Mithé Espelt Furniture
French, 1923-2020
Marie-Thérèse Espelt, known better as Mithé Espelt, was a dominant force in mid-20th-century ceramics in France. Mithé is remembered for her modern ceramic wall mirrors, gilded and enameled ashtrays and other ornate objects and boxes, often featuring birds and lively colors. She preferred not to sign her pieces and, as a consequence, much of her work has been misattributed, including to French ceramist François Lembo.
Mithé grew up in the Camargue region of France. Her father’s extensive network included 1904 Nobel Prize winner Frédéric Mistral and Parisian painter and decorator Jean Hugo. Mithé’s early introduction to a community of artists inspired her to study sculpture and drawing at the Beaux-Arts School in Montpellier in 1939.
Mithé’s early work caught the attention of French ceramist Emilie Decanis and jewelry distributor Charles Démery. Mithé set up a ceramics workshop in the Hôtel de Bernis in Lunel, where she quickly garnered a reputation for her ceramic work and accessories, including mirrors, jewelry boxes and buttons. Démery founded the Souleiado boutique, which began distributing Mithé’s work, thus attracting a worldwide audience.
French author Antoine Candau wrote a retrospective book on Mithé’s career titled Mithé Espelt, the Discreet Luxury of the Every Day, which contributed to bringing her legacy to the forefront while shedding light on her anonymity. While Mithé was respected within her inner circle, the general public is only now beginning to understand the immense talent behind her over five-decade-long career.
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Creator: Mithé Espelt
Mithé Espelt Ceramic Jewelry Box 1950s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Mid-Century Ceramic Jewelry Box by Mithé Espelt — Lunel, France, 1950s.
A stunning mid-century ceramic jewelry box crafted by renowned French artist Mithé Espelt in Lunel, France, d...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage Ceramic Wall Mirror by Mithé Espelt (circa 1970s)
By Mithé Espelt
Located in London, GB
Ceramic wall mirror with birds and flowers (circa 1970s) by Mithé Espelt. A delightful decorative piece topped with two pairs of whimsical ename...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
$2,829 Sale Price
20% Off
" Tresor" chest or box, Mithé Espelt circa 1953.
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
" Tresor" chest. Rare rectangular box with glazed ceramic domed lid.
Set of blue and gold points, framed with crackled gold .
The box in black painted wood.
Original felt lining a...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Felt, Wood
Small Mithé Espelt circular ceramic pocket mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Small Mithé Espelt circular ceramic pocket mirror decorated in shades of blue green, white, rose pink and gold. Surmounted by a pair of birds in relief, with a short brass chain with...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithé Espelt Mirror, Ceramic, Gold, Blue, Fused Glass
By Mithé Espelt
Located in New York, NY
Mithé Espelt mirror, ceramic, gold, blue, fused glass. Small scale rectangular gold crackle glazed hand crafted mirror with sky blue fused glass. Accordi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror "Engrenages" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithé Espelt Ceramic Flower Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Charming ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, crafted in the 1960s and shaped as a stylized flower. The frame features petal-like elements glazed in soft pink and deep violet, with a slen...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Gold and Blue Ceramic Box with Birds by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Toronto, ON
An exceptional mid century glazed ceramic box with liquid gold border and blue & white birds by famed artist, Mithé Espelt. The box lid is ceramic with a blackened wood base.
Born in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Ceramic and crystallized glass mirror by Mithé Espelt, Lunel, mid 1950
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Ceramic and glass wall mirror by Mithé Espelt.
This "Pâte de Verre long" mirror is made with a sophisticated technique combining crackled gold glazed ceramic and crystalized glass.
...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Mithé Espelt Mirror 1970
By Mithé Espelt
Located in LU
Ceramic wall mirror with birds and flowers (around the 1970s) by Mithé Espelt. A decorative piece surmounted by two pairs of enamel birds above and below the square mirror. The mirro...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
$4,516
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, Ouvea decor, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror "Flammes" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithé Espelt “Fleur” hand mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Small mid century Mithé Espelt “Fleur” pocket mirror c. 1960, embossed earthenware in shades of blue brown and green.(bead and brass chain missing)
Born in 1923, Mithé Espelt was a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Modern Century Mirror by atelier Mithe Espelt
By Mithé Espelt, Marion de Crécy
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Important sunburst mirror from French atelier of Mithe Espelt.
It’s made with enameled ceramic representing stylised moon sun and star.
Made and designed by Marion de Crecy...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Mesange and Flowers Mithé Espelt Ceramic Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
An oval-shaped mirror crafted by Mithé Espelt, made from glazed ceramic, features a charming design of a Mesange (tit) surrounded by flowers in various shades of pink and red.
Bibli...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Romantic
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
This beautiful colored mirror, whose discreet irregularity is its charm, is one of the variations described as "romantic", produced in the mid-1960s. Decorated with delicate pink and...
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
$2,258
Ceramic Wall Mirror, " Piques" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1962
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Ceramic mirror "Piques".
Decorated with "piques" or leaves in 2 shades of blue and gold on a black background.
Embossed and glazed earthenware.
Gilded rims.
Ref : CANDAU Antoine, M...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Anemone Miror with Ceramic Frame by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
The Anemone Mirror created by Mithé Espelt is an impressive artwork featuring a large oval mirror encircled by a beautifully designed two-toned anemone flower, complete with its stem...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithe Espelt Ceramic Wall Mounted Keys Holder
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Surprising object by Mithe Espelt, this wall mounted key holder in ceramic with brass hooks. Enameled bird and plants decors.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror "Vague" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, vague decor, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithe Espelt Purple Ceramic and Bird Decor Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Wall mirror made by Mithé Espelt, this piece is made of a rectangular mirror overlooked by a bird made of molten glass and glazed ceramic
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (19...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Mirror
Ceramic mirror "Pétales" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, gold leafs decor, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative French Vintage Ceramic Thermometer and Casing by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in London, GB
Decorative, French vintage ceramic thermometer and casing by Mithé Espect (circa 1960s). A delightful piece with stylised bird and flower blossoms....
Category
1960s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,795 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Constructivist mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960's, Constructivist model
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Hand-Held Moineau Mirror by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
A hand-held mirror crafted from ceramic by the French artist Mithé Espelt, this piece showcases her signature Moineau design, adorned with an array of leaves and decorative elements....
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1970
s Studio pottery ceramic Box by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare 1970's decorative Ceramic box designed by famous artist Mithé Espelt
Documented on the book about the artist work
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror "Cage" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, cage decor, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Square ceramic mirror Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Square ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt
The broad glazed ceramic frame is decorated with white and yellow daisies and foliage on a light brow background.
This type of design is rare...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithe Espelt
Ouvea
mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique mirror Mithe Espelt model Ouvea
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage French Ceramic Hand Mirror by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in London, GB
Ceramic Hand Mirror with enamel bead motif by Mithé Espelt (circa 1970s). An elegant piece of decorative art consisting of a lustrous gold border. Between the gold is dark chocolate-...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Round Mithe Espelt Ceramic Mirror with Flower Decors
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Round ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt with debossed flower motifs in pink, green and white glaze.
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2020)
Born in the town of Lunel, near...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithe Espelt Large Thermometer French Ceramist Ceramic France
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Ceramic thermometer by the French artist Mithé Espelt.
circa 1960.
Lunel France
The thermometer works!
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mithé Espelt Square Ceramic Box
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Decorative square box by Mithé Espelt, stained wood box covered with a ceramic lid showing a single white and blue flower framed with gold glaze....
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic mirror "Ameli" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror Ameli by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Little flower
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
A jewelry box created as a tribute to the American musician and composer Sidney Bechet, by one of the leading figures in 20th-century French ceramics, who turned her art into an ode ...
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
$1,129
Ceramic Mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic Mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970s
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
White and Pink Fowers Ceramic Box by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Rectangular wooden box topped with a ceramic lid by Mithé Espelt. The ceramic showcases a cream glaze background and flower motifs in molten pink glass with crackled gold lining.
Bi...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Round Mithe Espelt Ceramic Mirror with Blue Flower Decors
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Round ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt with debossed flower motifs in blue, teal, green and white glaze.
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2020)
Born in the town of Lunel...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
1970
s Ceramic box by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1970's Ceramic box by Mithé Espelt
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mithe Espelt Blue Ceramic and Birds Decor Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Wall piece made by Mithé Espelt, it is made of a round mirror incased in ceramic with peacock decors and beautiful blue and gold glaze.
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1970
s Ceramic wall mirror by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1970's Ceramic wall mirror by Mithé Espelt
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Oval Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Oval glazed ceramic thermometer by the french artist Mithé Espelt, it features pale beige glaze and crackling gold.
Bibliographie: Mithé Espelt, the discreet luxury of the everyday
...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage French Ceramic Hand Mirror by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in London, GB
Ceramic circular hand mirror by Mithé Espelt (circa 1970s). A charming piece of decorative art featuring golden borders with delightful enamel beads in hues of green in between. This...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Mid Century Gold and Purple Ceramic Box with Flower by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Toronto, ON
An exceptional mid century glazed ceramic box with liquid gold border and purple flower by famed artist, Mithé Espelt. The box lid is ceramic with a blackened wood base.
Born in 1923...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid Century Pink and Purple Ceramic Box with Flowers by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Toronto, ON
An exceptional mid century glazed ceramic box with purple and pink with flowers by famed artist, Mithé Espelt. The box lid is ceramic with a blackened wood base.
Born in 1923, Mithé ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Box Birds
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
This wooden box is topped by a stamped earthenware lid decorated with bluish, green and white polychrome enamels. For Mithé Espelt, the object is an essential element of the boudoir....
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
$1,783
Round gilt and glazed ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, circa 1970
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Ceramic framed round mirror.
Embossed and glazed earthenware:
Gilt frame with crackled finish,
partly covered with bird, grapes and leaves decoration glazed in shades of pink, w...
Category
1970s French Romantic Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Flowers Jewellery box
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Glazed ceramic jewellery box with flowers and blackened wooden base.
This beautiful jewelry box is topped with a stamped earthenware lid and decorated with a floral enamel motif fea...
Category
1960s French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
$1,783
MITHE ESPELT, Unique sculpted ceramic panel, bird
sun decor, France c. 1960s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in leucate, FR
Unique and large sculpted ceramic wall plaque made by the French ceramic artist Mithé Espelt (1923 - 2000).
Matte black background, enameled decor with rooster and sun in turquoise,...
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Jewellery Box with Decorative Ceramic Lid by Mithé Espelt (circa 1960s)
By Mithé Espelt
Located in London, GB
Jewellery box with decorative ceramic lid by Mithé Espelt (circa 1960s). A series of yellow and green imperfect circles appear on the cover of the box like stepping stones in a garde...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$2,285 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic mirror "Engrenages" by Mithé Espelt, France, 1960
s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mirror by Mithé Espelt, France, 1970's
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Square Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
A singular object, faithful to the artist's sunny, luxurious universe. Mithé Espelt creates the border of this mirror in stamped and enameled clay. The beautifully glazed enamels fea...
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
$2,615
1970
s Ceramic box by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1970's Ceramic box by Mithé Espelt
Rare abstract modèle
France
Category
1970s Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mirror
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
To embellish women's everyday lives, the French ceramist imagines rare objects such as this small-format mirror, ideal for carrying in your handbag. A red ceramic pearl hangs from th...
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
$1,069
Mithé Espelt boxe
By Mithé Espelt
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Boite par Mithé Espelt décor de trois oiseaux.
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
$3,803
Gold Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelte
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful wall thermometer in ceramic by Mithé Espelt. Abstract decors with gold glaze and pockets of molten glass
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2020)
Born in...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Hand held Mirror With Ceramic Frame by Mithe Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Handheld mirror featuring a ceramic frame adorned with a decorative pink bird, designed by Mithé Espelt.
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2020)
Born in the town of Lun...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mithé Espelt Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Mithé Espelt furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Mithé Espelt furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Mithé Espelt furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Mithé Espelt were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Les Argonautes, François Lembo, and Chaty Vallauris. Prices for Mithé Espelt furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,210 and can go as high as $16,676, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,019.