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Modern Home Accents

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Vintage Gucci black canvas and leather suitcase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
30” wide x 18” tall x 6” deep The former owner hailed from Palm Beach. She traveled extensively, purchasing this large, handsome bag - among several - in Italy from a Gucci store, ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Leather, Canvas

Unique Reverso Room Divider by Draga Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Reverso room divider by Draga & Aurel Price for each piece. Please contact us Unique piece Dimensions: W 29 H 271 Materials: Resin, po...
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2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider by Sebastiano Bottos, Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
The " Cortina " screen by Sebastiano Bottos is a geometric piece of furniture handcrafted by assembling extroflexed pine wood elements, the result of an innovating working process th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

20th Century Four-Panel Sandblasted Oak Screen by Rabih Hage
Located in Chicago, IL
Four-panel sandblasted dark brown oak "Pivot" screen or room divider by Rabih Hage (French, b. 1966). 20th century. Each panel is 21.5" W - total width laid flat is 86".
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Late 20th Century French Modern Home Accents

Materials

Oak

Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks
Located in Queens, NY
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20th Century Unknown Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone

Italian Handcrafted 3 Part Ottoman Theme Black and Green Wood Screen
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Black and green lacquered wood carefully crafted to enhance light and shadow. Insertion of ottoman personage prints on 100% cotton paper. From the ottoman collection designed by Mass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Glass, Paper, Wood

Pair of 1920s Brass Figurative Bookends with White Onyx Base
Located in Austin, TX
This pair of vintage brass and white onyx bookends dates to the 1920s and are clearly inspired by Rodin's 'The Thinker.' From time to time, similar bookends will surface, but differi...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Onyx, Brass

Set of 3 Chess Figure Bookends, King, Queen, Bishop Pawn, Italy 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Channeling old world glamor into your home decor, this set of three brass finish bookends is both a useful and decorative addition to your home office, library, study or lounge. Foun...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Lelapa Hand Carved and Cast Solid Brass Decorative RING TOTEM Sculpture
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our TOTEM sculptures are hand carved in Southern Africa from sustainable alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, thus making them fair trade. We t...
Category

2010s African Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass, Steel

Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Handcrafted Poplar Wood Screen/Room Divider
Located in Brussels, BE
Sculptural Elegance for Any Space This stunning handcrafted room divider, meticulously designed in solid poplar wood, features a unique interlocking pattern, this piece combines bot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Poplar

Louis Vuitton, Brown Leather, Monogram Canvas, Vintage Steamer Trunk, France
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis Vuitton, Steamer Trunk, Distressed Brown Leather, Monogram Canvas, France, Early 20th Century Large vintage steamer or luggage trunk by notorious French fashion house, Louis Vuitton circa 1920s/30s. This example is monogrammed with the original owner's initials and maintains several original interior fittings. The Case has been Professionally restored and refurbished by Louis Vuitton in France, 2024. Shipped via the Louis Vuitton Store...
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1920s French Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Italian Murano Art Glass Fruit Bookends Decorative Objects, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial set Italian Murano pear fruit and egg decorative art glass bookends or decorative objects with a controlled bubble design in th...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Custom Leather Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Custom three panel Italian congnac leather screen with nailhead detail. Floor sample with slight imperfection, as is. See photos. Original retail starting at $7,800.00 C.O.M.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Mark Hampton, Steel, Fabric, Modern Room Dividers, USA c. 1980s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Mark Hampton, Steel, Fabric, Modern Room Dividers or Three Panel Screens, USA c. 1980s Pair of substantial steel and chevron fabric large room dividers custom made and designed by M...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Huge Modern Chinese Blanket Chest Trunk on Stand
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Modern Chinese Blanket Chest Trunk on Stand Additional information: Materials: Brass, Wood Color: Gold Period: Mid 20th Century Styles: Chinese, Modern Item Type: Vintage, An...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Italian modern Self-supporting screen cartoons by Luigi Baroli for Baleri, 2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Self-supporting screen Cartoons by Luigi Baroli for Baleri, 2000s Screen mod. Cartoons characterized by a self-supporting structure made of light gray corrugated cardb...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Aluminum

Italian Alabaster Marble Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
An Italian alabaster marble Obelisk decorative object, in the Modern style, circa early to mid-20th century, Italy. Alabaster marble hues include white, antique white, neutrals and g...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Home Accents

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider "Kirigami" by Sebastiano Bottos Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
These architectural and sculptural screens, as well as other Sebastiano Bottos collection projects, distinguish themselves due to the mix of innovative material and processing . A tw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Unique Paravent- Lamp, Illuminated room divider from 1988 by Elsa Prochazka
Located in Vienna, AT
Movable Room- divider with many tiny lamps outside.[nbsp]This piece of art is a unique piece[nbsp]designed by Elsa Prohazka and manufactured by WOKA LAMPS VIENNA[nbsp]for the Exhibition "WIEN MOEBEL" IN 1989, at the Vienna Secession Building. Several artists designed furniture and several manufacturer executed unique pieces of arts. The designers were Luigi Blau...
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Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

The Asprey Londoner Trolley, Size: 18", Never Used
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Asprey Londoner trolley, size 18" An exceptional and meticulously cared-for, unused Asprey Londoner trolley suitcase in black leather—a rare find, espec...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents

Materials

Chrome

Salta Round Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

"Ossicles" Screen by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Stunning screen (or wall panel) with rotating "Ossicles" in massive and sculpted travertine stone, brass spheres and black lacquered metal structure. Creation by Studio Glustin. ...
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2010s French Modern Home Accents

Materials

Travertine, Metal, Brass

Vintage Cast Brass and Wood Golf Club Bookends, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful pair of cast brass and wood bookends in the form of golf clubs and golf balls. Circa 1990s Measures: 3.75"W x 3.25"D x 5.75"H. Very good original vintage condition.
Category

1980s Taiwanese Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Hand-Crafted Tan Leather Oak Box
Located in London, GB
Hand cut, hand-stitched and riveted from the very finest heavy stirrup bridle leather. Solid English oak with burr copper rivet base. The box is hand saddle stitched in the tradition...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents

Materials

Leather, Oak

Salta Round Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Vintage Roman Column 6 Panel Architectural Incised Privacy Screen Room Divider
Located in Wayne, NJ
Large decorative 6 Panel Architectural privacy screen room divider. Will go well with style decor . From Traditional to Modern. This is a heavy in weight piece. Many details are inc...
Category

1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Narciso Screen
Located in Milan, IT
A sophisticated piece of functional decor that will create a private area in a large room, this screen is composed of three panels that can open completel...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Textile, Leather, Oak

Narciso Screen
Narciso Screen
$8,415 / item
Pair of Mid Century Murano Art Glass Aqua and Gold Vetro Sommerso Book Ends
Located in Tustin, CA
Very striking pair of hand made and mouth blown in Italy, Murano art glass sommerso twist motif bookends in a vibrant shade of aqua blue color with rich golden center. The word "som...
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Murano Glass

Vintage Custom Italian Leather Toiletry Box Case Travel Trunk w/ Brass Nail Trim
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Custom Italian Leather Toiletry Box Case Travel Trunk w/ Brass Nail Trim. Item features brass screw/nail head trim, brown leather corners and trim, leather frame, mirror inte...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beatiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, moustly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One ...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Kumiko Teak Room Divider
Located in San Francisco, CA
Four-panel teak folding screen featuring traditional Japanese kumiko joinery with hemp leaf (asanoha) geometric pattern. Kumiko is an intricate woodworking technique where thin woode...
Category

1960s Japanese Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Teak

Mid-20th C. Imperial East Coromandel Etched and Painted Six-Fold Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-20th Century Chinese Coromandel Etched and Painted Six-Fold Floor Screen screen or room divider. Exclusively made by Imperial East New York Measure...
Category

20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Hand Carved brutalist Decorative Etsa Totem Sculpture Set
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our totem sculptures are hand-carved in Southern Africa from sustainable African alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, thus making them fair tra...
Category

2010s South African Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Bi Mirror-Divider
Located in Milan, IT
The new BI divider mirror is an intelligent piece of furniture with a double function. It consists of two wings that ensure privacy and intimacy, while also becoming an elegant full-length mirror. Its neutral colors dissolve seamlessly into each other for a highly refined aesthetic result. It is part of the Nazca Booby collection designed by Matteo Cibic for Scapin Collezioni.
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Bi Mirror-Divider
$5,570 / item
"Louvre" Screen by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Stunning "Louvre" screen in sculpted and patinated bronze and rock crystal squares, composed by 4 parts. Creation by Studio Glustin.
Category

2010s French Modern Home Accents

Materials

Rock Crystal, Bronze

Modern Wood Sculpture Wall Screen / Room Divider by Pierre Sarkis
Located in Guatemala City, Central America
Modern Solid Wood Sculpture screen by Pierre Sarkis from Valentina Collection. Inspired in the Origami Folds theory. Finding in basic geometry meaning of life, truth and beauty. Arti...
Category

2010s Guatemalan Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood, Cypress

Space Poetry Pink Room divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Space Poetry is a collection of sculptural objects in which Kiki van Eijk researches the relationship between space and architecture. Her findings are translating into a series of pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Home Accents

Materials

Other

Hand Carved brutalist Decorative Etsa Totem Sculpture Large
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our totem sculptures are hand-carved in Southern Africa from sustainable African alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, thus making them fair tra...
Category

2010s South African Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Lelapa Hand Carved and Cast Solid Brass Decorative TOTEM Sculpture Set
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our TOTEM sculptures are hand carved in Southern Africa from sustainable alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, th...
Category

2010s African Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass, Steel

Salta Large Square Black Onyx Stone Brass Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Art Deco Garden Screen 3 Panels By André Fu Living
Located in Admiralty, HK
designed as a nod to the beauty of japanese zen gardens, this artfully designed movable screen is visually pure in its composition, yet intricate at the same time. crafted in solid a...
Category

2010s Chinese Modern Home Accents

Materials

Ash

Pair of Large Vintage English Travel Cases Made by Frenchs
Located in London, GB
Pair of large vintage English travel cases made by Frenchs. English, 20th Century. Blue case: height 31cm, width 84cm, depth 51cm. Red case: height 32cm, width 90cm, depth 51cm. Dating to the early twentieth century, these intriguing pieces are a pair of large, antique travel cases...
Category

20th Century English Modern Home Accents

Materials

Leather, Wood

Handcrafted Brown English Leather Oak Box
Located in London, GB
Hand cut, hand-stitched and riveted from the very finest English heavy bridle leather. Solid English oak with burr copper rivet base. The box is hand saddle stitched in the tradition...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents

Materials

Leather, Oak

Spinzi Capo Sculptural Bookend in Metal, Tiffany Blue, Collectible Decorative
Located in Milano, IT
Capo is a sculptural bookend designed by Spinzi Milano and hand-crafted from metal. Finished in shades of bright colors, it is designed to add an unexpected and playful touch of vibr...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal, Steel

Portal Clear Glass Bookends, ANDREW HUGHES
Located in New York, NY
The Portal design is a simple exercise in optics and color. The clear color and reflective light are diffused by a surface etching on the top third of the interior of each bookend. A...
Category

2010s American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Blown Glass

Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Early Italian Art Glass pair of Apples Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Art Glass apples. Wonderful deep red transparent color with intentional bubbles on the surface of the apples. The green stem is a seperatly added piece completing eac...
Category

1930s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Blown Glass

1990s Nystrom Sculptural Raised Relief World Globe
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1990s Nystrom Sculptural Raised Relief World Globe 16 h x 13 w x 12 d Original preowned vintage condition Refer to images listed.
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Light Tropics Wood Screen with Multicolor Murano Glass by Hillsideout
Located in Milan, IT
The screen cover “Light tropics” represents a mask which is inspired by a group of indigenous people called the Caduvei. The screen stylizes face painting by using colorful elements ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Interlock Screen 3 Panels By André Fu Living
Located in Admiralty, HK
a timeless screen designed to integrate seamlessly into all interiors. be it used as a backdrop behind a sofa setting, or a partition besides a dining room, its ability to provide a degree of screening gives endless possibilities. crafted entirely with ash strips that interlock and thoughtful detailing that allows each panel to fully fold back, it is a piece to entice all spaces. Wooden screen with 3 foldable panels in oak with bronze detail on the top edge, with wooden hinges.
Category

2010s Chinese Modern Home Accents

Materials

Bronze

DeCastelli Monolìte Divider by Tipstudio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monolìte is an architectonic partition that, like a solid body smoothed by nature’s erosive elements, evokes geological formations along its surface. This partition is a vertical el...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Large Venier Screen by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Large venier screen by Sebastian Herkner Materials: black powder-coated metal, Hide Dimensions: W 248 x D 2.5 x H 177.8 cm Other dimensions available: small: W248 x D2.5 x H141....
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2010s French Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Bird in flight Room Divider, Blackened Steel and Sculptures, By Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
Margit Wittig's triptych blackened metal screen/ room divider features sculptured resin birds in flight. These pieces can rotate allowing the collector to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

The Onyx Screen by Giampiero Tagliaferri
Located in Geneve, CH
The Onyx Screen by Giampiero Tagliaferri Limited Edition Of 8 Pieces Dimensions: D 5 x W 175 x H 180 cm. Materials: White onyx and steel. Giampiero Taglia...
Category

2010s American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Onyx, Steel

Mid-Century Modern Trimline Push Button Rotary Telephones 3 Models Available
By AT&T
Located in Port Jervis, NY
C1970 trimline telephones by 3 different companies. Different colors and the sizes are basically the same they do vary slughtly. All have the necessary cords to plug in. No damage t...
Category

1970s American Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Hippo Screen
By Da A
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid and whimsical piece of functional decor, this screen will enliven both an indoor and outdoor area. Inspired by the friendly image of a hippopotamus, it is exquisitely craf...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Hippo Screen
$7,140 / item
Classic Gucci Bookends
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of Classic bookends by Gucci. Classic brown leather stripe with brass bases. Beautiful stitching and attention to details.
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Medium Large, Bookends Cuyo, Onix Stone Silver Alpaca
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
4" x 4" x 7.8" 4.8 "x 4.8" x 9.5" Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. ...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Unique Vertigo Room Divider Module by Draga Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vertigo Room Divider by Draga & Aurel The published price corresponds to ONE (01) bar. Please contact us for full module quotations. Unique piece. Dimensions: W 30 D 10 H 200,...
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2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Modern home accents for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern home accents 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 home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern home accents 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 home accents, popular names associated with this style include AIREDELSUR, Draga Aurel, Maharam, and ANAKTAE. 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 home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $80 and tops out at $180,000 while the average work can sell for $2,818.

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