Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Neon Chemist Sign in a Perspex Box, 20th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
A commanding vintage neon chemist sign in a perspex box that reads ‘prescriptions’ once illuminated.
Support chains are included on either side of the p...
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Fiberglass, Glass
Laurel&Oliver Hardy 2 ritten nach texas/Way Out West Gunther Kieser '60 movie
Located in Biella, IT
Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy 2 ritten nach texas / Way Out West by Gunther Kieser & Hans Michel years '60, Fsk freigegeben movie
the poster has an elegant frame in wood and is in use...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Toshiko Takaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Glazed Pottery Chawan Yunomi Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous and wonderful chawan tea bowl / yunomi cup by famed Japanese American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The work features a rich, matte black tenmoku glaze with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Organic Natural Wood Turned Weed Vase Vessel
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made and sculpted wood-turned weed pot vase by famed American/California (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. The organic wood grain and shifting colors ar...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Black Carousel Horse, Wood Horse Sculpture on Metal Base, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wooden Carousel Horse - Fairground horse - Merry-go-round Horse.
Smaller model, so easy to be placed.
This Mid-20th century hand carved Animal Sculptu...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Round nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Size: 15 inches diameter.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Vintage Rattan Harley Motorbike, Real Size, Spain, circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rev up your collection with this one-of-a-kind vintage rattan Harley motorbike. Created by an unknown artisan in Spain circa 1970, this real Size piece i...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rattan
Polia Pillin Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Yunomi Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical diminutive Yunomi tea cup by famed Polish-American master potter/artist Polia Pillin featuring a deep, rich cobalt blue glaze with streaks of green swirling ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Glossy Red Ceramic Cross with Abstract Matte Christ Figure in Earth Tones
Located in Chicago, IL
This evocative piece of mid-century European studio pottery features a ceramic cross with a human figure, presumed to be Jesus Christ, at its center. The figure is modestly adorned, ...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Round nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Size: 13 inches diameter.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
1930s Dada Photomontage Collage in the Style of Hannah Höch
By Hannah Höch
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Charming photomontage collage of girls at play with dogs, cats and birds in foreground.
Whimsical happy work of art in the manner of Hannah Höch. Not sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
“Giant” Scissors, Advertising Store Display
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Cast aluminum oversized scissors
probably used for advertising and or store display.
These will add interest to any room, wall, hair salon or fash...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Austin, TX
Oil painting, signed and featuring a downtown cityscape. This piece is multi media on canvas with a gold frame.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped Wheel shape Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Round nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Size: 13 inches diameter.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Beatrice Wood Signed Iridescent Luster Glaze California Studio Pottery Face Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted iridescent luster glaze and highly desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Mirrors, 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of mirror from 1960
From Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Oil Painting by Jørgen Sejersen, Danish Midcentury, 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Presenting an enchanting oil painting by the Danish artist Jørgen Sejersen, made in between 1960-1980s.
This particular artwork captures a peaceful scene, showcasing a young boy im...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
“Musician Series “ Painting by Lorraine Cohn
Located in Seattle, WA
“Musician Series “ Painting by Lorraine Cohn
Dimensions. 16 W ; 1 1/2 D ; 11 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
King Arthur Mural (16' x 6') by Peter Ostuni for Savoy-Plaza Hotel 1951
By Peter Ostuni
Located in Hanover, MA
Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are reverse paint and applique on sheets of Plexiglass and were painted by Peter Ostuni (American, 1908-1992) in 1951 for the lobby bar of the Savoy-Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Street, New York City under design firm Tom Lee...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Plexiglass
Very Large Retro Vintage West Germany Scheurich Fat Lava Vase / Floor Vase / Ear
Located in Tilburg, NL
Very large retro vintage West Germany Scheurich Fat Lava vase / floor vase / ear vase
Retro vintage West Germany Heinz Siery Scheurich floor vase...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Modern Abstract Constructivist Styled Wooden Oak Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract wooden sculpture was done by Czeslaw Budny a Polish-Canadian artist in the constructivist style circa 2023. This sculpture was made entirely of up-cycled, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Oak
Retro Vintage Wall Decoration with Glazed Tiles. Image of a Sailboat Hardbor
By Vallauris AM
Located in Tilburg, NL
Retro vintage Vallauris La Grange wall plate / tile tableau
Retro vintage wall plate / tile tableau / wall decoration with glazed tiles.
Vallaur...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Modern Abstract Constructivist Walnut Wood Sculpture Signed Czeslaw Budny
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract wooden sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny in constructivist style circa 2022. This unique sculpture is made of recycled walnut. Budny utilizes the simplicity of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Reclaimed Wood
Large Oil on Canvas Painting, Unknown Artist, 1956, Danish Midcentury
Located in Odense, DK
Presenting an enigmatic oil on canvas painting created by an unknown Danish artist made in 1956. This captivating artwork showcases a woman bathing her feet in a bathroom, and it is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Rya Handmade Carpet, Swedish Rug, Colorful and Vibrant, Wool
Located in Port Washington, NY
1950s Swedish Rya rug with a colorful, vibrant, plush wool pile. Size: 6 X 8.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Marble Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise and White Onyx Pieces
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with hand carved Turquoise and White Onyx Pieces. 1950s.
Vintage mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set comple...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Onyx, Marble
1970s Handmade Decorative Wood Paddles South American Amazon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Handmade Decorative Wood Paddles South American Amazon
53 tall x 10 w x 1 thick Short 51 tall X 11 w
Preowned original vintage condition
See all images please.
Category
Late 20th Century Surinamer Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of 10 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of ten table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Incredible, Very Large 7 Foot Midcentury Wall Art Tapestry, 1960s-1970s
Located in Madison, WI
Very incredible handmade wall tapestry, mounted on Oak side bars. Stunning piece!
Measures Approx: 7 feet x 7 feet x 3 inches
This is a sh...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
String
Former Mannequin Head Representing The French Actor Fernandel, circa 1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Former Mannequin Head Representing The French Actor Fernandel, French Manufacturing circa 1950/1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Blue and White 'Hairdressing' Sign
Located in Cirencester, GB
This French 'Coiffure' sign is mid 20th century. The silvery/blue Zinc letters are on a painted white ply board.
There are lots of bumps and scrapes and plenty of character to thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Rude Osolnik Signed Mid-Century Modern Locust Wood Turned Vessel Bud Weed Vase
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully executed, handmade, wood-turned weed vase by master woodturner Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning history. In 1992, he was presented by then Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, the Milner Award, the Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The vase is made from locust wood, quite rare for Osolnik, features highlighted striped areas of dark and light. It is signed "Osolnik Originals...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Polia Pillin Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Yunomi Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical diminutive Yunomi tea cup by famed Polish-American master potter/artist Polia Pillin featuring a deep, rich cobalt blue glaze with streaks of green swirling ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Lucie Rie 'Austrian/British, 1902-1995' Squeezed Oatmeal Glazed Pottery Bowl
By Lucie Rie
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware oatmeal glazed bowl with small crater and speckled inclusions with a wavy rim with a fine manganese glazed edge by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902-1995) dating from aroun...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Ink and Watercolor Signed Charles Levier Young Woman in Port
Located in ARGENTEUIL, FR
Ink and watercolor of beautiful dimensions signed Charles LEVIER (1920 - 2003) to frame. On the back, a futuristic pencil sketch.
Young woman with bouquet of flowers at the port
...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Stan Bitters Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Haniwa Sculpture
By Stan Bitters
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, beautifully glazed, quite rare, and special double-faced "Haniwa" pottery sculpture by American California studio pottery master ceramists Stan Bitters whose work was instrumental in shaping the organic modernist movement in the 1960s.
Bitters received his Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1958.
He also studied under Peter Voulkos at Otis College. After graduating, he worked for Hans Sumpf as the company's resident artist. During this time he created architectural murals, tiles, birdhouses, planters, and sculptural objects – designs that would earn him recognition later on as a pioneer of the organic modernist craft movement - many still some of the most iconic designs today.
Stan Bitters' work was featured as a part of the prestigious California Design series of exhibitions and annuals that chronicled art and design in California from 1954-1976. His works were also featured as part of a group show entitled Golden State of Craft 1960-1985 at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA. This show was part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration of more than 60 museums and other cultural institutions in Southern California, celebrating the birth of the Los Angeles art scene. Bitters' work was also exhibited at Heath Ceramics' Boiler Room...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Traditional Spanish Brass Trumpet, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Spanish brass trumpet.
Manufactured in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a bea...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Brass
William Wyman Signed Massachusetts Midcentury Herring Run Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by East Coast/ Massachusetts master potter William Wymann. This piece features a fantastic texture and rich, sumptuous, deep ocean-like blue crackle glaze that chang...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Iconic Vintage Ph5 Chandelier for Louis Poulsen of Dk with Abstract Art Work
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic Vintage PH5 chandelier by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen of Denmark from the 1960s with abstract art work by G61.
Titled “ kaleidoscope”
The a...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Hand Carved Elephant Stool with Ornate Decoration All over Must See Pics
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved Elephant stool with ornate detailing all over
A very good-looking and decorative ...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Round Ceramic Brown Unusual Studio Pottery Vase, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Glazed in an almost metallic-looking paint, this petite round vase will be fabulous on a nightstand, bookshelf, or side table. Studio Pottery is a...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Mid-Century Coca Cola Delivery Truck by Buddy L, C1960
By Buddy L. 1
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous buddy L Coca Cola delivery truck with aluminum hand truck from the late fifties early sixties. One rear tire is smaller by not much, it's a little dif...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Paul Soldner Large Raku Fired Mid-Century Modern Vessel Wall Relief Sculpture
By Paul Soldner
Located in Studio City, CA
An amazing and unique piece by renowned American pottery and ceramic master Paul Soldner who in the 1950s was Peter Voulkos' first student and who later became famed for developing the technique now known as "American Raku...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
in Use, Vintage Hospital X-Ray Sign, circa 1980
Located in Faversham, GB
Vintage London hospital x-ray sign that hung above the x-ray room door of the inpatient ward. The words ‘In Use’ illuminate when switched on.
London,...
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Black and Chrome Schwinn Phantom Replica
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Built between 1949 and 1959, Schwinn Phantoms were the most bodacious, luxurious, and feature-filled bicycles on the road. There was the deluxe patented spring fork, built-in horn, s...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1970s Finnish Aarikka Jewelry Wooden Bead Pin Brooch
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Classic Finnish 1970s jewelry by acclaimed Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014). Lacquered wooden beads set in two circles with additional hanging ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Metal
Iconic Vintage Ph5 Chandelier for Louis Poulsen of Dk with Abstract Art Work
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic Vintage PH5 chandelier by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen of Denmark from the 1990s with abstract art work by G61.
Entitled “ Migration”
The a...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 9 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of nine table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Iconic Vintage Ph5 Chandelier for Louis Poulsen of Dk with Abstract Art Work
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic Vintage PH5 chandelier by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen of Denmark from the 1990s with abstract art work by G61.
Entitled “Cypress Sunset”
Th...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Children Rocking Wooden Toy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very beautiful children's rocking chair in beech plywood minimalist craftsmanship the design of the rocking chair is essentially a nod to the shape of a swinging banana!
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. This bowl features a deep, mesmerizing, rich purple/blue glaze. Gorgeo...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Cabinets, Chests, Nightstands, Karl Springer Style
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Mid-Century Modern cabinets, chests, nightstands, karl springer Style
Pair of Nightstands or Chests in the Manner of Karl Springer, having a black lacquer and rattan finish. The base giving a floating chest...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
4 Incudini a Stelo, Anni 40
Located in Felino, IT
Incudini a stelo anni 40. Lotto di 4 pezzi incudini realizzate da mastro ferraio per la lavorazione di lamiere o forgiatura ferro. Pezzi unici rarissimi. h max cm 100. Sono molto pes...
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Bell Shaped Ceramic Pendant, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique handmade ceramic pendant with hand-carved incised organic decorations. Bell shaped body with perforations on the lower and top part for the light to shine through. Glazed with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Floral Tree of Life Ceramic Art Wall Decoration, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Highly decorative artisanal folk art Mexican tree of life inspired ceramic wall decoration. Shiny mustard ochre colored organic plant shaped base ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Contemporary American Multimedia Artwork on Rice Paper
Located in New York, NY
This abstract piece is rice paper over mother-of-pearl.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
Mid-century Modern folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern folk art made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original folk art, popular names associated with this style include Albert Chubac, Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet, La Borne Potters, and Beatrice Wood. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $41 and tops out at $64,764 while the average work can sell for $1,325.