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Retro Scientific Charts

Set of Two Mushrooms Scientific Models Europe , Germany 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
. That's why these models or wall charts are now very sought after and are often used for decorative
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1960s German Folk Art Retro Scientific Charts

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Paper, Wood

Vintage Rolling Rule English Brass Scientific Instrument, Navigation, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage rolling rule. An English, brass scientific instrument to aid navigation, dating
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Scientific Charts

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Brass

Educational Zoological Marine Sponge Wall Chart, The Welch Scientific Company
By Sargent Welch Scientific Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, scientific, zoological, wall chart depicting the anatomy of marine sponges beautifully
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

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Canvas, Wood

German Scientific Liquid Rocket Engine Chart
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage, German, scientific, engineering, roll down chart depicting the construction of a liquid
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

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Canvas, Wood, Paper

German Scientific Atmospheric Earth Changes Geology Chart
Located in Brooklyn, NY
German, scientific, geological, educational, roll-up chart depicting ocean tidal erosion is printed
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

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Metal

German Scientific Ocean Tidal Erosion Geology Chart
Located in Brooklyn, NY
German, scientific, geological, educational, roll-up chart depicting ocean tidal erosion is printed
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Recording Copper Rain Gauge by Casella & Co of London
By Casella
Located in London, GB
. 684 METEOROLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 1948. Pages: 120 - 122. C. F. Casella and Co
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Scientific Charts

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Copper

Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder by Casella & Co of London
By Casella
Located in London, GB
charts, sunshine recorders, thermometers, thermometer screens, and thermographs.
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Open Scale Barograph by C F Casella & Co of London
By Casella
Located in London, GB
, hygrographs, radiation instruments, rain gauges, recording rain gauges, record charts, sunshine recorders
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Mid-20th Century English Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

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Metal

East German Vintage Roll-Down Scientific School Chart
Located in East Hampton, NY
Vintage East German Educational Chart, roll down poster By Volk Und Wissen, Berlin (Founded In 1945
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1950s German Retro Scientific Charts

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Canvas

Antique Earthworm Scientific Educational Chart by Pfurtscheller Denoyer-Geppert
Located in Oakville, CT
Antique earthworm Scientific educational chart by Pfurtscheller Denoyer-Geppert "Chaetopoda I
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Mid-20th Century Retro Scientific Charts

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Canvas

Educational Micro-Biology Chart by Sargent-Welch Scientific Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, biological, roll up chart by the Sargent-Welch Scientific Company depicting typical
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

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Aluminum

Educational Zoological Dogfish Anatomy Chart by New York Scientific Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, anatomical, roll-up chart by New York Scientific Supply Co. circa 1941 depicting the
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Anatomical Protozoa Organisms Chart by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, anatomical, roll up chart by New York Scientific Supply Co. circa 1941 depicting
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Maple

Educational Zoological Symbiosis Wall Chart by New York Scientific Supply Co
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, scientific, zoological, biology wall chart depicting various symbiotic relationships
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Educational Botanical Root Structure Chart by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, botanical biology roll-up chart by New York Scientific Supply Co. depicting a plant's
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Maple

Educational Botanical Spirogyra Biology Chart by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, botanical biology, roll-up, chart depicting Spirogyra water silk algae by New York
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Maple

Educational Flower And Seed Botanical Chart by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, botanical, biology, roll up chart by New York Scientific Supply Co. circa 1941
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Maple

Vintage Botany Wall Chart of a Cotton Plant and Cotton Cultivation, circa 1960
Located in Langweer, NL
Quentell were renowned for producing detailed and scientifically accurate educational charts. These charts
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Mid-20th Century Retro Scientific Charts

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Paper

Original Vintage Scientific Chart of a Snake Head with Jaw Bone and Fang Detail
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage scientific chart of a snake head with jaw-bone and fang detail Dimensions: 127
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

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Neoclassical Late Georgian Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A fine brass and cast iron fire grate, in the George III style. The high shaped back with a central cartouche depicts a double headed eagle and shield, held by a man and a woman. The...
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Early 1800s English Neoclassical Retro Scientific Charts

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Brass, Iron

Retro Neoclassical Late Georgian Fire Grate
Neoclassical Late Georgian Fire Grate
H 38.59 in W 33.67 in D 17.72 in
Vintage Porsche Carrera Pedal Car by Giordani
By Giordani
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Porsche Carrera pedal car by Giordani Bologna Italy. A white vintage Porsche toy pedal car circa 1970 - 1980. This old pedal car type Porsche 911 Turbo is made of hard plast...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Plastic

Retro Porsche Carrera Pedal Car by Giordani
Vintage Porsche Carrera Pedal Car by Giordani
H 15.56 in W 40.16 in D 19.69 in
Circular Brass Double headed Eagle Charger, 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
In the Russian style, a large circular brass serving plate with everted rim, of overall hand hammered design, the center applied with a Russian double headed Romanov eagle holding or...
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20th Century Russian Empire Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Brass

Antique Ophthalmometer Eye Machine by General Optical Company
Located in Norwalk, CT
This Antique Universal Ophthalmometer Eye Exam Machine by General Optical Company is stamped “Pat Oct 24th 1911”. This is an optical optometrist device to measure the curvature of th...
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Early 20th Century Retro Scientific Charts

Five Samson Paris Porcelain Eagle Dessert Plates, 19th century
By Samson & Cie
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Colorful and festive dessert plates each decorated with an imperial Russian double headed eagle in the center, enclosing a deep blue shield of St. George Slaying the Dragon, the symb...
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19th Century French Chinese Export Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Porcelain

Surveyor's Level or Theodolite by W.F. Stanley, London, in Original Fitted Box
By W. F. Stanley
Located in Austin, TX
A fine working English surveyor's theodolite or transit instrument (aka a dumpy level or surveyors level) of brass, No.80148, by W.F. Stanley (Great Turnstile, Holborn, London), circ...
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Early 20th Century English Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Metal, Brass

Austrian Empire 1872 Touch Tip Petrol Striker Pre-Lighter Sterling Silver by TCW
Located in Miami, FL
Touch tip petrol Pre lighter made in Austria. A stunning highly collectable piece, created in Vienna Austria in the late 19th century, circa 1872. This is a petrol touch tip craft...
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1870s Austrian Late Victorian Retro Scientific Charts

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Sterling Silver, Silver

Set of Eight Samson Paris Porcelain Eagle Dinner Plates, 19th century
By Samson & Cie
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Colorful and festive dinner plates each decorated with an imperial Russian double headed eagle in the center, enclosing a deep blue shield of St. George Slaying the Dragon, the symbo...
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19th Century French Chinese Export Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Porcelain

Children's chair scoubidou Torck - 1950's
By Torck
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Children's chair scoubidou Torck - 1950's Cute little Torck chair, Red metal frame with bright yellow jump rope wire. Torck was founded in 1887, in Deinze by Leo and Eugene Van Heuv...
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

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Metal

Children's chair scoubidou Torck - 1950's
Children's chair scoubidou Torck - 1950's
H 18.51 in W 13.59 in D 13.78 in
"Washington Sea Eagle": An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Washington Sea Eagle", No. 3, Plate 13, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It was lithographed, ...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Retro Scientific Charts

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Lithograph

Black & White Vintage Toy Police Pedal Car
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fun vintage Police Highway Patrol metal pedal car by Glide Ride. Great graphic design complete with crank siren on the side. In working order, but we recommend only using it for di...
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1940s American American Classical Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Metal

Antique 2 Draw Telescope, English, Chromed Brass, Terrestrial, Astro, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 2 draw telescope. An English, chromed brass terrestrial or astronomical refractor, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Perfect for bird watching, la...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Retro Scientific Charts

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Brass

A Russian silver inkwell, jeweler: Johann Fredrik Akerblom, St. Petersburg 1836.
Located in Milan, IT
A Russian silver figured inkwell, jeweler: Johann Fredrik Akerblom, taster Mikhail Mikhailovich Karpinshií. Cylindrical inkwell raised on four feet with chiseled and knurled floral e...
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1830s Russian Retro Scientific Charts

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Silver

Antique Rolling Parallel Rule, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique rolling parallel rule. An English, brass scientific instrument to aid navigation, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Attractive period instrument withi...
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Early 20th Century British Retro Scientific Charts

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Brass

Read the Signs, No. 13
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Read the Signs, No. 13 Watercolor on Yupo paper, 2013 Signed lower right corner (see photo) Series: Read the Signs (22 watercolors) Exhibited: William Busta Gallery, Read the Signs, ...
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2010s Contemporary Retro Scientific Charts

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Watercolor

Eagle Girandole Mirror in the Regency manner
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A carved giltwood girandole of early Regency design. The convex mirror plate is within a moulded frame decorated with gilt balls and has a carved eagle crest supported on a tapered b...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Retro Scientific Charts

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Gold Leaf

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Two Vintage Ophthalmologists Eye Test Instruments
Located in Antwerp, BE
the wall or as curiosities on a table. Retaining the original paint and paper charts. The Maddox
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Mid-20th Century English Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Butterflies, Vintage Wall Chart
Located in St. Margarethen, AT
This antique vintage wall chart shows various butterflies , which are native in austria and germany
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1950s German Retro Scientific Charts

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Paper

Butterflies, Retro Wall Chart
Butterflies, Vintage Wall Chart
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.08 in
1960s Scientific Diagram, Fig 6 Comparative Water Vapor, Mounted in Window Mat
Located in Alhambra, CA
We got our hands on a stash of midcentury scientific diagrams from the archives of the Griffith
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

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Paper

1960s Scientific Diagram, Fig 5 Sulfur Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulfide, Mounted i
Located in Alhambra, CA
We got our hands on a stash of midcentury scientific diagrams from the archives of the Griffith
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

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Paper

Maritime Still Life with Maps, Charts and a Telescope
By Charles Cerny
Located in New York, NY
musical, tobacco, and scientific objects. Image size: 9 1/2 x 12 inches; sheet size: 13 x 17.5 inches.
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1950s Realist Retro Scientific Charts

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Lithograph

Dale Chihuly Massive Commissioned Hand Blown Glass Macchia Fine Art
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Minneapolis, MN
. I started by making up a color chart with one color for the interior, another color for the exterior
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1990s Contemporary Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Blown Glass

Dale Chihuly Massive Commissioned Hand Blown Glass Macchia Sculpture 37"
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Minneapolis, MN
. I started by making up a color chart with one color for the interior, another color for the exterior
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1990s Contemporary Retro Scientific Charts

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Blown Glass

1950s Italian Vintage Kids Ophthalmology Chart
Located in Milan, IT
1950s vintage kids ophthalmology chart made in Florence by Magonio.   
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

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Paper

German Scientific Radiation Protection Safety Chart
Located in Brooklyn, NY
German, scientific, educational, roll-up chart depicting the 3 basic rules of radiation protection
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

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Canvas, Wood

Educational Anatomical Tropisms Biology Chart by The Welch Scientific Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, anatomical, roll-up chart by The Welch Scientific Supply Co. depicting Tropisms - the
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Vintage French Scientific School Chart of Mosquito by Paul Pfurtscheller
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful graphics and eye-catching coloring, by Paul Pfurtscheller. Chart consists of various
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1950s French Retro Scientific Charts

Educational Zoological Fruit Fly Genetics Chart by The Welch Scientific Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, zoological, roll-up chart depicting drosophila / fruit fly genetics by The Welch
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Maple

Vintage Scientific Technical School Poster
Located in Hemiksem, VAN
A beautiful, original German vintage wall chart about different measurement technologies. The chart
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Wood, Paper

Vintage Scientific Technical School Poster
Vintage Scientific Technical School Poster
H 46.86 in W 35.44 in D 1.19 in
Wall Chart of the Cat by Jung Koch Quentell
By Jung Koch Quentell 1
Located in Gloucester, GB
language. The Scientific rigor and artistic perfection they applied to creating these charts created the
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1970s German Retro Scientific Charts

Wall Chart of the Cat by Jung Koch Quentell
Wall Chart of the Cat by Jung Koch Quentell
H 45.67 in W 38.19 in D 0.4 in
Educational Frog Embryology Chart by The Welch Scientific Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Educational, zoological, roll-up chart depicting frog embryology by The Welch Scientific Company is
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas, Maple

Wall-School Chart "Ohrenqualie" from Jung-Koch-Quentell, 1960s
By Jung Koch Quentell 1
Located in Almelo, NL
language. The Scientific rigor and artistic perfection they applied to creating these charts created the
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1960s German Other Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas

Wall-School Chart "Sonnenblume" from Jung-Koch-Quentell, 1965
By Jung Koch Quentell 1
Located in Almelo, NL
any language. The Scientific rigor and artistic perfection they applied to creating these charts
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1960s German Other Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas

Wall-School Chart "Lobster" from Jung-Koch-Quentell, 1968
By Jung Koch Quentell 1
Located in Almelo, NL
language. The Scientific rigor and artistic perfection they applied to creating these charts created the
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1960s German Other Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Canvas

Midcentury Astrolabe Globe Aluminum Desktop Mobile
Located in Van Nuys, CA
create accurate star charts and astronomical tables. It is also a popular decorative object, often found
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Mid-20th Century Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Aluminum

The Ocean World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
political and scientific priority. In the Calypso, an ex-Royal Navy minesweeper, Cousteau visited the most
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Paper

Organic Abstract Cast Paper Sculpture Relief Painting, Multiple
By Suzanne Anker
Located in Surfside, FL
reflect scientific representations of chromosomes include Chromosome Chart of Suzanne Anker –a
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1990s Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Mixed Media

A Fundamentalist Christian's Nightmare
Located in Seattle, WA
The earth is HOW OLD? This extraordinary Denoyer-Geppert science chart is intricate, colorful and
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1960s German Retro Scientific Charts

1960s Vintage Wooden Framed Opthamology "Monoyer" Style Chart
Located in Milan, IT
1960s vintage wooden framed opthamology "Monoyer" style chart made in Florence by Sbisa.     
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Scientific Charts

Materials

Wood, Glass, Paper

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Retro Scientific Charts For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of retro scientific charts available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct retro scientific charts — often made from canvas, fabric and wood — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of retro scientific charts available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Retro scientific charts bearing Industrial or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Retro scientific charts have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Sargent Welch Scientific Company are consistently popular.

How Much are Retro Scientific Charts?

Retro scientific charts can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $495, while the lowest priced sells for $495 and the highest can go for as much as $1,200.

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