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1940's Mid-Century Modern Butterfly Wingback Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
These butterfly wing backs are just gorgeous. Each chair represents a truly novel twist on the
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Vintage 1940s English Hollywood Regency Wingback Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

1940s Ruby Diamond Gold Butterfly Brooch
Located in Berlin, DE
USA 1940's. Pavé-set with 8 rubies weighing 0,80 ct., 6 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing 1,20 ct
Category

Mid-20th Century Brooches

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

1940s Massive Glittering Crystal Butterfly Brooch
Located in University City, MO
1940s Massive glittering crystal butterfly brooch The exquisite brooch is encrusted with deep pink
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Brooches

1940'S BRAZILIAN INLAID WOOD TRAY WITH REAL MORPHO BUTTERFLY WiNGS
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are excited to present this vintage Brazilian inlaid wood tray with real Morpho butterfly wings
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20th Century Brazilian Taxidermy

Materials

Walnut

Splendid Italian 1940s Flowers and Butterflies Painted Commode
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1940s flowers and butterflies painted commode.
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Brazilian Inlaid Tray Morpho Butterfly Wings C 1940'S Home décor
Located in London, GB
wings of the brilliant iridescent Blue Morpho butterfly. side carrying handles with glass top and wood
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Serving Pieces

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Daniel Teixeira Brazilian Inlaid Tray with Real Morpho Butterfly Wings 1940's
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are excited to present this vintage Brazilian inlaid wood tray with real Morpho butterfly
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20th Century Brazilian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

DANIEL TEIXEiRA 1940'S BRAZILIAN INLAID TRAY WITH REAL MORPHO BUTTERFLY WINGS
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are excited to present this vintage Brazilian inlaid wood tray with real Morpho butterfly wings
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20th Century Brazilian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

Giovanni Gariboldi Tall Vase, Italy 1940's
By Giovanni Gariboldi
Located in New York, NY
reliefs of birds and butterflies and foliage. Italy, late 1940's Measures: 20 Height x 12 Diameter.
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Stunning Hollywood Regency Butterfly Wing, 1940s Two-Piece Sectional Sofa
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning 1940s two-piece Hollywood Regency butterfly wing sofa sectional. We have never seen
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Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Sectional Sofas

Materials

Upholstery

1940S Blue Teal Silk Kimono With Butterfly Print
Located in New York, NY
1940S Blue Teal Silk Kimono With Butterfly Print
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1940s Japanese Day Dresses

1940's Italian Vanity Console
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
carved butterflies. Tapered legs with brass feet Incredible piece. Table Height 24.50".
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Vintage 1940s Italian Vanities

Materials

Walnut

1940's Italian Vanity Console
1940's Italian Vanity Console
H 67.5 in W 40.5 in D 14.25 in
1940's Italian Bookcase by Vittorio Lombardi
By Vittorio Lombardi
Located in Hanover, MA
painted ribbon detail on both sides, like pin striping. The edges are outlined in butterfly molding. The
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Parchment Paper

Rut Bryk, Stoneware Dish with Scraped-Off Paintings, Arabia, Finland 1940's
By Rut Bryk
Located in Tokyo, 13
Rut Bryk , Stoneware Dish with scraped-off paintings, Arabia, Finland 1940's Impressed "Arabia BRYK
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Art Deco Dining Table in Teak, with Butterfly Leaf, Danish Cabinetmaker, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
This Art Deco dining table from the 1940s, crafted by a Danish cabinetmaker, is a stunning fusion
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Mid-20th Century Danish Dining Room Tables

Materials

Teak

Italian Silver Gold Vermeil Hand-Painted Rose Butterfly Pin/Pendant 1940s Signed
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Beautiful vintage Italian 800 silver & Gold Vermeil (gold overlay on silver) 1940s Pin/Brooch with
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Vintage 1940s Italian Modern Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Silver

A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers Original figurative nude painting
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1940s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ultra Rare 1940's Bausch & Lomb Ray Ban Classic Hinged Gold Filled Sunglasses
By Ray-Ban
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Superb pair. Classic Hinged Butterfly 12K gold filled frame. USA Made by Bausch and Lomb. Original
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1940s American Sunglasses

Vintage Pair of Butterfly Specimen Taxidermy Asian Swallowtail, Glassy Blu
Located in Cookeville, TN
Vintage Butterfly Specimen Collection Pair of Taxidermy in glass displays rounded shadowboxes with
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Retro Ruby and Diamond Yellow Gold Butterfly Pendant / Necklace
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
One Retro ruby and diamond butterfly motif 18K yellow gold pendant featuring 32 round cabochon and
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Vintage 1940s Retro Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Ruby, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Swedish Modern Tapestry "Nattviol", Butterfly Orchid by Märta Måås Fjetterström
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 1, Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish modern tapestry. The pattern is called "Nattviol" (Butterfly Orchid) and is a part of the
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Wool, Linen

Wonderful French Bronze Fireplace Ormolu Fire Place Screen Butterfly Garland
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French bronze fireplace screen ormolu-mounted with butterfly centre and garland swags
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Vintage 1940s French Belle Époque Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Bronze

Leo Browne Color Etching, Pencil Signed - Green Parrot and Butterfly
By Leo Browne
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful color etching by Leo Browne. Created circa 1930's and 1940's. Image size: 14 x 11 inches
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Mid-20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

De Rosa Sterling Vermeil Retro Butterfly
By Ralph De Rosa
Located in New York, NY
Charming Ralph De Rosa Sterling Vermeil Retro Butterfly from the 1940's. Wonderful detailing with
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Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Elegant French 1940s Tray Table by Maison Baguès, Paris
By Maison Baguès
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality and elegant French 1940s tray table by Maison Baguès, Paris; the shaped lacquered
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Vintage 1940s French Tray Tables

Mother of Pearl French Large Art Deco Sideboard, 1940s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
a thin decorative mother of pearl inlay design with butterflies and flowers. The inside is also a
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Macassar

Coffee Table Resin 70s Inclusion Butterflies of Accolay
Located in Marseille, FR
Accolay coffee table in resin 70s inclusion of butterflies and flowers dimension tray 66 x 66
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20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Resin

Opal Ruby Sapphire and 3.50ct Diamond Butterfly Brooch
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
brooch are circa 1900. It was common practice in the 1940's to amalgamate older diamonds and gemstones in
Category

Vintage 1940s Unknown Brooches

Materials

Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold

Bes Ben Velvet Mask Hat with Cut Steel Butterflies
By Bes-Ben
Located in New York, NY
Rare Fantasy Collectible Bes Ben Surreal Mask Hat from the 1940's. The Mad Hatter of Chicago
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1950s American Hats

GIA Certified Carved Omphacite Jade Pearl Gold Butterfly Brooch
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage 1940's handmade Jade and Pearl Butterfly brooch. 14k yellow and rose gold with cultured
Category

Early 20th Century Brooches

Materials

Jade, Pearl, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Butterfly and stylized Flowers Brooch C.1940
By Georg Jensen Arno Malinowski
Located in Toronto, ON
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Butterfly and stylized Flowers Brooch C.1940. Large Brooch fully
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Vintage 1940s Danish Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver

Boucheron Vintage Silver Chiseled Ruby Butterfly Flower Motif Lipstick Case
By Boucheron
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the Exquisite Boucheron Vintage, Circa 1940/50's, Silver Chiseled Ruby Butterfly
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Vintage 1940s Art Deco Boxes and Cases

Materials

Ruby, Gold, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold, Vermeil, Silver, Sterling Silver

Boucheron Vintage Silver Chiseled Ruby Butterfly Flower Motif Lipstick Case
Boucheron Vintage Silver Chiseled Ruby Butterfly Flower Motif Lipstick Case
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H 2.25 in W 0.8 in D 0.8 in Dm 0.8 in L 2.25 in
Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Enameled Fish Bowl/Planter W/ Butterflies
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Enameled Fish Bowl/Planter With Butterflies Presented is an
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

1940s Diamond and Yellow Gold Bow Earrings
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
diamond across the knots. These earrings for pierced ears secure to the reverse with a post and butterfly
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Stud Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

1940s Diamond and Yellow Gold Bow Earrings
1940s Diamond and Yellow Gold Bow Earrings
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W 0.83 in L 0.98 in
Pollinators - Two Figures in Flower Suits, Surrounded by Butterflies, Bright Sky
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
an ambulance in the early 1940's for her to come to the US on a steamer eighteen months later with
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Burning Desire - Sable Mare with Flower & Butterfly Mane & Amber-Rose Background
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Kiwi, met just long enough in the back of an ambulance in the early 1940's for her to come to the US on
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

1940 Koret Butterfly Flap Boucle Gold Bullion Clutch w Gold Sequin Accents
By Koret
Located in Gresham, OR
1940s Koret gold metal boucle textured bullion clutch with a butterfly shaped flap and spring-back
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1940s American Clutches

Chinoiserie, Table, Desk Lamps, Red Jappanned Wood, Giltwood, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Red Chinoiserie Table / Desk Lamps, Chinese Motif, Bronze Butterfly Finial A finely
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Wood

A gilt metal and glass cabuchon Moghul style 'butterfly' brooch, Trifari, 1950s.
By Alfred Philippe for Trifari
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
An outstanding and very rare brooch in the form of a beautiful and stylised butterfly, designed by
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Vintage 1950s American Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s
Located in Paris, FR
. -Details- Design: butterflies Fabric: Silk Era: Showa (1940 - 1950) Color: purple and white
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Silk

STARET BUTTERLY brooch gorgeous rhinestone decoration 1940s USA
By Staret
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A wonderful rhinestone brooch in the shape of a butterfly. The whole brooch is set with 10 large
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Vintage 1940s American Artisan Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gilt Metal

Butterfly table lamp Sign: Le Verre Francais France, 1923, Style: Art Nouveau
By Le Verre Francais
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
for sale. Why are there so many antiques in Argentina? In the 1880 – 1940 there was a grate wave of
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Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Glass

Materials

Art Glass

Farmhouse, French Provincial, Mid-Century Modern, Oak Console Table, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
high quality with mortis and tenon construction having butterfly joint inlay at the top. This inlay is
Category

Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Oak

1940s, French 1.96 Carat Diamond and White Gold Stud Earrings
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
diamond earrings have been crafted in 18k white gold with platinum butterfly fastenings. The four claw
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Vintage 1940s French Stud Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold

Gold Teardrop Diamond Cut Stud Earrings set with Diamonds circa 1940s
Located in London, GB
earrings test for gold, they are gilded in yellow gold with some wear. The 14K gold butterfly backs are
Category

Vintage 1940s Stud Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Gold

Vintage 1940s Persian Qashqai Leopard Rug, Dual Motif, 4' x 6'
Located in New York, NY
the b whiskers, claws, and spots. Two ascending rows of butterflies surround the leopards
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Vintage 1940s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Flower brooch, hand carved from wood and hand painted from the early 1940s USA
Located in Stuttgart, DE
9cm , the flower 4 cm in diameter, the butterfly 4 cm x 4 cm
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Vintage 1930s American Romantic Brooches

Vintage Chinese Pictorial Wool Rug
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage Chinese Pictorial rug. Circa 1940's. Camel tone background with vases on stands, baskets
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

American, Art Deco Large Brass Table Lamp With Organic Carvings
Located in London, GB
boasts delicate flower and butterflies’ carvings, the neck of the lamp shows three brass butterflies in
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

4 Large Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Gracie Wall Screen Panels
By Gracie
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
birds, butterflies, bees, flowers, trees. These have been newly framed in silver gilt wood bamboo frames
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Vintage 1940s American Chinoiserie Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Portuguese Needlepoint Carpet
Located in New York, NY
hexagonal yellow floral lattice. The sandy ivory major border shows ragged ""butterfly" motives and abstract
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Vintage 1940s Portuguese Modern Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

Folding Screen, Rattan and Woven Wicker 3 Panel
Located in Van Nuys, CA
butterfly hinges for easy folding and storage. Crafted with natural rattan and intricately woven wicker, it
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Vintage 1940s Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Rattan

Retro Bow Brooch Pin 18k Gold Ruby Diamond Estate Jewelry
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
brooches. Butterflies, flowers, starbursts, birds, and animals flooded jewelry market during retro era
Category

Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Brooches

Materials

White Diamond, Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

Vintage Retro Buddha Earrings Coral Ruby Diamond 14k Rose Gold Jewelry
Located in Torrance, CA
Fabulous pair of retro 1940s era coral Buddha earrings, crafted in 14k yellow gold. The coral is
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Dangle Earrings

Materials

Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold

French Art Deco Sideboard in style of Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
grain with a thin decorative mother of pearl inlay design with butterflies and birds. The inside is
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets

Materials

Fruitwood

Original Vintage Pan Am Travel Map Poster South America Continent Of Contrasts
Located in London, GB
, sloth, butterfly, seagulls, a dolphin, whale and other fish; modern and traditional buildings; sailing
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Vintage 1940s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Chaumet Retro Brooch 18k Gold Diamond Pin Estate Jewelry
By Chaumet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
way. That approach resulted in a vast variety of brooches. Butterflies, flowers, starbursts, birds
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Vintage 1940s French Retro Brooches

Materials

Diamond, Platinum, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Le Avventure di Cerbiattino - Original Illustrated tale by Sandro Nardini - 1940
By Italo Orsi
Located in Roma, IT
sheet is the cover of the book. The main characters of the story are: the butterfly, the frog, the bird
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera, Ink

Large Rare Hollywood Regency Hand Carved Wood Silver Gilded Grapevine Mirror.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
plate. The frame corners are strengthened with butterflies. Condition is good, commensurate with age
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Japanese Miniature Hand Painted Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in New York, NY
peacock with chrysanthemum flower, dogwood trees, clouds and and butterfly. Stamped with signature on
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Jars

Materials

Porcelain

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1940s Butterfly For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the 1940s butterfly you’re looking for. A 1940s butterfly — often made from fabric, wood and metal — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the 1940s butterfly you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A 1940s butterfly is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Hollywood Regency styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one 1940s butterfly that is appealing in its simplicity, but Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Knoll and Märta Måås-Fjetterström produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a 1940s Butterfly?

The average selling price for a 1940s butterfly at 1stDibs is $3,514, while they’re typically $225 on the low end and $9,500 for the highest priced.