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
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
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...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
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
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
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
$494 Sale Price
20% Off
An Italian 1970s travertine box with green glazed tile detail.
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1970s travertine box with green glazed tile detail.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Karl Springer Hinged Lid Kyoto Box / Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding hinged and lidded Kyoto box by Karl Springer. Fair amount of storage with suede panel lining on bottom and top. Brown and ivory lacquer is hand applied. Sits in a parsons...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Yellow and Orange, Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, yellow and orange, geometric, signed. Small scale box from Aldo Londi's "Torcello" series, with an orange bottom and yellow l...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Midcentury Mosaic and Wood Lidded Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool midcentury mosaic and wood lidded box, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with some wear and patina. #1444.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Glass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Hong Kong Decorative Brass Pewter Six-Sided Trinket Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Brass Pewter six-sided decorative gift Trinket Box
stamped Hong Kong
2.5 h x 8 diameter
Preowned original vintage condition.
Refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Silver Plate Hand Hammered Lidded Box with Rounded Corners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful and simply designed Hammered silver plate lidded box with rounded corners.
A compliment to any space as a decorative item, storing everything from notes, to candy, and office or work space supplies... also a great place for 420.
The box is large and in great condition.
We have found the price guidance...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern 800 silver box. Rectangular with straight sides and thumb rest. Cover flat and hinged with tab. Allover engine-turned curvili...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Wonderful Small Suitcase by Hermès, Paris
By Hermès
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful small suitcase by Hermès, Paris. Two keys included.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,300 Sale Price
31% Off
Ten Sided Polyhedral Wood Puzzle Box Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Appears to be a rosewood grain laminate wood. Fine workmanship marked Paul Ruhlman #7 and p g R 1992.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
2000s Astonishing Black and White Fornasetti Box signed Fornasetti. Made in Ital
Located in Milano, IT
2000s (2019) Astonishing wood and metal box designed by Piero Fornasetti produced by Fornasetti, in excellent condition. Made in Italy. The box is signed and is the n.1 of the year 2...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Modern Studio Craft Carved Wood Artist Signed Puzzle Box in Walnut 1982
Located in Troy, MI
Signed vintage Studio Craft Walnut Puzzle Box
Signed Bob Goldsmith puzzle box titled Rosie's Desire 1982
Carved walnut abstract form with two slide through drawers
Signed to unders...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
MCM Ben Seibel for JenFred Ware Copper Trinket Box c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A ribbed copper trinket box lined with cork. Original felt on bottom.
Substantial in weight.
CREATOR Ben Seibel for JenFred Ware.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1960s.
MA...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
$265 Sale Price
29% Off
Puzzle by Line Vautrin – Box in gilded bronze
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Puzzle by Line Vautrin – Box in gilded bronze
Large and wide box in gilded bronze whose lid is carved with a puzzle by Line Vautrin.
The chiselled puzzle p...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Tessalated Maitland Smith Faux Horn Gentleman's Dresser Box
Located in Ferndale, MI
Elegant wood lined dresser box with hinged lid. Tessalated faux Horn exterior with brass trim. Interior is wood lined. Retains Maitland Smith label.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Stunning 1950s White Murano Glass Hinged Jewelry Box by Cendese Murano, Italy
Located in London, GB
A stunning oval white Murano glass hinged jewelry box by Giovanni Cendese, Murano, Italy with gilt central detail and hinge.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Surrealist Style Carved Wood Decorative Box
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist Style Carved Wood Decorative Box.
This lovely decorative box is hand carved and quite interesting. Great coffee table or bookcas...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Mid-Century Acrylic Faux Tortoise and Brass Decorative Box, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian Mid-Century Acrylic Faux Tortoise and Brass Decorative Box, 1970s
Gorgeous Italian crafted jewelry box made of acrylic with brass details.
Can be used as a jewelry box as we...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Studio Del Campo Enamel on copper sculpted box, Italy 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Studio Del Campo Enamel on Copper sculpted box.
Italy 1960s
Signed "del campo"
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Chrome
Storage Box Made In Rosewood With Silver Inlay - KFK brand (1922‑1971)
Located in Lejre, DK
Rosewood storage box with KFK logo (1922-1971). Interior compartmentalization – perfect for small items.
Material: Rosewood
Origin: Denmark
Production: Approx. 1960s
Condition: Appe...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
1940s Enamel and Wooden Box by Elizabeth Bensley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a nice example of artist, Elizabeth Bensley's enamel work from the late 1940s displayed beautifully on a wooden box. Note that the box top does not stay open at an angle as t...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Palisander & Rosewood Box / Humidor by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Rare Woods
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
A very hard-to-find concave square lidded container, box or humidor designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1960s. The box is made of palisander or rosewood (same family of wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Palisander, Rosewood
1970s Small Lidded Wood Vessel Container
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a round wood container vessel with Lid. Unmarked. Small mid-century keepsake trinket holder.
Dimensions: 2.5 diameter x 2 tall inches
Please visit take a lo...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$124 Sale Price
36% Off
1950s Military Suitcase with Name, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Good original condition
There are no keys
The name of the soldier is Doctor Jaroslav Turek
circa 1950
Beautiful patina
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$466 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Box by Chris and Pat Shatsby
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Decorative lidded box by Chris and Pat Shatsby c.1990's, USA. The diamond shaped box is made of textured bronze with a hand carved wood lid. The lid is finished with a sculptural bro...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Unusual Italian Box in Brass and Lapis Lazuli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Italian box made of brass and lapis lazuli, ca' 1970's.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant small box by Gabriella Crespi
Decorated wooden box designed by Gabriella Crespi.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Unusual Italian Octagon Box in Brass and Lapis Lazuli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant and unusual octagon shaped, Italian box made of brass and lapis lazuli, ca' 1970's. Signed made in Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage E Otto Scmidt Bisquit Tin Rustic 1979 Limited edition.
Located in Praha, CZ
Gingerbread Tin, Cookies, Clockmaker Peter Henlein Home seasonal decor, holiday decor
Vintage gingerbread box featuring locksmith and clockmaker of Nurnberg Germany,Peter Henlein, kn...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
John Richard Vintage Beige Tessellated Shell Bone Decorative Wood Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade and hand painted John Richard beige, gold leaf and Brass tessellated Shell Bone decorative jewelry box.
Features a lined with black Ultrasuede Fruit Wood Box to stor...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ultrasuede, Wood, Shell
Bruno Gambone Ceramic Italian Modernist Design Covered Box Desk Set
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Ceramic covered box with target design and cup desk set created by Bruno Gambone of Florence, Italy. Box measures 5.5" in diameter by 3.5" in heigh...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Florentine Square Green and Gilt Wood Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming small Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This gilt-wood box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Renoir Designs Marble Soapstone Bamboo Hollywood Regency Box Keepsake Trinket
Located in Miami, FL
Renoir Designs handcrafted Marble, Soapstone, Bamboo over Wood decorative Box, Keepsake or Trinket Hollywood Regency Period made in the Philippines.
Interior is lined with black velv...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Soapstone
Rare Jewel-Toned Mid-Century Covered Box, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual and brilliantly glazed, this covered box features a sequence of geometric shapes in bas relief that are filled with pools of vivid, jewel-toned glazes in sapphire, eme...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Clay
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Maitland Smith Decorative Tessellated Stone Kidney Shaped Box Keepsake
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade Maitland Smith light pink tessellated kidney shaped stone box.
Mid-Century Modern Period made in the Philippines.
No makers mark....
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1970s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Bovano Enamel Box
By Bovano
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming walnut jewelry box with enamel decoration by Bovano.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Brass and wood Desk Box, Fine Decorative Case, jewelry box, object
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Desk Box - Decorative Box Set - Fine Brass and wood Case
Vintage decorative box set in metal and brass with internals made with wood perfec...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$555 Sale Price
15% Off
1940s Elizabeth Bensley Enamel and Zebrawood Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a nice example of artist, Elizabeth Bensley's enamel work from the late 1940s contrasting a primitive, crudely assembled box with refined, expert enamel decoration. Note that...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Bakelite Minaudière Box
Located in New York, NY
Bakelite minaudière box. Vintage Italian bakelite tortoise box with hinged mirrored removable lid, hinged lid double compartments and two open comp...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pal-Bell Bronze Lidded Floral Bowl
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...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Murano or French Cobalt-Blue Octagonal Glass Casket, ca. 1960–1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking mid-20th-century cobalt-blue glass casket, probably Italian Murano or French studio production, of octagonal form with crisp, planar faceting to lid and sides. The body is...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Milk Glass Trinket or Jewelry Box with Diamond Shape Decoration and Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful cut milk glass trinket box, or jewelry box. This lovely piece is square in shape, with diamond shape decoration on both the lid and sides.
Dimensions:
4.25" wide
4....
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Milk Glass
$93 Sale Price
25% Off
Lidded Murano Box, Italy, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Fitted with brass hinges, this Murano glass box is warm pink and jewel-like.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wooden Box Inlayed Wooden Mosaic
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique Style Wood Box with Checker Board Design on Top. Wear and Tear Consistent with Age as Pictured. Unsigned.
Dimensions. 9 W ; 6 1/2 D ; 2 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$103 Sale Price
20% Off
An Italian 1970s travertine and gilt metal jewellery accessories box
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1970s travertine and gilt metal accessories jewellery box in the style of Fratelli Mannelli , with grooved detail on the top
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Metal
Fornasetti Rectangular Box with Smoking Motif
By Fornasetti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Fornasetti long, rectangular, box with a charming illustration of three pipes. Hand colored Lithography on metal. Exterior metal box slides over a metal interior box, powder coated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Blue Alabaster Box with Sliding Attached Round Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful shimmery round alabaster box with sliding lid. Unique custom blue colored box is perfect for your mementos, coins, jewelry or 420. Slide ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Travertine and Brass Decorative Cube Box by Passeri for Ark Line
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique travertine 'cube' decorative box with brass dome lid and hollowed out cylindrical interior storage compartment suitable for small objects designed by P. Passeri for Ark-Line (...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Midcentury Bamboo, Rattan and Bakelite Box by Cesare Di Cesare, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in bamboo, rattan and red bakelite by Cesare Di Cesare.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is still attached as shown ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Bakelite
Vintage Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Yellow Floral Egg Trinket Box, France
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Limoges hand painted porcelain yellow floral egg trinket box, France. Midcentury. Marked.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$240 Sale Price
60% Off
Mid-Century Valenti Spain Modernist Wood and Metal Box, 1960s
By Valenti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Valenti, Spain, designed this stunning, high-end, modernist decorative lidded box in the 1980s. The yachting-style box has a tropical-wood faceted body with a brass lid and handles. ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Hermès Sterling Silver Box circa 1950s by Ravinet d’Enfert
Located in Bath, GB
A truly luxurious find, I have only ever seen these before in silver plate, this one in sterling silver with the "Minerva" mark (corresponding to 950/1000 for French silver).
The ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$3,671 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Wooden Box, Suitcase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In fair condition
new painted
only for decoration
have damages and scratches.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$275 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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