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
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 Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Green and Gold Lacquer Decoupage Turtle Box With Faux Tortoise Shell interior
Located in Stamford, CT
Green and gilt lacquered box with decoupage turtle decoration, the interior lined with faux tortoise shell paper. This is a charming box, my new favorite item. The top, front, back a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
MCM Stylized Signed Zebra Wood and Walnut Lidded Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous MCM stylized signed zebra wood and walnut lidded box, circa 1990s. The small box is superbly crafted and measures 2.5"W x 3.75"D x 1.5"H; it is signed on the underside. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Zebra Wood, Walnut
20th century design jewelry or decorative blue abstract ceramic box Rene Maurel
By René Maurel
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Rene Maurel
Blue abstract 20th century design jewelry or decorative ceramic box by René Maurel
Original perfect condition
Signed and dated 1965
Height 11 cm
Large 8 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Small Italian Red Marble Lidded Box with Original Label
Located in Hamburg, DE
This small yet striking lidded box was crafted in Italy from richly colored red marble and still retains its original paper label, adding to its authenticity and charm. The surface i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Hinged Inlaid Malachite and Lapis Cigar Box, Los Castillos Style, Mexico, 1950s
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hinged inlaid malachite and sodalite (or lapis lazuli) brass metal box with rosewood interior. An Aztec pyramid and mountains grace the lid. The metal smiths of Taxco, Mexico were kn...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Cartier Art Deco 18K Gold Box with Sapphires
By Cartier
Located in Norwood, NJ
Signed Cartier 18K yellow gold and sapphire box. Of rectangular outline with rounded corners, with square cut cabochon sapphires revealing a single compartment. Hallmarks. Signed Car...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Rectangular Mid-Century Chrome Thick Lucite Box by Albrizzi
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Thick Lucite and Chromed Jewelry Box by Alessandro Albrizzi, MCM
A vintage lucite lidded box, the top being clear, the bottom being chromed. The box was designed by Alessandro Albriz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Italian Pocket Watch Shaped Brass Box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A playful and finely crafted brass hinged box, formed in the shape of an oversized pocket watch and stamped “Made in Italy” near the rear bezel. Constructed entirely from solid brass...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Majolica Crab Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage French Majolica crab tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$330 / item
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 Boxes
Materials
Metal
Italian Florentine Gold Gilt Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming 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 as dec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Men's Midcentury Jewelry Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a men's sterling silver jewelry box. It is from the 1950s and has that Classic Midcentury look; sleek and Minimalist. The inside is wood that we have had restrained ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
1960s Murano Bronze-Mounted Glass Casket Attributed to Sommerso
Located in Winnetka, IL
A striking vintage bronze-mounted clear thick Murano glass casket attributed to Sommerso having a smoked glass interior.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Bee Trinket for Jewelry, Salt Pepper Cellar on Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, this charming bee has been later mounted on a lucite base. The wings of the bee open with a compartment that can be used to store jewelry or functional for salt an...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
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 Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Rectangular Rosewood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large charming hand crafted box in rosewood. This rectangular box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table as decoration. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
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.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Marble
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 Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Box in Lucite, Wicker and Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing large rectangular box in lucite, wicker and brass in the style Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Storage Box by Metalux the Netherlands
By Metalux, Joost Teders 1
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stylish and decorative sewing box / storage box designed by Joost Teders for Metalux Netherlands in 1955. The original lacquered wooden boxes colo...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Steel
Este Ceramiche for Bergdorf Goodman Porcelain Cat Box with Lid
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming vintage cat shaped decorative box with lid features high gloss white luster glaze on outer surfaces and glossy white glaze on the bottom and on inner surfaces. The cat is s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Maria Pergay, Metal Box and Agathe, France, 1970
By Maria Pergay
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Maria Pergay (1930), Large flat box in silver metal, France 1970. A red-veined Agathe stone is set on the lid, the interior is dressed in exotic wood. Excellence of the realization, ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Round Leather Box
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Round leather box. The natural leather finish features a rough texture and reinforced stitching, ensuring durability and a classic look. The box is closed by a leather strap with a s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Chinese Style Lacquered Brush or Pencil Box Painted Butterfly, circa 1940
Located in Labrit, Landes
Lacquered paintbrush or pensil box, made in the chinese style.
In this painting features a butterfly and flowers.
The key is not the original but it does correspond to the lock.
Good...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Black and Yellow Vinyl Plastic Scooby Box, France 1950s
By Atelier Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely 1950s French decorative lidded box features a bright yellow vinyl plastic scooby or craft lace (in French scoubidou) with black contrast thread. The box boasts a stunning...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Plastic, Wood
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....
Category
1970s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone
Small Square Early Florentine Blue and Gilt Wood Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming 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 as dec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Wood Puzzle Jewelry Box 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wood Puzzle Jewelry Box 1970's
Hand carved dual-compartment wood jewelry or stash box. Flowing organic lines and joinery. One removable compartment,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Florentine Rectangular Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box with classical scenes. This gilt-wood box with red, gold and black detailing has four comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Hand Crafted Burl Walnut Wood Box, 1970's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Hand Crafted Burl Walnut Wood Box, 1970's
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Willy Rizzo Style Chrome and Ice Effect Lucite Box, circa 1970
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian Modernist Lucite and Chrome Box, Attributed to Willy Rizzo, circa 1970
A striking example of Italian modernist design, this sculptural Lucite and chrome box evokes the bold a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Tea Box Designed by Jacques Jongert – Circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Tea Box Designed by Jacques Jongert – Circa 1930, "De Stijl" Design for Van Nelle, Netherlands
This iconic tea box, designed by Jacques Jongert in the 1930s, embodies the essence of...
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
$492 Sale Price
44% Off
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...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass, Copper
“Tout ou Rien” (“All or Nothing”) by Line Vautrin, silvered bronze box.
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
“Tout ou Rien” (“All or Nothing”) by Line Vautrin, silvered bronze box.
A “toutou” in familiar french language is a dog. It’s inscribed “RIEN” on the necklace, introducing the expres...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy. This box is in excellent condition.
Dimensions:
5,31 x 3,74 x 1,96 H inches
13,5 x 9,5 x 5 H cm
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Small Decorative Round Brass Box by Gabriella Crespi, 1960s, Signed
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A beautifully crafted small round box by the renowned Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1960s. This exquisite piece is crafted in brass, showcasing Crespi's signa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Walnut Jewelry Box for H. Sacks & Sons Connoisseur Collection
By Paul McCobb
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very nice six drawer jewelry / watch box with sculptural chromed tear drop styled pulls . Crafted in beautiful well grained walnut including the backside with book matched front dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Studio Craft Exotic Wood Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Studio craft signed jewelry box in exotic burl wood with velvet interior.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Brass painted Jewelry Box vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Brass painted Jewelry Box vienna around 1960s
Original condition
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fornasetti Mid-Century Modern Card Box, 1950s, Metal and Wood, Italy
Located in Rome, IT
Italian Mid-Century modern card box by Fornasetti in metal wood, representing a carriage with coachmen pulled by two horses.
This typo of artistic boxes was created to stay over ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Box in Wood, Brass and Steel Tommaso Barbi Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing large rectangular box in wood, brass and steel in the style of Tommaso Barbi.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
Gustave Tiffoche large 20th century grey and black ceramic decorative box 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gustave Tiffoche
20th century design large black and grey stoneware ceramic decorative box
Signed by Gustave Tiffoche
Original perfect condition
height 21 cm
Large 27 cm
Depth 19 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Cloisonné Lidded Box, Käthe Ruckenbrod
Located in London, GB
Cloisonné lidded box attributed to jeweller Käthe Ruckenbrod (1905 - 1989). Germany, mid-20th century.
The box is rounded, smooth and tactile to to...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
French Line Vautrin Bronze Poem Box with Sonnet by Felix Arvers
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series.
Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère,
Un amour éternel en un moment conçu
Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire,
Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.
Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu,
Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire.
Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre,
N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu.
Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre,
Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre
Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas.
À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle,
Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle
" Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas.
A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life,
An eternal love conceived in an instant.
As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless,
And the one responsible was unaware of it.
Alas! I lived close to her but without notice,
Always by her side yet so lonely.
And I shall have lived my days on this Earth,
Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing.
Even though God made her gentle and tender,
She goes her way, careless and oblivious
To the sough of love rising...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Handcrafted Jewelry Box by Bay Area Artist Dean Santner c.1970
By Dean Santner
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original studio, handcrafted wood jewelry box by California woodworker, Dean Santner. Expertly crafted in walnut. Pull out center drawer lined in blue felt.
CREATOR Dean ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Paul Evans & Phillip Lloyd Powell Box for Designers Inc. USA, 1960's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Paul Evans & Phillip Lloyd Powell Box for Designers Inc. USA, 1960's
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Pewter
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Dior Mid-Century Jewelry Box Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Chrome, Italy 1970s
By Dior Home
Located in Roma, IT
Delightful mid-century decorative jewelry box in tortoiseshell effect lucite and chrome. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s for a Dior Home Production.
This...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Alabaster Box with Brass Trim
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vibrant Orange and Golden color Alabaster box with a brass trimmed closure.
The box is ideal for jewelry, decor on a cocktail table or holding office supplies on your desk or work...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Ugo Zaccagnini Turquoise Egyptian Blue Ceramic Box with Bullseye Target Motif
Located in Southampton, NJ
Midcentury Egyptian Blue Ceramic Pottery box by Ugo Zaccagnini of Italy. The box features a striking bullseye design on all sides. There is an overall craquelure to the glaze which i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Doyle Lane Blue Craquelure Tile Set in Hand Made Rosewood Box
By Doyle Lane
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand made rosewood box with crackled blue tile created by Doyle Lane. Box measures 2" high by 2 7/8" wide and 5" long. It is signed by the artists hand on verso, Doyle Lane as pict...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Large Red Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large Red Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Handcrafted Octagonal Wood Parquet Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Octagonal Wood Parquet Box
3.75 h x 9.25 x 9.25
Original vintage
Refer to images
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Italian Rectangular Silver Plate Cigar Box, circa 1960s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Classic Italian Cigar Box in Thick Silver Plate With Striking Striped Decor on the Top and Fitted with the Original Cedar Wood Lining. Great additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Cenedese Pair of Mid-Century Green Italian Murano Glass Apothecary Lidded Jars
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Rare pair of Cenedese vintage midcentury modern clear green colored / coloured Murano glass round Apothecary jars or storage containers with lids made circa 1970s. Wonderful Italian ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Delightful Hand Painted Ceramic Nightstand Carafe From Vieux Vallauris, France
By Vallauris
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Absolutely delightful, hand painted ceramic lidded tripod pot from Cerenne, Vallauris, France
Beautifully decorated with delicate pale pink, lemon and tangerine flowers on cream grou...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
A Wonderful French Crystal Art Glass Colored Star Etched Brass Ormolu Box Casket
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid Century Modern Art Glass / Crystal Jewelry Box / Casket With Beautiful Star Pattern Etching Throughout And Brass Ormolu Hardware, In The Manner & Style Of Baccarat.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Crystal
1950s Onyx Mineral Stone Jewelry Box / Hinged Box
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern hinged box veneered in fine Onyx stone, Spain, 1950s.
This exquisite vintage 1950s rectangular box is all constructed with onyx and features a brass hinge.
This tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx, 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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