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Period: 1940s
Material: Wood
Intricately Carved Vintage Burmese Looms
Located in New York, NY
Two intricately carved and custom mounted vintage Burmese looms in the form of prancing roosters. Rarely seen. Priced and sold individually, Burma, c...
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1940s Burmese Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Deco Maple Burl Wood Decorative Lock Box with Inlay Detail
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art carved maple burl wood box with locking mechanism and original key, circa 1940s. Geometric inlay details present to the surface. Very nice...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Burl

Primitive Hand Carved Tripodal Tea Caddy Box with Metal Trim, Belgium 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Charming hand carved box with metal detail.
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1940s Belgian Primitive Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Rare and Early Jens Risom Stool for Knoll Associates, New York City
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and early Jens Risom stool for Knoll Associates, New York City. Simple, elegant design. Retains original finish as well as original early oil cloth upholstered top. Also origina...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Upholstery, Birch

Lamp Table Sculpture Pine Abstract Figurative Organic Henry Moore High
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Henry Moore Inspired, pine, figurative, sculpture upcycled into a 17” high, table lamp - Unusual statement and conversation piece; injecting modernism and organic form and textu...
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1940s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

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Pine

French Art Deco Macassar Wood Model of an Aircraft Circa 1940
Located in London, GB
A unusual French Art Deco model of an aircraft, circa 1940. The body, engine casing & propellers are made of Macassar wood. The wings, tail & cockpit are metal with a chrome finish....
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1940s French Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Granite, Chrome

Large Single Italian Giltwood Mirror Candle Sconce
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elaborate carved giltwood and metal mirrored sconce. The all giltwood back with Centro round mirror with front girangole candleholder that is removable. Made in Italy, circa 1950. Th...
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1940s Italian Louis XV Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Sheet Metal

Vintage Hand Painted Rocking Horse
Located in New York, NY
Vintage hand painted carved horse.
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1940s Folk Art Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Clara Shainess 1940s Carved Wood Sculpture
By Clara Shainess
Located in New York, NY
An African School carved wood sculpture made in the 1940s (circa 1940) by U.S. artist Clara Shainess and mounted on a painted wooden base. Good condition, some age cracks and chips; ...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Turquoise Marbled Wood and Naturel Wood Box, 1940s
Located in Sacile, PN
Turquoise marbled wood and nature wood box, 1940s. Rectangular box painted in blue faux marble and nature wood with brass closure and ribbon-shape...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Box with a Shell Lid in Style of Alexandre Noll
Located in NYC, NY
A beautiful wood box with a small compartment inside and a shell lid in the manner of Alexandre Noll.
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1940s French Minimalist Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Shell, Walnut

Art Deco Snake Lamp, by Aldo Tura, Ashtray Service Cigarettes Hand-Carved Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century table lamp, Art Deco lamp, by Aldo Tura, ashtray service cigarettes or centre table, in hand-carved blond walnut. Restored and working. Measures cm: H 28 x W 35 x D 21. ...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Walnut

Painted Japanese Marble Warrior Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1-4035 Hand painted marble panel set in a wood frame.
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1940s Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble

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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Enamel

Italy 1940s Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Tobacco Container, Pipe Shape
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco container by Aldo Tura, Italy 1940s in goatskin, brass and wood. The container has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and another for storing and lighting the games. D...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Repoussé Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Repoussé brass box, Dutch, repoussé brass covered wooden box with original patina, circa 1940. Measurements: 17" width, 12" depth, 9" height.
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1940s Dutch Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Quirky American Folk Art Human Form Chair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Have a seat! One of a kind human form chair. Wonderfully carved muscles, toes, clenched fists for support. Looks like the chair is ready to go crawling ac...
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Extraordinary Hand-Carved from Knot of a Tree, Folk Art Sculpture "Gorilla"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual hand-carved from knot of a tree, Folk Art sculpture depicting a gorilla face, head, amazing life-like image, extremely well executed.
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1940s Unknown Black Forest Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Sculptural Tramp Art Double Sided Frame and Candleholder
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A magnificent and elaborate hand-carved wood sculptural frame. It is mirror image double sided. The base reads "1945" & "SOUVENIR" on both sides. The ...
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Leather Letter Holder in the manner of Jacques Adnet
Located in NYC, NY
A very handsome letter holder in beautifully patinated leather with fine stitching.
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1940s French Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of 1940s French Art Deco Brass and Red Wood Candleholders
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 1940s French Art Deco candleholders in brass and red painted wood.
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Smashing Pair of Carved Giltwood Chinese Style Dolphin Statues
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very glamorous Palm Beachy pair of Chinese style dolphins in carved and gilded wood.
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1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Giltwood

Art Moderne Terra-Cotta Nude Lady
Located in New York, NY
Art Moderne (German) terra-cotta reclining figure /sculpture of a semi nude lady mounted on a rectangular wood base.
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta, Wood

Make do Stool
Located in Seattle, WA
Muslin covered barrel trimmed in tape measure. Great little Folk Art piece that was used as giant pincushion and stool for home seamstress.
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1940s American Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Custom Tree Form Lamp by Frances Elkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a custom tree from floor lamp by Frances Elkins from the estate of Elkin's daughter, Katherine Elkins Boyd. This whimsical lamp is carved in wood and finished in Gesso. It is...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Gesso, Wood

French Mid-Century Maple Grandfather Clock
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) maple grandfather clock with Lucite column and chrome design with "MARGUERITE" clock face (Not working)
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1940s French Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Chrome

Bronze Sculpture “Step Dance” by Giuseppe Mazzullo, Italy, 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Passo di Danza is a bronze sculpture representing a Dancer with wooden base. Signed and dated under the base. Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Giuseppe Mazzullo wa...
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1940s Italian Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Sculpture “Woman’s Nude” by Giuseppe Mazzullo, Italy, 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Figura femminile - nudo is a waxed bronze sculpture representing a woman with wooden base. Unique, signed and dated under the base “Mazzullo 44”. Certificate of authenticity signed b...
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1940s Italian Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

"Designers Fair Award, 1947, " Art Deco Sculpture for Henri Bendel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important piece of American fashion history and a significant example of American Art Deco sculpture, this unique piece was awarded to Priscilla McCaffrey of Henri Bendel for her fashion design at the Designers Annual Fashion Fair...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak, Plaster

Goodyear Trophy Race Plaque, National Air Races, 1948, with Chambellan Medal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This highly important and historic plaque, one of Goodyear's early trophy race awards for light racer airplanes in 1948, was given to Robert S. Hopkins to honour the entry of his plane in the National Air Races that year in Cleveland, Ohio. The year before, Hopkins' plane, The Falcon Special, lost a wing in one of the qualifying heats and his pilot, C. P. Smith, bailed out in time; both Hopkins and Smith were from Reidsville, North Carolina. Goodyear commissioned Rene Chambellan...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Modernist Wooden Sculpture of a Woman, Attributed to Albert Wein
By Albert W. Wein
Located in New York, NY
Sculpture of a standing female figure, attributed to American sculptor Albert Wein (b.1915 - d.1991), in natural wood grain. The figure stands in a languid...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Wood Cubist Sculpture by Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wood sculpture by artist Leo Russell. Chicago born artist who worked mostly in painting and silkscreen did a series of wood sculptures in the 1940s. Pieces were acquired by the Gugge...
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1940s American Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Female Carving
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Carving of a female head.
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1940s American American Craftsman Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Early Bruno Mathsson Lounge Chair Model Pernilla 3, Karl Mathsson, Sweden
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare and important Pernilla 3 chaise lounge designed by Bruno Mathsson made by Karl Mathsson ,,Varnamo .Sweden.. Wonderful beech wood frame in its ...
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1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Canvas, Beech

1940s Inlaid Wood And Mother Of Pearl Middle Eastern Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s inlaid wood and mother of pearl middle eastern box.
Category

1940s Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Sculpture of Boxer in Wood
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco sculpture of boxer in wood high quality sculpture Art Deco Style Circa 1940 Origin Europe without visible signature Carved from heavy hard wood Without restoration in p...
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1940s European Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Hardwood

'40s 'Si tous les gars du monde...' box by Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
'Si tous les gars du monde...', box by Line Vautrin 1940 Silvered bronze and corkwood 8x3 cm Signed.
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1940s French Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Needlepoint Box on Stand, Dorothy Draper
Located in Riverdale, NY
Attractive needlepoint box on stand with burgundy velvet sides which comes from a Dorothy Draper designed interior in Purchase NY. Box is lined in cream brocade and velvet is nicely ...
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1940s North American Hollywood Regency Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

1940s Architect's Antique Telescopic Survey Rule Wood Engineering Measure
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique architect's style adjustable extending wood ruler...Easy to read.. You'll love the large type style numbers Charming patinated metal hinges Tons of character and history. Mea...
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1940s American American Classical Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Nathan Lerner "Chair", 1947
By Nathan Lerner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nathan Lerner, whose parents were Ukrainian emigrants, was born in Chicago in 1913. At the age of nine he attended painting courses at the Art Institute,...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Plywood, Upholstery

Harry Bertoia Patinated Silver Brooch with Coral and Ebony, USA 1943
Located in New York, NY
An unusual piece of Bertoia's jewelry with a figurative quality. This brooch was included in an exhibit, "In Nature's Embrace: The World of Harry Bertoia" at the Reading Public Museu...
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1940s American Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Coral, Silver

Harry Bertoia Hand-Forged Silver, Ebony and Silver Wire Pendant, USA 1942
Located in New York, NY
This early wire wrapped pendant was likely made by Harry Bertoia while he was at Cranbrook.
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver

Wood "coral" Wall Sculpture
Located in Seattle, WA
vintage found object. This branch/ root was painted years ago and looks like a huge piece of coral. would be beautiful mounted on the wall
Category

1940s Vintage Wood Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint

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