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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: Early 2000s
Vintage Stroller "Milchi Poussette" Series by Migliorati, 1979
Located in taranto, IT
Extremely rare stroller and wheelchair Improved Milchi model Poussette series, characterized by the lifting system of the doll by means of a special command o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
R.S. Berkely Silver Plated Flugelhorn, 2006
Located in Doylestown, PA
R.S. Berkely silver plated flugelhorn, model FLU669, 2006.
If used for playing, this horn is suitable for intermediate and professional trumpeters. Recognized for its durable con...
Category
Early 2000s Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
1970s Pal Kepenyes Brutalist Brass Cuff Bracelet Milagros
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Pal Kepenyes Brass Bracelet Cuff Milagros Series
Brutalist inspired
3h x 2.25 w x 1.75
Signed at bottom
Original vintage unrestored condition.
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Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Dunhill Cigar Ashtray Catchall England Black and Red Collectible 1970
By Dunhill
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Vintage Dunhill ceramic square collectible ashtray catchall by Wade England Royal red and black.
Vintage Alfred Dunhill collectible porcelain cigar ...
Category
Late 20th Century English British Colonial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Louis XVI Style Fauteuil
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century antique reproduction miniature fauteuil made in the French Louis XVI style. The armchair has an oval back carved with ribbon detail and a bowknot at the crest. The arms ...
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XVI Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Satin, Wood
Israeli Ben Zion Sterling Silver Shabbat Candlesticks Candle Holders Judaica
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage pair of Ben Zion Israel sterling silver candlesticks / Shabbat / holiday candle holders with ornated tapered form and scalloped details. Marked inside cups.
Provenance : J...
Category
Late 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Glass Art Wall Mounted Parable of the Prodigal Son by Bjorn Wiinblad, Rosenthal
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wall plate by the Danish designer Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal made of metal wall mounted sheet lacquered in black and gilt with glass faceted frosted Art Glass.Limited edition from ...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
Gianni Versace Pure Parfum Miniature 7.5 ml, Rare 1981 with Original Box
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Original vintage perfume from the 1980s: the very first women’s fragrance launched by the Italian fashion house Gianni Versace Parfum (Extrait), in its rare 7.5 ml / 1/4 fl oz splash...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
1970s Hand Hammered Sterling Silver Spiral Cuff Bracelet Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet
Mexico
style of Spratling
2.5 W x 1.63 D x 2.13 H
Stamped
Original vintage wear
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Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Thick Chain Medusa Charm Bracelet by Versace
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful charm bracelet by Versace. This sculptural piece is commanding and striking and chic. A bracelet alone carries the lines and codes of the Versace fashion empire. The bracel...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1970 Seiko Blue and Tobacco Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Steel Quartz Clock
By Seiko
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Seiko super tanker slave clock original aqua marine green finish
A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock.
These clocks were used in great numbers on super tankers, cargo ...
Category
1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel
Dr. No
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese press sheet poster designed for the films 1972 re-release. Dr. No starring Sean Connery is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by I...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1970s Sterling Silver Modernist Bracelets 925 Stretch Flex
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Two Sterling Silver Bracelets Stretch Flex
2.25 diameter (flexible) x .25 w
stamped 925
Preowned vintage condition
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Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
M.T.B. ‘Surfing Monkey’ Surfboard Mural by Phil Roberts
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1980 MTB ‘Surfing Monkey’ surfboard with mural artwork by the renowned Phil Roberts. Features airbrushed work of art depicting a monkey surfing with a Budweiser beer. Airbrushed in Robert’s signature art style and signed “Phil Roberts 7/80”. This art was created on Roberts summer...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage Book Of Knowledge Cast Iron Mechanical Horse Kicking Boy Bank
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Book Of Knowledge Cast Iron Mechanical Horse Kicking Boy Bank. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 5.5" H x 9.75" W x 3.75" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Musgrave Type Saddle Rack & Saddle
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Cast Iron Saddle Rack With Leather 'Camelot' Saddle.
A decorative display of a Musgrave & Co. type cast iron saddle rack with oak covers and a Batchelors of Epping 'Camelot' ...
Category
Late 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
20th Century British Royal Air Force Flying Training School Hand Painted Drum
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A well preserved 20th Century hand painted drum from the band of the flying training school of the Royal Air Force. Complete with the infamous motto "Per Ardua ad Astra" - through di...
Category
1970s British Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Alfred Dunhill Gold Plated RollGas Cigarette Lighter with Box and Papers
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Alfred Dunhill Gold Plated Briquet Rollagas Cigarette Lighter
Vintage boxed Dunhill lighter with booklet stamped at purchase 1988
Stamped Dunhill and Swiss Made on base.
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
Stereophonic TOTEM rr130 Radio by Mario Bellini for Brionvega, 1970s
Located in bruxelles, BE
White Brionvega stereo radio, Totem model. The radio and record player work perfectly and have been completely overhauled by an engineer. There's a bluethoot connection for connectin...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1980s Vintage Local Motion surfboard by Ron Roush
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1980s Local Motion surfboard made by Ron Roush. Features neon airbrush fade design with round tail. 2 fixed fins with center fin option....
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vetement Couture Limited Edition Calfskin Paperbag Clutch Messenger Bag, 2019
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vetement Couture limited edition calfskin paperbag clutch messenger bag, fall winter 2019. Numbered, limited edition.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Magnets
Signed Araki's Magnum Opus: Complete Book Collection 1-20 + Satchin and Mabo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Works of Nobuyoshi Araki Book Complete Collection 1-20 plus special book Nobuyoshi Araki Book Satchin and His Brother Mabo / 1stn in 1997
The works of Nobuyoshi Araki Book collectio...
Category
1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sonomama Sonomama
Located in Richmond, VA
ESCRIPTION
Oversized paperback photography book by Taishi Hirokawa, published in 1987. 84 pages. Text in English and Japanese.
A surreal and charming portrait of rural Japan in the ...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hand Painted Parrot
Located in Pasadena, TX
Hand Painted Parrot
15"x7"
Category
Late 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Important French & Continental Furniture Collection Formed by Roberto Polo
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important French and Continental Furniture and Decorations From a Collection Formed by Roberto Polo, NY 1989. He was once described by Vanity Fair as “a Gatsby for the Rea...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jacques Lipchitz
Located in Richmond, VA
Jacques Lipchitz by A. M. Hammacher. Published by Harry N. Abrams, 1975. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 223 pages.
A richly illustrated study of one of the twentieth cen...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
International Design Yearbook
Located in Richmond, VA
The International Design Yearbook 7, edited by Andrée Putman. Published in 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages.
The seventh installment in this celebrated ser...
Category
1990s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marca-Relli: 1976-1978
Located in Richmond, VA
Marca-Relli: 1976–1978. Published by Ediciones Polígrafa, 1978. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 121 pages. Text in Spanish and English. Printed in Spain.
A focused survey...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Robert Motherwell
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback monograph on the work of American abstract expressionist Robert Motherwell. Second edition, new and revised, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in 1983. 250 pages.
...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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
Arne Jacobsen
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardcover monograph Arne Jacobsen: Arkitekt & Designer, published by the Danish Design Centre, 1996. Third printing. Text in Danish and English.
This bilingual volume chronicles the...
Category
1990s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Corbusier, Designer: Furniture, 1929
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardcover book featuring renowned designer, Le Corbusier. By Renato De Fusco, published by Barron’s Educational Series in 1977. First edition, 95 pages.
“An essential docume...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Toys: Esteban Vicente
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardcover exhibition catalog, Toys: Esteban Vicente. Sculptures 1968–1998. Published by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente for the 2002 retrospective in Segovia. First editi...
Category
Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
New Design in Wood
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book showcasing contemporary woodcraft and design. By Donald J. Willcox, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. First edition, 120 pages, wit...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Prints of Frank Stella
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardcover coffee table book featuring the print work of renowned artist, Frank Stella. By Richard H. Axsom, published by Hudson Hills Press in 1983. First edition, 342 pages.
"This ...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A History of Ballet and Dance
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback coffee table book discussing the history of ballet and dance in the western world. By Alexander Bland, published in 1976. Second edition, 191 pages.
"Dance is universal and...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the retrospective work of artist, Helen Frankenthaler. Text by Barbara Rose, published in 1971. First edition, 274 pages.
"Among the rad...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sottsass Glass Works
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback monograph exploring the glass designs of Ettore Sottsass, one of the most influential figures in postmodern design. Published by Links for Publishing Ltd. in 1998, first edi...
Category
1990s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Montblanc Meisterstuck Classique Fountain Pen with Papers & Boxes
By Montblanc
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This fountain pen was made by the well known Montblanc factory of Germany in approximately 1990 in their classic modern style. This fountain pen is their 'Meisterstuck' model and has...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Stainless Steel
1970s metal necklace
Located in grand Lancy, CH
1970s metal necklace
Category
1970s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Late Midcentury Modern Realistic Weather Radio Cube
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Weather Radio WeatheRadio Deskube TW Weather NOAA Radio 12-181B
Radio Shack Tandy
Very minimal and modernist with touch of 70s woodgrain
...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Rocky
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Rocky 1967. This is one of the greatest boxing film ever. The film received ten Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Picture. It was a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rietveld 'Berlin Chair and End Table' Model Toy, 1985
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Scale model kit of the Berlin chair and end table.
Manufactured in Holland in 1985.
It consists of parts of quality wood with little paints. In 1/6 scale...
Category
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bolognese Painters of the 1500s, Art & Works of the Bolognese, 2 Vol set 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Bolognese Painters of the 1500s, Art and Works of the Bolognese School by Vera Fortunati Pietrantonio. Published by Grafis, Italy, 1986. Pair of 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets and slip-case. A monumental work of artists between 1401-1500. Some of the artists: Francesco Francia (1447-1517) and Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535). From 1501-1600 the artists Amico Aspertini (1474-1552), Girolamo da Treviso (1497-1544), Pier Maria Pennacchi (1464 - before 1515), Girolamo da Carpi, Denijs Calvaert, Pietro Faccini (1552-1614), Prospero Fontana (1512-1597), Lavinia Fontana...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's: Property from the Collection of Mrs. Marella Agnelli New York 10/2004
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Property from the collection of Mrs. Marella Agnelli New York 10/23/04 Sale #8014. Softcover auction catalog 178 pages with 140. Marella Agnelli, widow of Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cigarette Case Black and White Art Deco Style Fire Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ladies’ cigarette case rectangular convex “olive” shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fire enamel with Art Deco style design. With “lost” hinge, that is semi-invis...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Michael Jackson Opus Large Collector Table Book
By Opus Canada
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michael Jackson Opus Large heavy collector coffee table book.
"The Official Michael Jackson Opus" is the definitive publication about the ‘King of...
Category
Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Red Deer Shoulder Mount Antler Horn Rack Taxidermy Cabin Wall Decor #2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Red Deer Shoulder Mount Antler Horn Rack Taxidermy Cabin Wall Decor #2. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 36" H x 22" W x 23" D. Each antler approx 12" Long me...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Rustic Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn
Vintage Wood-N-Stuff Handcrafted Nautical Handmade Oak Rowboat Coffee Table 46"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage scaled down row boat or dinghy coffee / cocktail Table. Handmade from oak with beautifully stained and painted wood with brass screws, a custom glass top, oars and sturdy wo...
Category
1970s American Bohemian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Oak
Houses by Thierry W. Despont, 1st Limited Ed, With Letter to Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
Houses by Thierry W. Despont. Published by Office of Thierry Despont, New York, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Private edition with personal letter to Sandra and Herbert Kasper. He was an American fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was also a famous art collector. He was an avid art collector, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.unnumbered copy of a run of 1000. With letter from Despont to his client. Mr. Despont was Associate Architect for the Centennial Restoration of the Statue of Liberty and has completed the restoration of Clayton, the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh. Mr. Despont designed the Decorative Arts Galleries of the new J. Paul Getty Museum and, in collaboration with Richard Meier, was responsible for the interior design of the museum's sculpture and painting galleries. The office also completed the 50,000 square foot flagship store on Bond Street for Ralph Lauren. In the US, the firm designed the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue on East 63rd Street in New York and the flagship store for Harry Winston in Beverly Hills, California. Mr. Despont and his office have completed several very high end hotel projects. Among them are the renovation of the Carlyle Hotel in New York, Claridge's and The Dorchester in London, and Boca Raton Resort & Club in Florida. Current hotel projects include the renovation of the Ritz Paris, the Dorchester Collection's new 45 Park Lane Hotel in London, The Chatwal in New York, and the Divan Hotel in Istanbul. volume with its own dustjacket. These books were given only to clients of the firm. Privately printed set, issued between 1990 and 1995 in a special case. Volume I. 1990, unnumbered copy of 1000 published. Illustrated with photographs by Philippe-Louis Houze and watercolors by Bonnie Glasser. Provides high quality photographs of exteriors and interiors of important houses planned...
Category
1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jaime Hayon Designer Toys — Set of 4 Unique Hand-Decorated “Onion” Figures
By Jaime Hayon
Located in Weesp, NL
An exceptionally rare collector’s set of four unique “Fuck the Human Race” vinyl figures, hand-decorated by acclaimed Spanish designer Jaime Hayon during the 2004 ToyCon in Hong Kong...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Natural Round Conch Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous round natural conch shell for tabletop decor. Great addition to your boho chic inspired interiors and table tops.
Category
1970s Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Jean Dubuffet Exhibition Catalog Book Pace Gallery New York, 1982
Located in New York, NY
A Jean Dubuffet exhibition catalog book, with artists' signature front cover, Pace Gallery, New York, 1982. An exhibition catalog book for French artist Jean Dubuffet exhibition, wit...
Category
Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bulgari Luxury Jewelry Coffee Table Book, 1990s
By Bulgari
Located in New York, NY
This is a beautiful coffee table (or library book) about the history of the iconic Italian luxury jeweler Bvlgari (or Bulgari), circa 1990s, Italy. Book covers Bulgari's history in c...
Category
1990s Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Giant Golfball, 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant vintage golfball in cream plaster/plastic. 8.5" diameter. Likely used as a store display. Whimsical desktop object or paperweight. Very heavy a...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Plastic
Russian Imperial Style Book, Hardbound, 1st Edition with Jacket
By Laura Cerwinske
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sumptuously illustrated with over 100 stunning full-page color photographs, this exquisite book displays the opulence and incomparable beauty of the treasures created for and collect...
Category
1990s American Balkan Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game Red Jasper, Marble
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver bi-color chessboard and chess game in "Florence" style.
The chessboard is in molten silver with red jasper and white color marble
The work was engraved with the anc...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Alfred Dunhill Silver Plated Rollagas Cigarette Lighter
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Alfred Dunhill Silver Plated Rollagas Cigarette Lighter With Original Box, and leather soft case
Stamped Dunhill & Swiss Made on Lighter Base
The Rollagas lighter is a dunhill...
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
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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