About retro-design.dk
At retro-design.dk we are proud of being among the most environmentally sustainable businesses in the western part of the world. Obviously vintage items does not leave a carbon-footprint compared to modern industrialized production. But we have taken it a step further and here comes the 'proud' part. Since 2010 we have strived to be as eco-friendly as possible. We use recycled boxes, bubble wrap, old newspapers and and styrofoam for our packaging. We source these materials locally from stores with an excess of waste packaging materials. We bundle up our packages for bu...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Arts & Crafts Brass Rocking Lamp / Sconce In The Style Of Was Benson
By Was Benson
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare secessionist counterweighted tilting up or down wall light fashioned from solid brass and featuring a period shade in frosted single layered glass. Very reminiscent in style t...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Jugend Art Nouveau Crystal Hallway or Bathroom Pendant Lamp
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1920s drop shaped crystal pendant cut with geometric and floral patterns. It comes in a white bakelite socket/top and with its matching white canopy. Suitable for Hallway, bathroom...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Kay Bojesen Wooden Monkey Sculpture, Teak and Limba, Denmark, 1960s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Wooden monkey designed by Kay Bojesen in 1951. Its made from solid teak and limba wood. It features articulated limbs, removable head and movable arms and legs. This example was manu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Just Andersen - a Pair of Art Deco Column Candlesticks in Pewter, 1930s
By Just Andersen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of Candlesticks designed by Sculptor Just Andensen in Denmark during the 1930s or 1940s. They are made from the finest pewter - Selangor Pewter. Distinct architectural art dec...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Pewter
Swedish Art Deco Table Lamp with Wool String Shade, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A simple table lamp executed in patinated brass and featuring a stepped architecturally perceived base and wool string shade in light maroon and pale yellow. Ecstatically a very unde...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Small Sculptural Scandinavian Table Lamp in Brass & White Opaline Glass, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish yet elegantly composed Table Lamp from danish ABO - Metal Art Studio. It is executed in partially ribbed/fluted brass and features a white opaline glass shade in mushroom s...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Maritime Oil Lamp in Brass & Glass by Cawa Denmark
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish yet practical nautical/maritime chamberstick executed in solid brass and featuring a tubular shade in frosted glass with a ship/fregat motif to one side. Stylish mid-centur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Swedish Freeform Pink Crystal Bowl by Bosse Rubin
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A sculptural freeform art glass dish/bowl executed in purple/plum tinted pink crystal glass. Designed by Bosse Rubin and made at Åfors Glassbruk in Sweden during the 1960s in a style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Tall & Lean White Swirl Art Glass Vase in the Style of Dino Martens
By Dino Martens
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A tall, lean, footed and organically shaped hand-blown white/clear swirl glass vase similar to designs from Tapio Wirkkala and Dino Martens in particular. It is executed in the so-ca...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Memphis Style Adjustable Candleholders, Atomic Design, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of vintage Danish postmodern or Memphis style candlestick holders in string metal. Adjustable in height up to 28 cm. They are reminiscent in style to similar design from Marku...
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Post-Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Just Andersen Art Deco Fish Vase in Disko Metal, 1930s
By Just Andersen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A small figural vase depicting a chubby fish with open mouth. It is made from patinated metal/metals or disko-metal. Dessin number D 1389 designed and made by Just Andersen during th...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Metal
Vintage Vanity or Desk Set in Brass: Jars & Napkin Holder
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Vintage desk or vanity set consisting of a stylish (bend circle) napkin holder a lidded and an open jar/vase/cup. Everything executed in solid brass and displaying patina consistent ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
