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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1980s
Greece and Rome Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, Greece and Rome. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. With introduction by Joan R. Mertens. The art created in Greece during...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Brionvega RR130 TOTEM Radio by Mario Bellini, 1970s
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Incredible and rare Brionvega RR130 radio by Mario Bellini, Italy 1970s.
This incredibly rare radio has become an iconic piece, with its swiveling speakers which reveal the turntab...
Category
1960s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
John F. Kennedy Typed Presidential Campaign Letter, October, 1960
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a typed letter from John F. Kennedy on official stationary from his presidential campaign. The letter is addressed to Mrs. Pearl Zel...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1980s U.S. Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Stealth Airplane Jet Model
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1980s large desktop 1/72 scale model of the fastest plane in the world, at that time, the SR-71 Blackbird. This model is 18 inches long on wooden base.
Category
1980s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Brass Crucifix, Italy, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Brass crucifix, Italy, 1960s
It belonged to an elderly aunt of my parents.
Small signs of the time.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Taxidermy Impala Shoulder Mount
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Impala Shoulder Mount.
This prepared game trophy shoulder mount is of an Impala, it may not be antique but it is an impressive piec...
Category
1980s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Wire Cage for Shipping Shell Fish
Located in Chicago, IL
Wire cage with feet. Used for transporting shell fish. Fun and rare. Multiples available.
Category
1960s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo / the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the 1966 Spaghetti western staring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef, and directed by Sergio Leone. Clint Eastwood's.
This piece is framed in a Sapele wood frame with acid free card mounts and UV plexiglass. The size given is before framing.
This piece would be shipped boxed...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1969 classic western staring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross. This film was directed by George Roy Hill. This size poster would have...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1967 Aga Blue 5-Speed Porsche 912
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 1967 Porsche 912 in Aga Blue. Classic short wheel based Porsche that is just over 56 years old. No rust. 5 speed original transmission. KARDEX sho...
Category
1960s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Vintage Mid-1960s Inter Island Big Wave Surfboard by Mike Diffenderfer
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1960s Vintage Inter Island Surf Shop Big Wave Surfboard. Hand made by the late Mike Diffenderfer (1937-2002). Features a big wave Pipeliner shape design with astounding 4” thick balsa wood center string and 4 complimentary redwood stringers and tailblock. An extraordinary example of a 1960s Big Wave Pipeliner surfboard made by esteemed surfboard design...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood
Carl Auböck Bell, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck bell, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Oleo-print "Mary Mother of God"
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dimensions:
Frame: height 71.5 cm / width 55 cm
Oleo printing: 63 cm high.
Category
1960s Polish Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Beech
Carnielli Italy Prod, Professional Vintage Punching Ball Cuir Boxing Boxe Years
Located in Biella, IT
Carnielli Italy prod. professional vintage punching ball boxing boxe years 1960
very good vintage condition with sign of the years use
material...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron, Metal, Chrome
Stich Leather Hanging Barometer Westen, Germany, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice round hanging Barometer, surrounded with stitch Brown Leather.
Made in Western Germany in the 1960s. Good working condition.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Chicken Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very interesting heavy metal shooting target. Figure of a small chicken is attached to a metal post with a hollow tube at the top which a cable would run through suspending this target in the air. Figure is on a hinge so when you hit the target, the figure tilts back and "dings" when it returns to the vertical position. Used with bullet markings and slight divots. Great patina and super unique object. Matching slightly larger metal chicken...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
z
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the 1969 film Z. This film starred Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant This film was directed by Costa-Gavras This size poster would hav...
Category
1960s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hermes Silver Cube Lighter, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent cube lighter by Hermes, Paris, circa 1960s France. Hermes H displayed on all 4 sides. Silver plated. Stamped Hermes, Paris underneath. Heavy a...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver
1980s Vintage Town & Country Surfboard by Nev Hyman
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1983 Town & Country surfboard made by Nev Hyman. Features a remarkable airbrush design with 1980s style. Channel bottom squash tail. Nev Hyman, FireWire Surfboards founder and co-owner. FireWire is one of the most successful surfboard labels in history. In 2015, the greatest surfer to ever live, Kelly Slater (11x World Champion of Surfing) purchased 70% of FireWire Surfboards. A beautiful example of a vintage 1980s surfboard...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Leather Belt with Large Sterling Buckles Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wide leather belt with large sterling silver buckle crafted by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, circa 1960-70s. The bespoken sculptural silver buckle features a biomorphic motif rooted in pre-Columbian culture. Marked: PERU, 950. The buck measures 5.75 x 5 x 2 inches and weighs about 126 grams (4.0511 troy ounces). The detachable belt consists of two parts is adjustable from approximately 33 inches to 36 inches.
Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...
Category
1960s Peruvian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960s Robert Berks Sculpture Bust John F Kennedy JFK Miami Beach Mid-Century Art
By Robert Berks
Located in Hyattsville, MD
This is a rare 1965 presentation award bust of JFK. A wonderful piece of mid-century historical decor from an important American sculptor, Robert Berks. Hi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Renaissance in Italy and Spain, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in Italy and Spain. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. 1st Ed hardcover with dust j...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Industrial Vintage Metal Aircraft Jet Plane Model Desk Item Statue, circa 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An Industrial plane model made in the 1980s. This unique object is made of metal and has a chrome finish. A nice Industrial sculpture for displaying them on a cupboard, credenza or d...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Cut Glass Ashtray, Diamond Shape, Clear Crystal, Mid Century Modern
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage diamond-shaped cut crystal ashtray, made in clear glass and possibly of French origin. Has two grooves to put down cigarettes if it's used as an ashtray.
Preserved in very g...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Rare Copper World Table Lighter by Broyles & Associates. circa 1964
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare 1964 Mid-century designed world table lighter by Broyles & Associates featuring casted copper world plate on resin body.
Text on bottom of the li...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Aluminum model of warplane, Panavia Tornado. Anni 80
Located in Torino, IT
Model of
warplane
aluminum,
Panavia Tornado.
Anni 80
PERIOD
Anni 80
MATERIALS
Molded aluminum,
with stickers
DIMENSIONS
Length 24.5 cm
Width 12.5/20 cm
H tot approx 24 cm
CONDITI...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Bengt Hallberg Silver Ring with Rock Crystal, Midcentury, Sweden, 1969
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bengt Hallberg Silver Ring with Rock Crystal, Mid-Century, Sweden, 1969.
A big Mid-Century Modern silver and rock crystal ring, by Bengt Hallberg, Sweden, 1969.
Marks: Bengt Hallberg makers mark, town mark from Köping, the Three Crowns of the Swedish coat of arms...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver
Pig Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very interesting heavy metal shooting target. Figure of a large pig and a square target are attached to a metal arm through which a pipe runs through suspending this target in the ai...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Style Vintage Polished Bronze Black Bakelite Cigar Ashtray India
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Style Vintage polished solid bronze cigar ashtray with Bakelite Decor Inlays.
Marked underneath India.
In good vintage condition with m...
Category
1960s Indian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage 1980s PDS Custom Surfboards by Tony Staples Shortboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1980s PDS custom surfboards shortboard shaped by Tony Staples. Features a red/yellow color scheme with winged round tail shape. An affordable example ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Swedish Folk Wooden Dala Pig Toy, circa 1960
By Nils Olsson
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Handpainted Swedish wooden traditional Dala pig toy.
Designed by Nils Olsson in Sweden, circa 1960.
Materials:
Wood
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
Category
1960s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
French Red and Black Marble Octagonal Chess Board, circa 1980
Located in Labrit, Landes
Chess in red and black marble. The pieces are in pink marble with with some yellow veins.
The board is made with a marble in which we see fossilized plants.
Made circa 1980, each p...
Category
1980s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Saara Hopea-Untracht: Life and Work
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on renowned and prolific mid-century Finnish designer Saara Hopea-Untracht, written by her husband, the American metalsmith, educator, and writer...
Category
1980s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Treasures of the Smithsonian by Edwards Park
Located in valatie, NY
Treasures of the Smithsonian by Edwards Park. Published by Smithsonian Books, Harry Abrams, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. With more than four hundred ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Hanging North African Hanukkah Menorah
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage hannukah menorah. This piece is cast brass that has aged beautifully with an ornate design that is beautiful and inspiring. The pati...
Category
1960s Central African Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Vintage Toy MatchBox Cars, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three vintage toy cars.
By unknown manufacturer, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Material...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Silver & Amber Necklace & Armring by Niels Erik From Denmark
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish modernistic pendant necklace with matching armring designed by the Danish silversmith Niels Erik From circa 1960-70. The original neck-ring is comprised of a single bend st...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Chicken Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very interesting heavy metal shooting target. Figure of a large chicken is attached to a metal post with a hollow tube at the top which a cable would run through suspending this targ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Scavullo Women by Francesco Scavullo, Pub, 1982
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Scavullo Women published in 1982 by Harper & Row, New York. Written by Francesco Scavullo, with 46 of his portraits and candid interviews. The black cloth bound book with its origina...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Wrightsman Collection, 1st Ed. signed by Charles and Jane Wrightsman, 1966-1973
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Wrightsman collection, Vols.I-V, New York, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, 1966-1973. First Edition, hardcovers with dust jackets. Inscribed by
the Wrightsmans, incl. a Christ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Shepherd Dog Figure: Charming & Rustic, circa 1980
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Embrace the charm of this vintage shepherd dog figure, a delightful addition to your home decor or collection. Made in Spain circa 1980, this rustic canin...
Category
1980s Spanish Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Scientific Electrostatic Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator Apparatus
Located in Lafayette, IN
Vintage Van de Graaff electrostatic generator apparatus by the Sargent Welch Scientific Instrument Company. This appears to be a manual version with our the ...
Category
1960s American Machine Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Andy Warhol Art in America
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Andy Warhol issue of Art in America magazine, featuring four articles on the artist ("Warhol: The Medium As Cultural Artifact," "A Catalogue Raisonn...
Category
1960s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Carl Auböck Bell, Austria, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck bell, Austria 1960s. The bell without the handle measures 5cm in height.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1960s Travertine Marble Ashtray Vintage Italian Stone Geometric Post-Modern
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Great Large Size and Quality Heft. 7 by 7 and 3lbs. Showing pits naturally in the travertine and one small chip to a corners, pictured. Presents very well. No makers markings. Design...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Travertine
Vintage Pair Ceramic High Heels Shoe Walter Bosse Era, Austria, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for a pair of ceramic high heels, an exceptional piece made in Austria during the Bosse era in the 1960s. They are glazed in typical midcentury colors of yellow and tur...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Escada Vintage Salmon Pink Pearl Necklace with Gold Toned Rhinestone Closure
By Escada
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Escada necklace with rhinestone-studded ball screw clasp, made of 14 mm [0.55 in.] fashion jewelry beads/ faux pearls light copper colored with...
Category
1980s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Picasso in Antibes by Dor De La Souchère, 1960
By Romuald Dor de la Souchère 1
Located in London, GB
Picasso in Antibes by Dor De La Souchère.
Published by Perry Lund, Humphries & Company Ltd. 1960.
First edition.
Photographs by Marianne Greenwood, ...
Category
1960s British Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Renaissance in the North, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in the North. Published by
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. At roughly the same time that Italian art was beginning to reflect a reawakening of the classical spirit—an epoch and style we call the Renaissance—the arts of Northern Europe were experiencing their own efflorescence. Painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts were pursued with a new vigor in the Netherlands, in Germany, in France, and in England, and resulted in a vast body of work that constitutes one of the glories of Western civilization.
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the masters of the North developed styles quite distinct from those in the South: an attention to minute detail, particularly with regard to landscape, but also in domestic interiors; and an emotive piety that dramatized the sorrow and suffering of the Passion. Jan van Eyck's Crucifixion and Last Judgment present a horrific vision of the death of Christ and the damnation of sinners, set against a deep and distant landscape, sensitively and realistically rendered. The Lamentation by Petrus Christus...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Industrial Vintage Metal Aircraft Plane Model Desk Item Statue, circa 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An Industrial plane model made in the 1980s. This unique object is made of metal and has a chrome finish. A nice Industrial sculpture for displaying them on a cupboard, credenza or d...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Beautiful Homes and Gardens in California
Located in New York, NY
Important and lavishly produced survey of postwar California domestic architecture, written by Frank Lloyd Wright-trained California architect Herbert Weisskamp and published by Abrams in 1964. First edition, oblong 4to (10.25” x 7.25”) hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 4 full color photos, 314 black-and-white photos (3/4 of them by Julius Schulman), plus 113 b/w plans, drawings, and elevations. Showcases the work of the following architects and landscape designers: Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mark Mills, Aaron Green...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ashtray by Heath Ceramics
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage stoneware studio pottery ashtray designed by Edith and Brian Heath for Heath Ceramics of Sausalito, California. Features a two-tone contrasting ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Georg Jensen Sterling Heart Ring #89, Henning Koppel, Denmark
Located in Toledo, OH
Sterling heart ring by Georg Jensen and Henning Koppel, size 5, style #89. 10.6 grams, 1 1/4" long x 5/8" wide.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Franco Albini Midcentury Rocking Horse
Located in Southampton, NJ
Franco Albini Midcentury Rattan & Wicker Rocking Horse/Sculpture. Italy, circa 1960. Dimensions: H 24 in. x W 30 in. x D 18 in.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo, Reed
The Borzoi Poe, Two Volume Boxed Set
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Borzoi Poe, two volume boxed set. The complete poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Published in 1982 by Alfred A. Knopf of New York.
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Hermes Factice Equipage, Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
Very rare and collectable fact from the noble brand Hermes Paris with original sticker.
Is perfect for interior decoration.
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1962. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In ten chapters of text and plates, Bazin,...
Category
1960s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1960's Vintage Scientific Anatomical Human 3D Educational Eye Eyeball Model
Located in Lafayette, IN
1960's Vintage Scientific Biocraft Human 3D Eyeball Model by Denoyer-Geppert of Chicago, Illinois. Hand-painted with wonderful original patina!
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber, Plastic, Wood
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.
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