Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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
Italian Mid-Century Sculptural-Figurative Sandstone Wall Pannel signed 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Italian Mid-Century Sculptural-Figurative Sandstone Wall Pannel / Picutre signed 1950s
The mural shows a relaxed, classical-looking scene of male and fem...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Sandstone
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Fresh Water Habitat
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Fresh Water Habitat
A vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating the fresh water habitat. Used as teaching material in ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Painting by Peter Keil, Midcentury Art, 1964, Modern Art, Framed, Signed, Paper
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Large Diaz Costa Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork of Fishes, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dive into the mesmerizing world of Catalan artist Diaz Costa with this captivating ceramic hand-painted large artwork featuring a school of fishes, a masterpiece from around 1960. Ad...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,061 Sale Price / item
83% Off
Fratantoni Large Majolica Ceramic Wall Plaque with Fruits Decor, Italy 1950s-196
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large oval ceramic wall plaque or tile features Modernist abstract decor with branches of orange fruits and green and yellow leaves displayed on blue-green background. The o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Marble Fine Mosaic Art, Belgium, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern mosaic tableau wall piece. Abstract design of a figure in mosaic marble, shades of browns and greys.
Sturdy wooden frame.
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Marble
$1,515 Sale Price
20% Off
Medieval Style Bas Relief in Polychrome Carved Wood, Spain, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Medieval Inspired Bas Relief Wall Decoration in Polychromed Carved Wood. Spain, 1950s.
Beautifully hand-carved bas relief depicting genre scene. Two standing men f...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Lisa Larson tile - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg - Late 20th Century
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The unik series designed by Lisa Larson in the Gustavsberg factory is composed of 9 kinds of tiles with different motif-designs. Besides different motifs there ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic, Pottery
XXL Palshus Large Low Dish with Deep Blue Glaze by Per Linnemann-Schmidt 1963
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Rare collector´s item.
XXL size low rimmed stoneware dish by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in Denmark.
It's made of chamotte clay which gives a rough and vivid surfa...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Signed Contemporary Mixed Media On Board, Apples And Carpets
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed indistinctly lower left. Several printed fragments including red patterned carpets and printed book pages painted over in olive green tones. The bottom with four painted red a...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
1970
s Signed Orange and Yellow Mid-Century Modern Harbor and Cityscape Painting
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Stunning sunset colored mid-century modern harbor and cityscape painting. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. The painting is heavily textured with impasto thick paint on...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Mid-Century Geometrical Pitcher Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Robert Picault Geometrical Pitcher or Bottle circa 1950.
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Paris. After the war ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Wall Glass Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th Century, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian rectangular wall mirror made of hand crafted metal, in good condition. The original mirrored glass is supported, halted by the hammered and slightly wavy...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
1950
s Large British Union Jack Hand-Stitched Framed Flag
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1950’s Union Jack Flag Framed, London England
This vintage British flag was purchased in London many years ago. This red, white and blue Union ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton, Plexiglass, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Mosaic Artwork Circa 1960s
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
A one-of-a-kind handmade mosaic art piece circa 1960s with brilliant shades of browns, copper, amber, turquoise and white. Intricate beading, mixed metal, glass, and copper make up t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Copper
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration with Bird
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration with Bird
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$206 Sale Price
30% Off
Still Life Italian Bronze Art Framed Mid Century Modern
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a beautiful bronze art (framed) of a "Still Life". Made in Italy. Mid Century Modern period. Walnut frame.
Dimensions: 12.5 W x 15 H x 1.75 D. Art 4 W x 5.7...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
large WALL TILE ceramic fish relief elisabeth vandeweghe atelier perignem belgiu
Located in Mannheim, DE
Outstanding fish wall tile designed by Elisabeth Vandeweghe for Atelier Perignem, Beernem, Belgium in the 1970s. Dark glaze with some red and blue.
Dimensions in cm:
Length 56 cm, w...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Derek Carruthers triple ripple artwork United Kingdom 1966
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
"Triple Ripple," created by Derek Carruthers in the United Kingdom in 1966, is a striking large-scale wall sculpture that exemplifies the innovative spirit of mid-20th century art. T...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Decorative Flower Stained Glass Window by the Dutch Artist Joop Van den Broek
Located in Antwerp, BE
A beautiful stained glass panel with a lovely floral decoration. This stained glass window was handmade in an unknown studio in Belgium. Heavy tones of gray and lead are combined wit...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Lead
Enamel Horses on Panel 1960s Swiss
Located in Den Haag, NL
Enamel Horses in many colors , on a Thick Wénge panel . Love the movement
in the Horses . Attributed to Julia F.M.T. Braendle (1929-1982).
Background information.
Juliana Francisca Maria Tosco Braendle (Brändle) was born on 28 August 1929 in Rotterdam, with Swiss nationality. Julia was a student of the arts and crafts school (Kunstgewerbeschule) in Zurich and of the Academy for Visual Arts in Rotterdam. She lived in Bingelrade (South Limburg) since 1969 where she died on 30 September 1982. She was a watercolour painter...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
$710 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Plates Wall Art Composition with Nautical Marine Motifs, Spain, 1970
Located in Barcelona, ES
Stunning Wall Decoration with Marine Nautical Wall Plates, Terracotta, Ceramic, Glazed
Set of four glazed ceramic wall plates with sailing ships and marine decorations, Spain, 1970s.
Hand-painted terracotta wall...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
$3,031 Sale Price / set
20% Off
20th Century Dark-Blue French Abstract Still Life Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th century dark-blue abstract still life by Daniel Clesse, painted in Montpellier, France in 1976.
Daniel Clesse was a French painter born in 1932, in Paris, France and passed a...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Magic Tree Sculpture by William Bowie, 1960s
Located in Hilversum, NL
William Bowie (1926–1994) was a pioneering sculptor based in New York City, active from 1954 until 1994. He is best known for his striking metal sculptures, often crafted from welded...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Mid Century Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Redding, CT
Large Mid Century abstract geometric painting.
African tribal vibes and colors. Brown with an off-white creamy blush/mauve background. This item can parcel ship for $55
Category
1970s African Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$1,458 Sale Price
41% Off
The "Zion Narrows" by Hudson River Inlay - Framed in Walnut, USA, c. 1990
s
Located in Deland, FL
This exquisite Mid-Century wood marquetry art piece, titled "The Zion Narrows" by Hudson River Inlay, captures the serene beauty of its namesake landscape through masterful craftsman...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration with sailing ship
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration with sailing ship
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$206 Sale Price
30% Off
Round plate from Vietri 1950 with Aries decoration
By Vietri
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Vietri ceramic plate depicting a rampant Ram.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$206 Sale Price
30% Off
large vintage ruscha BOWL 70s wall plate decor red horses fat lava glaze
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Beautiful 1970s wall plate or bowl manufactured by Ruscha-Keramik. With label 'Ruscha handgemalt' (hand-painted).
Diameter 14 1/3" (36.5 cm), weight 1600 gms.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Large Textile Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Large vintage Textile wall Art. Circa 1970s
Features a stretched canvas with a forest inspired design printed in vibrant earth tone colors.
...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Textile, Wood
Cocteau Jean Limoges Porcelain Plate, Signed
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cocteau Jean (1889-1963) Limoges Porcelain plate, signed and numbered 144/250.
the background color is slightly pinkish.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, plants. very stylish.
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
$746 Sale Price
30% Off
A. Martin Vallauris French Provençal Palissy Trompe L’oeil Vegetable Wall Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rarely seen Palissy style Provençal majolica trompe l’oeil wall plaque made and signed by the potter A. Martin, from Vallauris, Cote d’Azur, France, Mid-Century Modern Era, circa ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Marcel Marceau Limited Edition Figurative Lithograph Hand Signed and Numbered
Located in Miami, FL
This artwork is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by French artist Marcel (le Mime) Marceau, 1923-2007. His signature is signed in pencil on the bottom right, artwork is numbered.
The print depicts a massive crowd standing about observing different various events or things. Look closely there are images of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, a ship sinking...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$1,095 Sale Price
38% Off
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century Grey-Green French Vintage Abstract Oil Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A grey-green, black vintage Mid-Century Modern French abstract composition oil on wood painting, painted by Daniel Clesse in good condition. The painting is slightly curved, due to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux
Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Arteriors Brass Clad Wood Epicenter Wall Panels
By Arteriors
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Arteriors brass clad wood wall panels with a deep epicenter design. The panels with a raised center and concentric circles across the four panels. May also be used separately for gre...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
$2,400 / set
Jarl Algot Törneman Sweden mid century enamel panel bird motif NK David Rosén
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Jarl Algot Gustav Törneman (1909-1993) as the son of modern artist Axel Törneman. He studied and practice law before becoming an artist. Algot or P. produced enamel table top desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century Light-Blue French Abstract Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French light blue white abstract painting oil on wood by Daniel Clesse, painted in France, signed and dated in 1991.
Without the frame:...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Painting by Barbara Pound, Female Nude Painting, Sky Blue and Rose, C 1960
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful nude painting by Barbara Pound, circa 1960. Water colors.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
20th Century Turquoise-Green French Abstract Oil Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A turquoise-green, blue vintage Mid-Century Modern French abstract composition oil on wood painting, painted by Daniel Clesse in good condition. Signed on the lower right and counter...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Dick Seeger 1970
s Mixed Media Text Artwork
By Dick Seeger
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Square red painted wood, lucite and mirrored artwork by Arizona artist Dick Seeger with saying, "Life is the Foreplay Before the Orgasm."
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Lucite, Wood
Copper Artwork
Located in Antwerp, BE
Copper wall artwork, 1950s.
It could also be from the art nouveau period.
Height 75 cm.
Width 53 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
$1,006
Fantastic Collection of 8 Original and Rare Mexican Wrestling Movie Posters
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Fantastic Set of 8 original and rare Mexican Wrestling Movie Posters from 1950-1960, with the most iconic Mexican wrestling icon Santo, Blue Demon...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, Painted in Paris, 1959, On Paper
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux
Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped Wheel shape Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux
Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Majolica Yellow Oyster Plate Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Ceramic Yellow Oyster Plate Vallauris
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Gilt Portrait Porcelain Plate
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of 16th century composer ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century French Black
Aqua Majolica Oyster, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French black & aqua Majolica oyster, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Mirror Made of Shaped Solid Brass and Hand-Worked French Design, 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall mirror made of shaped solid brass and hand-worked French design, 1950.
The lower part of the mirror is slightly arched as seen in the photos, elegance and exceptional craftsm...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
$2,321 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Set of 38 ceramic tiles by Roger Capron, France - 1970s
By Roger Capron
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 38 tiles by Roger Capron, France - 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$189 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-century Modern decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative art 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 decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative art 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 decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Robert Picault, Curtis Jeré, Vallauris, and Daniel Clesse. 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 decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $406,322 while the average work can sell for $1,323.
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