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
Italian Cobalt Glass Box, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
An Italian cobalt glass box, 1960s.
5 ¼ inches wide by 3 ½ inches deep by 2 ⅛ inches tall
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass
Green Alabaster and Brass Jewelry Box by Romano Bianchi, Italy 1970s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Green Alabaster and Brass Jewelry Box by Romano Bianchi, Italy 1970s
Very elegant jewelry or decorative box (originally crafted to store cigarettes).
Made of green alabaster and br...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Alabaster, Marble
Dome-Shaped Pyrite and Steel Hinged Lidded Box, 1960s.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Dome-shaped Pyrite and steel hinged lidded box, 1960s. Features a warm patina and deep brown velvet lining. In good vintage condition. A couple of missing crystals but overall looks ...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Pyrite, Steel
Large Seashell Encrusted Lidded Box with Silvered Crustaceans
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical lidded box ambitiously hand decorated with exotic seashells and featuring a sea life handle with silver plate on brass crabs, starfish and shells, and four silver on brass shrimp...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Mark Cross Brown Suede and Leather Jewelry Box, Italy
By Mark Cross
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Made in Italy, a beautiful chocolate brown suede and leather hinged jewelry box with lock and key by designer Mark Cross. Box interior is a brown...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
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
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
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
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
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
1970s Modern Silver Plated Round Jewelry Box By Renzo Casati Firenze
By Teghini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This elegant and stylish jewelry box, created by the Florentine silversmith Renzo Casati in the 1970s, is a beautiful example of modern Italian metalwork. The box has a sleek, circul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
MCM Lidded Green Marble Trinket Box with Brass Accents
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM lidded green marble trinket box with brass accents, circa 1970s. The box has well cut lines and features brass feet and a cool brass lizard hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Christian Dior Midcentury Brass, Lucite, Vienna Straw Decorative Box, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century decorative box in brass, clear lucite and Vienna straw. This incredibly elegant jewelry box was designed in Italy during 1970s and is attributed to a Christian ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
Midcentury Round Box in Murano Glass by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury wonderful round box in murano glass by Tommaso Barbi.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Maitland Smith Extra Large Tessellated Travertine and Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful Extra large Tessellated Travertine and Marble box by Maitland Smith.
The hinged Travertine box is complemented by a burgundy border with brass inlays,
The box sits on br...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Marble, 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
Large Oak Sewing Box, 1950s, Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Solid Oak wood sewing box ,on wheels . opened with two hinged doors on the top, while the accordion style (with layered shelves that used external hinges to store more stuff in...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Oak
Jens Quistgaard Rosewood Box for Dansk, Denmark, c.1960
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Jens Quistgaard Lidded Rosewood Box for the Dansk Rare Wood Collection, Denmark, c.1960.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rosewood cigars Box around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rosewood cigars Box around 1950s
shellac varnish by Hand
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
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
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
Vintage Turtle Box by Antony Redmile
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical mid century trinket box crafted in composition in a turtle form having a polished stone lid handle and silver plate on brass head and...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
1960s Middle Eastern Backgammon Game Board Chess Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage backgammon game board chess box intricate mosaic wood marquetry inlaid Mop
19.5 w x 10 d x 3.5 h
Preowned original vintage condition. Wear present.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, 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
Large Round Emerald Green Alabaster Trinket Box with Hinged Lid, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely hand carved round Italian alabaster trinket box in deep emerald green on the inside, and very light green on the exterior. Large...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Lidded Box in Walnut by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970), France circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely carved lidded box by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970), created around 1950. The walnut wood exhibits a smooth, polished finish, retaining its natural charm. The lid securely fa...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Ruby Red and Gilt Silver Faceted Murano Glass Jewelry Box, Italy 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning jewelry box in faceted ruby red Murano glass and gilt silver. This incredibly rare piece was produced in Italy in the 1920s.
The box feature an exquisite 12 sided faceted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Monique Gerber French Bronze Lidded Sculptural Top Black and Red Lacquer Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber rare bronze sculptural topped decorative box with black and red lacquer base.
French designer Monique Gerber designer and owner of Art du Bronze.
Signed under the bo...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box 7cm Kings, ca 1950
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its original box with a sliding lid, made by John Jaques of London and dating to the mid 20th century period.
The chess pieces are made of turned and carved varnished wood. The bases of ALL pieces are weighted with metal pieces and the bases have a green felt/paper cover.
Weighted sets like this one have a much nicer "feel" when playing.
The pieces in the set are in the Staunton style.
Sizes: Kings: 70mm ( ~ 2.75 inches); Pawns: ~45mm (~1.7 inches)
The set comes complete with its original wood storage box, having a sliding lid and complete with a paper makers sticker to the lid.
Overall a good "weighted" John Jaques chess...
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Wicker and Vienna Straw Jewelry Basket, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
Amazing mid-century decorative rectangular jewelry box made of rattan and Vienna straw.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Straw
Lidded Alabaster Stash or 420 Box on Brass Paw Feet with Red Lined Interior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Alabaster box, with a closure trimmed in brass and lined in red velvet. The brass paw feet give the hinged box a nice place to rest.
A compliment to any valet or dres...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
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
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 Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
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
$3,000
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 Boxes
Materials
Cocobolo
$875 Sale Price
32% Off
Music Play Box, Around 1960s, Made in Switzerland
Located in Wien, AT
Music play box, around 1960s, made in Switzerland.
Wood inlays.
Plays " Love story " Music
Hight when open: 19cm.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fred & Marilyn Buss Trinket Puzzle Box, 1970s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fred & Marilyn Buss Trinket Puzzle Box, 1970s
Made of black walnut and maple , comes with original paperwork .
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Maple, Walnut
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Greene Vintage Sculptural Carved Zebra Wood Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage small storage or trinket box features rounded, biomorphic shape and simple, but elegant construction. The box is hand carved of solid zebra wood; the storage compartment slid...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Zebra Wood
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...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
Raymor Pottery, Italy Covered Box
By Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Made in Italy. Mid-Century signed Raymor Pottery. Covered Lidded Box with Glazed Abstract Design.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Pottery
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 Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Jewellery Box Container in Silver by Guido Galbiati Italy 1960/70 Mid-Century
Located in Palermo, IT
Guido Galbiati jewelry box / box. Born in the heart of Milan, the brand has always breathed the spirit that makes the city the capital of fashion and design. The culture and care of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Balsa Wood and Tin Lined Tea Box Workshop Prop Decor Storage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage balsa wood, and tin lined lidded tea box, retaining partial labels.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Spanish Wooden Box with Silver & Enamel Lid
By Gio Ponti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Spanish table or glove box.
In .915 fine (plata de ley) solid silver.
The wooden box with a silver lid with an enameled Moderist depiction of a recumbent woman with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
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
Italian Mid-Century White Marble Jewelry Box with Gilt Metal Mounts
Located in Hamburg, DE
This rare Italian jewelry box, crafted in the 1960s, is made from white translucent marble and beautifully echoes the tradition of opaline jewelry caskets produced in Italy, Bohemia,...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Marble
Kenji Fujita Ceramic on Oak Jar Box Japanese Studio Craft Tea Caddy Tobacco
By Kenji Fujita
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Tottori Japan, c.1950s
Turned Oak Tea Caddy with Ceramic Inlay by ceramicist Kenji Fujita.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Green Onyx Marble Box, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Discover a captivating handmade trinket or jewelry box, crafted with utmost care from exquisite onyx. Its hinged lid and gilded feet exude a timeless elegance. This versatile masterp...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Onyx
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 Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Travelling Vanity Case, English, Leather, Silver, Dressing Table Box
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling vanity case. An English, leather and silver dressing table box with fitted interior, dating to the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Italian Murano Faceted Glass & Brass Hinged Box / Jewelry Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful hinged Murano glass box in pristine clear faceted glass and brass trim and original decorative key and tassel. It is a wonderful desk or...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal
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
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box MCM
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Silver and Ebony William Spratling Dominoes Set
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Amazing Wiliam Spratling Dominoes set made of ebony wood and silver inlay.
William Spratling (September 22, 1900–August 7, 1967) was an Americ...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver
$3,000 / set
Vintage Gucci, Italy - Solid Sterling 800 Silver Box c.1968
By Gucci
Located in Bath, GB
A truly striking and very rare box by the iconic designer, Gucci, Italy. What makes this one so very special is that is made from solid 800/100 silver rather than the usual silver p...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver
Ceramic & Brass Box Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Oval box in ceramic with marble effect borders and brass handle by Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is stil...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tiffany & Co. 1980 by Elsa Peretti Pumpkin Trinket Lidded Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Pumpkin box designed by Elsa Peretti (1940-2021) for Tiffany & Co.
Beautiful vintage rounded trinket box with a lid, designed in the shape of a pumpkin by...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$978 Sale Price
30% Off
Midcentury Abalone Shell and Brass Decorative Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury abalone shell and brass decorative trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillios, circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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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