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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 1940s
Ceramic Jar by Richard Uhlemeyer in Grey and Primrose, 1940
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare ceramic jar by Richard Uhlemeyer, German ceramist,
Large vase, beautiful glaze in grey and primrose
Germany, 1940s, stamped at the bottom edge, very good condition,
Si...
Category
1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Orange Beige Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Maija Grotell attributed Cranbrook Academy of Art
Located in Sharon, CT
A stoneware round vase, bisque surface, interior glazed and with a strong blue abstract intaglio glazed decoration, typical of Grotell's Cranbrook Academy...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 6 Antique hand painted Glass Wine Cups and Glass Vase, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 6 Antique hand painted Glass Wine Cups and Glass Vase.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition,...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Christer Heijl, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass vase designed by a Christer Heijl and produced by Töreboda, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Orange Beige-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An orange and beige-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Set of 4 Antique Glass Wine Cups, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 4 antique glass wine cups.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
1940s, Gorgeous Oriental Decorative Statue, Thai Deity
Located in Milano, IT
1940s, Gorgeous oriental decorative statue in bronze. Thai Deity. The item is in excellent condition.
Dimensions:
4, 33" W x 1, 96 D x 7, 87 H inches.
L...
Category
1940s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Nittsjö, Vase, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by a Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Andersson & Johansson, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A stoneware vase designed by Andersson & Johansson and produced in Höganäs, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Large Nickel-Plated, Brass & Glass Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames, Set of 2
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 2 picture frames. They are made in ground glass with and internal decorative nickel-plated & brass frame.
Very good vintage condition: oxidati...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Studio Zaccagnini Large Ceramic Rope Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Studio Zaccagnini Large Ceramic Rope vase with vertical striated lines, Designed by Urbano Zaccagnini and produced in Florence Italy, circa 1940 by the Zaccagnini Manufacture, this s...
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Green and Beige-Glazed, Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An brown, beige and green-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by an Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Metal Paper Bin, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Metal paper bin made by wire woven in a Classic cross-hatched pattern completed by a solid ring.
Unknown manufacturer, France,
circa 1940
Materials:
...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Japanese Vintage Silver Metal Mounted Cloisonne Vase with Fish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Exceptional vintage Japanese silver mounted cloisonne vase decorated with veiltail gold-fish and carp swimming amidst pond weed and dating arou...
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Set of Two Vintage Compass, 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two vintage Compass, 1940
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautif...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Hand Painted Ceramic Candle Holders, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 2 hand painted ceramic candle holders, circa 1940
By unknown manufacturer. Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beauti...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Wicker Vintage Case, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage traditional woven wicker case in a classic pattern.
Made by an unknown manufacturer, in France, circa 1940
Materials:
Wicker.
In original condition, with minor wear...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker
Eva Jancke-Björk, Vase, Blue-Glazed Earthenware, Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed earthenware vase designed by Eva Jancke-Björk and produced by Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
20th Century Barovier & Toso Cylindrical Glass Vase from Lenti Series, 40s
Located in Turin, Turin
Ercole Barovier was born in Murano on June 16, 1889. He completed his classical studies in Venice, and engaged in various activities unrelated to glassmaking to finally land in the V...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Carlo Scarpa Sommerso a Bollicine Bowl
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant sommerso a bollicine Murano glass bowl, designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini. Hundreds of air bubbles in the case glass form create a light-catching...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Bowl Barovier Man. Glass Italy 1940s
By Barovier
Located in Milano, IT
Iridescent glass bowl modeled with large ribs. Barovier manufacture.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Red Coral Clock
Located in New York, NY
Italian red coral clock. Vintage forties coral enamel glazed clock with shaped border and brass roman numeral face with key for winding. Happily tick...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid Century Ray and Charles Eames Leg Splint for Evans Products
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century WWII leg splint created by Charles and Ray Eames for Evans Products Company, 1943. Specifically designed for the US Navy, this iconic piece of history is sculpturally crafted in one piece using...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plywood
Swedish Designer, Candle Holder, Brass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass candle holder designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Edward Hald for Orrefors 1948 Fish Graal Flower Vase
By Orrefors, Edward Hald
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Swedish "graal" glass flower vase with green aquarium decoration by glassworker Edward Hald. Signed and marked on bottom 1379 B, which dates it in 1948.
Edward Hald (1883 - 1980...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Blue Chamotte Ceramic Bowl by Charlotte Hamilton for Rörstrand, 1940s
By Rörstrand
Located in Bochum, NRW
A large chamotte stoneware bowl (plate) by Swedish designer Charlotte Hamilton (1883-1980) produced by Rörstrand 1946-49.
Decorated with a large l...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
1940s Mexico Hand Carved Exotic Mahogany Box with Silver Aztec Indian
Located in Chula Vista, CA
From Mexico, finely crafted small wood box hand carved in exotic mahogany.
Beautifully polished with elegant curves.
Cover Lid has Mexican Aztec warrior...
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Large Rare French Gilt Bronze Box "Pinocchio" by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cast gilt bronze box "Pinocchio" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The elongated lidded box depicts a silouette portrait of the famous boy. The interior...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Set of Two Hand Painted Ceramic Candle Holder, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two ceramic candle holder.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful pati...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Wicker Vintage Picnic Basket, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage traditional woven wicker picnic basket in a classic pattern.
Made by an unknown manufacturer, in France, circa 1940
Materials:
Wicker.
In original condition, with m...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker
Murano Glass and Brass Picture Frame Attributed to Venini, Italy 1950s
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
A beautiful picture frame made of clear "twisted rope" Murano glass and the original wooden backrest, with brass support, attributed to Venini.
Made in Italy in the 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Metal Paper Bin, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Metal paper bin made by wire woven in a Classic cross-hatched pattern completed by a solid ring.
Unknown manufacturer, France,
circa 1940
Material...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
"Battuto" Vase by Carlo Scarpa for Venini
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Brussel, BE
Carlo Scarpa's "Battuto" vase designed in 1940 in a transparent red glass finished with deeply ground horizontal marks. Acid signed VENINi MURANO. Model n° 3790 in the Blue Catalogue.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Designer, Vase, Sterling Silver, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A sterling silver vase designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hector Aguilar Copper Brass Scroll Candelabra, Taxco Mexico, Early 1940
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful matched pair, This is one of the most iconic items created by Hector Aguilar in his Taller Borda in the early 1940s. It is featured in Silver Masters of Mexico by Penny Morrill on page 120. She describes the candelabra thusly: “The eye follows the tumbling spirals as though they were lines in relief. Balance and movement coexist as the spirals push upward toward the light of the candles”. What a well-crafted description of this beauty! Made primarily of copper with brass accents, the candelabra's are signed on the base with a conjoined HA on a recessed circle, i It measures 10 ¼ inches long, 6 ½ inches tall, and 2 ¼ inches wide. I have left this stunner unpolished, as many people prefer to retain the rich decades-old patina. – exceptionally rare and hard to find – a work of art by one of the mid century metal Masters...
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Giovanni Gariboldi Very Tall Vase or Umbrella Stand for Richard Ginori
Located in New York, NY
Giovanni Gariboldi (1908-1971 )
An imposing and tall vase or umbrella stand in glazed ceramic by Giovanni Gariboldi for Richard Ginori
Italy, 1940's
With maker's mark underneath
...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Metal Vintage Metal Picnic Style Basket, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique decorative picnic style metal basket.
Made by nknown manufacturer, France, circa 1940.
Materials:
Metal
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Harry Bertoia Study for Wire Form, Rare / Experimental 1949
Located in Buffalo, NY
Provenance: Wright Modernist 20th Century, auction 12/7/2003,
Bertoia worked with the Eames' in California in the late 1940s to develop their wire form chairs. His involvement led...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Gunnar Nylund Figurine of a Hermelin 'Ferret', Sweden 1940s, 1st Quality
Located in Skanninge, SE
Really nice stoneware sculpture by Gunnar Nylund with an imposing face and glaze.
Depicting a Hermelin or a Ferret. Stands on the original elm stand from Rörstrand. The sculpture can of course stand all by itself without the wooden stand.
The condition is great. No issues!
All company...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Elm
Hand Painted Ceramic Candle Holder, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Hand painted ceramic candle holder.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautifu...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Figurine of a Boy with a Hammer, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1945
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a boy (shepherd) with a hammer
Made in Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory
Manufactured in 1945.
Model number # 620
Very good condition, no ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Keramos Mid Century Modern Pastel Blue Dancer Ballerina Stephan Dakon C. 1949
By Kéramos, Stefan Dakon
Located in Vienna, AT
Ceramic figurine dancer ballerina with pastel blue ruffled dress and ballet flats by Stefan Dakon for Keramos, circa 1949.
Amazing and elegant figurine in pastel blue color from cer...
Category
1940s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman by Guy Charles Revol '1912-1991'
By Foundry Valsuani, Guy Charles Revol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is an exquisite bronze sculpture depicting a kneeling woman by Guy Charles Revol. Possibly another interpretation of Venus Kneeling, this young woman is kneeling on her left knee and resting her arms on her right knee, looking over her left shoulder. The piece is signed and numbered on the bronze base. The VALSUANI Foundry Mark is also visible on the base. This is a beautiful piece to showcase on its own.
"Guy Charles Revol was born 3 October 1912 , in Paris. He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a sculptor, medallist, and designer. Revol won second prize in the Prix de Rome in 1937. His works include a granite pediment at the Hôtel de Ville in Guéret in the Creuse; a fountain for the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1937. A low relief for the French Pavilion at the San Francisco...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1940s Danish Just Andersen Circular Pewter Vase
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish Just Andersen pewter vase produced by Just Andersen A/S in the 1940 - 1950's.
The vase is marked with Just. Andersens triangle mark...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Pewter
20th Century Pietro Chiesa Fontana Arte Photo Frame in Wood and Ground Glass 40s
Located in Turin, Turin
Photo frame designed in 40s by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. The photo frame is composed of two parts united as a "sandwich", one side is in ground glass, the back is in wood, the support is in brass. This frame is very rare for its dimensions.
Perfect idea for wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation gift...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Small Handmade Vase / Sculpture, Silver Plate, Italy 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A small handmade vase or abstract sculpture. Executed in silver-plate in similar style to works by artists such as Lino Sabattini, Gio Ponti or Lucio Fontana.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
John Cole Rye Pottery Brown Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Early Rye Pottery individual brown glazed studio pottery vase by John Cole (British, 1908-88) and made around 1947. The heavily made stoneware vase is of w...
Category
1940s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Modern Goose Bird Fighting Reflection in Mirror by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern bronze goose bird fighting reflection in mirror on quartz by Curtis Jere.
Signed (original label bottom of stone) the stone base 8" X ...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze Poudrier "Le loup et le renard" (The wolf and the fox). by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The square box features a relief cast of two s...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Designer, Candle Holder, Brass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass candle holder designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Lacquered Earthenware Vase or Umbrella Stand by Pasquinucci, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s - 1950s.
This lacquered earthenware vase is marked by Pasquinucci, Le ceramiche di Pisa.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
French Gilt Bronze Box Coffre Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950-1960s. The box features a geometrically grid top surface with a four by ...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Artwork by Unknown Artist, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique wood frame with red felt interior.
By unnknown artist, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
M...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Felt, Wood
Attributed Gio Ponti Mid-Century Italian Spiral Brass Planter "Casa E Giardino"
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Rare brass planter, attributed Gio Ponti for Casa e Giardino, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1940s Danish Just Andersen Circular Pewter Vase
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish Just Andersen pewter vase produced by Just Andersen A/S in the 1940 - 1950's.
The vase is marked with Just. Andersens triangle mark...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Gilt Bronze Fleur Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Fleur" (Flower) features a round form with stylized...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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