This piece featuring fine and sterling silver and 14k gold has a special compartment in which its wearer can stash lipstick, keys, or other small essentials.
Mid-century design is characterized by clean lines and a spirit of experimentation.
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This Carl Ekstrom creation draws inspiration from surfboards.
Abstract enamel on copper wall panels, such as this one, characterize the later work of San Diego native Ellamarie Woolley.
Designed by Millard Sheets, this tapestry is his only known work featuring butterflies.
The iconic LCW was the product of an organic furniture competition entry.
This woven and printed cotton drapery fabric yardage was designed for and manufactured by Ljungberg Textiles.
Known for her precise, controlled and functional wares, Laura Andreson embraced the modernist form-follows-function practice that prized a unity of shape and surface with little trace of the artist’s hand.
When this chair debuted in New York, it was viewed as radical, strange and something that only a Californian would do.
A trailblazer both in her aesthetic and techniques, Kay Whitcomb (1921-2015) pushed the boundaries of her craft by developing a new way to create intricate enamels on steel with a single firing.