Art Deco Sterling Silver
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Period: 1940s
Vintage Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Fruit Dish by Walker & Hall
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI sterling silver fruit dish in the Art Deco style, made by Walker & Hall; part of our Art Deco silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage George VI sterling silver fruit dish has a circular shaped form onto a circular spreading foot, all in the Art Deco style.
The surface of this vintage silver dish...
Category
1940s British Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
"Neptune and His Companions", Art Deco Silver Wine Coaster w/ Mythological Scene
By GAB
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bursting with joy and great energy, this sterling silver wine coaster features Neptune with his trident, riding a hippocampus, accompanied by teeming array of oceanic creatures, incl...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Child Bowl & Underplate with Boys Playing Sports
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver child bowl and underplate, showcasing boys playing various sports, and in Art Deco style, with an elegant geometric design. The design is from 1927 (pat...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Cactus. Small serving spoon in sterling silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Cactus. Small serving spoon in sterling silver.
Hallmarked 1945-1951.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: Length 16.7 cm.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Harald Nielsen for Georg Jensen. Art Deco tray in sterling silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Harald Nielsen for Georg Jensen. Art Deco tray in sterling silver.
Model 632.
Hallmarked with 1945-1951 stamp.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 17.2 cm including handles ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen. "Cactus" salt and pepper shakers in sterling silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gundorph Albertus (1887-1970) for Georg Jensen, Denmark,
"Cactus" salt and pepper shakers in sterling silver.
Designed in 1930.
Model number: 629A.
Stamped with 1945-51 Georg Jens...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gundorph Albertus for Georg Jensen. "Cactus" salt and pepper shakers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gundorph Albertus (1887-1970) for Georg Jensen, Denmark.
"Cactus" salt and pepper shakers in sterling silver.
Designed in 1930.
Model number: 629A.
Stamped with 1945-51 Georg Jens...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Cactus, two sterling silver appetizer forks/herring forks.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Cactus, two sterling silver appetizer forks/herring forks.
Stamped with the hallmark from 1945-1951.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions:...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Cactus, a pair of sterling silver jam spoons.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Cactus, a pair of sterling silver jam spoons.
Stamped with the hallmark from 1945-1951.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: 13.6 cm.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver Salt Pepper Shaker, Art Deco Decorative Condiment Set with Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
A modernist Silver Condiment Set comprising a Salt shaker, a Pepper Shaker, a Mustard Pot & a spoon. The mustard pot has a blue glass bowl and a silver spoon. Each item's exterior ha...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal
A Pair Antique Silver Salt Pepper Shaker Art Deco Decorative Condiment Set Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
A pair of modernist Silver Condiment sets comprising a Salt shaker, a Pepper Shaker, a Mustard Pot & a spoon. The mustard pot has a blue glass bowl and a silver spoon. Each item's ex...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver
Hans Hansen silverware, Arvesølv no. 7. Art Deco lunch knife in sterling silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hans Hansen silverware, Arvesølv no. 7. Art Deco lunch knife in sterling silver and stainless steel.
1940s.
Stamped.
In excellent condition, knife blade with minor wear.
Dimensions: ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Robert Wallace & Sons Patriotic 1940 Bullet Salt and Pepper Set in .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Unusual shakers set designed by Robert Wallace & Sons.
A beautiful set of 6 salt & pepper shakers, designed during the WWII period, circa 1940's. They was crafted with patriotic m...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Vanity Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this sterling silver Art Deco vanity mirror. It’s the perfect size for you vanity table — not too big and definitely n...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Design - Sterling Silver Tea Set - Walker & Hall 1947
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1947 by Walker & Hall, this fantastic, Sterling Silver Tea Set, is the height of Art Deco design, with a wooden base, handle and finial to the teapot.
The...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Compotes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver compotes have a Jensenesque appearance without the painful price!! Four marble size balls are between the bowl and base. The base is NOT weighted and has an Art...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Volmer Bahner Salt & Pepper Set in Sterling Silver & Enamel Guilloche, 1960s
By Ovesen and Volmer Bahner
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Beautiful set consisting of salt and pepper shaker in sterling silver and maroon/red and lemon yellow enamel guilloche. This ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Georg Jensen Art Deco Mayan Sterling Silverware Service for 12
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A complete Sterling silver Georg Jensen Mayan Pattern silverware service for twelve persons. The Mayan pattern is design #56 by Johan Rohde from 193...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Spanish Sterling Silver Mounted Art Deco Recipe Cocktail Shaker c.1940
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent vintage cocktail shaker made from glass with white enamel lettering creating an interesting recipe / menu cocktail shaker.
The mounts and fittings are made from Span...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Colbert Coligny Puiforcat French Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 56 Pcs Dn
Located in Big Bend, WI
Jean Elysée Puiforcat was a French silversmith, sculptor and designer. Puiforcat is considered the "most important French Art Deco silversmith." ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Four-Piece Tea and Coffee Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine vintage George VI English sterling silver four-piece tea and coffee service in the Art Deco style; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional vintage sterling silver tea set consists of a coffee jug, teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Each piece of this fine set has a plain rectangular cushion shaped form onto a stepped collet style base with Art Deco bracket style feet.
The surface of this impressive vintage Art Deco tea set is plain and unembellished, with an applied reed decorated border to the upper portions.
The coffee jug and teapot are fitted with hallmarked hinged covers and retain the original Art Deco style painted carved wood finials; the hinge to each piece is ornamented with an applied pendant drop design.
The teapot and coffee pot are fitted with angular Art Deco style carved painted wood handles featuring a plain rounded thumbpiece to the upper plateau.
The cream jug and sugar bowl are fitted with angular Art Deco style sterling silver handles, matching the design of the teapot and coffee pot handle.
Condition
This vintage tea and coffee...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Enamel & Sterling Silver Hand Mirror - Green to White Sunburst Pattern
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1947 by Walker & Hall, this stylish, Sterling Silver Hand Mirror, is in the Art Deco taste, with sunburst enamel decoration fading from green to white on t...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hermès French Art Deco Silver and 18-Karat Gold Powder Box with Lipstick
By Hermès
Located in Mexico City, MX
A circa 1940 French Art Deco .950 silver powder box with lipstick by Hermès. The powder box's parts are numbered 138. The box's bottom shows a serial...
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver
Six Art Deco Multi Colored Norwegian Silver and Enamel Salt Shakers, 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Six Art Deco multi-colored Norwegian silver and enamel salt shakers, 1940s.
Category
1940s Norwegian Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Art Deco Silver Toast Racks, Dated 1941/46, Suckling Bros, Birmingham
Located in London, GB
Pair of Art Deco silver toast racks, dated 1941/46, Suckling Bros, Birmingham
Sturdy heavy quality pair of toastracks with fanned out formation on the racks.
Weight :- 6.72 troy ou...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Cactus Lunch Knife in Sterling Silver and Stainless Steel
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Cactus lunch knife in sterling silver and stainless steel.
Dated 1945-51.
Measure: Length: 17.5 cm.
Stamped.
In excellent condition.
Our skilled Georg Jensen silve...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Epic by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 65 Pieces Deco Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce dinner size epic by Gorham, circa 1941, sterling silver flatware set, 65 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner knives, 9 1/2"
12 dinner forks, 7 3/4"
12 salad forks, 6 1/2"
12...
Category
1940s Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cartier, English-Made Art Deco Sterling Silver Box, 1944
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable box by the famous house of Cartier, this piece made in England, fully hallmarked for London 1944 together with the initials for Jacques Cartier. ...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver & Gold Cigarette Box, Padgett & Braham, London, 1947
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1947 by Padgett & Braham Ltd., this very handsome, Sterling Silver Cigarette Box, is in the Art Deco taste, with...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold
Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen, Acanthus Jam Spoon in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen. Acanthus jam spoon in sterling silver. Dated 1945-1951.
Measure: Length 15 cm.
Stamped.
In excellent condition.
Our skilled Georg Jensen silversmith...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Spot-Hammered Quaich, R.E. Stone, London, 1946
By R E Stone
Located in Glasgow, GB
A George VI sterling silver Quaich in the Art Deco style; hallmarked London, 1946, and made by highly collectable silversmith R.E. Stone. The Quaich is of circular spot-hammered form...
Category
1940s British Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Deco English Sterling Silver Fruit or Sweet Dish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver fruit/sweet dish in the Art Deco style; an addition to our dining silverware collection
T...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Italian Silver Art Deco Candleholder by Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Italian silver Art Deco candleholder by Veneziani.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Fish Fork Georg Jensen Silverware Acanthus Silverware, Georg Jensen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Fish fork Georg Jensen silverware Acanthus silverware, Georg Jensen.
Pattern Acanthus. Designed by Johan Rohde.
Measures: Length 17 cm.
Stam...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver 'Cactus' Cutlery, Serving Spade
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Cactus' cutlery. Serving spade.
Measures: 20.5 cm.
In good condition.
Stamped.
Designed by Gundorph Albertus in 1930.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Complete "old fluted" Danish Silver Dinner Service for Six People, 22 Parts
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Complete "old fluted" Danish silver dinner service for six people.
A total of 22 parts. approximate 1940s.
Knife measures: 25.5 cm.
Perfect co...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Midcentury Sterling Silver Decorative Dish with Foliate Tray by J.E. Caldwell Co
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco decorative tray was realized by the Philadelphia based fabled American jeweler and producer of fine luxury silver goods, James Emmot Caldwell, since 1839. It f...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Mid-Century Silver Cigarette Box
Located in New York, NY
English Mid-Century (1940s) sterling silver rectangular (cigarette) box with fluted etched design and initials: A.M.G.
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
34 Pcs. Teaspoon / Coffee Spoon, Georg Jensen Bernadotte Sterling Silver Cutlery
Located in Copenhagen, DK
34 pieces. teaspoons / coffee spoons, Georg Jensen Bernadotte sterling silver cutlery. Georg Jensen silverware.
Designed by Sigvard Bernadotte...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Two Georg Jensen Silver Bernadotte Lobster Forks
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Georg Jensen silver Bernadotte lobster forks.
Measures: 19 cm.
In perfect condition.
Stamped 1945-1951.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver
Art Deco sterling silver for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco sterling silver 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 sterling silver created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco sterling silver made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Denmark pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original sterling silver, popular names associated with this style include Georg Jensen, Harald Nielsen, Sigvard Bernadotte, and Tiffany & Co.. 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 sterling silver differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $58,967 while the average work can sell for $972.
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