Alice Valenstein "Landscape in Squares" Collage on Paper, 1974
Located in New York, NY
"Landscape in Squares," a multicolor collage on paper by listed artist Alice Valenstein (1974-2002). USA. Signed/Dated 1974.
Glass, Wood, Paper
$399
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Italian modern geometrical silkscreen print with collage on paper, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern geometrical silkscreen print with collage on paper, 1970s Silkscreen print with collage elements on orange and white paper. It features both geometric elements and dra...
Wood, Paper
$320Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.125 in
Abstract Mixed Media Collage on Paper by Edith Isaac-Rose
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Mixed Media on Paper Collage by Edith Isaac-Rose (8" x 11" Art on 11" x 14" Paper)
Paper
Yrjo Edelmann Signed Litho 116/175, Modern Paper Art, Circa 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Yrjo Edelmann Signed and numbered Litho from the Mid 1980's. Known for his hyperrealistic art subjects of wrapped and folded paper pieces. Framed in what appears to be it's origina...
Paper
Mixed Media Collage by Artist John R. Murray 3/3/79
Located in Toledo, OH
Mixed media collage by John R, Murray 3/3/1979. Frame has some wear. Image size is at 15.5" W x 19.75" H, Overall Dimensions: 1.5" depth x 16.75" W x 20.75" H. This piece has been ve...
Paint
1983 John Richard Fox Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Newly Framed
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is an exceptional choice for an eclectic, maximalist interior is John Richard Fox's mixed media abstract painting on paper. The work is signed and dated, and it has been n...
Wood, Paint, Paper
Tad Miyashita '1922-1979' Collage
Located in Sharon, CT
Abstract and expressive Collage by Tad Miyashita. Signed lower right with artists label/address on back. Collage itself 12"x12". Framed: 24 5/8" x 24 5/8". In 1969 A.M. Sachs Galler...
Paper
$1,140Sale Price|50% Off
H 32.68 in W 24.81 in D 3.35 in
Guido Coletti: Mixed Media Collage (70s/80s) - Italian, Plexi
Located in Manzano, IT
Guido Coletti: Mixed Media Collage (70s/80s) - Italian, Plexi Step back in time and experience the dynamic energy of the late 20th century with this exceptional mixed media artwork ...
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper
$540Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 25 in D 1 in
Original Frame Mix-Media Abstract Wall Decor by Artist Harris Strong Signed
By Harris Strong
Located in San Diego, CA
Nicely frame in all original condition rare pieces by listed artist Harris Strong, great condition, circa 1980s signed and numbered. Memphis Collage.
Glass
ANN PURCELL Untitled Mixed-Media on Panel Collage 1969
Located in New York, NY
Mixed-media collage on panel painting by Ann Purcell (b. 1941). Untitled. Signed/Dated 1969. Black and coral against white. Provenance: Acquired from U.S. collector. Original metal...
Metal
Robert J. Wirth Collage Painting, Titled "Landscape"
Located in Downingtown, PA
Robert J. Wirth Abstract Collage Painting Titled “Landscape”, Baltimore, 1985 Dated December 1985 This abstract collage on board by the Baltimore artist and teacher Robert J. Wirth ...
Canvas
$601Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.97 in W 29.14 in D 1.19 in
Abstract Multi-Color Collage by Bill Allan, UK, 1993
Located in London, GB
One of a series of eight very detailed abstract collage art works made like paintings in paper, each based on one colour group in great composition and framed in a white washed woode...
Wood, Paper
$601Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.36 in W 29.14 in D 1.19 in
Abstract Collage Art in Blue, Hand-Crafted Paper, Framed, 1990s
Located in London, GB
One of a series of eight very detailed abstract collage art works made like paintings in paper, each based on one color group in great composition and framed in a white washed wooden...
Wood, Paper
$1,600
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.4 in
Abstract Landscape Serigraph on Metal by Gian Maria Ciferri, Italy 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking 1970s serigraph on metal by Italian artist Gian Maria Ciferri (1925–2000), featuring a highly stylized abstract landscape with houses and trees. The work measures 50 x 65 cm...
Metal
Italian Modern Square Picture with Collage, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Square picture with collage, 1980s Square-shaped picture with collage technique depicting colored geometric shapes. The black frame is custom made. 1980s Good conditions Measuremen...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Original Abstract Watercolor on Paper
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Captivate your senses with this evocative original abstract watercolor painting. Featuring a fluid composition of organic shapes and a sophisticated earthy palette of olive greens, c...
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
$700
H 21.66 in W 25.99 in D 1.19 in
Mette Gitz-Johansen, Denmark, Mixed Media, Composition, Dated 1997
Located in København, Copenhagen
Mette Gitz-Johansen (b. 1956), Denmark. Mixed media. Composition. Dated 1997. Visible dimensions: 54.5 x 42 cm. Total dimensions: 65 x 54 cm. The frame measures: 1.5 cm. In excel...
Other
Odette Dijeux Mid-Century Signed Ceramic Box, circa 1950, Belgium
By Odette Dijeux
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Odette Dijeux mid-century decorative box, circa 1950, Belgium. White and brown enameled ceramic. Signed underneath Odette Dijeux . Each piece of this artist is unique and po...
Ceramic
1960s Willy Guhl Concrete Urn Planter
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Concrete urn by Willy Guhl. Rare model. Excellent cream, pastel yellow and grey patina. Urn has a delicate cement ridge around the mouth giving it a beautiful minimalist design with ...
Concrete
$288Sale Price|20% Off
H 0.75 in Dm 7.9 in
Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Rose Medallion Hand Painted, Qing, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export, porcelain, Rose Medallion dish or plate which we date to the 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1875. It is hand painted in the Canton or ...
Porcelain
Michael Graves Backgammon Game Set, circa 2000
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in New York, NY
A backgammon board designed by famed architect Michael Graves. New in box; only opened for photography. Imported, circa 1990. Signed with metal tag. Finely constructed of cherr...
Resin, Wood
$260Sale Price|20% Off
H 4.5 in Dm 3.5 in
Herend Porcelain Reticulated Potpourri / Bombonniere Lidded Box
By Herend
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Herend Porcelain reticulated round lidded potpourri bombonniere box. It is hand painted with colorful flowers and pink ribbons scrolls. Its lid and bowl borders are gilded....
Porcelain
$1,679Sale Price / item|40% Off
W 96.46 in L 120.08 in
Handknotted Moroccan Tulu Rug in Sage Green, Blue, Brown. 100% Wool. Custom Opt.
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A Moroccan Berber design contemporary hand-knotted rug made of organic wool in a sophisticated, warm and earthy color palette of olive green, brown and light blue. It features an all...
Wool
Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning 20th century Chinese export lacquered six-panel coromandel screen depicting a lush courtyard over a dramatic gold leaf ground. The lacquered panels are incised and painted w...
Brass
Ten Dunbar Greene & Greene Dining Chairs by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
An extremely rare set of ten dining chairs designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Known as the Greene & Greene chair for it's crafted look with exposed tenon crest rail, rosewood bow...
Rosewood, Walnut
Chinese Export Eight-Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully hand painted and decorated grand scale Chinese export Eight-panel Coromandel screen featuring different hand painted Chinese scene on each side. One side depicting an han...
Brass
Chinese Export Four Panel Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Gilt Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A highly decorative four-panel red lacquer folding Chinese Export Coromandel screen, richly decorated with a continuous flora and fauna Chinoiserie garden scene. The front features a...
Brass
$7,825
H 84 in W 96 in D 1 in
Mid-Century Chinese Coromandel Screen with Gold Cranes and Lacquered Floral Back
Located in Yonkers, NY
A striking six-panel Chinese Coromandel screen from the mid-20th century, adorned with intricately incised and gilded cranes in flight. Set against a warm, golden background with a t...
Brass
French Designer, Table Lamp, Ceramic, Brass, France, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed ceramic and brass table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Wear consistent with age and use Dimensions of Shade (inches): 7.5” Top Diameter x 10” Bottom ...
Brass
Original Knoll Warren Platner Collection 36" Round Glass Coffee Table
By Warren Platner, Knoll
Located in Miami, FL
Original Knoll Warren Platner Collection 36" Round Glass Coffee Table This Knoll Warren Platner Collection 36" Round Glass Coffee Table is a design classic. In the 1960s, Warren Pla...
Nickel
Lesbo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti Artemide, Murano glass 1967
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Lesbo lamp, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Artemide in 1967. Hand-blown glass diffuser that interacts with light in a refined way: the shade of white hides the light source, dire...
Murano Glass
Murano Glass Table Lamp by Carlon Nason, 1970s, Italy
By Carlo Nason
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking Murano glass table lamp, designed by Carlo Nason in the 1970s, is a remarkable example of Italian mid-century modern lighting design. Crafted in Italy, the lamp feature...
Murano Glass
$1,027 / set
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 5.12 in
Pair of Hollywood Regency Double Palm Wall Lights by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Fully functional. Each lamp needs two E14 bulbs. Works with 220V and 110V. Our lamps are checked, cleaned and are suitable for use in the USA.
Brass
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
An empty wall in your home is a blank canvas, and that’s good news. Whether you’ve chosen to arrange a collage of paintings in a hallway or carefully position a handful of wall-mounted sculptures in your dining room, there are a lot of options for beautifying your space with the antique and vintage wall decor and decorations available on 1stDibs.
If you’re seeking inspiration for your wall decor, we’ve got some ideas (and we can show you how to arrange wall art, too).
“I recommend leaving enough space above the piece of furniture to allow for usable workspace and to protect the art from other items damaging it,” says Susana Simonpietri, of Brooklyn home design studio Chango & Co.
Hanging a single attention-grabbing large-scale print or poster over your bar or bar cart can prove intoxicating, but the maximalist approach of a salon-style hang, a practice rooted in 17th-century France, can help showcase works of various shapes, styles and sizes on a single wall or part of a wall.
If you’re planning on creating an accent wall — or just aiming to bring a variety of colors and textures into a bedroom — there is more than one way to decorate with wallpaper. Otherwise, don’t overlook what textiles can introduce to a space. A vintage tapestry can work wonders and will be easy to move when you’ve found that dream apartment in another borough.
Express your taste and personality with the right ornamental touch for the walls of your home or office — find a range of contemporary art, vintage photography, paintings and other wall decor and decorations on 1stDibs now.