Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
Tall Vintage Tribal Mask, Central African, Decorative Cultural Ornament, C.1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage tribal mask. A Central African, decorative cultural ornament, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Fascinating dec...
Category
Late 20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Former Mannequin Head Representing The French Actor Fernandel, circa 1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Former Mannequin Head Representing The French Actor Fernandel, French Manufacturing circa 1950/1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Modernist Painted metal/ steel Sculpture by John Metzen.. Over 7 feet high..
By John Metzen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Painted metal / steel Sculpture by John Metzen.. Over 7 feet high..Wonderful form,,,color .. Would make a statement in any environment..
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Monumental Iron Railroad Tie Man Sculpture by Bruce Gray
By Bruce Gray
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Topping out at nearly 8' tall this monumental work by California sculptor Bruce Gray is truly incredible in person! It is executed in patinated iron railroad nails and looks great fr...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Stained Wood Candleholder – Circa 1930.
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Stained Wood Candleholder – Circa 1930, Made in Spain, By Unknown Manufacturer
This traditional Spanish Hachero candleholder, dating back to circa 1930...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Otto and Vivika Heino Signed Midcentury Large California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, exquisitely handmade bowl by pottery or ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. The two were best known for their inspired designs and distinctive glazes. This relatively hefty bowl is signed on the underside and is in excellent vintage condition with no discernible flaws. Really quite riveting and sure to Stand out in any collection or setting.
Dimensions: 5.5" high, 8.5" diameter.
They are winners of the following awards:
Gold Medal from the sixth Biennale internationale de céramique d'art, in Vallauris, France. (1978)
Silver medal from the International Ceramics Exhibitions in Ostend, Belgium (1959)
Their work can be found in the following museums and collections:
American Craft Museum, New York City, NY
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York
County Art Museum and Craft Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Hartford Jewish Community Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Mingei Museum, San Diego
Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Picasso Museum in Vallauris, France
St. Paul Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
Ventura County...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Beautiful Bronze Vintage Statue of Maasai Warrior by Casa Padrino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elevate your space with this striking vintage bronze statue of a Maasai warrior, crafted by Casa Padrino. Combining bold artistry with cultural reverence, it stands as a powerful cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Glen Lukens Signed Midcentury Blue with Gold Crackle Glazed Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and likely early work featuring a blue or green with gold flecks crackle glaze by influential Mid-Century Modern ceramist Glen Lukens whose work has become very collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed by Lukens on the underside.
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Ceramic wall goat by Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramic goat to hang on the wall. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.
For shipping, request us for receive the best price.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$778 / item
Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Table button soccer game player. Traditional figure used to play this classic button Spanish game. The figure is usually made by attaching a football player photograph, or sometimes ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
1960s Emil Milan Modernist Bird Sculpture Sumac Cabin Modern New Hope Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Well planned active sumac grain really enhances this sculpture.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Light Wood Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient light wood candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Curtis Jere Ship Boat Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed original Curtis Jere large wall sculpture. Incredible piece full of detail. In classic Jere style, this art piece encapsulates...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Mediterranean Ceramic, circa s.XIX
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Mediterranean Ceramic, Spain circa s.XIX. In original condition, wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: ø ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Doyle Lane Mid-Century Modern Rare Colored Glass Ceramic Pottery Square Form
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare, beautifully designed glass or ceramic form by famed midcentury American artist or potter Doyle Lane. Lane was a glaze specialist much like Glen Lukens and Otto Natzler. His colorful glazes would melt, bubble and crack over his pieces creating a very tactile look and feel. His work ranged from beaded necklaces and pendants to small, delicate vases or weed pots to ceramic sculptures, clay paintings, and large scale wall mosaics (including his most well-known work - an 18-foot mosaic or mural known as the orange wall which was commissioned by architect Welton Becket...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Folk Art Sermel Tonala Signed Paper Mache Duck With Glass Base
Located in Bridgeport, CT
folk art life size colorful paper mache duck figure surmounted on a custom glass base. The duck hand-painted in bright orange and gold tones. Signed as shown.
Dimensions: 17 1/2" L,...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Paper
Pair of Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Folk Art Viking Ship in Wood 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Mid Century Folk Art Viking Ship in Wood 1960s.
Beautiful folk art viking ship, made by a craftsman at home or maybe as a school project somewhere around the 1960s or 1970s. Wonderf...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Pine
Pierre Digan La Borne Pair of Brown and Black Stoneware Ceramic Pitchers, 1970
By Pierre Digan
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan.
Pair of stoneware ceramic pitchers.
Original perfect condition.
Black and brown stoneware ceramic colors.
Realised in la Borne circa 1970.
Measures: Num...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Albert Chubac, Composition, Spray Paint and Stencils, circa 1960, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac (1925-20008), Composition,
Spray paint and stencils,
Workshop stamp lower right,
Framed,
circa 1960, France.
Measures : Width 50 cm, Height 65 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studying decorative art, then at the Beaux-Arts in Geneva, he obtained grants to travel to Italy, Algeria, Spain, Egypt and Greece, stages which will mark his work.
He settled in 1964 on the Côte d ‘Azur in Aspremont in a very Spartan house, attracted by the light, the sun and the colors of nature.
The year 1967 is the year of the establishment of the School of Nice. He will work and exhibit alongside Aman, César, Tinguely, Gilli, Ben, Rayse, etc ...
In 1990, it was the consecration with the opening of MAMAC in Nice. Albert Chubac then becomes accessible to the general public.
He will use solid primary colors, will develop modifiable structures and then develop the collages in three dimensions.
Gradually, he broke away from his classical training and figuration to move towards abstraction through the encounters and influences of contemporary artists.
Always in search of simplicity, He will radically limit the plastic means with a reduced palette, geometric shapes and simple gestures to concentrate on minimum conditions of possibility.
His work, which lies between constructivism and geometric abstraction, is playful and imbued with the artist's joie de vivre.
In 2004, following the major retrospective at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, he donated around one hundred works to the City of Nice.
Albert Chubac died in 2008 in Tourrette-Levens, near Aspremont.
Bibliography:
- Albert Chubac, MAMAC Nice, Cultures Nice Editions, 2004.
- Albert Chubac: exhibition, Nice, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, January 29 - May 16, 2004.
- Albert Chubac, Galerie Harter, 2013.
- Albert Chubac, a lifetime of artist, Patrick Boussu and Cynthia Lemesle, South Art éditions, 2021.
During the workshop auctions in Nice and Marseille, the Harter Gallery acquired the largest part of his work.
Personal exhibitions:
- 1950: Personal exhibition in Athens at the Zappéion museum.
- 1954: Exhibition at the Arman Gallery in Geneva.
- 1956: Exhibition at the Galerie Connaître in Geneva.
- 1957: Exhibition at the Galerie La Palette in Zurich.
- 1958: Exhibition at the Galerie L’Entracte in Lausanne.
- 1960: Exhibition at the World House Gallery in New York.
- 1967: Exhibition at the Galerie Loo in Geneva, at the Salon Comparaison in Paris, Aspects in Chexbres in Switzerland.
- 1968: “Paintings” exhibitions from March 30 to May 11 at the Galerie Alexandre de la Salle.
- 1970: Exhibition at the Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de Magnan in Nice, at the Maison de la Culture Le Corbusier in Firminy entitled "Chubac recent works" and at the Galerie Royal Luxembourg in Nice.
- 1971: Exhibition at the Galerie Germain in Paris and at the Fernand Léger School in Malakoff.
- 1972: Exhibition on the village square of Aspremont, at the Galerie Royal Luxembourg in Nice.
- 1973: Exhibition at the Galerie Ferrero in Nice.
- 1974: Exhibition at Art-club in Antibes.
- 1975: Exhibition at the Galerie Jacques Boudin rue de Dijon in Nice.
- 1978: Exhibition at the Galerie Anne Roger in Nice.
- 1980: Exhibition at the Galerie de la Salle in Saint-Paul de Vence from August 8 to September 9.
- 1981: Exhibition at Lieu 5 in Nice from February 13 to March 20.
- 1983: Exhibition at the Galerie d'Art Contemporain in Nice, at Anne Roger.
- 1984: Exhibition "Lille Nice" at the Galerie GodArt in Lille from April 14 to May 17 and at the Galerie Luisella d´Alessandro in Turin.
- 1985: Exhibition in Thonon les Bains at the Galerie Galise.
- 1988: Exhibitions at Galerie Argéco in Nice and Galerie Triade in Barbizon
- 1989: Exhibitions at the Galerie de la Salle, at Lola Gassin's in Nice, in galleries in Nice
- 1990: he made four mobiles for the MAMAC in Nice, Exhibitions at the Galerie François Moulin in Lyon and Golden Gallery, ArtJunction in Nice.
- 1991: Exhibition at the Galerie de la Salle in Saint-Paul.
- 1992: Exhibitions at the Espace du consulat suisse in Nice, Besançon and opening of the Espace Chubac in Tourrette-Levens.
- 1993: Exhibition at the Maison Comoni in Revest-les-Eaux, at the Galerie François Moulin in Lyon.
- 1994: Exhibition at the Espace Caravadossi in Aspremont.
- 1996: Exhibition at the Espace Dellile in Nice.
- 1997: Exhibition at the Galerie de la Salle in Saint-Paul.
- 1998: Last personal exhibition at the Galerie de la Salle in Saint-Paul.
- 2000: Exhibition at Lympia college in Nice.
- 2001: Exhibition at the Espace Chubac in Tourette-Levens.
- 2002: Exhibition at the Galerie Scholtès in Nice and in Carcès in the Var entitled "Albert Chubac-Couleurs mobiles".
- 2004: Great Albert Chubac retrospective at MAMAC in Nice.
- 2011: Permanent exhibition at the Galerie Harter in Nice.
- 2012: Exhibition at the Olympia Show in London at the Christopher Jones Gallery and at the Serge Castella Interiors Gallery in Bascara, Spain.
- 2013: Exhibition at the Municipal Contemporary Art Gallery of Pochettes in Nice.
- 2019/2021: Exhibition of works belonging to the permanent collection of MAMAC in Nice and exhibition "Geometry according to Albert Chubac" at the Galerie Harter in Nice.
- 2021/2021: Permanent exhibition at Galerie Atelier 55...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Mid Century Tin Litho Friction Police Highway Patrol Helicopter, C1960, Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous friction helicopter from Japan C 1960. Toy works great, push copter and the blades start spinning. Does not fly, nor was it intended to. Great graph...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Large 20th Century Design Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher by Alain Magne La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Alain Magne
Large XXL stoneware ceramic pitcher
Signed by Alain Magne
Circa 1970
original perfect condition
height 35 cm
Large 33 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. An uncommon form for Andreson with a high gloss glaze featuring a dark ocean deep blue / aqua color with delicate splashes of greens. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design.
Signed on the base by Andreson (and stamped).
A special and scarce work. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics/ pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent work in about any setting. This piece has a fantastic feel and heft to it.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933 to 1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1974 California Ceramics...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Gtdesign For Cassina In Touch Rug
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gtdesign For Cassina In Touch Rug
In-Touch is a design carpet that caters to creativity and meets the most extreme needs, suited to any modern furnishing style.
Made of Tencel, on...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$10,628 / item
Elegant French Antique Color Paper Garland Sculpture circa 1930 Vintage Deco
Located in Barcelona, ES
Enhance your space with a captivating antique color paper garland sculpture. This exquisite piece, crafted in France circa 1930, showcases the timeless artistry of yesteryear.
Metic...
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Italian Murano Aquarium Paper Weight with Fish and Ocean Plants Bubbles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unique and rare shape Murano Paper Weight depicting a ocean scene or an aquarium - with fish, ocean plants and bubbles in all the right places...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Pair of Rope Frames Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid Century Pair of Rope squares Frames Audoux Minet.
7 by 7 inches.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Cassina Spider Rug
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Spider Rug
The Spider outdoor rug is a playful interweaving of different colors.
The yarn is very high-tech, versatile and durable. It ensures colorfastness to sunlight, i...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Polyester
$5,316 / item
Rustic Hand Dustpan - Traditional French Craftsmanship from the 20th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rustic Hand Dustpan - Traditional French Craftsmanship from the 20th Century
Discover the charm of authenticity with our rustic hand dustpan, a unique piece that embodies the essenc...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Basket Jardiniere Rope Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rare nautical rope basket jardiniereAudoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measure: 25" with the handle, 17.5" without.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Pair of Mid-Century Rope Coat Rack Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Very rare pair of French rope hook coat Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
3 hooks.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...
Category
1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Other
$1,300 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of parish priest. Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preser...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Set of 3 Antique Wood Golf Clubs, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three antique traditional Jack White's sports wooden golf clubs. Made in London, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging sumptuously glazed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The fired bowl features a vast array of shifting...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Bronze Glazed Stoneware Bust 'Mathilda' c1980
Located in Melbourne, AU
The bust has been sculpted from earthenware clay and fired with a Bronze glaze. It is sculpted in a mannered style, with a dramatic, expressively turned head and tender expression.
...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Leo Jensen Bronze Guitar Player Figural Sculpture
By Leo Sewell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed vintage wood & bronze figural sculpture.
By Leo Jensen.
In the form of a man wearing a suit & bowler hat and playing a guitar or ukelele.
Signed to the base of the p...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Raul Coronel Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl, 1960s
By Raul Coronel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and colored ashtray/ bowl by Mexican born ceramic master Raul Coronel who played an important role in the American (he became a naturalized citizen) / California d...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Wood and Rope Shelf Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Wood and rope shelf Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
3 shelves.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Wood
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Ceramic Birds with Beautiful Glaze Signed KW 9723
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very tasty duo of mid-century modern birds in a stylized shape and wonderful glaze pattern.
The downward looking animal has a cheerful flower pattern on both wings. The upward looki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Trio of Miniature Peruvian Paintings Art
Located in Southampton, NJ
Collection of 3 miniature back painted art of Peruvian scenes on glass. Frames are hand made plaster & coated in a metallic wash. Art is mounted on a wood back board.
Left Frame- 2...
Category
19th Century Peruvian Antique Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cut Glass, Acrylic, Plaster
Gtdesign For Cassina In Touch Rug
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gtdesign For Cassina In Touch Rug
In-Touch is a design carpet that caters to creativity and meets the most extreme needs, suited to any modern furnishing style.
Made of Tencel, on...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$10,628 / item
Harding Black Texas Artist Signed Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Pitcher
Located in Studio City, CA
A hand-thrown, well-crafted, piercing green glazed ceramicpitcher by famed Texas-born San Antonio ceramic master Harding Black. A perfect combination of form and function.
Signed and dated (1983) by the Black on the base.
This work has a great feel and heft to them. The deep rich colors are striking.
Harding Blacks Exhibitions include:
San Antonio Local Artists Annual Exhibition (1939-42, 1945, 1947); Texas General Exhibition (1940 award, 1942, 1948 honorable mention); National Ceramic Annual Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art (1947-54); River Art Group, San Antonio (1948-49); National Collection of fine Arts...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Black Midcentury Ceramic Sculpture by Tim Orr, circa 1980
By Tim Orr
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Tim Orr
Black stoneware ceramic sculpture by the artist Tim Orr
Realized circa 1980
Elegant abstract form with black ceramic color
Signed under the base
Original perfe...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Brown Stoneware Ceramic Decorative Cup or Basket by Elisabeth Joulia
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Elisabeth Joulia
Realised circa 1960
Elegant stoneware ceramic cup
Free form with grey colors and firing ceramic effects
Original perfect condition.
Discretely signed on the edge...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Sculpture by Cleo Hartwig titled "Peace Dove"
By Cleo Hartwig
Located in Chicago, IL
A lovely example of the 1960's sculpture by celebrated artist Cleo Hartwig. This is her iconic peace dove that was reproduced by Sculptor Collectors.
This piece was signed "in mo...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Susan Parkinson Studio Pottery Architectural Tankard
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery porcelain mug decorated with columns design by Susan Parkinson for the Richard Parkinson Pottery and made between 1953 an...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Unusual Rope Sconce Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
With white opaline.
Measures: Height / 17.8 inches.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Opaline Glass
Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of man wearing a top hat.
Manufactured circa 1930 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
This exquisite antique rag doll...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Unusual Unique Abstract Crucifix Sculpture Formed from 15th Century Nails
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and unique hand crafted English abstract sculptural crucifix made from 15th century hand wrought iron nails recovered during the restoration of an ancient East...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mirror Designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1930
Located in Stockholm, SE
Mirror designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1930.
Pewter and mirror.
Measures: H: 62.5 cm / 2' 1/2''
W: 41 cm / 16''
D: 2 cm / 3/4''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Long Checkerboard Vintage Turkish Deco Runner
Located in New York, NY
Rare long runner size 3rd quarter of the 20th century Turkish deco rug with a repetitive all-over checkerboard design in an assortment of different colors. Originally custom made for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Iron and Art Glass Sculpture Larry Livolsi (1946-2015) Lorenz Studio
Located in Woodbury, CT
Glass and iron sculpture with removable blown glass art glass vase surrounded by hand wrought iron.
LARRY LIVOLSI (1946-2015) MID CENTURY SCULPTOR AND GLASS BLOWER OF LORENZ STUDIO,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Goldscheider Vienna Set of Four Wall Masks by Adolf Prischl, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely set of four Austrian terracotta miniature wall masks, designed by Adolf Prischl, executed by Friedrich Goldscheider Vienna in the 1950s. All four masks are in excellent cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Mid-Century David Gil "Split Head" Stoneware Sculpture Mounted on Lucite
By David Gil
Located in Chicago, IL
A stoneware sculpture created by artist David Gill for Bennington Potters. It features a head with imprinted numbers, made of two halves attached to a leucite stand.
In the 1950s, Gi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Le Corbusier Collection Chandigarh Rectangular Tray For Cassina
By Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Collection Chandigarh Rectangular Tray For Cassina
Cassina looks to the genius of Le Corbusier as inspiration for a collection of three modern trays in pure, unglazed ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Gtdesign For Cassina In Touch Rug
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gtdesign For Cassina In Touch Rug
In-Touch is a design carpet that caters to creativity and meets the most extreme needs, suited to any modern furnishing style.
Made of Tencel, on...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$8,346 / item
Organic Bend Bamboo Sconce Woven Bamboo Cased Fiber Shades France 1950, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of original handmade French Folk Art wall lights, sconces in bend Bamboo and cased natural fiber shades.
takes 1 light bulb with max 60 watts.
In working condition.
Projecti...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Natural Fiber
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