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
Squared Decorative Box in Solid Brass and Wood, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Squared box in solid brass embellished with decorative engravings and wood.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Total weight of 2.5kg.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rectangular Decorative Box in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular box in travertine and green glazed tile in the style of Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Rectangular Decorative Box in Brass and Wood Luciano Frigerio Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular box in solid brass embellished with decorative engravings and wood in the style of Luciano Frigerio.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Total weight o...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Chartreuse, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, chartreuse, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with impressed geometric patterns and glazed in chartreuse, ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Antique Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box. With a beautiful geometric design cased underneath the top blue layer, which protrudes ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Extremely Rare Austrian Cigarette Box or Tin Signed by Walter Bosse, circa 1951
By Walter Bosse
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
An extremely rare brass box or tin designed by Walter Bosse for storing cigarettes or tobacco in.
We have yet to find this example in any publication on Bosse's work although simila...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,750 Sale Price
50% Off
Midcentury Glass Mosaic and Brass Lidded Box by Salvador Teran
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool midcentury glass mosaic and brass lidded box by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condit...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$550 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...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
1970s Teak-Tech Tambour File Cassette Holder Thailand
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Cassette Holder in Teakwood Tambour Door
by Teak Tech Dallas made Thailand
8.38 w x 11 d x 6.25 h
Preowned original vintage condition.
See image...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Jim Rose Two Door - Six Drawer Cupboard Maquette, Solid Cast Iron Furniture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose
Two Door - Six Drawer Cupboard Maquette
Solid Cast Iron w/ Steel Nail Heads
6h x 4.25w x 2d in
15.24h x 10.79w x 5.08d cm
JR0274
Jim Rose
b. 1966, d. 2023
Bio:
Born in I...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel, Iron
Tiffany Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with flat molded rim. Box interior cedar lined and p...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Glass and Vienna Straw Wicker Italian Box 1970s Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Mid-Century decorative round box made in clear crystal glass with a stylish lid in brass and Vienna straw.
This elegant box was designed in Italy in the 70s following the...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Straw, Lucite
1960s Beautiful Brown Alabaster Box, Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Beautiful alabaster brown box handmade carved. Made in Italy. Not easy to find it in these color. This vintage box is amazing and in excellent condition.
Dimension:
3,14" x 3...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Small Decorative Round Brass Box by Gabriella Crespi, 1960s, Signed
Located in Bagnolo Mella, 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...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Octagonal Box in Lucite Wicker Wood and Brass Christian Dior Style, France 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Octagonal box in Lucite, wicker and wood with a brass knob in Christian Dior style. Made in France in the 1970s.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Travertine Box Pier Alessandro Giusti and Egidio Di Rosa for Up & Up Italy 1970s
By Up & Up
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing round box in travertine marble attributed to the Italian designers Pier Alessandro Giusti and Egidio Di Rosa for Up & Up.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Cylindrical Wood Box, circa 1960, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Cylindrical rosewood box, France, circa 1960
Please see also "French Cylindrical Wood Box, circa 1960"
Good condition with minor marks of use
For shipping:
11.5/11.5/11 cm ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rare Mid-Century Leather, Oak Wood and Aluminum Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful vintage box, realized by renowned Austrian designer Carl Auböck, is a rare Mid-Century piece. The combination of the employed materials and techniques - oak wood, anod...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Rectangular Art Deco Walnut and Walnut-Root Box, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s - 1940s.
Made in walnut and walnut-root.
It is a vintage piece, but it's been recently restored, therefore it can be considered as in excellent condition and re...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone and Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Large 1980s Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone and brass box.
Measurements for just the box without the design.
height 4.75'' depth 12.25'' depth 8.25''
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20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Box in wood, for jewelry or candle, France 1980
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has a beautiful Patina. In perfect condition, you can use it as a jewlery box, or even to put a candle in the glass inside part.
It has been made in France circa 1980
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Lucite and Chrome Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Rare decorative lucite and chrome cube-shaped box. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Large Green Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large green Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Dyrlund Danish Modern Teak Desk Accessory or Jewelry Box
By Dyrlund
Located in South Bend, IN
A nice Mid-Century Danish Modern solid teak dresser box, jewelry box, or desk accessory box
Denmark, circa 1970s
Measures: 12"W × 8.75"D × 3.2...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Rectangular Alabaster Box with Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alabaster Box in the brown tones. The box has a lid that is independent from the box and lifts off, not on a hinge.
A compliment to the cocktail table for candy or nuts, the deskto...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
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 purple felt.
CREATOR Dea...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Felt, Walnut
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Tuareg Hand Tooled Box, African, Leather, Decorative Case, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Tuareg hand-tooled box. An African, leather decorative case, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Appealing leather work with a tooled decorative lid
Displa...
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Mid-20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
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 ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Orange and Matte Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, orange and matte brown, signed. Small scale box having a raw clay lid hash mark incising and decorated with an orange glazed pill pat...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
An amaranth Wood Jewelry Box - Apple Shape - France 1970s
By Odile Noll
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An unique jewelry box made of turned amaranth wood in the shape of an apple. Opens in two to store small items like jewelry, rings, earrings, pills, coins, etc.
Elegant design with ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1980s Mid-Century Modern Clear Plexiglass and Walnut Rectangular Italian Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An high quality plexiglass and walnut root jewelry box designed and manufactured in Italy in the Eighties. The box it's in very good conditions, just normal signs of use and age. Thi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass, Walnut
1960s Bitossi Aldo Londi Italian Red Ceramic Box Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Italian Red Black decorative ceramic pottery box
geometric relief
attributed to Bitossi Aldo Londi
Stamped Italy
6 x 4.38 x 2 H inches
Presentation unrestored original vintage ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Midcentury Round Box in Brass, Lucite & Rattan Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful round decorative box in brass, lucite and rattan in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Keepsake Box, Portuguese, Satinwood, Case, Cricket Interest, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage keepsake box. A Portuguese, rosewood and satinwood case with cricket interest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1945.
Fas...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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
Italian Mid-Century Small Rectangular Leather Embossed Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautifully molded Italian leather box with a raised style and features crests of coat of arms with lions and fleur de lis on the top. Additionally this piece has been enhanced with ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze Poudrier "Le loup et le renard" (The wolf and the fox). by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The square box features a relief cast of two s...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid Century Italian Onyx Marble Boxes
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A pair of trinket or jewelry boxes with a hinged lids. Handmade all in onyx and brass gilded in gold. The onyx has a range of colors from red, brown, yellow and green.
Measurements ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
$469 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Mid-Century Brass and Walnut Pocket Emptier by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous vide poche in walnut wood and solid brass. This elegant item was designed by Tommaso Barbi in Italy in the 1970s.
This lovely item is made in the shape of a crate combining...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Small Rectangular Cut Glass Candis or Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small rectangular cut glass candis or jewelry box with hardware in brass.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Cylindrical Box in Chrome and Lucite Romeo Rega Style, Italy 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing cylindrical decorative box in chrome and lucite attributed to the Italian designer Romeo Rega.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Beautiful desk accessory or piece...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel
Vintage Hand Painted Lidded Wood Box
By Fantoni
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage hand painted lidded wood box, paper mache.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wool
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Florentine Domed Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This lined gilt-wood box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer
A unique box of exotic elegance with this 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, in the style...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Velvet
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Wood Box Bowl by Aldo Tura for Macabo Italy 1950s Art Deco
Located in Rome, IT
Decorative wooden box with metal handle in the shape of acorns by the Italian designer Aldo Tura for Macabo Cusano Milanino. Made in Italy, circa 1950.
On the bottom the original s...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Burl Wood & Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Box, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and burl wood frame made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
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
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Gold Cigarette / Pill Box Desk, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi gold brass cigarette, pill box for a stylish desk.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is new, unused, in excellent, nearly new condition.
Comes ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Lady's or Gentlemans Asian Jewellery Trinket Casket Document Box by Eichholtz
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An outstanding Multi purpoise rectangular Ladys or Gentlemand Casket of rectangular outline and quite generous proportions, complete with its firm fitting lift off cover. Mid Twentieth Century, of Asian origin.
This decorative example is entirely veneered with short lengths of reeded carved bone in various pastel creamy colours which is superbly done.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination, possibly never used in its past.
Width: (an impressive) 16" (41cm). Depth: 12” (30.5cm). Height: 4.25" (10.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door Shipping offered by Seller.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Beech
Alessandro Albrizzi Cube Box in Purple Lucite and Gold Metal, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
This auction is for a purple cube Lucite box with gold color metal in the centre by Italian Designer Alessandro Albrizzi. Overall the piece is beautiful wi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel
French Green Majolica Money Bank Typewriter Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Green Majolica Money Bank Typewriter Circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Italian Rectangular Florentine Gilt Wood Boxes
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of 2 charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted boxes. These gilt-wood boxes can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well as stand alone pieces on a cof...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Paper
Mid Century Brass Shopping Bag Sculpture 1970s Made in Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible vessel sculpted brass shopping bag. This stylish piece is whimsical as it is glamorous. Brass sheets have been sculpted to create a vessel that mimics a shopping bag. E...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Modernist Stone Trinket Box attributed to Pepe Mendoza (Mexico)
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and sculptural piece. This vintage stone box attributed to the modernist Mexican artist Pepe Mendoza is unique and special. The box has inlaid stones and a cast brass May...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass, Copper
Italian Alabaster Dresser Box, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
5 ¼ inches wide by 3 ¾ inches deep by 2 ⅜ inches tall
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Robert and Jean Cloutier Sculpture Horse, circa 1960, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Robert and Jean Cloutier sculpture horse.
Made with glazed ceramic.
Ceramic box.
A fine black enameled sculptural horse shaped box.
Signed
Circa 196...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Wastepaper Basket of Genuine Cognac Core Leather, 1970s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Round European vintage wastepaper basket from the 1970s.
It's made of strong genuine cognac colored core leather with incised pattern and visible stitchin...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Mother-of-Pearl Mexican Silver Box
By Taxco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mexican silver box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay. Lid opens to a wood lined interior. Very nicely done and a really beautiful object!
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$396 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.