Esoteric Survey

Barney Reid (1948) Wroughtan by Ritts bar cart designed by Forest Wilson. Thanks to Jonathan Goldstein for the ID! Designed Wood reversible tray for Richards Morgenthau/Raymor Gabriella Crespi and others.   General merchandise

John Caruthers I regretted not buying this in 2011 when it was at LAMA sale . Fortunately I was able to get a shot at it again.  Here's a photo I took at the 2011 LAMA preview  of all the pieces on a Rodney Walker table. It was  assumed that all the ceramics were by Tackett. It wasn't until years later that I figured out that the pleated face was actually by John Caruthers. Another Raymor spot lamp and a vintage scientific model having something to do with color theory (I think). Kay Bojesen and crew California Hard-Edge Painting exhibition catalog from 1964. It was directed by Jules Langser.

 Here is my load from Downtown Modernism.  It was another great one! Donald Drumm wall mounted candelabra and more of the Raymor spot lamps. Some dealers/auctions have attributed them to Harry Gitlin but I don't think Raymor sold his lamps. Handmade stool that has a label from the City/County of San Francisco. I'm curious if they worked with someone we might know on some sort of commission. Freeman Lederman bell. These are from their Import Collection. Although it does have a Tackett look, I think it was part of a collection they imported from Japan. A tea set by Richard Shaw Aluminum box and a nice Joel Edwards Olga Lee, Charles Allen, Paul McCobb and George Nelson

Craft geek stuff  Richard Mills from the Artist-Foundary Movement that was happening in San Jose in the 1960s. Dave Hampton wrote a book about it: Pouring Metal in the South Bay Lamps Alvar Aalto stools Sottsass, Peter Shire and a metal Raymor vase Japanese things

  Ben Seibel Jenfredware and a pair of lamps by Raymor. Coat rack

Meridian clock by Raymor and Howard Miller Abel Sorensen Tunsi Girard, Alexander's brother Bruce Hill for Peter Pepper Products

Tackett Associates / Raymor