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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1940s
Baccarat, The Perfume Bottles, French Book by Cristallerie de Baccarat, 1986
Located in Atlanta, GA
Baccarat, Les Flacons a Parfum - The Perfume Bottles, by Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat and edited by Henri Addor and Associés, Paris in 1986....
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1940s Classics Club Books, Set of 10
Located in Bradenton, FL
A collection of ten Classics Club books from the 1940s. Published between 1942-1948, printed in the United States of America. Hardcovers.
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico Medium Landing Compass N 1738 Inghilterra 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico, firmata Medium Landing Compass N. 1738 H Inghilterra anni quaranta. Sulla Rosa dei venti, completa di cerchio goniometrico è raffigurato lo stemma ...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Charles S. Moffett. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1985 by The Metropolitan Museum o...
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection A Special Sale Prior to Retirement, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection of Early English Furniture, Porcelains, Old English Silver, Glassware and Other Art Objects, "A Special Sale Prior ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Automatic Vending Machine With Coin, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Vintage automatic vending machine with coin, Italy, 1980s
in use in a bar in my city. It works with a 1 euro coin. Distributes rubber balls. Intact a...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Memphis, Barbara Radice 1984 First Edition
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Rizzoli, 1984
‘Research, Experiences, Result, Failures and Successes of New Design’
Founded in 1981 by designer Ettore Sottsass, the Italy-based Mem...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
THE JAM: A Beat Concerto - Paolo Hewitt
Located in London, GB
Published by William Clowes Limited, 1st edition, London, 1983. Soft cover, English text.
The Jam is a rock trio who were known for their mod image, quintessential English flavour and the distinct stylistic mixture of psychedelic rock and 1960s beat music...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Country Houses Georgian series, set of three volumes
Located in London, GB
A three-volume series, housed in its original slipcase.
Reprinted by the Antique Collectors’ Club in 1984, first published by Country Life magazine in 1955. Softback.
A rare colle...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Miró's Posters - J. Corredor-Matheos
Located in London, GB
Published by Chartwell Books Inc, 1st English edition, New Jersey, 1980. Hardback with English text translated from the Spanish edition.
Miró’s oeuvres have been interpreted from v...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Gallé Ceramics, French Book by Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, France 1984
By Emile Gallé
Located in Atlanta, GA
La Céramique de Gallé (The Gallé Ceramics), French Book by the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy in France, 1984.
Émile Gallé, the founder of the School of Nancy, is unanimously recognized a...
Category
1980s French Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 Bubbler Phonograph Original Rare
By Wurlitzer
Located in Oakland, CA
Vintage Original 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 Bubbler Collector Multi-Selector Phonograph. This Jukebox is in exceptional condition, fully restored, and with a full set of 78s. The sound is amazing, the amp was rebuilt, and the original 15″ speaker. Special electronics allow you to surpass mechanical coin operations to make as many selections as you like.
Contact us by message and I can send you a video with sound of it playing.
This posting is for the Wurlitzer JukeBox...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Nickel
New Architectural Pleasures, French Book by George Pompidou Art Center, 1985
By Centre Georges Pompidou
Located in Atlanta, GA
Nouveaux Plaisirs d'Architectures (New Architectural Pleasures), French book published by The National Center of Art and Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris, 1985.
Les pluralismes de la Creation en Europe et aux Etats-Unis depuis 1968 vus a travers les collections du Deutsches Architekturmuseum de Francfort. (The Pluralisms of Creation in Europe and the United States since 1968 seen through the collections of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt.)
This first edition of the book was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, co-produced with the Center de Création Industrielle and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, presented from February 21 to April 22, 1985.
This book takes up the outline of this exhibition, which presents a panorama of various architectural trends from 1968 to 1985 in Europe and the United States through the collections of the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, inaugurated in 1984. It is also an extension of the Images et Imaginaires d'Architecture event presented at the Center Pompidou by the CCI in 1984.
A set of two hundred original drawings, thirty-five models, and a few paintings and sculptures testify to a new plurality of research and the current proliferation of architectural creation.
This panorama reflects through some forty projects (nearly half of which were finished), many recent currents, and not just postmodernism.
The reader discovers, for example, representatives, side by side:
- the rationalist movement, such as Giorgio Grassi...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Sterling Silver Snooker, Pool, Billiards Cue Chalk Box
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome English solid /sterling silver cue chalk holder fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1982 in superb unused condition with it's original (plastic) presentation box which has don...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Christopher Wool the Paris Review, 1989
By Christopher Wool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Christopher Wool The Paris Review:
1989 The Paris Review book, with original cover design by Christopher Wool.
Offset lithograph on double sided art periodical. The full book.
...
Category
1980s American Classical Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jan Schoonhoven - Signed - Retrospective drawings and reliefs Art book (NL/DE)
By Jan Schoonhoven
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Jan Schoonhoven - SIGNED - Rare 1984 catalog for the exhibitions:
the Hague Municipal Museum (1984) - Kunsthalle Nuremberg (1985) - Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe (1985)
Author: Fl...
Category
1980s Dutch Minimalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paris in the Thirties, French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris des Années 30, (Paris in The Thirties), French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987.
Numerous photographs in black and white from the Keystone press agency in Paris illustrating the ...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club, St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club.
An early steel shafted golf club, No. 7 iron, stamped Tom Morris, St Andrews. The club head has a curved hollowed back and is stamped 'Walker Cup...
Category
1940s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
1925 The Memory Years, French Book by Editions Larousse, 1988
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
1925, Les Années-Mémoire (1925, The Memory Years), French book by Editions Larousse, 1988.
Relive the year 1925 as if you were there. This volume will make you relive, with emotion, the facts and events of the interwar period. Because that year, in France, we hear everywhere humming, "When We Are Two, It's Not The Same Thing" by Maurice Chevalier.
Street music and music hall contribute to a good mood. And yet, the economic situation is hardly smiling, and the French government knows many setbacks: in April, Edouard Herriot yields his place as president of the Council to Paul Painlevé, and in October, Aristide Briand, in his turn, replaces it. Inflation in Germany is still rife, and the mark value is almost zero. 1925 is also rich in artistic and sporting events.
American crews completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by plane in 175 days. French actor Michel Simon is first seen in Marcel L'Herbier's film "Feu Mathias Pascal."
Classical music is not to be outdone, Maurice Ravel composes Tzigane, and Honegger triumphs with his King David.
A new phenomenon, sport fascinates more and more French people and attracts many followers. Our tennis players excel at Wimbledon while the All Blacks come to give us a rugby lesson.
In Monaco, we happily celebrate Louis II...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Great America, French Book by PML Editions, 1988
Located in Atlanta, GA
Geniale Amerique (Great America), French book by Editions PML, 1988.
America is a rich and immense land of incredible beauty, sometimes still primitive; a complex continent in comple...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Corbusier & P. Jeannette 1934-1938 by Max Bill 3rd Edition 1947
Located in London, GB
Published by Les Editions d’Architecture Erlenbac Zurich this is the third edition of the 1939 original – but the design was not changed.
Condition very good/ dust jacket very good
...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard
Located in Udenhout, NL
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard, in a good state.
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
Large Mid-Century Italian Giorgio Armani Eye Glasses Factice Shop Display Piece
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a rare and unique item! The Armani Eyeglasses Factic for display in a shop comes with its original cardboard packaging and is made of metal and glass. It's a coveted collecto...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Keith Haring Love Ball art 1989 (book)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring illustration art 1989 (Love Ball centerfold illustration by Haring):
Rare published program highlights the iconic May 10, 1989 Love Ball, a high-end, celebrity-studded c...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mexico Taxco 1940 Giant Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter Solid 925 Sterling Silver
By Taxco
Located in Miami, FL
Giant lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico
Beautiful vintage giant lift-arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. Thi...
Category
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Cricket Bat, Nicolls 'White Toe'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Nicolls Cricket Bat.
A good Nicolls willow cricket bat 'White Toe'. The writing on the front of the blade 'NICOLLS, White Toe, Toughened And Damp Proof, Patent No. ??????, Me...
Category
1940s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Vintage Meccano Building Game in Original Box
By Meccano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Embark on a journey through time with this original Meccano building game, presented in its vintage box. Crafted by Meccano Limited in England, this piece of history invites you to u...
Category
1980s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Johan Rippen Grand Piano in Off-White Cast Aluminum
By Rippen Pianos
Located in Waalwijk, NL
J.J. Rippen for Rippen Pianofabriek N.V, grand piano, cast aluminum, wood, brass, The Netherlands, design 1946, production 1950s.
This model is a renowned grand piano conceived by ...
Category
1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Art, Woman and Cars, French Book by Gilles Neret, 1989
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
L’Art, la Femme et L’Automobile, (Art, Woman and Cars), French Book by Gilles Néret and Hervé Poulain, 1989.
When cars started appearing at the end of the 19th century, people hesita...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Shining
By Vic Fair
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for The Shining 1980.
This chilling horror was directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and...
Category
1980s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Original 1946 Wurlitzer Jukebox 4008 external Speaker, lamp /bubbler
By Wurlitzer
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Original 1946 Wurlitzer Jukebox 4008 Speaker, , bubbler. External speaker designed for the famed classic 1015 Wurlitzer Jukebox,, Amazing ori...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
America Wall Mounted Weight Machine
Located in Chicago, IL
Wall mounted weight machine. Very cool and rare.
Category
1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Pair Of Large Antique Italian Globes
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair Of Large Antique Italian Globes
Large pair of terrestrial and celestial globes from Italy 1940s. The globes are in good conditio...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Gucci Playing Cards, 1980s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Gucci playing cards in the original box. Cards are plastic and washable. Two complete decks with two jokers and a bridge card in French. Both sets still sealed in plastic and un...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Vintage Automatic Vending Machine With Coin, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Vintage automatic vending machine with coin, Italy, 1980s
in use in a bar in my city. It works with a 50 cent (euro) coin. Intact and functional, sma...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Black & White Vintage Toy Police Pedal Car
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fun vintage Police Highway Patrol metal pedal car by Glide Ride. Great graphic design complete with crank siren on the side. In working order, but we ...
Category
1940s American American Classical Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Kieselstein Cord Diamond 18k Yellow Gold 3D Alligator Cuff Bracelet
Located in Dallas, TX
This authentic Barry Kieselstein-Cord bracelet is finely crafted from 18k yellow gold featuring an intricate and detailed 3D sculpted full figure alligator, from the larger part with...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Nautical magnetic compass, signed by Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel 1942.
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical magnetic compass, signed by Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel 1942, Barking & London 1942. Good condition, slight abrasion on compass rose. The compass is mounted on eboni...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th Century Drawings from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY, 1987
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition book from the Whitney, 20th century drawings. Works by prominent 20th Century American artists, with descriptive text including.: Thomas Hart Benton, Elie Nadelman, Earle ...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
XXII Moscow Olympic Games 1980 Porcelain Mascot Misha Mishka Bear Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Original vintage Soviet sport Mascot for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (Games of the XXII Olympiad) in 1980 held in Moscow Russia, Misha the Moscow Olympic Games...
Category
1980s Russian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
1943 United States Navy Telescope. Used primarily as part of the Mark 16 Aiming System on 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun mounts. Fitted with three sun filters...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Japanese Puzzle Bank Portrays A Building Bank "National Savings Bank" Circa 1948
Located in Incline Village, NV
Quite an unusual piece for bank collectors or just for those seeking a unique collectible. This is a coin bank made of all wood; walnut and inlay here and there with a green painted ...
Category
1940s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Book: Man Discovers the Earth (USSR, 1986), 1J198
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Embark on a captivating journey through "Man Discovers the Earth," a vintage book from the USSR, circa 1986. Filled with captivating photographs showcasing the wonders of the world,...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Tiffany Wedding by John Loring
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Tiffany Wedding, by John Loring with an introduction by Patricia Warner. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published in Octo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1989 Barbie Mattel Original Pink Paper Book Covers NOS - Many Available
By Mattel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1989 Barbie Mattel Original Pink Paper Book Covers NOS - Many Available. Item features new old stock vintage collection of Mattel Barbie book covers. Circa 1989. Measurements...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Alexandre Noll Exotic Wood Cigar Ashtray Bowl / Dish Signed, France, circa 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely Alexandre Noll cigar ashtray / bowl / Dish. Carved in exotic wood.
Alexandre Noll hand carved Cigar Ashtray.
Mid-century.
France, c. 1950
Hand carved signature to undersi...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Per Lui Special Edition USA Bruce Weber August 1985
Located in London, GB
Per Lui Edizione Speciale Bruce Weber Condé Nast. Mensile del Gruppo Vogue. Per Lui, Edizione Speciale USA by Bruce Weber, nº29, Luglio/Agosto 1985. First Edition. Softcover. 280 Pa...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Power Look at Home Decorating for Men by Egon Von Furstenberg 1st ed. 1980
Located in London, GB
Published by William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1st edition 1980 Furstenberg, Egon von, Prince and Karen Fisher
A unique and of its time but a great and highly collectable source boo...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tiffany's 150 Years by John Loring
Located in Bradenton, FL
Tiffany's 150 Years by John Loring. First edition, published in 1987 by Doubleday & Company Inc. of Garden City, New York. Hardcover with dustjacket, 192 pages.
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Roger Erickson’s personal Brewer Team Rider Big Wave Surfboard by Owl Chapman
By Owl Chapman
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1980s Vintage Dick Brewer Surfboards Team Rider surfboard. Roger Erickson’s personal surfboard. Shaped by Owl Chapman in the late 80s-early 90s. Features Waimea Bay...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
The Birds
By Kirk Henderson
Located in London, GB
Original unique painting used for the cover of Cinefantastique magazine volume 10, number 2 in 1980. Acrylic and airbrush on artboard. Included with this painting is a copy of the original magazine, which has been placed in a protective sleeve, and fixed to the reverse of the frame
In 1980 when Kirk Henderson was commissioned to design the cover of Cinefantastique magazine. Hitchcock's The Birds was already a legendary horror film. Henderson not only included Tippi Hedren and the menacing birds in his artwork, he also included a tonal blue portrait of the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
This film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is loosely based on the 1952 novelette of the same name by Daphne du Maurier...
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1980s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1986 Antoni Tàpies Book: 'Tapies i la Nova Cultura'
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Explore the artistic genius of Antoni Tàpies with this remarkable 1986 book, titled 'Tapies i la Nova Cultura,' edited by Polígrafa. This is a special illustrated edition, encapsulat...
Category
1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dunhill England 1940 Desk Table Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter with Shagreen
Located in Miami, FL
Unique petrol lighter designed by Dunhill.
Beautiful and elegant table desk lift arm petrol lighter, designed by the Alfred Dunhill Company during the post war period, circa 1940-...
Category
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Steel
Bally Pac-Man Arcade Game, 1980 USA
By Bally
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'PAC-MAN' arcade game from 1980. Pac-Man was originally a Japanese video game franchise developed, published and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainmen...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mexico Taxco 1940 Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter In Solid .925 Sterling And Gold
By Taxco
Located in Miami, FL
Lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico
Beautiful vintage lift arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period,...
Category
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Nineteenth Century Lighting Candle-Powered Devices 1783 to 1883 Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Nineteenth Century Lighting: Candle-Powered Devices : 1783-1883 by H. Parrott Bacot. Published by Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania, 1987. Illustrated dust jacket, many illustratio...
Category
1980s American Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jens Sigsgaard Silver Art Deco Powder Compact & Pocket Mirror
By Jens Sigsgaard 1
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Danish art deco powder compact and pocket mirror designed by Jens Sigsgaard. Classic Art Deco motif - fluted stylized sunrise - sunburst. Or...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1980s Table Lighter Chrome Plated Huey Cobra Helicopter Japan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s Vintage table lighter chrome plated steel beautiful helicopter design.
Lighter is stamped Japan.
In the shape of a Huey Cobra Helicopter
Measure...
Category
1980s Japanese Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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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