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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Desk/Jewellery Box c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A great looking box, Italian in origin made from 800 silver wrapped around a wooden interior.
Both the base and lid are hallmarked "800" together with an additional mark "833 F1"....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Decorative Box in Brass and Plexiglass '70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Decorative box designed in '70 by Gabriella Crespi. The box is in plexiglass and brass, on the brass is present the signature of the author.
Good condition, patina of time. Perfect ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Burled Wood Covered Bowl or Box of Compressed Ball Form
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large turned wood box or covered bowl of compressed ball form. The body covered in wide segments of burled walnut veneer with crossbanding at the opening, the cover with lobed panels...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Rectangular Lucite and Chrome Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box made in Lucite and with chrome details.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Large Floor Stoneware Red Ceramic Box by Christine, 1982
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Christine - 1982.
Large floor stoneware ceramic box.
Red ceramic glazes colors.
Signed under the base.
Measures: height 50 cm
Large 32 cm.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Clocks and Watches, Timepieces Tin Box
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage confectionary tin with theme: Antique clocks and watches, antique timepieces
This 1950s tin box is a great decorative box or storage box with beautiful design on the lid of antique timepieces like pendulum clock, antique pocket watch, antique clock, sundial, mantle clock, antique hourglass...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Clear Murano Glass 1950s Box Attributed to Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Small Murano glass box manufactured in Italy and attributed to Seguso Glassworks. Hand made clear glass with bubbles' inclusions. Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
Brown Ceramic Decorative Jewelry Boxes Realised in La Borne circa 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne
Realised circa 1960-1970
Original stoneware decorative jewelry ceramic box
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 17 cm
Large 15 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Tessellated Horn & Stone Large Box, Tavola by Oggetti
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Mid-Century Modern Tessellated Horn & Stone large box, designed by Eugenio Tavola for Oggetti, of saracphagus shape with a hinged lid, the interior lined with original fabric, with a single drawer, the reverse with foil stamp, 'TAVOLA by OGGETTI.'.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Trio of Large Chiseled Brass Pineapple Sculpture Boxes
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Perfect table centerpiece!
A set of three vintage chiseled brass pineapple sculpture boxes.
Tallest is 12", medium 11" and shortest 7-1/2".
All...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
By Liwan's Janetti Firenze Silver and Glass Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible decorative box in laminated silver and mid-century glass. By Liwan's of Rome for Maison Mercier Freres. Signed. Sold by Janetti Firenze, a famous design house founded in 1...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Seguso Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Ribbed Vanity Jewelry Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Elegant vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks Italian art glass vanity jewelry or powder box. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The entire piece is clear, and profusely covere...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Steen Kepp XXth Century Stoneware Brown Ceramic Jewelry Box 1975 La Borne
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown stoneware ceramic box.
Jewelry or decorative box
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measure...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Romeo Rega Rectangular Box in Brass and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
1970s chrome and brass box with black acrylic interior by the Italian designer Romeo Rega. His signature is engraved on the box as shown in photos.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Set of 5 1970's Tortoise Plexiglass & Brass Desk Accessories
Located in Vis, NL
dint vintage set of 5 mid century faux tortoise plexiglass and brass desk accessories consisting in :
2 different sized trays.
1 small trash bin
1...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silvered Bronze Box with Relief Cast Poem by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful jewelry box in silvered cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which poems were cast in relief on the cover. Most existing examples features poems that are well-known. This poem, however, was not identified by us, and possibly is a creation of the artist herself. It is a very soulful prose (see the full poem in French below). Signed on the base as shown.
We have a gilt bronze box with the same relief cast poem that comes with a three-page Certification in French by Comite Line Vautrin, shown in some photos as well.
Reference: For other boxes with poems see "Line Vautrin Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician by Line Vautrin and Patrick Mauries, page 42.
"Les glaciers vagabonds qui ébranlent les murs
et les anges frileux qui cherchent un asile quand la nuit de décembre
anesthésie la ville t’effraient plus que les morts tutélaires et durs
Ils désertent pour toi...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Rectangular Box Ice Effect Lucite, Willy Rizzo Style, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box made of ice-effect Lucite in the style of the Italian designer Willy Rizzo, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass
Round Box in Thick Heavy Crystal Italian Design 1950s Midcentury Wisteria Color
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Box in Thick Heavy Crystal Italian Design 1950s Midcentury Wisteria Color.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Hand Painted Lidded Wood Box
By Fantoni
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage hand painted lidded wood box, paper mache.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wool
Alessandro Albrizzi Rectangular Box in Purple Lucite and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box in purple Lucite and chrome by the Italian designer Alessandro Albrizzi. Made in Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Roberto Rida Amber 'Diamante Murano' Large Glass Box
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Giulio Rida exquisite amber olive 'Diamante Murano' glass box with thick glass ground and polished to create faceted fitted top with gilt brass base covered inside with steel...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars.
The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Blue and Brown Stoneware Ceramic Pot or Box by Pierre Digan La Borne, 1970
By Pierre Digan
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan
Realised circa 1970 in La Borne
Original stoneware ceramic box by the french artist
Perfect condition
Blue ceramic glaze and brown stoneware color
Measure...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
French Vintage Mirrored Jewelry Box
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1960s French mirrored jewelry box with one draw,
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mirror
Monkey Ceramic Box Sculpture by Vivai del Sud, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
White ceramic box animal sculpture in the shape of a monkey by Vivai del Sud. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is still attached on ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Lidded Box in Walnut by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970), France circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely carved lidded box by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970), created around 1950. The walnut wood exhibits a smooth, polished finish, retaining its natural charm. The lid securely fa...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Italian Round Red Opaline Glass Hinged Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small round red Italian opaline trinket box. In a rich deep ruby red, this vintage box will be glamourous on a dresser, nightstand, or coffee table. Large enough to hold bobby pins...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opaline Glass
Grey and White Stoneware Ceramic Covered Pot or Box by Anne Kjaersgaard La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Anne Kjaersgaard
Realised in la Borne circa 1960
Original stoneware ceramic covered pot or box
Signed under the base with black pigment
Original perfect condition
Heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Don Shoemaker Cylindrical Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Rosewood cylindrical vessel with geometric pattern by Don Shoemaker for his company Señal in the 1960s. Shoemaker is known for the marquetry in his w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Italian Lacquer and Leather Hinged Box with Modernist Decoration
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist Italian lacquer, leather, mahogany and silk hinged box with a hand-painted modernist abstract decoration.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Silk, Mahogany, Lacquer
Steen Kepp XXth Century Stoneware Brown Ceramic Jewelry Box 1975 La Borne
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown stoneware ceramic box.
Jewelry or decorative box
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measure...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Steen Kepp XXth Century Stoneware Brown Ceramic Jewelry Box 1975 La Borne
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown stoneware ceramic box.
Jewelry or decorative box
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measure...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Benaglia Silver Plate Italian Decorative Box for Cleto Munari, 1970s
By Cleto Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant box midcentury silver plate decorative box. This wonderful piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s by Benaglia for Cleto Munari.
The master combination of silver plat...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Silver
Tiny Round Wood Box Secret Stash Keepsake Container with Lid 1970s
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Tiny Box
Round Wood Secret Stash Box
Unmarked
Midcentury Keepsake Trinket Box with Lid
2.5 diameter x 1.75 tall inches
Preowned unrestored vintage condit...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Set of Nanni Valentini Ceramic Sphere Boxes for Ceramica Arcore
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of two incredible Nanni Valenti ceramic sphere shaped boxes for Ceramica Arcore, Italy circa 1960s. These two ceramic lidded boxes pair extremely w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Decorative Oversize Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian decorative vintage box made with wood and silver plate, the box is in good conditions and is ready to be inserted in a mid century modern room.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Enamelled Ceramic Top Box, Mithé Espelt 60's
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Enamelled ceramic top decorated with 3 blue flowers and a gold crackle glazed frame.
Blackened wood box.
Mithé Espelt (born 1923)
Lunel, south of France, circa 1960
Thi...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Steen Kepp 20th Century Stoneware Brown Ceramic Jewelry Box 1975 La Borne
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown stoneware ceramic box.
Jewelry or decorative box
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measure...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Sculptural Studio Pottery Boxes in Sage Green and Black
Located in London, GB
Sculptural square Studio Pottery boxes with slanting tops, signed PS. The geometric pattern in sage green and brown on the black boxes is designed t...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Decorative Blue Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful decorative box with blue glass top and silver plated base.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Steen Kepp 20th Century Stoneware Brown Ceramic Jewelry Box 1975 La Borne
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown stoneware ceramic box.
Jewelry or decorative box
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measure...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Two Green Boxes, Bogucice, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Two porcelain green boxes - boxes. Very good condition. Made in Poland in the 1960s. Signed Bogucice - Hand painted.
Measures:Height 9 cm, height with a l...
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Italian Decorative Big Box 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful decorative Italian oversize box made with wood , the box is divided into 2 spaces as you can see from the photo the box is in vintage conditions. STUNNING.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Italian Decorative Box 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
beautiful Italian decorative box 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Ceramic & Brass Box Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Oval box in ceramic with marble effect borders and brass handle by Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is stil...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Burmese Vintage Negora Lacquer Circular Storage Bin with Vertical Stripes
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Burmese negora lacquer round storage bin box from the mid-20th century, with vertical stripes. Created in Burma during the 20th century, this large decorative box features a negora lacquered body resting on a circular base. Showcasing red lacquer on the inside, this vintage Burmese box...
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Mid-20th Century Burmese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Lucite Gem Ice Bucket by Allesandro Albrizzi
Located in Chicago, IL
A large vintage Lucite gem ice bucket by Allesandro Albrizzi. 1970s
Lucite shows nice age with some craqueling. some the tiny pl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Ten Sided Polyhedral Wood Puzzle Box Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Appears to be a rosewood grain laminate or plywood. Fine workmanship marked Paul Ruhlman #7 and p g R 1992.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
Salvador Teran Mosaic Decorative Boxes, set of 3
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Decorative glass mosaic and brass boxes featuring a chicken motif by Mexican designer Salvador Teran. Each box measures 8.25" x 6" x 2". Price is per box.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Italian Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury tobacco box in goatskin, brass and wood with the shape of a pipe. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Tura in Cusano Milanino Italy for Macabo during the 1940...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 16 Vintage Painted Wood Weighted Beach Blocks in Various Colors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool assortment of Vintage Weighted Beach Blocks. Each block has unique colors, paint splatter, and in varying sizes with heavy signs of wear. Heavy patina, with varying degrees...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Box Piero Fornasetti
Located in Krefeld, DE
Box. Piero Fornasetti. Marked with a sticker: Fornasetti made in Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Lacquered Cork Trinket Box in the Style of Paul Frankl
By Paul Frankl
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage lacquered cork trinket box in the style of Paul Frankl, circa 1960s. The box is well crafted with a removable lid and measures 7" W x 4.25" D x 1.75" H. #1079.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cork
Porcelain Casket, Limoges, France
By Limoges
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain casket, Limoges, France.
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Ceramic Trinket Box by Giovanni Desimone
By DeSimone
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful and colorful Giovanni Desimone hand painted lidded trinket box, circa 1970s. The handcrafted ceramic box was made in Italy and measures 4.4"W x 4.5"D x 3"H; it is in exce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
1960s Bitossi Red Pottery Lidded Box Relief Design Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Italian Red Black decorative pottery lidded box
Decoration in geometric relief.
attributed Bitossi
Stamped Italy
6 x 4.38 x 2 H inches
Presentation unrestored, original vi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Italian Genuine Hand Carved Gold and Green Round Alabaster Trinket Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Italian genuine hand carved tan and green alabaster box, trinket, made in Italy.
Round lidded hinged trinket jewelry box, rich gold and br...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Stone
Large Midcentury Majolica Red Fish Pottery Ceramic Tureen Box, Portugal, 1950s
Located in Coimbra, PT
A magnificent big size hyper realistic glazed ceramic fish tureen in shades of vibrant red and grey with dark accents manufactured in Portugal, 1950s. Beautiful to use as a wall deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Earthenware, Ceramic
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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