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Furniture For Sale
Item Ships From: San Francisco
Period: 1940s
Rose Gold Slag Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian pendant light made circa 1940s; it's a rose gold painted metal hexagon lantern with creamy pink and yellow slag glass panels giving an opal-pearlesque look when lit. It's...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Massive Shipibo Tribe Peruvian Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Howard G. Charing writes "The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people people (currently numbering only about 20,000) who live along the Ucayali river in the Amazon basin east of the ...
Category
1940s Peruvian Vintage Furniture
Materials
Clay
Pair of Antique Bamboo Police Shields
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Authentic pair of Indian police shields made of bamboo. I am dating these to the 1940s. A brilliant depiction of how crowd control was done back in the day! These make a fantastic st...
Category
1940s Indian Vintage Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a cheerful and beautifully made vintage Murano glass table lamp. Use it anywhere you need a decorative and illuminating touch.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Furniture
Materials
Glass
Round Marble Top & Cast Iron Pedestal Base Bistro Table 30"D x 28.75"H
Located in San Francisco, CA
Round Marble Top & Cast Iron Pedestal Base Bistro Table
30"D x 28.75"H
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Marble
Lyrical Poillerat Style Wall Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is such an ethereal expression so reminiscent of the artistry of Gilbert Poillerat. As I was photographing I was truly struck by it's refined and lyrical presence.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Circa 1940s Italian Reclining Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The allure of the Italian design of the 1940s is immediately evident in this two position reclining armchair. Once I gave it a sit I did not want to ever move. It's a must-have for ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Furniture
Materials
Wood
Adjustable French Floor Lamp circa 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This versatile and space efficient French floor lamp can be positioned in a variety of ways allowing you to adapt it to your particular needs. It is sculptural and adaptable to any e...
Category
1940s European Bohemian Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chapman Lighting 1940s Brushed Brass and Ebonized Metal Articulated Desk Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
a quality lamp made by Chapman Manufacturing Company, USA, the swivel shade fitted with a standard socket and frosted glass panel raised on adjustable brass arms all over a rectangu...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bronze-Toned 3-Light Copper Lantern
Located in San Francisco, CA
A geometric copper lantern with a bronzed finish, plexiglass windows, and 3 candelabra lights held inside by a turned-style stem; topped with a cap and handle. With new candle cover...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pink Murano Glass Rope Frame Pendant Light by Barovier
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant, modern, Murano glass, pendant light by Barovier & Toso circa 1940-1950. A simple, linear design: translucent pink, twisted-rope stem and frame holding a flora bowl up-lig...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Coastal Landscape Painting
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Mystery artist
Oil on board
Circa 1940s
15 x 20 unframed
18.25 x 23.25 framed
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Paint
Classic Mid-Century Three Drawer Oak Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Classic Mid-Century Three Drawer Oak Desk
Beautiful grain top and brass feet
48 x 20 3.75 x 29
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Oak
Brass and wood 1940's birdcage with a domed onion top design
Located in San Francisco, CA
Brass and wood 1940's birdcage with a domed onion top design
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Custom Milk Glass Table Lamps w/ Brass Foliate Bases by Paul Hanson Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking pair of sizable table lamps with milk glass columns on bronze-tinted grape leaf bases. They are made by Paul Hanson Lighting Company, which operated in New York from the 1...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Andirons With Acrobats on Wheels Circa 1940's
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare Andirons With Acrobats on Wheels Circa 1940's
16 x 18
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Iron
Circa 1940's Bouillotte martel top table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Circa 1940's Bouillotte marble top table with pullout tooled leather glass holders and brass reticulated surround
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Marble
1940's Mahogany Spiraled Library Steps w/Tooled Leather
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany Spiraled Library Steps w/Tooled Leather
Circa 1945
15.5" W x 16" D x 48" H
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Wood, Leather
Pair of Asian style crackle vase temple jars circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Asian style crackle vase temple jars circa 1940s
12 x 12 x 32
Category
1940s Asian Vintage Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Jacques Adnet Table Lamp, France, 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highly collectible Art Moderne table lamp by Jacques Adnet, with neck nd base entirely wrapped in dark leather with a chrome shade. The fixture ...
Category
1940s French Streamlined Moderne Vintage Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Bagues Bronze Coffee Table Base, France, 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful rectangular mid-sized coffee table in bronze by Masion Bagues, France. Cast bronze legs are of a palm-like pattern. Install your own top, such as gilded mirrored glass, sm...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Vessel by Just Andersen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A bronze vessel with a flared rim by Just Andersen, made for his eponymous company, model #LB 1596. Terrific patina.
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Dan Johnson for Hayden Hall Maple Chest of Drawers, 1946–47
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare 1946–1947 mid-century modern three-drawer chest or dresser in maple by Dan Johnson for Hayden Hall.
Early piece in a prescient contemporary-looking minimalist geometric style...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple
Gilt Purple & Amber Crystal Fruit Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A gilt brass chandelier with dangling crystal fruit in amber, purple, amethyst, and clear. Apples hang from the crown and grape clusters at the bottom; with a downward socket within ...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Grosfeld House Shell Console Table in Silver Leaf and White Lacquer, 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A stunning 1940s Hollywood Regency silver-leafed shell console table with white lacquered top and base by Grosfeld House.
Exceptionally well-sculpted and exquisitely detailed monume...
Category
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
Pair of Pendant Lamps by Jorn Utzon for Nordisk Solar
Located in San Francisco, CA
A spun aluminum pendant lamp. Designed in 1947 for the Tivoli amusement park in Copenhagen and became known by the same name. Decades later Nordisk Solar lost the rights to call it '...
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
A Well-crafted French Reverse-painted and Mirrored Arbalete-form Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
the shaped lamp with slumped glass mirrored panels; the front panel with a Chinoiserie reverse-painted scene; all resting on a wooden base
Category
1940s French Chinoiserie Vintage Furniture
Materials
Glass
Antique Rust Patina 6-Arm Leaves Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 6-light chandelier with a diamond-shaped structure comprised of four twisted metal stems, C-curves, and curling leaves. The metal has a unique patina of rust and touches of yellow ...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Rare Black Varnish Charlotte Perriand No.17 Bauche Stools
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of rare early Bauche stools in sought after and rare black varnished wood.
Edition B.C.B.
Category
1940s French Vintage Furniture
Materials
Rush, Wood
Pair of Sconces in Etched Glass, Cut Crystal and Brass, Attributed to Venini
By Paolo Venini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare and unusual, these sconces are full of Italian design elements. Attributed to Venini of the 1940s, the shades are of Murano glass, the lamps are of brass, and the detailed cut c...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Italian Art Deco Dining or Center Table, in the style of Vittorio Dassi
Located in San Francisco, CA
1940's Art Deco dining or center table, in the style of Vittorio Dassi, is made in two pieces, and composed of a green marble and metal base, painted wooden legs and an oval reverse-...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Deco Stepped Alabaster Sconces- pair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of sconces made from alabaster; polished and carved into stepped, inverted, half-cone shapes. An iconic, versatile, Deco design appropriate for numerous settings. The alabas...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage 1940s George Nelson Side Chair for Herman Miller Model 4671
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a vintage George Nelson side chair For Herman Miller it's a Model 4671, first designed in 1948.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Metal
Kay Otto Fisker Wingback Lounge Chair
By Kay Fisker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kay Otto Fisker design wing chair, newly refinished and upholstered in Maharam Nanna Ditzel wool. A rare model chair executed with high quality construction and materials that wraps ...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Elm
French-Style 1940s Painted Wall Table or Long Hall Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
French-style 1940s painted wall table or long hall table.
Category
1940s Unknown French Provincial Vintage Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Wallpaper Printing Roller as Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lamp made from a vintage roller for printing wallpaper. The imprinting elements are brass swirling leaves; mounted on a square, wooden base; adjustable h...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Thorald Madsens Snedkeri Credenza
Located in San Francisco, CA
Scandinavian Modern credenza by Thorald Madsens for Snedkeri, Denmark. High quality construction and materials by a well regarded cabinetmaker from the 1930-40s. Made from teak and o...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Oak, Teak
Paolo Buffa Walnut Wood Bar
By Paolo Buffa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful and functional Italian mobile bar in light walnut with mirrored interiors and brass fittings. Inlaid wood pattern on the front and sides of the doors, with diamond shaped d...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Russian Bronze Tray with a Scuba Diver Holding a Fish
Located in San Francisco, CA
Midcentury Russian Bronze Tray with a Scuba Diver Holding a Fish. A dresser or desktop tray.
Category
1940s Ukrainian Sporting Art Vintage Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Jansen Louis XVI, Ebonized, Bronze Trim Dining Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sleek and stylish Louis XVI Jansen style center or dining table in a black ebonized wood, supported on chamfered and tapered legs with bronze sabots, terminating in bronze circular c...
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Pair Chinese Gilt Carved Wood Foo Dog / Guardian Lions Figurines
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here are a pair vintage Chinese gilt and carved wood Foo Dog/Guardian Lions figurines
Wonderful craftsmanship with the hand carving that has gone...
Category
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Mahogany Side Table by Frits Henningsen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Circular table with rimmed and raised panel made of solid mahogany, with center column and four-star base.
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Eight Rosewood Dining Chairs Covered in Vinyl with Brass Accents
Located in San Francisco, CA
Attributed to Otto Sedie, these 8 Italian dining chairs are in rosewood with fretwork, brass details, and vinyl upholstery. Very graceful, mid ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of French 1940s Sycamore Marquetry Open Armchairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each stylish and well designed chair with incurved upholstered back above a loose cushion seat flanked by squared arms over a u-shaped frame with inlaid marquetry.
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Sycamore
Mini White Hobnail Glass & Brass Boudoir Lamp w/ Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
A petite, vintage, desk or dressing table lamp in white hobnail glass and detailed brass design. With an ivory color silk, empire bell shape, clip-on sha...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Square Sculptural Glass Center Table by Modernage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sculptural center table in rounded rectangular glass with curved glass supports floating in an ebonized wood base by Modernage is a classic. Lo...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Handcrafted Copper, Brass & Beveled Glass Wall Lanterns, Pair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of sizable, 3-candlestick light, copper, and brass lantern sconces in an elongated, octagon shape curving at the top and bottom and finished with finials. The segmented glass ...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Pair of Art Deco 1940's Grosfeld House Mahogany Low Cabinets
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each having silver-embossed leather double doors with lucite handles and decorative round lucite handles on the sides all raised on greek key form legs.
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Leather Bound Volume of the San Francisco News, 1940-41
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather bound volume of San Francisco news, 1940-41 (World War II period) with hundreds of newspaper pages.
Category
1940s American Other Vintage Furniture
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
Barcelona Dining Armchair by Kaare Klint
By Kaare Klint
Located in San Francisco, CA
A “Barcelona” chair aka a “Red” chair. Designed in 1927 by Kaare Klint for the lecture hall of the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen. The chair came to be know as the “Barc...
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Porcelain Polychrome Rooster Form Covered Bowl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese porcelain polychrome rooster form covered bowl.
Very good detail and separation of colors. Heavy porcelain body.
Mid-20th century.
Category
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Widdicomb Twelve Drawer Tall Dresser
Located in San Francisco, CA
Widdicomb tall double dresser with twelve drawers fitted with dividers for organization. Newly refinished mahogany case in a expresso walnut semi-g...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
1940s Multi Green Onyx & Brass Table Lamps 'Pair'
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of 1940s, variegated light green onyx lamps with shades of cream and rust tones, and brass pieces integrated in the form. Newly wired with dimmi...
Category
1940s Vintage Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Monumental 1940s Carved Mahogany Heifetz Table Lamp of Women Harvesting Wheat
By Heifetz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a monumental 1940's carved Mahogany table lamp, it's design is of women harvesting wheat.
Carved into it's back side is the maker's name Heifetz.
Measurements bel...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Large Mexican Folk Art Wrought Iron Rooster Weathervane, c. 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large circa 1940 Mexican Folk Art wrought iron rooster weathervane presented on a rustic reclaimed wood base.
Features a sheet metal rooster perche...
Category
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Sheet Metal
Brass Desk Lamp by Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A table lamp of patinated brass, with adjustable and curved neck. Swiveling top and bottom, adjustable in both height and angle. Switch located on the base.
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Brass
Paul Frankl Designed Stepped Coffee Table for Brown Saltman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a Paul Frankl designed coffee table for Brown Saltman.
Ebonized cerused oak, with glass, table top, and has a step down design, with a shelf below.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Pair Paul Frankl Ebonized Oak Side Tables For Brown Saltman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a pair Paul Frankl designed side tables for Brown Saltman.
Ebonized oak, with glass, table tops have a step down design, with a small...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
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