Walter Bosse Brass Key Hanger Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cock, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in excellent condition.
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Walter Bosse Brass Key Hanger Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cock, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in excellent condition.
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Walter Bosse Brass Key Hanger Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cock, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in good condition with patina.
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Walter Bosse Brass Key Hanger Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cock, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in very good condition with patina.
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Walter Bosse Cow Zoo Mid-Century Brass Wall Hook, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of black finished and partly polished brass.
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Set of Four Coat Wall Hooks Blackened Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of four beautiful Austrian brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s.
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Set of Three Coat Wall Hooks Blackened Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s.
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Set of Three Coat Wall Hooks Blackened Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s.
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Set of Three Coat Wall Hooks Blackened Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s.
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Six Small Coat Wall Hooks Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, Vienna, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of eight beautiful Austrian brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s.
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Walter Bosse Mid-Century Brass Poodle Cork Screw, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming cork screw bottle opener, displaying a poodle, made of brass designed by Walter Bosse, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria. In good condition with nice patina.
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3 Walter Bosse Bear Dwarf Cow Zoo Brass Wall Hooks, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A humorous and funny design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of black finished and partly polished brass.
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Beautiful Brass Owl Figurine by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Austrian owl figurine, made of brass, executed by Hertha Baller, Vienna, in the 1950s.
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Three-Coat Wall Hooks Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian polished solid brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Vienna, 1950s.
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Three Coat Wall Hooks Brass by Hertha Baller Austria 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian polished solid brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Vienna, manufactured in Mid-Century, circa 1950.
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Three Coat Wall Hooks Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian polished solid brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Vienna, 1950s.
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Four Wall-Mounted Brass Hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Austria
Set of 4 brass hooks from Hertha Baller, made in Austria, 1950.
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Mexican Playing Guitar Sculptural Toothpick Stand, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A toothpick holder displaying a Mexican playing guitar. Executed by Hertha Baller in Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in excellent condition.
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Ski Driver Figurine Bottle Stoppers, Brass, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Manufactured in the 1950s by Hertha Baller,.
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Four Wall-Mounted Brass Hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Austria
4 wall -mounted brass hocks with contrasting faux patina, create at two tones, that accent the shape.
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Two Beautiful Brass Owl Figurine Bottle Stoppers, Brass, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Two charming Austrian bottle stoppers, made of brass, displaying an owl.
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Walter Bosse Cat Bottle Stopper, Brass, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian bottle stopper, made of brass, displaying a cat.
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Walter Bosse Elephant Bottle Stopper, Brass, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian bottle stopper, made of brass, displaying an elephant.
Walter Bosse Brass Cat Figurine Candle Holder, Baller Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Bosse cat Figurine Collectible. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austr...
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Walter Bosse Midcentury Horse Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely horse sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In excellent condition.
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Walter Bosse Midcentury Penguin Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely penguin sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with marginal patina.
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Walter Bosse Midcentury Fish Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely fish sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In very good condition with marginal patina.
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Sculptural Midcentury Brass Umbrella Stand, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
Executed by Herta Baller in Vienna, Austria. Made of partly polished and partly black-finished brass with a solid cast base.
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Walter Bosse Big Wall Bell Cow Figurine by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller Vienna in the 1950s. Original condition. The height is without chain.
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Three Asymmetric Modernist Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Three asymmetric modernist brass wall hooks by Walter Bosse, Austria, 1950s. Original condition.
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Walter Bosse Rabbit Mid-Century Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed by Walter Bosse, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller in Austria. In very good condition. We offer other Walter Bosse brass objects in our other listings.
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Walter Bosse Three Wise Monkeys Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller in Austria. In very good condition. We offer other Walter Bosse brass objects in our other listings.
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Walter Bosse Wiener Dog Midcentury Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely sausage dog sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina.
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Walter Bosse Midcentury Pony Horse Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely pony foal baby horse sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with nice patina on the brass.
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Walter Bosse big wall bell Cow Figurine by Hertha Baller, Austria 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller/Vienna in the 1950s. Original condition
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Walter Bosse Big Wall Bell Cow Figurine by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Design by Walter Bosse, executed by Baller Vienna in the 1950s. Original condition. The height is without chain.
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Walter Bosse Mid-Century Horse Head Brass Ashtray, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller in Austria. Made of brass. An attention-grabbing and solid piece in good condition with nice patina.
Walter Bosse "Ski Racer on a Mountain" Brass Sculture, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller in Austria. In good condition with charming patina.
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Walter Bosse Seahorse Brass Dinner Table Bell by Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Vienna, Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in very good condition with marginal patina.
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Walter Bosse Wiener Dog Mid-Century Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely sausage dog sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina.
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Walter Bosse Wiener Dog Mid-Century Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely sausage dog sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina.
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Walter Bosse Wiener Dog Mid-Century Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely sausage dog sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina. We offer other Walter Bosse ...
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Walter Bosse Wiener Dog Mid-Century Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely sausage dog sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina. We offer other Walter Bosse ...
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1950s by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller Austria Design Hedgehog Stackable Brass
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Brescia, IT
A complete set of six vintage stackable hedgehog ashtrays Excellent condition.
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Up to 3 Mid-Century Brass Double Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Sold and priced per piece. Executed by Hertha Baller Vienna in Austria. To be used as coat hooks, but also for towels in the bathroom or in the kitchen.
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Walter Bosse Two Lion Zoo Brass Animal Wall Hooks, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Herta Baller, Vienna / Austria in the 1950s. Made of black finished and partly polished brass.
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Set of Four Coat Wall Hooks Blackened Brass by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of four beautiful Austrian brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Vienna, 1950s.
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Walter Bosse Mid-Century Horse Brass Figurine, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely horse foal sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina. We offer more Walter Bosse br...
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Two Austrian Modernist Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of beautiful Austrian modernist brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
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Set of Six Beautiful Austrian Brass Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
A set of six beautiful Austrian brass hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Baller Austria.
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Five Austrian Mid-Century Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of 5 beautiful Austrian brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Baller Austria.
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Set of Three Austrian Mid-Century Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of three beautiful Austrian modernist brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
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Six Austrian Modernist Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller, Vienna, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to six beautiful Austrian brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Baller Austria.
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Eleven Austrian Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller in the Carl Auböck Style
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
A set of eleven beautiful Austrian brass hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Baller Austria.
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Eight Austrian Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller in the Carl Auböck Style
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
A set of eight beautiful Austrian brass hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Baller Austria.
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Bosse Baller Ring Holder Mouse Animal Figure Vienna Austria, 1950s Midcentury
By Herta Baller
Located in Nuernberg, DE
It is marked Baller Austria.
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Three Midcentury Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Herta Baller Vienna Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of three beautiful brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria. Gently polished by hand, in very good condition with nice patina.
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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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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.