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
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
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Rene Fumeron Aubusson Tapestry
By Rene Fumeron
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Rene Fumeron (1921-2003) and woven at Atelier Pinton Freres in Aubusson, France. Woven in wool, it dates to 1964 and entitled "Comme La Lune". The a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Tapestry
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
1930s Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of nine framed American typography pages.
From new letters and lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring,
Originally published, 1938
The pages ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$1,500 / item
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
French Majolica Fruits Platter, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fruits platter, circa 1950.
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Set of 169 (3 Sqm) ceramic tiles by Roger Capron, France - 1970s
By Roger Capron
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 169 tiles (around 3 Sqm) by Roger Capron, France - 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Rimadesio Wall Mirror Black Red Woman Lipstick Pop Art 1980s Lucio Del Pezzo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rimadesio wall mirror black and red woman and lipstick Pop Art 1980s Italy Lucio Del Pezzo Italian Design.
Mounts a small rounded console with sliding doors, a clothes hanger and ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
$3,979 Sale Price
30% Off
8 brass door handles 1940s attributed arch. GIO PONTI.
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
8 double handles from 1940, cast brass attributed to architect Gió Ponti.
They are in excellent condition with some patina from the era , but could be polished back to new.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Picasso Ceramic Edition Madoura , Square plaque "Pomone" , 1968
Located in Paris, FR
Picasso ( 1881-1973 ) Original Edition Madoura square plaque "Pomone" :
Red earthenware, black engobe, engraved
Stamped with 'Madoura plein feu' and 'Empreinte originale de Picasso' ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Blue-White French Abstract Oil Painting of Books by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A blue-white, vintage Mid-Century Modern French abstract oil on wood painting of books, painted by Daniel Clesse in good condition. Signed on the lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Piero Fornasetti 1950
s
Pompeiana
Four-Panel Screen Italian Red Black Colour
Located in Milano, IT
This striking four-panel screen, designed in 1951, features the iconic 'Pompeiana' pattern by Fornasetti, evoking the grandeur and elegance of ancient Roman interiors. Crafted from w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Unique Mid-Century Wall Relief Tile of Musicians by Cam Para of California
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool framed wall tile depicting a quartet of musicians playing their instruments; Classic Mid-Century style! Vibrant colors and great texture by California artist Cam Para, circ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Zodiac Copper Wall Art
Located in Antwerp, BE
Zodiac copper wall art.
Diameter:50 cm.
Depth:3 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories
Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the sh...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Yarn
$1,492 / set
Mid-Century Modern Abstract on Board
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern abstract on board by Margaret Malval.
Colorful composition in a nice gray and white frame. Cubist and modernist in style.
Marga...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
$1,822 Sale Price
49% Off
Set of 17 ceramic tiles by Roger Capron, France - 1970s
By Roger Capron
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 17 tiles by Roger Capron, France - 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of two 1989 Buon Ricordo Sicilia special decorative plates.
By Santo Stefano di Camastra
Located in Palermo, IT
Touring evening
Through a COUNTRY and its CUISINE
Good Remembrance Touring Evening.
For several years, on the first or second Friday of the month of NOVEMBER, member restaurants have...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$606 Sale Price / set
74% Off
Decorative Wall Dish - Federico Quattrini - Italy - 1954
By Federico Quattrini
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid Wall Plate by Federico Quattrini, 1954, signed and dated.
Rare and fascinating wall plate made in 1954 by renowned Italian artist and ceramicist Federico Quattrini. This uni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Schumacher by Josef Frank Citrus Garden Wallpaper Mural in Pool
Located in New York, NY
Based on an archival 1947 Josef Frank print, this hand-drawn pattern bears the designer’s signature modernity, whimsy, and warmth.
2 panel set
Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Charles Kiffer Lithograph of Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful original Mid-Century Modern lithograph was created for the inauguration of the new Alhambra Theater, featuring Maurice Chevalier, circa 1948. It features the actor don...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Painting by An Buskens
By An Buskens
Located in Antwerp, BE
Painting by An Buskens, Belgium, 1965.
Dimensions without the frame of the painting:
Height 59 cm.
Width 50 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$1,421
Large Etched Copper Wall Plate by Valentien 1960
s
Located in London, GB
Large etched copper wall Plate by Valentien 1960's. The abstract pattern is applied by hand and radiated from the centre like a flower.
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
1960s Mexican Modern Glass Wall Art Sculpture with Bronze Figurines
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Wall Sculpture
1960s Mexican Modern Wall Art Abstract Sculpture with Figures crafted in Bronze and Glass.
13 3/4" H x 33 1/2" x 1 1/2" D, Art 29 3/8" x 9 5/8" H
Original Unrestored V...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Fontana Arte Madonna and Child Brass Frame, Italy 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Fontana Arte Madonna and Child Glass and Brass Frame, Italy 1950s
One can also change the glass with a mirror.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Ondas de Yute – Handwoven Barrel-Wrapped Wall Sculpture
Located in Hallandale Beach, FL
“Ondas de Yute” is a handcrafted textile wall sculpture made from natural jute and 100% cotton fibers. Inspired by rhythmic coastal movements, this piece merges traditional Mexican t...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton, Thread
Jane Martz Marshall Studios Master Work in round tile Cat Mosaic Wall Hanging
Located in Ferndale, MI
The largest and best wall mosaic I have ever seen from Marshall Studios. Master work of Jane Martz wife and partner of Gordon Martz. Done in varying sizes of their classic round cera...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
$9,500 Sale Price
36% Off
Cat
by Harry Gordon, Poster Dresses Ltd, London, England, 1968
Located in London, GB
1st edition 1968. 'Poster Dress - Eye', a disposable paper dress screen printed tissue, wood pulp and rayon mesh, with internal 'Poster Dresses' label, in...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Insects of the Forest Edge
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Insects of the Forest Edge
A vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating the insects of the forest edge. Used as teachin...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Danish Abstract Geometric Work on Paper in Wood Frame, 1950s–1960s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Mid-Century Danish Abstract Geometric Work on Paper in Wood Frame, 1950s–1960s
Danish mid-century abstract composition in muted shades of brown, beige, and blue-gray. The geometric ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
Impressive Ceramic wall relief by Nino Caruso, Italy 1972
By Nino Caruso
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Ceramic wall relief from the series "Canne Organo" by Nino Caruso (1928–2017), Italy, 1972. The work is composed of sixteen ceramic panels forming an impressive square. The repetitio...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Surrealist Painting by Alexander Gore Picasso Inspired Painting Certified
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Surrealist Painting by Alexander Gore, Pablo Picasso Inspired Painting Certified
This is an original painting titled "The Big Bear" in the manner of the great Pablo Picasso. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Giltwood
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Embroidered Silk Gilt Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring an embroidered silk picture of beautiful gift boxes. Stunning pattern of Hanaguruma (flower cart) laden with d...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Italian Architectural Urban Landscape in Back Painted Glass on Panel, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian metaphysical urban landscape glass panel in a frame.
Multicolored back painted glass.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Adamo Set of 12 Fornasetti Plates Gilt Background Black White Print Midcentury
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Spectacular set of 12 Fornasetti ADAMO plates with detailed gold background - not the newer flatter plain gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Nadia Léger Lithograph, Modernist Surrealist Composition Mona Lisa Motif
Located in Miami, FL
Signed Nadia Léger Lithograph, Modernist Surrealist Composition with Mona Lisa Motif, Mid-20th Century,
Nadia Léger Signed Lithograph, Modernist Surrealist Abstract Composition, Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Barometer Weather Station around, 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Barometer Weather Station around, 1960s
Original condition
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pannello Decorativo in Lacca Cinese 1950s con Uccelli Fiori di loto e Piante
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pannello in Lacca Cinese Decoratico con Pavoni uccelli e piante con fior di loto.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Lacquer
$2,072 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Kid Creole Concert Poster 1985
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1985 concert poster:
This rare Kid Creole and the Coconuts announcement/poster was published on the occasion of his December 26th, 1985 show at Carnegie Hall. This was the band's debut performance at Carnegie Hall, and it was written about in the New York Times: "THE POP LIFE; CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT FOR KID CREOLE" (December 25th, 1985).
Medium: Offset printed concert poster.
Dimensions: 11 x 17 inches.
Good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
American latin pop band founded by August Darnell aka Thomas Browder in 1980 in New York City. Fronted by Kid Creole (2) backed by the trio of The Coconuts and also featuring Coati Mundi, they enjoyed most of their success in the eighties. Their debut album was critically well-received but not successful commercially. Their second album was a concept album matched with a New York Public Theater stage production; it received positive reviews, with Darnell recognized as a clever lyricist and astute composer, arranger and producer. Their international breakthrough came with their third album, 1982's Tropical Gangsters, which hit #3 in the UK and spun off three Top 10 hits with Stool Pigeon, Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy and I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby ; Dear Addy also made the Top 40. In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and reached #145, and I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby flirted with the R&B charts. Dixit Darnell: "In the Savannah Band I’d modelled my style on 1930s/40s jazz singer and showman Cab Calloway, and I created Kid Creole as an extreme version of that, a sort of lounge lizard...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Sterling Silver Mother and Child Minting Plaque
By Sergio Dello Strologo
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very fine Italian "Mother & Child" sterling wall plaque minting art signed Ottaviany.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mar de Algodón, sculptural wall hanging
Located in Hallandale Beach, FL
Mar de Algodón is a sculptural wall hanging that captures the serene rhythm and undulating movement of ocean waves. Made entirely by hand using 100% combed cotton, each strand is sha...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Enamel and wire sculpture by Cranbrook Products/ Malcolm Moran
Don Buby
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Curtis Jerry style wall sculpture of metal and enamel plaques. Nice scale and size this one is actually from the company Cranbrook Products and designed by Malcolm Moran and Donald B...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Mid Century Italian Giltwood Sunburst Mirror
Located in Ross, CA
Gilt wood sunburst mirror made in Italy during the middle of the 20th century. Layers of rays protrude out from the round mirrored center in strait and squiggly lines.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
‘Floral Still Life’ Lithigraph by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Trensacq, FR
‘Floral Still Life’ by Ira Moskowitz (1912-2001)
Large, Hand-signed Artist Proof.
A good quality, mid-century lithograph in excellent condition, beautifully presented and professio...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
$471 Sale Price
49% Off
Rare Nancy Wickham Boyd Design Technics Modernist Studio Pottery Wall Plate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare, mid-century wall plate with primitive incised design and textured glaze by Nancy Wickham Boyd (1923-1987). Piece measures 10" by 10.5" and i...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
20th Century, Ettore Sottsass Rare Decorative Panel mod. Winter Day
Located in Turin, Turin
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York w...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Christian Krekels, 1977. Wall Mounted Acid Etched Brass Art Pheasant Wall Panel.
Located in Dublin 8, IE
A striking wall-mounted art piece by Belgian artist Christian Krekels, dated 1977 and signed by the artist. This work depicts a delicately etched Pheasant, executed with precise line...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Tiled Wall Plaque
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mid-Century Modern tiled wall plaque in rosewood.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
$1,195 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Mixed Metal Palm Tree Wall Sculpture by Casa Devall
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
Striking mid-20th century wall sculpture by Casa Devall, featuring a cluster of stylized palm trees crafted in mixed metals. The textured gilt leaves catch the light with a warm glow...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Cooper Embossed Bongo Player Wood Framed by C.I.E. Pearson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage Cooper Embossed artwork Bongo Player signed C.I.E. Pearson in black Wood Framed. This vintage copper embossed piece of art depicts a bongo player against a dark background wi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Modern Expressionists Catalogue 1984 (Basquiat Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern Expressionists Exhibition Catalogue 1984:
Published on the occasion of Modern Expressionists: German, Italian and American Painters by Sidney Janis Gallery. Featuring works by...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Set 2 Bernhard Rohne Vintage Acid Etched Brass Owl
Frog Panel Framed Fine Art
Located in Miami, FL
Here we offer 2 original vintage handcrafted acid etched brass metal owl and frog art pieces.
Both are framed and have the original paper back label with the Models on the reverse.
The frog is the symbol of prosperity, and the owl is symbol of the ghost spirit by the Haida Pacific Northwest Coast...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage School Teaching Display of Usefull Insects
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A classical vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating usefull insects (insects as producers, insects pollinating flowers, insect sanitary police and insects annihil...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Original L S Lowry His Family Signed Ltd Edition 444/575 Lithograph Print
By L. S. Lowry
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this original 1972, Signed in Pencil L.S Lowry LTD Edition 444/575 Lithograph Print titled “His Family” with the Fine Arts Guild blind stamp to the bottom right corner and a new, Burr Oak frame
A very fine representation of Lowry’s work, this came to me in an exceptionally poor plastic 1970’s gold frame, I’ve had it replaced with a very fine English Burr Oak example with a English racing...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Oak, Paper
Still Life Print signed Hippert
Located in Miami, FL
Italian School, Still Life art signed Hippert.
Professionally framed.
Framed dimensions: 46" Wide x 38 1/2" High x 1 1/2" Deep
This simply still life art will enhance any country ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
"Geometrien" Decorative Wall Panel by Ludwig Theodor Gloss, Germany, 1961
Located in Brescia, Brescia
Decorative wall sculpture titled "Geometrien" by Ludwig Theodor Gloss, created in 1961 in Germany. This abstract piece, while predating the Memphis movement, beautifully anticipates ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Gorgeous Pair of Curtis Jere Wall Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Curtis Jere metal sculpted wall art, these abstract items would make a great addition to any home or office. Featured with the pair is a cert...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
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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