About The Moderns
THE 20th CENTURY, A TIME OF GREAT CHANGES IN AN ERA OF SPACE TRAVEL, THE SPLITTING OF THE ATOM BOMB, THROUGH TO ALBERT EINSTEIN'S E=MC2. THE ITEMS WE SELL ARE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, THE GENIUSES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME AND WE ARE THRILLED WHEN WE FIND RARE PIECES BY THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN. WE ARE DEALERS OF THE NEW ANTIQUES, 20st CENTURY ART & DESIGN AND WE ADVISE OUR CUSTOMERS ON REQUEST IN INTERIOR DESIGN WITH OUR PRODUCTS.
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Featured Pieces
Brutalist Bronze Bird Sculpture on Pedestal, Germany, Circa 1980
Located in London, GB
Abstract bronze cast sculpture of bird about to fly, spreading its wings. The sculpture is Expressive in a brutalist manner. It stands on a cast bronze pedestal.
Category
Vintage 1980s German Brutalist Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Poliarte Style Illuminated Wall Art: 1960's Glass Cubes on Stainless Steel
By Angelo Brotto, Poliarte
Located in London, GB
This Italian illuminated wall art is an abstract relief and wall light at the same time. The rectangular structure is in satin metal sheet with a ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tall Blue Ceramic Sculptural Vase by Willem Schalling, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Unique and sculptural organic hand formed vessel / vase by Willem Schalling. He made a number of vases from the late 1950's till the 1980's.
He lived and worked in Amsterdam and was ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chrome pendant lamps by Verenigte Werkstätten Germany 1960's
By Vereinigte Werkstätten München
Located in London, GB
Chrome pendant lamp, attributed to Verenigte Werkstätten Germany 1960's is build in descending rings where the light is evenly spread. The design creates a pleasant defused lighting ...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Pietro Toso blue Glass Vase, Italy, Circa 1960
By Pietro Toso
Located in London, GB
Glass vase by Pietro Toso 1960's in deep blue and clear glass shaped like a tear drop. Hand blown, known as Venetian Sommerso, made in Murano, Venice, Italy. Sommerso glass is a tra...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid 20th Century Murano Hand-Blown Liquor Decanter With Stopper
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th Century Murano hand-blown liquor decanter with stopper, in the style of Gio Ponti, La Murrina. The Murano hand blown glass decanter is decorated with blue spiral canes that ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
P{air of Mid Century Modern Decanters and Glasses Multicolored 1980's
Located in London, GB
Pair of Bohemian decanters in blue and green with matching spherical stoppers are each accompanied by blown 6 multicolored shot or liqueur glasses.
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Group of Post Modern Colored Murano Glass Decanters, Warnecke 1980's
Located in London, GB
Set of Three Post Modern colored Murano glass decanters manufactured for Warnecke (see label) an art dealer in Germany, is still present. Warnecke, strongly linked with Paolo Venini....
Category
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Brass Magnifying Glass and Paper Weight
Located in London, GB
Large decorative magnifier lens with domed glass magnification, encased in eye shape brass cast frame. Very decorative piece that can also be displayed a s paper weight of desk acces...
Category
Early 2000s Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Floor Lamp 1960s Brass and Fountain of Glass Strands Attributed to Carlo Nason
By Carlo Nason
Located in London, GB
Exceptional and rare sculptural floor lamp, attributed to Italian designer Carlo Nason, exemplifies the bold experimentation and refined modernism that defined Italian lighting desig...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Celestial Chart Engraving 18th Century by Doppelmayr, Framed 80 x 100 cm Globi 4
By Johann Baptist Homann, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Located in London, GB
Globi Coulestis Tabulas Planas Pars Four is one of a series of six original 18th century copper-engraving of celestial charts etchings issued by Homann. Doppelmayr is the cartographe...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Prints
Materials
Brass
Celestial Chart Engraving 18th Century by Doppelmayr Framed 80 x 100 cm Globi 2
By Johann Baptist Homann, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Located in London, GB
Globi Coulestis Tabulas Planas Pars Two is one of a series of six original 18th century copper-engraving of celestial charts etchings issued by Homann. Doppelmayr is the cartographer...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Prints
Materials
Brass
More About The Moderns
Brutalist Bronze Bird Sculpture on Pedestal, Germany, Circa 1980
Located in London, GB
Abstract bronze cast sculpture of bird about to fly, spreading its wings. The sculpture is Expressive in a brutalist manner. It stands on a cast bronze pedestal.
Category
Vintage 1980s German Brutalist Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Poliarte Style Illuminated Wall Art: 1960's Glass Cubes on Stainless Steel
By Angelo Brotto, Poliarte
Located in London, GB
This Italian illuminated wall art is an abstract relief and wall light at the same time. The rectangular structure is in satin metal sheet with a ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tall Blue Ceramic Sculptural Vase by Willem Schalling, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Unique and sculptural organic hand formed vessel / vase by Willem Schalling. He made a number of vases from the late 1950's till the 1980's.
He lived and worked in Amsterdam and was ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chrome pendant lamps by Verenigte Werkstätten Germany 1960's
By Vereinigte Werkstätten München
Located in London, GB
Chrome pendant lamp, attributed to Verenigte Werkstätten Germany 1960's is build in descending rings where the light is evenly spread. The design creates a pleasant defused lighting ...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome
Pietro Toso blue Glass Vase, Italy, Circa 1960
By Pietro Toso
Located in London, GB
Glass vase by Pietro Toso 1960's in deep blue and clear glass shaped like a tear drop. Hand blown, known as Venetian Sommerso, made in Murano, Venice, Italy. Sommerso glass is a tra...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid 20th Century Murano Hand-Blown Liquor Decanter With Stopper
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th Century Murano hand-blown liquor decanter with stopper, in the style of Gio Ponti, La Murrina. The Murano hand blown glass decanter is decorated with blue spiral canes that ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
P{air of Mid Century Modern Decanters and Glasses Multicolored 1980's
Located in London, GB
Pair of Bohemian decanters in blue and green with matching spherical stoppers are each accompanied by blown 6 multicolored shot or liqueur glasses.
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Group of Post Modern Colored Murano Glass Decanters, Warnecke 1980's
Located in London, GB
Set of Three Post Modern colored Murano glass decanters manufactured for Warnecke (see label) an art dealer in Germany, is still present. Warnecke, strongly linked with Paolo Venini....
Category
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Brass Magnifying Glass and Paper Weight
Located in London, GB
Large decorative magnifier lens with domed glass magnification, encased in eye shape brass cast frame. Very decorative piece that can also be displayed a s paper weight of desk acces...
Category
Early 2000s Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Floor Lamp 1960s Brass and Fountain of Glass Strands Attributed to Carlo Nason
By Carlo Nason
Located in London, GB
Exceptional and rare sculptural floor lamp, attributed to Italian designer Carlo Nason, exemplifies the bold experimentation and refined modernism that defined Italian lighting desig...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Celestial Chart Engraving 18th Century by Doppelmayr, Framed 80 x 100 cm Globi 4
By Johann Baptist Homann, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Located in London, GB
Globi Coulestis Tabulas Planas Pars Four is one of a series of six original 18th century copper-engraving of celestial charts etchings issued by Homann. Doppelmayr is the cartographe...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Prints
Materials
Brass
Celestial Chart Engraving 18th Century by Doppelmayr Framed 80 x 100 cm Globi 2
By Johann Baptist Homann, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Located in London, GB
Globi Coulestis Tabulas Planas Pars Two is one of a series of six original 18th century copper-engraving of celestial charts etchings issued by Homann. Doppelmayr is the cartographer...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Prints
Materials
Brass