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Frank Gehry
Easy Edges
Chair Art Object, 1970s
By Frank Gehry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and sturdy.
It presents well as a modernist artifact / art object / decorative accent or add to
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Chairs
Materials
Papercord, Paper
Verner Panton Style Pop/ Op Art Wall Mirror, Italy 1970s
By Verner Panton, Greg Copeland
Located in Naples, IT
chequered mirror surface. Very decorative modernist object, works well with both classical and modern
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Fiberglass
French Art Deco wood , metal and art glass centerpiece circa1930
Located in New York City, NY
details.
Key words: Modernist, Art Moderne,decorative objects, table accessories, serving, for the table
Category
Vintage 1930s French Centerpieces
French Art Deco hand forged iron fire screen - Charles Piguet 1925
Located in New York City, NY
extra fee if necessary.
Modernist, Italian design, decorative objects, for the library, metal elements
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Set of Four Brutalist Pine Dining Chairs Denmark 1970s
By Roland Wilhelmsson
Located in Valby, 84
Scandinavian modern and decorative design with a main focus on early modernist pieces and decorative objects
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Pine
Magnus Stephensen Lounge Chair in Dark Stained Beechwood by Fritz Hansen
By Magnus Stephensen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Valby, 84
decorative design with a main focus on early modernist pieces and decorative objects from architects and
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Alessandro Albrizzi Modernist Lucite Object Holder Cube
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Milano, IT
serve several functions . It can be placed in a desk as a decorative element and as an object holder or
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Smoked Glass Bud Vase by Arthur Percy for Gullaskruf, Sweden, Mid-20th Century
By Arthur Percy, Gullaskruf
Located in Glasgow, GB
collection of Scandinavian glass or modernist decorative objects.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Cleto Munari 1980s Modernist Silver Plate Decorative Box
By Cleto Munari
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant silver plate lidded decorative box by Italian designer Cleto Munari. Geometric modernist
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
French 1940s Modernist Brass Decorative Lidded Box with Geometric Inlaid
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant French 1940s modernist elongated decorative lidded box. Large rectangular shape with
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modernist Silver Plate Brass Ostrich Leather Decorative Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stylish Mid-Century decorative lidded box. Rectangular shape with modernist design, featuring
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
French Modernist Snake Skin, Elm
Parchment Decorative Box by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
This refined and sophisticated modernist box was realized by the celebrated Parisian design firm R
Category
20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
Pair of Modernist Lucite "Fin" Bookends
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Sleekly shaped decorative "fins" in a heavy Lucite. No doubt intended as bookends.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
1960
s Flavio Poli Modernist Decorative Murano Glass Centerpiece
By Flavio Poli
Located in New York, NY
Amazing large 1960's mid-century modern Flavio Poli decorative centerpiece, in vintage original
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist Karen Karnes Objects U.S.A. Studio Art Pottery Stoneware Bowl
By Karen Karnes
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Karen Karnes studio art pottery stoneware bowl. Great form and design. Color is great. In
Category
Mid-20th Century Vases
Materials
Pottery
Mexican Modernist Decorative Vase by William Spratling, Silver and Rosewood
By William Spratling
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Mexican modernist decorative vase by William Spratling, silver and
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Silver
Modernist Stone Onyx Decorative Bowl Organic Free Form Art Sculpture
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Onyx Bowl
Sculptural organic form modernist display artistic bowl in carved Onyx stone.
Richly
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Onyx
Superb Mid-Century Modernist Handblown Glass Canadian Goose By Licio Zanetti
By Licio Zanetti
Located in New York, NY
This dazzling Mid-Century Modernist handblown glass Canadian goose is by Licio Zanetti. It is in
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Modernist Swirled Stone Onyx Decorative Bowl Organic Free Form Art Sculpture
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Decorative bowl
Sculptural organic form modernist display artistic bowl in carved Onyx stone
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Onyx
Mid-Century Modernist Hourglass Form Handblown Murano Decorative Bottle
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century modernist hourglass-form handblown Murano glass decorative bottle with conical glass
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Deco Modernist Chrome Box
Located in Devon, England
1930s Art Deco chrome lidded box with a catalin bakelite handle on the lid. Lovely condition with just normal vintage expect wear. Lined in wood, was perhaps a cigarette or cigar box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Alessandro Albrizzi 1970s Modernist Lucite Box
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist Lucite Box by Italian Designer ALESSANDRO ALBRIZZI. Vintage 1970's Lucite decorative box
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
African Reliquary Sculpture with Modernist Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
African Reliquary Sculpture with Modernist Design, most likely executed by the African DRC Kota
Category
20th Century Central African Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Modernist Bronze Sculpture by Abbott Pattison
By Abbott Pattison
Located in Winnetka, IL
Modernist bronze sculpture by Abbott Pattison.
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Brass Sculpture by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist Brass Sculpture, made by Curtis Jere, circa 1980's. Signed and dated 1986. This sculpture
Category
Late 20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
1970 Italian Alessandro Albrizzi Modernist Lucite Box
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist Lucite Box by Italian Designer ALESSANDRO ALBRIZZI. Vintage 1970's Lucite decorative box
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Willy Anthoons Modernist Relief Carved Sculpture
By Willy Anthoons
Located in New Windsor, NY
Beautiful modern sculpture by Belgian artist Willy Anthoons (1911-1983). The intertwined figures are composed of carved limed oak resting on a limestone base. Carved signature on bas...
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Modernist Lavender Python Snakeskin Box with Lid
Located in New York, NY
A modernist python snake skin match-wrapped box in soft lavender with removable lid. Its interior
Category
20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
Modernist Round Marble Trinket Box, 1970
s
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Sergio Asti
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Modernist Round Marble Trinket / Jewelry / Stash Box, 1970's.
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Modernist Book-Matched Malachite Box
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modernist Bookmatched Malachite Box originates from Russia, Circa 1970
Category
Vintage 1970s Russian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Modernist Sculpture in Sterling Silver by Emaus
By Emaus
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A striking modernist sterling sculpture on a wood base, marked Emaus, the mark of the workshop of
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Modernist Chrome and Tortoise Lucite Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant 1970s decorative lidded box, perfect for living space or vanity. Chrome-plated framing with
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
1960s Modernist Extra Thick Sculptural Lucite Lidded Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning sculptural Lucite decorative lidded box. Elegant midcentury modernist shape with
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Modernist Brass Box with Gilt Decor, France 1940s
By Metal Arts Studios
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning decorative box was crafted in France in the 1940s. The geometric square shape has a
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Modernist Brass Strapped Elongated Black Lucite Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This box in black Lucite and brass is a great desk accessory or for a cocktail table.
This is an unusual box. The brass strapping also opens the box.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Modernist Hand-Hammered Copper Obelisks, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
These 1920s French obelisks feature a hand-hammered copper surface on both the elongated triangular portion as well as the base. Each of the obelisks are separated from their bases b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Modernist Mexican Sterling Silver Box William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hinged box in sterling silver made in Taxco Mexico by William Spratling, circa 1944-1946. The box features slight scalloped lines on the domed top, which is linked to the body with...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1980s Modernist Silver Plated Italian Round Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A silver plated and brass round box designed and manufactured in Italy in the Eighties. It's il very good condition overall, on the lid, inside a brass frame there is an abstract met...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Modernist Carved Rosewood Bird Sculpture circa 1960s
By HAK
Located in Peabody, MA
Finely crafted mid-century sculpture of a pair of cheeky hand carved rosewood birds. On stilted legs of hammered bronze, with brass inlaid eyes. Signed with initials HAK.
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Modernist Wood Sculpture by Sam Diamond, American
By Sam Diamond
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Large 5 foot tall sculpture by artist Sam Diamond, Polish/American (1919 - 1978)
Carved out of wood and titled "Acrobats"
Un-signed but documented
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Geometric Modernist Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Geometric modernist sculpture with beautiful form. Made in USA circa 1965.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Abstract Sculptures
Carved Modernist Frame
Located in Rochester, NY
Vintage carved wormy oak modernist frame, circa 1940s. Rabbet 20" x 24".
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
Materials
Wood, Oak
Modernist Horse Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
Modernist brass horse sculpture. Heavy brass-mounted on rouge marble base, circa 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass, Metal
1970s Modernist Box in Lucite and Lacquered Wood
Located in Rome, IT
1970s modernist box in Lucite and lacquered wood.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass, Wood
Wrought Iron Modernist Matador Sculpture by Manolo Pascual
By Manolo Pascual
Located in Ferndale, MI
Forged, wrought iron modernist Toreador/Matador sculpture
by Manolo Pascual.
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
Vintage Italian Modernist Alabaster Trinket Box by Nordstrom
By N. Nordstrom 1, Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
has a modernist design with hardware in black that delineates the piece. The top of the box includes a
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Black Lucite and Brass Two-Part Modernist Box
Located in North Miami, FL
big or small.
It has a modernist look to it and is from the 1970s.
It is neutral for a man or woman.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Modernist Marbled Lacquer Rectangular Box with Felt Interior
Located in New York, NY
This elegant modernist lacquer box was handcrafted in Vietnam. It offers a volumetric rectangular
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Polished Solid Brass Mid-Century Modernist Hinged Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful brass box is so modernist and Mid-Century. It glistens with
sculptural form.
There
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Modernist Chestnut Burl Wood Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant French Art Deco decorative lidded box, featuring a rectangular minimalist shape with
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Chestnut, Burl
Chic Modernist Lizard Skin Wrapped Square Box in Gold
Located in New York, NY
A modernist lizard skin match-wrapped box in gold with removable lid. Its interior is lined in a
Category
20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
Modernist Lavender Matched Python Snakeskin Square Box with Lid
Located in New York, NY
A modernist python snake skin match-wrapped box in soft lavender with removable lid. Its interior
Category
Early 2000s Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
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
Sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist Table Clock by Elgin
By Elgin Clocks
Located in New York, NY
This trapezoidal shape brass clock features a unique mid-century design with black numerals.
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Stunning Modernist Solid / Sterling Silver Pill Box - 1988
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderfully crafted solid silver box, the lid decorated by a large flower surrounded by a series of smaller flowers, pretty as a picture and beautifully hand crafted.
The lid fits...
Category
Vintage 1980s British Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Don Shoemaker Medium Size Box Midcentury Mexican Modernist
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Chula Vista, CA
We are pleased to offer for your consideration a medium size box by Don S Shoemaker. Beautiful geometric woodwork with exotic woods. No label present. Made in Mexico circa 1960s.
...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cocobolo
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 brass dots for each h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Clocks
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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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