Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Carrara Marble Small Lidded Canister or Stash Box, Italy, 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Carrara marble small lidded canister or stash container. Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Carrara Marble
1970s Vintage Hipster Leather Satchel Saddle Bag
By Fendi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Vintage hipster leather satchel saddle bag contrast top stitch.
14 tall x 10.5 deep x 19.5 wide.
Preowned original vintage distressed condition.
...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Tessellated Stone Veneered Trunk
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a wonderfully simple yet beautiful tessellated stone veneered trunk. The manufacturing tag is still on the underside of the trunk and reads "Alexvale Furniture, Inc/ Philippines// item number///date. The featured stone specimens have been placed closely together and their sizes range from about 1" x 3" to 2"x 5" of different sizes. Different shades of beige dominate the color scheme while subtle hints of grey, yellow , and orange can be seen throughout the piece. Fine brass inlays run vertically on the top and front of the trunk. A brass inlaid circle...
Category
1990s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
Handwrought Midcentury Mexican Mosaic and Brass Lidded Box by Salvador Teran
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coral colored mosaic glass tesserae and brass lidded box handmade in Mexico by Salvador Teran, circa the 1950s. Featuring Aztec inspired brass symbols...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Sheet Music Form Decorative Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Ceramic bundled sheet music form decorative box.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual Italian Octagon Box in Brass and Lapis Lazuli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant and unusual octagon shaped, Italian box made of brass and lapis lazuli, ca' 1970's. Signed made in Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Unusual Italian Box in Brass and Lapis Lazuli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Italian box made of brass and lapis lazuli, ca' 1970's.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Italian Box In Brass And Tiger's Eye
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Italian box made of brass and tiger's eye, ca' 1970's.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Marble Footed Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous antique Italian box hand carved from a cream marble with textured claw feet and geometric details. This box has a lid with an inlaid mar...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Large Rare French Gilt Bronze Box "Pinocchio" by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cast gilt bronze box "Pinocchio" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The elongated lidded box depicts a silouette portrait of the famous boy. The interior...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Enameled Metal / Wood Drawer Piero Fornasetti Box
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage enameled metal box with a slide out wooden drawer. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950's / 1960's and is listed in th...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Silver Plate French Box with Wood Interior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely silver plate textured box from Paris. A wonderful decorative piece with a wooden interior.
The box is a compliment to any cocktail table, desk ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Anthony Redmile Box with Nickle Plated Mounts and Inset Opal
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully made vintage steer horn box by Anthony Redmile. With polished horn body and hand hammered nickle plated brass mounts. The top with an i...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opal, Nickel
French Line Vautrin Bronze Poem Box with Sonnet by Felix Arvers
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series.
Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère,
Un amour éternel en un moment conçu
Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire,
Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.
Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu,
Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire.
Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre,
N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu.
Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre,
Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre
Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas.
À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle,
Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle
" Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas.
A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life,
An eternal love conceived in an instant.
As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless,
And the one responsible was unaware of it.
Alas! I lived close to her but without notice,
Always by her side yet so lonely.
And I shall have lived my days on this Earth,
Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing.
Even though God made her gentle and tender,
She goes her way, careless and oblivious
To the sough of love rising...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Maitland Smith Decorative Tessellated Stone Kidney Shaped Box Keepsake
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade Maitland Smith light pink tessellated kidney shaped stone box.
Mid-Century Modern Period made in the Philippines.
No makers mark....
Category
1970s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Two Lucite And Silver Plate Boxes Designed By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Doraville, GA
A pair of vintage lucite and silver-plate lidded boxes. The boxes were designed by Gabriella Crespi in the 1970's and made in Italy. The small box is approximately 3 1/4 inches tall ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Italian Silver Plated Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container. No makers mark. Most likely made in Italy 1960s. Hammered brass stem mounted to the top. Nicely crafted artistic & functional object. Plenty of patina to the metal which give the pear a nice character. Being sold unpolished with patina. Possibly Silver Plated. I believe there was probably a lining glass bucket inside at one time.
unmarked. Uncertain to the designer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Chapman / Mastercraft Lacquered Walnut and Brass Strong Box Chest
By Mastercraft
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century strong box / chest with a painted and lacquered walnut hinge top case with wire wrapped brass handles, resting on a four-legged brass base. (CHAPMAN / MASTERCRAFT).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Koret Mid-Century Modern Black Patent Leather and Brass Handbag or Shoulder Bag
By Koret
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Stylish black patent leather adjustable handbag made by high end manufacturer, Koret. This bag has a fold over flap with an unusual brass U-shaped twist clasp closure. The interior i...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Small Bronze and Wood Box by Esa Fedrigolli, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sculptural decorative bronze and wood Italian box designed by Esa Fedrigolli for Esart. Signed
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Studio Crafted Wood Jewelry Box With Marble Inlay 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Studio crafted wood jewelry box with an inlaid marble handle. Lined interior. Signed on the bottom. 1960s
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Psychedelic 60s Counter Culture Collage Packing Crate
Located in Garnerville, NY
Growing up as a teenager in Rockland County, New York, approximately 45 minutes northwest of New York City, the previous owner just felt a need to decorate this everyday object. She has no recollection of why she started decorating this piece, but this is art for art's sake. The packing container, which normally houses folded clothing or carefully wrapped porcelain or glass, was carefully decorated with text from print ads from newspapers, magazines and comic strips. Many of the terms and phrases we might have taken for granted over the years were up front and center in the Counter Culture...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern 800 silver box. Rectangular with straight sides and thumb rest. Cover flat and hinged with tab. Allover engine-turned curvili...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
R and Y Augusti Paris Jewelry Watch Decorative Box Agate and Shell Exotic Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely R & Y Augousti in Paris designed Jewelry, Watch or decorative Box in Exotic Wood with Agate and Shell Finish.
Makers Mark at the Base.
Great Treasure Chest for Your Gift Collection to store Valuable Jewelry...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate
Majolica Lobster Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica lobster tureen or box with green glaze, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Lobster Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica lobster box tureen signed Michel Caugant circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Rimini Blue Box
By Bitossi
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Intense Rimini blue box by Bitossi, Italy, ca' 1960's.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Vintage May Co Calif Ladies Kelly Handbag Purse Tan Croc Metal Trim
By Hermès
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s California Vintage Ladies Kelly Handbag Purse May Co Original in Tan Croc with Metal Trim
14.5 tall x 8.5 tall x 3.5 d
Preowned vintage used condition. Blemishes present. Wea...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Chinese Hand Painted Ceramic Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful and colorful hand painted Chinese lidded trinket box, circa 1950s. The handcrafted ceramic box measures 4.5" W x 3.25" D x 2.5" H and has a floral motif on a yellow backg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
Zebra Wood Decorative Box
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Small elegant jewelry zebra box with A Peso coin.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rectangular Form Silvered Hinged Natural Stone Box with Lid
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hinged Rectangular light beige stone box with silvered frame.
Perfect for jewelry, keepsakes or on a desk to hold paperclips..........
Why not place it on a table just for good loo...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate
Gilt Bronze Fleur Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Fleur" (Flower) features a round form with stylized...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Feuille Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Feuille" (Leaf) features an irregular leaf form wit...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Modern Enameled Copper and Oak Jewelry Keepsake Container
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage decorative organizing trinket container circa 1960's labeled Fahrig, Bohlweg Braunschweig. This unique stash bin is made of oak fitted with a patinated copper lid featuring a vibrant enameled design of vintage German pottery...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated Accessory Box
Located in New York, NY
This handsome early Mid-Century Modern accessory box was realized in the United States circa 1940. It features a volumetric rectangular body in silver pl...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Majolica Crab Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage French Majolica crab tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Box Patinated Copper Embossed Elephant INDIA
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Indian Handmade Box Patinated Copper Embossed Elephant- Cat
2.75 tall x 9 w x 7.25 d
Made in India
Unrestored preowned vintage condition. Wonder...
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Fajance Lidded Box / Humidor by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Fajance lidded box / humidor from the Baca line by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1960s. The stunning blue and black glazed stoneware container with geometric ab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Midcentury Abalone Shell and Brass Decorative Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury abalone shell and brass decorative trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillios, circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Medium Size Enameled Metal Hefty Utility Bins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Medium sized multi-color enameled metal stacking utility bins in original condition with visible patina and wear. Mostly in Shades of Gray, Brown and Blue...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Tessellated Box in Coral Stone and Brass by Casa Bique, C. 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
1970's Architectural box handcrafted of tessellated coral stone in hues of ivory, peach, and salmon pink. The large scale box features plinth feet wi...
Category
1970s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Italian Black Leather Jewelry Box, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern black leather jewelry box. Sweet petite jewelry box in butter soft black leather with red felt interior. This little box i...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Frances and Michael Higgins American Modernist Glass and Wood Decorative Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Walnut wood box with glass lid created by Frances and Michael HIggins of Riverside, Illinois. Box measures 1.5" high by 7.5" long by 4.25' ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Domed Abalone Box
Located in Tampa, FL
The domed abalone box has a rosewood and brass interior with little ball feet. Mid-century 1950s origin is probably Mexican and very high-quality.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone
Handwrought Mid-Century Modern Mexican Mosaic and Brass Box by Salvador Teran
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Turquoise/ blue colored mosaic glass tesserae and brass lidded box handmade in Mexico by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. Featuring Aztec-inspired brass symbols on the lid and sides. This colorful box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
"Fantastical Bird, " Mid Century Box by Ottaviani in Silver, Enamel and Rosewood
By Ottaviani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully crafted of hammered silver -- now with a soft, old silver patina -- enamel and rosewood, this exceptional decorative box depicts a wildly imaginative crane-like bird with...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Fluted Twisted Brass Mid-Century Modern Box with Ball Lid
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous vintage fluted and twisted brass Mid-Century Modern box has a lid with a ball on top. The box is from the 50s and has been professionally polished. it makes a great des...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Round Emerald Green Alabaster Trinket Box with Hinged Lid, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely hand carved round Italian alabaster trinket box in deep emerald green on the inside, and very light green on the exterior. Large...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
Guido Gambone Studio Ceramic Box, Italy, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite ceramic tabletop box by prominent Italian ceramicist Guido Gambone (1909-1969). One of the most influential ceramicists of the twentieth century...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Gilded Bronze Box with Poem by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze poudrier box with cast poem on surface by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The poem "Les 4 ages de la Femme" was an old French lyrical poem th...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960s Studio Piece Walnut Wood Box Slide Open Clean Design Style of Nakashima
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Walnut wood box.
1960s Studio piece walnut wood box clean modern design.
No label. George Nakashima inspired.
Measures: 11.5 deep x 5.63 w...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Italian Blue and White Alabaster Marble Round Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small Italian blue, white and black alabaster marble round jewelry or trinket box, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Alabaster marble is a combination of blue hues with touc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
Wicker Tissue Box Cover Holder in the Crespi Style
Located in New York, NY
A Modern wicker pencil reed tissue box cover holder in the design style of designer Gabriella Crespi, circa 1960s, 1970s, English ruled Hong Kong. A great piece of any bathroom, offi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Reed
Copper Box by Rebajes
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming copper box by Rebajes, signed.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
F.B. Rogers Gold Plate Walnut Shaped Trinket Box Keepsake, 1970, America
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage walnut box, trinket box, keepsake made in the USA by F.B. Rogers Silver Company, circa 1970.
Made out of gold plate metal and left intentio...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, Orange with Gold Decoration, C 1960
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy.
Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Footed Italian Brown Alabaster Lidded Box with Brass Closure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Footed brown stash box made in Italy.
Interior of box is 1.5" deep.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-century Modern decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative boxes 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 decorative boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative boxes, popular names associated with this style include Bitossi, Line Vautrin, Piero Fornasetti, and Gabriella Crespi. 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 decorative boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $34,396 while the average work can sell for $850.
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