An Indianapolis Icon "The Accent Shop" Mid Century & More

Castles and Attics in Partnership with Ripley Auctions Presents the The Jane Bridgins Collection founding owner of Indianapolis's "The Accent Shop"

This is an Online Only Single Owner Auction on Hibid

Conceived and created at the start of the Mid Century period, this collection of aesthetic artifacts is available for purchase in this online only offering. Having worked together at the illustrious L.S.Ayres & Co. in the display department, Richard and Jane Bridgins met and married in 1956. In 1958 they decided to open what would become the iconic Accent Shop near Shortridge High School, thereafter moving to the Glendale Shopping Center. The store offered the best of Mid Century furnishings and accessories that were difficult to obtain in the more traditional climate of that time. Early enthusiasts of the style, they selected items for the shop and for themselves such as those featured here. Danish Modern design is best represented by the Georg Jensen sterling jewelry and flatware, the Dansk woodenware and metal items, and designer Saarinen-style tables and chairs. While Founders Furniture Company pieces include sofas, case pieces and coffee tables, the unmarked sideboard and miscellaneous chairs adhere to the basic aesthetic established by the couple. Modern abstract art by Reynaldo Paluzzi and his wife Claudine, and abstract collages are also available. Timeless too are the lines of the five Japanese Tansu chests and the Asian influenced Baker table and chairs. Traditional tastes are represented by the mahogany chests and tables, two sets of sterling flatware, a set of Portmeirion china, and the collection of antique dolls and Indianapolis postcards. Gold and exceptional sterling jewelry, shells, globes, and even a contemporary Swid Powell designed bowl-all united by the simple tenets of good taste-provide a fascinating compendium and a tempting array of highly desirable objects. This wonderful chance to acquire a part of Indianapolis history doesn’t often happen.

Some curiosities that you will find in this auction.

MID CENTURY/DANISH: Two Saarinen Style Tulip Tables, Mobel Teak Danish Dining Room Table, Wormley Dunbar Armchairs, Walnut End Tables, Shag Carpets, Founders Slate Top Table, Marshall Studios Floor Lamp, Three Walnut Shelving Units, Founders Four Cushion Long Sofa, Lisa Larson Cat Figure, Pair of Parsons Chairs, Chrome Eyeball Lamp, Founders Eight Drawer Rosewood Cabinet, Holmgren Horn Blower Candle Sticks, Fujita Coffee Cup Set, Swid Powell Serving Bowl, WMF Cromargan Flatware, Baker Wood & Ratan Sideboard, Two Teak Twin Headboards, Oiva Toikka, Blenko, Robert Eicholt, Dansk Teak: Fruit Bowl, Palisander Tray, Salad Bowls, Dansk Linens, Dansk Fjord Flatware, Surfboard Tray, Ice Bucket.

SPECIALTY FINDS: Pueblo Storyteller Doll, Five 1929 Kiowah Indian Pochoirs, Large Inuit Carving, Two Mandolins, Italian Pietra Dura Rose, Robert Martel Piccolo, Hundreds of Antique Historic Indiana Postcards, 1731 Birmingham England Large Plate Etching, Two President James K. Polk Land Grants, Indiana and Ohio History Books, Tiffany Candlestick CHINESE/JAPANESE: Chinese Cloisonne, Chinese Ivory Puzzle Ball, Celadon Plates, Chinese Ivory Bracelet & Brooch, Japanese Verdigris Iron Pot, Large Chinese Elephant, Rabbit and Pekinese Hand Woven Wicker Basket Figures, Several Japanese Kabuki Theater Dolls, Chinese Jade, Five Japanese Tansu Chests

ESTATE JEWELRY: Georg Jensen Pcs include Sterling Brooches, Pyramid Place Setting, Hammered Sterling Spoon and Earrings, Persian Silver Brooch, Two Art Nouveau 10K Gold Necklaces, Victorian Opal & Gold Ring, Ayres 14K Bird Pin, Fraternity Gold Pins, YSL Necklace, Jewelry Boxes of Misc. Costume, STERLING: Lrg. Peru Hammered Rosewood Spoon, 114 Pieces Royal Danish Flatware, Pair of Gorham Sterling Candelabras, ONC, Taxco, Charles Avery Pendant, Mary Rita Padilla Pendant, Native American Turquoise Rings,

PORCELAIN/CHINA/POTTERY: BJorn Wiinblad, Arabia Bisque, Ramond Lowey, Weller Pitcher, Guillot French Bird Plates, A Lrg. Collection of Portmeirion Botanical Garden Dishes, B&G and Royal Copenhagen Plates, Bing & Grondahl Dolls and Figurines, 

ANTIQUE & HOME FURNISHINGS: Chinese Nesting Tables, Mahogany Slant Front Writing Desk, Chinese Folding Screens, Sessions Mantle Clock, Virginia Metal Crafters Doorstops, Bradley & Hubbard Iron Mirror, Five Japanese Tansu Cabinets, Bose Wave Radio, Asian Influence Brass Table Lamps, Art Deco Umbrella Stand, Antique Rope Bed, 

INDIANA ART: A Renaldo Paluzzi 1959 Oil Painting "Ochres & Browns, Robert O'Dell, Firma Phillips, Claudine Paluzzi, KP Singh, ART: Graham Clarke Litho.

DOLLS: Amazing single owner collection of dolls and there are more fine examples than what is listed. Antique Milliner's, S&H, Muriel Bruyere, A&M Floradora, Misc. China and Bisque Dolls, Good-Kruger, Mary Branca, Doll Accessories, Blanche Gautier, Misc. Doll Furniture, Miniature Dollhouse Accessories, Sleepy Eye Dolls, German, K. Star R. Simon & Halbig, Heinrich, Barbie. 

Link to St-105 Tax Exempt form. Copy and paste the link that is below.

https://www.in.gov/isda/files/Form_105_Indiana_General_Sales_Tax_Exemption_Certificate.pdf

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