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Andrianna Shamaris Antique Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Great art piece.
This antique panel ...
Category
Primitive Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Framed Vintage Courrèges Owl Scarf from Paris France
Located in New York, NY
Rare, vintage Courrèges cotton scarf in excellent condition found in Paris, France. Features bold pop-art style owl sitting on the Courrèges Paris logo. Set in a modern espresso teak...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood, Cotton
Beulah ‘Elsie Sloan’ Stevenson, Abstract Oil on Board Painting, Signed, Dated
By Beulah Stevenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil on wood board painting by the well known artist Beulah Stevenson. Her works are in major museums and important collections. Labels in back from the Brooklyn s...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
1950s Singer Advertising Dealer Display Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s singer advertising dealer display sign
1950s singer advertising dealer display sign. Made from a good quality heavyweight resin/fiberglass the si...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Fiberglass
1950s French Zinc Letters, Letter Black E
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s French zinc letters – Letter Black E. We have 19 of these well worn and very beautiful zinc letters which look beautiful as decorative pieces...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Pair of Wall Medallions HB Quimper, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French faience Quimper wall medallions signed "HB Quimper", circa 1950.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Fontana Arte Center Piece or Wall Decoration by Dube’
Located in New York, NY
Fontana Arte center piece made by Italian artist Dube’ in the 1950s representing a red lily with gold accents. He created the piece by back painting a curved glass and then etching i...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Anonymous Oil Painting on Abstract Canvas, circa 1950 Italian design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Anonymous oil painting on abstract canvas, circa 1950.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Dish in Pure Gold Porcelain with Decorations Zodiacal Signs Arte Morbelli Gold
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dish in pure gold porcelain with decorations of Zodiacal signs, 1960, Italy. Arte Morbelli.
Porcelain engraved to etching.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
Set of Four Wood Plaques with Marquetry, "The Four Seasons", Italy, 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of four wood plaques with marquetry, "The four seasons". Italy, 1950.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Ceramiche Panel/Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lithographic transfer-printed masonite panel.
Originally designed for the
Hilton Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
Fornasetti: the complete universe page 456.
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Masonite
Andrianna Shamaris Framed Abstract Courrèges Scarf from Paris France
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Courrèges silk scarf in excellent condition found in Paris, France. Features bold contrasting colors in this beautiful abstract silk vinta...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood, Silk
Large Hand Carved Koa Wood Anthurium Wall Art
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large hand-carved Koa wood Anthurium Wall Art featuring a large 33" wide frame with hand-carved Anthurium flowers inside. This piece is in excellent condition.
Dimensions: 23" H x 3...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Masonic Sheepskin Man Portrait
Located in London, GB
Masonic Sheepskin Man Portrait
We are proud to offer a highly unusual subject matter oil on canvas painting by the recently deceased Cornish artist James Scrase. A fine example from a member of the Royal Society of National Portraits members, trained under the guidance of Italian artist Annigoni in the early 1970s. James produced some wonderful piece of art in many different mediums. The unusual thing about this portrait is not only the fact that the subject sits proud in a sheepskin coat as his best attire, but also the fact that the artist name is hidden in the note painted...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
French Yellow Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Yellow Majolica oyster plate signed Proceram, circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Cream, Orange, Blue Midcentury Abstract Acrylic Painting, Germany, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
1950s German acrylic abstract painting in natural color wood frame.
The dominant color is cream surrounded by blue, orange and black.
The artist is unknown.
The painting is framed...
Category
German Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Ceramic Plate De Simone Colored 1960s Sailing Ship with Warriors
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Ceramic Plate De Simone colored 1960s sailing ship with warriors, Fenini, Arabs, Normans towards the island of Sicily to consuist it.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Landscape Oil Painting with Fishing Boats, French, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Expressive oil painting on wood panel French by La Martiniere in 1952. The painting depicts fisherman and three small fishing boats laying on the shore. It is painted in large brush strokes full of texture to express the moment.
The painting without frame...
Category
French Expressionist Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Modern Framed Fused Glass Wall Art by Higgins Studio, Signed, circa 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glass artists Michael and Frances Higgins were considered to be pioneer's of the fused glass process. The Chicagan duo first developed their craft for Higgins Studio...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Mid Century Standing Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas by American Artist Jane White
By Jane White
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Classical standing nude by American artist Jane White. Painted in the 1950s and once owned by the Estate of Eva Gabor. There is no provenance.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Midcentury "Face" Wall Art Sculpture Pair by Westwood Chadwick
By Westwood Chadwick
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Modern "Face" wall art sculpture pair by the Westwood Chadwick studio. Each sculpture features a hand-sculpted abstract face with brass inlay fixed to a curved sheet of s...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
1950s Scandinavian Modern Ceramic Wall Decoration
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Ceramic wall decoration comprised of various sized ceramic shapes strung together with thin black wire each with a matte finish orange to black glaze. The three largest and irregular...
Category
Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Fruits Platter, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fruits platter, circa 1950.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Vintage Anatomical Human Internal Organs Structure Chart, 1951, Germany
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Vintage pull-down anatomical human chart, print of a painting for Dr. Neues & Co Kempen, Germany. The chart is part of the series: Biologisch-hygienisches Unterichtswerk des Deutsche...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Paper
Painting, Signed, Midcentury Art, Framed, C 1950, Green, Red and Taupe Colors
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting of a young lady, midcentury. Signed. Very good condition, circa 1950.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Pablo Picasso Large Ceramic Plate, Tormented Face 1956 C117
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso Tormented face. Ceramic plate 1956.
Large unglazed light earthenware charger with raised design from the “Tormented Face” series . Produced by Madoura in 1956. Numbered...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Painting by Mogens Andersen, Denmark, 1954
By Mogens Andersen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting by Mogens Andersen, Denmark, 1954.
Mixed-media with collage.
Measures: H 102 cm/ 40"
W 46 cm/ 18".
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Painted Dutch Medieval Style Glazed Terracotta Reliefs Plaques
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of Dutch Medieval style ceramics reliefs carvings representing Adam and Eve and St George the Dragon.
Category
Dutch Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
1950s African Antelope Skull
Located in Dallas, TX
1950s African Antelope skull with horns.
Category
African Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Bone
Mari Simmulson Upsala Ekeby, Large Enamel Glaze Ceramic Early Bird Plaque, 1950s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delightful and fun, vintage ceramic wall plaque of an 'early bird who has caught the worm', by illustrious designer Mari Simmulson for Upsa...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pierre Cardin Portrait by Yoshi Takata Black and White Photography
By Yoshi Takata
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Pierre Cardin.
Signed and stamped on back (see photo)
The artist’s dedication is on the bottom right.
Yoshi Takata was an artist, born in 19...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Drawing 'Pours Mes Chers Fiancés, ' 1956
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A unique vintage Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) framed, signed and inscribed title page of L'Oeuvre Gravé de Picasso dedicated and presented to the engaged couple Sylvette David and Tobias Jellinek, who married later in 1956 with original pastel sketches of the couple below a signed dedication reading 'Pour mes chers fiances' dated to the upper left corner 20.4.56.
Provenance: Given by Pablo Picasso to Sylvette David and Tobias Jellinek on their engagement and who later married; thence sold to Eila Grahame.
Other notes: "In 1956 the art periodical, Verve, had an image of Sylvette on the cover and Sylvette and I were given a copy. We went to see Picasso that day and took the book with us, and asked Picasso if he would sign it for us. He went and found some colored crayons and wrote the dedication, adding the little sketch of us both.
The likeness of Sylvette shows how comfortable he was with producing her image, which he had previously worked with for several months. His drawing of me with my new beard is less of a
likeness!"
Tobias Jellinek, April 2017.
Pablo Picasso had been working on a portrait of Sylvette David, aged 19, as the girl with the ponytail before doing the present cartoon sketch.
"Sylvette" is the title of one of Picasso's numerous paintings featuring a young woman with a ponytail. The model for the painting, Lydia Sylvette David, also known later by her married name Lydia Corbett...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Crayon
"Phoenician Soldiers, " Pair of Brilliant Midcentury Enamel Panels, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant and striking examples of midcentury enamel art, this pair of panels showing ancient soldiers with helmets and spears is not signed, but each is superb in craftsmanship and ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Pol Chambost, Large 'Coquillages' Faïence Plates 1950, France
By Pol Chambost
Located in Berlin, DE
Pol Chambost, a pair of large seashell faïence plates , circa 1950, France.
Mother-of-pearl white enamel, violet, black and greens.
signed. Measure: 44.5 cm, 45 cm.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Vintage Anatomical Human Front Muscular Structure Chart, 1950s, Germany
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Vintage pull-down anatomical human chart, print of a painting for Tanck & Wegelin, Germany. The chart is part of the series: Naturalien und Lehrmittel Anatomie und Biologie, Hamburg....
Category
German Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Paper
Signed Oil on Board Painting by Artist Roger Hayward
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on board painting by artist Roger Hayward (1899-1979), depicting the entrance to a Victorian-style home as seen from the street below. With a wonderf...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Fornasetti Rare Complete Set of 12 "Le Oceanidi" Plates, Italy, 1950s
By Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Rare and exceptional complete set of 12 'Le Oceanidi' (Oceanids) lithographically printed plates from the mid-1950s, Italy. Each plate tells a story depicting distant and fantastic ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Jean-Pierre Capron '1921-1997' "La Mosquee Bleue D'istanbul" Oil on Canvas
By Jean-Pierre Capron
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jean-Pierre Capron (1921-1997)
"La Mosquee Bleue D'Istanbul"
Oil on canvas, painted by Jean-Pierre Capron (1921-1997),
signed J.P. Capron lower right, in a gilded gallery frame
...
Category
Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque, 1950s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque,
1950's.
Piero Fornasetti coloured panel designed for the Hilton in Istanbul features Iznik pottery vessels a...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1950s Woven Tapestry by Maria Kipp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tapestry of woven yellow, blue, green and gold in cotton and rayon fibers. Design # 9004B-12285.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Large Enamel Advertising Sign for Player’s Tobacco, 1950
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Large Enamel advertising sign for Player’s tobacco, 1950
Vintage decorative 'Player's' Tobacco enamel advertising sign. Dating from around early 1950s, this is a great example, a rar...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Wool Baknough ‘Woman's head covering’ Berber People, Libya
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Wool Baknough (Woman's head covering) Berber People, Libya
This wool baknough is most likely from Libya, although similar pieces have b...
Category
Libyan Tribal Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Stan Laurel Vintage 1958 Autographed Typed Letter
Located in Jersey, GB
- Letter signed by Stan Laurel, one half of comedy duo Laurel & Hardy
- Written to news anchorman Glenn Laxton concerning Laurel's early career
Stan ...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen
Located in Redding, CT
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen. A beautiful Grace Kelly like female holds her parisol in her hand waiting for the horse races to begi...
Category
North American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Mid-Century Modern Copper Plate
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This large decorative copper plate can be dated in the 1950s. The abstracted mermaid is engraved in the copper and partially patinated. The plate is marked by the artist MN.
This de...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
1959 California Highway 'Signal Ahead' Sign with Reflectors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 'Signal Ahead' yellow sign from a California Highway. Letters are made of reflectors. Stamped 'State of California' on the back with the date, 1959. Almost 4 feet wide. Extremel...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Watercolor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London Sergio Manfredi, Italian
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Watercolor A view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London- Sergio Manfredi (1932-?) Italian painter, Signed and dated "S. Manfredi 1958" lower left and inscribed "London St. Paul's Cathedr...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Welcome to Nowhere Mining Town Movie Stage Theater Prop Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large wooden town sign Welcome to Nowhere, has a coal miner on it holding a pick ax wearing a helmet. "Our Goal Is To Mine More Coal" this piece measures 97.25 inches wide X 64.5 inc...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Wall Mirror Made of Shaped Solid Brass and Hand-Worked French Design, 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall mirror made of shaped solid brass and hand-worked French design, 1950.
The lower part of the mirror is slightly arched as seen in the photos, elegance and exceptional craftsm...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Art Wall Plaque Crane Birds German Drosselbach
Located in Mimizan, FR
Mid-Century German Drosselbach wall art plaque, circa 1950-1960 very stylish
Two crane birds
Enamel on hard textured plaster.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
1950s by Arnaldo Gio Pomodoro Il Sestante Italian Midcentury Bronze Sculptures
Located in Brescia, IT
"Crosses and Stars"
Arnaldo & Gio Pomodoro for Il Sestante
1950s
Bronze sculptures
Bibliography: "Domus, December 1958"
Measures: 46 x 46 cm / 37 x 37 cm/ 16 x 16 cm/ 10 x 1...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Harlequins, 1950s Otello Rosa Sculptural Wall Lamps for San Polo Venezia Ceramic
By Otello Rosa
Located in Brussels, BE
Harlequins, 1950s Otello Rosa sculptural wall lamps for San Polo Venezia Ceramic, Italy.
Original cabling, to be re-electrified.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Palissy Mackerel Wall Platter Attributed to Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter attributed to Vallauris, circa 1950.
A large mackerel on a seaweeds bed, lemon slice, shells and one small fish.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Montmatre by Jean Salabet
By Jean Salabet
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jean Salabet
French, 20th century
Montmatre
Oil on canvas
15 by 18 in. with frame 22 ½ by 25 ½ in.
Signed and dated 53 lower right
Provenance:
Private Collection, New Yor...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Michel Rivière, Atelier Claude Tabet, Ceramic Mask, circa 1950-1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michel Rivière, Atelier Claude tabet, ceramic mask, circa 1950-1960
Sometimes attributed to Colette Gueden.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Ski Bunny" 1950s Illustration Watercolor and Guache Framed
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Signed Dick Williams, who was a major illustrator for companies like Coca Cola from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Abstract Ceramic Tile Wall Decoration by J Nolf
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful 1950s abstract tile wall decoration by Jan Nolf (1931-1999) Belgium.
This has been a table top.
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Panel in Precious Wood Inlays 1950 Luigi Scremin
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Panel in precious wood inlays 1950 Luigi Scremin. Rare piece. Signed.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
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