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Pietra Dura Geometric Box in the Style of Richard Blow
By Richard Blow
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous Pietra Dura box created in a cool geometric composition possibly by Richard Blow
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Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Pair of Inlaid Marble or Pietra Dura Mid Century Lamps
By Richard Blow
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Mid Century Modern Inlaid Marble or Pietra Dura Lamps, Italian, circa 1960s. Elegant
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Brass

Italian Modernist Black Marble, Lapis, Tiger, Pink Rhodochrosite Butterfly Box
By Richard Blow
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and hard to find vintage modernist Pietra Dura Italian stone hinged box has an
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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble

Selection of Italian Pietra Dura Plaques
By Montici, G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid-Century Modern Pietra Dura plaques, attributed to Richard Blow for Montici or
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Stone

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Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Örsjö Industri AB, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
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Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconces
By Örsjö Industri AB, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconces. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in ri...
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White Wash Brutalist Sculptural Collage Artwork, Mural from Upcycled Wood
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
These WHITE WASH collage tiles are composed randomly from recycled wood remnants and when installed bathe any space with a warm feeling and texture which is meditative, sanded to a s...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Contemporary Art

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Wood

Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new oyster linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes one E12 base bulb, up to 25 W or highe...
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2010s Table Lamps

Materials

Iron

Neoclassical Wrought Iron & Bronze Bench, France 1950's
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Elegant bench in patinated wrought iron and bronze. The sabots are reminiscent of Giacometti's work for Jean-Michel Frank. 3 benches are available; the price is for one.
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Benches

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Custom Made Model 54 Mohair Velvet Lounge Chair
Located in London, GB
Dagmar Design Model 54 lounge chair A custom made lounge chair developed and hand-made at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. The 54 chair is available...
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2010s British Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs

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Sheepskin, Beech

Curtain Lamp
By Analuisa Corrigan Studio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Lamp: H 10'“ x W 3” Shade: white linen, loose fitting H 7” x W (top) 6” x W (bottom) 6” Glaze: Sage matte, white matte, black shiny, matte blue Hardware: unfinished brass ...
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2010s American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Curtain Lamp
Curtain Lamp
H 16 in W 5 in D 5 in
Giraffe dining Chair in Solid Brazilian Wood by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The Giraffe dining chair was designed with soft curves and slender, but with volume, bringing comfort and elegance. The base structure was thought with three feet. The upholstered se...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Wood

Metal Wall Plaques of Stylized Wine Bottles By Sexton
By Sexton
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's wall plaques made of colorfully enameled cast metal in form of stylized wine bottles. Various configurations possible as some are singles while others are doubles and triples...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Seating as Minimalist Sculpture, 4 Elements by Uredat, 1969, Mohair Upholstery
By Klaus Uredat, COR
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Amazing, museum quality, modular 'CORBI' seating set, composed of four elements, designed by Klaus Uredat for 'COR', Germany, 1969 complete with the original purchase invoice dated 1...
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas

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Mohair, Foam, Wood

Gerald Thurston Parabolic Fin Sculptural Ceramic Lamps by Lightolier
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Pair of "Parabolic Fin" Model Ceramic Lamps, designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier, American, circa 1950s. They have been rewired and are ready to use. One lamp has a...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

1960s Woven Wicker Single Headboard Rattan Midcentury Rustic Provence
Located in London, GB
A single woven wicker headboard from Provence, with integrated circular bedside tables. French, c. 1960s. Between bedsides 100cm.
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Wicker

Murano Glass Art Deco Style Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Fine pair of Art Deco style Murano glass sconces of “stampato” glass finished with a bottom black Murano glass and gilt brass finial. This pair is all made of handblown glass and has...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Murano Glass

Murano Glass Art Deco Style Sconces
Murano Glass Art Deco Style Sconces
H 15.25 in W 8.625 in D 4.25 in
Italian Mohair Settee Sofa, Brown, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful mohair upholstered curved sofa with wooden legs. Perfect shape and size. In excellent condition, 1950s, Italy.
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Mohair, Wood

Dining Set Designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd., Finland, 1929
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dining set designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd., Finland, 1929. Birch. Stamped. This rare dining set by the Finish design icon Alvar Aalto is characterised by the combination of...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

Materials

Birch

French Art Deco Rug Attributed to Ivan da Silva Bruhns
By Ivan da Silva Bruhns
Located in Milan, IT
The rare examples which can be attributed to Ivan da Silva Bruhns (1881-1980) are among the most sought after French Art Deco carpets. Characterized by geometric elements clearly inf...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

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Richard Blow Pietra Dura for Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Large and unusual steamboat Pietra Dura executed by Richard Blow for his Atelier in Montici Italy
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Richard Blow For Montici Pietra Dura Plaque
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Fine and large example of Richard Blow's work in marble.Wonderful scene depicting arches
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Richard Blow For Montici Pietra Dura Geometric Composition
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Great surrealist geometric pietra dura by Richard Blow in original frame.Finely executed in various
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Very Large Pietra Dura by Richard Blow For Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Extremely large and rare-sized pietra dura plaque by Richard Blow, manufactured in his atelier in
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20th Century Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Circa 1965 Richard Blow Style Italian Fish Pietra Dura Marble and Brass Table
By Richard Blow
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning vintage Italian Pietra Dura inlaid marble top occasional table signed to bottom “Made in
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Vintage 1960s Gueridon

Materials

Malachite, Multi-gemstone, Marble, Lapis Lazuli, Brass

Richard Blow Pietra Dura For Montici
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Iconic butterfly pietra dura designed by Richard Blow for his studio in Montici Italy.Signed with
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Vintage 1940s Italian Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Richard Blow Pietra Dura coffee table for Montici
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Rare pietra dura table designed and executed by Richard Blow from his Atelier in Montici Italy
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20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine, Steel

Pietra dura by Richard Blow with the Montici mark
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great surrealist work by Richard Blow, Montici mark pietra dura.This work is titeled in the back
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Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Art

Materials

Stone

Pietra Dura Plaque for Ugolini
By G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Outstanding Pietra Dura Still Life Plaque, hand made for the esteemed firm Ugolini of Firenze
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Pietra Dura Plaque for Ugolini
Pietra Dura Plaque for Ugolini
H 11.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
Mid-Century Modern Pietra Dura Plaque for Ugolini
By G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-Century Modern Pietra Dura plaque, handmade for Ugolini, Italy, circa 1950s. Ugolini produced
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Stone, Marble

Pair of Watermelon Pietra Dura Plaques by Ugolini
By G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Watermelon Pietra Dura Plaques, hand made for Ugolini, Firenze, Italy, circa 1950's. Each
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Antique Pollard Oak and Marquetry Oval Victorian Dining Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
dragon's heads blowing fire and raised on paw feet. Whatever the function of this gorgeous table, it will
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Dining Room Tables

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Oak

Pollard Oak Marquetry Oval Victorian Dining Table and 6 Chairs, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
dragon heads blowing flames raised on dragon's paw feet. The set of six bespoke walnut and marquetry
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Dining Room Sets

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Oak, Walnut

Richard Blow for Montici Pietra Dura
By Richard Blow, Montici
Located in Atlanta, GA
Richard Blow for Montici Pietra Dura, Italian, circa 1950s. Signed with inset Montici monogram on
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Richard Blow for Montici Pietra Dura
Richard Blow for Montici Pietra Dura
H 10.5 in W 7.75 in D 1 in
Richard Blow Attb Pietra Dura , Painting in Stone "Seascape "Montici
By Montici, Richard Blow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Richard Blow.Similar work has been published in the book "painting in stone" by Anna Maria Massinelli
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

G. Ugolini Pietra Dura Shell Plaque
By G. Ugolini
Located in New York, NY
Stunning vintage Pietra Dura Shell Plaque by G. Ugolini in exquisite condition. Ugolini was one of
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Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

G. Ugolini Pietra Dura Shell Plaque
G. Ugolini Pietra Dura Shell Plaque
H 6 in W 7.5 in D 0.75 in
Selection of Italian Pietra Dura Plaques
By G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid-Century Modern Pietra Dura plaques, by Ugolini or attributed to Richard Blow for
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Stone, Marble

Selection of Italian Pietra Dura Plaques by Ugolini
By G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid-Century Modern Pietra Dura plaques, Italy, circa 1950s. Two are signed with
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Stone, Marble

Small Pietra Dura Picture by Richard Blow
By Richard Blow
Located in New York, NY
A charming, small picture of a rooster made of inlaid hardstones in the workshop of Richard Blow
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Montici Pietra Dura by Richard Blow
By Richard Blow
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a handsome and strong image, in inlaid stone, is by Richard Blow. In its original frame
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Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Art

Richard Blow for Montici Pietra Dura Coffee Table
By Richard Blow
Located in Turners Falls, MA
Richard Blow for Montici Pietra Dura coffee table. Black marble with inlays. Top sits on sculptural
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Montici Pietra Dura "Butterflies" Art by Richard Blow
By Richard Blow
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a modernist Pietra Dura, by Blow, who revitalized the art of inlaid stone. This piece has
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Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Art

Richard Blow Modernist Pietra Dura
Located in Chicago, IL
This is one of the more unusual pietra duras we have had as it is made up of two similar miniature
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20th Century Italian Paintings

Richard Blow Modernist Pietra Dura
Richard Blow Modernist Pietra Dura
H 8.25 in W 9.25 in D 0.75 in
Richard Blow Montici Pietra Dura Modernist Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wonderful little pietra dura designed by Richard Blow at Montici and executed by Ugolini
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Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Art

Richard Blow Montici Pietra Dura Modernist Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wonderful little pietra dura designed by Richard Blow at Montici and executed by Ugolini
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Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Art

Richard Blow for Ugolini Fine Pietra Dura Montage
Located in Southfield, MI
Superb imagery in extremely detailed pietra dura inlaid marble and hardstone by noted pietra dura
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Vintage 1960s Italian Shadow Boxes

LARGE PIETRA DURA PANEL by Richard Blow-Montici
Located in San Francisco, CA
various marbles, silver leaf backed moonstones, giltwood frame (N.B., there is some reflective glare in the images due to the polished surface of the marble)
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Vintage 1950s Decorative Art

RARE JEWEL: ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PANEL by Richard Blow - Montici
Located in San Francisco, CA
hardstones & painted wood: Malachite, Black & Gold Marble, Giallo Verona Marble, Red Jasper, Cappucin Onyx, Black Onyx
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Vintage 1950s Decorative Art

Modernist Pietra Dura
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wonderful and whimsical Pietra Dura (stone paintings) by the modernist Richard Allmand
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Vintage 1950s Italian Paintings

Modernist Pietra Dura
H 4.75 in W 6.25 in D 1 in
Modernist Pietra Dura
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wonderful and whimsical Pietra Dura (stone paintings) by the modernist Richard Allmand
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Vintage 1950s Italian Paintings

Modernist Pietra Dura
H 6.25 in W 8.25 in D 1 in
Montici Modernist Pietra Dura
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an interesting and large pietra dura of the Gods. It is designed by Richard Blow and
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Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Art

Pietra Dura Marble Coffee Table
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Woodstock, NY
Circular coffee table base by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Furniture Co., with Pietra Dura
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Surrealist Pietra Dura placque by Montici studios
By Montici
Located in New York, NY
This is a very unusual example of the incredible work created by Richard Blow for Montici studios
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Vintage 1950s Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Richard Blow pietra dura obelisco (FS)
By Richard Blow
Located in Hudson, NY
Pietra Dura obelisk by Richard Blow for Montici. Signed with maker's mark. Free shipping on full
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20th Century Italian Obelisks

Richard Blow pietra dura obelisco (FS)
Richard Blow pietra dura obelisco (FS)
H 20.25 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Midcentury Grand Tour Pietra Dura Leather Box, by Richard Blow
By Richard Blow
Located in Oaks, PA
Midcentury grand tour Pietra Dura leather box, by Richard Blow, with a topographical and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

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Dura Blow For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic dura blow available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of stone, marble and wood, every dura blow was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a dura blow — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right dura blow, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made dura blow over the years, but those crafted by Richard Blow and Montici are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Dura Blow?

Prices for a dura blow start at $1,850 and top out at $7,800 with the average selling for $4,800.

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