Brutalist Decorative Objects
BRUTALIST STYLE
The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave.
ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
- Brutalism emerged during the mid-20th century
- Term coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham
- Originated in the United Kingdom
- Brutalist architecture gained popularity in the United States beginning in the early 1960s
- Inaugural brutalist projects include Unité d'habitation and the city of Chandigarh, India, both of which owe to influential architect Charles-Édouard “Le Corbusier” Jeanneret
- Le Corbusier’s cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, designed hundreds of chairs, tables, cabinets and lamps for Chandigarh
- Informed by the Bauhaus, constructivism, modernism and the International Style; part of mid-century modernism
- Contrasted starkly with Beaux Arts style
CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
- Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
- Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
- Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
- Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
- Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes
BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.
Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.
Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.
Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.
Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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NONO Elefante Foyer Table 09, Oak Precision, Minimalist Elegance
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
NONO Elefante Foyer Table 09, Oak Precision, Minimalist Elegance
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Elefante Collection: A Harmony of Design and Heritage by NONO
Crafting Elegance with a Modern...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Danish Glazed Brutalist Stoneware Vase by Søren Visby, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual stoneware vase executed in earthy over-flow glazes. A vase with 7 (8) holes for flower arrangement. The Danish equivalent of Japanese Ikebana. It was made in studio by Søren ...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$237 Sale Price
20% Off
Brutalist Twisted Brass Candle Holders, A Pair
Located in Round Top, TX
Twisted iron candle sticks in two different heights. Hand-made pieces with the most incredible bases that have a trio of circular "feet".
Shorter:
6" Diameter x 15.13"H
Taller:
6" ...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Mid Century Brutalist Candle Holder in Wrought Iron 1960s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Mid Century Brutalist Candle Holder in Wrought Iron, Europe, 1960s.
This is a wonderful and fairly large mid century candle holder in wrought iron with a very distinct chain like br...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Set of 3 Metal PLANTS Contemporary BRUTALIST SCULPTURES by ESOJ France 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 3 strong and spectacular plants in pots, contemporary brutalist sculptures, unique pieces by artist ESOJ, France 2020.
These pieces allow to be presented independently, as well as together (recommended) allowing various esthetic compositions. They are made to be set up indoor as radical sculptures, as well as outdoor on a terrasse or in any garden or even wild nature to create a trouble illusion between wildness and modernity.
We represent ESOJ and organized his exhibition "Metal Spirit", November 2022, in our gallery in Paris, and this unique piece was presented during this event.
Esoj's work is rooted in a direct link to daily life, to the visual value of consumer objects. Whether they are elements of nature or products of pop culture, he fixes them in the metal to give them a definitive appearance, a form of immortality: a box of opened chocolates will be there forever, nothing will not erase Mickey's sluggish smile, nor his middle finger; a succulent plant frozen in iron will no longer need water... A parallel world under construction, a world of avatars springing from a metallic quintessence which confronts man with himself, with matter, with progress, to the flow of time. Beyond their symbolic force, Esoj's sculptures express as much the visceral gesture of the artist in a world losing meaning, as they catalog his universe in a subjective archive.
For his first collaboration with us, Esoj looks away from his Barbie dolls, Playmobils and bags of M&Ms, to sketch a sort of return to Nature and vibrate an ancestral wisdom evident in his new series of cacti, succulents, vases and masks murals with shamanic connotations. A wisdom that he draws from his Portuguese origins, this saudade: “tension between opposites, on the one hand the feeling of a lack, on the other hand the hope and the desire to find what we lack”, embodied here by a particularly inhabited desert; where cacti are next to agaves, aloes, prickly pears, plants which are certainly ornamental but also hallucinogenic and healing, sometimes fatal; where the series of containers suggests an almost medicinal link between these inert objects, even more obvious in the wall piece inspired by Korean shaman...
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2010s French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Schmidt Rhea Heart Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass, 1981
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Colorful Post-Modern art glass paperweight features a complex abstract fused glass design enclosed inside the heart-shaped clear glass in sommerso technique. Blue, pink, and white p...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
A Metal CACTUS Contemporary SCULPTURE BRUTALIST Unique PIECE by ESOJ France 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
A strong complex and spectacular metal cactus, contemporary brutalist sculpture, unique piece by artist ESOJ, France 2020.
This piece is made to be presented indoor. For any outdoor project, we offer the buyer to create a solid and stable base or fixation system to fix the sculpture and allow it to resist to wind and natural elements.
We represent ESOJ and organized his exhibition "Metal Spirit", November 2022, in our gallery in Paris, and this unique piece was presented during this event.
Esoj's work is rooted in a direct link to daily life, to the visual value of consumer objects. Whether they are elements of nature or products of pop culture, he fixes them in the metal to give them a definitive appearance, a form of immortality: a box of opened chocolates will be there forever, nothing will not erase Mickey's sluggish smile, nor his middle finger; a succulent plant frozen in iron will no longer need water... A parallel world under construction, a world of avatars springing from a metallic quintessence which confronts man with himself, with matter, with progress, to the flow of time. Beyond their symbolic force, Esoj's sculptures express as much the visceral gesture of the artist in a world losing meaning, as they catalog his universe in a subjective archive.
For his first collaboration with us, Esoj looks away from his Barbie dolls, Playmobils and bags of M&Ms, to sketch a sort of return to Nature and vibrate an ancestral wisdom evident in his new series of cacti, succulents, vases and masks murals with shamanic connotations. A wisdom that he draws from his Portuguese origins, this saudade: “tension between opposites, on the one hand the feeling of a lack, on the other hand the hope and the desire to find what we lack”, embodied here by a particularly inhabited desert; where cacti are next to agaves, aloes, prickly pears, plants which are certainly ornamental but also hallucinogenic and healing, sometimes fatal; where the series of containers suggests an almost medicinal link between these inert objects, even more obvious in the wall piece inspired by Korean shaman...
Category
2010s French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist German Studio Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, 1974
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist German Studio Pottery Carafe Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, 1974, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979. This piece has an attribution mark.
Addi...
Category
20th Century German Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Brutalist Icelandic Lava Vase by Glit HF, 1970s
By Glit
Located in Esbjerg, DK
HF Gilt is a renowned Icelandic ceramic pottery studio. The clay used in this piece is made from pumice stone collected from Icelandic volcanos. The ...
Category
1970s Icelandic Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Lava
$174 Sale Price
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Large brutalist wall sculpture, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Architectural brutalist wall mounted sculpture made from cast metal.
Imposing wall sculpture
1970s - Belgium
Height: 52cm
Width: 195cm
Ref.: 2508120405
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Onion Trinket Jar in Glazed Stoneware by Søren Visby, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Onion shaped stoneware jar executed in earthy over-flow glazes. Made by Søren and Pirella Visby in Denmark during the 1970s. Signed Visby - Denmark to its base.
Measurements: H: 10...
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1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$142 Sale Price
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Brutalist Wood Bowl, Large, in a Brown Patina, France circa 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche has been made in France circa 1960. It is a Brutalist Style bowl, with a free form. In a Brown color.
Category
1960s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$1,141 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful Steel Handmade Brutalist Flower Vase, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful flower vase made in Germany, circa 1970s. Made of steel, has some nice patina, but this is old-age. Diameter on top approx. 1.75". A beautiful piece for any room. Found at ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Rare Gold BMF Nagel Quist Variomaster Brutalist Stockable Modular Candleholder
Located in Vienna, AT
Stackable modular candleholder by BMF Quist Nagel, rare gold edition. The candleholders were designed by Ceasar Stoffi and Fritz Nagel and manufactured by BMF (Bayerische Metallwaren...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome
M. Cohen Cherry Wood "Live Edge"Turned Bowls
Located in Sharon, CT
Two brutalist hand turned bowls. Each signed on bottom by hand 'MCohen Cherry Burl'
10"diameter x 3 1/4" ht. and 9"diameter x 3 3/4"height.
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Cherry
Pair of Brutalist Nickel Candle Holders by Thomas Roy Markusen
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of sculpted pounded nickel plated Candle holder/ vases by Thomas Roy Markusen Brutalist.
Large-15" high 6" diameter
Small-10" high 6" diameter
Category
1980s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Decorative Box or Vase in Terracotta Africa 20th Century Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box or Vase in Terracotta Africa 20th Century Brown Color.
Category
20th Century Kenyan Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Rattan
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Asian Stoneware Dish or Vide Poche, Brown Color, Korean, circa 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a Stoneware dish or Vide poche, brown and Black Color color, made circa 1950 in Korea.
Category
1950s Korean Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 1980
s Marc Creates Brutalist Torch Cut Metal Nail Tree Sculpture
Located in Chattanooga, TN
A monumental testament to mid-century Brutalism, this wall sculpture—designed by Marc Weinstein for Marc Creates in the 1970s—reimagines nature through industrial form. Its structure...
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Late 20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Aluminium and Bass Brutalist Style Vide-Poche by Alfonso Marquez, circa 1970s
Located in London, GB
Aluminium and brass Brutalist style vide-poche by Alfonso Marquez (in the style of David Marshall). Weighty and wonderfully tactile, this bowl is decor...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
$326 Sale Price
40% Off
Table Lamp, Brutalist wood, Brown color France 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
We can notice the curves. The wood is a solid Wood. We have a socket in plastic, with a plastic switch You can use any kind of bulb up to 100 watt.
Art deco or tribal and Brutalist s...
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20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Brutalist Style Bronze
Marble Jazz Musician Band Figures 6 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Brutalist Style Bronze & Marble Jazz Musician Band Figures - 6 Pc Set. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: (5) Standing Musicians: 13" H x 4.5 W x 5" D (1) Drummer: 9...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1960s by Lorenzo Burchiellaro Metal Figure Table Clock
Located in Brescia, IT
Lorenzo Burchiellaro
1960s.
Metal table clock
Perfect working order.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Solid Walnut Acer Candle Holder R:2 - by Mokko
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Acer candle holder R:2 features architectural cubic volumes and semi arched voids. Made out of solid wood and steel, showing signs of handcraft.
Designed by Aad Bos and crafted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Stunning Wooden Zodiac Wall Plaque Relief Brutalist Midcentury, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful wooden wall plaque relief sign showing all zodiacs, made in the Brutalist style in Germany in the 1970s. This is a wonderful Zodiac sign. This can be used as a Wall decorat...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Plywood
Giant Concrete Bowl, Charcoal
Ash
Located in Camp Meeker, CA
This bowl was made using charcoal and ash from the artist's property in northern California. Every year, fuel reduction in the forest provides fuel for heating his old cabin. The ash...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Concrete
$2,400 Sale Price
65% Off
Large 19th Century Stoneware Ceramic from La Borne Pottery French Handmade
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne - 19th century
Large stoneware pottery from center of France
Realised circa 1880
Original good condition
its peculiarity is to have a piece of another pot fixed...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Sculpture in Dark Art, Black Solid Wood by Escalona, Still Stand No94
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Modern Sculpture in Dark Art, Black Solid Wood by Escalona, Still Stand No94
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$10,212 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Timeless Design with Subtle Hand Forged Forms, Wrought Iron Fireplace Tools Set
Located in Lisse, NL
This artistic and strong wrought iron fire set will help manage the fire in your fireplace.
If you are passionate about artistic and handcrafted antiques, then this fireplace set fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Brutalist Blue Green Vase by. Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker, 1970s, Germany
Located in Stockholm, SE
Brutalist Blue Green Square Vase by Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker, 1970s, Germany.
Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker (1921–2010) was a German ceramici...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Brutalist Bronze Vase by Kaj Blomqvist for Rakennusvaline, Finland, 1960s
Located in Malmö, SE
A stunning Brutalist / Scandinavian Modern bronze vase with amazing patina.
Designed by Kaj Blomqvist and made by Rakennusvaline, Finland, 1960s.
Great original condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,326 Sale Price
20% Off
Brutalist Stainless Steel Vase by Olav Joff for Polaris/Figgjo, Norway 1970s
By Olaf Joff
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A square/rectangular stainless steel vase designed by Olav Joff (born 1942) and manufactured by Figgjo/Polaris in Sandness Norway from the early 1970s. From the "Steel Art" series. ...
Category
1970s Norwegian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
$641 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Brutalist Metal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A hand-crafted geometric metal sculpture piece in a marque shape(s), in the Modern Brutalist style, circa late-20th century. Sculpture is re...
Category
Late 20th Century Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Table Lamp Carved in an Olive Wood Block France 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This table lamp, is carved in the Olive wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina.
This lamp was made in France, circa 1950.
US PLUG ADAPTATOR WIL...
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1950s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Brass Flower Sculpture on Composition Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Brass Flower Sculpture on Composition Base
Mid Century Modern
Flowers and Leaves in distressed patinated brass and metal
Composition Base
Category
1960s Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Modern Chamotte Stoneware Vase by Inger Persson for Rörstrand, 1960
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Elevate your decor with this exquisite Scandinavian modern chamotte stoneware vase crafted by the renowned ceramic artist Inger Persson for Rörstrand in the 1960s.
Featuring Inger P...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Travertine Marble Italian Box Catchall by Fratelli Mannelli, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful square-shaped box in Travertine Marble is a wonderful example of Italian decorative objects production during the 1970s. Made by Fratelli Mannelli, the color and the texture of the marble, together with the pure and geometrical design, make it a wonderful example of midcentury elegance. This item is perfect for a desk in an office room or for being the focal center of a living room or a hallway entry...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine
Sculptural Table Lamp Carved in an Olive Wood Block France 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This table lamp, is carved in the Olive wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina.
This lamp was made in France, circa 1950,
US PLUG ADAPTATOR W...
Category
1950s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Bronze / Brass Art Statue Made and Signed by Thure Thörn, Sweden
By Thure Thorn
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Extremely beautiful and decorative master piece of brass art made by the famous Swedish artist Thure Thörn of a sitting woman with great patina true the years.
Only seven are made an...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Wooden Zodiac Taurus Bull Wall Plaque Relief Brutalist Midcentury, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful wooden wall plaque relief sign, made in the Brutalist style in Germany in the 1970s. This is a wonderful Zodiac sign. This can be used as a Wall decoration or as a decorati...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Plywood
Burned Oak
s Sleek Dark Design in Abstract Totem Form, Still Stand No87
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Burned Oak's Sleek Dark Design in Abstract Totem Form, Still Stand No87
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a tes...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$11,671 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Brutalist Erotic 3D Wall Picture in Metal from the Artist F. Michel, 1973
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
One of a kind.
Handmade.
Category
1970s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Lead
In Burned Oak, a Dark Biomorphic Sculpture of Elegance Emerges, Still Stand No97
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
In Burned Oak, a Dark Biomorphic Sculpture of Elegance Emerges, Still Stand No97
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is ...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Modern Totem in Dark Elegance, Carved Burned Oak, Presented in Still Stand No95
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Modern Totem in Dark Elegance, Carved Burned Oak, Presented in Still Stand No95
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$11,671 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Sculptural Soft Green Glazed “Pallini” Vase by Matteo Giampaglia, Italy 2023
Located in New York, NY
Hand-sculpted in Florence by renowned Italian artist Matteo Giampaglia, this extraordinary piece blurs the line between functional vessel and fine art sculpture. Every detail is form...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Brutalist Candle Holder R:2 - Solid Black Oak - by Mokko
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Acer candle holder R:2 features architectural cubic volumes and semi arched voids. Made out of solid wood and steel, showing signs of handcraft.
Designed by Aad Bos and crafted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
$370 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Figural Group Of African Royal Family On Carrier And Attendants, C. 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th century Bamoun Bronze sculpture. The art of bronze in african art at the service of the King.
The king, a bearded figure, a symbol of wisdom, sits in his carrier chair,...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Boho Carved Wooden Owl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Imbue your library or living space with the wisdom and whimsy of this striking vintage hand-carved wooden owl sculpture. A masterful example of 1970s folk art, this piece features a ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Table Lamp Carved on in Olive Wood France 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This table lamp, is carved in the wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina.
This lamp was made in France, circa 1950,
The wood is olive wood.
U...
Category
1950s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Brutalist mixed media sculptural artwork - Timmermans 1970s
Located in Haaltert, BE
Large work in resin, pigments and enamels.
Geometrical abstraction.
Work signed Timmermans.
Circa 1960-1970.
Original metal frame.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Scandinavian Brutalist Candleholder in Glazed Stoneware
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Exceptionally decorative tri-fitted candle in vibrantly glazed brown ceramic. It's signed indistinguishable by an unknown Scandinavian artist/ceramist. It's in fine and intact condit...
Category
1980s Scandinavian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$238 Sale Price
38% Off
Large Sculptural Vase #4 by Dena Zemsky
By Dena Zemsky
Located in New York, NY
Large sculptural vase #4 by Dena Zemsky. Hand-built, glazed stoneware vase form. Signed and dated on underside.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Brutalist Candle Holder R:2 - Solid Dark Brown Oak - by Mokko
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Acer candle holder R:2 features architectural cubic volumes and semi arched voids. Made out of solid wood and steel, showing signs of handcraft.
Designed by Aad Bos and crafted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Sleek and Dark, Joel Escalona
s Burned Oak Totem Emerges, Still Stand No92
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sleek and Dark, Joel Escalona's Burned Oak Totem Emerges, Still Stand No92
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a t...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$11,671 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Extra Large Statement Studio Pottery Ball Vase
Located in Lutz, FL
Large impressive studio pottery ball vase in brown, orange and yellowish tan glaze. A substantial piece measuring 17”H x 17”W/D. Great vintage condition, no chips or cracks. Signed o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Unique Hand Forged in Fire Artistic Design Candlestick with Three Frog like Legs
Located in Lisse, NL
This is the kind of unique artwork that brings a smile to your face.
We bet you have never seen such a candlestick. This artistically designed and very well made candlestick dates f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Arik Amir Brutalist Sculpture of a Dancer
Located in Redding, CT
Arik Amir Brutalist Iron Sculpture of a Dancer, signed Arik on the base.
Arik Amir (b 1922-2008) Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography from The Isreali Museum of Jerusalem refered to him as ''...
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Late 20th Century Israeli Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Israeli Brutalist Iron and Jerusalem Stone Octopus Menorah by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
This striking Brutalist menorah by David Palombo masterfully fuses raw iron with natural Jerusalem stone, embodying both strength and heritage. Hand-forged with nine rugged, textured...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Iron
Scandinavian Brutalist Vase in Hand-Embossed Copper, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A sculptural handled vase in hand embossed copper. It displays all the right elements of Scandinavian Brutalism. Anonymous Scandinavian metal worker/artist circa 1970. It has no mark...
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1970s Scandinavian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$261 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage rock form candleholders in real stone, 1970s
Located in View Park, CA
A pair of bouldercore candelaria, 1970s. Tones of basalt, moss, and aubergine. Real stone - heavy. Felted bases. Pick up in LA or worldwide delivery option...
Category
Late 20th Century Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$384 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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