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Beech Desk University Residence in France, Jean Zay, 1950, Roger Landault
Beech Desk University Residence in France, Jean Zay, 1950, Roger Landault

Beech Desk University Residence in France, Jean Zay, 1950, Roger Landault

By Roger Landault

Located in Paris, FR

playground for designers, including Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand Marcel Gascoin, Roger Landault, Jean

Category

1950s French Vintage Playground

Materials

Wood, Beech

Michael Lax Design Grainware METAAL Vase, circa 1992
Michael Lax Design Grainware METAAL Vase, circa 1992

Michael Lax Design Grainware METAAL Vase, circa 1992

By Michael Lax

Located in Cathedral City, CA

. Lax's other designs included "Cut Outs for Play", playground equipment designed for U.S. Plywood, a

Category

1990s American Post-Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Aluminum

Fred Schumm Bronze Noted NJ Artist Signed, Dated 1989
Fred Schumm Bronze Noted NJ Artist Signed, Dated 1989

Fred Schumm Bronze Noted NJ Artist Signed, Dated 1989

Located in Palm Springs, CA

sculptural playground for the Colorado Springs Parks Department. The playground pieces were featured in

Category

1980s American Vintage Playground

Materials

Bronze

Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park

Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1947. Estate stamped and hand

Category

1950s American Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Lambda

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

article in Life “Daytime Suits,” this image was taken at the children's playground in the Bois de Boulogne

Category

1950s Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Giclée

Georg Jensen 1961 Nanna Ditzel Rare Necklace 18Kt Gold Vermeil Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen 1961 Nanna Ditzel Rare Necklace 18Kt Gold Vermeil Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen 1961 Nanna Ditzel Rare Necklace 18Kt Gold Vermeil Sterling Silver

By Georg Jensen and Nanna Ditzel

Located in Miami, FL

have been carried through in playgrounds, children libraries and showrooms. Freelance designer, she has

Category

1960s Danish Modernist Vintage Playground

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold, Vermeil, Sterling Silver, Silver

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

article in Life “Daytime Suits,” this image was taken at the children's playground in the Bois de Boulogne

Category

1950s Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Giclée

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

article in Life “Daytime Suits,” this image was taken at the children's playground in the Bois de Boulogne

Category

1950s Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Giclée

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

article in Life “Daytime Suits,” this image was taken at the children's playground in the Bois de Boulogne

Category

1950s Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Giclée

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

Models on Carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1957

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

article in Life “Daytime Suits,” this image was taken at the children's playground in the Bois de Boulogne

Category

1950s Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Giclée

Georg Jensen 1954 by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel Bracelet Cuff 107 in 925 Sterling
Georg Jensen 1954 by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel Bracelet Cuff 107 in 925 Sterling

Georg Jensen 1954 by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel Bracelet Cuff 107 in 925 Sterling

By Georg Jensen and Nanna Ditzel

Located in Miami, FL

outdoors. The ideas have been carried through in playgrounds, children libraries and showrooms. Freelance

Category

Late 20th Century Danish Modernist Vintage Playground

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver

Winter - XX century, Oil figurative painting, Earth tones

Winter - XX century, Oil figurative painting, Earth tones

By Paweł Lasik

Located in Warsaw, PL

, tragedy and comedy is a local courtyard. Blocks of flats, playgrounds and dustbins are a theatre of real

Category

1990s Other Art Style Vintage Playground

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug with Modern Industrial Luxe Style
Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug with Modern Industrial Luxe Style

Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug with Modern Industrial Luxe Style

Located in Dallas, TX

, with a unique and eccentric style that's ready to turn your space into a visual playground. Whether

Category

Mid-20th Century Turkish Industrial Vintage Playground

Materials

Wool

Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, Modern Industrial Luxe Meets Dark & Moody
Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, Modern Industrial Luxe Meets Dark & Moody

Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, Modern Industrial Luxe Meets Dark & Moody

Located in Dallas, TX

can turn any space into a visual playground. Whether your vibe is eclectic, sleek, or contemporary

Category

Mid-20th Century Turkish Industrial Vintage Playground

Materials

Wool

"Blue Two"
"Blue Two"

"Blue Two"

By Joseph Amar

Located in Lambertville, NJ

inspiration and materials from the urban environment around him. His studio became a playground of items he

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Red Eight"
"Red Eight"

"Red Eight"

By Joseph Amar

Located in Lambertville, NJ

inspiration and materials from the urban environment around him. His studio became a playground of items he

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Going Down"
"Going Down"

"Going Down"

By Joseph Amar

Located in Lambertville, NJ

inspiration and materials from the urban environment around him. His studio became a playground of items he

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Number Two Surrounded"
"Number Two Surrounded"

"Number Two Surrounded"

By Joseph Amar

Located in Lambertville, NJ

inspiration and materials from the urban environment around him. His studio became a playground of items he

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Direction"
"Direction"

"Direction"

By Joseph Amar

Located in Lambertville, NJ

inspiration and materials from the urban environment around him. His studio became a playground of items he

Category

1970s Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Playground
Playground

Playground

By Robert Vickrey

Located in New York, NY

Signed (lower right): Robert Vickrey

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

Small Scale Cast Iron Playground Set
Small Scale Cast Iron Playground Set

Small Scale Cast Iron Playground Set

Located in Summerland, CA

20th century iron and polychrome. Various sizes 2"-3".

Category

20th Century American Vintage Playground

Materials

Iron

Confident
Confident

Confident

Located in Detroit, MI

ubiquitous playground sculptures. Jim studied at the University of Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art in

Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Playground

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Repose
Repose

Jim Miller-MelbergRepose

Unavailable|$5,120

Repose

Located in Detroit, MI

ubiquitous playground sculptures. Jim studied at the University of Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art in

Category

20th Century Vintage Playground

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Isamu Noguchi: Playscapes, Museo Tamayo
Isamu Noguchi: Playscapes, Museo Tamayo

Isamu Noguchi: Playscapes, Museo Tamayo

By Isamu Noguchi

Located in Tivoli, NY

focused on the artist’s vision of playgrounds and the public space. The show revisits some of Isamu

Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper

Pair of Vintage Cast Aluminum Rocket Rides
Pair of Vintage Cast Aluminum Rocket Rides

Pair of Vintage Cast Aluminum Rocket Rides

Located in Seattle, WA

Pair of 1950s cast aluminum child's playground rides with residual orange and red over-paint which

Category

1950s American Vintage Playground

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Carota
Carota

Joan MiróCarota, 1978

Unavailable|$8,000

Carota

By Joan Miró

Located in Barcelona, ES

playground of the artist’s subconscious mind.

Category

1970s Surrealist Vintage Playground

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Painting Work by Gutai Artist

Abstract Painting Work by Gutai Artist

By Senkichiro Nasaka

Located in PARIS, FR

prominently featured in 2013 during the major retrospective of the Gutai movement ("Gutai: Splendid Playground

Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Playground

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Abstract Painting Turbulence by Gutai Artist

Abstract Painting Turbulence by Gutai Artist

By Senkichiro Nasaka

Located in PARIS, FR

prominently featured in 2013 during the major retrospective of the Gutai movement ("Gutai: Splendid Playground

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract Painting Septet by Gutai artist
Abstract Painting Septet by Gutai artist

Abstract Painting Septet by Gutai artist

By Senkichiro Nasaka

Located in PARIS, FR

prominently featured in 2013 during the major retrospective of the Gutai movement ("Gutai: Splendid Playground

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Abstract Painting Fantasia by Gutai Artist
Abstract Painting Fantasia by Gutai Artist

Abstract Painting Fantasia by Gutai Artist

By Senkichiro Nasaka

Located in PARIS, FR

prominently featured in 2013 during the major retrospective of the Gutai movement ("Gutai: Splendid Playground

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

abstract work Retsu by Gutai artist
abstract work Retsu by Gutai artist

abstract work Retsu by Gutai artist

By Senkichiro Nasaka

Located in PARIS, FR

prominently featured in 2013 during the major retrospective of the Gutai movement ("Gutai: Splendid Playground

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage Playground

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

"Intermission" Cocktail Party Lithograph signed by Dave Fox
"Intermission" Cocktail Party Lithograph signed by Dave Fox

"Intermission" Cocktail Party Lithograph signed by Dave Fox

Located in Pasadena, CA

. Growing up in Austria, the countryside was his playground. From early on Dave belonged to hiking groups

Category

1990s American American Classical Vintage Playground

Materials

Paper

Floris Chair by Gunter Beltzig
Floris Chair by Gunter Beltzig

Floris Chair by Gunter Beltzig

By Gunter Beltzig

Located in Princeton Junction, NJ

this chair that looks like a space between a human and an astronaut, and designed playgrounds to escape

Category

1960s German Space Age Vintage Playground

Materials

Plastic

Renate Müller Therapeutic Toys for for H. Josef Leven KG
Renate Müller Therapeutic Toys for for H. Josef Leven KG

Renate Müller Therapeutic Toys for for H. Josef Leven KG

By Renate Müller, H. Josef Leven

Located in Amstelveen, Noord

started to work as a freelance craftswoman in her own workshop and realized a lot of playground and design

Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Playground

Materials

Leather, Jute

Reaching arm, Cosney Island, beach, New York

Reaching arm, Cosney Island, beach, New York

By Harvey Stein 1

Located in New York, NY

40-year romance with “America’s playground.” Stein’s timeless black-and-white images, taken from the

Category

1970s Contemporary Vintage Playground

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Family
The Family

Chaim GrossThe Family, 1973

Unavailable|$16,500

The Family

By Chaim Gross

Located in East Hampton, NY

much larger version of this sculpture is located at the Bleecker Street Playground in NYC, across from

Category

1970s Expressionist Vintage Playground

Materials

Bronze

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Vintage Playground For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the vintage playground you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and aluminum, every vintage playground was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the vintage playground you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A vintage playground made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with modern — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one vintage playground that is appealing in its simplicity, but Isamu Noguchi, Akari and Fred Schumm produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Vintage Playground?

Prices for a vintage playground start at $65 and top out at $13,000 with the average selling for $1,636.