Modern Asian Art and Furniture
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1
514
89
50
to
16
128
82
653
472
550
653
392
177
170
141
73
52
43
31
20
18
18
12
11
11
9
9
7
4
85
564
6
12
38
1
1
4
7
10
3
418
401
336
69
45
504
344
329
141
72
315
53
11
10
10
Style: Modern
Returnable Items Only
Hofu Raku Ceramic Vase - Full Copper Matte - Handmade Pottery Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hofu - ( 豊富 ) Abundance
The Hofu vase is a decorative wide lipped vessel. The organic curves and traditional silhouette gives it a modest but impactful pre...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Tamashii Pet , Smoked Raku, Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Tamashii Urn ~ 魂 (Soul)
The Tamashii Urn serves as a focal point of remembrance for a loved one that has passed from this life but not from your heart. This vessel is fired using th...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Tsuchi 2 Pack Planter Pot - H.C Matte & Carbon Copper - Handmade Ceramic Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Tsuchi ( 土 ) - earth
*Plants are not included in this purchase.
Our tsuchi pot is named after the medium it holds ; Earth. This pot is double sealed to prevent moisture from seepin...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Tamashii Pet Urn, Carbon Copper, Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Tamashii Urn ~ 魂 (Soul)
The Tamashii Urn serves as a focal point of remembrance for a loved one that has passed from this life but not from your heart. This vessel is fired using th...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Vintage Sculpture for Photo Esa Fedrigolli Bronze by Esart, Italy, 1960
Located in Biella, IT
Esa Fedrigolli Italy, important bronze sculpture with plexiglass for photo by Esart Italy, vintage years ’60 in perfect and original condition, signed rare...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pre-Order Omoide Urn 170 Cubic Inches, Half Copper Matte, Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Omoide ~ (思い出) - memories.
The passing of a loved one will always be a defining moment in a person's life. The Omoide Urn is a one of a kind ceramic piece that offers a focal point...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Early Large Ceramic Vase with Sang-de-boeuf Glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early ceramic long-neck vase with a brilliant copper red glaze by Benedictine monk potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007). The minimalistic an...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Shinsen & Tsuri Raku Pottery Vase - Obvara - Handmade Ceramic Home Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
1 Unit of Shinsen Vase ( 5.1" x 4.3" x 4.3" )
1 Unit of Tsuri Vase ( 5.9" x 3.15" x 3.15" )
Our Shinsen Vase is circular, wide-lipped, and curved in all the right places,...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Raaquu Raku Fired Large Globe Vase S/N0000417 Centerpiece Art Series
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
A mesmerizing sight to behold as soon as the rainbow-like patinas catch your eye. This Globe Vase is a round, capacious piece produced using the Raku technique, resulting in a beauti...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Hofu Raku Ceramic Vase - Half Copper Matte - Handmade Pottery Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hofu - ( 豊富 ) Abundance
The Hofu vase is a decorative wide lipped vessel. The organic curves and traditional silhouette gives it a modest but impactful pre...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Armchair model "Leda" By Salvador Dalí Spanish surrealist 20th century design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pre-Order Tamashii Pet, F.C. Matte, Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Tamashii Urn ~ 魂 (Soul)
The Tamashii Urn serves as a focal point of remembrance for a loved one that has passed from this life but not from your heart. This vessel is fired using th...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
"Leda" Armchair Sculpture by Salvador Dalí 20th Century Surrealist design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Raaquu Raku Fired Large Oval Vase S/N0000490 Centerpiece Art Series, Malaysia
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
A mesmerizing sight to behold as soon as the rainbow-like patinas catch your eye. The Oval Vase is a tall, teardrop-shaped design best for adding a touch of elegance and intrigue to ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Brass chair model "Leda" by Salvador Dalí surrealist design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Hana F Mini Vase Raku Ceramic, Obvara, Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana F ~ 花 Flower
Our Hana F mini raku vase is clay representation of a tulip flower. Two overlapping petals form the body of this mini vase. This vase makes for an adorable gift o...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Large Ceramic Center Bowl Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic center bowl by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). Meant to be a bespoken center piece., the deep form bowl features a robust body of thick wall, supported by a short round foot ring. The surface showcases an expressive glaze pattern that is the signature style to the artist's work. Free-flowing abstract strokes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Hana R Mini Vase Raku Ceramic - Carbon Copper - Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana R ~ 花 flower
Our Hana R mini raku vase is the most geometric and edgy designs in our series. Its needle like shape creates a slip and faceted surface that stands out. Each pie...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Hana E Mini Vase Raku Ceramic - Carbon Copper - Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana E ~ 花 Flower.
Our Hana E mini raku vase bears a miniature contemporary design that is cylindrical in shape. This vase makes for an adorable gift or a tabletop decorative piece that truly stands out. Each piece is individually finished using the raku firing technique.
RAAQUU Care Guide:
This vase is for decorative purpose and cannot contain water for plant use...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Mizu Suzu 2 Pack Raku Pottery Trinket Bowl, Half Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
1 Unit of Mizu Bowl ( 3" x 5.5" x 5.5" )
1 Unit of Suzu Vase ( 5.3" x 3.4" x 3.4" )
Our Mizu bowl comes with 3 short legs. It would look elegant on its own or as a k...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Hawa Beirut Screen by Richard Yasmine
Located in Geneve, CH
Hawa Beirut screen by Richard Yasmine
Materials: Structure in powder coated metal, brushed brass, treated pink marble, stained glass, silk
tassels, Mirror
Dimensions: H 180 x L 20...
Category
2010s Lebanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Raaquu Raku Fired Large Oval Vase S/N0000374 Centerpiece Art Series, Malaysia
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
The Oval Vase is a tall, teardrop-shaped design best for adding a touch of elegance and intrigue to an interior space. Made using the Raku technique, it easily becomes a great conver...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Tsuri 3 Pack Raku Pottery Vase, Full Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic Home Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
3 Units of Tsuri Vase ( does not include dried flowers )
Tsuri ( ツリー ) ~ (n) tree
Our Tsuri vase is based on the classic bottle shape but with a wider mouth at the top. ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Ramon Benedito 'Frenesi' Aluminium Stool for Transatlantic, circa 1985
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
'Frenesi' aluminium stool by Ramon Benedito for Group Transatlantic. These stools has appeared in the television series Star Trek.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1985.
In good or...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Seicho Raku Planter Pot Pottery - Smoked Raku - Handmade Ceramic
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Seicho (成長) - Growth
Our Seicho pot is made to be a conversation starter for your precious indoor plant collection. Its size is perfect to be used for specialty indoor plants. Each ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Shinsen Raku Pottery Vase, Full Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Shinsen ( 新鮮 ) ~ (adj.) fresh
Our Shinsen vase is circular, wide-lipped, and curved in all the right places, with a slightly smaller base. Best arranged together with other similar-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Large Flower Vase, Half Copper Matte, Ceramic Raku Pottery Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
This is a pre-order
I am proud to share my latest Art series vase shape : The Flower vase.
With a shape inspired from the tulip flower, the RAAQUU flower vase expresses a wonde...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Hana F Mini Vase Raku Ceramic - Carbon Copper - Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana F ~ 花 flower
Our Hana F mini raku vase is clay representation of a tulip flower. Two overlapping petals form the body of this mini vase. This vase makes for an adorable gift or a tabletop decorative piece that truly stands out. Each piece is individually finished using the raku firing technique.
RAAQUU Care Guide:
This vase is for decorative purpose and cannot contain water for plant use...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Shinsen & Tsuri Raku Pottery Vase - Carbon Copper - Handmade Ceramic Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
1 Unit of Shinsen Vase ( 5.1" x 4.3" x 4.3" )
1 Unit of Tsuri Vase ( 5.9" x 3.15" x 3.15" )
Our Shinsen Vase is circular, wide-lipped, and curved in all the right places,...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Omoide Urn 170 Cubic Inches, Carbon Copper, Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Omoide ~ (思い出) - memories.
The passing of a loved one will always be a defining moment in a person's life. The Omoide Urn is a one of a kind ceramic piece that offers a focal point...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Koban 2 Pack Raku Pottery Vase with Water Tube - Full Copper Matte - Handmade
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Koban (小判) - (n) oval
NEW AND IMPROVED : This vase comes with a waterproof tube insert for fresh flowers and cuttings. Insert width is 2cm/0.8 inches wide
You get : 2 Units of Koba...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Large 11" Flower Vase, Full Copper Matte, Ceramic Raku Pottery Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
This is a pre-order
I am proud to share my latest Art Series vase shape : The flower vase.
With a shape inspired from the tulip flower, the RAAQUU Flower Vase expresses a wonde...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Keihatsu 3 Pack Raku Tealight Holder, Full Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Keihatsu 啓発 - Enlightenment
Our Keihatsu tealight, candle and incense holder makes a perfect accessory to an office, bath, workspace or table. Its geometrical form is both functiona...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Green Petrol Screen by Mentemano
Located in Geneve, CH
Green petrol screen by Mentemano
Dimensions: W 196 x D 28 x H 181 cm
Materials: Green petrol panel, Grey print, Black hinges
The hinges allow the structure to take different s...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Other
Hana Mini Set Vase Raku Ceramic, Obvara, Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana ~ 花 Flower
Our Hana mini vase set contains 1 piece of each shape in obvara finish. Each piece is individually finished using the raku firing technique.
You get :
1x Hana F (D...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Tamashii Pet , H.C Matte , Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Tamashii Urn ~ 魂 (Soul)
The Tamashii Urn serves as a focal point of remembrance for a loved one that has passed from this life but not from your heart. This vessel is fired using th...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Seicho Raku Planter Pot Pottery, Obvara, Handmade Ceramic
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Seicho (成長) - Growth
Our Seicho pot is made to be a conversation starter for your precious indoor plant collection. Its size is perfect to be used for specialty indoor plants. Each ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pre-Order Large Flower Vase - Carbon Copper - Ceramic Raku Pottery Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
This is a pre-order
I am proud to share my latest Art Series vase shape : The Flower Vase.
With a shape inspired from the tulip flower, the RAAQUU Flower Vase expresses a wonde...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Hana E Mini Vase Raku Ceramic, Obvara, Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana E ~ 花 Flower
Our Hana E mini raku vase bears a miniature contemporary design that is cylindrical in shape. This vase makes for an adorable gift or a tabletop decorative piece ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Brass armchair model "Leda" By Salvador Dalí 20th Century Spanish design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Nikko Raku Pottery Vase, Smoked Raku, Handmade Ceramic Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Nikko ( 日光 ) - (n) sunlight
Our Nikko vase is a bulbous little one and perfect for those wanting to decorate small spaces without using up too much space. This vase sports a flatten...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Tsuri 2 Pack Raku Pottery Vase, Full Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic Home Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
2 Units of Tsuri Vase in a finish of your choice.
Our Tsuri vase is based on the classic bottle shape but with a wider mouth at the top. It would definitely look grea...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Raaquu Mizu Raku Pottery Trinket Bowl - Full Copper Matte - Handmade Ceramic
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Mizu (水) ~ (n) water
Our Mizu bowl comes with 3 short legs. It would look elegant on its own or as a keeper of trinkets or potpourri.
This Mizu bowl is the kind of piece to create ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Hana Mini Set Vase Raku Ceramic - Carbon Copper - Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana ~ 花 Flower
Our Hana mini vase set contains 1 piece of each shape in carbon copper finish. Each piece is individually finished using the raku firing technique.
You get :
1x Ha...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Koi Koban Keihatsu Raku Pottery Vase, Full Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Make Her Smile With The Sweetest Surprise & Brighten Up Her Birthday with our ceramic décor set.
*Does not come with dried flowers.
You get :
1 Koban Vase (comes with Water Tube)
1 Koi Vase...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Raaquu Hoseki Raku Pottery Vase - Full Copper Matte - Handmade Ceramic, Malaysia
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hoseki ( 宝石 ) ~ (n) gem
The Hoseki Vase is named “gem” in Japanese for its slightly angular shape. Wide-mouthed with a textured finish and soft edges, it adds a classy touch to any ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Raaquu Koi Raku Pottery Vase, Smoked Raku, Handmade Ceramic Home Decor
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Koi (鯉 ) (n) carp
Our Koi vase is bottle-shaped with a wavy arched mouth which slightly resembles the mouth of a fish. Its eclectic design would blend in well in any interior décor ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Tsuri Raku Pottery Vase - Carbon Copper - Handmade Ceramic Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Tsuri ( ツリー ) ~ (n) tree
Our Tsuri vase is based on the classic bottle shape but with a wider mouth at the top. It would definitely look great when put together with other RAAQUU B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Dokutsu & Umi Raku Pottery Vase, Half Copper Matte, Handmade Ceramic Home Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
Measures: 2 Units of Dokutsu Vase ( 4.7" x 4.7" x 2.5" )
1 Unit of Umi Vase ( 4.7" x 4.7" x 2.5" )
The Dokutsu Vase displays a modern style with its hollowed center....
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Shinsen & Tsuri Raku Pottery Vase - Half Copper Matte - Handmade Ceramic Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
1 Unit of Shinsen Vase ( 5.1" x 4.3" x 4.3" )
1 Unit of Tsuri Vase ( 5.9" x 3.15" x 3.15" )
Our Shinsen Vase is circular, wide-lipped, and curved in all the right places,...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Green Teal Blue Screen by Mentemano
Located in Geneve, CH
Green teal blue screen by Mentemano
Dimensions: W 196 x D 28 x H 181 cm
Materials: Green teal blue, grey print, black hinges
The hinges allow the struct...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Other
Vintage Bronze Vase with Acid Work by Esa Fedrigolli for Spirale Arte Italy 1970
Located in Biella, IT
Important Esa Fedrigolli Italy by Esart Italy for Spirale arte design bronze vase with acid work year ’70 signed
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Hikari 3 Pack Raku Pottery Vase - Carbon Copper - Handmade Ceramic Home Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
3 Unit of Hikari Vase ( 3" x 3.5" x 3.5" )
Hikari ( 光 ) ~ (n) light
This Hikari Vase is a circular thrown vase with a wide uneven mouth and small round base. Its miniat...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Koi, Koban, Keihatsu Raku Pottery Vase - Carbon Copper - Handmade Ceramic Decor
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Make Her Smile With The Sweetest Surprise & Brighten Up Her Birthday with our ceramic décor set.
*Does not come with dried flowers.
You get :
1 Koban Vase (comes with Water Tube)
1 Koi Vase...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of Green Petrol Screen by Mentemano
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of green petrol screen by Mentemano
Dimensions: w 196 x d 28 x h 181 cm
Materials: Green petrol panel, Grey print, Black hinges
The hinges allow the structure to take diffe...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Other
Koban 9 Pack Raku Pottery Vase with Water Tube - Carbon Copper - Handmade
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get 9 Koban vases
Koban ( 小判 ) ~ (n) oval
New and improved: This vase comes with a waterproof tube insert for fresh flowers and cuttings. Insert width is 2cm/0.8 inches wide
...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of Green Teal Blue Screen by Mentemano
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of green teal blue screen by Mentemano.
Dimensions: W 196 x D 28 x H 181 cm.
Materials: green teal blue, grey print, black hinges.
The hinges allow the structure to take di...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Other
Seicho 2 Pack Raku Planter Pot Pottery - Obvara - Handmade Ceramic
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
You get :
2 Units of Seicho Pot in a finish of your choice.
Seicho ( ?? ) - Growth
Our Seicho pot is made to be a conversation starter for your precious indoor plant collect...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Modern asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage asian art and furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern asian art and furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, Southeast Asia, and Malaysia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original asian art and furniture, popular names associated with this style include RAAQUU, André Fu, LAAB Milano, and VG-VGnewtrend. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for asian art and furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $36 and tops out at $450,000 while the average work can sell for $705.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Ancient Chinese Gold
Antique Japanes Screens
Antique Pottery Garden
Lotus Buddha
Chinese Carved Figures
Japanese Stone Water Basin
Gilt Temple
Room Screen Asian
Japan Ball
Wood Chinese Temple
19th Century Black Lacquered Panels
Antique Japanese Silk Screens
Antique Japanese Silk Screen
Red Chinese Screen
Asian Screens Pair
Primitive Japanese Furniture
Japanese Birds Pairs
Antique Chinese Tray