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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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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Tommaso Barbini 1980s 3 Piece Smoking Set
By Barbini
Located in Montclair, NY
Tommaso Barbi group of 3 1980s ceramic smoking objects of 1 box and 2 ashtrays.
All signed in white glaze B. Ceramiche.
Box. 6.88 W 4.25 D 2.75 H
Round 6.25 D 1.75 H...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Box Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Silver Christian Dior Style, Italy, 1980s
Located in Rome, IT
Squared decorative jewelry box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and Silver in Christian Dior style.
Made in Italy in the 1980s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Mid-Century Italian Brass Leopard Fur Jewellery Box 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful mid-century box made in Italy in the late 1970s. This brass jewellery or make-up box is covered by leopard fur, with burlwood veneer inside. The mix of brass and leopard fu...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hand-Turned Birch Rosewood Lidded Box (1945) with Interior Lid
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Vintage Hand-Turned Lidded Box (1945) with Interior Lid
**Description:** This exquisite hand-turned lidded box, dated 1945, is a beautiful example of mid-20th century woodworking ar...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Irwin Whitaker Abstract Enameled Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Trinket box, velvet-lined, enamel on copper plate by Irwin Whitaker. Irwin Whitaker - Oklahoma-born artist who was prolific in California, Taos, Austin...
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1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Chinese Wicker Puppy Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century Chinese puppy box from the Shanghai collection ambitiously crafted in bamboo wicker with carved wood feet and tail.
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wicker
$1,500
Modernist 1981 Sculptural Secret Table Box Carved In Marble Sandalwood And Shell
Located in Miami, FL
Sculptural marble secret box.
Exceptional decorative box, created by an American artist back in the 1981. This modernist box has been made up with carvings of white marble and sanda...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
$1,571 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Boho Tessellated Horn Tissue Box Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your decor with this Vintage Boho Tessellated Horn Tissue Box Cover, a luxurious accessory that combines natural beauty with artisanal craftsmanship. Crafted from intricately...
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Late 20th Century Colombian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Chapman / Mastercraft Lacquered Walnut and Brass Strong Box Chest
By Mastercraft
Located in Queens, 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).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brutalist unique safe in cast aluminium Netherlands 1960
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This is a truly unique and robust custom-made rectangular safe, possibly crafted by an artist and assembled by a local metalworker in the Netherlands in the 1960s. It features a stri...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Unique Silver Box by K Anderson Stockholm Sweden 1932 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Unique silver box by K Anderson Stockholm Sweden 1932 signed K anderson and has all the embossed with all stamps for Swedish silver.
This unique model probably custom made by K Ande...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
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 ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Dresser Top Lucite Jewelry Box with Fitted Lid
Located in Ferndale, MI
Rectangle box of acrylic padded and lined. Lid is fitted to the opening.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brown Leather Case Austria, circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage hat case from leather 1950s, Austria.
A great hat case from cognac brown leather with one snap-lock and two locks with a carrying s...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Mid-Century Ceramic Jewelry Box by Perignem - Belgium 1950s
By Perignem
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Mid-Century Ceramic Jewelry Box by Perignem - Belgium 1950s
The Perignem ceramic workshop in Beernem, Belgium was the foundation of modern Flemish ceramics which flourished in the 19...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Crevillen Paris Silvered and Enameled Blue Ceramic Jewellery Box 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful French midcentury silvered decorative box produced by Crevillen Paris in the early 1970s. This jewellery box features a beautiful enameled blue ceramic top depicting a woma...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Boho Yellow Stone Trinket Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charming mid-century rectangular trinket or jewelry box made from solid yellow Bakelite (or similar early plastic/resin), featuring a striking inlaid lid design in tones of red, oran...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Vintage Italian Alabaster Pill Box with Harlequin Motif by Oscar Vita
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exquisite small, round alabaster pill box is a timeless piece of Italian craftsmanship. Designed by the renowned artist and stonecutter Oscar Vita from Genoa, it retains its ori...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Decorative Round Box in Glass Steel Gilded Brass Italian Design 1970 Romeo Rega
By Romeo Rega
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round box in glass steel and gilded brass Italian Design 1970 Romeo Rega.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
$664 Sale Price
30% Off
Midcentury Three-Piece Lucite Powder Room Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An amazing group of three vintage Lucite accessories for the powder room; wastebasket, tissue holder and soap-dish. Each piece has meticulou...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Sterling Silver Box Samodorok technique Russia unknown marquer 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Sterling Silver box made with Samodorok technique in Russia 1960 Unknown maker
The inside of the lid is gilded, 9.5 x 14.5 cm, height 4.5 cm. Total weight C. 330 g.
Good condition.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Spain 1960 Barcelona Mid Century Modernist Enameled Box In Wood And 915 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Enameled center piece made in Barcelona
An extraordinary piece of Spanish silversmith, created in the city of Barcelona during the post war and the mid century periods, back in the ...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Leaf
$1,575 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-century Silver and Enameled Box Spain 1960
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful midcentury enameled silver decorative box, Spain, 1960.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brass Bamboo Basket Box Tray, circa 1960, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage basket or tray from brass and bamboo designed and executed in Vienna, circa 1960.
A wonderful lidded basket or tray from brass and bamboo.
Good condition w...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Beate Kuhn Abstract Ceramic Bowl 1960s
By Beate Kuhn
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful early work of the famous German ceramic Artist Beate Kuhn from the 1960s. The bowl is designed in red, white and black glazed ceramic with an abstract forms. Artist signatu...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1970’s Mid Century Egg Shape Coffee Storage Container With Coffee Beans Cover
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Egg Shape with a coffee bean cover - probably to store coffee grains or anything you feeling to put inside. That unique object will have your guest talking about it. Brought i...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Plastic Box, Apple, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia.
Made of Plastic.
Re-polished.
Good Original condition.
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
Set of Mid-Century Plastic Boxes, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Plastic
Apple measures. Height:19cm, Depth:16, Width:16cm
Pear measures. Height:21cm, Depth:14, Width:14cm
Re-polished
Original condition.
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1970s Slovak Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
$308 / set
Set of Three Brass Pineapples Ice Bucket or Trinket Boxes, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Whimsical set of three solid brass pineapples boxes. These are all the rage this season but have been around for years. The giant one measures over 15" tall and is super heavy. The m...
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1960s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Fish Shaped Storage Box
Located in Seattle, WA
possibly cardboard or sturdy paper mache. Nice patina and character. Vintage condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only. Box H7
Dimensions: 11"L 8" W 3.25"H
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Solid Black Walnut Ice Box by Custom Kraft.
Located in Seattle, WA
Circa 1960s. Solid Walnut lid and casing, as stated on the markers mark on the bottom. Contrasting wood grains cover the sides. Turned wood Handle. Vintage condition consistent with ...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
John Kapel, Furniture Maquettes
By John Kapel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maquettes refer to small-scale models or prototypes often used by designers to plan or visualize larger projects before they are created on a full scale. These models serve as a way ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$3,250 / set
Mid-century vanity mirror and jewelry box, Paul Larsen, Denmark 1956
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century eclectic grotesque vanity mirror and jewelry box
Orange, yellow, blue lacquered papier-mâché
Signed on the bottom Hanne + Paul Erik Larsen Denmark 56
Mirror: 26 × 20 c...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Paper
Vintage 1950's Mexican Storage Box, Brass Decorated with Marble, Copper, Silver
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Created by the Los Castillo of Mexico, decorative box dating from the 1950s. The hand-wrought box is in mixed-metal inlays of copper, brass, silver plate and sodalite with a rosewood...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
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
Decorative Glass Box with Murrine Lid, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana Venini Murano
Located in Uccle, BE
Pretty and rare decorative box or candy box in transparent straw-colored glass topped with a lid with delicate murrine work in coral tones.
The design of the murrine imagined by Lu...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
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...
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1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Ceramic Vases, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Remarkable set of three ceramic pieces with different decorations.
Two pieces feature matching lids. Size refers to the tallest piece.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$1,032 / set
Mid Century Sterling Silver and enamel box with fish signed by Ottaviani.
By Ottaviani
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid Century Sterling Silver and enamel box with fish signed by Ottaviani.
Marked, Italy, Ca. 1960.
Blue, yellow and turquoise enamel.
Ottaviani (1945) is a jewelry and silver firm located in the small...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Gilt Bronze Reliquary Pendant by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of wonderful jewelry by Line Vautrin designed in 1941 on the subject of St Foi, a child martyr on the early fourth century and the patron saint of prinsoers, in a rare form of a reliquary...
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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
Mid-20th Century Decorative Wooden Box
Located in Beirut, LB
Decorative wooden box with fluted sides with a top in several wood veneer marquetry inlays executed in geometrical shapes.
Interior covered wi...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Portuguese Wooden Sewing Box
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Wooden sewing box. The lid is hinged, with marquetry and in the centre is an image of an ox cart with driver, typical of the island of Madeira, decorated all around with a geometric ...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Smålandsslöjd, Stig Johansson Pine Kit
Located in Västra Frölunda, SE
Beautiful pine wood set designed by Stig Johnsson for Smålandsslöjd, Sweden in 1960/70´s
The set consists of three round boxes (two of them has a inner glass jar) with lids, a round candle holder...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
$1,008 / set
1950s Patinated Copper Box Embossed Elephant India
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage Indian handmade box patinated copper embossed elephant- cat.
Made in India
Dimensions: 2.75 H x 9 W x 7.25 D
Please v...
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1950s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Janetti Mid-Century Geometric Box
By Janetti
Located in Westport, CT
Janetti Italian Mid Century Brass Copper geometric Lucite Plexiglass interior top..
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Fontana Arte Wood & Glass Box , Italy / C.1940
By Fontana Arte
Located in Montréal, QC
Fontana Arte, founded in Milan in 1932, is well-known for its innovative lighting and furniture designs that combine traditional craftsmanship with modern style.
Today, the company...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cut Glass, Walnut
Rare Box by Piero Fornasetti from 50's
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare and original metal Boxe by Piero Fornasetti from 50's, decorated with pipes, with the original package. in very good and original condition, used for matches, cigarettes jewelry...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1980s, exemplifies the renowned designer's unique artistic ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Vintage Leather Box Vienna, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage stitched leather box designed and executed in Vienna 1960s.
It has a beautiful handmade leather framing. The removable ...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
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
Vintage Unique Leather Italian Box 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unique vintage piece is a decorative box designed to resemble a leather-bound book titled "Desmoulins Oeuvres." The box features intricate gold-embossed detailing on the spine a...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Italian Decorative Wood Box 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Decorative Wood Box from the 1980s is a beautifully crafted box with intricate woodwork, originating from Italy. Adorned with t...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fornasetti "Tartaglia" Box from the Estate of Jose Ferrer
By Fornasetti
Located in Westport, CT
Fonasetti Metal enameled box sliding wood compartment
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Printed Metal and Mahogany Box
Located in Munich, DE
Metal box with soldier print. Mahogany interior.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Majolica Porcelain Trompe l'Oeil Asparagus Covered Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Majolica lidded Box Tromp l'Oeil to look like asparagus. The box is a wonderful decorative piece in the kitchen or dining room - holding anything from office supplies at a kitchen w...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Old Ceramic Box circa 1950, Brand to Decipher
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old ceramic box circa 1950, brand to decipher.
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Portuguese Rectangular Wooden Box
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Rectangular wooden box. With a vertically opening lid, made from unpainted or unvarnished natural wood planks. The outside faces show the natural marks of the material, such as veins...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Maitland Smith Coral or Pink Jewelry Box in Style of Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Maitland Smith coral or pink jewelry box. Unmarked.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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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