A highlight for the upcoming July 16th Stefek’s Eclectic Summer Sale is a Tiffany Favrile…

Stefek’s Auctioneers and Appraisers upcoming auction on July 16th features a beautiful Ico & Luisa Parisi coffee table. The coffee table features a burled walnut top, brass details coupling the legs, and the iconic curves of the Parisi’s design aesthetic. The table is labeled on the underside with “Singer and Sons New York Chicago.” The piece is an example of Ico and Luisa Parisi’s influential mid-century Italian design. As husband and wife, they founded the design studio La Ruota in Como and forged a meetings place for great collaborations. Their partnership resulted in a remarkable career with over 150 interior designs and significant impact on atomic era design. The coffee table’s auction estimates range from $10,000 to $15,000. The measurements of the table are 16 1/4″ height, 59″ width, and 19 5/8” deep. The lot number for the table is #9 and can be found on our online catalog at

In an interview with architecture American Architecture Now, Louise Nevelson, dressed in her typical artistic extravagance, speaks calmly and assuredly. “One of the most important things in your life is to claim yourself totally. You are born. You stand on your own two feet. You have a center, and that is your true heritage not a lot of other things”. Nevelson’s abstract expressionist assemblages convey formal balances, which she creates in unity with her true center the vibrations of the world around her. She was a very specific and extraordinary woman working at an extremely influential time. It was a convening of person, time and place that allowed for these works to come to us. Yes, any of us could collect wood, attach it to each other and paint it, but we didn’t. Even if we had, we wouldn’t have done it so beautifully. Unlike Louise Nevelson, we weren’t moved