Mid-Century Modern 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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Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars.
The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Brass Tobacco Jar with Hand Painted Blue Delft Lid
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small container for cigarettes or tobacco. Its made from Solid patinated brass and its screw-of lid is decorated with a small hand-painted porcelain pl...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Stunning Studio Craft Maple Burl Organic Jewelry Box with 4 Containers with Lids
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning American Studio craft Maple Burl organic Jewelry box with 4 containers with lids. Beautiful woodwork and design. Lid opens that reveals 4 individual burl containers with lid...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Maple, Burl
$1,225 Sale Price
50% Off
Murano Barovier
Toso Glass Box, Gold, Brass, Hinged.
By Barovier
Located in New York, NY
Murano Barovier
Toso Glass Box, Gold, Brass, Hinged. Finely handcrafted rectangular translucent glass box, decorated with gold bubble inclusions.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Piero Fornasetti, lid jar "Cotton" mid-1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Porcelain jar from the bathroom series by Piero Fornasetti, mid-1900s.
With decor of flowers and "Cotton". Signed Fornasetti.
In good condition, smaller signs of age and wear.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Holster Box - 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Fratelli Mannelli travertine holster box or catchall.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Travertine
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Michael Elkan Large Burl Wood Studio Crafted Jewelry Trinket Desk Storage Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Michael Elkan Large Burl Wood Studio Crafted Jewelry Trinket Desk Storage Box. Item featured has artist signature to underside, beautiful wood grain, quality craftsmanship, great sty...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Swedish Lidded Box in Bronze
Wood by Bernhard Linder for Metallkonst 1950’s
By Ystad-Metall
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A gorgeous vintage box in the manner of Ystad Metal. Designed by Bernhard Linder for Metallkonst. Inscribed on the top as shown. Would work well on a shelf, coffee table, or on a des...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Hand-Painted Porcelain Teapot Trinket with Black Reader
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Curios novelty trinket in the shape of a porcelain teapot trinket hand-painted with pink flowers, a coffee cup and a hatted black reader (cat or person). The lid mechanism in patinat...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s German Modernist Teak Jewelry Box Abstract Enamel Schibensky Bunge
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a 1960s German modernist teak wood jewelry box with abstract enamel metal plate. Attributed to Schibensky Bunge. Unmarked.
Dimensions: 4" W x 1.5" H x 3.5" D...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Midcentury Decorative Box in Bordeaux Acrylic by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in bordeaux acrylic by Tommaso Barbi.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original stamp is present on the bottom as shown in the photos...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
Bitossi for Raymor Box, Ceramic, White, Black, and Brown, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor box, ceramic white, black, and brown, signed. Small lidded box glazed in chocolate brown, white and black from Aldo Londi's Piastrelle Bi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$1,125 Sale Price
55% Off
Chrome and Braided Brass Italian Decorative Box, Gucci Style 1980s
By Gucci
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful midcentury decorative jewelry box in chromed metal and brass. This lovely Gucci style box was produced in Italy in the 1980s.
This gorgeous decorative rectangular box is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Vintage Tessellated Stone Octagonal Box by Renoir Designs
Located in San Diego, CA
A very well crafted tessellated stone octagonal box with attached lid by Renoir Designs, circa 1970s. The piece is very heavy and solid and lined...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
By Liwan
s Janetti Firenze Silver and Glass Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible decorative box in laminated silver and mid-century glass. By Liwan's of Rome for Maison Mercier Freres. Signed. Sold by Janetti Firenze, a famous design house founded in 1...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Edward Winter Box, Enamel, Brass, Hinged, Cleveland School, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Edward Winter Box, Enamel, Brass, Hinged, Cleveland School, Signed. Small scale brass hinged box with an enameled top decorated with a white chevron pattern over a dark copper under ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$350 Sale Price
80% Off
Bodil Eje Danish Rosewood Box / Humidor by Alfred Klitgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully crafted solid rosewood trinket box / humidor with divider by Danish craftsman Alfred Klitgaard. This pieces was produced in the late 1950s-early 1960s. The construction i...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Beate Kuhn Abstract Ceramic Bowl 1960s
By Beate Kuhn
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful early work of the famous German ceramic Artist Beate Kuhn from the 1960s. The bowl is designed in red, white and black glazed ceramic with an abstract forms. Artist signatu...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Lacrima Vase, Ceramic, Blue Turquoise, Textured, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, blue turquoise, impressed, textured, signed. Medium scale chunky vase from Aldo Londi's 'Lacrima' series. Its body is decorated with a relief pattern of impres...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Italian Pocket Watch Shaped Brass Box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A playful and finely crafted brass hinged box, formed in the shape of an oversized pocket watch and stamped “Made in Italy” near the rear bezel. Constructed entirely from solid brass...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Handcrafted Jewelry Box by Bay Area Artist Dean Santner c.1970
By Dean Santner
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original studio, handcrafted wood jewelry box by California woodworker, Dean Santner. Expertly crafted in walnut. Pull out center drawer lined in purple felt.
CREATOR Dea...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Felt, Walnut
$150 Sale Price
46% Off
Hawkes Sterling Silver and Crystal Rectangular Box, 1950
s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
T.G. Hawkes
Co. was founded in 1880 by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes in Tiffin Ohio. This impressive cut crystal and sterling silver box by Hawkes features a classic sterling lid. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Don Shoemaker - Senal Exotic Mixed Hardwoods Rosewood Trinket Box Made in Mexico
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by eccentric woodworker and designer Don Shoemaker, this trinket box was made by Senal in Mexico. It employs a cacophany of exotic woods, including cocobolo, jacaranda, and ...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Jacaranda, Mahogany, Rosewood, Cocobolo
Bitossi Italian Pottery Box Imported by Rosenthal Netter
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Maker: Bitossi.
Importer: Rosenthal Netter
Period or model: Mid-Century Modern.
Specs: Pottery
Condition:
This Bitossi Italian pottery...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Pottery
Octagonal Box in Lucite Wicker Wood and Brass Christian Dior Style, France 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Octagonal box in Lucite, wicker and wood with a brass knob in Christian Dior style. Made in France in the 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Italian Handmade Birch Wood Maple Leaf Shaped Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury handmade birchwood maple leaf-shaped centrepiece. Aldo Tura probably designed this piece during 1950s for Macabo.
This piece is special as it has a curved map...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Birch
Este Ceramiche for Bergdorf Goodman Porcelain Cat Box with Lid
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming vintage cat shaped decorative box with lid features high gloss white luster glaze on outer surfaces and glossy white glaze on the bottom and on inner surfaces. The cat is s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Carved Bone or Resin Lidded Box with Wooden interior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully creative box. We cannot tell if it is bone or cast resin, but it is wonderful nonetheless.
A very nice design and an intriguing piece ready for the cocktail table, desk or work station. A great piece to hold anything from notes, recipes, candy, bar supplies or simply for decor.
One of our favorite pieces.
We have found the price guidance...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bone, Resin, Wood
Mid-Century Decorative Wood Box Inlay Detail
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a mid-century decorative wood box inlay detail.
Dimensions: 2.25" H x 4" D x 6.75" W
Please visit take a look at o...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Round Box in Brass, Lucite
Rattan Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful round decorative box in brass, lucite and rattan in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Lidded Studio Pottery UFO Organic Biomorphic Fossil Shell Bowl or Dish
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful, decorative little studio art pottery lidded bowl, jar or dish in the style of British studio ceramic artist Maggie Barnes. Wonderful organic fossil like form and pattern with the textured look and feel in a lovely light grey/beige. Simplistic yet elegant round, domed, circular form - almost futuristic, alien like and other worldly. Perfect to use in the bathroom or make up table for rings and jewellery or as a little mint or sweet jar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Clay
Vintage Italian Swirled Alabaster Lidded Box 60
s Brown, Tan, Champagne, Black
Located in North Miami, FL
This gorgeous vintage Italian alabaster round lidded column box is from the 60's. Swirls of different abstractions of forms lay with multi colors of tan, champagne, off white, beige,...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Coco De Mer Nut Sculptural Box by Antony Redmile, London
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a rare and magnificent object fashioned from a rare coco de mer nut and Ostrich egg by Antony Redmile. The box is secured to a wooden base with a silvered stand, holding both sides of the coconut. The coconut is a rich dark chocolate brown and appears to be warmly polished. The top of the box is silvered and adorned with beautiful malachite specimens. 2 small cast resin boar's teeth set with malachite are present on either side of the box, much like handles. Decorative silvered fittings hold ostrich eggs that serve as the lids to the box. Finally, a silvered fitting holds an oval malachite finial...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Silver Plate
Vintage John Players Navy Cut Cigarette Advertising Shipping Crate or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Made in the mid-1860s, this wooden and silk screened shipping crate was made for the iconic Player's Navy Cut cigarettes. The crate appears to have been shipp...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Chrome Glass and Briar Wood Pocket Emptier in Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury chrome glass and briarwood pocket emptier. This fantastic piece was designed in Christian Dior Style during the 1980s.
The...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Omega Swiss Sterling Silver Vintage Case
By Omega
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Omega Vintage 800 Sterling Silver Swiss Box
Original Omega presentation box, a vintage piece from the mid-20th century. Crafted from period materials with the brand's signature logo ...
Category
20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Mid-Century Small Rectangular Leather Embossed Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautifully molded Italian leather box with a raised style and features crests of coat of arms with lions and fleur de lis on the top. Additionally this piece has been enhanced with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Pair of Cylindrical Box in Chrome, Brass and Lucite by Romeo Rega, Italy 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing pair of cylindrical box in chrome, brass and lucite by the Italian designer Romeo Rega.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
His signature is engraved on the pair of box as shown in...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome, Steel
Vintage Faux Shagreen Octagonal Lacquered Box Tessellated Karl Springer Styling
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful tessellated octagonal lacquer box with brass banding. Unique faux shagreen design. In the styling of Karl Springer. Inner box lined with felt as well as felt bottom. Nice a...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Unique Danish 1960s Enamel Lidded Teak Canister, Manner of Alfred Klitgaard
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Measurements and info:
Type: Teak jar or canister.
Diameter: Approximately 7.5 cm (3 inches).
Height: Approximately 9.5 cm (3.75 inches).
Material: Solid siamese teak wit...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
$220 Sale Price
37% Off
Brass Jewelery Box by Ben Seibel for Jenfred-Ware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Brass Jewelery Box
by Ben Seibel for Jenfred-Ware
circa 1950
"two compartments"
"brass is in good vintage conditions"
"new green felt added to interior and bottom"
"can als...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Dior Style Mid-Century Tortoiseshell Lucite and Silver Pocket Emptier, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful mid-century pocket emptier in lucite with tortoiseshell effect and silver. This fantastic piece was designed in France following the st...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Mexican Box, c. 1960s
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, We offer this beautiful mid century Mexican box. Made in wood and stone.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone
Bernard Buffat Large Blue Decorative Ceramic Box or Jewelry Box circa 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Bernard Buffat - La grande aux potiers
Unique handmade ceramic box
Large blue and colored decorative ceramic box signed by Bernard Buffat
Reali...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bordeaux Bakelite and Bamboo Square Italian Decorative Box, Tommaso Barbi 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning large midcentury decorative box in a dark red bakelite and bamboo. This lovely piece was designed by Tommaso Barbi in Italy in the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Bakelite
Italian Florentine Moss Green and Gold Petite Lidded Round Jar Urn, 1960s
By Florentine
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Italian moss green and gold round lidded ceramic jar/ urn. The green shade contrasts beautifully with the gold accents and white pattern that wraps around the piece. The pe...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Rectangular Alabaster Box with Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alabaster Box in the brown tones. The box has a lid that is independent from the box and lifts off, not on a hinge.
A compliment to the cocktail table for candy or nuts, the deskto...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Chinese lacquer Tobacco box with 24 carat pure gold decorations 1940s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chinese lacquer tobacco box with 24 carat pure gold decorations
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
$752 Sale Price
30% Off
Mixed Metal Patchwork Box by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Oxnard, CA
Here is a brutalist, mixed metal keep-sake box by Paul Evans, circa 1970s. It is constructed of patinated copper panels and lined with cork. The design features splashes of solder a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Copper
Squared Box in Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing squared decorative jewelry box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite in Christian Dior style.
Made in Italy in the 1980s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Scandinavian Bronze Snuff Box, Trinket with Inlaid Minerals Samples, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Cylindrical small trinket box fashioned from bronze. It features a removable lid covered with enamel and 3 samples of cut natural Scandinavian minera...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Large orange and green visages art deco decorative box att. to Paul Pouchol
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Attributed to / in the style of Paul Pouchol
Large art decorative ceramic box
Orange and green ceramic glazes colors
Original perfect condition
Signed under the base
Realised ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Lee Barnes
Naomi Peck lidded Jewelry Box
Located in South Charleston, WV
Circa 1965-1975 by Lee Barnes Peck and his wife Naomi Peck. Both were highly trained and skilled craftsmen of the modernist era and Lee Barnes was an instructor as well a jeweler. Hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Copper
$419 Sale Price
30% Off
Brown 20th century design decorative ceramic box or jewelry box by Giraud 1950
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Marcel Giraud - Vallauris
Realised circa 1950
Jewelry or decorative box by french artist
Original perfect condition
Signed
height 14 cm
Large 15 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer
A unique box of exotic elegance with this 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, in the style...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather, Velvet
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
La Borne 1970 20th Century Brown and Abstract Ceramic Decorative Box or Jewelry
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne
Original abstract stoneware ceramic box
Jewelry or decorative box
Signed
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 18 cm
Large 14 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Pottery Lidded Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
A fun and unique domed studio pottery lidded jar with a textured pattern reminiscent of snakeskin and with stamped flowers. Marked illegibly on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Copper and Silver Applique Dish c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A mid-century kidney shaped copper trinket dish with silver applique. Stamped "Chevez"
CREATOR Chevez.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1960s.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Coppe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Copper
$150 Sale Price
23% Off
Midcentury Decorative Box in Polished Steel and Glass by Liwan
s, Italy 1970s
By Liwan
s Rome
Located in Rome, IT
Midcenury beautiful rectangular decorative box in polished steel and glass by Liwan's.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The signed on the bottom as shown in the pictures.
Perfect desk ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Rectangular Decorative Box in Brass and Wood Luciano Frigerio Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular box in solid brass embellished with decorative engravings and wood in the style of Luciano Frigerio.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Total weight o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-century Modern boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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 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 boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original 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 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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