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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Late 20th Century
Twin Pops Seesaw
Located in Miami, FL
The twin pops seesaw is part of the pop-up park series created to inspire play. The seesaw is not only intended for children, but designed for adults,...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
The Newport Inflatable Stand-Up Paddle Board (ISUP) by Beau Lake
By BeauLake
Located in Rhinebeck, NY
The world's most beautiful paddle boards by Beau Lake.
Designed and built in Canada, THE NEWPORT ISUP
Blending mid-century style with modern performance, The Newport iSUP is built...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Carbon Fiber
Vitamin Txt Words in Contemporary Art
Located in New York City, NY
A ground-breaking global survey of today’s most innovative artists working with text
The inclusion of text in works of art was a revolutionary creative advancement of the twentieth century, with artists subverting traditional conceptions of ‘art’ and ‘writing.’ Younger generations of artists have continued to use the inherent readability of words to communicate ideas to viewers across a diverse array of mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, and video.
Nominated by 66 leading global experts (including curators, critics, museum directors, and professors), Vitamin Txt showcases 103 living artists, from 34 countries, who place the use of text centrally within their artistic practices. With more the 500 artworks illustrated, and an introduction about the history of artists using text from ancient Chinese calligraphy to contemporary digital art...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Spain The Cookbook
Located in New York City, NY
The bestselling book on traditional and authentic Spanish home cooking, with 1,080 easy-to-follow recipes
Spanish cooks have trusted and relied on this traditional home-cooking comp...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French America by Ron Katz
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French America by Ron Katz photographs by Arielle de la Tour d'Auvergne.
French America: French architecture from colonisation to the birth of a nation.
Condition is very good.
A tig...
Category
Early 2000s American Country Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Period Style by Mary Gilliatt Elizabeth Wilhide Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Period Style by Mary Gilliatt Elizabeth Wilhide Hardcover Book.Demonstrates how to restore or redecorate a home to particular period specifications, including advice on how to recrea...
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Keith Haring Pop Shop 1986 'Set of 4 Original Pins'
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of 4 vintage Keith Haring Pop Shop lapel pins, circa 1986-1987 featuring some of the artist's most iconic images.
Original circa mid-late 1980s (Not later reproductions)
Smal...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1991 Vintage BK Hawaii Big Wave Surfboard by Barry Kanaiaupuni
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1991 vintage BK Hawaii big wave surfboard made by Barry Kanaiaupuni. Features pintail shape with striking magenta color tint and neon yellow fin. A superb example of a vintage big wa...
Category
1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Taxidermy Lion, Full Body Mount
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This is a superb early 21st century taxidermy of an African lion, complete with all relevant paperwork. The lion stands in a lovely hunting pose and has an impressive 105 cm tall and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
The British Cookbook
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
Discover over 550 much-loved recipes celebrating the rich traditions of regional and seasonal British cooking.
In The British Cookbook, author and food historian Ben Mervis takes re...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Van Gogh by D. M. Field
Located in Bradenton, FL
Van Gogh by D. M. Field. Softcover book, published in 2006 by Chartwell Books, Inc. Illustrated, 446 pages.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Raymor Style Vintage Bronze Black Gold Glazed Ceramic Asymmetric Ashtray Italy
By Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage glazed black, bronze and gold Ceramic ashtray, vide poche, catchall attributed to Raymor Pottery, Italy.
Handcrafted Pottery Ashtray and a highly decorative asymmetric desig...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Johnny La Vie en Rock French Edition Paper Back Johnny Hallyday French Rock Star
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny - La vie en Rock French Edition Paperback.
Even those under twenty know him: Johnny Hallyday has become, over the years, a monument of French rock. Born into the entertainment...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 18K Yellow Gold Saphhire Pearl Dome Cluster Cocktail Ring Size 6.25
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 18K yellow gold cocktail ring featuring a dome cluster of pearls with sapphire at the center and surrounding the base.
Dimensions:
0.75" x 0.625" x 1.125" (Width x Depth x H...
Category
Late 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
B&O Cona Passive Subwoofer (in MOMA) and Speakers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Beovox Cona, designed in beautifully austere fashion by David Lewis and now permanently in the Moma collection, was the first B&O subwoofer loudspeaker. It was specifically inten...
Category
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1995 Mike Diffenderfer Strong Current floral longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1995 Vintage Diffenderfer Strong Current longboard shaped by the late Mike Diffenderfer (1937-2002). Features beautiful floral work of art. Hand signed on redwood stringer by the sur...
Category
1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1997-98 The Complete Works of George Orwell
Located in Bath, GB
A striking complete set of the works of George Orwell, a sought after collection of both his fiction and non-fiction.
Complete in twenty volumes.
The complete works of George Orwel...
Category
1990s European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Polaroid SX-70 Tan Land Camera by Henry Dreyfuss
Located in Wallkill, NY
A very nice Polaroid SX - 70 camera, developed by Edwin Land and Richard Wareham, designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates. This was state of the art and re...
Category
1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
Johnny Halliday Johnny Le Survivant French Edition Paperback 1st Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny Halliday: "Johnny The Survivor" "Johnny Le Survivant" French Edition Paperback 1st Edition. Limited Edition January 2013.
In its most accessible form - from A to Z - rediscove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Kitchen Antiques 1790-1940 by Kathryn McNerney
Located in Bradenton, FL
Kitchen Antiques 1790-1940 by Kathryn McNerney. Softcover book, published in 1991. Illustrated, 222 pages.
Category
1990s Rustic Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
German modern metal and plastic table lighter T2 by Dieter Rams for Braun, 1970s
By Dieter Rams, Braun
Located in MIlano, IT
German modern metal and plastic table lighter T2 by Dieter Rams for Braun, 1970s
Cylindrical table lighter mod. T2 in knurled metal. The flame supp...
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Art of the Cigar Label by Joe Davidson
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Art of the Cigar Label by Joe Davidson. Hardcover book, published in 1989 by The Wellfleet Press of Secaucus, New Jersey. Printed in Singapore. Illustrated, 252 pages.
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Chihuly Jerusalem 2000
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chihuly Jerusalem 2000, hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition, of a limited 15,000 copies. Published by Portland Press, illustrated, 233 pages.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Caftans From Classical to Camp Book by Cameron Silver
Located in New York, NY
Caftans
From Classical to Camp
By: Cameron Silver
Join Cameron Silver, founder of LA’s famous—and highly influential—vintage boutique Decades, on a romp through the history and countless manifestations of the caftan, the world’s most universal garment
Caftans are never out of style, and this gorgeous book by vintage guru Cameron Silver shows why: Arguably the world’s oldest known garment, the caftan appears in every culture, from the chitons depicted on urns and murals in ancient Greece and Rome to diaphanous versions wafting down today’s red carpets, from the flowing garb immortalized in pre–Raphaelite paintings to the striped stunner worn by Isaac Hayes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The King by Jim Piazza Elvis Presley - Large size coffee table book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"The King" by Jim Piazza - Elvis Presley - Large-size coffee table bookElvis Presley's life story, from his humble beginnings in a shotgun shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, to his untime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set Of Four Silver Jubilee Commemorative Chairs By Hands Of Wycombe c.1977
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb 20th Century set of four vintage blue velvet chairs modelled after the chairs used by peers in Westminster Abbey during Queen Elizabeth's Coronation in 1952. Recreated for h...
Category
1970s British Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Louvre Paris Great Museums of The World Hardcover 1986
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Louvre Paris Great Museums Of The World Hardcover by editor Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico.Vintage 1967 'Louvre Paris: Great Museums of the World' Hardcover Book! This book was published...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XIV Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Rolex Green and Red Leather Wallet and Passport
By Rolex
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Red wallet and green passport wallet in leather by Rolex.
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Johnny Hallyday's 50 Year Career The Official Book Collection French Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny Hallyday's 50-Year Career - The Official Book Collection. French Limited Edition.
The official collection celebrating Johnny Hallyday's 50-year career consists of twenty-three...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stephen Shore American Surfaces
Located in New York City, NY
An updated edition of Shore's groundbreaking book, now with previously unpublished photographs and a new introduction
Stephen Shore's images from his travels across America in 1972-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cartier High Jewelry Exhibition Coffee Table Book, 1997
Located in New York, NY
CARTIER 1900 - 1939
Paris, London, New York.
This special hard-cover book was published in honor of the exhibition, 'Cartier 1900 - 1939', held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 2, 1997, through August 3, 1997, and the British Museum, London, from October 3, 1997, through February 1, 1998. This exhibition was organized jointly by the two museums.
Foreword by: Dr. Robert G. W. Anderson, Director, British Museum
"The firm of Cartier is widely recognized as one the world's greatest designers and manufacturers of jewellery and objects d'art. This exhibition is timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company in Paris in 1847."
Preface: Judy Rudoe, Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum
"Previous exhibitions devoted to Cartier have encompassed the entire period of the firm's history, from 1847 to the present. The aim of this exhibition is to take a fresh look at a more closely defined period, from around 1900, when the firm's distinctive style becomes identifiable, to the end of the 1930s, which saw a dramatic change of style that led to a quite different aesthetic."
A gorgeous exhibition book highlighting the first four decades of the 20th century, when the renowned Paris-based firm known as Cartier expanded to London and New York. Specially taken photographs present a breathtaking array of necklaces, bracelets, brooches, rings, as well as cigarette cases, clocks, and objects d'art. 450+ illustrations, 350 in full color. A great piece to start a collection, add to one, display on a coffee table, library shelf, etc.
Author: Judy Rudoe
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, NY, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Published: 1997
Language: English
Printed and bound: Italy
Binding: Hard Cover with cloth binding in red burgundy with silver embossing
Dust-Jacket: High-gloss, four-color process.
Designed by: Harry Green...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage James Rosenquist coffee table book, 1988
Located in View Park, CA
A vintage original edition coffee table book James Rosenquist “Welcome to the Water Planet and House of Fire” 1988-1989, Tyler Graphics Ltd. With essay by Judith Goldman. Color plate...
Category
Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Double Volume Jean Prouvé Book, Galerie Patrick Seguin & Sonnabend Gallery
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
2007 edition, New Old Stock, two volume Jean Prouvé book by Galerie Patrick Sequin and Sonnabend Gallery with text in French and English.
Available unused and wrapped with its origin...
Category
Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ana Roš - Sun and Rain
Located in New York City, NY
A personal chef monograph, and the first book, from globally-acclaimed chef Ana Roš of Hiša Franko in Slovenia
Set near the Italian border in Slovenia's re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marc Jacobs Safety Pin And Crystal Necklace
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and intricate jewerly piece by Marc Jacobs. This incredible piece of jewerly is created in brass and crystals. The gold tone juxtaposed with the gray-blue crystals in saf...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Batman
Located in London, GB
Original Lebanese film poster for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman staring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger. The artwork on this poster is very dif...
Category
1980s Lebanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
New Forms Architecture in The 1990s First Edition Hardcover 1997
Located in North Hollywood, CA
New Forms Architecture in The 1990s First Edition Hardcover 1997.This is the first edition hardcover book "New Forms - Architecture in The 1990s" Introducing a captivating addition t...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Teak Ship's Hand Rails with Brass or Chrome Hardware
Located in Nantucket, MA
A group of teak hand rails on teak backplates with brass hardware. As of this writing there are at least 6 pieces in this 4 1/2' length. There is also one that is 6.6" long and a c...
Category
Late 20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
1970's Vintage Olivetti Lettera 35 Typewriter
By Olivetti
Located in San Carlos, CA
Beautiful vintage 1970's Olivetti Lettera 35 typewriter, made in Italy. This typewriter comes with a very cool vintage Olivetti shoulder bag.
This typewriter is in very good cosmeti...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1970s Mexican Sterling Silver Artisan Signed & Made Stylized Dragon Belt Buckle
Located in St. Louis, MO
Wonderful late 1970s men's or women's vintage Mexican Sterling Silver artisan signed belt buckle in the form of a stylized dragon. Marked Mexico, artist initials, TM-12 and 950 , whi...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Classic Greenwich Houses
Located in New York City, NY
Elegant And Welcoming Houses In Bucolic Settings By Charles Hilton, A Leading Traditional Architect In Greenwich.
This book presents nine spectacular houses, each responding to an e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brass Chart Divider-Replicate of One Recovered From Wreck
Located in Den Haag, NL
CHART DIVIDER-REPLICATE OF ONE RECOVERED FROM WRECK OF HMS ASSOCIATION, 1697-1707. Very good condition, comes complete in
wooden box
Category
1970s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Corvette Fifty Years by Randy Leffingwell Hardcover Book 2002
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Corvette Fifty Years by Randy Leffingwell.2002, Hardcover, Revised edition.Covering 50 full years of Corvette history, this book features stunning color photographs from master lensm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Mechanical tin plated wind up Sparrow Bird toy - 1960's - China
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Vintage wind-up Sparrow toy with a mechanical tinplated clockwork mechanism - 1960s
Manufactured in China in the late 1960s, this sparrow toy features a...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal, Tin
Teckell T1.3 Crystal 9-foot Pool Table in Gold by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
T.1.3 is a billiard-pool table made entirely of glass, where the playing surface is specially treated reproducing the friction of traditional cloth.
The feet are sheets of glass bev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Teckell T1.3 Crystal 8-foot Pool Table in Leather by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
T.1.3 is a billiard-pool table made entirely of glass, where the playing surface is specially treated reproducing the friction of traditional cloth.
The feet are sheets of glass bev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Balenciaga and Spain - Hamish Bowles - 1st Edition, New York, 2011
Located in London, GB
Published by Rizzoli & Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1st edition, New York, 2011. Hardback with English text.
Quintessentially Spanish, Balenciaga took inspiration from the b...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Teckell T1.3 Crystal 8-foot Pool Table in Gold by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
T.1.3 is a billiard-pool table made entirely of glass, where the playing surface is specially treated reproducing the friction of traditional cloth.
The feet are sheets of glass bev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Teckell T1.3 Crystal 9-foot Pool Table in Leather by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
T.1.3 is a billiard-pool table made entirely of glass, where the playing surface is specially treated reproducing the friction of traditional cloth.
The feet are sheets of glass bev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Teckell T1.3 Crystal 8-foot Pool Table in Walnut wood by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
T.1.3 is a billiard-pool table made entirely of glass, where the playing surface is specially treated reproducing the friction of traditional cloth.
The feet are sheets of glass bev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
STRATEGO Chessboard in white by Lorenzo Di Giovanni for Teckell
By Teckell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stratego chessboard, designed by Lorenzo di Giovanni and manufactured by Teckell, features an extra-clear crystal top with a solid marble base, available in three options: Calacatta ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble
Yellow Golden Pheasant Wall Mounted Taxidermy Specimen
Located in New York, NY
This Yellow Golden pheasant's in-flight pose is the perfect way to showcase all of those amazing feathers, it's a wonderful addition to any collection, perfect for town or country.
Category
2010s American Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Feathers
STRATEGO Chessboard in Walnut by Lorenzo Di Giovanni for Teckell
By Teckell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stratego chessboard, designed by Lorenzo di Giovanni and manufactured by Teckell, features an extra-clear crystal top with a solid marble base, available in three options: Calacatta ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble
contemporary wicker guitar ...
Located in Brecht, BE
a wicked, wicker, fun object, this decorative guitar, made out of wood and wicker ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Robert Mapplethorpe coffee table book, English & Japanese, softcover 1987
Located in View Park, CA
A rare vintage Robert Mapplethorpe coffee table book, Parco Vision Contemporary, softcover, 1987. Featuring text in Japanese and English and both color and black and white plates, in...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Plastic
Teckell T1.1 Crystal 9-foot Pool Table in Light Bronz by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Teckell T1.1 pool table with light bronze trim lures in both design aficionados and top players. The light dances across its handcrafted glass surfaces and glimmers when it strik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Bronze
Teckell T1.1 Crystal 9-foot Pool Table in Black by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
T1.1 Black pool table with black trim lures in both design aficionados and top players. The light dances across its handcrafted glass surfaces and glimmers when it strikes the black ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Teckell T1.1 Crystal 8-foot Pool Table in Light Bronz by Marc Sadler
By Teckell, Marc Sadler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Teckell T1.1 pool table with light bronze trim lures in both design aficionados and top players. The light dances across its handcrafted glass surfaces and glimmers when it strik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum, Bronze, Stainless Steel
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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