Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
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 Danish Relief Sculpture by Noomi Backhausen for Søholm 1960s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Fantastic relief plate made of glazed stoneware by the Danish artist Noomi Backhausen for Søholm in the 1960s, numbered and stamped, representing an open...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$379 Sale Price
20% Off
Stylish Cockatoo or Bird Signed Art Glass Sculpture by Murano Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish 12" high Italian art glass cockatoo or bird sculpture by Murano Glass, circa 1960s. Great blue and gold fleck color and clarity in this vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$525 Sale Price
22% Off
Italian Vintage Travertine Elephant Family Miniatures in the style of Enzo Mari
Located in Roma, IT
A mid-century miniature sculpture set depicting a family of elephants.
This miniature set made in Italy during the 70s combines two Italian peculiarities, the great skills of Italian...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Travertine
1970s Barovier Style Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bird Italian Sculpture
By Barovier
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A murano glass sculpture of a bird hand-crafted in Italy in the Seventies, colors, the gold inside the glass and style are in the manner of Barovier. This Murano Glass Bird is an ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Italian Glazed Ceramic Monkeys
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Italian glazed ceramic monkeys, fun and whimsical design decoration or bookends. In very good original condition, stamped on the base "Italy".
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,850 / set
Palatnik Op Art Lucite Large Orange Owl
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large scale Mid-Century Modern lucite Op Art orange owl designed by Abraham Palatnik. This is the rare large 10 inch size. Paper Made in Brazil label on bottom. Abraham Palatnik (1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Abraham Palatnik, large cat, lucite, Brazil, c.1970.
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large lucite cat with black decoration.
The largest size of cat made by Palatnik.
Signed in the piece, excellent condition, c.1970, made in Brazil.
Category
1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Walter Bosse Donkey Brass Figurine Pen Holder, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian midcentury pen or pencil holder, displaying a donkey. A very humorous design by Walter Bosse executed by Herta Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass in excel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Modernist Japanese Iron Fish Incense Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Iron sculptural fish bowl from Japan. Great for incense. Wonderful patina. Signed with a Japanese mark. 1950s
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Solid Hand Carved Rosewood African Hippo Sculpture with Bone Teeth
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare solid hand carved Hippopotamus rosewood sculpture with bone teeth, circa 1970's, nice original condition no chips cracks or...
Category
20th Century Central African Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rosewood
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mid Century Brutalist Lion Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Redding, CT
Mid Century Brutalist Lion Sculpture. Classic design made out of thick metal wire in colors of black and gold. Supported by a black metal base,
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Gabriella Crespi Boar, Silvered Bronze, Glass, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi Boar, Silvered Bronze, Glass, Signed. Small scale realistic and magical silvered bronze sculpture, fitted with a hand-blown glass egg...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Scandinavian Teak Rooster Egg Holder
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Scandinavian Teak Rooster Egg Holder , comes with an egg shaped candle. Good vintage condition.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Oiva Toikka Turkey Fowl (Turkinpyy) Annual Bird 2005 Glass Iittala Finland Nuuta
By Iittala
Located in Delft, NL
Oiva Toikka Turkey Fowl (Turkinpyy) Annual Bird 2005 Glass Iittala Finland Nuutajärvi Finland
Dimensions: 20 cm Width , 9cm Depth , 12 cm Height
Material: Glass
Conition: Good no da...
Category
Early 2000s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Dog
Located in Palm Beach, FL
As the song goes, you ain't nothing but a hound dog, life size mid century hound dog crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated and glazed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Dino Martens Murano Sommerso Champagne Purple Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso soft transparent champagne with a hint of purple Italian art glass fish on base sculpture. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, circa 1950s. Published in his book (see photo), model 6180, and a later model number 6913 is in the same shape. The fish has little blue murine eyes, with white Latticino ribbons on the fins and tail. It is balanced on a clear glass base. Would make a great display piece on any dresser, coffee table, or display cabinet. Mid-century era. Would make a great addition to any Nautical, Marine / Ocean theme room. Measures: 10 5/8" tall x 6 1/2" long x 3 1/2" wide. Last photo shows other colors currently available in the gallery.
Literature:
Dino Martens - Muranese Glass Designer, by Marc Heiremans. Photo provided.
Vetreria Aureliano Toso, Murano 1938 - 1968, Designs by Dino Martens, Enrico Potz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Ribbon
$638 Sale Price
24% Off
Owl Mauro Manetti Gold Plate & Insulated Ice Bucket Mid-Century Modern, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
1940s original Mauro Manetti gold plate owl ice bucket with metal insulation, made in Italy.
Keeps the ice cubes frozen for a long time as the lid sits tight on the bucket.
Highly ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Pair of Painted Leather Giraffe Sculptures
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming pair of hand painted leather giraffe sculptures featuring a geometric pattern body and life like heads. Beautifully hand-crafted with expressi...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
$1,200 / set
Vintage Murano Art Glass Black Bird Mid-Century Modern, 1960's
By Barovier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful mid-century modern Murano glass black bird in wonderful vintage condition.
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bird in the Manner of Barovier.
Beautiful Murano hand blown black Italian art glass bird dove figurine...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Grosbeak Glass Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral Germany ca. 1970s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Grosbeak Glass Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral Germany ca. 1970s
Item e7112
An art glass sculpture of a stylized grosbeak in smoke grey and white opaque glass. It was hand made in...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Poodle Statue In Porcelain By Jihokera, Czechoslovakia 1960s
By Jihokera
Located in Zohor, SK
Transport yourself to a bygone era of elegance with this exquisite vintage sculpture – a seated Poodle that captures the essence of 1960s artistry. Crafted by Czechoslovakia's renown...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$172 Sale Price
70% Off
Pair of Murano Glass Barbini Birds of Paradise
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Mid-Century Murano handblown glass Birds-of-Paradise, by Alfredo Barbini. Beautiful pale pink color with gold inclusions throughout and controlled bubbles on the body and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Murano Glass Bull Sculpture by Franco Bottaro
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Italian Murano glass large bull sculpture by Franco Bottaro.
Hand blown with clear and smoky glass.
Signed Bottaro Murano.
Measurements: 11.5” Wide, 5.5” Deep, 8.25” High.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Italian White Porcelain Sculpture of a Calm, Sitting Greyhound
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Italian Midcentury white porcelain sculpture depicting a greyhound dog sitting obediently on his behind. Lend an air of elegance t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antonio Pavia Rare Lacquered Wood and Gilded Bronze Heron, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Beautiful sculpture in ivory lacquered wood and gilded bronze, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse Sculpture
By A. Mead
Located in Chicago, IL
Horse sculpture, signed Jo Mead.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$714 Sale Price
40% Off
Modernist Silvered Horse Knife Rests-Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
Modernist silvered horse knife rests-set of twelve,
20th Century
(NY9205/IRR)
The twelve cast solid silvered plate horses are depicted in full gallop...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
21st Century Grey European Lead Bust of a Horse Head
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic profile of a raised horse head in lead with beautiful handcrafted details. The animal bust is mounted on a rectangular base with multiple bevel. The horse head has always r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Lead
$1,584 Sale Price / item
20% Off
1950s Italian Modernist Green Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Striking Murano fish glass glass sculpture, circa 1950s. Piece measures 5.25" high by 6" wide by 1.5" deep. Unsigned and in very good vintage condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
1950 Hagenauer Bronze Salt and Pepper Dispenser Cocker Spaniel Puppies
Located in Vienna, AT
The object on sale is a little bronze figurine modelled after an endearing pair of cocker spaniel pups, that was originally intended to hold salt and pepper dispensers. But it can al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rams Head Ceramic Sculpture Bookend
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very nice and large sculpture of a Rams Head - perfectly suited as a bookend for large books, or a Stand-alone decorative piece. No Chips or Cracks.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Bloodhound Ornament, American, Bronze, Marble, Dog Sculpture, Circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a heavy vintage bloodhound ornament. An American, bronze and marble figural dog sculpture by Grace Mott Johnson, dating to the mid 20th c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pedro Friedeberg Egyptian Cat Clock
Located in NYC, NY
A very unusual table clock designed by Pedro Friedeberg featuring a wooden black Egyptian cat with the clock on its torso. The clock is also made of wood,...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marilyn Neuhart Alexander Girard Doll Textiles & Objects
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Hand Made Doll, by Marilyn Neuhart for Textiles & Objects, which was a "pop up shop" conceived by Alexander Girard and sponsored by Herman Miller in May of 1961. See the last tw...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wool, Linen, Silk
Walter Bosse Cancer Zodiac Sign Brass Figurine, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Cancer Zodiac Sign Brass Figurine, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Leather Patchwork Turtle Pouf, Switzerland 1960s
By De Sede
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very good vintage condition.
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Vintage Italian Glazed Terracotta Tiger Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking Mid Century tiger sculpture or figure crafted in terracotta, hand decorated and glazed.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Hand Carved Maple Panther Sculpture by Peter Larsen
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool hand carved maple (or possibly ash) panther sculpture by Peter Larsen, circa 1984. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks, is signed and dated on the...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Maple
Mauro Manetti Silver Plated Dog for Lega Peltro, Italy, 1970s
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rare silverplated dog figurine designed by Mauro Manetti.
Manetti studied Architecture at the Florence University.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Anette Edmark Pair of Ceramic Horse Head Sculptures, Denmark 1990s
Located in Naples, IT
Pair of ceramic/earthenware sculptures created by Danish artist Anette Edmark, the sculptures have a horse head shape, one with dark glaze and the other ...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Small Elephant Figurine by Walter Bosse Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Small Elephant Figurine by Walter Bosse Vienna Around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 8.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Murano Art Glass Sculpture of a Duck Decoy By Formia Italian Venetian Art Glass
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful sculpture of a duck decoy hand made by talented murano glass artists from Formia. Featuring shades of yellow, green, red and blue glass with aventurine accents.
Hand Blown ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Murano Art Glass Stylized Coy Fish Sculpture with Cascading Bubbles
By Barovier
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large stylized art glass fish sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Murano Italy and dating to approximately 1965 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Carved Stone Parrot
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Brazilian parrot carved from semi precious stones perched on a quartz geode and presented on a lucite base.
Category
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
$3,600
Italian Vintage Black and White Blown Solid Murano Glass Penguin Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Early 1980, a very cute Venetian penguin Art sculpture in blown Murano glass, the central solid crystal clear core is deeply overlaid in black and white, t...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Sommerso Red Amethyst Fade Italian Art Glass Bird Sculpture Figure
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red amethyst Italian art glass guinea or quail bird sculpture. The piece is attributed to the Salviati company, with Alfredo Barbini the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Vintage "Panther" bronze sculpture, 70s
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Vintage "Panther" in patinated and sculpted bronze.
1970s
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Great Sculpture of a Bear Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A powerful stylized sculpture of a bear in solid smoke grey glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. The typical design of Livio Seguso in the 1970s. The base w...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
1960 Doe Porcelain Statue, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Original undamaged condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds,starfish.
Nautical style.
Diameter / 7.5 by 6"
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Vintage Plichta Pottery Nekola Pinxt Cat London England
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A wonderful Plichta Pottery Cat "Nekola Pinxt" London England. Excellent condition with no chips or cracks. Fun whimsy glass eyes. Rare and in demand.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Tessellated Stone and Brass Birds Abstract Sculptures by Maitland Smith 1970's
Located in Den Haag, NL
Tessellated stone and brass birds abstract sculptures by Maitland Smith 1970's.
Category
1970s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Brass
Archimede Seguso Pair of Mice in Pink Murano Glass, Italy 1950s
Located in Naples, IT
This charming set of two Murano glass mice is an authentic work of art created by the renowned master glassmaker Seguso. Featuring a brilliant shade of rosA and sinuous lines that en...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
MARIO CACCIAPUOTI - Silver-plated copper-plated stoneware - Made in ITALY .1930
Located in Milano, IT
This piece is one of the few that could be attributed to MARIO CACCIAPUOTI , in his brief stint with the MARIO
CACCIAPUOTI AND C, In Milan.
It is made of stoneware and plated with s...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Other, Sheet Metal
Crystal Cat Sculpture Paper Weight
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderfully charming midcentury figurative crystal sculptural paperweight in the shape of a sleeping cat. A wonderful compliment to any desk or table.
OFFERING FREE SHIPPING WITHIN U...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Life-Size Fiberglas Penguin Italy 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Beautiful life-size sculpture of a penguin, made in fiberglass and painted in black and white in Italy in the 1970s. Excellent original condition with a friendly smile on the penguin...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Vintage Danish Kay Bojesen 1950s Wooden Oak Hippo Figurine Desk Pencil Holder
By Kay Bojesen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Kay Bojesen " The Hippopotamus" oak figurine. Kay designed in 1955 because he needed a device to store his pencils. This hippo desk accessory ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Whimsical Owl Paperweight in Alabaster Made in Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Whimsical rare sculpture paperweight in alabaster very collectible made in Italy, circa 1960s, Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Barbini Murano Pulegoso Gray Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Kitty Cat Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Pulegoso bubbles, over black core and gold flecks Italian art glass cat sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The cat stands...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$563 Sale Price
24% Off
Mid-century Modern animal sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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