CHICAGO, IL.- The Early 20th Century Design auction at Toomey & Co. on Tuesday, December 12th, will showcase fine furniture, lighting, metalwork, glass, pottery, and more. This includes a range of works from Thomas S. Monaghan, Domino’s Private Collection, such as historic windows and further notable examples by Frank Lloyd Wright. Other highlights in the sale are a Charles Rohlfs Rare and Important revolving desk, a Dirk van Erp Rare and Early Warty table lamp, and a Greene & Greene Hanging lantern, as well as works by Gustav Stickley, The Roycrofters, Josef Hoffmann, Tiffany Studios, Teco Pottery, Gustave Baumann, and more.

The sale on December 12th boasts various lots from Thomas S. Monaghan, Domino’s Private Collection, highlighting the groundbreaking impact that Frank Lloyd Wright had on 20th century architecture and design. Included in this important offering are a range of historic windows, doors, textiles, books, photographic negatives, architectural drawings, and a rare tea set. After discovering Wright growing up in Michigan, Monaghan explored Wright’s grand Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and later toured many Wright-designed houses in Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota, coming away more convinced than ever that Wright’s organic architecture was an essential aspect of modernity. As the Founder and President of Domino’s Pizza, Monaghan chose to let his passion for Wright influence the structure of the company’s expansive World Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, called Domino’s Farms, which has a 1985 Prairie Style-design by architect Gunnar Birkerts. Subsequently, Monaghan established the The National Center for the Study of Frank Lloyd Wright as well. The Wright-inspired buildings comprising the Domino’s Farms development blend seamlessly with the surrounding natural environment and the site has become an architectural landmark in its own right.

Among many furniture highlights, perhaps the most elaborate is Charles Rohlfs’ Rare and Important revolving desk (est. $50,000-70,000). Produced circa 1898, this finely carved work was likely a prototype or a very early version of this form. The auction also features many impressive designs by Gustav Stickley, including an Early divan, model 165 (est. $8,000-12,000), an Early case clock, model 3 (est. $10,000-15,000), a Director’s table, model 631 (est. $8,000-12,000), and an Early and Rare twelve-tile tea table, model 437 (est. $15,000-25,000), attributed to Lamont A. Warner with Grueby Faience Company tiles. From Elbert Hubbard’s reformist community, multiple Roycroft examples are part of the sale. Along with a charming Build Strong hanging sign (est. $2,500-3,500), Toomey & Co. will present a Rare and Important cellarette, model 019 (est. $10,000-15,000), an elegant embodiment of Roycroft cabinetry and a masterpiece within the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In addition to innovative designs from Wiener Werkstätte co-founders Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, Early 20th Century Design has Art Deco furniture from André Sornay and Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann.

Exceptional lighting and metalwork will be auctioned December 12th. A Greene & Greene Hanging lantern (est. $15,000-20,000) from the Adelaide Tichenor House in Long Beach, California is available along with copper by Dirk van Erp, notably, a Rare and Early Warty table lamp (est. $30,000-50,000) and a Large vase (est. $7,000-10,000). Two separate Tiffany Studios Greek Key table lamps (est. $10,000-15,000 and $9,000-12,000) are on offer, plus silver from Georg Jensen, Julius Olaf Randahl, The Kalo Shop, and more.

Impressive art pottery and art prints round out the sale. Teco Pottery vases by William Bryce Mundie, Fernand Moreau, and others will be up for bid. Further art pottery highlights consist of a pair of scenic Vellum plaques, Cypress Trees and Birches, by Lenore Asbury for Rookwood Pottery (est. $4,000-6,000), a Grueby Faience Company Large vase (est. $3,000-4,000), and a George E. Ohr Vase (est. $2,500-3,500). Seven color woodcuts by master printmaker Gustave Baumann are featured, including the luminous Processional, 1930 / 1951 (est. $10,000-15,000), plus prints by Frances Hammell Gearhart and photogravures Edward Sheriff Curtis.