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Charles Hollis Jones Lucite / Glass Display Cabinet
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A two door Lucite display cabinet with lighted top and bottom panels having four glass shelves
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Midcentury Edward Wormley Dunbar Walnut Showcase Curio Display Cabinet Bookcase
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Dayton, OH
. Features a rectangular walnut case raised over large silver tapered metal legs The case features three
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 38 in W 53 in D 18 in
Art Deco Entry Cabinet, Vanity or Dressing Table by Osvaldo Borsani , Burl Walnut
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
where the Italian aristocracy and industrial elite would build their houses, a project that displayed
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Walnut
H 76.38 in W 49.22 in D 20.87 in
Pierre Balmain Vintage Bookcase in Wood and Glass
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Milano, IT
double doors. The larger display case has a central shelf, whereas the smaller one is divided into three
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Modern School Desk by James W. Leonard For Knoll Associates
By Knoll, James Leonard, Esavian
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and displayed in museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Aluminum
Bookcase / Entry Table by Paul McCobb for Winchendon Planner Group, USA, c. 1960
By Paul McCobb
Located in Deland, FL
Industrial to MCM to Contemporary to Modern this display case will make a BOLD statement in any space it
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Maple
H 31 in W 36 in D 12 in
Franco Albini LB7 Bookcase in Teak Wood by Poggi Pavia 1950s Italy
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by a grid of steel cables; in the Vanzetti stand (1942
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Metal
H 118.12 in W 35.44 in D 13.78 in
Important Vladimir Kagan Rosewood Brass Dresser, Desk Unit, 1950s
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
highly sought after by collectors and are displayed in museums around the world.
This set is currently
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Brass
Liquor trolley by Cesare Lacca - brass and rosewood
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Antwerp, BE
. Incidentally, Lacca’s lighting designs, at least one of which was on display at the 1950 Brooklyn Museum
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Brass
Osvaldo Borsani Mid-Century Modern Italian Bar Cabinet
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Forney, TX
case with drop-front secretary desk style slant-front bar work surface, over double-door cabinet
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
Rare Italian Geometric Dry Totem Bar by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, c. 1990's
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Deland, FL
the allure and elegance of this fascinating piece. Topped with a turntable that can display alcohol
Category
1990s Italian Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Steel
H 53.5 in W 24 in D 22 in
Italy 1950s Cesare Lacca Attributed Dry Bar Cart, Laquered Walnut & Burl Walnut
By Brugnoli Mobili Cantú, Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
which was on display at the 1950 Brooklyn Museum exhibition— are difficult to source and often sell well
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Burl, Walnut
H 35.44 in W 29.53 in D 23.63 in
Museum Quality Model of American Steam Yacht Harvard
Located in Norwell, MA
mounted with two heavy brass columns into a free standing mahogany display case with raised panel table.
Category
1990s American Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Wood
Angus Ross Cabinet Tallboy Drawers
Located in London, GB
commissioned by The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum to build a museum quality cabinet to display their costume
Category
1990s British Post-Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Maple, Oak
Museum Quality Model Of The Mexican Tall Ship "Cuauhtemoc"
Located in Norwell, MA
rigging and a full suit of sails. Fitted to a custom display case with table. Circa 1990.
Category
1980s Polish Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Wood
Gilbert Rohde Dresser 4041 Kroehler New York World's Fair 1940 Two-Tone 44" long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
, 1940's foremost furniture designer, expressly to demonstrate modern living displayed in the 'America at
Category
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Birdseye Maple
H 32.49 in W 43.9 in D 18.9 in
Cabinet of Curiosities Display Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
, elegantly presented within a wood and glass display case reminiscent of a Classic sculpture museum.
Olot
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Vintage Movado Museum 14k Yellow Gold Steel Quartz Ladies Watch 70.25.837
By Movado
Located in New York, NY
14-karat gold Case with stainless steel buckle. This watch has blemishes on the hands. No original
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Yellow Gold, Steel
Late 20th Century Silver Mezuzah Case by Shuki Freiman
By Shuki Freiman
Located in New York, NY
prominent art collectors and is displayed in museums and galleries around the world.
Every item in
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Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Silver
Wood Cased Ship Model of the Bent F. Packard of Seattle
Located in Norwell, MA
and shows all standing and running cords. Crisp workmanship. Museum quality. Glass display case.
Category
1960s American Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Wood
Modern Surrealist Mixed Media Fly & Tree Maze Sculpture with Lucite Case
By Bob Fowler
Located in Houston, TX
wood base with a clear lucite case. The initials "BF" for Bob Fowler are embossed in the side corner of
Category
1960s Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Mixed Media
H 7 in W 9.38 in D 9.38 in
VeArt 1960s Italian Pair of Copper Silver Speckles Black Murano Glass Urn Lamps
By Venini, VeArt
Located in New York, NY
: speckles of copper in the glass and in this case silver speckles as well, in a pattern to create lines that
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Silver, Copper
Cartier High Jewelry Exhibition Coffee Table Book, 1997
Located in New York, NY
of the exhibition, 'Cartier 1900 - 1939', held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Paper
Set of 4 snuff bottles, glass, mid-century, tobacco, Bavarian forest, Germany
Located in Wien, AT
every elaborate display case. Bottles like these are on display in different European glass museums.
If
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Blown Glass
H 4.13 in W 3.14 in D 0.98 in
Susan Tibbles Life Sized Art Assemblage “Master Lock” Framed Sculpture Distresse
By Susan Tibbles
Located in Topeka, KS
sculpture in purposefully distressed display case or shadow box. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that
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1980s American Bohemian Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Metal
H 72 in W 24 in D 8.75 in
Large American Pop Art Abstract Aquatint Etching James Rosenquist Just Desert
By James Rosenquist
Located in Surfside, FL
, ultimately becoming the lead painter for Artkraft‐Strauss and painting displays and windows across Fifth
Category
1970s Pop Art Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Carl Aubock II Fondue Set Mid-Century Nutwood Steel Austria, 1960
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
similar modell is on display at the Vienna Furniture Museum from Autumn 2022 to Spring 2023.
The
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Steel
Life-Size Vintage Clown Statue, English, Plaster, Day of the Dead
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
gloved hands and waistcoat buckle
Size compatible with our large show case for museum display (18.5409
Category
Mid-20th Century English Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Plaster
Still life in the studio, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
window, Pierre has assembled a few simple objects that he depicts in a subtle display of light. The color
Category
1990s French School Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Oil
Franco Albini PL19 or Tre Pezzi Armchair in Red Fabric by Poggi 1970s
By Poggi, Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
) the tapered flagpoles, on which the paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by a grid of
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Steel
H 36.23 in W 33.08 in D 28.35 in
Matsu (Pine)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
first commissioned artwork to be displayed on the Museum’s Bloor Street Plaza.
Recent major exhibitions
Category
1960s Abstract Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Woodcut
Body Grid Sculpture by Tanya Ragir, Signed & Dated 1990, Edition 1/9
By Tanya Ragir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with meticulous attention to detail, this sculpture is housed in an elegant display case, adorned with
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Resin
Mobe Pearl Sculpture
Located in Kansas City, MO
Marcie Stone
Mobe Pearl Sculpture
Beadwork
Year: 1995
Size: 12 x 8 x 1 inches
Comes with display
Category
1990s Contemporary Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Stone
Firing. Setting & Detonation of Explosive Charges Underground Welsh Coalminers
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed lower right.
Valerie Ganz was a highly
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Oil
H 20.87 in W 24.61 in D 1.97 in
Lake Tahoe II
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
DeForest, Relf Case, Richard Brodney and Bart Perry, (1952); San Francisco Art Association, 72nd Annual
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
noted California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Pastel
Landscape II
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
noted California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Pastel
Rare & Top Workmanship Midcentury Bronze Discus Fish Sculpture W Stunning Patina
Located in Lisse, NL
great, no matter where you decide to have him on display. As so often is the case, this near-antique
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Bronze
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H 3.65 in W 3.75 in D 1.6 in
Franco Albini PL19 or Tre Pezzi Armchair in White Wool by Poggi Pavia, 1950s
By Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Poggi
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
drawings (1941) the tapered flagpoles, on which the paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by
Category
1950s Italian Post-Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Steel
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H 35.44 in W 29.14 in D 25.6 in
Xylon 21 Naoko Matsubara USA
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Museum's Bloor Street window case. The artist generously donated a third work, Emerald Summer (2006). The
Category
1970s Abstract Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Woodcut
Lake Tahoe III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San Francisco Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape V
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San Francisco Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Watercolor
Lake Tahoe
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San Francisco Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Watercolor
Market Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
the author of one book, La Case de Damballah, published in 1939 (Imprimerie de L'Etat) and republished
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Oil
Will Frates, “Princeton Beach”, Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, c. 1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
, boat hulls, and a section of water. Artist’s loose yet assured brushwork on wonderful display
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Wood, Paint, Paper
H 29.13 in W 34.88 in D 2 in
Bbpr Burnished Brass Chandelier
By Studio BBPR
Located in Medesano, IT
glass display cases with burnished brass frames encouraged shoppers to peruse products in the round
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Brass
Two Fine Prints from the David Suite by Edna Hibel, 1978
By Edna Hibel
Located in Larchmont, NY
technique.
She organized the Edna Hibel Museum of Art, in Jupiter, Florida, to display and promote her work
Category
1970s Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Rice Paper, Lithograph
French Vintage Exhibition Poster for Yves Brayer - Galerie Isy Brachot Brussels
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
taxed items as part of putting the items on sale, or in the case of documents, as part of filling out
Category
1960s Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Arts, Roy DeForest, Relf Case, Richard Brodney and Bart Perry, (1952); San Francisco Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Pastel
Franco Albini TL30 Round Table in Metal and Wood for Poggi Pavia 1950s Italy
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
drawings (1941) the tapered flagpoles, on which the paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Metal
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi Wedgwood Porcelain Variations on a Geometric Theme
By Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in Downingtown, PA
& Albert Museum in London which was given by the artist Gallery location: Factory Ceramics, room 140, case
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Porcelain
Baroness de Waldner - unique acetate of Brazilian actress, with provenance
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
is framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass.
Measurements:
Frame:
18 x 15.25 x
Category
1970s Pop Art Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Photographic Film, Mixed Media
H 18 in W 15.25 in D 1.5 in
English George III Automaton Musical Bell Striking Figure Bronze Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
A large English George III Style Musical Automaton bracket clock. The gorgeous gilt bronze case is
Category
Late 20th Century American George III Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Bronze
H 29.25 in W 13.25 in D 7.5 in
Some Los Angeles Apartments - Artist Book published in a limited edition of 3000
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
THEN NOW" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York Fall 2023/2024. (see attached images of the MOMA
Category
1970s Pop Art Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Mixed Media, Paper
Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1st Edition, Signed & inscribed w/provenance
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
.” — Ed Ruscha
An example of this rare Artist Book was exhibited prominently at the Museum of Modern Art
Category
1960s Pop Art Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Foil
H 7.25 in W 5.75 in D 0.5 in
Early Haitian Picasso-like Modernist Mother and Child oil painting Haiti
Located in Norwich, GB
book, La Case de Damballah . He studied at the Art Student's League in New York in 1941, where his
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pair of Lanterns in the Style of Jeane Royere, France
By Jean Royère
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Louis XVI sofas—sent shock waves through Paris when Royère displayed it in Art et Industrie’s exhibition
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Iron
Three Dancers
Located in Santa Fe, NM
was the case with Milton Hebald. Milton said he could not remember a time when he did not already
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Abstract "Arau Potter" Painting by Xavier Gonzalez, 1969
By Xavier Gonzalez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
taught at Tulane University, the Brooklyn Museum and Case Western Reserve University. He had his first
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Paint
GOLDEN JESUS
Located in Santa Fe, NM
demonstrate it at a very early age. Such was the case with Milton Hebald. Milton said he could not remember
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Museum Display Cases
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
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