Very early, rare and wonderful Dirk van Erp flat top lamp almost certainly the work of the studio's foreman, August Tiesselinck. The most labor intensive cut out work on any of the flat top lamps I have ever seen. Excellent original condition. 19"H x 19W. Broken box, Dirk van Erp mark which dates it to 1913-1914. Likely among the first of the flat top designs. The only one I have ever seen with this four squared clover leaf cut out work, a riff on flower forms and windmills both!

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Specializing in Stickley, Limbert, Roycroft, van Erp, Grueby, Newcomb, Rookwood, Handel lamps, plein air paintings, woodblocks, and more; fine examples of the American Arts and Crafts movement 1896-1916.

You can email me at [email protected]. or call me at 415 552-6436, any time from 10 a.m. to 5.p.m (the shop number).  If you want to make a purchase, I accept Paypal and Square payments. 
Isak Lindenauer
4143 19th Street
San Francisco, California
​94114

Whistle while you work. Happy to say, business has been brisk lately!

Tiffany Studios counterbalance floor lamp with spider feet. Iridescent gold feathered damascene shade. Base and shade both signed. "L.C.T. Favrile" and Tiffany Studios, New York with the numbers 463. 54"H. By descent in the same family. Excellent original condition.

Rare Newcomb College crash linen table runner with a darning stitch pattern of yellow flowers, perhaps Southern Magnolias, in what I believe is Pearsall's tussah silk with green, purple and blue thread in the background. 44" Length. 18" Width, including its embroidered circle border repeat. In generally good condition with some slight staining, a stitched center and the linen's ends which are doubled over and stitched in the same very fine and even manner. The runner has been stored, folded in a drawer for at least twenty years rather than rolled which I have done since acquiring it. Rolling it for storage has softened the folds somewhat and I am certain it will improve greatly from the proper conservation which I will leave to its next owner.

Xavier Martinez.Portrait of man in white robe. Signature: Signed/inscribed "Paris" with monogram lower right. Date Created: 1899. Medium/Ground: Oil on canvas board. Size: 10 3/8in x 7 3/8in; 12 3/4in x 9 3/4in (frame). Exhibited at the Oakland Museum Xavier Martinez retrospective, 1974. In 1897 Xavier Martinez entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Atelier Gerome (Jean-Leon Gerome, 1824-1904), and in 1900 the Academy of Eugene Carriere (1849-1906). From the Family of Xavier Martinez (1869-1943), Elsie Whitaker Martinez (1890-1984), and Micaela Martinez DuCasse (1913-1989). Work from the brief early period during which Martinez studied and painted in Paris is extremely rare.

Grueby tile with two loons. 4" x 4".

William Keith landscape. oil on board, in a polychrome frame with carved peonies by Arthur and Lucia Mathews' furniture shop, c. 1906. (The clouds of the old century break as the blue sky and the sunshine of a new century begins.) Oil on board: 4 3/4" x 8 1/4 ". frame: 14" x 18".

 "A Happy New Year, from William Keith to John Zeile, January 1, 1900. S. F." William Keith, premier California painter occupied a space in the same house in which the Mathews had their Furniture Shop as a post earthquake business endeavor along with their publication, Philopolis. The building was the home of Zeile who was their partner in business at 1717 California Street in San Francisco.

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    I owned this particular painting some thirty years ago. It was formerly in the collection of my old friend, noted Northern California collector and dealer, Don Ritchie, from whom I purchased the painting. I then sold it to the Getty family. Thereafter it was housed in Bernard Maybeck's Temple of the Wings in Berkeley, 2800 Buena Vista Way. After Ann Getty's passing, many of the objects in their home in Pacific Heights were offered for sale. I was fortunate to be able to buy the framed artwork a second time and bring it back to the city in which it was painted and where its illustrious frame was carved and painted as well. William Keith's and the Furniture Shop's turn of the century association is well documented. (I've been told that both the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and the De Young Museum here in San Francisco have or have had two or more Keith paintings in Mathews frames but I have yet to see them or corroborate this information.) It means a lot to me to be able to offer this wonderful collaborative work of art again; unexpected, gentle surprise in the ever-turning world of things.The Maybeck house has an interesting history worth reading which can be reached through the link which follows: http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/temple_of_wings.html

Seven volume set of extremely rare issues of Philopolis, the art issues published by Arthur and Lucia Mathews. 1906-1915. Profusely illustrated, hand colored covers. The covers in various states of disrepair; the interiors clean as a whistle. $1400.

The golden Calfornia poppy, their emblem.

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Rare Florence Lundborg poster for The Lark. San Francisco, 1896. Image only 13" x 16". 3,300.

Five lobed Grueby with buds. 8" H. $4,400.

Maitland-Smith hammered copper and bronze crocodile lidded vessel. 12"H x 15"W. You like my "Croc pot?"

Roycroft American Beauty vase. 181/2" H. Great original patina.

William Seltzer Rice woodblock. "The Arastra." Image only: 12 1/2" x 9 1/2". $4,400.

Westraven Utrecht porceleyne fles Delt floral tile and six coasters, tube lined. six coasters, each just under 3"D, tea tile, just under 6". a few small chips., the set of seven tiles.

Carte de visite case in black lacquer with mother of pearl inlay, painting of a floral bouquet with one rose in various colors with gold, ivory mouth and red velvet lining. c. 1880. 3" x 4 1/2".

short Limbert bookshelf. #301. 29" x 16" x 101/2".

Squeezebag Arequipa bowl. Frederick Rhead. 1912. 9"W x 2"H.

Aurora Studios boudoir lamp. 11 1/2"H x 10 1/2"W. #8. April 14, 2000.

Large Van Briggle teo color poppy vase. Teens. 11"H. $775.

Lifetime Puritan line smoker's cabinet. 28"H, 24"W, 14"D. $1,950. Prairie embroidered runner. 48" x16". SOLD

Stickley Brothers pedestal. H: 27 inches: W: 14 inches: D: 14 inches -

Roycroft candleholder. 4.5" x 3 1/8" x 1.5"h. $110.

the Ramona. Sessions clock. good working order. c. 1908. 31"H x 15"W. $1,250.

Early Dirk van Erp hammered copper vase. 3"H x 4 1/2"W. original patina. Dirk van Erp within an unbroken box. c. 1911-1912. $1,300.

Early Dirk van Erp hammered copper box with rolled rim. original patina. 3 3/4"H x 4 1/4"W. Dirk van Erp within a broken box. c.1913-1914.

Stickley Brothers canted settle. Length: 61", Depth: 30", Height: 36".

L. & J. G. Stickley one door bookcase 54″h x 29.75″w (33″w with tenons) x 12″d. Signed "The Work Of...."

Green and blue Arequipa vase with leaf blade decoration. 7 1/2"H x 5"W. Marked 206 S, and Arequipa California.

Charles Horner floral, enamel, silver pendant with enamel drop. 2"H x 1"W. Chester, 1909. $$925.

"Alluvial Fan" woodcut. Leo N. Bushman. 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" image only. 92/100. 1982. in a great, carved, American primitive frame. 24" W x 21"H. $900.

Pair of Roycroft five panel bookends with rolled top border. beautiful planishing and riveted bottoms. 4"W x 6"H. $525, the pair.

Grueby waterlily tile. 6" x 6". $1,150.

Roycroft Princess candlesticks with a brass wash. 3 1/2" W x 8"H. $625, the pair.

L. & J.G. Stickley one drawer desk, signed. 24"D x 42"W.

Stickley hall tree, unsigned. 71 1/2"H.

Dleft poreleyne de fles swan tile. approximately 9" x 5". $425.

L. & J.G. Stickley #281 settle in leather with cross stitched pillows. Signed "The Work of...." (Circa 1910). Height: 34 inches, Width: 76 inches, Depth: 31 inches. original spring cushion.

Wonderful folk art mahogany blanket chest with the alphabet hand carved in its top around the perimeter. Lifetime hardware! Carved a hundred plus years ago as a Christmas gift to RHH whose initials appear in a diamond on the front of the chest, from KM in 1914. 37 1/2"L x 19"W x 15"H. $950.

Hampshire electrified oil lamp with pierced and rivet decorated hexagonal copper shade with leaves and floral cut outs and metal fringe. Inner shade lined in fine mesh backed by vellum. 20"H. Shade:18"W. $4,800

Art Crafts Shop of Buffalo, humidor and match holder. humidor, unmarked: humidor: 7"H x 5"W, match holder: 21/2"H x 2"W. $700 the pair.

Handel lamp base. 20"H.

large Albert Berry wavy ridged vase. with banded foot. 71/2"H x 5"W. The mouth with delicate stippled edge. $2500.

Detail of wave-form mouth with rhythmic stippling.

J.B.K. & Co. embroidered poppy pillow cover. 15" x 15".

Brush McCoy amaryllis vase. 3 1/2"H x 4"W. $200.

Niloak vase. 4 1/2"H x 3"W. $120.

Unusual Heintz leaf design lamp with mica inserts. #5508. 141/2"H x 81/2"W.$1950.

Cincinnati Shop of the Crafters library table, clip corner, quartered oak. Height: 30 inches. Top: 48 inches by 48 inches. Marquetry panels of imported, colored Austrian woods.

Little Pewabic luster vase with turquoise mouth and crimped shoulder. 2 1/2" x 2 1/2".

L. & J.G. Stickley paddle armchair with cross stitched leather. Signed " L. & J.G. Stickley Handcraft". (circa 1912). Height: 40 inches, Width: 27 inches.

Matching L. & J.G. Stickley footstool with arched sides and double through tenons. 20"L x 131/2"W x 16"H. Signed " The Work of L.&J.G. Stickley".

An oak and slag glass mission style table lamp I assume is W. B. Brown. in excellent condition. 22"H x 12"W.

Plique a jour necklace in the form of a basket filled with flowers. Aquamarine, emeralds, and pearls. Marked: Depose. $3,850

Handel chrysanthemum table lamp. Double signed. $7,000.

(Even with the lights off, this shade is a stand out!)

Iridescent Pewabic bottle vase. 5"H x 4 1/2"W.

Exceptional example of Old Mission Kopperkraft eucalyptus leaf and four pod bookends. 5"H x 6"W x 4"D. $4,000, the pair. ( A 3 pod pair with some restoration is listed further down in the inventory.)

A decorated Marblehead bowl in a leaf pattern. 8"D x 2"H. ( invisible, restored hairline.) $1,650.

Brass table lamp with a mica shade with a Greek key design. 21"H x 14"W. $975.

Rookwood lamp base by Kataro Shirayamadani with paper whites and leaves as decoration. Restoration to chips on one foot. Special shape number S1644. dated 1903. 8 1/2"W x 9 1/4"H. $2,850.

Gustav Stickley smoker's cabinet. Height: 29 inches. Width: 20 inches. Depth: 15 inches. signed in the top drawer with the red joiner's compass and the name "Gustav Stickley" below. (circa 1904-1912).

Stickley smoker's cabinet interior.

Prang vase with flambe and leopard skin glaze. 81/2"H. c, 1910. $925.

California Faience desert Yucca tile. $1,100.

Dirk van Erp conical table lamp. c.1915-29. H. 21". $18,500. (Exhibited in Leeuwarden, Holland at the landmark van Erp exhibition in 2018.)

Dirk van Erp bamboo bookends. 5" x 5" x 6".

Large Jugendstil sterling and chrysoprase brooch in the manner of Theodor Fahrner. Marked on the reverse with an A inside a circle, the word " Geschutzt",(protected) and a crescent moon to the left of a crown. post 1888. 3"W x 2" H. $800

Jugendstil four pointed brooch with leaf decoration. Sterling silver, Maab pearl. and amazonite . 1 1/4"D $825

Weller Roma vase with poppy decoration. 10"H. $325.

L & J.G. Stickley book table. 29"H x 27" x 27"W. "The Work of...." $,8000.

Shop interior with L. & J.G, Stickley book table, Dirk van Erp lamps, and a rare Honduran mahogany armchair (circa 1909) attributed to Jack Peterson who crafted the furniture for Charles and Henry Greene's Thorsen house. (See Randall Makinson's book "Greene and Greene, The Passion and the Legacy" for further information on Peterson.)

Large Newcomb college vase with iris decoration decorated by Sadie Irvine. 13 1/2 inches high. dated 1914. $22,000.

Stickley Brothers spindle bookshelf. 26"W x 12"D x 31"H.

Stickley Brothers round tea table. 25"W x 26"H. $1,100.

Blue and green enamel Art Crafts Shop of Buffalo candlestick. #3007. 6 1/2"H x 5"W. $1,100.

Forest Craft landscape bookends. 6"W x 51/2"H x 3"D. $1,400 the pair.

Rookwood vase with violets as a design. 1923. 6"H. Harriet Wilcox.$925.

L. & J.G. Stickley hexagonal table. #563. Height: 29 inches. Top: 48 inches by 48 inches. signed "The Work of....(circa 1910).

Shop interior with L. & J.G. Stickley trestle table : 30"W x 48"L x 29"H. $2,950, Gustav Stickley corner cabinet, Grueby lamp with Bigelow and Kennnard shade, and set of four Gustav Stickley rush seat spindle dining chairs.

Charles Horner double entrelac enamel necklace. marked CH. $1,950.

Gustav Stickley chamber stick #74. 7"D x 9"h. $1,350

Gustav Stickley revolving bookrack. 13" x 13" x 8"H.

Large unsigned scalloped copper bowl in the manner of Harry Dixon. 9" W x 4"H. $350.

Lifetime single door bookcase. 49.5" H x 30.5" W x 13" D.

Roycroft leather mat. 8"D, edge losses and general wear.

Cordova shops leather mat. Frederick Kranz signature. 7 1/2"D. edge losses and general wear.

Sterling fluted octagonal bowl with Carmel/Fourteenth Century style border. Marked: Sterling, L.H. Service & Co. Berkeley, Cal. 10"D. $750.

California Porcelain crystalline lamp c. 1923.21 1/2" tall. height of vase body, 101/2" $1,250

Edwardian amethyst and mother of pearl and enamel lavalier. $3,600.

Gustav Stickley book trough. #74, "V" trough over a lower shelf supported by double key and tenon construction at sides, original finish, signed . 33"w x 10.5"d x 31"h.

Charles Grant, "Idyll", 1904. image: 12" x 12", frame: 18" x 18". $5,500.

Hallmark: J.B.& B. Co. silver. J B Bennett & Company, 1906..1907, London. Celtic enamel pendant. $2,400.

Clemens Friedell sterling rose brooch. Pasadena. Handwrought. Approximately 3"W x 2" H. $875.

Shop interior with Gustav Stickley, Harvey Ellis designed nine drawer chest of drawers with wrought copper pulls. #913. ( circa 1904-1912, from the collection of Don Magner) Height: 50 1/2 inches, Width: 36 inches, Depth: 20 inches.

Elizabeth Norton woodblock of a "Leopard". 91/2" x 63/4" image only. 1923. del et imp.( drawn and printed by same). as compelling an animal woodblock as you are ever likely to see. Norton essentializes animals like few other artists can. $2700.

Leopard skin, crystalline Fulper vase with buttressed handles. 11"H

Jauchen's Olde Copper Shop vase, #013, with narrow neck and flared mouth. Strong planishing. 71/2"H. $1850.

Glasgow rose embroidered runner on linen. Excellent original condition. 16' X 34". $850.

Syracuse school cobra lamp; likely the work of Turchin of New York. 23" L x 10" H x 8" W.

El Camino Real bell. Forbes foundry. 9"H. $145.

Stickley Brothers canted bookshelf. 41 1/2"H, x 14"W. 9 1/2" D at the top, 13 1/2" D at the bottom

Plique a jour necklace with peridot and pearls. French. $2,850.

Plique a jour necklace (backless enamel) with the outside light behind it.

D'Arcy Gaw/Dirk van Erp table lamp. 1910. 13 1/2". $18,500.

Gustav Stickley #908 Oak Mirror circa 1900. quarter sawn oak with branded signature. 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 7 in. $3,450.

Dirk van Erp teapot. 9" spout to back of handle x 6" W, 9" H. $3,500.

Old Mission Kopperkraft eucalyptus leaf and pod bookends. (Restored) 5"H x 6"W x 4"D. $2850, the pair.

Hand wrot copper and mica lamp by Fred Brosi for Ye Olde Coppershoppe, early and unique as far as I can tell. .22" H x 20"W. $15,000.

Edwardian moonstone festoon necklace. $1,675.

Heintz daffodil vase. 12'H X 5"W. $800.

Dirk van Erp little red warty hammered copper vase. 5"H x 6"D. Circa 1915.

Colorful table round, 22"D along with Royal Society packet in which it came. $350.

Roycroft #905 mica panel copper lamp. 14" H x 8" W x 8" D. $4,500.

Stickley Brothers bookshelf. #4602 16"w x 13"d x 47"h.

Jaucvhen's eucalyptus bud vase. 9 1/2"H .(restored) $1,100.

Roycroft acanthus design copper table lamp. 14 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W. Shade is 9 3/4th diameter. $4,800.

Iridescent floral designed Weller Sicard vase. 4 1/4"H x 4"W. $1,250.

Four handled floral Van Briggle bowl. 6"H x 9"W. late teens. $950.

Rare Claycraft tile of a cabin in the redwoods. Tile only 8" x 8". beautifully framed

Hammered copper box with repousse poppies design, attributed to Frederick Lueders. 3"H x 5"W x 3 1/4"D

L. & J. G. Stickley clip corner tabouret. 16" x 16" top, x 19 1/4" H.

Grand Wheatley vase with Acanthus decoration. A rare and unusual form. 12"H x 10" W.

Early Gustav Stickley clip corner table. #611. 1901-1902. 24" x 24" x 29"H. $3,500.

Dirk van Erp stand with three heavily planished struts. 29" H. (Attributed. The ashtray is missing. Often it is the insert and not the bottom of the stand which is signed.) $1,600.

The bottom of the stand has medium sized, regular and spaced planishing hammer marks.

Newcomb college moss and moon scenic vase. 8 1/2" 1925. Sadie Irvine. $6,500.

Set of four Gustav Stickley spindle chairs with rush seats. 40"H x 15 1/2"W x 16'D. $6,000 the four.

Dirk van Erp planished bookends with hammered decorative outer band. 5"W x 4 1/4"H x 3 1/4"D. $1,200 the pair.

Large L. & J. G. Stickley mirror. 40"W x 26 1/2"H. Original glass, some scratching, silver loss. Replaced hooks. Handcraft decal. $2,150.

Arthur Putnam bronze. Lynx ready to spring. San Francisco, 1909. Cast at the Rudier Foundry in Paris. 91/2" x 31/2" x 4". $5500 (A second example of this cast is part of the Putnam collection in the San Diego Museum of Art.)