Mid-Century Modern 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
Mid-Century Modernist Tessellated Abalone & Sculptural Brass & Copper Crab Box
Located in New York, NY
This captivating mid-century modern crab box showcases a masterful blend of natural materials and artistic design. The surface is meticulously tessellated with iridescent abalone she...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Italian Mid Century sewing box made of walnut wood with fold-out compartments
Located in München, DE
Original Mid-Century Modern fold-out sewing box in very good vintage condition. Made in Italy.
Made of walnut.
A stunningly beautiful decorative Italian design from the 1950s with ma...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plate and Brass Jewelry Box Italy 1970/80s
Located in Palermo, IT
Silver plated jewelry/ trinket box made by Italy. The box has a hinged lid, a rose pattern and is lined with red velvet. Please watch the video and photos carefully, thank you.
We...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Italian Silver and Enamel Box
Located in Newark, England
GUILLOCHE ENAMEL AND SILVER GILT
From our collectables category, we are delighted to offer this incredible quality Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver and Enamel Box. The Silver and E...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
Tommaso Barbi Chrome and Wood Modernist Box, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tommaso Barbi designed this extraordinary large scale box. The piece was crafted in Italy circa 1960. The modernist form boasts a substantial square shape, featuring chromed metal an...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
A 1950s Murano turquoise opaline and gilt metal, hinged box by Gino Cenedese
Located in London, GB
A 1950s Murano turquoise opaline and gilt metal, hinged box by Cenedese
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
Takahashi Artichoke Porcelain Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A beautiful, petite, porcelain artichoke box by Takahashi, made in Japan in the 20th century. It is a fun green artichoke fruit vegetable box with a gold gilt brass hinge and floweret front lift. It is both decorative and functional as a jewelry box. Perfect for a kitchen, vanity, nightstand, etc. The original maker sticker is attached to the bottom which reads, "Takahashi San Francisco...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Handcrafted Cherry Wood Lidded Box, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Handcrafted Cherry Wood Lidded Jewelry Box, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Cherry
Midcentury Rectangular Box in Wood and Chrome Willy Rizzo Style, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in wood and chrome in the style of Willy Rizzo.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern fake Tortoiseshell Lucite Italian Jewelry Box
By Guzzini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1970s Mid-Century Modern Italian jewelry box is a beautiful example of the era's design sensibilities, combining elegance, functionality, and high-quality craftsmanship. Here's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Syrian Style Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box Backgammon Set
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning mosaic Backgammon set featuring a traditional Syrian style design and fine craftsmanship. Made in Morocco.
The board/ box is made of various woods and inlays. A genuine wo...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Walnut
$1,145 Sale Price
23% Off
Vintage Rosewood Carved Peach Shaped Lidded Box, Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Lidded Decorative Box, Japan
Carved Rosewood in Peach Shape
"very nice decorative box to hide some "stuff" in"
"in very good as found vintage condition"
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Small Italian Florentine Jewelry Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This vintage gilt wood storage or jewelry box features one drawer and flip up top with mirror. with storage below lined in an orange velvet fabric. The box has has lots of character,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Fabric, Velvet
Large Rectangular Baccarat Style Cut Crystal Lidded Box with Brass Hardware
By Baccarat
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French antique rectangular cut crystal and brass jewelry box, vanity box. This cut crystal box is perfect as a desk accessory, a candy dish, a vanity box or jewelry box. The lo...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Tessellated Abalone Shell Brass Inlaid Cigarette Tobacco Trinket Box Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1950s mahogany lined brass and tessellated abalone cigarette box from Mexico.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fred & Marilyn Buss Big Leaf Maple & English Walnut Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage carved wood box features Modernist abstract organic form and striking choice of solid wood. The combination of Big Leaf maple and English walnut wood...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Fred And Marilyn Buss Cazadero California Cocobolo Heart Wood Mushroom Stash Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This beautiful stash box was hand-carved from the heart of Cocobolo wood by Fred and Marilyn Buss of Cazadero, CA—a lovely vintage patina to the wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Sailor Scottish Terrier Drinking Beer Cigarette Box, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Midcentury sailor Scottish terrier drinking beer cigarette box, France, 1950s. Wood, metal and synthetic. Glass eyes. Measures: Height 8.2" (20.8cm), width 9" (22.9cm), depth 5.3" (1...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
FORNASETTI Cigar Humidor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wooden cigar humidor box with cammei design on faux marble / made in Milan Italy by Fornasetti, in the 1980s
Original metal label inside
Measures: width 10 inches, de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
$2,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Decorative Brass Hinged Shell Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A stunning mid century modern brass shell-form box, masterfully cast in a richly patinated golden brass. This exquisite piece showcases a naturalistic scallop shell motif with deeply...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Japanese Stacking Kokeshi Doll Bento Trinket Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Japanese Lacquerware Storage Box
7 diameter 6 h total 3 lower box
Stacking Kokeshi Doll Bento Box
Stamped Japan
Original vintage condition
Refer to images
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Christian Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite Square Italian Decorative Jewelry Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century jewelry or decorative square box in a beautiful combination of tortoiseshell effect and clear lucite. This stylish object was made in Italy during the 1970s and is attributed to a Christian Dior Home production.
In amazing conditions, with no chips. The contrast between the clear and the tortoiseshell effect lucite is incredibly elegant and makes this box unique. The way this item reflects the light is just magnificent and makes this item ideal to store jewels.
An unique box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Mexican Silverplate Box in Owl Shape
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Mexican Silverplate Box in Owl Shape. Fantastic patina.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Modernist Teak Jewelry Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Modernist Teak Jewelry Box
inside mirror
11.5 long x 9 d x 4.5 h
Stamped Genuine Teak Wood
Preowned vintage condition staining prese...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century German Ceramic Box with Lid, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Ceramic Box with Lid, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Ceramic
Color: Beige
Styles: Mid-Century Modern
Co...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Solid Cocobolo Lidded Box, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Solid Cocobolo Lidded Box, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Cocobolo
Solid Brass Lion Stash Box with Feet 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is an excellent solid brass stash box with a carved lion's head and four feet. This piece is both functional and decorative.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Seguso Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Ribbed Vanity Jewelry Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and elegant, vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks Italian art glass vanity jewelry or powder box. The piece is attributed to designer Archimede Seguso. The entire piece is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
1960s Vintage Italian Florentine Jewelry Box Chest
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Very Vintage Italian Florentine Jewelry Box
red and gold Florentine
7.5w x 4d x 4.5t
fading present unrestored vintage missing...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold
International Silver Vintage Velvet Heart Ring Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Vintage Silver Plate Velvet Heart Ring Box
4.5 x 4 x 2
maker stamped International Silver Company
Vintage unrestored condition marks and...
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Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Medium Size Enameled Metal Hefty Utility Bins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Medium sized multi-color enameled metal stacking utility bins in original condition with visible patina and wear. Mostly in shades of gray, brown and blue...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
ANTOINETTE FARAGALLAH Decorative Sculptural Large Turquoise Pottery Lidded Box
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative pottery box designed by Antoinette Faragalla.
This is a great decorative pottery lidded box created by the artist Antoinette Faragallah...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Enamel
$4,865 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Lady's or Gentleman's Designer Eight Watch Trinket Casket Box by Phillip Plein
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Fine Quality Lady's or Gentleman's Eight Watch Casket modelled as a vintage Suitcase in faux leather with nickel finish mounting and stud detailing, complete with its original...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Faux Leather
Midcentury Rectangular Decorative Box in Wood and Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in wood and brass details.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
French Modernist Silver Plated Cigar Box by Crevillen, Paris c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A lovely quality mid-century modern oval cigar box made from silver plate and signed on the underside "Crevillen, Paris". They were famed in the 1960's and 1970's for making quality...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Century Modern Carole Stupell Lucite Ice Bucket
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mid Century Modern Carole Stupell Lucite Ice Bucket
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Lucite
$1,260 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Lucite and Vienna Straw Wicker Italian Box 1970s Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Mid-Century decorative box made of clear lucite enriched inside with Vienna straw wicker. This charming box was designed in Italy in the 70s following the style of Christia...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Straw, Lucite
Turned Wood Hardwood Lidded Box Chess Figurine Style Mid Century Modern c 1960s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A lovely small turned hardwood lidded box with a chess style shaped finial, made in Europe probably in the 1960s.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
$230 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Italian Leather Playing Card Case
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful Italian handcrafted tooled leather playing card case with painted enamel-like decoration of cards on the sides and symbols for all the suites, clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts on the cushion top. Beautifully made and clearly loved, a charming gift for the poker player or gambler. Holds two decks.
Stamped on the bottom in gold letters, 'Genuine Leather, Made in Italy'. With a fleur di lis mark stamped...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Sculptural Brass Decorative Jewelry Box Brutalist Mid Century Modern
By Line Vautrin
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A heavy beautiful modernist round brass box
Category
1950s Korean Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
1960s Astonishing Box in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing box in onyx. Made in Italy. This box is amazing and in excellent condition.
Dimension:
7,08 x 4,72 x 1,37 H inches
18 ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Rare Hermès, Paris Equestrian / Horse Box c.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A very rare example of a French mid-century modern silver plate and gold plate box by the iconic French fashion house, Hermès of Paris.
A stunning design in silverplate with a gilde...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Antique Wooden Cigar Press by Carl Intelmann, Bad Zwischenahn
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Wooden Cigar Press by Carl Intelmann, Bad Zwischenahn – Vintage Collectible
Manufacturer: Carl Intelmann
Origin: Bad Zwischenahn, Germany
Materi...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Les roseaux à visage humain by Line Vautrin, double-sided silvered bronze box
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
“Les Roseaux à visage humain” (“Reeds with Human Faces”) is a double-sided silvered bronze box by Line Vautrin.
The front side representing reeds (rushes) in motion, with their flowe...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Jean Gerbino For Vallauris, France, Ceramic Glazed Sage Mosaic Lidded Pot 1960's
By Jean Gerbino
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Jean Gerbino for Vallauris, France, ceramic glazed mosaic lidded pot
Sage green, terracotta and cream shades, beautifully crafted
Circa 1960's
Signed Gerbino to base
Height 2.5 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie Black Porcelain Bird Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish mid-century Rosenthal porcelain lidded jar decorated with birds amidst foliage designed by renowned Danish born artist Bjorn Wiinblad (1918-2006). The lidde...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Hand-Carved Organic Wooden Box with Lid, France, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful organically shaped Mid-Century hand-carved wooden lidded storage or jewelry box, crafted in France during the 1950s. It is in very good original, unrestored condition. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
1950s Italo Casini Mid-Century Modern Italian Pink and Gold Ceramic Box
By Italo Casini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Pink and gold ceramic box manufactured in Sesto Fiorentino in the 1950s, good conditions overall, normal signs of the time and use. It's marked on the bottom. A lovely example of h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
XL Mid Century Modern Tessellated Trunk Chest Coffee Table Box by Robert Marcius
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Large and Heavy Mid Century Modern Tessellated Bone Trunk Chest Coffee Table Box. Lots of storage room with velvet lined interior. Pagoda for top. By Robert Marcius and in very good ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bone
Large Italian Gold Gilt Rectangular Storage Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Exquisite Italian Florentine Box. This 1960's box features a scene on the lid depicting a hunting gathering with hunters, spectators, a cheetah ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold
Norwegian Solid Birch Expandable Sewing Stand Organizer Made in Norway MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Norwegian Solid Birch Expandable Sewing Stand Organizer Made in Norway MINT
Category
20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Birch
Iconic Siver Leafed Mandruzzato Sommerso Murano Box
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning decorative, collectible Murano box for an aficionado of luxury and rarity.
This large vintage silver leaf and black Murano glass sommerso box, made in Italy by Alessandr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Japanese Secret Puzzle Box Wood Inlay Mt Fuji Floral
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s Japanese Decorative Secret Puzzle Trick Box Wood Inlay
Mt Fuji Floral
1.75 h x 4.5 w x 3.25
Original vintage, refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Lidded Shagreen Box, c.1985
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Maitland Smith Lidded Shagreen Box, c.1985.
Category
20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
1970s Italian Jewelry Music Box Reuge Ste-Croix Love Story
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Vintage Reuge Wood Music Box Italian inlaid marquetry jewelry box.
Elegant footed music box crafted fruitwood.
Glossy Enamel Finish.
Red velvet...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Mid Century Jewelry Box Hand Carved Wood Boob 1960s
By Dean Santner
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a beautiful hand carved wood jewelry box in the style of Dean Santner. The boob shaped box twists open easily to reveal a compartment w...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Aldo Londi Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed. Large low bowl decorated with a relief pattern of impressed teardrops from Bitossi's Lacrima Decor. Minute...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Original 1960s Italian Regency design metal chest made of gold-plated metal
Located in München, DE
Original 1960s Hollywood Regency design chest made of gold-plated metal.
A beautiful designer piece. Made in Italy.
The chest can be removed from the frame. With handles on both side...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold
Piero Fornasetti Box with Butterflies, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
Original and decorative box from the 1960s designed by Piero Fornasetti, a celebrated Italian artist and designer known for his dreamlike and surreal approach to design. The box is r...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
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 Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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 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 boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original 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 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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