from his Potrero Hill studio, San Francisco artist Bill Stanisich would lay down his brush and gaze down onto Yerba Buena Island, the Bay Bridge and surrounding water. What he saw was ever-changing so he decided to capture on paper the various moods of mother nature. On still, clear nights, the water was a sheet of glass and Yerba Buena Island's silhouette soaked up the darkness creating a black void, while the tips of the Bay Bridge Towers emited beacons of light in the distance. When it rained, vague shadows were barely visible through the wet, dark skies.
in the Neoclassical taste, each well-constructed, custom made cabinet with satinwood and mahogany veneers and exotic wood inlay; centering a single curved door opening to an interior shelf; the tops adorned overall with radiating fan decoration within a scalloped inlaid border; the sides with intricate urn-form marquetry panels and crossbanding; all raised on square tapering supports; good condition with professionally restored finish; minor veneer replacements
the circular tabouret with new decking above a rope-twist gilwood frame with cabriole supports with knotted feet all joined by an x-form stretcher centering a robust central knot; gilding refreshed; nice patina with overall even rubbing; structurally sound frame; needing upholstered seat.
Seat furniture carved in this manner is generally associated with the Parisian upholsterer A.M.E. Fournier, who supplied at least one carved rope stool to the Musée National du Château de Compiègne.
of graceful form with double-baluster support above a ribbed bowl emanating six S-shaped arms supporting ribbed bobeches; with acid-etched signature to bowl; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; re-wired for US voltage
the octagonal forest-green marble top with painted inlaid scrollwork surrounded by floral and foliate decoration; all raised on a neoclassical style Michael Taylor faux stone cross tripod lyre base; overall good condition with some minor chips to base; minor even wear to top
each tall vase with flaring neck above a bulbous body ending in a splayed foot; adorned overall with hand-painted lappet perimeter bands and floral vines; raised on custom wooden painted bases; good condition with one professionally repaired chip to underside of lip; professionally rewired
the large ovoid vessel tapering to the base; adorned overall with geometric gilt decoration all on a black matte ground; good condition with minor overall wear and rubbing; no chips or cracks
each of shapely baluster form with flaring neck above a bulbous body with a flared foot; hand-painted overall with iron-red floral and foliate vines and clusters with flying birds on the rear; raised on wooden bases; good overall condition with no chips or cracks; professionally rewired
Attributed to Samson, Paris; each trumpet form vase with bulbous mid-section adorned overall with graceful meandering floral vines; now mounted as lamps on gilt-metal bases; excelllent condition with no visible chips or cracks; professionally cleaned and rewired
the ovoid pot with short neck above a tapering body adorned with carved relief decoration depicting parrots; patina and fine craquelure to glazed surface; repaired chip to inside of lip
