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Early Modernist Ceramic Bowl, Saturday Evening Girls, 1916
By Saturday Evening Girls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
early modernist design was created using the cuerda seca technique, its soft white and yellow glazes
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Selection of Early Modernist Art - Lautrec Durer et al
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Albrecht Dürer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of early Modernist Art, mostly French, 20th century.
From left to right, as seen in the
Category
Vintage 1960s French Art Nouveau Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early Modernist Desk Side Table, Nickel Patina, Opaline Top, France, c. 1920
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early Modernist Desk Side Table, Nickel Patina, Opaline Top, France, c. 1920
Excellent example of
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Side Tables
Materials
Steel, Nickel
H 29 in W 25.5 in D 19 in
An Early MODERNIST BAUHAUS CHAIR by MART STAM for MAUSER WERKE, Germany 1930
By Mart Stam
Located in PARIS, FR
An iconic early modernist minimal chair from the Bauhaus : tubular metal structure, black and kaki
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 32.68 in W 19.69 in D 21.66 in
Early Modernist Table Lamp, Viennese Style
By Adolf Loos
Located in London, GB
A Venetian style table lamp from early 20th century europe, restored sympathetically. Reminicent of
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Early Modernist Umbrella Stand with Original Paint
Located in New York, NY
Early German modern handmade wood umbrella holder with clean, pure minimalist lines and a
Category
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Umbrella Stands
'Torero' — rare, early modernist engraving – Atelier 17
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stanley William Hayter, 'Torero', engraving, 1932, edition 30, only 16 known impressions, trial proof, Black & Moorhead 71. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed 'Essai' (test) in pen...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving
Early Modernist Cut Crystal Ice Bucket by Orrefors
By Orrefors
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Early rare cut crystal ice bucket attributed to Orrefors, circa 1950. Great design and repeating
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Authentic Early Modernist Chair Robert Mallet Stevens, France, 1930s
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
influential French avant-garde architects and designers. He met very early on René Herbst and Pierre Chareau
Category
Vintage 1930s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 33.47 in W 16.15 in D 18.51 in
Antique American Early Modernist Abstract Nocturnal Arctic Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract nocturnal winter landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 26 in W 20 in D 2 in
Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
received truths in a similar way. Some early works with themes from Yiddish culture are overtly humorous: a
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Early Modernist Kurt Versen Metal Fiberglass Wall Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Kurt Versen metal fiberglass wall lamp. Rare design.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Four French Early Modernist Wood Dining Chairs with Inlaid Brass Grid Back
Located in New York, NY
Set of four French Early Modern dining chairs. The chairs have a sober, Proto- Modern sensibility
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Brass
H 38.5 in W 17.5 in D 20 in
An Authentic EARLY MODERNIST Chair by ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS, TUBOR, France 1925
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in PARIS, FR
, re-issued, etc... But almost never appeared in its earlier, architectural, original version as
Category
Vintage 1920s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 33.08 in W 16.54 in D 16.15 in
An Authentic EARLY MODERNIST Chair by ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS, TUBOR, France 1925
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in PARIS, FR
simplified, copied, re-issued, etc... But almost never appeared in its earlier, architectural, original
Category
Vintage 1920s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 33.08 in W 16.54 in D 16.15 in
Early Modernist Glass Vase by Sven X:et Erixson for Kosta, Sweden, 1930s
By Kosta Glasbruk 1, Sven Erixson 2
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare and striking glass vase designed by celebrated Swedish modernist painter/sculptor Sven X:et
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Jerusalem Tower of David, Sabra, Israeli British Modernist Impasto Oil Painting
By Ruth Thomas
Located in Surfside, FL
Early modernist Israeli Judaica painting, by British mid-century artist. Israel Old City of
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pair of French Early Modern Geometric Lounge Chairs, Style of Atelier Martine
By Atelier Martine
Located in New York, NY
An Early Modernist pair of club / lounge chairs in the Manner of Atelier Martine formed from a
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Armchairs
H 30.25 in W 22 in D 17.5 in
Swedish Modernist Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Stained Oak, Wood Inlays, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist table lamp. In brass and stained oak with inlays. Produced in Sweden, 1940s
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Danish Designer, Adjustable Modernist Table Lamp, Brass, Denmark, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist table lamp. Designed by an unknown Danish designer. In a highly artistic style
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 11.82 in W 4.53 in D 7.88 in
Rabbi (Study), Etching on Paper
By Otto Freichlinger
Located in Surfside, FL
Early Modernist Judaica, Etching on Paper.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Jugenstil Enamel on Metal Screen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful early modernist Austrian screen.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Untitled, Rabbi with Tefillin, Judaica
By Otto Freichlinger
Located in Surfside, FL
Early modernist Judaica, Rabbi in Prayer with Tefillin
Category
20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Italian Modernist Coffee Table in Teak And Lacquered Metal, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Zwijndrecht, Antwerp
An early modernist coffee or cocktail table produced in Italy, 1950s. Executed with very elegant
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Hagenauer Style Bronze Nubian Andirons
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Beautiful pair of Karl Hagenauer style Nubian andirons made of cast bronze. Showing early
Category
Early 20th Century American Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Chrome Coat Tree by Gilbert Rohde for Troy Sunshade, circa 1930s
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Littleton, CO
Beautiful and early modernist chrome coat tree/rack by Gilbert Rohde for troy sunshade.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 67.5 in W 18.25 in D 18.25 in
Anna-Lisa Thompson, Uppsala Ekeby in Sweden.
By Anna-Lisa Thomson, Upsala Ekeby
Located in Farsta, SE
An early modernist vase.
Designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson, for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Labeled.
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
1930s Modernist Venini "Esagonale" Tumblers Set of 16
By Venini
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1930s, Venini, Italy. These early modernist tumblers were designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1932
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Glass
Materials
Glass
Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Collection Coffee Table
By Edward Wormley, Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early, modernist Edward Wormley for Drexel coffee table in a trapezoid shape made for the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Anna-Lisa Thomson, Vase, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Upsala-Ekeby Sweden 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby, Anna-Lisa Thomson
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist, green-glazed earthenware vase designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson, for Upsala-Ekeby
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Organic Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Rare Large French Early Modern Iron Sculpture / Eiffel Tower Obelisk, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Stunning, Rare French early modernist wrought iron freestanding sculpture / obelisk in a Modern
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Eva Jancke Björk, Vase, Beige-Glazed Earthenware, for Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s
By Bo Fajans, Eva Jancke-Björk
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist, brown-glazed earthenware vase designed by Eva Jancke Björk, for Bo Fajans
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Sculptural Italian Three Handled Bowl
By Bitossi
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Love the shape on this Italian early modernist bowl. Kinda Gio Ponti looking but most likely early
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Sideboard or Cabinet on Wheels, 1930s Functionalism
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Odense, DK
Unique early modernist sideboard made in the 1930s Scandinavia. The sideboard stand on wooden
Category
Vintage 1930s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 17.72 in
Eva Jancke Björk, Vase, Glaze Earthenware, for Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s
By Bo Fajans, Eva Jancke-Björk
Located in High Point, NC
A green glazed early modernist vase with spiral handles designed by Eva Jancke Björk, for Bo Fajans
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Edward Wormley Precedent Line Coffee Table for Drexel
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
An early, modernist Wormley form for Drexel. This vintage item should go to a refinisher
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Shield Tripod Table Paul Laszlo for Glenn of California
By Glenn of California, Paul Laszlo
Located in Hyattsville, MD
American Early Modernist Form. Presented in Original Finish. Showing Staining and Wear, Patina to
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Brooklyn Bridge
By Joe Novak
Located in Lawrence, NY
artist Joe Novak's take referencing the early modernist works of Joseph Stella.
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Early Modern / Cubist Hammered Wrought Iron Mirror Attributed to Edgar Brandt
By Edgar Brandt
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, Chic French early modernist / Art Deco wall mirror in hand-hammered wrought iron
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 32 in W 20.5 in D 1.5 in
Watercolor by Abraham Walkowitz, Title Bathers on Grassy Shore, circa 1920-1925
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early modernist watercolor on paper by Abraham Walkowitz (March 28, 1878-January 27, 1965), titled
Category
Vintage 1920s American Modern Paintings
H 20.25 in W 45.25 in D 1 in
1930's Modernist Dentist Floor Lamp
Located in Brno, CZ
has the design precision typical of the early Modernist era.
All parts to the lamp have a patina on
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Upsala-Ekeby, Sizable Fluted Vase, Glazed Earhenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist vase. Produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Earthenware.
Other designers
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Robert Welch for Old Hall, 1962-4, Alveston Condiment Set, Super Set, Modernist
By Robert Welch, Old Hall Earthenware Co.
Located in London, GB
school and early modernist work of metalworkers such as Christian Dell and Marianne Brandt.
Dimensions
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Anna Lisa Thomson Upsala-Ekeby Vase Glazed Ceramic Sweden
By Anna-Lisa Thomson, Upsala Ekeby
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
An unusual early modernist almond green and white vase.
Designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson, for
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Modernist 50's Krenit Bowl Herbert Krenchel Orange Enamel & Black Denmark BIG!
By Herbert Krenchel, Krenit
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful early modernist large Krenit bowl designed by Danish designer Herbert Krenchel and dates
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
Vicke Lindstrand, Fluted Vase, Glazed Stoneware, Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby, Vicke Lindstrand
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist vase. Designed by Vicke Lindstrand, for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Stamped
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Organic Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
'Sandows' Dining Chairs by René Herbst
By René Herbst
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Designed in 1928, this piece is considered an early modernist masterpiece well ahead of its time. Multiple
Category
Vintage 1920s Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Rare Large Paavo Tynell Wall Lamp
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A large wall lamp by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, Finland ca. 1930's
A very early modernist lamp
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
David Wurster Double Head Brass Desk Lamp with Barrel Shades, C. 1950
By David Wurster
Located in Bainbridge, NY
top x 6 D bottom). Early. Modernist. Rarity.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Harald Ostergren Vase Glazed Painted Stoneware Ceramic Upsala Ekeby Sweden
By Upsala Ekeby, Harald Östergren
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
An early modernist vase. Produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Stoneware or earthenware
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Interweave - White, grey, silver, abstract, three dimensional, wall sculpture
By Lucy Maki
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Maki's work is influenced by early Modernist Abstraction, while her combination of materials and
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
1940's Vicke Lindstrand Large Fluted Vase, Earthenware, Upsala Ekeby, Sweden
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early modernist earthenware vase. Designed by Vicke Lindstrand, for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
Category
Mid-20th Century European Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
H 16.9 in W 8.6 in D 8.6 in
1940s Modern Sideboard Newly Lacquered
Located in Norwalk, CT
An early modernist design made in the USA circa 1940. Newly lacquered in a dark blue grey, high
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Hardwood
1950s Egidio Casagrande Italia Brass Fluted Vase
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Patinated Brass Vase by early modernist Egidio Casagrande Italia
Beautiful
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Spectacular Modernist Hopi Cuff in Yellow Gold by Preston Monongye
Located in Litchfield, CT
and ebony in yellow gold, this early modernist Hopi bracelet flawlessly tempers contemporary design
Category
Vintage 1950s American Native American Cuff Bracelets
Materials
Turquoise, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
EdE Studio Pottery - West Los Angeles California - Late 1940s - 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Scarce collection of three early modernist studio pottery pieces made by Ede of California. From my
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Lounge Chair Model "Vila" by KF, 1930s
Located in Karlstad, SE
Early modernist lounge chair, model "Vila", manufactured by KF, Sweden, 1930s.
This rare chair
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Birch
Cubist Bauhaus Style Architectural Cardboard Table Sculpture by Virgil Greca
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
of the early modernist movement as it was demonstrated by the Bauhaus artists. It is a freeform with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Bauhaus Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
H 10.5 in W 12 in D 10 in
Aesthetic Movement Victorian Fireplace Tongs
By Christopher Dresser
Located in New York, NY
section shows Classic Aesthetic Movement decoration, early Modernist style, late 19th century (1880s
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Fireplace Tools an...
Materials
Brass, Iron
Upsala-Ekeby, Fluted Table Lamp, Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
An early modernist table lamp in earthenware with incised details by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Earthenware
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