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
Pair of Swedish Ceramic Wall Vases Örjan by Upsala Ekeby 1940s
Located in Basel, BS
Pair of wall vases produced by Upsala Ekeby in Sweden in the late 1940s to early 1950s for the brand Örjan ceramics, which was sold at a Swedish dep...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Majolica Cicada Sicard, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica cicada Sicard, circa 1940.
From South of France (Provence).
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large French Table Wall Picture Frame Red Faux Leather Art Deco 1940s MidCentury
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Rare french red and faint yellow to ivory color table picture frame, in the center with a typical 1950s grey and white pattern, can be dated from Art Deco period 1930s to Midcentury ...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Faux Leather, Glass, Wood
Antique Porcelain Soap Dish, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique ceramic soap dish.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1940.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materia...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Ewald Dahlskog Vase Bo Fajans Runa Earthenware Sweden 1940s
Located in Basel, BS
Rare stoneware vase by Ewald Dahlskog for Bo Fajans (Bobergs Fajansfabrik), hand-crafted in the mid 1930s to early 1940s in Sweden.
The glaze color is called ‚Runa‘, model No. D89...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Ceramic Vases by Guido Andlovitz for S.C.I. Levano
Located in Roma, RM
Originally designed by architect, designer and artistic director Guido Andlovitz in 1936 for Società Ceramica Italiana Laveno, this pair of vases are indeed the rarest of finds. The vases were manufactured in 1942, as attested to by the marking "N - 42" on the base of each vase. The gold rims and aquatic scenes that surround each vase, are unique to each piece and were painted by hand in 1943. They are both signed by the artist "Miruccia". One of the vases has the words “Anni di Guerra” (Year of War) written on the base in reference to the Second World War .
Founded in Laveno in 1856 by Severino Revelli and some former employees of the "Richard" manufacturer in Milan. The "SCI" (Italian Ceramic Society) began its activity as a manufacturer of wall tiles and fine tableware. In 1883 it became a limited company and obtained its first successes at numerous national exhibitions. In 1895, Cavalier Luciano Scotti took over the company and, thanks to his intuition and his entrepreneurial skills, the factory grew substantially in a few years. In those years, some Liberty-style pieces designed by Giorgio Spertini, the author of noteworthy elegant "whiplash" creations, were created in the Laveno factory. In 1906 "SCI" presented numerous works at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Milan. Other collaborators from the beginning of the century were Silvio and Piero De Ambrosis, Felice Palucco, Giancarlo Jacopini and the brothers Marco and Luigi Raggiori. However, it was in 1923 that, under the direction of Guido Andlovitz, the company reached the peak of its fame and in 1925 was a resounding success at the 2nd Monza Biennale. Andlovitz, who collaborated with the manufacturer for almost forty years, applied to the production process the principle of seriality, a concept also put into effect by Giò Ponti at "Richard-Ginori", adopting various types of decoration which, although moulded and decal stamped, still retained an undeniable elegance. In 1924 the "Società Ceramica Revelli" became a consortium with the "SCI", the partnership would continue until 1932 and saw Franco Revelli's company marketing pottery and table porcelain on behalf of "SCI". From 1925 porcelain and crockery began to appear in the factory's catalogs. In 1927 the company was present at the 3rd Biennial of Decorative Arts in Monza. Between the end of the 1920's and the beginning of the 1930's, the decorators Giuseppe Bellorini and Daniela Ferretto began to collaborate with the "SCI". As of 1932 the company managed two factories: that of Laveno, which, with over 1300 employees, produced strong pottery, tableware and artistic ceramics and the smaller factory of Verbano, which employed about 400 people and produced, in addition to ceramics for the electrotechnical industry, excellent table porcelain. The products were marketed in the company owned stores in Rome, Genoa and Naples. This was an initiative realised by Andlovitz himself. In the mid-thirties, the decorators Ada Corsi and Ida Fonini among others, collaborated with the "SCI". From 1936 to 1940 the artistic direction of the company was entrusted to the sculptor and modeler Angelo Biancini. In 1939 about 1300 people worked in the Laveno plant and in 1951 about 2300. In the years between the two wars among the collaborators of the factory were Sirio Tofanari...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Danish Sterling Silver Candlesticks by Cohr
By Carl M. Cohr
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver candlesticks, Denmark, Ca. 1940's, Cohr - maker. Graceful design, each candlestick having an oval base and lightly fluted column. Each can...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated Accessory Box
Located in New York, NY
This handsome early Mid-Century Modern accessory box was realized in the United States circa 1940. It features a volumetric rectangular body in silver pl...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
1950's Set of Two Danish Just Andersen Disco Metal Candlesticks
Located in Knebel, DK
Set of two Danish Just Andersen disco metal candle holders produced by Just Andersen A/S in the 1940 - 50's.
The candle holders are in good vint...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Satinwood Glass Box, 1940
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Italian Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte decorative box made in Italy in the 1940s. Carved from satinwood, with a thick polished aquamarine glas...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1940s Grouping Pair Candleholders & Center Piece Abingdon Pottery Flower Motif
Located in Miami, FL
Grouping of a pair of candleholders and center piece bowl from the mid-1940s by Abingdon Pottery. The two porcelain candleholders hold two candles eac...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Gilt Bronze Feuille 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 "Feuille" (Leaf) features an irregular leaf form wit...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1940s Danish Just Andersen Pewter Vase
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish Just Andersen pewter vases produced by Just Andersen A/S in the 1940´s - 1950´s
The vase is in good vintage condition and marked with Ju...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Silver Plated Brass Mid-Century Modern Candleholders by Aldo Tura for Macabo
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Pair of silver plated brass candle holders designed by Aldo Tura for Macabo in the late 1940s. Manufacture's mark impressed on the base. Visible oxidation patina of the plating. As y...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Fuga d'Egitto, Arturo Martini, Bronze Sculpture
Located in Naples, IT
The oeuvre of Italian artist Arturo Martini consists of figurative works in various styles and materials characterised by visual ingenuity and fiery imagination. His works often appe...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso Iridescent Glass Bowl, Italy 1948
Located in Naples, IT
Bowl or "a large costolature" cup in heavy iridescent Murano glass, designed by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso in 1948.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Swedish Designer, Vase, Red-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, c. 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A red, glazed stoneware vase designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Sigge Berggren Mid-Century Swedish Bronze Nude Ballerina Sculpture
Located in Skanninge, SE
A mid-century young nude ballerina cast in bronze by Swedish sculpture Sigge Berggren.
Cast in bronze and patinated in dark brown. Signed "Berggren"....
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Gusum Bruk 'Attribution' Candlesticks, Brass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass candlesticks; design and production attributed to Gusum Bruk, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Abstract Artwork by Unknown Artist, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique wood frame with black felt interior.
By unnknown artist, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Mate...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Felt, Wood
Italian Decorative Decanter/Bottle, 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian decorative hand made crystal bottle, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
1940s Set of Two Danish Just Andersen Pewter Candlesticks
Located in Knebel, DK
Set of two Danish Just Andersen mid century candle holders produced by Just Andersen A/S in the 1940 - 1950´s.
The candle holders are in good vintage condition and marked with Jus...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Black and Bronze Murano Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Black and bronze Murano glass vase. A lovely decorative piece shaped as if it's a sack with a tie.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Set of Two After Hoffmann Metal Planters, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two metal planters after Josef Hoffmann, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Metal...
Category
1940s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage Ivory Ceramic Vase with Brown Floral Details by Rosenthal, Italy
By Rosenthal
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1943.
This ceramic vase is marked by Rosenthal.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect original...
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Luigi Broggini Catalogued Bronze Sculpture
By Luigi Broggini
Located in Roma, IT
Important bronze sculpture by Luigi Broggini.
“Dancer”.
Datable to the from the early 1940s.
It is part of the series of Dancers created by the sculptor Broggini in the 1930s.
The ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italian Designer, Ice Bucket, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A hammered brass ice bucket designed and produced by an Italian designer, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Spuma di Mare Vase by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso, Italy, 1938-1940
Located in Naples, IT
A very rare vase Mod. Spuma di Mare in Murano glass swarming with inclusions of matallic oxides and application of large morise, by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso 1940. Make a s...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Italian White Lacquered Ceramic Decorative Figure of a Woman, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This item is made in white lacquered ceramic and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1940's Sitting Faun by Elena Borch made of Disco Metal by Just Andersen A/S
Located in Knebel, DK
1940's Sitting Faun by Elena Borch made of Disco Metal by Just Andersen A/S
The sitting faun is in good vintage condition and marked with Just. Andersens ...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Axel Salto 'Attributed', Vase, Stoneware, Denmark, Bing & Grøndahl, 1940s
By Axel Salto
Located in High Point, NC
A stoneware vase, produced by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, c. 1940s. Designed attributed to Axel Salto.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Tinos Style Mønsterbesk Bronze Box Denmark, 1940s Art Deco
Located in Krefeld, DE
Nice bronze box by Mønsterbesk, Denmark.
No damages with beautiful patina.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Gunnar Nylund, Vase, Orange-Glazed Stoneware, Rörstand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An orange, glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Gunnar Nylund, Vase, Blue-Glazed Stoneware, Rörstand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed stoneware vase. Designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand in Stockholm, Sweden, in the 1940s.
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
French Art Bronze Brooch St Eloi by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare bronze brooch St Eloi by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin ((French, 1913–1997) circa 1946. Brilliantly designed in the shape of horseshoe with the saint spreading his arms ho...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vase Cartoccio in Satin Glass by Pietro Chiesa, 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vase Cartoccio in satin glass by Pietro Chiesa, 1940s
Vase model Cartoccio of irregularly shaped in satin glass.
Designed by Pietro Chiesa in 1940s.
Ver...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
German Vintage Easter Candy Box Bunny Figure Papier Mâché
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Vintage Easter bunny candy box. Easter bunny figure made of papier mâché from the 50th covered with fabric in cream color. Hand painted and decora...
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1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
Gunnar Nylund, Vase, Brown-Glazed Stoneware, Rörstand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An orange-brown, glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Orange Vintage Murano Glass Vase by Fratelli Toso, 1940
Located in Milano, IT
Superb Murano glass vase designed by the Toso brothers in 1940. The vase has very particular nuances ranging from orange to white, thanks to the beautiful processing of the glass. Th...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
1944 Mid Century Rookwood Pottery Floral Porcelain Bud Vase Jens Jensen
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1944 Rookwood Pottery porcelain vase with a floral design by Jens Jensen featuring white dogwood or magnolia blossoms on a mottled brown ground.
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
1940's-50s Playground / Carnival Elephant Slide, Garden Ornament, Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage 1940's-1950's Elephant themed playground slide. Garden ornament, sculpture. Children's outdoor slide retaining painted elephant to both sides,...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
Italian Designer, Ice Bucket, Copper, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A copper ice bucket produced in Italy, 1930s-1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Vintage Lilac and Transparent Murano Glass Vase by Alberto Donà, Italy
By Alberto Donà
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This is a lilac and transparent Murano glass vase.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in excellent ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Gunnar Nylund, Vase, Glazed Stoneware, Rörstand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An brown glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund, produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Gilded Bronze Box with Poem by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze poudrier box with cast poem on surface by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The poem "Les 4 ages de la Femme" was an old French lyrical poem th...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Göte Augustsson, Vase, Blue Glass, Ruda Glasbruk, Sweden, c. 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blown glass vase designed by Göte Augustsson for Ruda Glasbruk, Sweden c. 1940s.
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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
Barovier Bowl Glass Murano, Italy, 1940s
Located in Milano, IT
Glass Barovier bowl with rainbow surface and silver details. The bowl has a ribbinig finishing on a cicular and rounded base.
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte Blown Glass Vase Model 7609, Italy, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Seguso Vetri d'Arte elegant glass vase model 7609, Italy, circa 1942. This Murano blown glass vase was made using the cordonato ritorto technique of gently twisting ribbed glass in a...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture Profile of a Woman Face by Sacha S. Schnittmann
By Sacha S. Schnittmann
Located in St. Louis, MO
This 1940s bronze sculpture wall plaque of a profile portrait of a woman's face, possibly his wife was created by New York native artist and sculptor, S...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, White Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, c. 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A white / beige-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s-1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely brooch in gilt cast bronze made by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The brooch belongs to a collection called "The moon and the starts in th...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1940's Danish Platter / Ash Tray by Axel Sørensen for P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish platter / ash tray by Axel Sørensen for P. Ipsens Enke 1941
The platter / ash tray that feature a well made lively colorfull old cucumber is in v...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Light Blue Murano Glass Bear
Located in Milan, IT
A beautiful and rare Murano glass bear.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Gertrud Lönegren, Vase, Brown Glazed Stoneware, Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware vase designed by Getrud Lönegren and produced by Rörstrand. With makers mark to underside.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Centerpiece by Ercole Barovier for Barovier, Toso & Co. 1940 in Rugiadoso
Located in London, GB
Rugiadoso biomorphic bowl of a shells resting on a pedestal of sea urchins designed circa 1940 by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) and is produced one of the oldest family businesses in t...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Glass Vase with Pulegoso Glass Fruit Ascribable to Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This transparent murano glass vase features a Pulegoso glass fruit.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considere...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Virginia Metalcrafters Large Calla Lily Brass Leaf Tray
Located in New York, NY
1940s solid brass Calla Lily leaf brass tray by Virginia Metalcrafters.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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Longcase Pendulum Antique Clocks
Longcase Clock Pendulum Antique Clocks
Spanish Colonial Mexican
Gilt Tiffany
Leaves Clock
French Blue Desk
Antique Corner Clock
Clock With Candelabra
Candelabra With Clock
French Candelabra Clock
Gilt And Marble Mantel Clock
Pair French Marble Pedestals
French Clock And Candelabra
Clock Parts
Vanity Murano
Cherub Panel
French Altar
Large Sevres Porcelain