Acid Etched Patinated Brass and Pewter "Eternal Forest Center Table" by Philip & Kelvin Laverne

Acid Etched Patinated Brass and Pewter "Eternal Forest Table" by Philip & Kelvin Laverne signed: "Philip and Kelvin Laverne" USA: circa 1960 Property from a Private Collection Their unique production methods and goals are far more aligned with today’s avant-garde furniture designers than they were with either the high-end upholsters or the mass-production modernists who dominated the scene in their own day. The technique used by Philip and Kelvin was based on bronze-casting methods that were centuries old, tweaked to give each piece its own distinctive patina. It involved burying hand-carved bas relief slabs of bronze and pewter for six weeks in a container full of special soil that allowed them to oxidize naturally, causing the metal to change colors. This process for making the patinated bronze series started around 1954 and took six years for the LaVernes to refine. They lived up to the name of functional art with flat bronze and pewter surfaces articulated with classically-inspired images, and later pieces that were more sculptural and three-dimensional.

largeur

42

hauteur

29,5 po.

diamètre

42 po.

condition

Overall in very good condition.

Circa 1960