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Abstract Art Deco Figural Sculpture Attributed to Rodden
By Rodden
Located in New York, NY
Great Art Deco copper figural sculpture mounted on to a brass base. Fun and whimsical she is part of a collection of Art Deco sculptures I acquired where many were signed Rodden circ...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
16 x industrial factory lights/lamps by Bolich, ca. 1940s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Set of 16 fabric lamps from the 1940s, manufactured by the Germany Bolichwerke, which has been
Category
Vintage 1940s German Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Wire
Typical Handmade Military Vehicle from the 2nd World War, 1940s / 1950s.
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Typical handmade military vehicle from the 2nd World War. Approx. 1940s / 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Hand-Hammered Pewter Vase by Harald Buchrucker Bauhaus 1940s
By Harald Buchrucker
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exceptional hand-hammered pewter vase by Harald Buchrucker exemplifies the Bauhaus movement's refined aesthetic from the 1940s. The vase features a gracefully flared form with a...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Bauhaus Vases
Materials
Pewter
Very Early and Rare Richard Stein Daybed for Knoll
By Richard Stein
Located in Munich, DE
Birch plywood with upholstered backrest and loose seat cushion, original finish to wood, reupholstered, foot pedal releases back which retracts to form a large sleeping surface.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Materials
Birch
$3,560 Sale Price
21% Off
1948 Ring natural 2ct. Sapphire 0.6 ctw Diamonds 18K Gold Platinum ØUS7.25/2.7gr
Located in SE
Three Stone Cluster Ring set with sort of transitional bezel and claw setting with oval cut natural Blue Sapphire accented with 2 old European cut Diamonds in Platinum claws on solid...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Nouveau Three-Stone Rings
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Gold Table Lamp By SBF Circa 1940s
Located in Gloucester, GB
bulbs
- Made by SBF Sächsische Broncewarenfabrik
- German ~ 1940s
- 42cm wide x 44cm tall
Condition
Category
Vintage 1940s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti 121 wall lamps Arteluce Italy 1946
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This utterly rare pair of Model 121 wall lamps, designed by the legendary Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce in 1946, represents an iconic moment in lighting design. As an early ...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
$10,027 / set
Antique Karl Gries Tapestry in Beige with Pictorial Hunting Scene - Rug
Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in wool circa 1940-50, this 6x9 antique Karl Gries tapestry is an especially rare and
Category
Vintage 1940s German Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
"Nude with Fish", Rare, Art Nouveau Porcelain Sculpture for Crown Prince Wilhelm
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
processional figures is on display at the Bröhan Museum in Berlin, Germany.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
"Head of Young Man, " Striking, Unique Bronze Sculpture by Bischoff, 1947
By August Bischoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by August Bischoff and cast by the famous Brandis foundry in Dusseldorf, Germany, which
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aircraft Target Binocular
Located in Paris, FR
Binocular Aircraft Target on tripod, with adjustable height.
An exceptional and unique pair of WWII 25 x 105 binoculars
by Jos. Schneider & Co, Optische Werke KG, Göttingen. circa...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Nautical Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Chrome, Nickel
$44,525 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Cylindrical Bar Stool in Reel Wood Veneer and Leather, France, 1940s
Located in Ulm, DE
Immerse yourself in the charm and sophistication of authentic French Art Deco design with this beautifully restored barstool from the 1940s. Each of the four available stools embodie...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Stools
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Semi-Circular-Bar with reel wood veneer and marble top, France, 1940s
Located in Ulm, DE
A Masterpiece of Art Deco Elegance
Step back into the golden age of design with this remarkable French Art Deco semi-circular bar, meticulously restored to its former glory. Origina...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Dry Bars
Materials
Metal
Great Turned Burl Wood Tobacco Jar by Artist R. Kaeser Mid Century Modern
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This beautifully hand-turned burl wood tobacco jar is a striking piece of Mid-Century Modern craftsmanship, signed by artist R. Kaeser. The jar features a domed lid with a rounded fi...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Industrial Double-Neon Factory lights, 1940s, Set of 4
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Set of 4 factory lights from the 1940s. The aluminium frame supports 2 glass tubes containing LED tube light bulbs.
The lights have been extensively restored, with the neon tubes re...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Wire
Typ 113 Peitsche Table Lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard circa 1940s
By Midgard
Located in Gloucester, GB
- Designed by Curt Fischer
- Typ 113 the "Peitsche" (whip)
- German ~ 1940s
- 75cm tall x 16cm wide
Category
Vintage 1940s German Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Original "Belgium Fights On
art deco vintage linen backed poster, World War II
Located in Spokane, WA
design captures the unyielding spirit of Belgian resistance following the 1940 German invasion. In the
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Art Deco style diamond pendant
Located in Chorzów, PL
diamonds, totalling approx. 0.04 ct.
Origin: Western Europe, probably Germany, around 1940.
Length: 4 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Platinum
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Rug in Blue with Colorful Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Germany—from the new unveilings in Rug & Kilim’s Antique & Vintage Collection.
On the Design:
Hand
Category
Vintage 1940s German Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Sculptural Brass
Copper Candleholder by Harald Buchrucker Bauhaus 1940s
By Harald Buchrucker
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Minimalistic designed candle holder for four candles made of solid brass with copper drip trays attributed to Harald Buchrucker dating to the 1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Bauhaus Candelabras
Materials
Brass, Copper
$465 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed coastal beach painting by Frank Proschwitzky Freyburg
Located in Redding, CT
Signed coastal beach painting by Frank Proschwitzky Freyburg. (1862 -1940)
Of British-German
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Large Bauhaus Chadelier with Two Wall Lamps
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Large bauhaus chadelier with two wall lamps in excellent original condition.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Bauhaus Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Christian Dell Brown Desk Lamp
By Christian Dell
Located in NYC, NY
A fine and original Christian Dell light. Brown painted metal with adjustable arm and base.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Christian Dell, 1974 Industrial Bauhaus Table Lamp
Located in København, Copenhagen
Christian Dell: f. Offenbach am Main in 1893, d. Wiesbaden 1974.
Industrial Bauhaus table lamp in black lacquered metal with adjustable shade.
Marked Original kaiser idell.
...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Industrial Table Lamps
XXL-Long Midgard Scissor Lamp Modell 110 by Curt Fischer for Auma Industriewerke
By Midgard, Curt Fischer
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
An impressive Midgard wall scissor light, a early version of modell 110, with a length of 149 cm in total. The light can be moved to almost any position at a 180-degree angle. The la...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Wire
Original 1940s Black Kaiser Idell Metal Table Lamp Model 6551
By Kaiser Idell
Located in München, DE
Original 1940s Kaiser Idell industrial modernist metal table lamp model 6551 in black.
100% original condition and fully functional. With original paint.
Great industrial design in...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Rectangular Art Deco Brass and Glass Flush Mount
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful glass and brass flush mount circa 1940 in very good condition. Nice patina to the brass
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Flush Mount
Materials
Brass
Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for Helo Leuchten
By Christian Dell, Helo Leuchten
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A black patinated desk or table lamp with two adjustable pivot points by Bauhaus designer Christian Dell. Manufactured by Helo Leuchten in the 1930s -1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Jorg Zimmermann Studio Art Glass Sculpture
By Jörg F. Zimmermann
Located in Astoria, NY
Jorg F. Zimmermann (German, b.1940) Studio Art Glass Sculpture, red and amber glass with metal
Category
Late 20th Century German Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Frolicking in the Waves, " Art Deco Porcelain Vase with Nudes by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and lovely, this flaring porcelain vase designed by Rudi Stolle for the famed Meissen Porcelain works depicts a bas relief frieze of nude nymphs and tritons frolicking in the oc...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Single Christian Dell for Kaiser "Idell" Black Desk Lamp, 1930s
By Kaiser Idell, Christian Dell
Located in Bainbridge, NY
switch. Original condition. Priced for one Lamp - Two available. Bauhaus. Made in Germany. Stamped
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sconces
Located in Bronx, NY
A pair of sconces with sculpted and textured glass shades. Iron and brass designed base.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Iron
$1,450 Sale Price / set
62% Off
Art Deco Cut Glass Pendant Lamp in Brass, 1940s / 1950s
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
The lamps comes with 1 x E14 / E15 Edison screw fit bulb holder, is wired and in working condition. It runs both on 110/230 Volt. Delivery without bulb.
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
Jean Prouvé Petit Potence Blue (Bleu Marcoule) Wall Lamp by Vitra
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Industrial and minimalistic wall lamp designed by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra. The Potence swiveling wall lamp was designed by Jean Prouvé for the 'Maison Tropique' and is cons...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
Barovier Seguso
Ferro Murano heavy Art Glass Bowl Honey Amber Italy 1940s
By Barovier Seguso
Ferro
Located in Landshut, BY
A beautiful heavy Murano art glass bowl by Barovier Seguso & Ferro in honey yellow amber colour, Italy,
circa mid / late 1940s
It stays in very good original condition - with a ve...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
$550 Sale Price
46% Off
att. Barovier Seguso
Ferro Murano Art Glass Vase Honey Amber Italy late 1940s
By Barovier Seguso
Ferro
Located in Landshut, BY
A beautiful huge Murano art glass vase in the manner of Barovier Seguso & Ferro in honey yellow amber colour, Italy,
circa mid / late 1940s
It stays in very good original conditio...
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
$626 Sale Price
58% Off
Original Vintage Poster Denmark Unconquered Though Captive WWII Grundtvig Church
Located in London, GB
-1940. Issued by the National America Denmark Association (founded in the USA in 1940 following German
Category
Vintage 1940s American Posters
Materials
Paper
1943 Original Poster Ministry of Aircraft Production: Magician WW2 Nat Harrison
By Nat Harrison
Located in London, GB
that of Germany. Britain had 644 operable fighters at the start of July 1940 – when the Battle of
Category
1940s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1943 Original Poster Ministry of Aircraft Production: Barrister WW2 Owen Miller
By Owen Miller
Located in London, GB
that of Germany. Britain had 644 operable fighters at the start of July 1940 – when the Battle of
Category
1940s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Poster: Lancaster Bomber WW2 RAF Aeroplane Owen Miller
By Owen Miller
Located in London, GB
that of Germany. Britain had 644 operable fighters at the start of July 1940 – when the Battle of
Category
1940s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1941 Original poster by the Ministry-Secretary of State for War - Armée de l
air
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster
Under the terms of article 4 of the armistice agreement signed with Germany on
Category
1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
huge French Majolica Fish Platter Sarreguemines 1950s in very good condition
By Sarreguemines
Located in Landshut, BY
factory was reopened by the German occupying forces in 1940 and taken over by Villeroy & Boch in 1942
Category
Mid-20th Century German Platters and Serveware
Materials
Maiolica
It’s Quite True! – Original Storm P. Lithograph (1940s) – Rare Danish Satirical
Located in Kastrup, DK
Justice’s Propaganda Office as part of an awareness campaign during the German occupation of Denmark (1940
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Table lamp:
Dancing ladies
sculpture in porcelain by Fraureuth Kunstabteilung
By Porzellanfabrik Fraureuth
Located in Zemst, BE
1930-1940
Fraureuth Kunstabteiling Germany
Signed on the bottom of the piece
Height of the statue
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Autograph Letters by O. Zadkine -1950s
By Ossip Zadkine
Located in Roma, IT
destruction of the Dutch city center of Rotterdam by the German Luftwaffe in 1940.
The other two letters
Category
1940s Cubist More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Autographs by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti - 1950s
By Ossip Zadkine
Located in Roma, IT
the German Luftwaffe in 1940. The Russian-born French sculptor writes to his graphic editor to
Category
1940s Modern More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Gemstone bowl - Rock Crystal, 1960s/70s
Located in New York, NY
By Helmut Wolf (*1940 Idar Oberstein), German gemstone cutter and artist whose works were presented
Category
Vintage 1960s German Decorative Bowls
Materials
Rock Crystal
Autograph Letters Signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti - 1946 ca.
By Ossip Zadkine
Located in Roma, IT
of Rotterdam by the German Luftwaffe in 1940. In 1951 he won the sculpture prize at the Venice
Category
1940s Cubist More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Autograph Letters Signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti - 1949
By Ossip Zadkine
Located in Roma, IT
of Rotterdam by the German Luftwaffe in 1940. In 1951 he won the sculpture prize at the Venice
Category
1940s Cubist More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Bauhaus Rug Inspired by 18th Century Agra tradition 6
7 x 9
5
Located in Atlanta, GA
Design German Bauhaus Made Rug with All-Over Floral Design in Red and multi colors
1940's vintage
Category
Vintage 1940s Indian Agra Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,120 Sale Price
60% Off
Jörg F. Zimmermann large honeycomb glass sculpture
By Jörg F. Zimmermann
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
in many glass museums all over the world.
Jörg F. Zimmermann (born 1940 in Uhingen, Germany), is a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metallic Thread
Couture 1937-40 ElsaSchiaparelli MarcelVertes HarlequinDuck GlazedCeramic Brooch
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
commissioned by Schiaparelli for that last collection before the Germans dominated Paris by June 1940, which is
Category
Vintage 1930s French Artisan Brooches
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
Imi Knoebel, Gelbe Fahne - 1999, Abstract Art, Minimalism, Signed Print
By Imi Knoebel
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imi Knoebel (German, born 1940)
Gelbe Fahne, 1999
Medium: Screenprint on rag paper
Dimensions: 100
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Imi Knoebel, Kinderstern - Signed Print, Minimalism
By Imi Knoebel
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imi Knoebel (German, born 1940)
Kinderstern, 1989
Medium: Screenprint on wove paper
Sheet
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Small glazed ceramic vase signed by Gilbert Méténier in France in the 1920s
By Gilbert Metenier
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
in Paris. At the beginning of the German occupation in 1940, Gilbert Méténier decided to destroy all
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Two Fantastic Scenes / - Image dreams -
Located in Berlin, DE
of Mainz (2019).
GERMAN VERSION
Gertrude Degenhardt (1940 New York - 2025 Greifswald), Zwei
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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