Collectibles

“Stool”

Price On Request "Gabon Stool" is the first series of furniture by Aranda/Lasch in collaboration with Gabon Boutique, a cooperative of artisans in Gabon Africa. The goal of the project is to create unique pieces that are locally sourced and crafted, and reveal what is possible through the convergence of contemporary design and vernacular arts. Stools are an imporatant part of Western African culture and traditionally symbolic of a chieftain's leadership where each stool is understood to be the seat of the owner's soul. The stools are made from the Movingui tree (Distemonanthus benthamianus) that has a beautiful red bark and yellow wood apprciated locally and used in furniture making throughout central Africa. The Movingui tree is extremely important in Gabonese tradition and medicines. In regards to local Gabonese culture, the Movingui is notably used as a protector tree, and regarded as spiritually linked with twins. The Gabon stool is designed to combine in pairs.

“Chimpanzee 282”

Price On Request "Chimpanzee 282" is part of Andrew Zuckerman's Creature 1:1 series, in which all works were created at the actual size of the animal photographed. Conceived with the intention of drawing out the essential qualities of its subjects, Creature 1:1 is aesthetically rooted in the illustrative indexing of the 19th century. The images establish themselves as a kind...

“The Plant Box + Watering Can”

Price On Request While browsing through vintage design shops in Vienna, designer Lee West was inspired to visit the Carl Auböck workshop at Bernardgasse 23 where he was greeted by Carl Auböck IV himself. During his visit, the pair formed a collaboration, and together they created an interior planter and watering can set. The objects are created from brass with...

“Germinate”

Price On Request Takeshita Keane's sculptural work, "Germinate," manifests the idea that while our lives may be difficult; one must take the seed of life with which one was born. From a foundation piece of clay, "Germinate" grew in the same way that a seed would grow from the earth, using a primitive method of clay-work called tebineri or hand...

“Bavaria Triptych Mirror”

Price On Request Crafted from Indian Rosewood, the "Bavaria Triptych Mirror" features intricate laser-cut inlays depicting idyllic farm motifs and the trappings of a pastoral life. Inspired by 17th- and 18th-century Bavarian hand-painted furniture, Studio Job playfully employs marquetry to impersonate the "fine art" of painting. They used seventeen colored dyes to create the inlays, which are made from various...

“Arashiyama”

Price On Request The Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, speaks to the powerful rejuvenating qualities of walking in nature. Its primary objective is an accessible path to wellness through sensory immersion. Perfumer Yann Vasnier and ceramicist Amir Smolnik developed "Arashiyama" to bring nature indoors through a perfume-dipped ceramic vessel. Vasnier traveled Kyoto to collect a molecular sample of...

Cassowary Bone Knife, Set of 3

Price On Request Collected from the field in the 1960s by Douglas Newton, head curator of the Tribal Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these daggers represent a typical tool or small weapon used by native tribesmen of New Guinea. Fashioned from the bones of cassowaries-a large, ostrich-like bird native to the region-these daggers were often worn as...

“Woodfired Raritan Clay Box”

Price On Request Drawn to the simplicity of form and the relationship between interior and exterior space, Rowan's boxes are part of a limited series crafted for Chamber from unprocessed clay containing all of its natural impurities. The "Woodfired Raritan Clay Box" was fired in a wood-fired kiln in which flash ash and coals from the seven-day firing process melt...

“Raritan Clay Box”

Price On Request Drawn to the simplicity of form and the relationship between interior and exterior space, Rowan's boxes are part of a limited series crafted for Chamber from unprocessed clay containing all of its natural impurities. Carved from a solid chunk of clay, the resulting shapes are of a human scale and ask to be discovered, as their closed...

“Stag at Trunk”

Price On Request Created in 1906, the graceful porcelain figurine, "Stag Theo at Trunk," was handcrafted by Theodor Kärner, one of the most celebrated German porcelain sculptors of the 20th century. Kärner was educated as a modeler at the Munich School for Applied Arts, and began his first position as a sculptor at the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory in 1905\\. The...

“English Longbow”

Price On Request The final bow in the series, "English Longbow" was inspired by bows found in the shipwreck of The Mary Rose King Henry VIII flagship, which sank in 1545 on its way to defeat a French invasion force, taking all 500 sailors down with her. The medieval longbows found in the wreck are the only ones known in...

“Mongolian Horn Bow”

Price On Request The second in a series of three bows, the "Mongolian Horn Bow" was fashioned in the style of bow used during the 13th century reign of Genghis Kahn and his flourishing Mongol Empire. Short and wide with long, lightweight tips to enable a heavy arrow to accelerate quickly and efficiently, this particular type of bow would have...

“Scythian Horn Bow”

Price On Request This series of three bows, crafted specially for the Chamber Collection, are composite bows made using ancient methods and naturally occurring materials. Meant to be used on horseback, they were fashioned from wood, horn, tendons and animal glue-all components of traditional bow making. This "Scythian Horn Bow," is modeled after the oldest style of bow studied by...

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