Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Recognized Seller Listings
Pair of Art Deco Style Marble & Onyx Pedestals Columns with Bronze Panels
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF ART DECO STYLE STACKED MARBLE AND ONYX PEDESTALS WITH BAS-RELIEF PLAQUES OF DANCING MAIDENS
Both plaques signed "DH Chiparus" second production post-1950
Item # 402HEG23P
A...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
Large Bronze Modernist Cylinder Andirons, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Perfection.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Unusual Pair of Art Deco Cast-Iron Garden Pedestals for Statuary or Planters
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF ART DECO CAST-IRON OUTDOOR GARDEN PEDESTALS FOR URNS OR STATUARY
Circa second quarter of 20th century unmarked
Item # 209LEM16K-2
A most unusual and visually striking pair ...
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20th Century Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Wrought Iron Gate, After Edgar Brandt
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Bridgewater, CT
EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) Les Bouquets, infime variante du modèle présenté à l’Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1925 puis au XVIe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1926 Exceptio...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Fine Pair of French Art Deco Statuary Marble Jardiniere
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Pair Of French Art Deco Statuary Marble Jardiniere.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Black Iron Deco Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of heavy gauge black wrought iron Art Deco andirons. Unique design having roundels with horsemen filigree casting inside dodecagon (12 sided) surrounds on tapering shafts over...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Firescreen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A unique and expressive Art Deco fire screen handmade of silver enameled scored steel and having a fan form.
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
Fireplace Screen
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Wrought iron with brass inserts fire screen.
Looks better in reality than in the pictures.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Antique Art Deco Style Sterling Silver and Agate Handled Presentation Trowel
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver and agate handled presentation trowel in the Art Deco style, boxed; an addition to our diverse presentation silverware collection
This exceptional antique George VI agate and sterling silver trowel has a triangle, angular shaped blade in the Art Deco style.
The anterior face of the blade features an extended protruding angular border embellished with bands of tooled decoration.
The ornamentation to the blade incorporates the contemporary engraved presentation inscription:
'Presented to The Right Honorable The Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, Alderman Gilbert Oliver, J.P. upon Laying the Foundation Stone for the New Artillery Barracks, 7th July 1938'.
The reverse of the blade is plain and unembellished, apart from the featured hallmarks.
This sterling silver presentation trowel...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Agate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Swedish Grace 'Art Deco' 1930s Cast Iron Urns
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine pair of Swedish Grace (art deco) cast iron urns or planters depicting a man with a walking stick and a woman with an umbrella. In their original red finish with great patination...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
2 Art Deco Style Gilt Resin Planters
Located in New York, NY
2 Art Deco-style fluted gold composition planters with faceted sides and flared tops on 6 sided star bases (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Composition
White Wrought-Iron Dining Table from Kykuit
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of four quarter-circular wrought-iron tables, with glass inserts, grouped in a circle, American, ca. 1940. Some photos taken without glass inserts. A very flexible and useful table that works in so many situations and one that is from a very distinguished family.
Provenance: Kykuit, Rockefeller...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Pedestal
Located in Hudson, NY
Category
1920s Czech Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Vintage Stucco Lion Pillars
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of stucco lion pillars for a fireplace or console. They have a beautiful terra-cotta patina.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stucco
Attributed Raymond Subes Iron Panel (2 Available)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French hand forged iron panels, circa 1945, attributed Raymond Subes. Two available, each about 5’ tall and 12” wide.
Priced per panel.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
American Art Deco Pine Mannequin Displays
Located in New York, NY
2 American Art Deco stained pine mannequin panel figures of man and woman with arms akimbo (PRICE EACH) (2 similar CER086A).
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine
American Art Deco Iron Fire Grate with Andirons
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco 3-piece iron fire grate comprised of a curved iron slat grate resting on two independent andirons.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Iron
Marc du Plantier, a Bench and Two Armchairs in Wrought Iron, circa 1936
Located in Paris, FR
Bench, circa 1936
In wrought iron with green patina, slightly enveloping backrest decorated with the monogram JH, armrests with openwork cuffs resting on tapered legs. Covered with ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Door by Gilbert Poillerat, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of grids and their frames in black lacquered batted iron, forming an arc of a circle at the upper part, decoration of large openwork crosspieces, gilded metal spindles and ropes...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Dachshund Andirons
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A substantial pair of Art Deco dachshund andirons in a patinated bronze finish.
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Art Deco Kingwood Veneered Pilaster Panels
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco kingwood veneered pilaster panels with a slight convex shape and inlaid with various woods with a design of a fluted column supporting a vase with flowers (or...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Kingwood
Art Deco Silver Plated Woman
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco silver plated metal figure of woman in dress (fire screen)
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Silver Plate
Rockefeller Center Monumental Planters
Located in New York, NY
2 Pair of American Art Deco (1930's) monumental rectangular bronze planters (jardiniere) with a fluted design (PROVENANCE: ROCKEFELLER CENTER-PRICED PER Pair)
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Gold Lacquered Floral Wall Panel
By Pierre Bobot
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco (1930s) large cream and gold lacquered painted stucco on wood wall panel depicting birds within a floral design. (signed: PIERRE BOBOT)
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stucco, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Hungarian Enamel Kosher Butcher Shop Sign
Located in New York, NY
Heavy and massive enamel Kosher butcher shop sign, Budapest, Hungary, circa 1920.
White, blue, and red enamel over iron, inscribed in the middle :"Or...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Warren Platner Sink
Located in Chicago, IL
Sink taken out of a Warren Planter designed home in Connecticut. Sculptural curves with large nautilus handle accents. Located in Chicago.
Category
1980s American Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Rene Lalique Glass Panel "Fruits"
By René Lalique
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Rene Lalique glass panel "Fruits" for the Oviatt stores in Los Angeles
Size: 14" x 14" x 1".
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Bronze Storefront Archways
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco (American) bronze storefront frame (archways) with geometric design.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
1920s Art Deco Chromed Pawn Andirons by A. Schultz
By A. Schultz
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pair of chromed steel and wrought iron andirons, with "pawn" uprights on bullnose rectangular bases with ball feet. Manufactured in 1924.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Attributed to Rene Prou and Raymond Subes Pair of Grilles/Gates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French 1940s hand forged ion grilles/gates, attributed to Rene Prou and likely forged by Raymond Subes.
Each panel is 23.5” wide x 55” high.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Raymond Subes Pair of Iron and Gilt Grilles/Gate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French 1940s pair of forged iron and gilt grilles/gates by Raymond Subes. Measures: 41” wide overall x 65” high at peak.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Style of Raymond Subes Gilt Iron Console
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French 1940s Art Deco gilt forged iron wall mount console in the style of Raymond Subes. Measures: 48" wide x 19" deep (21" deep overall) x 28" high.
This console has no top.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
3 French Art Deco Iron Swag Planters
Located in New York, NY
3 French Art Deco large rectangular iron jardinieres with swag design (PRICED EACH)
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French Art Deco Wicker Chaise
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco natural wicker and bentwood adjustable back chaise with separate footrest with light blue trim
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bentwood, Wicker
Pair of French Art Deco Corinthian Column Taborets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco Corinthian column-form taborets / end table bases in embossed brass over wood with floral and scroll design. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Edgar Brandt, Pair of Massive Andirons in Iron, circa 1920
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of massive andirons, circa 1920
A pair of hammered wrought iron andirons, decorated with pinnacles and scrolls. Signed.
Measures: H 80 cm (H 31...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Elegant French Art Deco Period Burled Wood Pedestal
Located in Montreal, QC
Elegant French Art Deco period burled wood pedestal.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Burl
Art Deco Fire Screen
By Paul Kiss
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An Art Deco wrought iron fire screen having hammered and gilded surface work and a central motif depicting a vase holding a bouquet of flowers. Attributed to French master metalworke...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of French Art Deco Gilt Trimmed Gates
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco wrought iron and gilt trimmed gates with ribbon and floral wreath designs.
Category
19th Century French Antique Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Pair of Art Deco Mirrored and Carved Doors, Paul Moreau-Vauthier, France, 1926
Located in New York, NY
Paul Moreau-Vauthier (1871-1936).
Pair of fine and rare doors,
France, 1926.
Carved mahogany, mirrored glass, silvered bronze.
Measures: Height 86.75", width 97.75".
Provenanc...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Charles Dudouyt, Art Deco Oak Pedestal, France, C. 1940
Located in New York, NY
Polished oak pedestal designed by Charles Dudouyt for La Gentilhommière
This tall pedestal by the famous, early twentieth century furniture maker Charles Dudouyt possesses a remarka...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Oak
French 1940s Apartment Gate Attributed to Raymond Subes
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Patinated and gilded wrought iron apartment gate from circa 1940, attributed to Raymond Subes.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Unusual French Art Deco Figural Fire Screen
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Art Deco figural fire screen in patinated and wrought iron with a motif of volutes and polychrome couple in the central medallion, French, 1930s. Measures: H 32.1 in (81.5 cm), L 29....
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Set of 6 French Art Deco Iron Folding Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 French Art Deco outdoor white painted iron folding round back arm chairs with slat wood seat and back.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Steel and Wrought Iron Pedestal
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A French Art Deco pedestal, with four tubular metal uprights and travertine stone top, decorated with hammered wrought iron stylized leaves.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Steel, Wrought Iron
R. Lalique Architectural Panels from the Oviatt Building
By René Lalique
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Pair of architectural panels from the elevator doors, Oviatt Building Los Angeles, 1927. In clear and frosted glass, 16 in. square.
Referenced in F....
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass
Art Deco building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco building and garden elements 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 building and garden elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, decorative objects, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original building and garden elements, popular names associated with this style include OTHR, Gilliot, Francois Carre, and Patrick Coard. 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 building and garden elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $250,000 while the average work can sell for $2,600.
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