Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
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 legendary 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.
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.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Black
20th Century Gold-Black Italian Pair of Smoked Murano Glass Sculpture Heads
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian similar pair of sculpture heads made of hand blown smoked Murano glass in the style of Picasso, in go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Carl Auböck Model #5262 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse Vintage Brass Hand Ashtray for Herta Baller
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
This elegant and heavy ashtray by Walter Bosse for Herta Baller (Model 844) is an original Austrian Mid-Century piece of sculptural character. The object...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Lot of Ceramic Masks with Luster Glaze 1960s Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Lot of ceramic masks with luster glaze 1960s Italian design.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pink Murano Bubble Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass shell bowl was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy. An elegant purple ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #78
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.78 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960.
Original mark on t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Medium Black Cats Ceramic Sculpture, Portugal, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Portugal ceramic, perfect condition, produced in 1960s.
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Iron and Copper Wall Clock by Mauthe Electric, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Stunning wall clock made of Iron & copper.
An eye catcher par excellence.
Made in Germany.
We have tested it and it works.
Electric, battery operated clock.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Murano Glass 1, 4Kg "Floral" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Gianni Versace Archimede Seguso Large Hand Blown Murano Glass Vase Signed
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Gianni Versace Murano large hand blown art glass vase by Archimede Seguso. Signed in script and original Archimede Seguso Murano label. Seldom seen series.
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Andersson for Wallåkra 1950s Blackish Brown Ceramic Vase
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Muted blackish dark brown glazed stoneware vase with precise and narrow vertically incised lined pattern band around the top of the belly. Soft rounded bottle shape with slender neck...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
XL Glass Bullicante "Red" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Venini Murano, Italy, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Producer: Venini glass, murano
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass shell bowl was produce...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Maitland Smith Seated Monkey Signed Box or Humidor with Removable Lid
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Maitland Smith seated Monkey Signed Box or Humidor with removable lid Signed with an original Maitland Smith label and factory label.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Copper Royal Blue Enameled Plate by Win Ng
By Win Ng
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Copper plate by San Francisco artist Win Ng, circa .1960s USA. A beautiful royal blue enameled catchall or simply a décor piece. The dish features a techniq...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
1970s Modern Studio Art Speckled Glazed Weed Pot Bud Vase signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Midcentury Modern Speckled Glazed Weed Pot
Signed Initials appear as V S
5 h x 3 diameter
Original vintage condition.
Refer to images.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Set of 6 Scheurich West Germany Vases, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions:
Left to right:
26,5cm Height, 12 cm Diameter
22,5cm Height, 11cm Diameter
28,5cm Height, 11cm Diameter
30cm Height, 14cm Diameter
27cm Height, 15cm Diameter
26,5cm...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068 designed in the 1950's. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Large California Modern Matte Black Planter Pot by Gainey
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large Gainey of Laverne California planter pot. Finished in a matte black glaze. No cracks or chips no drill through. Very clean exterior. Evidence of use...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Mexican Silver Plated Pitcher with Frogs decorated by Los Castillo
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this Mid-Century Mexican Silver Plated Pitcher with Frogs decoration by Los Castillo in great vintage condition and with fantastic patina. This is an exquisite a...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Precious Stone
20th Century Missoni for Arte Vetro Murano Vase in Marbled Glass, 80s
By Missoni
Located in Turin, Turin
Missoni is a famous italian fashion brand founded in 1953 and known for its clothing all around the world. During the 80s it coworked with Arte Vetro Murano...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
German Fat Lava Vase in Dry Green Tones, West Germany, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fat lava vase in dry green tones by Scheurich Keramik. Signature stamp on bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Seguso Murano Clear with Black Accents Italian Art Glass Owl Bird Figurine
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown clear crystal with black accents Italian art glass horned baby owl bird figurine, paperweight. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. Similar on...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Mid-Century Modern Black Double Candle by Mikaela Dorfel
Located in Jupiter, FL
This terrific pair of candlesticks was designed by Mikaela Dorfel, who is Finnish but lives in Germany, for Menu, a Danish design company specializing i...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel
Large Foundry Crucible Planter '15 Available'
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Large foundry crucible planters with amazing patina. All have been used in a foundry to pour either bronze, aluminum, or brass. Some minor chips and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Synthetic
Alfredo Rossi Signed and Dated Murano Black Glass Female Sculpture Irredescent
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Alfredo Rossi Signed and dated Murano black glass female sculpture with a glowing irredescent finish. Very high quality solid glass sculpture.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Round Ceramic Brown Unusual Studio Pottery Vase, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Glazed in an almost metallic-looking paint, this petite round vase will be fabulous on a nightstand, bookshelf, or side table. Studio Pottery is a...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Set of Two Pottery Fat Lava Cubic Vases "Black-White" by Jopeko, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of two fat lava art vases.
Producer:
Jopeko Ceramics, Germany
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage vases was produced in the 1970s in G...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Tosa Murano Mid-Century Modern Vase Ebony and Azure Blue
Located in Rochester, NY
Modern Murano vase by Fratelli Tosa. Ebony and azure blue satin glass. Hand made Venetian glass. Retains the Tosa foil label. Mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
French Hand-Crafted and Painted Ceramic Trinket or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful hand-crafted ceramic lidded trinket or jewelry box.
Mid-20th century, French.
Used as decorative item, this piece would enhance any shelf or tabletop.
Measures: 6 1/8...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Black Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Double Coned Planter Usa Architectural Vessel
Located in Monrovia, CA
Mid Century Modern Black Ceramic Double Coned Planter USA 1960s Architectural Vessel.
This Black Ceramic Double Coned Planter Made In The USA Is In Excellent Condition.
1960s Ceramic Architectural...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Auböck Optimist Pessimist Handcrafted Brass Sculpture
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful brass figure called "optimist / pessimist", model #4059, designed by Carl Auböck back in 1957. A very charming object, which can be positioned in two ways, as an optimist or pessimist. Please see the video.
Handmade of solid patinated brass by Werkstätte Auböck...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
John W Delaplane Indiana Modernist Pottery Bottle Vase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large scale modernist bottle vase created by John W. Delaplane of Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1966. Bottle is made of a dark, bisque clay body and decorated with mosaic geometric sh...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Glazed Yellow and Green Ceramic Candelier with Lemon Motifs
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Glazed ceramic candelier made by hand with motifs from southern Italy.
Measurements: Diameter 13 x H12.
Every item LA Studio offers is checked by our team of 10 craftsmen in our in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Embossed Copper Centerpiece or Bowl by Egidio Casagrande, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This bowl is made in embossed copper.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and rea...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Large 10.5" Marble Jar in Italian Golden Portoro Marble
Located in Chicago, IL
A contemporary take on ration jars, the PETRA JARS are imposing yet functional in their proportions; honoring the natural texture of the stone.
Honoring the natural texture of the ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Mexican Modernist Hand Wrought 950 Silver Letter Opener with Onyx Handle
Located in New York, NY
Mexican mid century modern hand wrought 950 silver letter opener with hand carved Aztec motif green onyx handle. Hallmark stamped underside, 950
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Toso Bottle Vase in Murano Avventurina and Blue and Green Colors, Italy, 1960s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Toso bottle vase in Murano Avventurina and blue and green colors Italy 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Big Ceramic Candle Holder, Europe, 1970s
Located in WARSZAWA, 14
Unique and beautiful big glazed ceramic candle holder, designed by Adam Sadulski for Mirostowice Ceramic Factory in Poland, in 1970s. Signature on the bottom.
Preserved in perfec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Flavio Poli Style Black Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand crafted transparent and black Murano glass abstract sculpture.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Baccarat Millefiori Glass Paperweight
By Baccarat
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful millefiori Baccarat paperweight that will spark your imagination every time you put your eyes on it. The canes stand out as individuals, heightened small gaps between the...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Red Murano Glass Bowl Shells Ashtray Element by Venini, Italy, 1970s No 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl element
Producer:
Venini Glass, Murano
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage glass element was designe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Glass Vase Attributed to Fratelli Toso with Murrines, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Murano, Italy, 1960s.
This is a Murano glass multi-colored vase, that is highly ascribable to Fratelli Toso's millefiori.
It has a multitude of different murrines, in a rain...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Wall Sculpture Napoleon #4271, Brass, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful wall sculpture „Napoleon", model #4059, designed by Carl Aubock II back in 1953. A charming object, handcrafted by Werkstätte Auböck in V...
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Ceramic Decorative Plate by Claude Vayssier for Atelier Cerenne
Located in London, GB
Mid-century ceramic decorative plate by Claude Vayssier for Cerenne Workshop (circa 1950s). This ceramic plate with a fish incised in the centre over the lustrous black background is signed by Claude Vayssier, the decorator. The black base is complemented by a brown and cream pattern with repeating vertical lines incised at the edges. An eye-catching piece from the South of France. In good overall condition. The maker's mark appears on the underside with the signature of Mr. Vayssier. Upon request a video may be provided.
About Atelier Cerenne: Created by Charles René Neveux, the Cerenne workshop, active from 1945 - 1958, takes its name from the contraction of its company name "Céramique René Neveux". At the height of its renown, the workshop was one of the most important in Vallauris, employing around fifty people, including 15 decorators. Its production ranged from utilitarian ceramics to unique pieces with special custom orders for French and international customers. Cerenne also created pieces of furniture with ceramic...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ceramic Rooster by Noe Suro
By Noe Suro
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Exquisite glazed ceramic roosterd. Designed and hand painted by Mexican ceramist and artist Noe Suro at his Workshop in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, in the early seventies.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Large Studio Ceramic Vase Rörstrand Carl Harry Stålhane, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
A good-looking large studio vase from Rörstrand and maker/designer Carl Harry Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful, glazed vases in good condition. Sculptured in tru...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mauro Manetti Italian Mid-Century Duck Ice Bucket
Located in London, GB
A Mauro Manetti 1960s 'Duck' shaped ice bucket, from Italy.
c1960s, Italy.
In good vintage condition retaining it's original liner, but there is evidence of wear commensurate...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
1970s Modernist Hand Painted Ceramic Sicilian Vase by Garofalo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An abstract bird brown ceramic vase hand-crafted and painted by small producer Garofalo in Santo Stefano di Camastra, small town in Sicily famous for hand-crafted ceramics. The Vase ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sicilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Ceramic Box, Ashtray and Votive Candle Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bitossi for Rosenthal Nette ceramic box, ahstray and votive candle holder. All three in deep blue with white traces. Signed. Retains original paper label on the underside, which read...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Oval Majolica Palissy Fish and Lobster Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
Large fishes, lobster, seaweeds, shells.
From Provence.
Measures: Length / 22.5 inches on 10 inches, height / 3.5 i...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Gabriella Crespi Tortoise and Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi tortoise and sterling silver box. Vintage Crespi cylindrical cigarette case with engraved Gabriella Crespi logo monogram and original ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Gorgeous Dark Green Vase by Ca dei Vetrai in Murano Glass, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous dark green vase by Ca dei Vetrai, handmade in Murano glass. Made in Italy. This vase is in excellent condition. Made in Italy.
diameter 7.08 x 14.56 H inches
diamete...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
French Copper Firewood Holder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Copper Tray Container Great for Champagne, Drinks, Parties.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Set of Four Vintage Pottery Fat Lava Vases Made by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of four fat lava art vases
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage vases was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Iron Wall Art Sculpture featuring Sailboats Signed
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine quality and uniquely hand-crafted iron wall art sculpture. Rare wall decoration is in perfect vintage condition, circa 1960s.
This decorative wall art has striking details and depicts sailboats on the sea. The patina is similar to that of Max Le Verrier bronze...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Brazilian Modern Kinetic Sculpture of a Horse in Resin, Abraham Palatinik, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern Kinetic Sculpture of a Heron in Resin by Abraham Palatinik made in the 1960s is gorgeous!
This is part of the Artemis collection that featur...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Midcentury Design Swedish Candle Holder, 1960s
Located in Delft, NL
midcentury design Swedish candle holder, 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-century Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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 ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative objects 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 decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Scheurich Keramik, Bitossi, and Rörstrand. 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 $22 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $847.
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