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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
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Philip Johnson
Located in New York City, NY
A spectacular visual biography of one of the most celebrated architects and cultural icons of the twentieth century
With his elegant suits and trademark round black glasses, Phili...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
La Bauhaus y el México Moderno, EL Diseño de Van beuren Book by Ana Elena Mallet
By Bauhaus
Located in San Diego, CA
2014 Ana Elena Mallet BAUHAUS & MODERN MEXICO
Design by Michael Van Beuren Book. (Spanish).
First edition.
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Chinese Official's Summer Hat and Hat Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
No self-respecting man in Qing-dynasty China would leave the house without some kind of hat. Headgear was central to social status and those of title relied on their hat to convey their rank and cultural identity. This conical hat is the summer hat of a Qing-dynasty official and would have been worn from the third month of the Chinese calendar...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silk, Bamboo, Glass
GR Royal Mail Post Box
Located in Alton, GB
GR royal mail post box.
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Lamp, Table, Floor, Guitar Electric, Jaxville, Condemned to Rock, Rock and Roll
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Vintage, rock and roll or punk enthusiasts lamp or guitar that can easily be strummed or played. Upcycled from a vintage purple punk kick-ass guitar for the discerning rock chick. Oo...
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1970s British Post-Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
Living Tribes Colin Prior Constable, 2003, Indigenous People Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Living tribes by Colin Prior
Indigenous peoples - 191 pages.
Published by published by Constable & Robinson Ltd., 3 The Lanchesters, 162 Fulham Palac...
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20th Century African Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco and Other Figurers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Deco book is out of print. This one in New and never used. Has a small 1/2 tear at top on cover page. Printed in England 1978. Purchased when I lived there.
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1970s European Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paul Louis Gastaud, Telephone Radio/ K7
By Paul-Louis Gastaud
Located in Marbella, ES
Paul Louis Gastaud (20th)
Telephone Radio/ K7
Hi-Fi system embedded in an ABS phone
Signed
Measures: H 126 × Ø 41 cm
Functional
Excellent cond...
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1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Navajo Turquoise and Pearls Necklace with Sterling Silver Cross Pendants
Located in Plainview, NY
A vintage Native American Navajo turquoise stone necklace with authentic 26 pearls and two carved cross pendants in sterling silver. The necklace is attributed to the Jewelry designer T-Foree.
This vintage necklace will make a statement and is a collectible piece.
To the Navajo tribe, the color turquoise represents happiness, luck, and health. ... Black, white, blue, and green were the colors within the turquoise stone which represent the colors of the natural world. A horseshoe-shaped symbol or a symbol called “Naja” appeared often in tradition Navajo jewelry...
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20th Century American Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Post World War II Green Gazed Earthenware Passover Seder Plate
Located in New York, NY
Green glazed earthenware Passover Seder plate made by Jewish DPs in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp.
Decorated on the rim of the plate is a ...
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1940s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
1920s Antique Glass Match Striker
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique green colored glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection.
This exceptional antique ...
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1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Brunschwig & Fils Style by Murray Douglas & Chippy Irvine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Brunschwig & Fils Style by Murray Douglas & Chippy Irvine. Published by Bulfinch Press in 1995. First Edition, hardcover, illustrated, 195 pages.
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1990s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Monumental Porcelain Roadside Rest Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super rare vintage porcelain highway sign. Great green coloring with white lettering. Retired highway sign letting drivers know there is a place to pull o...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
1960s Rich Yellow Raymor Memphis Ceramic Ashtray in Style of Ettore Sottsass
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful Postmodern rich deep hued yolk yellow deep dish cigar dish/ashtray. Small flea bite to bottom rim, almost invisible when in use. Retain original label, artist unknown. Smal...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Art Deco Gents's Skyscraper Enamel Cufflinks
Located in Devon, England
A rare find are these totally original enamel gents matching cufflinks dating from the 1930s. Great Art Deco geometric styling and color, can't be confused with any other era can the...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Maasai by Teplit Ole Saitoti Vintage Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Book: Maasai by Teplit Ole Saitoti Hardcover book
Maasai Saitoti, Tepilit Ole, Beckwith, Carol.
The author recounts ancient Maasai legends and songs, and powerfully describ...
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Samson Young: Silver Moon or Golden Star, Which Will You Buy Of Me? 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Samson Young: Silver Moon or Golden Star, Which Will You Buy Of Me? by Orianna Cacchione, G. Douglas Barrett and Seth Kim Cohen. Smart Museum of Art, Unive...
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2010s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sioux Child's Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux child's moccasins. 5 1/2" brain tanned elk. Classic Sioux buffalo hoof design with yellow crosses with red faceted beads and commercial tanned elk hide.
Period: circa 1940.
Or...
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1940s American Native American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Lucio Fontana, Guido Ballo, 1971
Located in London, GB
Lucio Fontana
By Guido Ballo
Praeger Publishers, New York. 1971.
Charting the career of one of Italy's most celebrated twentieth century artists from futurism to spatialism....
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Italian Medical Sketch of a Campaing to Fight Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of a futurist poster, 1930s, ten cents to fight tuberculosis, for the national campaign to inform people about the prevention of this illness. Measures: cm 32 x 42, inches 12....
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1930s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Webb Miniature Toy Childs Garden Lawnmower
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Webb Miniature Toy Childs Garden Lawnmower
A great collectible piece, the mower is complete with grass catcher
All the moving parts move, and so could be sharpened and returned t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Scientific Model of the Non-Poisonous Snake of Natricidae Family 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Model of the European non-poisonous snake belonging to the Natricidae family. German manufacture of hand-painted rubber and plastic dated to the 1950s, from the Hygiene Museum in Dre...
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1950s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Vintage Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall demonstrates the Drop Volley and Service. Published by SLAZENGERS, Ltd., London. On the rear page of this flicker book is an advert for Sugg Sports Goods, Sheffield, Hull and Nottingham, circa 1930.
Produced by Flicker Productions Ltd., 113b Earl's Court Road, London, SW5, phone Frobisher 3277
Flickers teach the game.
The sports covered in the first series are as follows:-
Cricket
Don Bradman...
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1930s European Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Beatles Original 1963 Signatures in Autograph Book
Located in Jersey, GB
- Set of gorgeous Beatles autographs: John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
- Accompanied by another page from an autograph book, where L...
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1960s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole & J.B. Priestley, Stated First Edition, 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole & J.B. Priestley. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Stated first edition hardcover no dust jacket. A novel consisting of letters between Mark French, who a ...
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1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The New Clay Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making, book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The New Clay: Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making.
A wonderful book, with over 100 color photos, on making intricate beads and jewelry using modeling clays such as "Fimo" and "Sculpey."
Everything you need to know to work with the new polymer clays is covered clearly in this book. Excellent working diagrams show how easy it is to make the most complex looking designs.
One of the first books...
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20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dictionary of English Furniture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, by Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards. This is the first edition from 1927 and can be regarded as th...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-19th Century Metis Cree Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Metis Cree bandolier with classic beading on red Stroud with white bead edging and black silk ribbon border.
Period: Mid-19th century
Origin: Metis Cree
Si...
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Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
History of Muhlenberg County Kentucky by O.A. Rothert 1913
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an extremely rare first edition and signed hardback copy of the History of Muhlenberg County by Otto A. Rothert from 1913.
This rare book is in super condition for its ...
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Early 20th Century American Country Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Madame Carven Grand Couturier book Signed by Madame Carven
By Madame Carven
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Paris-Muse´es association, 2002.
Signed copy by Madame Carven to a friend.
A catalogue for an exhibition held at Musee Galleria in 2002, tracing the his...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Blaske Collection American Historical Flasks by Norman C. Heckler, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Blaske Collection American Historical flasks by Norman C. Heckler. Robert W. Skinner, Inc, Bolton, Massachusetts, 1983. The former Blaske Collection i...
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1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie's: Palazzo Dal Pozzo Arredi e Dipinti Dalla, September 1998
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Palazzo Dal Pozzo Arredi e Dipinti Dalla, September 1998. Softcover auction catalogue 857 lots on 107 pages, all in color. Italian furniture, painting and accessories.
NP...
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1990s Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Encyclopedias: Tables and Sofas, First Edition Books
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of Encyclopedias: Tables by Simon Yates and Sofas by Constance King. The Wellfleet Press, London, 1989. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. A pair of great historical re...
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1980s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Peter Halley Maintain Speed by Susan Kandel, New First Edition
By Peter Halley
Located in valatie, NY
Peter Halley Maintain Speed. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2000. New First Edition hardcover. 217 pp. A survey of the full range of Peter Halley's work and career inclu...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Louisiana Architecture 1714-1830 by Fred Daspit, First Edition
By Fred Daspit
Located in valatie, NY
Louisiana Architecture 1714-1830 by Fred Daspit. Lafayette: The Center for Louisiana Studies, 1996. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 357 pp. An extensive study of architectu...
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Scaasi, A CUT ABOVE, Arnold Scaasi, Signed First Edition
By Arnold Scaasi
Located in valatie, NY
Scaasi, A CUT ABOVE, Arnold Scaasi, New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 190 pp. A beautiful fashion retrospective of the highly successful career of designer Arnold Scaasi with a look at the private, social and theatrical worlds of New York, Palm Beach and Hollywood. His rise from an apprentice to the world's top couturier to a world respected designer. Some of his clients were; Jacqueline Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Tyler Moore...
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Small Endearments, 19th Century Quilts for Children, Signed
By Sandi Fox
Located in valatie, NY
Small Endearments, 19th century quilts for children by Sandi Fox. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. Signed and inscribed hardcover with dust jacket. 164 pp. An overview of the...
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Vintage, Swimming Flicker Book No.15 High Dives
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A very nice flicker book, American girl champions. Flicker No.15. High Dives. This is a unusual flicker book, showing two high dives.
Flicker books where...
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20th Century Central American Sporting Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20th Meeting of Altar Servers by Luque, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Fernandez Luque. He was a painter of variegated compositions, parading, typical of Spanish folklore figures. His work has a literary expressionism burden becomes a tableau of ...
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1950s Spanish Expressionist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Guide Des Cadeaux Edite Par Lancel (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A trade catalogue of luxury gifts and products made by the up-market/luxury leather dealer, Dating from the mid-late 1920s showing more than 700 items which are priced and pictured in different sections - Maroquinerie, Orfeverie, Joaillerie, Horologie, Articles de Fumeurs, Objets D'Art and Fantasies. With everything from Handbags and Wallets to silver knives and forks...
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1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
38 Star Antique Flag, Stars in Double Wreath Pattern, Colorado Statehood 1876-89
Located in York County, PA
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES AN ENORMOUS CENTER STAR, REFLECTS THE PERIOD OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889:
38 star American national flag, made entirely of plain weave cotton. The stars are arranged in a medallion configuration. This features an enormous center star, surrounded by two wreaths of much smaller stars, with a flanking star in each corner of the blue canton. The sort of disparity here, present in the scale of the large star, versus those around it, is both exceptionally unusual and graphically dynamic.
Colorado became the 38th state on August 1st, 1876. This was the year of our nation’s centennial. Per the Third Flag Act of 1818, stars were not officially added until the 4th of July following a state's addition. For this reason, 37 remained the official star count for the American flag until part way through the following year. Flag-making was a competitive venture, however, and few flag-makers would have continued to produce 37 star flags when their competitors were making 38’s. Many flag-makers added a 38th star before Colorado entered the Union, in the early part of 1876, or possibly even prior. In fact, many makers of printed flags, called parade flags or hand-wavers, were actually producing flags in the 39 star count, in hopeful anticipation of the addition of two more Western Territories instead of one.
It is for these reasons that 38, 39, and 13 stars, to representing the original 13 colonies, are most often seen on flags displayed at the Centennial International Exhibition. Hosted in Philadelphia, this enormous event was our nation’s first World’s Fair, lasted for a duration of six months, and served as the nucleus of celebrations held to honor America’s 100-year anniversary of independence. The 38 star flag became official on July 4th, 1877 and was generally used until the 39th state was added in November of 1889.
This is probably a homemade flag, though sewn by a very skilled hand, or possibly, by two different individuals. The stripes are pieced and sewn entirely by hand, with remarkable care and precision. The canton is constructed of two lengths of blue fabric, that have been joined with treadle stitching. This was joined to the striped field by hand. The stars are double-appliquéd (applied to both sides) with treadle stitching. There is a treadle-sewn, cotton binding along the hoist, with five, hand-sewn grommets.
It is extremely unusual to encounter this combination of sewing methods. Soon after the sewing machine was mass-marketed, in the mid-1850’s, flag-makers both public and private made good use of treadle machines, to join stripes, when constructing American flags. During the Civil War (1861-65), most stripes were treadle-sewn. Stars were another matter. Until the advent of electric machines...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Cotton
Dior and Roses
Located in New York, NY
Text by Éric Pujalet-Plaà and Brigitte Richart and Vincent Leret
An exquisite look into the legacy of the rose at the House of Dior, from Christian Dior’s early passion for gardenin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique American Flag, 32 Stars, Minnesota Statehood, ca 1858-59
Located in York County, PA
32 STARS IN A VERY UNUSUAL NOTCHED VERSION OF THE “GREAT STAR” PATTERN, WITH TWO STARS ABSENT AT THE EXTREME POINTS OF EACH ARM, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN MINNESOTA JOINED THE UNION AS...
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1850s American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Cotton
41 Stars In a Lineal Pattern With Offset Stars, Montana Statehood American Flag
Located in York County, PA
41 STARS IN A LINEAL PATTERN WITH OFFSET STARS THAT CREATE A CROSSHATCH IN THE CORNERS AND CENTER, ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS AMONG SURVIVING FLAGS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, REFLECTS MONTANA STATEHOOD IN NOVEMBER, 1889, ACCURATE FOR JUST 3 DAYS:
Numerous flags appeared with unofficial star counts in early America, produced by flag-makers in anticipation of the addition of more states. The 41 star flag...
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1880s American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
34 Stars in an Outstanding Oval Medallion Configuration, Civil War Period
Located in York County, PA
34 STARS IN AN OUTSTANDING OVAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON A NARROW CANTON THAT RESTS ON THE 6TH STRIPE, ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, ENTIRELY HAND-...
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1860s American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Cotton
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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