Peer Smed, and other period enamel pieces by Shepard, Charles Robbins Co., and Watson Newell Co., and vintage textiles, books and associated periodicals of the day: Craftsman magazines, Philopolis press, and Paul Elder. Please feel free to contact me if you have quality Arts and Crafts to sell or if you may be looking for any of the above work. At any given time you will certainly find examples of much of this work here...
Copyright © 2014-2021 Isak Lindenauer