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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Marble and Nickel Box
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Super chic veined marble and nickel-plated box. The bottom and top are 1/2" marble slab while the sides are nickel-plated metal. A handsome box to be sure.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Metal
$1,500
Vintage Tessellated Horn Dome Top Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tessellated horn box from the late 20th century with a dome top shape. Brass hinge and black painted interior. In great vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn
Three MCM Italian Alabaster and Brass Claw Dolphin Footed Lidded Jewelry Boxes
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of three hand carved Italian alabaster claw and dolphin footed decorative boxes in blue, orange and beige coloured alabaster.
I fell in love with their beautiful shiny colours and the heaviness of the material of these jewellery boxes with hinged lids, brass claw feet, brass dolphin feet...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Midcentury Pair of Decorative Box in Travertine Enzo Mari Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury pair of cylindrical decorative box in travertine in the style of Enzo Mari.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Large box: Height 8 cm, Diameter 12.5 cm.
Little box: Height 6 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Design box, smoking, 925 Sterling silver enamel painting, Ottaviani, 1960s Italy
By Ottaviani
Located in Wien, AT
Spectacular craftsmanship! This impressive box was designed by the renowned Italian designer Ottaviani and manufactured in Italy in the 1960s.
The body is made of walnut wood, cover...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Black, Yellow, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, stripes, orange, black and yellow, signed. Small scale ceramic lidded box decorated with angled planks, glazed an...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$695 Sale Price
61% Off
Vintage Carved Teak Puzzle Box, American Studio Craft 1960s-1970s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage carved wood box features abstract animalistic form in striking choice of solid teak wood. Asymmetrically sculpted box is covered with a sliding lid, held by a small vertical...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Teak
Doyle Lane Blue Craquelure Tile Set in Hand Made Rosewood Box
By Doyle Lane
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand made rosewood box with crackled blue tile created by Doyle Lane. Box measures 2" high by 2 7/8" wide and 5" long. It is signed by the artists hand on verso, Doyle Lane as pict...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Salvador Dali Metal & Gold Gilt 'Bird In Hand' Compact For Elgin American 1950's
Located in London, GB
This exquisite vintage compact is a rare and highly collectible piece designed by the legendary surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in collaboration with Ergon American during the 1950s....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold
Set of 10 Plastic Storage Canisters, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of 10 Plastic Storage Canisters, Austria, 1950s
Presumably produced by ETO/Murplastic in Graz, Austria
Crafted from durable early plastic with clean lines and functional eleganc...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
White and Pink Fowers Ceramic Box by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Rectangular wooden box topped with a ceramic lid by Mithé Espelt. The ceramic showcases a cream glaze background and flower motifs in molten pink glass with crackled gold lining.
Bi...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Handcrafted Jewelry Box by Bay Area Artist Dean Santner c.1970
By Dean Santner
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original studio, handcrafted wood jewelry box by California woodworker, Dean Santner. Expertly crafted in walnut. Pull out center drawer lined in blue felt.
CREATOR Dean ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Felt, Walnut
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Jon Sauer California Modern Studio Exotic Woods Betel Nut Lidded Box
By Jon Sauer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Zig zag patterned cocobolo, blackwood and betel nut lidded box created by Jon Sauer of San Francisco, California. Box measures 7" in height by 3" in diameter. In excellent vintage co...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cocobolo
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
Mauro Manetti Duck Ice Bucket, Italy, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant silver plated duck ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, with an metal inlay inside and signed on the bottom.
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Pair of Vintage Crackled Abalone Jewelry Boxes
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of vintage crackled abalone jewelry boxes. Unmarked. Attributed to Maitland Smith.
Measures:
Larger box dimension:
7 7/8".
4 7/8".
3 3/8".
...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone
$1,250 / set
very rare double box by carl auböck
Located in Munich, DE
another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Fontana Arte crystal and brass decorative box Italy 1955
By Fontana Arte
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This exquisite decorative box by Fontana Arte, crafted in Italy around 1955, showcases the brand’s exceptional craftsmanship and timeless design. Unlike most Fontana Arte boxes, typi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
J’ai perdu ma tourterelle by Line Vautrin – Box in silvered bronze
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
J’ai perdu ma tourterelle (I lost my dove) by Line Vautrin – Box in silvered bronze.
J’ai perdu ma tourterelle (I lost my dove) Box in silvered bronze by Line Vautrin.
Large silvered...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Gabriella Crespi Signed, Cylindrical Brass Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Small box cylindrical beautifully crafted by Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1970s. This exquisite piece is crafted in brass, showcasing Crespi's signature min...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of mid 20th century Swedish pine ammo boxes
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of mid 20th century Swedish pine ammo boxes circa 1950.
Great talking point and solution to storage problems.
Useful for storage. Partially fitted with pine partitions which w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Yellow, Black, White, Brown, Geometric, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, yellow, black, white, brown, geometric, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with angular geometric pattern i...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$975 Sale Price
50% Off
An Italian 1950s cobalt blue Murano glass hinged box by Giovanni Cenedese
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1950s cobalt blue Murano glass hinged box with faceted lid and decorated metal edge detail by Giovanni Cenedese, Murano Italy
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Bodil Eje Danish Rosewood Box by Alfred Klitgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully crafted solid rosewood trinket box by Danish craftsman Alfred Klitgaard, circa 1960s. Very detailed construction and exquisite finish with a gorgeous Bodil Eje orange / l...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood, Ceramic
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Collection of Four Vintage Florentine Scuola del Cuoio Embossed Leather Boxes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collection of four small unlined brown leather boxes with gold inlay/embossed decoration by Scuola del Cuoio (ca. 1970s, Florence, Italy).
Includes a cylindrical snuff box, a matchbo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Armenian Alphabet by Line Vautrin, Gilt Bronze Compact
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Line Vautrin was inspired by the Armenian alphabet to create this very pretty compact whose lid and reverse are entirely carved with the characters o...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Travertine and Brass Rectangular Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing rectangular box in travertine and brass.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Collection of Ernest Sohn Enamels, circa 1970s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A collection of four enamel pieces by Ernest Sohn, including 2 boxes and 2 dishes. Made of walnut and enamel on brass.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Karl Springer Tessellated Stone Box with Shagreen Interior
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a very handsome and iconic lidded box by Karl Springer. Made of tessellated stone, this example has brass accents and a shagreen interior. There's also a gorgeous wood trim d...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Raymor Ceramic Lidded Flower Box Turquoise and White
By Raymor
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely vintage Italian hallmarked lidded ceramic flower box by Raymor is from the 60's. The colors are turquoise, white with outlines of gray charcoal. The hallmarks read 03529 ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Lucite and Silver Squared Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Lucite and silver squared decorative box. This item was designed in the 1970s.
This piece is made of a crystal Lucite and silver with a crystal Lucite removable top, the way...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Israeli Lidded Brass Bowl with Olive Knob
By Pal-Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pal-Bell round bowl with lid. This piece features a verdigris bronze bowl and lid with floral detailed knob with brass tips. Perfect for stashing keys, jewels or potpourri. An emboss...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Italian Carved Round Green Onyx Marble Box with Gilded Lionfeet, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
A box as precious as the jewels it could contain inside, hand carved in Italy with the highest quality onyx marble from Pakistan (as attested by the adhesive label still present).
Al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Metal
$464 Sale Price
20% Off
Gilt bronze box by Line Vautrin "The Armenian alphabet'' - 1940
By Line Vautrin
Located in Girona, Girona
Very beautiful gilt bronze box or mirrorless compact. This object has two sides with different motifs representing the Armenian alphabet. Patina re-gilded with fine gold.
Design: Li...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Parquetry Decorative Jewelry Box with Side Drawer and Mirror
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Mid-Century Modern era parquetry wooden jewelry box was made in the United States in approximately 1955 in a cubist style. The box is done in a series of woods with various stai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Hand Painted Ceramic Decorative Oval Lidded Trinket Box by Hedwig Bollhagen
Located in Troy, MI
A decorative hand painted box by Hedwig Bollhagen
Oval form in black glaze with hand painted blue modernist decoration to the inset lid
Signed to underside
3 inch width
2 inch dept...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
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
$663 Sale Price
30% Off
Paul Evans Style Cityscape Mixed Metal Patchwork Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Paul Evans style cityscape mixed metal patchwork chest.
Handsome Paul Evans style cityscape mixed metal patchwork chest, box, coffer or document box. ...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Decorative Box in Brass and Plexiglass '70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Born in 1922, Gabriella Crespi studies architecture at the Politecnico in Milan, where her work is permeated by her perspective on Le Corbusier’s and Frank Lloyd Wright’s design expe...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
4-Tier Stacking Metal Canister Set by Lincoln Beauty Ware, USA, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
1960s Lincoln Beauty Ware 4-Tier Stacking Metal Canister Set – Green Retro Kitchen Storage
Vintage 4-tier stacking metal canister set by Lincoln Beauty Ware, USA, circa 1960s. Featu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Malachite Azurite and Brass Decorative Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury malachite azurite and brass decorative trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillos, circa 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Stylish perforated metal, brass and glass mategot style cosmetic lidded tin
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Stylish perforated metal, brass and glass mategot style cosmetic lidded tin, 1950s
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Jewelry Box in Solid Brass with an Antique Finish by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and rare jewelry box made out of solid brass and Lucite designed in the 1960s by Charles Hollis Jones.
The piece is very heavy and well made...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rooster Aldo Tura Ice Box Pitcher Midcentury Italian Design Multicolor, 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rooster Aldo Tura ice box pitcher midcentury Italian design multicolor, 1950s
Measures: Box height cm.17, diameter cm.18, teaspoon height cm.28, pit...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$828 Sale Price
30% Off
Midcentury box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant box designed by Gabriella Crespi
Wooden and golden brass small box.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Signed.
Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Italy 1940s Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Tobacco Container, Pipe Shape
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco container by Aldo Tura, Italy 1940s in goatskin, brass and wood. The container has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and another for storing and lighting the games. D...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rectangular Carved Travertine Box in the style of Fratelli Mannelli Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
An essential and elegant box made in Italy that can contain whatever you want, cigarettes, business cards or use as a jewelry box.
Dating back to around the 70s, it is made of traver...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Metal
$492 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Decorative Box, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Art Glass
Chipped glass(see foto)
Original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
$189 Sale Price
20% Off
Cut Crystal Lidded Box in the Style of Baccarat With Brass Closure
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A crystal lidded box - rectangular with cut squares and textured surfaces. A compliment to any cocktail table, work station or desk.
Many purposes - also great in the bath as a cotton ball holder...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Fratelli Mannelli Rectangular Box in Travertine and Wood, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular box in travertine and wood attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
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
Camille Faure Limoges Modernist Enamel and Silver Plate Artwork Box, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and exquisite creation by Camille Fauré Limoges, this enamel and silver-plated decorative box is a masterwork of French craftsmanship, dating circa 1950. Likely a bespoke comm...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel, Silver Plate
Small Decorative Round Brass Box by Gabriella Crespi, 1960s, Signed
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A beautifully crafted small round box by the renowned Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1960s. This exquisite piece is crafted in brass, showcasing Crespi's signa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Aldo Londi Box, Mondrian, Ceramic, Blue, Green, Black, Signed, Rosenthal Netter
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Box, Mondrian, Ceramic, Blue, Green, Signed, Rosenthal Netter. Small scale lidded box glazed in Navy blue and Kelly green and outlined in matte black. The bottom is glazed...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
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
1940s Distressed Military Ice Cooler Tote Portable Chest Leather Canvas
By United States Army
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Distressed Military Ice Bucket Portable Insulated Chest
US vintage military surplus ice cooler chest
designed in metal, canvas, cotton and leather
23...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Midcentury box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Box designed by Gabriella Crespi
Wooden and golden brass box by Gabriella Crespi.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Signed.
Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Wooden Box With Pyrography Mosaic and Hinge Clasp.
Located in Seattle, WA
Red Stained Wooden Box with Burned Motifs on All Sides and Top.Cracks and wear Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 11 W ; 9 D ; 5 1/2 He
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$119 Sale Price
20% Off
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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