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: Mid-20th Century
Large and scarce amber tone ball shaped Blenko bottle with stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large amber ball shape body bottle with stopper . Rare form I have never seen before . Bottle is 17.5" tall stopper adds 3" .
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Studio Turned Teak Footed Bowl by Bob Stocksdale
Located in San Diego, CA
Footed bowl by legendary craftsman Bob Stocksdale. Beautiful grain. Signed on the bottom.
Stocksdale was one of the earliest members of ACCI - the Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Inc...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Brazilian Mid-Century Rosewood Candlestick 16cm
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Stunning mid-century candlestick made in solid Brazilian rosewood of unknown authorship. It is the shortest in the group.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Vintage Brass Anchor Paperweight
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful brass anchor paperweight, perfect for your lake house or beach house
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 5"W x 4"D x 2.5"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
French Provincial, Floral Hand Painted Glazed Ceramic Tobacco Jar By Vallauris
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delightful French provincial ceramic tobacco jar from Vallauris, France.
Cheerfully hand painted with country-style flowers and etched Tabac on lid
Stamped Aegitna Vallauris on base...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Edward Lindahl for Gustavsberg Knip Wink Owl Sweden 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Warm-hearted, humorous winking owl figurine was designed in 1962 by Edward Lindahl for Gustavsberg as a part of Minerva series. The series consists of three stoneware owls with swel...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Exotic Thinker Man Sculpture, 1950-1970
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Exotic thinker man sculpture, 1950-1970. Wooden sculpture of a thinker man. The model underlines harmonious and supple curves. Measures: Height: 11.8"(30cm), Width: 7"(18cm), Depth: ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Impressive mid century ceramic and clay vessel, 1967
Located in View Park, CA
A large ceramic vessel, mid 20th century. Tones of chocolate and lichen. An exquisite and imposing example of fine art studio pottery. Pick up in central west Los Angeles or we ship...
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1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Bronze Lying Female Nude Sculpture
Located in Antwerp, BE
Created by Belgian sculptor Leo De Boey.
In perfect original state.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Brazilian Mid-Century Rosewood Candlestick 25cm
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Stunning pair of mid-century candlestick made in solid Brazilian rosewood of unknown authorship. They are the two tallest in the group.
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Tortoise Lucite Picture Frame Midcentury Italy 70s Brass Accessory Team Guzzini
By Guzzini
Located in Palermo, IT
Rectangular frame in lucite and brass designed and produced in Italy Team Guzzini. Lucite material, a type of acrylic resin known for its transparency, historically used for luxury i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Dramatic Statement Piece Centrepiece Ceramic Plate By DeSimone, Italy, c1960
By DeSimone
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Bold and so colourful large mid-century ceramic plate by DeSimone, Italy
Hand painted Yin and Yang stylised fish dominate this entire piece
Circa 1960's
Signed DeSimone, Italy
Height...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Elephant Figure in the Style of Sergio Bustamante
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Elephant Figure in the style of Sergio Bustamante, circa 1960. The elephant has a missing tusk (pic4).
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Silver Candleholders by BMF Nagel Quist, Germany
By Bmf Nagel, Fritz Nagel
Located in Detroit, MI
These iconic vintage mid century modern candleholders were designed by Fritz Nagel and Caesar Stoffi for BMF Nagel Quist and made in Germany circa 1950-1960. These modernist candlest...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
White Hand-Painted Porcelain Poodle Dogs by Lomonosov, Soviet, 1960s, Set of 2
By Lomonosov
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This is an adorable pair of vintage mid-century modern Lomonosov Soviet Imperial Russia hand-painted fine porcelain sitting white poodle dog figurines, dating back to the 1960s.
Cra...
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1960s Russian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Spindel Planter by Willy Guhl for Eternit Brazil, c. 1970
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Large hourglass-shaped planters model "Spindel", part of a line of garden pieces designed by Swiss Willy Guhl and produced by Eternit Brasil in the 1970s. These series of fiber cemen...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cement
Moser crystal vase, Czech Republic, 1960s.
By Moser
Located in Chorzów, PL
An elegant crystal vase from the Czech manufacturer Moser from the 1960s. Very good condition, no damage. Color: red~`orange.
Dimensions: height 18cm; diameter 11cm.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Mexican Modernism Big Size Mercury Glass Flower Vase
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950, Made in Mexico we offer this Giant mercury glass flower vase. Over the style of the Mercury Glass pieces that Luis Barragan includes in the decoration of his houses in Mé...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Hexagonal Ceramic Vase By Knabstrup Of Denmark, c1960
By Knabstrup
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Hexagonal white and terracotta glazed vase by Knabstrup, Denmark
Rich dark brown glazed interior
Circa 1960-65
Signed Knabstrup to base
Height 4.75 inch, Width 3.75 inch, Depth 3.75...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Primitive French Hand Carved Wood Sculpture Standing Femme Female
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Primitive French Hand Carved Standing Femme Female Wood Sculpture
Wood hand crafted design mounted on Raw Stone Base
In the style of Giacometti ideal for Jenerette Picasso & Prouvé f...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Barbini Murano Orange White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Midcentury Bowl Dish
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown orange over white, and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative bowl / ashtray. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-1960. Published design. The color is a rich "persimmon" orange as described in the Barbini catalog. The bowl has 3 indents on the rim. It is also profusely covered in gold leaf on the orange part and white. Would make a great display piece on any desk, dresser or coffee table. Use it as a catchall, candy dish, or personal...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Britain's Best Briar - BBB, Danish Pipe Mid-Century Ceramic Humidor Tobacco Jar
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Marvellous mid-century modern, pipe themed ceramic hand-painted humidor tobacco jar by BBB
Made by BBB in Denmark for Britain's Best Briars company
Stamped BBB, Made In Denmark on ba...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Ikebana Vase Planter Rectangular Centerpiece Japan 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Ikebana vase with rigged black lines in a beautiful chartruse & Black color combo . Japan, 1950s. excellent condition no chips or cracks retains original label nice feet.
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1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Collection of 12 Bronze Sculptures by Wm Otto for La Brea Tar Pits
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare collection of twelve miniature bronze ice age mammal sculptures that were created by Wm Otto for the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits museum and gift shop c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large Lomonosov Russian Porcelain Black/ White English Pointer Dog Figurine
By Lomonosov
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Evoke the timeless grace of classic English charm with this exquisite porcelain English Pointer dog figurine. Perfectly captured in a serene resting pose, this large statuette showca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Bernard Leach Mid-Century Studio Pottery Salt Glazed Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century salt glazed hand crafted studio pottery vase by renowned English potter Bernard Leach CBE (British, 1887-1979) and made at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwal...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Pair Of Vintage Twist Stem Vases, French, Art Glass, Flower Sleeve, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage twist stem vases. A French, art glass flower sleeve, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Charming French glassware with playful, attractive forms
...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Caramel Glazed Cube Vase By Christine Konschak For Knabstrup, Denmark, c1960
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Rich caramel glazed cube vase by Christine Konschak for Knabstrup, Denmark
Simplistic and effective Danish design
Circa 1960-65
Signed CK Knabstrup and original paper label to base
H...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Murano, Submerged Glass Vase, Colour Smoky Gray, Mandruzzato Italy, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Large multi-faceted glass vase by Mandruzzato.
This beautiful piece is very elegant thanks to the delicate line and the smoky-transparent color. It is rare, not only for its shape bu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Large Carved Wood Sandpiper
Located in Vallejo, CA
A beautiful vintage hand carved wood bird sculpture. Features a sandpiper bird, carved smooth, connected to a natural wood base with a metal rod. Stamped "DMR" by the maker on the ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
1950s Set of 4 delicate Glass Vases by Albin Schaedel, GDR – East Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
Collection of four very delicate glass vases, all attributed to Albin Schädel, well known East German glass blower.
This skilled artist created the most delicate objects from very th...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Blenko Large Desert Green Vase Ombre Glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large Blenko Glass Vase is hand blown in Desert Green color, with ombré color changes from a deep green to amber/yellow.
Desert green color is made by taking a gather of blue Cobal...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Üebelacker Keramik Black 'Boheme Fashionistas' Dish, Germany 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Boheme Fashionista black palet shaped dish or plate decorated with 3 young people dressed in vibrant color. Designed and made at Üebelacker Kermit in West Germany during the 1950s or...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Brazilian Modern Sculpture of a Zebra in Resin, Abraham Palatinik, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern Kinetic Sculpture of a Zebra in Resin by Abraham Palatinik made in the 1960s is beautiful!
This is part of the Artemis collection that feature...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Midcentury Danish Handcarved Wood Bird, circa 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury Danish hand-carved wooden bird, circa 1950. Rounded body shape with feather-like carvings on the breast and wings. Black bead eyes.
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Cute Baby Shoe Silver Plated Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina. Made in Europe, circa 1960s. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living room or children's roo...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Royal Haeger Vase Crackle Teal and Lava Glaze Mid Century Modern
By Royal Haeger
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage long neck vase was made by Royal Haeger in 1950s. It is decorated in glossy, complex blue teal crackle glaze with lighter, highly textured lava glaze accents, streaming in b...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Gold Dollar Cigarettes Advertising Sculpture 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Gold Dollar Cigarettes Advertising Sculpture 1950s
This old BAT (British American Tobacco) advertising figure made of wood and plaster advertising the cigarette brand "Gold ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Gaetano Pompa Mid-Century Cast and Gilt Bronze, Winged Deity
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An authentic and fantastic example of Italian mid-century Art by Gaetano Pompa (Italy, 1933-1998). Signed and dated Roma 1966 on the back of one wing. Hollow cast with gilt finish an...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Modern Art! Abstract Horse Sculpture! Gold Frederic Weinberg 1950s
Located in Peoria, AZ
Frederic Weinberg!
Mid Century Modern
Wire Horse Sculpture!
Abstract Art!
Striking polychromed wire finish!
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 4"
Here is a marvelous mid century abstract ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Wire
Vintage Balsa Wood and Tin Lined Tea Box Workshop Prop Decor Storage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage balsa wood, and tin lined lidded tea box, retaining partial labels.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
Set of 3 Onix Cup, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of 3 Onix Cup
Manufactured in Italy, circa 1940.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Onyx
Dimensions: ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Set of 2 Early 20th Centry Spanish Glass Bottle Vase, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of 2 Early 20th Centry Spanish Glass Bottle Vase.
Manufactured Spain, circa 1960.
Dimensions:
L- Diam. 23.5 cm x H 36.5 cm.
M- Diam. 19 cm x H 31 cm.
In original condition, w...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Silver Lion Fish Model Signed by Mario Bucellati
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Silver Lion Fish Model Signed by Mario Bucellati
A fine piece from one of the most prestigious jewellers of the world, this realistic freestanding model is made by and signed Mario...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Mid Century Modern Smoked Lucite and Oak Mirror Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A handsome rectangular wall clock with inset mirror in an oak frame, likely from the 1970s. The clock face is smoked lucite face and the hands are brass.
In very good vintage cond...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak, Lucite, Mirror
Stylish Vintage Porcelain Statue of shepherd dog with label Spana
Located in Verviers, BE
This stylish dog sculpture dates to the late 1950s-1960s and was fabricated in Italy.
The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty!
Available other Art Nouveau, Art deco an...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Five Tiny Terracotta Garden Gnomes, Germany ca. 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Five Tiny Terracotta Garden Gnomes, Germany ca. 1950s
A whimsy set of five tiny garden gnomes made in Germany ca. 1950s probably by Heissner. They are made of terracotta and hand-pa...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Large German Pottery Floor Vase by Scheurich Keramik, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Gorgeous German vintage large floor vase from Scheurich Keramik. Produced in Germany in the 1970's.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Aluminia Danish Art Faience Dish Blue Fantasy Bird by Marianne Johnson, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Aluminia Denmark Art Faience bowl designed by Marianne Johnson. A series of artist faience initiated by Nils Thorsson. Its. Ddecorated with a blue fantasy bird. Model number 143/2884...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience
Art Glass Vase by Pavel Hlava for Exbor, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
By Exbor
Located in Praha, CZ
Small glass vase made by Pavel Hlava in Exbor in late 1960s
Perfect original condition.
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Red Aventurine Candy Cane Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Only 1 Left! Beautiful vintage Murano handblown red over white, and aventurine Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company. Published in their book (last p...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Glazed Abstract Royal Copenhagen Stoneware Dish by Jørgen Mogensen, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Dish or bowl by the danish ceramist Jørgen Mogensen. Stoneware with earthy glazes and with geometric relief featuring camels or birds. JM commemorates such Royal Copenhagen designers...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Germany W. Goebel Flower Girl Vase in Blue Glaze, 1960s
By A.W. Goebel
Located in Esbjerg, DK
German Figural glazed ceramic vase number VF 22 from 1968. Made by. W. Goebel in 1968. This is the tall version measuring 24 cm in Height and with a diameter of 7 cm (base).
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Cenedese Italian Rectangular Black and Clear Murano Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese (new old stock) thick and heavy vintage Mid-Century modern Italian Murano small rectangular glass bowl, dish or astray made circa 1965-1975. Large and hea...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Ceramic Woman with Deer by R. Unger for Göbel. 1941
By Unger
Located in CADALSO, ES
R. Unger was the master modeler at Göbel for the world-famous Hummel figures
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1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Plate and Lucite Round Box by Debladis, Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely decorative box by Debladis Paris was designed in the 1960s. The rounded shape boasts a silverplate base and an extra thick lid in crystal clear Lucite. The piece is marke...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Joaquim Tenreiro. Purple Abstract Sculpture in Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Purple sculpture in a tape-like, abstract format in wood with impeccable procedence.
This work was created by Joaquim Tenreiro, one of the most important names of Brazilian furnitur...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Italian White Blanc de Chine Creamware Fruit Topiary
Located in Pearland, TX
A stunning large 16.5" Mid-Century Italian Blanc de Chine creamware glazed ceramic handmade fruit topiary in a pedestal basket. Marked "Made in Italy" on reverse. This gorgeous topia...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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