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Rare Cabinet by Osvaldo Borsani
Lucio Fontana for Abv
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in New York, NY
Walnut, maple, bronze, back-painted glass. Produced by Arredamenti Borsani Varedo. Pale walnut with
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Osvaldo Borsani Console
By Osvaldo Borsani, Atelier Borsani Varedo
Located in New York, NY
back-painted glass. Wood has been refinished, and metal cleaned.
Provenance: Borsani Family Foundation
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$42,000
Pair of Bedside Tables by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
Elegant tables of teak with pale wood inlays. Brass pulls and mounts and back-painted glass, inset
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass
$10,500 / set
Paolo Buffa Bedside Tables
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
pulls and mounts and back-painted glass, inset tops. Each table features one drawer and a lower shelf
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass
$10,500 / set
Osvaldo Borsani Dining Table
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in New York, NY
Circular Dining Table by Osvaldo Borsani for ABV & Tecno. Dark stained walnut and back-painted
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
$19,500
Wall-Mounted Console by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Bleached walnut, back-painted glass, brass. From a private home in Milan. Very good vintage
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
A Back Painted Glass Topped Cocktail Table by Bragalini
By A. Bragalini
Located in New York, NY
support a back painted glass top featuring an abstract gold foil center with a lizard detail ringing the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
A Modernist Back Painted Glass Top Occasional Table by Ceccotti
Located in New York, NY
naturally shaped back painted glass top featuring a black background with white abstract design. Italian
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian End Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Rare Bronze and Back Painted Glass Cocktail Table by Max Ingrand
Located in New York, NY
green glass asymmetrical shaped top which has been back painted in overlapping metallics in a abstract
Category
Vintage 1940s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Pineapple Glass Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Light seafoam green back-painted glass lamp with pineapple design on stepped Art Deco style base
Category
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid Century Oval Dining Table Green Glass Top
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Oval table with recessed green back-painted glass top, made in Italy in the 1950s, Mid-Century
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass
A Deco Inspired Brass Framed Barcart 1950s
Located in London, GB
An Art Deco Inspired Brass Framed Barcart with Part Back Painted Glass Shelves 1950s
Height to
Category
Vintage 1950s Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
1950
s Italian Mahogany Dining Table by Dassi E. Figli
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Italian mahogany dining table with oval back-painted glass inset top and brass leg detail
Category
20th Century Italian Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
Mastercraft Cocktail Table
Located in Treasure Island, CA
This decorative table features patinated brass, back painted glass and applied gold and silver leaf.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Silver, Gold Leaf
Tommi Parzinger Nightstands
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Turners Falls, MA
and back painted glass tops.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Brass
Milo Baughman Revolving Cocktail Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Miami, FL
Revolving Cocktail table by Milo Baughman
with black back painted glass tops
and mirror finished
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Steel
1950
s Italian "Grissinato" Wood Console with Drawers, Natural Brass Base
Located in Firenze, IT
Console with three drawers top in grissinato walnut and black back-painted glass, natural brushed
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Angle Steel Coffee Table
By reGeneration
Located in New York, NY
painted glass top. Custom sizes available.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...
Materials
Steel
$4,500
1970s Italian Low Chest of Drawers, Walnut and Brass Details
Located in Firenze, IT
Low chest of drawers in walnut with natural brass details, original back-painted glass top with
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Eglomise Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Back painted glass in blue, green, orange & yellow. Small glass panels soldered together with
Category
20th Century Mexican Picture Frames
Materials
Metal
$450
italian desk and chair
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
and a piece of black back painted glass on the top.the desk and chair have matching brass feet mounts.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
$18,000
Italian Midcentury Square Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Savona, IT
rounded corners and surface in black back-painted glass.
Legs strongly tapered in veneered wood.
Good
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
A Dining Table and Eight Chairs by Guillermo Ulrich
Located in New York, NY
base and a top of grey back painted glass. The set also features eight stylized ballon backed dining
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Glass, Leather
Italian Midcentury Rectangular Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Savona, IT
rounded corners and surface in black back-painted glass.
Legs strongly tapered in veneered wood.
Good
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Midcentury Nightstand, 1950s, Set of 2
Located in Savona, IT
corners.
Back painted glass top.
Veneered wooden doors with convex front surface and brass handles
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Italian Console Vanity Desk, 1940s
Located in Savona, IT
linear inlays.
Central drawer.
Top with wooden frame and back-painted glass surface.
Mirror with
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Mirror
Italian Wooden Chest of Drawers, 1960s
Located in Savona, IT
tapered wooden frame and back-painted glass.
Front frames in carved wood.
Veneered drawers with
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Glass
Painted Step Back Glass Door Hutch
Located in Hudson, NY
back with 2 glass doors with original wavy glass over single drawer and 2 lower paneled doors. Unusual
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive Cupboards
Materials
Glass
Meissen Purple Indian Shell Formed Bowls with Seashell Shaped Backs
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
Meissen purple Indian shell shaped bowls with the backs of the bowls that look like seashells
Category
Vintage 1950s German Belle Époque Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Glass Centerpiece by Erwin Walter Burger, 1940
Located in Saint Ouen, IDF
, engraved and back painted green glass. Signed by the artist, "Kunstglas Burger" sticker on the back.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Centerpieces
Materials
Glass
Glass top step back hutch
Located in Sheffield, MA
We are so pleased to offer you this wonderful glass top step back Canadian hutch. Its wonderful
Category
Antique 19th Century Canadian Cupboards
Collection of Religious Portraits Painted on Glass
Located in New York, NY
Collection of 9 portraits painted on the back of glass and framed in wood. Islamic in nature and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Religious Items
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood
painted mirror frame with original glass
Located in Culver City, CA
an old mirror with scraped back paint and original mercury glass.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French More Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Step Back Russian Cupboard
Located in Wilson, NC
This cupboard has the original weathered reddish-brown paint. There is exposed peg, and mortise and
Category
Antique 1830s Russian Cupboards
Materials
Brass
Swedish Step-Back Library Cabinet
Located in Great Barrington, MA
and a pair of glass doors under a molded cornice with dentil detail. Inside are four adjustable
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Back Bar Brandy Mirror Sign Advertising
Located in Hartlepool, GB
Vintage reverse painted back bar mirror sign in a latter frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Paint
Antique French Opaline Palais Royal Jewelry Casket, Goat Cart
Located in San Marcos, CA
'eglomise' means back-painted glass, and these little miniature paintings are often painted directly on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Boxes and Cases
Massive Reverse Painted Silvered Glass Wall by Nicolai Remisoff
By Nicolai Remisoff
Located in North Hollywood, CA
paint on glass, backed with sterling silver leaf panels. We have created a wooden framework and painted
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Ello Dresser
By Ello Furniture
Located in Dallas, TX
Brass and back-painted, pearlescent glass six drawer dresser by Ello Furniture.
Category
Late 20th Century Dressers
Materials
Brass
$1,800
Gilbert Rohde Moderne Vitrine for Herman Miller
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Treasure Island, CA
-green painted back panel, glass doors and shelves
Manufactured by Herman Miller
40 x 32 x 11
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Paldao, Glass
Italian Midcentury Teak Frame Mirror, 1950s
Located in Savona, IT
Console of Italian manufacture produced in the 1950s.
Shaped wooden structure, glass top back
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Teak
Italian Midcentury Wall Console, 1950s
Located in Savona, IT
Console of Italian manufacture produced in the 1950s.
Shaped wooden structure, glass top back
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Rare "Verre Eglomise" Queen-Anne style chairs
Located in Summerland, CA
reverse-gilded and painted glass backs.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chairs
Materials
Wood
Limited Edition Angle Steel Coffee Table with Dylan Egon Silk Screened Slats
By Dylan Egon
Located in New York, NY
Egon. Brass plated frame and back painted white glass top. It is shown here with nickel powder coat
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Marble Table, Osvaldo Borsani (attribution by Sotheby
s)
Located in Treasure Island, CA
This same table model (with a back painted, brown glass top) was sold at the Sotheby's London, 2006
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Dining Room Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Mid Century Italian Two Drawers Night Stands Brass Details
By Dassi Lissone
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Pair of elegant 1950s Italian bedside tables with two drawers, recessed top in back-painted glass
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Brass
Painted Pine Step Back Cupboard
Located in Wilson, NC
This mustard color pine step back cupboard has exposed peg and mortise and tenon construction. The
Category
Antique 1840s English Cupboards
Materials
Paint, Glass, Pine
Side Table by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Small Side Table by Carl Auböck
back painted steel frame, glass top
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Side Tables
Materials
Steel
Clock Jaeger-LeCoultre
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Noiseau, FR
two curved mineral glasses: decorated with zodiac signs painted on the back glass with blue background
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
$3,441
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Back Painted Glass For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of back painted glass for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, wood and metal. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect item from our selection of back painted glass — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A choice in our collection of back painted glass is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. A well-made object in our assortment of back painted glass has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Meissen Porcelain, Mobilificio Dassi and Palazzi Dell'Arte are consistently popular.
How Much is a Back Painted Glass?
Prices for a piece of back painted glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $695 and can go as high as $7,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,477.
Questions About Back Painted Glass
- Can glass lampshades be painted?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, a glass lampshade can be painted. It’s best to use a paint that’s designed to be applied to glass and to use the instructions that are provided with that paint to get the best results. Shop a range of antique and modern glass lampshades on 1stDibs.
- Can a glass window be painted?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, you can paint a glass window. Certain types of paint are optimal for glass and include enamel acrylics, specially formulated solvent-based paints and acrylics specifically suited for glass. On 1stDibs, you can find a collection of painted glass windows from top sellers around the world.
- How do I reverse paint on glass?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The first step in reverse glass painting is to select your design and to transfer it to a pane of glass. From there you can paint in your design. Once the paint is dry and set, you can proudly display your artwork from the unpainted side that will have no exposed paint and will be less prone to chipping.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The difference between stained glass and painted glass is how it is made. To create stained glass, an artisan adds pigments to the glass and then fires it at high temperatures to permanently change the appearance of the material. With painted glass, color is added after firing and may rub off or fade with age. You'll find a large selection of glass decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Windows that appear to be made of painted glass are called stained glass windows. Stained glass windows are made of glass that has been colored by mixing molten glass with metallic oxides. Shop a range of stained glass pieces from top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Reverse painting on glass is called verre églomisé. The term gets its name from the 18th-century decorator Jean-Baptiste Glomy who became famous for his reverse-painted glass prints. On 1stDibs, you can shop a collection of verre églomisé furniture and jewelry.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The craft of painting enamel on glass is called enameling. Because regular paint would simply wash off glass, the artisan uses enamel and fires it into the glass once they have painted the design. Browse a range of enameled glass pieces on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021Yes, it is safe to paint a glass lampshade as long as you are using glass-specific paint. One thing to note: If your lampshade is translucent (versus opaque), the paint color will look slightly different when you turn the lamp on.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021Yes, you can paint a glass lamp shade. You can use glass paints or acrylic paint to give old glass fixtures an inexpensive makeover. You can also use stencils for added visual appeal. Find a variety of lamp shades on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 30, 2024Technically, you can put a canvas painting in a glass frame. However, many experts advise against it. Paintings executed on canvas typically do not need the protection of glass, and a glass front on a frame can actually make it more difficult to admire the brushwork and fine details of a piece. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse assortment of paintings.
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