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Modernist Metal Sculpture of Man in Motion
Located in New York, NY
Metal sculpture of a man in motion. Maker unknown. USA, circa 1960.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze And Enamel Modernist Wall Hanging Clock
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Spectacular machined bronze and enameled steel clock. Seems to be all hand constructed back is exposed with a battery mechanism. Clock works and keeps time perfectly. Mechanism on...
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Gold Mercury Glass Clock by Telechron
By Warren Telechron Co.
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous clock features a three dimensional case of hand blown glass incased in gold mercury glass. The face of the clock is white enamel with gilt fittings and is made by Telec...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Modernist Lucite and Brass Clock by Telechron
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful clock features a Brass relief dial with Enamel detailing with a floating lucite body resting on stylized Deco inspired rests.It has an alarm as well.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Modernist Glass Block Sculpture by Luciano Gaspari
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional thick molded glass block sculpture by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati. Remnants of original label intact.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Modernist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Southampton, NY
Modernist bronze sculpture.
Artist unknown.
Signed 13/30, signature illegible.
White marble base.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Abstract Modernist Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract Modernist Sculpture, American, circa 1960s. Believed to constructed of plaster or resin on
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plaster, Wood
Modernist Bird Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modernist bird sculpture with delicate lace like metal wings, beak and jet like tail feather
Category
Vintage 1950s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Modernist Tall Box with Wood Marquetry Patchwork, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This remarkable modernist decorative box dates back to the 1970s. It boasts a tall structure that's
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Modernist Studio Pottery
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Modernist studio pottery from the 1980s, signed Withnall to the underside.
In good condition
Category
Vintage 1980s English Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Modernist Owl Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
-mâché sculptures, now a chic modernist sculpture. Knife marks down the back show where the hundreds of
Category
20th Century Thai Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Modernist Owl Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
mâché sculptures, now a chic modernist sculpture. Knife marks down the back show where the hundreds of
Category
20th Century Thai Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Abstract Modernist Sculpture by Collan Kneale ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
Abstract modernist sculpture signed Collan Kneale, titled "Expansion #3", ca. 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Mid Century Modernist Wall Sculpture SALE 35% OFF
Located in North Miami, FL
Steel and molten fiberglass modernist abstract horses mounted on patinated steel background.
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
1940
s Modernist Crystal Fish by Jaccett L
Located in New York, NY
Stylized hand blown crystal
fish, floats on modernist
triangular pedestal base.
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Miklos Sebek Modernist Tall Abstract Green Marble Sculpture
By Miklos L. Sebek
Located in Astoria, NY
A modernist tall abstract green marble sculpture mounted on a white marble base by Miklos Sebek.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Modernist Pensive Male Ceramic Figure with Cubist Form
Located in New York, NY
Modernist ceramic gold plated
sculpture of a pensive male
figure with cubist details
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Pair of Austrian Bronze Modernist Place Card Holders
Located in North Miami, FL
treasures.
They are heavy and modernist.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1970
s Steel Modernist Sculpture by H. Klessen
By H. Klessen
Located in Astoria, NY
This steel modernist sculpture is fabricated by artist H. Klessen. It is a 1970's original and
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Artist Made Modernist Japanese Jewelry Trinket Box Sculpture
By Memphis Group
Located in Peabody, MA
modernist sculpture with Memphis Group design influence. Signed with branded mark.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Boxes
Materials
Cedar
Mid-Century Modernist Black and Clear Lucite Box
Located in New York, NY
modernist design that would be useful in variety of places.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Mid-Century Modernist Sculpture by Andrew Y. Chembers
By Andrew Y. Chembers 1
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist welded steel sculpture is titled "Break The Barriers." It is composed of
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Modernist Jean Arp-Esque Abstract Ebony Wood Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This fantastic tabletop ebony wood modernist period sculpture is so reminescent of Jean Arp
Category
Vintage 1950s American Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Tall Curtis Jeré Modernist Sculpture on Marble Base
Located in Miami, FL
defines this kinetic modernist sculpture by Curtis Jeré. Rising from a solid veined grey marble drum
Category
Late 20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass, Steel
Modernist Figural Sculptures in Bronze by Itzik Benshalom
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist figural sculptures (one male, one female) in polished bronze by listed Israeli artist
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Modernist Polished Bronze Male/Female Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
These signed and editioned polished cast bronze modernist and sensual seated male/female sculptures
Category
20th Century Israeli Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Chrome and Tortoiseshell Lucite Box, circa 1970
By Mercier Freres
Located in Atlanta, GA
This decorative lidded box, crafted circa 1970, is perfect for a living space or vanity. The piece
Category
Vintage 1970s French Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Modernist Terracotta Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
Modern sculpture strongly influenced by figures from antiquity. Mid 20th century. Awarded the Medal of Honor for sculpture at the 8th annual exhibition of the Knickerbocker Artist So...
Category
20th Century North American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Modernist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patinated bronze abstract sculpture with wood base. Made in USA, circa 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Ceramic Sculpture
Located in London, England
Shapely silhouetted terracotta sculpture.
With all the best influences of early Twentieth Century sculpture present.
Deeply textured and matted surface glaze.
British school 1950s...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Modernist Handcrafted Sliding Rosewood Box by Nick Malignano
By Nick Molignano
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pale rosewood box was handcrafted by the contemporary artisan Nick Molignano, who developed his skills through working closely with master craftsman in Brazil. This pie...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Modernist Handcrafted Rosewood Sliding Box by Nick Molignano
By Nick Molignano
Located in New York, NY
This stunning rosewood box was handcrafted by the contemporary artisan Nick Molignano, who developed his skills through working closely with master craftsman in Brazil. This piece of...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Modernist Cat Sculpture designed by Lhoste for Daum
Located in New York, NY
Cat rests on a frosted base and is signed and numbered. It is hand blown glass in a rich sage color
Category
20th Century French Sculptures
Modernist Ceramic Gold-Plated Figurative Sculpture by Jaru
By Jaru
Located in New York, NY
This gold-plated ceramic sculpture features a kneeling figurative sculpture with stylized Cubist form. It bears the signature Jaru on the bottom.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Modernist Figural Nude Sculpture Attributed to Dorothy Robbins
By Dorothy Robbins
Located in Peabody, MA
Sculpture of kneeling female figure in lightly glazed terra cotta form mounted on cast iron base. This sculpture, acquired from the estate of a former Cranbrook student of the late 1...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Charles Taylor Modernist Aluminum Kinetic Sculpture after Calder
By Charles Taylor
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by Alexander Calder, Charles Taylor had widespread success and was extensively exhibited in art galleries in the 1970's and 80's in the United States.
Signed on the aluminu...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Modernist Carved Wood Sculpture signed Don Parrino, 1978
By Don Parrino
Located in NYC, NY
Taking the form of a Phoenix this intricate labor of love was found in the artist hamlet of New Hope Pennsylvania where the craft influences of resident artists like George Nakashima...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modernist Abstract Sculpture by Milono Studio
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage abstract organic form sculpture in polished aluminum by Milono Studio.
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Modernist Head Glass Sculpture by Sergio Rossi
By Sergio Rossi
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1990, a dynamic, very expressive mouth blown sculpture in grey fume Murano glass, on a round black opaline glass base, signed Maestro Sergio Rossi. This production has been ver...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Sculptures
Carl Aubock Modernist Leather Brass Clock, Vienna, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful leather and brass clock, designed and executed by Carl Aubock, Vienna, 1950s. An amazing straight-lined clock, has a leather wrapped clocks face and embossed marks for ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Italian Modernist Head Glass Sculpture by Sergio Rossi
By Sergio Rossi
Located in New York, NY
A dynamic "very expressive" mouth blown sculpture in amethyst Murano glass, on a round black opaline glass base, signed Maestro Sergio Rossi, circa 1990. This production has been ver...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Sculptures
Abstract Bronze Modernist Sculpture, Signed Shapiro, Dated 1977
By Shapiro
Located in Peabody, MA
Abstract bronze sculpture on a marble and walnut base, signed Shapiro, dated 1977, and numbered 1/5.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jerry Pollak Monumental Modernist Bronze Plaque, Self Standing
By Jerry Pollak
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jerry a well known mid century architect took in bronze as road way of creation, after his well known and friend , mentor artist Chaim Gross .
Category
Vintage 1970s American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Richard Takao Okuda California Modernist Patchwork Metal Sculpture
By Richard Takao Okuda
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A handmade, patchwork metal sculpture created by Richard Takao Okuda of Altadena, California. Reminiscent of Lee Bontecou's structural sculptures and paintings. Sculpture measures: 1...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Modernist Mexican Sterling Silver Caddy Box William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely sterling silver caddy or table top box made in Taxco Mexico by William Spratling, circa 1944-1946. The box features a cube form with rounded corner with three stylized match...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1980s Modernist Fake Tortoise Lucite Huge Italian Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An high quality fake tortoise and transparent lucite box designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies, it's in good conditions only normal signs of use and age.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Modernist Arthur Court Aluminum Sawfish Rostrum Sculpture 1976
By Arthur Court
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Huge almost 4 foot tall cast aluminum sculpture signed "Arthur Court designs" and dated 1976.
Mint condition. Fantastic statement piece of art.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Modernist Stainless Steel Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Modernist stainless steel sculpture made of found objects, architectural elements and cut and
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modernist Ceramic Horse Sculpture With Lustre Glaze, ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist ceramic horse in a highly polished metallic lustre glaze, ca.1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Sculptures
Modernist Bronze Nude Sculpture in Manner of Henry Moore
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist female nude sculpture in bronze, signed Divane, numbered edition 29 of 92. Strong Henry
Category
Vintage 1970s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modernist Brutalist Abstract Steel and Bronze Sculpture
By Paul Evans
Located in Las Vegas, NV
.
Extremely artful modernist design. Un-signed
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Exceptional Mid-Century Modernist Rosewood and Black Lacquer Box
Located in New York, NY
sleek craftsmanship make it a great example of mid-century modernist design.This box is in excellent
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Rosewood
Modernist Figural Male Nude Sculpture in Bronze ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist figural male nude sculpture, in bronze on a walnut pedestal, ca. 1960s. Strong Alberto
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Cycladic Sculpture in Polished Bronze by E. Zolotas
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist sculpture of a female nude in the Cycladic tradition, in polished bronze. Marked in one
Category
Vintage 1960s Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Stainless Steel Box by Stanley Szwarc Desk Accessory
By Stanley Szwarc
Located in North Miami, FL
quite modernist. It is lined in green felt as was originally done by him. It is signed on the back
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Modernist Bronze Ceramic Sculpture by Torres Guardia
By José Torres Guardia 1
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modernist bronze ceramic sculpture by Torres Gaurdia. This sculpture by the famous
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Modernist sculpture in Carrara marble
Located in London, GB
Carved from a single piece of Carrara marble, this modernist piece is architectural in form
Category
Vintage 1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
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Modernist Decorative Objects For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of modernist decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct modernist decorative objects — often made from metal, glass and wood — can elevate any home. There are 2617 antique and vintage modernist decorative objects for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 39 modern editions to choose from as well. Modernist decorative objects have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Modernist decorative objects bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made modernist decorative objects over the years, but those made by Carl Auböck, Curtis Jere and Baccarat are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Modernist Decorative Objects?
Prices for modernist decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, modernist decorative objects begin at $35 and can go as high as $58,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,112.
Finding the Right Decorative Objects for You
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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