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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Midcentury jewelry box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Marble and golden brass jewelry case designed by Gabriella Crespi.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Signed
Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy. This box is in excellent condition.
Dimensions:
5,31 x 3,74 x 1,96 H inches
13,5 x 9,5 x 5 H cm
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Onyx
John Player Treen Humidor Tobacco Jar By Macabo, Milan, Italy Circa 1950
s
By Macabo
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Superb treen mid century tobacco jar with brass pipe decoration to lid
Made by Macabo in Milan, Italy for English tobacco company John Player
Stamped Macabo Cusano to base. Has origi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid 20th Century Italian Walnut Crossbanded Inlaid Jewelry Chest
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid 20th Century Italian Walnut Crossbanded and Inlaid Jewelry Box with scroll legs. Measures 16.5" in width, 7.5" in depth and 11" in height
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Felt, Walnut
The sweeper of the Sacred Heart by Line Vautrin – Gilt bronze box
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
La balayeuse du Sacré-Coeur (The sweeper of the Sacred Heart) by Line Vautrin, gilt bronze box.
Generously sized gilt bronze box.
The lid chiselled with a decoration of a multitude o...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Dior Mid-Century Jewelry Box Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Chrome, Italy 1970s
By Dior Home
Located in Roma, IT
Delightful mid-century decorative jewelry box in tortoiseshell effect lucite and chrome. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s for a Dior Home Production.
This...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Set of 4 Lucite and Chrome Ashtrays in Dior Style, Dior Style, France 1970s
By Dior Home
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful set of 4 Mid-Century ashtrays in clear lucite and chrome. These stylish items were designed in France during the 1970s and are attributed to Dior Home production.
In amazi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Chrome
South Indian Brass Box Jewel Box Droga Art circa 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
Little jewel box in openwork metal with floral and plant motifs.
Brass. Typical of the droga art.
Mid 20th century
Shipping:
9 / 13 / 8 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
1970s Jewelry Secret Stash Box Organic Wood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Free Form Raw Edge Wood Jewelry Box
Wood has a clear finish. Velvet interior sections.
In the style of Don Shoemaker
No label
5.75 h x 15 w x 5.5 d
Original Unrestored Preow...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Pears in Steel Italy 1970 Rinnovel Ettore Sottsass Style Ice Box
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of pears in stainless steel Italy 1970 Rinnovel Ettore Sottsass style ice box.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Steel
Italian Olive Burlwood Cigarette or Dresser Box by Argenteria Alignani
Located in Chicago, IL
A nice olive burl wood Italian cigarette or dresser box with original label by Argenteria Alignani. The top of the box is silver-plate and the sides have copper edging.
Beautifully ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
a mid-century Italian wood and glass table top box in the manner of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, Fitzrovia
a mid-century Italian wood and glass table top box attributed to Fontana Arte.
Please note that we often have a much shorter handling tim...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Small Italian Florentine Jewelry Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This vintage gilt wood storage or jewelry box features one drawer and flip up top with mirror. with storage below lined in an orange velvet fabric. The box has has lots of character,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Fabric, Velvet
1960s Mancer Raymor Italian Borsalino Hat Box
By Raymor
Located in New Windsor, NY
Form and function with a lot of fun. Hide your keepsakes and valuables or use it a a serving piece or just as an object. The ceramic hat form, to me fits more into the Borsalino styl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Solid Cocobolo Lidded Box, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Solid Cocobolo Lidded Box, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Cocobolo
French Modernist Silver Plated Cigar Box by Crevillen, Paris c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A lovely quality mid-century modern oval cigar box made from silver plate and signed on the underside "Crevillen, Paris". They were famed in the 1960's and 1970's for making quality...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Debladis Paris Modernist Silver Plate and Lucite Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite decorative box, designed by French silversmith Debladis Paris, exudes sophistication and elegance. The piece was expertly crafted in France circa 1960. Its sleek, roun...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage Mexican Box with Stone Mosaic Copper Silver
Brass Details Taxco
By Los Castillos, Taxco
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite vintage box from Mexico features a richly textured stone mosaic design on its surface, combining deep shades of blue and green. The geometric ornamentation is crafted ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone, Metal, Brass, Silver, Copper
Salvador Teran Hand Wrought Mexican Brass
Mosaic Box, Chicken Motif, 1950s
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a box from the 1950s by Salvador Teran (Mexican 1920-1974). This beautiful and charming hand-wrought brass box is decorated with chickens in small glass mosaic tiles featurin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
American Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with straight tab. Box interior velvet lined. Cover interior gilt. Fully marked including maker’s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Onyx Mineral Stone Jewelry Box / Hinged Box
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern hinged box veneered in fine Onyx stone, Spain, 1950s.
This exquisite vintage 1950s rectangular box is all constructed with onyx and features a brass hinge.
This tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Brass
$1,054 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Italian Brass Turtle Trinket Box with Hinged Lid
Located in Glasgow, GB
A small turtle-shaped trinket box in solid brass, produced in Italy during the mid-20th century. The form is cast with clean detailing and finished to a mirror polish. The shell open...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
$130 Sale Price
20% Off
Tessellated Abalone Shell Brass Inlaid Cigarette Tobacco Trinket Box Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1950s mahogany lined brass and tessellated abalone cigarette box from Mexico.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Italian Decorative Big Box 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful decorative Italian oversize box made with wood , the box is divided into 2 spaces as you can see from the photo the box is in vintage conditions. STUNNING.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Lucite and Silver Plate Large Modernist Box, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Enhance your interior with this striking modernist box, evoking the sophisticated artistry of renowned Italian designers such as Tommaso Barbi, Gabriella Crespi, or Willy Rizzo. The ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Mid-Century Squared Lucite and Chrome Pocket Emptier in Dior Style, France 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury Lucite and chrome squared valet tray or ashtray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970.
The pocket emptier is lovely because of the beautiful straight lines and the chromed metal central part, making it look like a cube of ice with a floating rounded chromed plate in the middle.
A wonderful example of design from the 1970s, both for the fusion of materials and colours. The chromed plate can be moved, changing the shape of the item.
A gorgeous item that will enhance a midcentury-style living room, studio or entrance hall.
Christian Dior was founded in 1946 by designer Christian Dior. It currently designs and retails leather goods, fashion accessories, footwear, jewelry, timepieces, fragrance, makeup, and skincare products, while also maintaining its tradition as a creator of haute-couture under the Christian Dior Couture division. The Christian Dior label remains largely for women's offerings, although the company also operates the Dior Homme division for men and the baby Dior...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Hand Crafted Mixed Wood Apple and Pear Lidded Jars
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Well crafted turned and lidded Fruit form vessels in and Pear and Apple shape made from a fine mix of woods including Walnut and Zebra Wood, the vessels have well fitted lids and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Green and Gold Lacquer Decoupage Turtle Box With Faux Tortoise Shell interior
Located in Stamford, CT
Green and gilt lacquered box with decoupage turtle decoration, the interior lined with faux tortoise shell paper. This is a charming box, my new favorite item. The top, front, back a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Tiffany
Co. 1980 by Elsa Peretti Pumpkin Trinket Lidded Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Pumpkin box designed by Elsa Peretti (1940-2021) for Tiffany & Co.
Beautiful vintage rounded trinket box with a lid, designed in the shape of a pumpkin by...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,118 Sale Price
20% Off
V. Gordon silver cigarette case St Petersburg Samordorok 1920. Signed
Located in Paris, FR
A parcel gilt samorodok silver cigarette case by Vladimir Gordon S.t Petersburg, with green stone, c.1900
Embossed signature.. A Fine quality Russian silver cigarette case. Reticul...
Category
Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver
Large Round Emerald Green Alabaster Trinket Box with Hinged Lid, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely hand carved round Italian alabaster trinket box in deep emerald green on the inside, and very light green on the exterior. Large...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
$337 Sale Price
25% Off
Capodimonte Porcelain Chest, Jewelry Box, Italy Mid 20th Century
By Capodimonte
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Mid 20th Century beautiful Capodimonte Porcelain Chest or Jewelry Box
Glazed Porcelain with mark on the base.
Chest with a rectangular base with a domed lid, decorated with a galan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed. Small scale Mondrian box decorated with rectangles and lines and glazed in red, yellow, and black. Signed f...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$2,620 Sale Price
27% Off
Italian Florentine Green Gilt Rectangular Wood Tissue Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This painted green gilt-wood box can be used to elegantly hold tissues but also store your favorite pieces of jewelry on a v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Thin Edge Jewelry Chest by George Nelson 1954, Original, Rosewood
Teak, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare early George Nelson for Herman Miller nine drawer jewelry / miniature cabinet in rosewood and teak with porcelain pulls. Completely original, never refinished very good conditio...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood, Teak
Italian Silver and Enamel Circular Box
Located in Newark, England
ENAMEL AND SILVER GILT TABLE SNUFF
From our collectables category, we are delighted to offer this incredible quality Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver and Enamel Circular Box. The S...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage Keepsake Box, Portuguese, Satinwood, Case, Cricket Interest, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage keepsake box. A Portuguese, rosewood and satinwood case with cricket interest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1945.
Fas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Agate Hard Stone Round Box With Lid, Brass Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian 1970's carved and polished agate cylindrical box with brass molding. The top knob carved in cushion form. The stone is just beautiful, you can get lost gazing into this small...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Italian Florentine Mid-Century Leather Ring Box Fleur-de-Lis Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming Mid-Century small rectangular Italian hand crafted box in leather and gold embossed with fleur-de-lis decoration. This tiny box can be used to store your favorite piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Lalique France 20th Century Epis Wheat Glass Box
By Lalique
Located in Milan, IT
Lalique France 20th Century Epis Wheat Glass Box
Molded glass with two heads of wheat in relief, partially frosted to contrast with the transparent glass.
Signed Lalique France
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Nickel
Mid-Century Turquoise Opaline Glass Cylindrical Jewelry Casket w/ Gilt Bronze
Located in New York, NY
French Turquoise Blue/Aqua Blue/Celeste Blue Opaline Glass Cylindrical Jewelry Casket with Gilt Bronze Mounts
This French turquoise blue opaline glass casket was created as a refine...
Category
1930s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Henning Koch Small Chest / Jewelry Box in Rosewood
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Henning Koch
Manufacturer: Silkeborg Møbelfabrik
Era: 1950s
Materials: Rosewood
Measurements: 26" wide x 17" deep x 25.5 tall
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Turtle Box by Antony Redmile
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical mid century trinket box crafted in composition in a turtle form having a polished stone lid handle and silver plate on brass head and...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Dior Home Attrib. Scatola in Lucite, Ottone e Paglia di Vienna, Italia 1970s
By Dior Home
Located in Naples, IT
Una bella scatola rettangolare prodotta in Italia alla maniera di Dior Home, in buone condizioni generali. La forma rettangolare della scatola è un richiamo alla semplicità geometric...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Signed Gabriella Crespi Decorative Jewelry Box in Lucite and Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning mid-century decorative box designed and signed by Gabriella Crespi. Made in a beautiful combination of gilt brass and clear lucite, this stylish box was made in Italy during...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Glass Mosaic and Brass Lidded Box by Salvador Teran
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool midcentury glass mosaic and brass lidded box by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
$550 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Box Lucite Ice effect and Brass Chrome Willy Rizzo Style, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular box in lucite ice effect and brass chromated in the style of Willy Rizzo.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass Decorative Octagonal Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century jewelry or decorative octagonal box in a beautiful tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This stylish object was made in Italy during the 1970s and is attribute...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Decorative Malachite and Brass Hinged Box by Los Castillo of Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful inlaid detail of three swans in brass and bronze on a malachite and sodalite background adorn the top of this hinged box which was made by Los Castillo of Mexico, circa 196...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass, Bronze
Solid Brass Lion Stash Box with Feet 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is an excellent solid brass stash box with a carved lion's head and four feet. This piece is both functional and decorative.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Marble Square Midcentury Object
Located in London, GB
A large marble square objet.
Belgium, circa 1970s.
Good vintage condition.
Heavy in weight as it is solid.
Location: Belgium Galler...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Marble
Snuff Box Sterling Silver Green and Sky Stripes Guilloche Enamel Box Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,104 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Christian Dior Midcentury Brass, Lucite, Vienna Straw Decorative Box, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century decorative box in brass, clear lucite and Vienna straw. This incredibly elegant jewelry box was designed in Italy during 1970s and is attributed to a Christian ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
1960s Vintage Brass Compact Case
By Dunhill
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Brass Compact Case
engraved
.38 thick x 5.25 w x 2.25 d
Hard to open.
Preowned unrestored vintage condition
See all images for details.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Aldo Tura Box Ice Goatsking Brown Italian Mid-Century Modern Design 1950s Cube
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Aldo Tura box ice goatsking brown Italian Mid-Century Modern design 1950s cube.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
$211 Sale Price
64% Off
Midcentury Box in Lucite, Wicker and Chrome Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular box in lucite, rattan and chrome in the style Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Christian Dior Midcentury Large Jewelry Box Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass, 1970
By Dior Home
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning large Mid-Century square jewelry or decorative box in a charming combination of tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This stylish object was made in Italy during the 1970s...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
1950s Venetian Giltwood Jewelry Box Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s Venetian Giltwood Jewelry Box Italy
Pull out drawer and interior mirror
Original vintage unrestored fading to the finish.
sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Majolica Olives Canister Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Olives Canister Vallauris, Circa 1950
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Makio Hasuike Midcentury Set of Make-Up and Storage Italian Boxes for Gedy, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury set of spherical plastic make-up and storage boxes. Makio Hasuike designed this set during the 1970s, as a part of the Roberta collection, and produced Gedy it.
The set is composed of a stunning rare vintage make...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Plastic
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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