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Primer Congreso Nacional de Neuropedriatria
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Color etching and aquatint with carborundum Edition of 100 + EA Signed
Category

20th Century Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Etching

Primer Congreso Nacional de Neuropedriatria
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Color etching and aquatint with carborundum Edition of 100 + EA Signed
Category

20th Century Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Etching

A Heraldic Primer coat of arms shield designs watercolour by S Clapham
Located in London, GB
." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) A Heraldic Primer Gouache and pencil 53 x 67 cm A delightful
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Primers

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

Hollywood Regency Mid Century Gilt Iron Double Bench w New Upholstered Cushion
Located in Port Jervis, NY
cushion. Some Gilt loss due to normal age related wear revealing the original red primer underneath. In
Category

1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Primers

Materials

Iron

Vintage Mid Century Hollywood Regency Gilt Rope and Tassel Double Bench, Italy
Located in Port Jervis, NY
loss which exposes the primer red. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Great for the edge
Category

1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Primers

Materials

Iron

RUN DOG RUN
By Christopher Wool
Located in Washington , DC, DC
children’s elementary school primers. However, read in isolation as the artist has arranged them, there is an
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Naive Spanish Portrait
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A decorative naive Spanish oil painting of “Primer Conde de Villefuertes”, signed. Old repairs.
Category

20th Century Spanish Vintage Primers

Materials

Canvas

Vintage Naive Spanish Portrait
Naive Spanish Portrait
H 57.88 in W 35.83 in D 0.79 in
Pair of Gilt Palm Tree Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
classic form having a worn gold gilt finish with slightly exposed red primer.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Hardwood

Wrought Iron Art Deco Wall Light, France, circa 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Long, wavy wrought iron five-light sconce, painted gray/blue, with orange primer visible beneath.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Wrought Iron

francois carre garden loungers circa 1940
By Francois Carre
Located in Athens, GA
francois carre… recently painted in italian olive… with specialty outdoor primer paint, of course there is
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Steel, Iron

Vintage French Folding Picnic Table
Located in High Point, NC
beige primer and the wooden construction below. Combining a sense of rustic farmhouse charm as well as
Category

20th Century French Rustic Vintage Primers

Materials

Metal

Vintage French Folding Picnic Table
Vintage French Folding Picnic Table
H 28.9 in W 71.1 in D 23.6 in
Francois Carre Large Garden Cantilever Porch Rockers circa 1940
By Francois Carre
Located in Athens, GA
Gorgeous Spring Green color, specialty outdoor paint, over a ruddy red primer… perfect for porch and patio
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Iron

Wicker Salterini Radar Style Chairs With Pedestal Side Tables Seating Set
By Kerstin Horlin Holmquist, Salterini, Maurizio Tempestini
Located in Chattanooga, TN
both primer and top coat. (2) Wicker radar chairs 23.25” Wide x 23.5” Deep x 27 5/8” High (14.5” seat
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Metal

Satin Black Russell Woodard Sculptura Mesh Dining Arm Side Chairs, Restored
By Russell Woodard
Located in St. Louis, MO
sand blasted, dipped in rust inhibitor primer and painted in satin black. Arm height is 25" Listed as
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Iron

1940s Our Big Red Story Book First Edition Children's Book
Located in New York, NY
-primer in the Ginn Basic Reading Series. Made for easel use or it can also stand up by itself as shown
Category

1940s American Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper

Hanging Wicker Rattan Jai Alai Style Basket Scoop Chair
By Kerstin Horlin Holmquist
Located in Chattanooga, TN
repairs to the wicker. Finally the chairs are spray painted in both primer and top coat.
Category

1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Metal

Gilt Wrought Iron Continental Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
red primer. High end thick glass top is original. Looks to be pretty nice. May have some light
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Primers

Materials

Wrought Iron

Tall Pair of Table Lamps in Original Silver Leaf, USA Circa 1940
Located in Jersey City, NJ
base primer beneath the silver leaf. The height of the wooden body is 26" and 40" including the harp.
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Wood

Baker Bombe Rattan Settee
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
out in the middle is washed in white primer and lavender lacquer. Two-seat cushions, four back
Category

1980s American Vintage Primers

Materials

Lacquer, Rattan, Upholstery

Baker Bombe Rattan Settee
Baker Bombe Rattan Settee
H 30 in W 69 in D 44 in
Set of Five Chic Iron and Velvet Stools, France, circa 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
. Four of the stools have a black finish, and the fifth one has a gold finish with orange primer visible
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Upholstered Iron Armchair with Crown Detail, France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
has its original off-white paint with silver primer visible beneath. Curule base, ending in crown
Category

1940s French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Pair of Nardi Studios Tall Pierced and Gilt Quadruple Gourd Ceramic Table Lamps
By Nardini Studios
Located in Chicago, IL
primer is visible to the inside of the pierced gourd form body. Single socket brass cup with milk glass
Category

1950s American Vintage Primers

Materials

Brass

Set of Five Wrought Iron Art Deco Torchères, France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
verdigris paint finish, with orange primer visible beneath.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Art Deco Chest of Drawers from Berlin around 1930
Located in Greven, DE
furniture is provided with a multi-layer structure of different paints and primers and has a multi-layer
Category

1930s German Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Spanish Fashion Contest Coca Cola Model Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the First Spanish Fashion Contest / Primer Certamen Espanol
Category

1960s Spanish Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper

1930's Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Blanket Chest with Family & Museum Provenance
Located in Nantucket, MA
strong and bright, with a small amount of scuffs and scrape exposing the underlying primer. The chest
Category

1930s American Folk Art Vintage Primers

Materials

Pine

Art Deco Gaming Table from Germany in the 1950's in Art Deco Style
Located in Greven, DE
provided with a multi-layer structure of different paints and primers and has a multi-layer top coat of
Category

1950s German Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Beech, Bentwood, Walnut

Art Deco Sideboard Around 1930 with Two Carved Paintings
Located in Greven, DE
different paints and primers and has a multi-layer final coat of clear varnish that was sanded and polished
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Art Deco Side Table Around 1930 with Beautiful Veneer and Black Highcloss
Located in Greven, DE
and primers and has a multi-layer top coat of clear lacquer which has been painstakingly sanded down
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Beech, Walnut, Lacquer, Kingwood

Art Deco Side Table Rectangular from Paris around 1930 with Beautiful Veneer
Located in Greven, DE
of various paints and primers and has a multi-layer top coat of clear lacquer which has been
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Primers

Materials

Beech, Walnut, Lacquer

French Art Deco Wrought Iron Grilles
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
colored primer paint visible beneath in small areas. Elegant symmetrical scrolling arabesque design. Two
Category

1940s French Art Deco Vintage Primers

French Art Deco Wrought Iron Grilles
French Art Deco Wrought Iron Grilles
H 72.45 in W 18.12 in D 1.19 in
Large French 1950s Palette-Shaped Wrought Iron Dining Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
, original patina: white paint, with traces of orange primer beneath, worn to reveal the metal in areas
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Danielle Quarante ‘Albatros’ Chair for Airborne, 1969, Paris, France
By Danielle Quarante
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
. If this patinated look isn’t to your liking, most of the prep work is done — only primer and your
Category

1960s Vintage Primers

Materials

Fiberglass, Paint

David Hicks on Bathrooms 1stUS edition 1970
Located in London, GB
contemporary. His design primer book series has become an iconic staple in any interior design library.
Category

1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
and Jack; a Primer, by A. C. Lisson and Evelyn V. Thonet (illustrated by Ann Brockman, F. A. Owen
Category

1930s American Impressionist Vintage Primers

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Aleph Pop Art Silkscreen Judaica Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
medium from sculpture. The chance encounter with the Hebrew primer in 1966 was a revelation to Jakovits
Category

1980s Pop Art Vintage Primers

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Hungarian Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
medium from sculpture. The chance encounter with the Hebrew primer in 1966 was a revelation to Jakovits
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Primers

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Shabbat Pop Art Silkscreen Judaica Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
medium from sculpture. The chance encounter with the Hebrew primer in 1966 was a revelation to Jakovits
Category

1980s Pop Art Vintage Primers

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Two original 1930s wooden chairs by the well-known Bauhaus student Peter Keler
By Peter Keler
Located in München, DE
original color. A scratch on the seat also shows a red color underneath. But maybe it's a primer. Not
Category

1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Primers

Materials

Ash, Maple, Plywood

Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
medium from sculpture. The chance encounter with the Hebrew primer in 1966 was a revelation to Jakovits
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Primers

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
medium from sculpture. The chance encounter with the Hebrew primer in 1966 was a revelation to Jakovits
Category

1980s Pop Art Vintage Primers

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Donald Baechler Creamsicle 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
By Donald Baechler
Located in NEW YORK, NY
and nostalgic ephemera like grammar school primers, old maps, and children’s drawings, or purposely
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

Donald Baechler Starfish 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
By Donald Baechler
Located in NEW YORK, NY
depicting of childhood imagery and nostalgic ephemera like grammar school primers, old maps, and children’s
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
collaborative illustrators for Donald Waxman's "Pageants for Piano," a series of pedagogical primers.[9] The
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Board, Gouache

The Brooklyn Bridge
By Rudolph Ruzicka
Located in New York, NY
, Lake Informal, Primer, and Ruzicka Freehand. In 1935, he won a gold medal from the American Institute
Category

20th Century American Realist Vintage Primers

Materials

Engraving

Four Black Painted Metal Tray Tables in the 1940s Style, France, circa 1960s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Neoclassical style set of four metal tray tables painted glossy black with traces of orange primer
Category

Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Vintage Primers

Untitled
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
traditional primer employed by icon painters, Zhuravel unites the legacies of Byzantine and Rus icon painting
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Oil

Llangorse Lake, Brecon Beacons, Wales, circa 1964. Welsh Landscape. Abstract.
By Roger Cecil
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
, sandpaper, primer and plaster. He built up layers and then he rubbed and scratched them away. His work is
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Bulldog Barks at Bull, Chicken, Goat, Horse and Donkey, Naive art
Located in Miami, FL
primers.[9] The couple lived for many years at Maple Hill Farm in Dutchess County, New York, which they
Category

1960s Outsider Art Vintage Primers

Materials

Gouache

Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise
Located in New York, NY
(USA: Platt & Monk, 1969), a revision and extension of A Child's Primer of Natural History by Oliver
Category

1990s Performance Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Unique Wrought Iron Set “Table, Chandelier & Plant Stand” France or Italy, 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
chandelier are painted a bright red color. The plant stand shows traces of orange primer beneath the red. The
Category

20th Century Unknown Vintage Primers

Materials

Wrought Iron

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Español Contemporáneo, "II Premios Nacionales de Grabado", Marbella. 1995 Primer Premio "V Certamen
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Español Contemporáneo, "II Premios Nacionales de Grabado", Marbella. 1995 Primer Premio "V Certamen
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Engraving, Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Español Contemporáneo, "II Premios Nacionales de Grabado", Marbella. 1995 Primer Premio "V Certamen
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Engraving, Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Español Contemporáneo, "II Premios Nacionales de Grabado", Marbella. 1995 Primer Premio "V Certamen
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Bottom of Summer Oceans, Abstract Surrealist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Unity party won power. He painted a number of public murals in its support – one of which, El Primer Gol
Category

1970s Surrealist Vintage Primers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Parrot Porcelain , 1945
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
. Porzellanfabrik Karl Ens se estableció en 1899, pero no fue el primer negocio de porcelana de la familia Ens. Karl
Category

1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Porcelain

Parrot Porcelain , 1945
Parrot Porcelain , 1945
H 12.6 in W 5.12 in D 2.56 in
Homage to Heraclitus: Earth III - Black and White Landscape Photograph of a Cave
By John Stathatos
Located in New York, NY
Visual Primer of the World, 2011), natural elements (Three Heraclean Elements, 1991), and places
Category

20th Century Contemporary Vintage Primers

Materials

Giclée

1942 B-25 Mitchell bomber aeroplane recognition poster World War II 2 warbird
Located in London, GB
which had been painted with bright-yellow zinc chromate primer. Having completed over 300 missions and
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Primers

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Surrealist 'Double Entry on the Plane' Oil Painting 1970s
Located in Surfside, FL
Unity party won power. He painted a number of public murals in its support – one of which, El Primer Gol
Category

1970s Surrealist Vintage Primers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Find a variety of vintage primers available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct vintage primers — often made from metal, wood and iron — can elevate any home. Vintage primers have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage primers made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many vintage primers are appealing in their simplicity, but Russell Woodard, Chromcraft and George Nelson produced popular vintage primers that are worth a look.

How Much are Vintage Primers?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,463, while they’re typically $14 on the low end and $495,500 highest priced.