Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
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
Olivetti Lettera 36 Portable Typewriter Designed by Ettore Sottsass. circa 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Olivetti Lettera 36 Portable Typewriter with the Original Case. circa early 1970s
Created by famed Italian designer/architect Ettore Sottsass...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Pair of Binoculars, Scottish, Racecourse Spotter
s Glasses, Leather Case
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage pair of binoculars. A Scottish, enamelled brass racecourse spotter's binocular with leather case, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Fascinating set of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Problems of Design by George Nelson
Located in New York, NY
First edition of George Nelson's Problems of Design, published by Whitney Publications in 1957. An important consideration of the topic by one of America's most significant and influ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Czechoslovakia House/Cottage Hand Blown Mercury Glass Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
So, so sweet! This is a little silver mercury glass hand blown ornament in the shape of a cottage with a snowy glitter roof and ground and green doors and windows. The ornament is in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
$52 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Mid Century Lacquer/Vellum Table Screen, Canaletto Style View of Venice
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian mid century Lacquer/Vellum table screen -Canaletto style view of Venice
Italy, Circa 1960s
A stunning diminutive work, in four parts beautifully ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
V. Nason
C. Aventurina Table Lighter Vintage Mid-Century Modern Design
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A striking vintage table lighter by V. Nason & C., crafted in Murano, Italy, during the mid-20th century. This piece features the distinctive aventurina glass technique, where copper...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Portrait Gallery of Grand Bostonians from Joe Tecce
s
By Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
Located in Hanover, MA
Framed series of American modern pen and ink drawings, sixteen portraits of Boston "pols" and Italian American civic leaders, all of whom were the famous 'Friends of Joe Tecce's' of the eponymously named restaurant in Boston's North End.
The frame is sixteen feet long by one foot tall...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Leather and Brass Miners Lamp Shaped Table Lighter, France 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Milan, IT
Attributed to Hermes, leather and brass miners table lighter. France 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ashtray valet stand, in brass and metal, attributed to Siva Poggibonsi
Located in Lugo, IT
Brass and metal valet ashtray, attributed to Siva Poggibonsi.
Good condition.
Thank you.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Era Chesterfield Cigarette Metal Tobacciana Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This midcentury period embossed and painted tin advertising sign was made for the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company in circa 1965 to promote their Chesterfield cigarette...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Sculptures of Picasso Photographs by Brassaï 1949 1st Edition
By Brassaï, Pablo Picasso
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Rodney Phillips
Co, 1949.
A very important book of Picasso's sculptures beautifully photographed by the renowned French photographer Brassaï, a clo...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Blaupunkt Colorado 60
s Plant
By Blaupunkt
Located in Milano, IT
System with power of 5 5 W. consisting of tube radio, and turntable in addition Bluetooth system (BT 5.3) that allows you to connect any kind of smartphones and tablets, all complete...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Cast Plaster Sculptural Giant Clam "Tridacna" C1955"
By Serge Roche
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic and such a realistic example created from plaster. Large giant clam shell to be used in a decorative setting by itself in a minimalistic style or as a cornucopia with fruit...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Design Patent Mack Trucks Bull Dog Figurine, Statue, Animal Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Design Patent Mack trucks bulldog figurine, statue, animal sculpture.
Silvered Bronze Bull Dog mounted on a wooden Base.
Marked Mack, 87931, Design ...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Desk Model Airplane, USA, 1940
s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Mid-century desk model airplane - USA 1940´s
Single engine fighter.
Cast aluminium perior aviation model, mounted over a marble base.
Excellent conditions.
We have specialized in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Reproduction 17th Century Map of Europe, American, Cartography, Blaeuw
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage reproduction map of Europe. An American, paper stock cartography print in frame after the work by Blaeuw, dating to the late 20t...
Category
Late 20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
La Dolce Vita
Original Vintage French Movie Poster by Yves Thos, 1960
By Yves Thos
Located in Devon, GB
Opening with the striking panorama of a statue of Christ suspended by helicopter, flying across the city of Rome, Federico Fellini’s epic satire 'La Dolce Vita' charted seven episode...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Radiofonografo Cubo Rr 126 Fo by F.lli Castiglioni for Brionvega
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Third series of the famous Brionvega RR 126 FO cube.
Produced in 1971 and fully restored has the following features:
- perfect silk-screen printing and high-glo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage Kangaroo Scooter Blue 1969
Located in Highland, IN
This rare scooter from 1969 is a re-imagining of a design that originated in 1928. It's an eccentric-hub scooter that is powered by the rider bouncing up and down on the platform, us...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
1970s Stunning Pair of Big Italian Marble Dices, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s. Stunning pair of big Italian dices in white marble, in very good conditions. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
2,75 x 2,75 x 2,75 inches
7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm H.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Vintage Mid Century Diamante Evening Bag
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage beautiful sculptural semi-precious stone bag crafted by hand. This piece is glamourous and chic. Gold diamante evening piece hand-stitched with high quality construction an...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
1985 Think Big!, Huge Safety Pin
By Think Big
Located in Weesp, NL
Huge safety pin 1985 Think Big! This rare Pop Art piece is in great condition. No cracks or damage.
Think Big! was a retail store originally established in New York City in 1979. It ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
Retro Mid-century Style Black Ceramic Ashtray With Las Vegas Sign
Stand
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This stylish mid-century-inspired black ceramic ashtray features the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign in a diamond-shaped ashtray. The chrome stand offers a cigarette hold...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
$72 Sale Price
40% Off
Spectacular French Mid-Century Clipper Ship Wall Light, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Spectacular French Iron Wall Light, Circa 1950 – Square Three-Masters Clipper Design. A striking vintage iron wall light from France, circa 1950, featuring a unique square three-mast...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Swid Powell Magnifying Glass in Original Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning Richard Meier designed magnifying glass for Swid Powerll, having ebony wood handle, silver plate and glass, plus original sleeve and box.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Signed Heavy Brass Ashtray by Carl Auböck Vienna Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
The piece on offer is a unique example of mid-century craftsmanship. It was designed and produced by the renowned Austrian Werkstätte Carl Auböck. Aubock was visibly influenced by the German school of Bauhaus as he did part of his studies there. This influence is also noticeable in the presented item.
This archaic heavy ashtray...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare Carl Aubock Copper
Brass Tripod Floor Ashtray, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare modernist vintage floor standing ashtray from the 1950s, designed and executed by Carl Auböck, Vienna. The bowl of this beautiful...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Marble Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise and White Onyx Pieces
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with hand carved Turquoise and White Onyx Pieces. 1950s.
Vintage mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set comple...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Jean Cocteau Necklace
By Jean Cocteau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare pendentif par Jean Cocteau, signé.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
$2,632
Vintage Set of Three Paris Eiffel Tower French Souvenir Building Metal, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A 1960s - 1970s set of three souvenir building architectural models. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A beautiful nice desktop item or just a display...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Walter Bosse Cat Figurine with Thermometer, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian desk thermometer, consisting of a lovely cat figurine and a lantern-shaped thermometer. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wooden German Music Box - Travel Trunk - Strauss:
Les Roses Du Sud
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1960s German Novelty piece in the shape of this handsome travel trunk music box. It is executed in light toned wood - probably pine and comes with paper labels from diffrent German...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Vintage MCM Domino Set in Wooden Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool MCM domino set in lidded wooden box, circa 1970's. The set is in very good condition, includes 28 dominoes and measures 3.5"W x 9"D x 3"H. #4300
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
$200 / set
Elegant Mid Century Modern Brass Pipe Holder By Carl Auböck, Austria 1950s
Located in München, BY
Elegant midcentury brass pipe stand designed and manufactured by Carl Auböck, Austria circa 1950.
The sculptural pipe stand is cast from solid brass. A great patina covers the bras...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Danish Gold Ring with Pink Sapphire by Hermann Siersbol
By Hermann Siersbol
Located in Esbjerg, DK
14-carat ladies ring with pink sapphire cut in Baguette. It was made by the Danish silver and goldsmith Hermann Siersbol and dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. It is hallmarked 585 for 14-carat gold and has the initials HS hand engraved to the inside. The ring weights 8 grams and measures 15/55 on a standard Swiss ring...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Pop Art Exhibition Catalogue 1964 Stockholm Museum of Modern Art
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Unique catalogue of an exhibition in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1964.
Amazing cover with the iconic artwork of Roy Lichtenstein.
106 works of: Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Ro...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paravia Applied Electricity Original Components Cassette - Italy - 1960s
By Paravia
Located in Milano, IT
Paravia, scientific instruments, vintage educational kit, 1960s, Norstedts, magnetism, optics, thermology, mechanics, applied electricity, top vintage lab, educational set, experimen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Magnets
Large French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze poudrier box "Ammonite" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997).
In the 1940s, Line Vautrin designed a series that was inspired by the shape of na...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Hollywood Regency Hand Cut Multi Faceted Crystal Table Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This vintage Hollywood Regency crystal table lighter exudes timeless elegance and sophistication. Crafted from substantial, high-quality crystal, it has a striking presence, making i...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
$135 Sale Price
40% Off
Art Since 1945 Book, By Marcel Brion, New York, Abrams, 1958
By Abrams Publishers
Located in New York, NY
Art Since 1945 book. Printed in New York by Abrams, 1958. Hardcover, text in English. No dust jacket. Including 60 color plates and 120 gravure pla...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Elegant Wall Barometer in Brass
Glass by Taylor
By D. Taylor
Located in San Diego, CA
The beautiful design on this wall barometer by Taylor in patinated brass and glass can be hung on the wall or table top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Trumpet by William Frank Chicago on Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This piece has a great story. We found this jazz musical instrument with incredible patina and added a thick lucite base and reconstructed this into a one of kind sculpture. The deta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Chrome
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Ahrend Furniture Catalog, 1961 (Friso Kramer, Wim Rietveld)
Located in New York, NY
Handsomely produced catalog for the mid-century furniture lines offered by the Dutch company Ahrend, showcasing the industrially-oriented modernist designs of Friso Kramer and Wim Ri...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Some Like It Hot
Original Vintage Movie Poster, American, 1959
Located in Devon, GB
Billy Wilder's timeless screwball comedy "Some Like It Hot" needs no introduction - with it's non-stop action, smutty one-liners, sexual innuendo and skilful blend of high and low co...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Plate Owl Money Bank
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Money Bank of an Owl in Italian Silver Plate.
This charming money bank comes in two parts that is easily opened. This bank is very functiona...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
1950s Zenith Brown Bakelite Portable Radio Nonworking
By Zenith
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Zenith portable radio
9 h x 14.5 w x 8.75
Bakelite cover with rubber handle.
Original knobs. Minos scuffs present.
Tested and not working.
Review images listed.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
1950s American Studio Craft Iron Triangle Dinner Bell
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand-forged dinner triangle, delicate swan head, in the manner of Early Russel Wright designed Iron Works, very reminiscent of the deer andirons.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
$1,295 Sale Price
28% Off
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Rebound in full leather boards, with blind embossing to fr...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Vintage Art Book, Sandby Drawings at Windsor Castle, Illustrated, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Sandby Drawings at Windsor Castle by Adolph Paul Oppé, a distinguished art history volume, published circa 1950. A comprehensive and richly illustrated cata...
Category
1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Modernist Artist Made Bronze Crucifix. Unusual /TWIG
JESUS
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Artist Made Bronze Crucifix. ,, Twig / tree branch and Jesus both cast bronze, Unusual design.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
French Art Bronze Bracelet by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cuff bracelet in gilded and silvered bronze by Parisian art jewller Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The playful piece is called "Le gendarme et le voleur"...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Drawing Instrument Set, German, Draughtsman
s Tools, Schcenner, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage drawing instrument set. A German, nickel draughtsman's tool case by Schcenner, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1930.
Fine German instrument set in fold-out carry case
Displaying a desirable aged patina throughout
Silver nickel presents a lightly tarnished appearance, commensurate with age
Presented within a textured carry case with four fold design
8 pieces offering the essential tools for the travelling draughtsman
Comprises a pair of compass, two bow compass and ruling pen...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nickel
American Mid-Century Brass Model Of Ship By Curtis Jere
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century sculpture of a brass model of a large sailboat standing on a 2 \"T\" post stands (by CURTIS JERE)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Pfeiffer
s Beer Advertising Wall Hangings with a Horse Racing Theme
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of wall hangings were manufactured by the Pfeiffer Brewery of the United States in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Jean Cocteau Necklace
By Jean Cocteau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare pendentif par Jean Cocteau, signé.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
$2,632
Le Mepris
Original Vintage French Movie Poster by Georges Allard, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
At the height of her fame, Brigitte Bardot is every inch the devastating screen siren on Georges Allard's sumptuous and sought after poster for the country of origin release of Jean-Luc Godard's masterful New Wave drama 'Le Mépris...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Mid-Century Monumental Carved Wood Painted Sea Shell
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 2oth century hand carved wood sea shell painted in white with an ocher wash. This impressive piece will make a unique decoration for the Hampton's, Palm Beach, Malibu home or bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$2,850 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Cologne Cathedral Church Souvenir Building Ashtray Vintage, German, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A 1960s souvenir building architectural model Ashtray. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A beautiful nice desktop item or just a display item in your ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1950 Film 16mm Camera, SOM Berthiot, France
Located in Miami, FL
Société d'Optique et de Mécanique Berthiot (SOM Berthiot) was a French manufacturer of optics and photographic lenses. They produced C and D mount motion picture lenses for professio...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
LARGE WEiGHTED VINTAGE JACQUE STAUNTON CHESSMAN STAMPED CHESS SET ORIGINAL BOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, large weighted, vintage Jaques Staunton Chessmen Crown stamped chess set in the or...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Mid-century Modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern collectibles and curiosities 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 collectibles and curiosities created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern collectibles and curiosities made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original collectibles and curiosities, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Line Vautrin, Dunhill, and Kay Bojesen. 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 collectibles and curiosities differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $15 and tops out at $130,932 while the average work can sell for $755.
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