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Art Deco Decorative Objects

ART DECO STYLE

Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.” 

ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
  • Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
  • Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
  • Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory

ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.

Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.

The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)

Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.

From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.

The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.

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Style: Art Deco
Pill Box Art Deco style fire-enamelled stripes Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Indulge in the allure of vintage artistry with this rounded rectangular pill box, exquisitely crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. Adorned with intricate hand-engraved ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Plaster Sculpture, Art Deco Period, Jan & Joel Martel Style, France, circa 1930
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This woman bust is in Plaster. It is an Art Deco Sculpture, made circa 1930, in France. In a white color. In the Style of Jan and Joël MARTEL.  
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Plaster

Pair of Art Deco Candle Sconces, Taidetakomo Hakkarainen, 1930/1940s
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Pair of Art Deco candle sconces, manufactured by Taidetakomo Hakkarainen, 1930/1940s. Brass. Good vintage condition, patina and wear consistent with age and use. The candle sconces a...
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1940s Finnish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Brass

Tiffany Studios New York Adam Bronze Doré Letter Rack
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique gilt bronze Neoclassical or Adam style desk letter holder rack By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside) New York, USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 9.5"W x ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Sculptures Made in Bronze-Patina Brass by Patrick Coard Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines. Patrick Coard Paris launches a unique and beautiful sculptural object collection. The set of amorphous sculptures...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Brass

Art Deco Amber Glass Trinket Decorative Vanity Box, vintage Austria 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A really beautiful colored Art Deco Trinket Jewelry box or catchall. In very good condition with signs of use. A real collectors item for your Art Deco setting. Nice addition also to...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Art Deco Style Dancer Sculpture Clarté with Jade Ball Original Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Lueur Jade” by Max Le Verrier – A Timeless Art Deco Masterpiece Experience the refined elegance of the Art Deco era with “Lueur Jade,” an extraordinary sculpture by the iconic Max ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Jade, Marble, Spelter

French Art Deco Jewelry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco box ,walnut wood base and walnut veneer. The wood box can be use as a cigar box.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Walnut

Pierre d´Avesn for Daum. Large Art Deco art glass vase with handles
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pierre d´Avesn for Daum, circa 1933. Large Art Deco art glass vase with handles in smoked glass. In excellent condition. Dimensions: H 16.3 cm x D 19.0 cm.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

1920s Danish Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Crab Bowl or Ashtray
Located in Barcelona, ES
A funny Royal Copenhagen porcelain basket bowl, dish or ashtray with a highly decorative crab figurine, Denmark, circa 1923. This piece is in excellent...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Art Deco Style Floral Candlelabra Candle Holders
Located in Toronto, ON
Gorgeous floral art Deco style candelabra. This candelabra is made in brass and has three holders in varying heights. The candelabra resembles floral wherein the holders are flowers ...
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1940s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Brass

Art Deco Sage Green Metal Vase Attributed to Sonja Katzin, Stjärnmetall, 1940s
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This very rare footed vase attributed to the Swedish top-designer Sonja Katzin, and produced by Stjärnmetall (Stjärnkvist Metall AB), is painted in a striking sage green and gold. Th...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Zinc

1920 René Lalique - Seal Stamp Victoire Frosted Glass With Blue Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Stamp Seal "Victoire" made in frosted glass with blue patinat by René Lalique in 1920. Molded and engraved signature Perfect condition. height: 4.5 cm Félix Marcilhac, René Laliqu...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Blown Glass

Barovier Toso Murano Copper Aventurine Italian Art Glass Centerpiece Fruit Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown copper aventurine flecks with thin purple swirl Italian art glass footed centerpiece bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for Barovier e T...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Gold Leaf

"Caldwell Clock w/ Siena Marble and Caryatids", Lorillard Estate, Tuxedo Park
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary work of art by America's leading maker of luxe objects for homes and businesses in the early 20th century, this large and heavy Siena marble clock by J. E. Caldwell ...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

DAUM Nancy French Art Nouveau Single-Flower Vase, 1910-1915
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Nouveau mottled glass single-flower vase by DAUM (Nancy), France, 1910-1915. Colors : pink, purple and orange. Height : 18.7"(47.5cm), Diameter : 5.5"(14cm). Signed "Daum ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Glass, Art Glass

Pair of Art Deco Wienerberger Ceramics Bookholder Showing Pegasus, circa 1925s
Located in Wien, AT
Pair of Wienerberger ceramics bookholder showing pegasus. Excellent original condition.
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Pair of Chinese Persimmon Fantail Vases with Children at Play, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century porcelain vase is sculpted to a classic Chinese phoenix-tail form and decorated with persimmon-orange enamel and several cartouche paintings of picturesque sc...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

1927 Gabriel Argy Rousseau, Vase Anses Geometriques Pate De Verre Glass
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Anses Geometriques" made in green pate de verre glass created by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau in 1927. Molded signature. Perfect condition. Extremely rare model and exceptional co...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Blown Glass

Vase Sign: Schneider with application, 1924, France, ( Jade Decoration )
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Schneider Schneider Charles Schneider (1881-1953) studied art in two of most prestigious French school of the Arts. First in the School of Fine Arts in Nancy, then in the...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Art Deco Carved Wood Box with Metal Accent, France circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
This wood box was expertly crafted in France during the 1930s and will make a statement in any room. The box has a unique and eye-catching design, with a beautiful wood grain of oak ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Metal, Chrome

Lily of the Valley & Columbine, Stoneware Vase Wilhelm Kage, Argenta Gustavsberg
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Adorned with stylised applied silver Lily of the Valley and Columbine flowers, this elegant footed vase by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden is a super piece from the Argenta coll...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Silver

Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver & Turquoise Enamel Picture Frame 1920 USA
Located in London, GB
A wonderful Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver & Turquoise Enamel photo Frame Circa 1920, Origin USA. This frame is in very good condition the enamel is perfect and translucent, showc...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Amber Hand-Cut Crystal Vase Attributed to Josef Hoffmann Signed Moser & Söhne
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Amber hand-cut and hand-polished crystal vase. The piece is firmly attributed to Josef Hoffmann for Moser & Söhne, and signed Moser, circa the 1...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Crystal

Val St. Lambert Art Deco Style Red or Cranberry Cut to Clear Glass Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Art Deco style cut-to-clear glass vase. By Val St. Lambert. With a red or cranberry cased curved body with cut-to-clear hourglass shaped panels and a strawberry field facete...
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20th Century Belgian Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Art Glass, Cut Glass

Pair of Bronze Art Deco Candlesticks by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
Pair of Swedish Grace bronze candlesticks with amazing patina. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Good condition - some scratches and wear to the patination. Stam...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Decorative pewter lid box, Swedish Grace / Art Deco by royal warrant CG Hallberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A decorative pewter lid box by royal warrant CG Hallberg. Design attributed Sylvia Stave (1908-1994), she worked between 1929-44 at the royal warrant CG Hallberg, during 1931-39 she ...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Pewter

Urushi Lacquer Eggshell Round Brule Box, Large by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Brulé means 'burnt' in French. Raw and delicate, the Brulé boxes evoke the idea of baked earth or ashes. There is a powerful energy in the details of decisio...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Eggshell, Lacquer

Holger FridericiasCasket Box in Patinated Bronze, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Thin stocked small scaled treasure chest - casket box in bronze applied green verdigris patina (cold paint). Suitable for storing small personal 'treasures' like jewelry, tea, tobacc...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Art Deco Bronze Vase by Just Andersen, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small patinated vase in bronze designed by Just Andersen and manufactured in Denmark during the 1930s. Fully signed and numbered to its base. Measurements: H: 7 cm, D: 9 cm.
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

"Floating Male Nude with Drapery, " Highly Rare Art Deco Vase by Grosz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and impressive, this sandblasted glass vase by Franz Grosz depicts a nude male figure floating in the air -- perhaps a dancer in the midst o...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Glass

Tiffany & Co. Studios New York Bronze and Abalone Desk Set
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning set of solid brass Tiffany & Co desk ink well notepad case and 4 corners for desk pad all in amazing condition came from a high end estate in P...
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1910s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Art Deco Pair of Pelican Figure Bookends in Hand Carved Woods, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a good pair of Art Deco period, Book ends of two Pelicans hand carved in wood. Each stylised pelican has been well hand carved in a dark hardwood and stands on a base f...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Hardwood

Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop by Walter Von Neesen for Chase, circa 1935
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple yet elegant design by Walter Von Neesen for Chase circa 1935. Brass & copper stylized in the form of a arching cat. Rare find. In excellent vintage condition with min...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Brass, Copper

Vintage Bronze Metal Sculpture of a Greyhound Whippet Dog Figurine Art Deco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful Vintage Bronze Metal Sculpture of a Greyhound Whippet Dog Figurine Art Deco Style. An elegant, stylised cast bronze metal sculpture depicting a whippet or greyhound dog scu...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Louis Lourioux Elegant French Art Deco Vase
Located in PARIS, FR
Exquisite art deco vase in stoneware by Louis Lourioux. This piece is in exceptional condition and would be a brilliant addition to any collection.
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Stoneware

1930s Art Deco Futurist Polychrome Ceramic Italian Vase manufactured in Albisola
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This vase is a beautiful blend of geometric design, rich textures, and vibrant colors. The polychrome ceramic exhibits a layered color scheme: bands of blue and golden-yellow dominat...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Art Deco Soccer Player Sculpture
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco sculpture in spelter with gilded patina on a portor marble base. Circa 1935. In very good condition, unsigned. Height: 36.5 cm Width: 36 cm Depth: 12 cm Weight: 3.9 Kg
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Spelter

Antique Cast Sculpture Egypt Goddess Isis
Located in Munich, DE
Decorative cast of a sculpture of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Plaster

Art Deco crystal vase vienna around 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco crystal vase vienna around 1930s Original condition
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Crystal

Art Deco Style Ceramic Vase, Early 20th Century Art Pottery Vessel by S. Hublet
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning stoneware vase by S. Hublet (Sylvain Hublet). Hand-crafted, this vessel has a granite like beige, pink and black surface accented by freeform chevrons on the top and the b...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Art Deco Jewelry Cabinet, after Ruhlmann
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A French Art Deco jewelry cabinet after Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann.
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20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Mahogany

Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco Vase with Frosted Flower Motif, Julius Stolle 'Niemen Stolle, Poland'
Located in Verviers, BE
Imposing blue frosted pressed glass vase in Art Deco style. This large vase contrasts the geometry of lines with the rounder forms of flowers and dates to the early 1930s. It was cre...
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1930s Polish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Glass

Pair of Austrian Terracotta Seahorse Wiener Werkstätte-Era Candlesticks
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here's a wonderful and whimsical pair of terracotta candlesticks made in Austria (signed) during the Wiener Werkstätte era. The design, clay and painting technique are very similar t...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Terracotta

Art Deco Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare pewter bowl or ashtray with architecturally styled ribbings. Designed and manufactured by Just Andersen in Denmark during the 1930s. Imprinted to its base: Just, Danmark, 2350...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Pewter

1940s Art Deco Heron Table Lamp, by Aldo Tura, Ashtray, Cigarette Service
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian midcentury Art Deco style table lamp, ashtray, cigarette service or centre table, by Aldo Tura , in hand carved wood, with metal fusion parts. Parchment lampshade. Working el...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Beech, Walnut

Art Deco Christofle Boreal Silver Plated Fish Serving Set Design Luc Lanel
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant Art Deco silver-plated fish serving set by Christofle is part of the "Boréal" model, designed by the renowned Luc Lanel, celebrated for his modern and timeless designs. ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Silver Plate

French Art Deco Variegated Red Art Glass Vase With Iron Surround
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this large Art Deco glass vase dates from the 1930s. The art glass vase is a warm, variegated red and it is encased in a hand-forged iron surround with decorative sc...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Iron

Art Deco French Cubist Bronze Vase with Dinanderie Patina Work
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Stunning French Art Deco Cubist Bronze Vase with Dinanderie Patina This exquisite French Art Deco vase is a masterful example of Cubist design, crafted from fine bronze and featurin...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Black White Art Deco Style Decor Vase, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Scandinavian modern vase in heavy ceramic material and white swirling stylized wing like geometric art deco tribal style decoration over black glaze. Signed under base. Beautiful vi...
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1980s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware

Shagreen Tray with Shell and Brass Inserts by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Brass

Art Deco Iconic 'Sunray' Box, England, Circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly iconic looking Art Deco wooden box which we think was a tea caddy or for cigarettes originally. The exterior of the box is veneered in a beaut...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Brass

Pisgah Forest Oxblood Ombre Vase, North Carolina Art Studio Pottery, 1939
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Beautiful rounded vase is decorated with light to dark oxblood red ombre craquelure glaze; the glaze is in high gloss finish and is smooth to the touch. The inner surfaces are finished with semi-gloss off-white glaze. The vase is in good vintage condition; it is marked and dated on the bottom. Inspired by the Arts & Crafts Movement, Walter B. Stephen and his mother began their first pottery, Nonconnah, near Memphis, Tennessee about 1904. Without prior experience, they produced slip-decorated pottery of exceptional merit. Stephen moved to Skyland, North Carolina, in 1913, where he established a second Nonconnah Pottery, the first full-time art pottery in the state. In 1926, Stephen began the operation of his third pottery, Pisgah Forest. Here he explored Oriental glazes and forms, pioneered the first crystalline glazes in the South, and developed his cameo wares which resemble English Wedgewood jasperwares. Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah pottery have gained national recognition from numerous museums and private collectors. Major exhibitions of Stephen’s work have been held at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, the Asheville Art Museum, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California, the McKissick Museum in Columbia, SC, North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC, and Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC. Bibliography: Leftwich, Rodney Henderson. Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah: The Potteries of Walter B. Stephen. Bradenton FL...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Pottery

"Dance and Music, " Gilded Bronze Door Pulls with Nude Female Figures, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fabulous and rare, this pair of gilded bronze door pulls depict two joyous nude female figures, one a dancer and the other playing the tambourine. Although the sculptor is not known,...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Bronze

1930s French Art Deco Bacchanale Dancer Sculpture by Janle for Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Vintage “BACCHANALE” by Janle for Max Le Verrier – A Stunning Art Deco Masterpiece Step into the elegance of the Roaring Twenties with this original Art Deco sculpture, BACCHANALE, ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Marble, Spelter

Pr. Art Deco Busts by Kupur Aka Frederick Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of Art Deco busts by the artist formerly known as Kupur , aka Frederick Cooper. These are an example of his earlier work, before he focused on making lighting, primaril...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

Materials

Composition

Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling firings at approximately 750° < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Objects

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Art Deco decorative objects 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 decorative objects 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, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include René Lalique, Charles Schneider, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, and Lalique. 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $250,000 while the average work can sell for $1,597.

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