Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Vintage Decorative Italian Wood Box 1970s Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Decorative Italian Wood Box from the 1980s is a charming and unique piece featuring a silver metal decoration on the top, adorned with blue and yellow accents. Crafted wi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Maitland Smith Decorative Tessellated Stone Kidney Shaped Box Keepsake
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade Maitland Smith light pink tessellated kidney shaped stone box.
Mid-Century Modern Period made in the Philippines.
No makers mark....
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1970s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Metales Casado Mexican Brass and Copper Hinged Box
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hinged box by Mexican company, Metales Casado has a lid of geometric copper, brass and stainless steel with a wood lined interior. A fun cigarette or trinket box. Stamped Hencho En M...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
Camille Faure Limoges Modernist Enamel and Silver Plate Artwork Box, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and exquisite creation by Camille Fauré Limoges, this enamel and silver-plated decorative box is a masterwork of French craftsmanship, dating circa 1950. Likely a bespoke comm...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel, Silver Plate
Rare Jewel-Toned Mid-Century Covered Box, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual and brilliantly glazed, this covered box features a sequence of geometric shapes in bas relief that are filled with pools of vivid, jewel-toned glazes in sapphire, eme...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Clay
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Gilded Aluminum and Macassar Wood Box, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning original decorative box was expertly crafted in France, circa 1960. The rectangular form, featuring Macassar wood main body, is complemented by a brushed gilded anodize...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Midcentury Fratelli Mannelli Rectangular Box in Travertine and Wood, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular box in travertine and wood attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
1960s Italian Leather Dice Game Box Italy Die Old Vegas Object Casino Gift
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful petite leather clad lidded box for dominos or backgammon dice. Mid-Century sculptural desktop or shelf relic. Scratches to top surface finis...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Blue Alabaster Box with Sliding Attached Round Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful shimmery round alabaster box with sliding lid. Unique custom blue colored box is perfect for your mementos, coins, jewelry or 420. Slide ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Gold Gilt Ceramic Lidded Trinket Box by McFarlin Freeman Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful and hard to find mid-century gold gilt ceramic lidded trinket box by McFarlin Freeman Pottery, circa 1960s. The box is well detailed and in very good vintage condition with...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Box by Chris and Pat Shatsby
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Decorative lidded box by Chris and Pat Shatsby c.1990's, USA. The diamond shaped box is made of textured bronze with a hand carved wood lid. The lid is finished with a sculptural bro...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Studio Del Campo Enameled Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful decorative lidded-hinge box from famed Italian ceramic house Studio Del Campo of Turin, Italy.
Lid is comprised of an enamel coated copper square with a brass trim and lin...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Vintage Italian Travertine and Brass Decorative Cube Box by Passeri for Ark Line
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique travertine 'cube' decorative box with brass dome lid and hollowed out cylindrical interior storage compartment suitable for small objects designed by P. Passeri for Ark-Line (...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Brass
1940s Elizabeth Bensley Enamel and Zebrawood Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a nice example of artist, Elizabeth Bensley's enamel work from the late 1940s contrasting a primitive, crudely assembled box with refined, expert enamel decoration. Note that...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Italian Florentine Square Green and Gilt Wood Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming small Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This gilt-wood box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1970s Mid-Century Modern Plexiglass and Brass Italian Luxury Box by Cavinato
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Chic 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Luxury Box by Ulderico Cavinato Milano
An exquisite piece of high-end Italian decorative arts, this luxury box was designed by Ulderico Cavinato...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
American Contemporary Faux Bone Decorative Box
Located in Queens, NY
American Contemporary (1970s) faux bone tesselated decorative rectangular box with a horizontal pattern of silver rods going across top and resting on 4 ball feet
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
2000s Astonishing Black and White Fornasetti Box signed Fornasetti. Made in Ital
Located in Milano, IT
2000s (2019) Astonishing wood and metal box designed by Piero Fornasetti produced by Fornasetti, in excellent condition. Made in Italy. The box is signed and is the n.1 of the year 2...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage clock and calendar and box, 1970.
Located in Praha, CZ
A leatherrette case that has a battery-operated clock embedded in a circular brass frame on the top hinged side, a calendar consisting of a grid with numbered days from 1 to 31, the ...
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$303 Sale Price
20% Off
Tommi Parzinger Brass Box Mid-Century Modern
Located in North Miami, FL
This Mid-Century Modern Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn Silversmiths is hallmarked on the back. This chic brass box back in the times of the 1950s was s silent butler tray to pick up the ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Lidded Murano Box, Italy, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Fitted with brass hinges, this Murano glass box is warm pink and jewel-like.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Deep Red Vintage Italian Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vintage Italian box, made in the 1970s, features a striking deep red Lucite body with a contrasting clear Lucite lid. Its sleek, rectangular...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Antonio Botta Ice Bucket or Decorative Box in Lucite and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian decorative box or ice bucket made in smoked lucite and chrome. This incredibly stylish and rare piece was designed by Antonio Botta and produced by Rexite in Italy ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Hand Crafted Burl Walnut Wood Box, 1970
s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Hand Crafted Burl Walnut Wood Box, 1970's
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Valenti Spain Modernist Wood and Metal Box, 1960s
By Valenti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Valenti, Spain, designed this stunning, high-end, modernist decorative lidded box in the 1980s. The yachting-style box has a tropical-wood faceted body with a brass lid and handles. ...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Bamboo, Rattan and Bakelite Box by Cesare Di Cesare, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in bamboo, rattan and red bakelite by Cesare Di Cesare.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is still attached as shown ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Bakelite
Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box 7cm Kings, ca 1950
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its original box with a sliding lid, made by John Jaques of London and dating to the mid 20th century period.
The chess pieces are made of turned and carved varnished wood. The bases of ALL pieces are weighted with metal pieces and the bases have a green felt/paper cover.
Weighted sets like this one have a much nicer "feel" when playing.
The pieces in the set are in the Staunton style.
Sizes: Kings: 70mm ( ~ 2.75 inches); Pawns: ~45mm (~1.7 inches)
The set comes complete with its original wood storage box, having a sliding lid and complete with a paper makers sticker to the lid.
Overall a good "weighted" John Jaques chess...
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Scatola porta ghiaccio forma di Mela in Metallo Silver Plate Italia 1960 Teghini
By Teghini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mela in metallo porta ghiaccio, coperchio con scultura Italia 1960
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$581 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Carved Teak Puzzle Box, American Studio Craft 1960s-1970s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage carved wood box features abstract animalistic form in striking choice of solid teak wood. Asymmetrically sculpted box is covered with a sliding lid, held by a small vertical...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Teak
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brown Leather Case Austria, circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage hat case from leather 1950s, Austria.
A great hat case from cognac brown leather with one snap-lock and two locks with a carrying s...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Dresser Top Lucite Jewelry Box with Fitted Lid
Located in Ferndale, MI
Rectangle box of acrylic padded and lined. Lid is fitted to the opening.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage Wooden Box, Suitcase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In fair condition
new painted
only for decoration
have damages and scratches.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$275 Sale Price
20% Off
David Deakin Silver and Malachite Box for Deakin
Francis England 1970 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
David Deakin, a silver box, Deakin & Frances, Birmingham, England, 1973, signed.
Gilded inside. Height 10 cm. Total weight: 343 grams.
Unique piece made o...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Silver, Sterling Silver
Giacomo Sinopoli Italian Large Jewellery Box Chrome Gold Leaf 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Italian Mid-Century decorative box designed by Giacomo Sinopoli and produced by Liwan’s Rome in the late 1970s. This chrome jewellery box features a beautiful gold leaf gilded frame...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome, Gold Leaf
OTTAVIANI 1960 Modernist Cedar Box With Enameled Designs .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist box designed by Giovanni Ottaviani.
Fabulous modernist rectangular box decorated with "smalto". It was designed by Giovanni Ottaviani during the post-war period in the cit...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Malachite Mineral Jewelry or Trinket Box, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding Mid-Century Modern round lidded box in Malachite stone, Spain, 1950s.
This exquisite vintage 1950s ball shaped box is all constructed with malachite and features a brass ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Malachite, Brass
Montagnani Gilded Metal and Wood Marquetry Box, circa 1970
By Montagnani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Immerse yourself in the artistry of Montagnani Firenze with this extraordinary box, a rare Italian masterpiece crafted circa 1970. A true testament to Mid-Century modernist design, i...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage E Otto Scmidt Bisquit Tin Rustic 1979 Limited edition.
Located in Praha, CZ
Gingerbread Tin, Cookies, Clockmaker Peter Henlein Home seasonal decor, holiday decor
Vintage gingerbread box featuring locksmith and clockmaker of Nurnberg Germany,Peter Henlein, kn...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Storage Box In Rosewood With Silver Inlay "Provinsbanken" From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Vintage storage box in rosewood with original inlay “Provinsbanken”, circa 1960s. Danish design with adjustable compartments.
Material: Rosewood
Origin: Denmark
Production: Circa 19...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Mexican Modernist Mix Metals Tray Box by Los Castillos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Modernist Mix Metals Tray Box by Los Castillos
Designer
Humberto Castillo
Manufacturer
Los Castillos
Period Style
Mexican Modern
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Vintage Brass Desk Box, Fine Decorative Case, Brass
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Desk Box - Decorative Box Set - Fine Brass Case
Vintage decorative box set in metal and brass, with a finely interwoven straw-like pattern ...
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$370 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Boho Tessellated Stone Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking vintage octagonal box features an exquisite tessellated bone inlay design, exuding a chic bohemian aesthetic with a touch of global influence. The alternating black and...
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Late 20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
XX Century Silver Plated Hare Inkwell
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Decorative XX century inkwell or box representing a silver plated hare.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Modernist Extra-Long and Flat Silver Plate Box, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning French Modernist Silver-Plated Box, circa 1960
This exceptional modernist box, expertly crafted in France around 1960, is a rare and refined example of mid-century design. M...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Casa Bique Tessellated Stone Large Dresser Box, Italy 1960
By Casa Bique
Located in Chicago, IL
Casa Bique Tessellated Stone Large Dresser Box, Italy1960’s. Beautiful stone and in excellent condition. Box is lined with black velvet.
Measures 16.25” long 4.75” tall 7.25” deep
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Gold Cigarette / Pill Box Desk, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi gold brass cigarette, pill box for a stylish desk.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is new, unused, in excellent, nearly new condition.
Comes ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
brown ceramic decorative or jewelry box circa 1970 La Borne Barbara Delfosse
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Attributed to Barbara Delfosse - La Borne
20th cerntury design stoneware ceramic box
Jewelry or decorative box
Realised circa 1970
Original perfect condition
Height 6 cm
Large...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Brazilian Rosewood Tray Vessel by Jean Gillon for Wood Art
By Jean Gillon
Located in Victoria, BC
We are excited to offer this standout piece from the Jean Gillon collection: a decorative wood serving tray crafted from the finest jacaranda. Crafted with meticulous detail and unde...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Wood Dresser Box Gold Leaf Striping w/Lid, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Wood Dresser Box Gold Leaf Striping w/Lid, 1960’s. Beautiful excellent condition, lined in black velvet.
Means 11.5” long 8” deep 6” tall
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
1944 Lino Sabattini Christofle Design Silver Metal Apple Box
Located in Brescia, IT
Apple Box
Lino Sabattini
Christofle _ Coll. Gallia
France, 1944
Silver Metal Box
Mark engraved under the bottom
Very Good Condiction
bibliography: Filippo Alison...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Bitossi Lidded Ceramic Box, Italy, c.1955
By Bitossi
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Bitossi Lidded Ceramic Box, Italy, c.1955.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Gucci Vintage Leather Box Tom Ford, 1990s
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci vintage black leather jewellery box with aluminium brushed frame and stitched leather rims designed by Tom Ford. Signed with Gucci. Ver...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Fontana Arte Mod. 2004 Box
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Fontana Arte Mod. 2004 box.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$3,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Two Lucite And Silver Plate Boxes Designed By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Doraville, GA
A pair of vintage lucite and silver-plate lidded boxes. The boxes were designed by Gabriella Crespi in the 1970's and made in Italy. The small box is approximately 3 1/4 inches tall ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Roberto Rida
Diamante Murano
Large Glass Box
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Giulio Rida exquisite purple 'Diamante Murano' glass box with thick glass ground and polished to create faceted fitted top with gilt brass base covered inside with steel, Ita...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel, Brass
Rare Vintage Pottery Bird Ken Edwards style
Located in Seattle, WA
Rare Vintage pottery el Paloma’s Mexico pottery bird. Sugar bowl Home Decor. Ken Edwards style.! Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for des...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
A german 1960ties cigarette box with enameled lid with stylized fish motive
By Scholz
Lammel
Located in Aachen, DE
A german box from the 1960, probably used for Cigarettes with a turned teak wood base and an enameled copper lid with matte finish, nicely decorated with a stylized pattern of three fish. The box is unsigned and is most likely the work of Schibensky, or Scholz and Lammel...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Dior Large Smoked "Frozen" Lucite Italian Decorative Jewelry Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century jewelry or decorative rectangular box, made in charming smoked brownish lucite with a "frozen effect." This elegant object was produced in Italy during the 1970...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Beautiful Italian Decorative Box 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
beautiful Italian decorative box 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Brass tube Box / Cigarette Case Signed by Gabriella Gabriella Crespi, Italy 70s
Located in Roma, IT
I'm offering for sale a rare cylindrical box, designed and signed in the 1970s by Italian designer Gabriella Crespi.
The cylindrical tube shape suggests that this vintage box was mos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative boxes, popular names associated with this style include Bitossi, Line Vautrin, Piero Fornasetti, and Gabriella Crespi. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $34,396 while the average work can sell for $850.
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