$2,660Sale Price|20% Off
1960 Abstract Painting and Paper Collage Ermete by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a paper collage. In effect this artwork can be conside...
Paper
RAAK "Collage" Wall Lamp by Willem van Oyen
By RAAK
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive model, circa 1701 "Collage" wall lamp/sconce manufactured by RAAK Amsterdam. Design: Willem van Oyen. Perforated grey lacquered body with inlays of colored glass and...
Copper, Metal
$3,500Sale Price|22% Off
Thomas Dewey & Harry Truman 1948 Presidential Election Campaign Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a unique commemorative collage, celebrating the 1948 U.S. presidential election between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey. This one-of-a-kind collage features a Harry Truman...
Metal
1960 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other paper glued e...
Paper
$2,347Sale Price|34% Off
1962 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...
Paper
$1,900Sale Price|42% Off
1965 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1965, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...
Paper
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
Price Upon Request
Victor Vasarely, Dolmen 1947-1950 Collage on Cardboard on Wood
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), Dolmen 1947-1950 collage on cardboard on wood, signed lower right, dated and titled on the reverse, photo certificate by Pierre Vasarely. Height: 35 cm, ...
Wood, Paint
$2,000Sale Price|59% Off
Abstract Wood Collage by Felice Antonio Botta, Italy, 20th Century
By Felice Antonio Botta
Located in New York, NY
Abstract wood wall sculpture by Italian artist and designer, Felice Antonio Botta. Botta was an early proponent of used 'poor materials' (recovered and found wood) for a movement ...
Reclaimed Wood
Max Neufeldt “Heart and Kettle” Assemblage Collage, Santa Barbara 1975
By Max Neufeldt
Located in Chicago, IL
Max Neufeldt “Heart and Kettle” Assemblage Collage, Santa Barbara 1975 Description An engaging mixed-media work by California assemblage artist Max Neufeldt, executed circa 1975. Thi...
Metal
Albert Chubac, Painting, Paint on Canvas and Collage, circa 1960
By Albert Chubac
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac (1925-2008), painting, paint on canvas and collage, France, circa 1960. Measures: Height 131 cm, width 194 cm, depth 3 cm. Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920...
Paint
$2,461Sale Price|30% Off
1966 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 196, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued elements...
Paper
Rare Square Collage Wall Lamp by Willem van Oyen for RAAK
By RAAK
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This square wall lamp “Collage” was designed by Willem van Oyen manufactured by RAAK Amsterdam. The square black lacquered metal base is perforated and decorated with glass. Each gl...
Metal
$1,710Sale Price|42% Off
1962 Italy Abstract Pastel Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a pastel painting on paper of old newspaper. This artwork can be cons...
Paper
1960s Pop Art Abstract Expressionism Trompe l'Oeil Collage by Salvatore Grippi
By Salvatore Grippi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous collage of layered paper resembling bundles of falling textile but in two dimensions. A great melding of the figural and the completely abstract as well as various media. Si...
Paper
Jean Charles Bouloc collage oil painting canvas on board , portrait signed LR
By Jean-Charles Bouloc
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice oil of the well known French-Polynesian , Tahiti artist Jean Charles Bouloc , signed LR , the work measures 8.5 x 13.5 inches.
Paint
Abstract Art Collage - Painting Bauhaus Style - "TINY N.61" by Soizic MENUT
By Paul Klee, Bauhaus
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Abstract Art Collage - Painting Bauhaus Style - "TINY N.61" by Soizic MENUT "TINY N.61" is an original and one-of-a-kind collage artwork (this is not a print). This original artwo...
Oak, Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper
Louise Nevelson Serigraph Collage, Signed and Numbered 147/150, Archival Frame
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988) Untitled, 1980 Original five screen serigraph collage Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. 147 of an edition of 150. See details in...
Aluminum
Large Mixed Media Abstract Skyline Collage Painting of New York, circa 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mixed Media Abstract Skyline Collage Painting of New York Singed A. Gange, Artist Unknown, circa 1960 " in good vintage as found condition " " canvas has a thin wood frame " "This ...
Paint
$2,716Sale Price|20% Off
‘Head Study with Townscape Beyond’ Collage on Canvas by Jeet Chhabda, 1982
Located in Faversham, GB
Head study with townscape Beyond’ by Jeet Chhabda. Original collage on canvas. Signed and dated to reverse by artist 1982. Additional information: H 43 cm (H 16 inches) W 53 cm ...
Canvas, Paper
Jean-Charles Bouloc mix oil/collage on canvas of girl, French-Tahitian artist.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean - Charles Bouloc was a French artist that moved to French Polynesia and became a staple of the culture and in 1970 one of his portraits was chosen to be an official stamp of Fre...
Paint
1965 "Memory of Venice" Howard Baer Abstract Collage Oil Painting, Framed
By Howard Baer
Located in Morristown, NJ
Howard Baer (American, 1907-1986), oil and collage on canvas, "Memory of Venice" 1965, signed and dated lower right, titled canvas verso, slat frame. Born in a mining town near Pi...
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper
Ruth Jacoby Stripes Collage, Typography, Pop Art, New York, Signed, Framed, 1970
Located in New York, NY
Ruth Jacoby Stripes Collage, Typography, Pop Art, New York, Signed, Framed, 1970. Ruth Jacoby, "Stripes," 1970. Collage on cardstock with handcut stencilled letters in magenta, orang...
Plexiglass, Paper, Wood
Monumental Modernist Oil Paint on Canvas Some Collage by Alexander Gore
By Alexander Gore
Located in Buffalo, NY
About Alexander Gore The artist as an observer decided after many years of visiting non-western places of culture to put his memories to use on visible surfaces for people to see....
Canvas, Paint
$2,195Sale Price|38% Off
1960 Italy Abstract Painting on Canvas and Mix Media Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a mix media collage with resin and paper glued element...
Canvas, Resin
$665Sale Price|20% Off
1970s, Silkscreen and collage on paper by Lucio Del Pezzo 'Casellario' n.148/200
By Lucio Del Pezzo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
1970s, Italian silkscreen and collage on paper by Lucio Del Pezzo 'Casellario' n. 148/200. Inside a geometric panel the artist has applied through collage a series of reproductions o...
Paper
Op-Art Artist Anne Youkeles New Perspective Signed 3-D Serigraph Collage, 1971
By Anne Youkeles
Located in St. Louis, MO
Anne Youkeles (Austrian/American b. 1920) Op-Art Artist 3-D Geometric Serigraph Collage titled "New Perspective" signed, number 43/210 and dated 1971. In fine condition, not examined...
Glass, Wood, Paper
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.
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.