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
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
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.
French Vintage Sunburst Wall Mirror, Gold & Silver Giltwood
Located in Bradenton, FL
Gold and Silver Gilt Carved Sunburst Wall Mirror. Stunning vintage design features the sunburst design radiating from the mirror, with elongated rays extending outward in a symmetric...
Mirror, Giltwood
Large Sunburst Mirror in Gilt Iron, Style of Gilbert Poillerat, France 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind Large Sunburst mirror in the manner of Gilbert Poillerat, Iron, gold leaf. France, 1930s-1940s. This stunning mirror has an eye-catching sunburst design with slightly curved long rays surrounding a round mirror glass. It was entirely made by hand in iron. Terrific aged patina and original gold leaf gilding. This starburst mirror will be an elegant statement placed alone or as a part of a sunburst mirrors wall composition. It will add a luxury but strong accent wherever you place it as it has brutalist and art deco accents. Rare find. At the back part it has the Sala Busquets original retailer's label at Passeig de Gracia, 98 in Barcelona. Overal measures: 74 cm diameter x 3 cm H // 29,13 in diameter x 1,18 in H Glass measures: 17 cm // 6,69 in diameter French Sunburst Mirror // Gilbert Poillerat Sunburst Mirror...
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
$3,270 / item
Large Gold Sunburst Mirror
Located in Westwood, NJ
The mirror is a striking Art Deco masterpiece. Its hand-applied gold leaf rays and antiqued mirror glass create a timeless, vintage aesthetic. The bold geometric composite frame adds...
Mirror, Resin
$3,625Sale Price|20% Off
Scrollwork Sunburst Mirror / Backlit Mirror with Convex Glass, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Parcel Gilt Iron Scrollwork Sunburst Mirror / Backlit Mirror with Convex Glass Impressive handcrafted Gothic Revival gilt iron sunburst convex mirror with scroll frame and gilt ball ...
Gold Leaf, Iron, Wrought Iron
Art Deco sunburst mirror in red copper, France 1920s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1920 / Mirror / red copper / Art Deco / Mid-Century / Vintage Stunning French Art Deco sunburst mirror, crafted in solid red copper from the 1920s. This graphically designe...
Copper
$1,696Sale Price|30% Off
Decorative Murano Shaped Mirror
Located in London, GB
A Lovely Sunburst Shaped Venetian Mirror Vert Decorative with Glass Rosettes and Etched Mirror Dated C20th
Glass
Late 20th Century Sunburst Golden Mirror Art Decó Style
Located in LA CELLERA DE TER, ES
Vintage, fully handcrafted mirror finished with gold leaf. This striking piece features a unique arrangement of geometric wooden rays forming an elegant sunburst design, inspired by ...
Gold Leaf
Art Deco Hand-Carved Sunburst Mirror in Giltwood and Gold Leaf
Located in LA CELLERA DE TER, ES
This stunning mirror is a newly designed piece, entirely hand-carved and crafted using traditional antique gilding techniques. It features a unique combination of two different types...
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Gilt Wood Sunburst Mirror
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique gilt wood sunburst mirror. The mirror is made of hand carved wood, with gilt patina. With a flat glass mirror. Wood and ...
Mirror, Giltwood
Massive Italian 48.5" Gilt wood Starburst Mirror
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An impressive large giltwood mirror measuring 48.5 inches in height, exquisitely finished with a layered patina of aged silver, gold leaf over red bole, and yellow bole highlights, c...
Giltwood
French Art Deco Sunburst Leaves Wood Mirror
Located in Austin, TX
French Art Deco sunburst leaves wood mirror, circa 1930. 15 inches diameter.
Mirror, Wood
Modernist series Wide Frame Mirror in Royal White Ebony
By Roman Erlikh
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking Art Deco inspired circular mirror in Royal white ebony veneer. The perception of depth is accentuated by the beveled mirror. The mirror is fully customizable with variety o...
Ebony
1930s French Carved Wood & Brass Sunburst Wall Mirror
By Emilio Terry
Located in North Miami, FL
This extraordinary carved wood mirror w/ brass starburst crown, is very much in the French style of Emilio Terry and his Cuban influences. Stars are painted in Gold and the details a...
Brass
Spanish Gilt Starburst or Sunburst Mirror With Convex Glass (Dia 25)
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely large Spanish gilt sunburst or starburst convex mirror, 25 inches diameter, with round mirrored convex glass center in a moulded frame surrounded by emanating gilded rays.
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
Huge Carved Sunburst Swirl Gilt Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Huge carved sunburst swirl gilt mirror A superb piece, made in the last century, the usual sunburst frame which is 12” wide radiates with out a swirl on...
Wood
Stunning Large Gold Sunburst Starburst Convex Mirror Belgium 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous extraordinary starburst sunburst convex mirror. Made of gilded resin. No chips, no cracks, no repairs. It measures approximate: 20.75" in diameter, the mirror itself is ab...
Mirror, Giltwood
Peruvian Baroque Rectangular Sunburst Mirror, 1890-1920s, Unknown
Located in New York, NY
A rare Peruvian Baroque Colonial sunburst mirror, executed between 1890 and the 1920s, embodying the enduring dialogue between European Baroque ornamentation and Andean craftsmanship...
Gold Leaf
Exquisite French Mid-Century Modern 'Sunburst' Mirror in Style of Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
Stunning convex wall mirror in the form of sunburst after Line Vautrin. This piece is crafted just like Vautrin's exquisite mirrors in resin with a central round convex mirror and 16...
Iron
Spanish Flower Shaped Sunburt Mirror in Rattan, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Flower Wall Mirror in Rattan A beautiful flower shaped mirror handcrafted in bamboo and rattan, Spain, 1960s. This stunning round mirror is framed by a bamboo ring accented by rattan...
Wicker, Rattan, Mirror, Cane, Bamboo
$3,750
H 27 in W 27 in D 2 in
Vintage French Giltwood Midcentury Sunburst Mirror with Radiating Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage French giltwood sunburst mirror from the mid-20th century, with flat glass. Created in France during the midcentury p...
Mirror, Giltwood
$600 / set
H 9.06 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Star-Shaped Candleholders with Embedded Mirrors
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this fantastic 100% handmade Mid-Century Modern pair of star-shaped candleholders with embedded mirrors, circa 1960.
Mirror
$1,022Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.58 in Dm 18.51 in
Flower Shaped Rattan Mirror, Midcentury Mediterranean Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lovely handcrafted rattan flower shaped mirror with all the taste of the Mediterranean coast style. France, 1960s. This piece is in excellent vintage condition. This mirror will be...
Cane, Rattan, Mirror, Bamboo
Gilt Resin Sunburst Mirror
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice sunburst mirror is made of gilt resin with a concave mirror. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Mirror, Resin
$5,093Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 37.41 in W 31.89 in D 1.58 in
Organic shaped Estremoz marble nickel Arizona small mirror by InsidherLand
By Joana Santos Barbosa, InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
In the remote location of Coyote Buttes lies one of Arizona’s treasures. The absolutely surreal undulating patterns of ‘The Wave’ inspired the creation of the Arizona small mirror...
Marble, Nickel, Metal
Spanish Gilt Metal Oval Sunburst Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish 1950s gilt metal oval sunburst mirror with tight connected leaf pattern frame.
Metal
Large Italian Gold Silver Leaf Wood Starburst Sunburst Wall Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive Italian Sunburst Wall Mirror from the 1960s, measuring 28 inches in diameter. This Mid-Century Modern wood mirror features gold leaf on a hand carved frame with rays t...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Hearts Framed Sunburst Mirror in Red Wrought Iron, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Colorful Hearts Framed Sunburst Mirror Patinated in Red, Wrought Iron, Spain, 1950-1960. This Sunburst Mirror features a hand forged iron frame with alternating hearts and sun beams....
Metal, Wrought Iron, Iron
Mid Century French Art Deco Style Sunburst Gilt Convex Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid Century French Art Deco Style Sunburst Gilt Convex Mirror A Lovely dainty piece, the sunburst rays radiate out, the rays are painted in gold and they radiate from the central co...
Resin
Mid century decorative sunburst mirror
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century decorative sunburst mirror circa 1970. Scandinavian deco revival wall mirror. Circular mirror with bevelled edged, beaded metal border, surrounded by alternating straig...
Metal
Small pair of 20th century Italian sunburst mirrors
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small pair of 20th century Italian sunburst mirrors circa 1980. Good quality matched pair of Italian made resin sunburst mirrors in the art deco style. Symmetrical design with a ce...
Resin
Petite French Art Deco Style Sunburst-Starburst Gilt Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Petite French Art Deco Style Sunburst-Starburst Gilt Mirror A Lovely dainty piece, the starburst or sunburst rays radiate out, the rays are painted in gold and mirror they radiate f...
Mirror
French Art Deco Style Sunburst-Starburst Gilt Mirror A Lovely dainty piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Art Deco Style Sunburst-Starburst Gilt Mirror A Lovely dainty piece, the starburst or sunburst rays radiate out, the rays are painted in gold and mirror they radiate from the...
Mirror
Spanish Baroque Giltwood Convex Sunburst Mirror Miniature, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Small Scale Giltwood Convex Sunburst Mirror Finely carved gold leaf gilded convex sunburst mirror in unusual mini size. Spain, 1930s-1940s. This gorgeous miniature sunburst mirror ha...
Gold Leaf
Black and Gold Art Deco Starburst Mirror
Located in LYON, FR
1930's Starburst Mirror. The mirror plate has a very pleasing Patina which sits on a wood backing. The Starburst appears to have been welded with steel strips. We have not done any...
Metal
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H 31.5 in W 24.5 in D 2.25 in
Spanish Gilt Oval Starburst or Sunburst Mirror (H 31 1/2 x W 24 1/2)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large Spanish gilt sunburst (or starburst) oval mirror featuring an ovoid or elliptical mirrored glass center in moulded frame surrounded by emanating rays. Dimensions are H ...
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Mid century decorative sunburst mirror
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century decorative sunburst mirror circa 1970. Scandinavian deco revival wall mirror. Circular mirror with bevelled edged, beaded metal bo...
Metal
French Art Deco Period Sunburst
Located in Austin, TX
Sunburst mirror, French, made of wood and finished in a 24 carat gold leafing, from the Art deco period. The convex mirror is adorned with a frieze and a rich combination of hand car...
Gold Leaf
Large Sunburst 1930s Wall Mirror Made of Gold-Plated Wood
Located in Antwerp, BE
A vintage French gilt wood sunburst mirror from 1930s, with layered rays and small mirror plate. Created in France during art deco period, this sunburst mirror features a central mir...
Wood, Giltwood
Old Foxed Art Deco Shabby Circular Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Old foxed Art Deco shabby circular mirror . A lovely piece for the right person, the mirror is round with bevelled scalloped edging. This unusual mirror has bevelled roundels etc...
Mirror