$714 / set
H 4.34 in W 3.15 in D 1.19 in
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4982 Polished Brass Wall Hooks, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck Model #4982 – Polished Brass Wall Hook, Austria, 1950s Original vintage Werkstätte Carl
Brass
$1,200
H 1 in W 9.25 in D 2.25 in
Carl Aubock Walnut & Leather Hand Mirror & Clothes Brush, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock Vienna. The handle is made of walnut, the mirror is framed with brown
Leather, Mirror, Wood, Walnut
Carl Auböck #4271 Wall Sculpture "Napoleon", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4271 wall sculpture "Napoleon", Austria.
Brass
$725 / item
H 13 in W 3.5 in D 0.5 in
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Wall Sculpture Napoleon #4271, Brass, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful wall sculpture „Napoleon", model #4059, designed by Carl Aubock II back in 1953. A
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4629 'Stufenuhr' Brass Wall Clock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4629 'Stufenuhr' Brass Wall Clock Originally designed in the late 1960s by Carl
Brass
$2,400
H 14 in Dm 25.5 in
Monumental Pair of Brass Scissors in the Style of Carl AuböCk, Unsigned, Hinged
Located in Buchanan, MI
Monumental pair of brass scissors in the style of Carl Auböck, Unsigned. Hinged
Brass
Carl Aubock Small Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Pair of small hooks by the Auböck workshop, made in brass in the 1950s. Very rare, perfect
Brass
Single Hook by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Large polished brass hook by Carl Auböck. Simple and elegant
Brass
Carl Auböck Pair of Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Pair of patinated brass hooks by Carl Auböck. Great patina leaving them with a lovely feel.
Brass
Carl Auböck Three Large Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Three large hooks by Carl Auböck in sandcast brass. Great original patina which is very dark .
Brass
Wonderful Wall-Mounted Vase by Conrad Siedler & Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Brass mount and subtle ceramic vase by Seidler. Every single piece of ceramic is unique and this one has a blue cloud over the stone coloured base.
Brass
Pair of Carl Aubock Brass Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Lovely pair of solid brass hooks by Carl Aubock
Brass
Sculptural Double Hook by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Sculptural double hook in matt nickelplated brass by Carl Aubock
Sculptural Double Hooks by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Lovely double hook by Carl Aubock , solid brass makes it a heavy piece for its size.
Brass
Pair of Hooks by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Pair of patinated brass hooks by the Austrian master. Great condition
Brass
Carl Auböck Set of Four Six Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of six vintage large hooks by Carl Auböck. Patinated sandcast brass in excellent condition
Brass
Pair of Small Hooks by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
A pair of vintage small hooks by the Auböck workshop, Vienna, Austria, circa 1960s. In polished
Brass
Set of Three Sculptural Triple Hooks by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Great set of three sand cast brass hooks by Carl Auböck in great vintage condition.
Brass
Set of Five Sculptural Hooks by Carl AuböCk
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of five patinated brass hooks, great colour and overall feel. With the original screws.
Brass
Set of Three Brass Hooks by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of three solid brass hooks by the famed designer and his workshop.
Brass
Extremely Rare Pair of Wallmounted Glass Vases by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Brass and iridescent glass vases by the every amazing Carl Aubock. Glass is slightly yellow
Brass
Set of Six Sculptural Feather Brass Hooks by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of six single hooks with a very beautiful patina. Elegant shape and great quality.
Brass
Carl Auböck and Conrad Seidler Wall-Mounted Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Sculptural vase mounted to the wall with a brass mount. Made by Carl Auböck and Conrad Seidler.
Brass
Carl Auböck Walnut Hangers
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Walnut hanger with brass fittings by Carl Aubock. Great colour to the wood and beautifully made to
Brass
Three Midcentury Brass Bird Wall Sculptures, Seagull, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Three beautiful Austrian midcentury solid brass wall-mounted bird sculptures from 1950s. They are
Brass
Sold
H 11.82 in W 5.91 in D 0.99 in
Mid Century Solid Brass Seagulls in Flight Wall Sculpture. Austria, Circa 1950
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Mid Century Solid Brass Wall Mounted Sculptures of birds in flight, in the manner of Auböck
Brass
Austrian Modernist Walnut Clothing or Table Brush by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Amazing modernist wall-hung clothes brush from the 1950s. Designed and executed by Carl Auböck
Walnut
Carl Auböck Wall Mountable Rack of Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
designed and made by Carl Auböck II, Austria, circa 1950 and was undoubtably intended to hold dried
Aluminum
Carl Auböck Set of Four Large Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of four large hooks by Carl Auböck. Patinated sandcast brass in excellent condition.
Brass
Carl Aubock Set of Six Large Hooks
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of six large hooks by Carl Auböck in sandcast brass. Deep dark patina naturally built over time.
Brass
Huge Carl Aubock Cloth Brush Vienna, 1950‘s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Fine early and rare cloth brush by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria around 1950. Made from nutwood and
Nutwood
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Walnut Ring Clothes Brush, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Aubock, Vienna, in the 1950s. Made of walnut and natural bristles. In very good condition with
Walnut
Sold
H 7.09 in W 15.36 in D 1.19 in
Midcentury Brass Bird Sea Gull Wall Decor Sculptures, Austria, 1950s, Set of 6
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This wonderful set of six wall-mounted modernist birds / sea gulls was designed and manufactured in
Brass
Midcentury Black Brass Padlock Key Hanger, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
-finished iron and brass. In the style of Carl Auböck. In good condition with charming patina.
Iron
Set of vintage Sculptural Hooks, Carl Aubock 1940
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This great set of 8 hooks was designed by Carl Aubock in Austria around 1950. Half of the set is
Napoleon Sculpture by Carl Auböck
Located in Pasadena, CA
the masterful Viennese designer Carl Auböck (1900-57). There is a small loop on the back for hanging
Brass
Set of Seven Mid-Century Brass Coat Hooks, Vienna, 1950
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Seven Mid-Century brass coat hooks, Vienna, 1950. In the manner of Carl Auböck. Measures
Brass
$3,200
H 23.5 in W 33 in D 2 in
Rare Konrad Galaaen Colorful Mid-Century Ceramic Tile Abstract Wall Sculpture
By Konrad Galaaen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made by Konrad Galaaen, this series of sculptures was made in Norway. Made of many squares of varying sizes, they form an abstract shape with no definable pattern. Like ...
Ceramic, Wood
Midcentury Modern Elegant Brass & Black Wall mirror, Italy, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautifully shaped Italian midcentury vintage brass wall mirror from the 1950s. This piece features a brass frame accented with a fine black line, complemented by elegantly curved ...
Brass
$780 / set
H 5 in W 4 in D 3 in
Pair Carl Auböck Minimalist Mid-Century Brass Bookends #3653, Vienna, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of minimalist sculptural book ends in the organic shape. Model number 3653, handmade of solid patinated and partly polished brass. Designed by Werkstätte Carl Auböck in the 19...
Brass
$4,900
H 8.27 in W 0.4 in D 0.04 in
Carl Auböck 2060 Flatware, 42 pcs., Complete For 6 Persons, Amboss Austria, 1950
By Amboss Austria, Neuzeughammer, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A comprehensive set of midcentury flatware from the 1950s, the award-winning model 2060, designed by Carl Aubock and executed by Amboss Neuzeug Austria. High-quality cutlery, made of...
Stainless Steel
$290 / item
H 2 in W 2.25 in D 1.25 in
Carl Auböck Up to Three Midcentury Polished Brass Card Holder, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
*Actually up to three pieces available* A beautiful card stand, made of polished brass, designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck, Austria. To be used for business cards, fol...
Brass
$644 / item
H 4 in W 4.5 in D 2.5 in
Carl Auböck Optimist Pessimist Handcrafted Brass Sculpture, model #4059
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful brass figure called "optimist / pessimist", model #4059, designed by Carl Auböck back in 1957. A very charming object, which can be positioned in two ways, as an optimist...
Brass
$2,900
H 8 in W 13 in D 5 in
Carl Auböck Monumental Lifesize Brass Foot Sculpture, Werkstätte Auböck, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
We are offering this impressive 13“ long and 8“high brass foot sculpture, designed and manufactured by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria. This charming and attention-grabbing ...
Brass
Ron Hinton 1994 3D Metal Wall Sculpture "Linear Sketch"
By Ron Hinton
Located in Miami, FL
Ron Hinton 1994 3d Metal Wall Sculpture "Linear Sketch" Offered for sale is an intricate and precisely formed contemporary wall sculpture by the metal artist Ron Hinton. The work is...
Metal, Brass, Copper, Wire
Carl Auböck Midcentury Brass Nutcracker, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist nutcracker from the 1950s, made of solid brass, designed and manufactured by Carl Auböck in Vienna/Austria.
Brass
$430 / item
H 2.5 in W 5.5 in D 1.25 in
Iconic Carl Auböck Handcrafted Eye Bottle Stopper #4538, Cork & Brass, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An attention-grabbing bottle stopper „Eye", model #4538, designed by Carl Aubock II back in the early 1950s. A charming object, handcrafted by Werkstätte Auböck in Vienna / Austria. ...
Brass
In Vienna’s Neubau district, a beautiful Biedermeier townhouse has been home to the Werkstätte Carl Auböck for more than 100 years. Inside the workshop, where production continues to this day, countless objects line the shelves, walls, tabletops and desktops.
The Viennese artist and designer Carl Auböck II was one of the quirkiest and most delightful and collectible of modern designers. A rather odd duck in the world of decorative arts, he was a peculiar talent whose specialties included smaller desk accessories and tabletop pieces such as corkscrews, paperweights, letter openers, bookends and bottle stoppers. He rendered these pieces in a combination of metal — most often brass — and such elemental materials as leather, knobby wood and animal horn, creating forms that could be almost Surrealist, from hands and feet to keys, birds and amoebae.
As a boy, Auböck was precocious and artistic. He studied drawing and at the same time trained in the workshop of his father, Karl Heinrich Auböck, a popular maker of traditional bronze figurines and collectibles. In 1919, Carl II went to Germany to study at the Bauhaus, where he was a pupil of the progressive artist and theorist Johannes Itten. While the Bauhaus is most associated with the rigidly ordered, functionalist architecture of its directors Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the school was in reality a liberal, spirited place — a crucible for imaginative, playful and avant-garde art and design. It was this spirit that imbued Carl II’s work from the time he left in 1921.
In 1922 or ’23, Carl Auböck II returned to Vienna to help care for his ailing father, and he took over the business. He created the Werkstätte Carl Auböck and a legacy that earned his objects cult status among collectors. The business was passed on to his descendants, who run the atelier that is still in operation today. Today, objects designed by Carl II make up 90 percent of Werkstätte Carl Auböck’s production, joined by the creations of architect and designer Carl IV, his grandson.
Vintage Auböck designs have a special character, a patina that only emphasizes how much the pieces have been loved and used. Carl Aubock II’s small furniture items — leather- or caned-sling magazine racks; free-edge wooden side tables with tubular bronze legs; wicker serving trolleys with turned beechwood wheels — are elegant and purposeful. His bijoux desktop objects, library tools, ashtrays and barware pieces evince a kind of mirthful practicality. They seem to ask: “If you need a corkscrew, or a paperweight, or a candlestick, why not make it fun as well as functional?” And indeed, why not?
Find a collection of vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck mirrors, seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Antique and vintage wall-mounted sculptures can tie a room together and will work well with existing decor. From mid-century modern works to Art Deco to brutalist sculptures, there’s something to pair with every furniture style and aesthetic taste.
Whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with understated works of metal or wood, introducing wall-mounted sculpture as part of your decor is going to make a statement. Any sculpture, no matter its size or shape, will bring life into a space and accentuate the work you’ve already done to create a welcoming environment.
A unique three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining-room wall is definitely going to stir reflection and conversation over meals and cocktails, while a trio of abstract works arranged on the bookshelves in your living room can add spontaneity and draw attention to your collection of first-edition artist monographs. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back.
In your living room, perhaps you’re thinking about integrating a dazzling wallpaper design or large-scale landscape paintings.
If you’re instead considering creating a single focal point with a wall-mounted sculpture, there is an array of objects that you might not have top of mind. Art Deco wall mirrors, your collection of Fornasetti dinner plates or a grouping of ceramic wall planters, for example, when positioned to face the main entrance of your living room, will help you plan for furniture placement and can amount to a warm and inviting touch for an area that will see a lot of foot traffic.
The good news is that design is personal. Perhaps your space will benefit from a maximalist touch? Alongside his scores of Instagram followers, for example, unapologetic maximalist James Kivior, a design enthusiast and national educational manager for French cosmetics brands, is inspired by the idea of too much tiger print. If a maximalist approach sounds like too much for your modest-sized space, consider a sparse distribution of your collection instead — some vintage mid-century modern wall sculptures can go here, some vibrant folk art or Italian art glass can go here. Get creative!
Whatever your preference, find an extraordinary range of antique, new and vintage wall-mounted sculptures today on 1stDibs.