Modern Building and Garden Elements
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Period: Early 20th Century
Antique train luggage rack coat /hat hooks wall Mount style of Gio Ponti
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
Antique hefty brass, brackets screw out of the frame to the wall and slide back into the rack for a neat/clean wall application.
Fully intact, sleek minimalist design, the bottom r...
Category
1920s European Vintage Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Old Built-In Wardrobe Front, Germany, circa 1920
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Original old built-in wardrobe front with doors from Germany, circa 1920. Original color patina and really special fittings in star shape.
Dimension...
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Early 20th Century German Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Carrara Marble Floor with Symmetrical Rhombus Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Carrara marble floor with symmetrical rhombus early 20th century
Floor reproduced in white of Carrara and Bardiglio or white of Carrara and black marquina,
Copy of the sixteenth-century floor of the Church of s. Giuseppe Di Pietrasanta (Lucca).
Thickness 2cm
Ancient manufacture of origin: Carrara
Material Apuan marbles
Measures: Maximum length of the tile 31 cm
Maximum width of the tile 17...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Smelting Pot
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This large antique smelting pot was used for glass blowing and is a great example of Industrial art. It is an object that was made to serve a pur...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
ANTIQUE ITALIAN YELLOW ROYAL MARBLE WASHBASIN began 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTIQUE ITALIAN YELLOW ROYAL MARBLE WASHBASIN
began 20th Century
Italy
Royal yellow marble.
hole dimensions: cm.60x46
HEIGHT 20cm
WIDTH 77cms
LENGTH 101 cms
INTERNAL DEPTH OF THE BA...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique Smelting Pot
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This large antique smelting pot was used for glass blowing and is a great example of industrial art. It is an object that was made to serve a pur...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
FLOOR IN POLYCHROME MARBLE WITH LOSANGE IN WHITE CARRARA MARBLE early 20th C
Located in Madrid, ES
FLOOR IN POLYCHROME MARBLE WITH LOSANGE IN WHITE CARRARA MARBLE early 20th Century
Floor made with white Carrara marble and various polychrome marbles.
The polychrome marbles ava...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
FLOOR WITH ASYMMETRIC RHOMBLES OF ARTESIA, COTTO AND CARRARA MARBLE early 20th C
Located in Madrid, ES
FLOOR WITH ASYMMETRIC RHOMBLES OF ARTESIA, COTTO AND CARRARA MARBLE early 20th Century
Made with Cicagna slate, ancient Tuscan reclaimed terracotta...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Floor with Hexagons and Triangles Carrara Marble and Red Terracotta Early 20th C
Located in Madrid, ES
FLoor with Hexagons and Triangles in White Carrara Marble and Red Terracotta early 20th Century
Made with white Carrara marble hexagons and terracotta triangles.
Copy of the floor of the Basilica of Collemaggio (L'Aquila).
THICKNESS 3cm
WEIGHT 75 Kg
FROM SIDE TO SIDE 25 cm
TIP TO TIP 28.7cm
MATERIAL White Carrara marble and red terracotta
Delivery time: 30/40 days...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Royal Yellow Marble Fountain, Two Lions, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Royal yellow marble fountain - two lions early 20th century
Basin with double lion's head in semi-octagonal shape and carved shelf for drainage.
HEIGHT 77c...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Royal Yellow Marble Fountain Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
FOUNTAIN IN ROYAL YELLOW early 20th Century
Basin with double semi-octagonal ram's head.
Hollowed out shelf for drainage, with volute.
HEIGHT 77cm
WIDTH 52cm
DEPTH 41cm
good co...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Eight NYC, New York Porcelain over Metal Enamel Street Signs
Located in Stamford, CT
Eight NYC, New York porcelain over metal enamel street signs. Double sided. Priced individually.
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Rare Large French Early Modern Iron Sculpture / Eiffel Tower Obelisk, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Stunning, Rare French early modernist wrought iron freestanding sculpture / obelisk in a Modern Industrial style reflecting the late 19th century and early 20th century fascination w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Building and Garden Elements
Rock Crystal Sink
Located in Dallas, TX
Large rock crystal sink with decorative brass around it. Very unique, handmade from Brazil.
Category
Early 20th Century Brazilian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Rock Crystal
Large Rose Brass Letterbox by Stowells
Located in London, GB
An oversized large scale rose brass letter flap.
With sprung flap.
Marked stowells to the reserve.
Width of opening: 11 1/4 inches.
With fixing bolts.
Category
Early 20th Century English Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Sailboat Weather Vane
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic solid brass and Lucite weather vane date to the 1930s-1940s and has been professionally polished and clear coated so no tarnishing. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
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Old placard wall wardrobe painted with wisteria, double door, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
old antique placard wall wardrobe, hand painted with pretty flowering wisteria plants, of great visual impact, with double door that opens to pull more frame, born as a cover for a w...
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20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Early 20th Century Men's Leather Riding Boots with Stretchers
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful pair of men's leather riding boots with stretcher inserts created from maple. Boot is 11.5 x 4 x 18 H. Great for display. Leather is still soft. Soles were well worn.
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Solid Brass Door Handle Oriental Mood Ø 30 cm
Located in Marrakech, MA
Solid brass door handle with an oriental touch. Available in different sizes: Ø 12 cm , Ø 20 cm and Ø 30 cm
Fixture option available : facade fixing.
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Brass
Early 20th Century French Plaster Architectural Column
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dramatic French plaster architectural column.
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20th Century French Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Plaster
French Antique Pair of "Pebble-Pot" Raised Garden Planters
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French pair of 22" tall raised outdoor planters from the early 20th century. This antique pair of planters from France have been made of cast stone and have playfully decorated sheathed exteriors which have been tiled with stone pebbles...
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Cast Stone
Solid Brass Door Handle Oriental Mood Ø 12 cm
Located in Marrakech, MA
Solid brass pull handle with an oriental touch. Available in different sizes: Ø 12 cm , Ø 20 cm and Ø 30 cm
Fixture option available : facade fixing.
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Brass
Modernist Black Double Entry Door Built to Specifications
Located in South Charleston, WV
Model HNRCEDB Sunburst
Made to order by History Never Repeats LLC. Measures: 80" tall x 72" wide shown, any size available up to 120".
Custom produced and size can be varied for each order.
The first few images show the model highlighted in this listing with images of other models we have made and that are available. Please view all 20 images as we show installations and other options. Video shows what we are capable of in terms of finishes, their smoothness and contrast.
Highest quality construction with the best hinges, woods and hardware that can be used. All handmade.
Images also show the crescent handle available which is an additional $750 cost for a single door (both sides) and $1500 for a double door (4 handles on 2 doors) and must be specified.
We build custom interior, master bedroom, closet and exterior passage and entrance doors with an atomic Mid-Century Modern style. Pictured is an 80" x 72", but because our doors are individually crafted they can be customized to meet any requirement for use as an interior or exterior door, single or double. They can be produced with door-closers for commercial applications, custom hardware and also be fire-rated if required. All sales include jambs and units are ready to be installed on-site.
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2010s American Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Brass
Solid Brass Pull Handle Oriental Mood 70 cm
Located in Marrakech, MA
Solid brass pull handle with an oriental touch. Available in different sizes: 30 cm & 70 cm
Fixture option available : facade fixing.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Antique Stone Balusters
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Antique stone Balusters
Item #: GE-0030
Additional information:
- Dimensions: 25.75"H x 8"W x 4"D.
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19th Century French Antique Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Stone, Limestone
Solid Brass Door Handle Oriental Mood Ø 20 cm
Located in Marrakech, MA
Solid brass door handle with an oriental touch. Available in different sizes: Ø 12 cm , Ø 20 cm and Ø 30 cm
Fixture option available : facade fixing.
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Brass
Early 20th Century Spiral Wooden Staircase from Spain
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Early 20th century spiral wooden staircase from Spain
Ideal for lofts an big spaces.
It was located in south spain to comunicate the groundfloor wh...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Modern Building and Garden Elements
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1920s Antique Oak Front Door
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Made in the 1920s, this antique oak front door is a handsome entrance to a period cottage. Reclaimed from a property in the heart of England, it...
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Early 20th Century English Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Glass, Oak
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A Polished Brass Fire Screen
Located in London, GB
A smart polished brass fire screen housing black spark mesh over brass openwork on scrolled feet, topped with gadrooned flower-pot finials. Restored.
Circa Twentieth century
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Early 20th Century English Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Other
1930s Chines Mink Design Cloisonne Pedestal, a Pair
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of 1930s Chines Mink Design Cloisonne Pedestal. Wonderful bright colors to the pedestals with a wonderful floral/geometric design.
Minor scr...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Metal
20th Century Large Modern Cast Iron Garden Gate
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
20th Century Large Modern Cast Iron Garden Gate. It comprises 4 elements of 143cm + 70 cm + 70 cm +73 cm. The opening of the gate is not situated...
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Iron
Japanese Green Glass Fisherman’s Float, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by Japanese fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean. The hollow float would have been encased by a rope netting and used just like a modern buoy. Because these floats were commonly produced from recycled sake bottles, most antique glass floats...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Blown Glass
Japanese Green Glass Fisherman’s Float, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by Japanese fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean. The hollow float would have been encased by a rope netting and used just like a modern buoy. Because these floats were commonly produced from recycled sake bottles, most antique glass floats...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Modern Building and Garden Elements
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Blown Glass
Italian Fireplace in Travertine Marble, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian fireplace in Travertine marble
Early 20th century
perfect conditions
Measures: H: 128cm
160 cm x 40 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Travertine
Guido Andlovitz Ceramic Tile Wall Planter for Societa Ceramica Italiana S.C.I.,
Located in Chicago, IL
Attributed to Guido Andlovitz ceramic tile wall planter for Societa Ceramica Italiana S.C.I., 1928-1930. Signed on reverse.
A nice example o...
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Early 20th Century Italian Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
H 9.75 in W 7 in D 5.5 in
Vintage German Flower Stand, circa 1920
Located in High Point, NC
From an early 20th century flower market, this stand originates in Germany, circa 1920. A charming practical constructed is influenced by period styles, carved geometric shelves...
Category
1920s German Vintage Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Pair of Red Lacquered Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and dramantic pair of custom red lacquered pedestals will definitely help your sculpture make a statement. The pieces were custom mad...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Pair of Fireplace Andirons Attributed to Adnet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish moderne set of andirons were acquired from a Miami Beach estate and are attributed to Jacques Adnet. The pieces have been professionally restored as of January 2020.
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Anchor Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish pair of andirons date the 1930s-1940s and have been professionally nickel plated recently for a very clean, modern and stylish look.
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron, Nickel
Set of ‘48’ Geometric Pattern Floor Tiles, Europe, circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
Set of (48) geometric pattern floor tiles, Europe, circa 1900.
Graphic and beautifully patinated tiles with three-color optical illusion motif.
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Early 20th Century European Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Modern building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern 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, seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, 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 Myface, Aimee Wilder, sicis, and Bari Ziperstein. 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 $10 and tops out at $375,000 while the average work can sell for $2,919.
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