Rare Wharton Esherick pieces up for sale

Wharton Esherick never missed the opportunity to turn one of his pieces into a functional work of art, be it in the form of a stool, a plate for a light switch, or perhaps most famously, a music stand. The Philadelphia-born artist, who died in 1970 at 83, hand-carved his one-of-a-kind pieces in his Paoli home studio, bringing back old-fashioned techniques, combining them with contemporary design - and influencing generations of craftspeople.