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Aviation Objects For Sale
Folk Art Wooden Hand Carved and Painted WW2 Lancaster Bomber Model Airplane
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This handcrafted Folk Art model of a Lancaster Bomber is signed on the base, but the artist could not be identified so is posted as Unknown. This wooden airplane model...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Aviation Objects
Materials
Softwood
Handles Brass 1930 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Handles brass 1930 Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,549 / item
Streamlined Modern / Mid Century Airplaane Desk Paperweight
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Streamlined Moderne / Mid Century Aviation Desk Paperweight.
Fantastic gift for any Airplane Fan.
Silvered Brass Futuristic Airship, mounted over a green...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Large French Chrome Desktop Model of Douglas DC3
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large French chrome desktop model of Douglas DC3
A super piece and a great desk ornament for the desk that has everything else
This model was displayed b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
20th Century British Caledonian Dc10 Fibre Glass Airplane Model, c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stunning 20th century British Caledonian DC10 aircraft model, this wide body aircrafts became available for global travel in the early 1970's.
Condition
In good condition - just ...
Category
20th Century British Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage WW2 Era Genco "Four Aces" Military Pilot Pinball Machine Back Glass
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage back glass was made by Genco of the United States for their 'Four Aces" military inspired pinball arcade game. The back glass is presumably silk screened in multiple col...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Glass
Pan American - Grace Airways Airplane Model Advertising Paperweight. c1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Pan American - Grace Airways Airplane Model Advertising Paperweight.
circa 1930´s.
Pan American-Grace Airways, also known as Panagra, and dubbed "The World's Friendliest Airline" w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
20th Century Large Boeing 757 With British Airways Landor Livery By Space Models
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A late-20th Century vintage fibreglass and plastic composite model of a Boeing 757 in full British Airways livery mounted on a tripod stand by Space Models, circa 1990. This 1:25 sca...
Category
20th Century British Other Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Art Deco 1940´s Desk Fighter Airplane Model. c 1940´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco 1940´s Desk Fighter Airplane Model
Model airplane mounted on a wooden globe stand. The airplane is made of metal and is depicted in flight with its propeller at the front. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Scale Model Sterling Silver Boeing 757-200 Jet Aircraft by Garrard and Co c1984
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare hallmarked silver Boeing 757–200 jet aircraft model; London 1984. With makers mark for Garrard and Co., who at the time, were the Crown...
Category
1980s English Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Silver
Bookend Pair Royal Air Force Badge Pilot Squadron 341 FreeFrenchFlight Spitfire
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
One oak bookend with a polychrome Badge of the Royal Air Force and bearing the motto : Per Ardua ad Astra" (Latin) - Through Adversity to the Stars
The other bookend with a polychrome badge or shield of three crowns of Alsace the badge of no 341 Squadron, formed in 1943 out of the Free French Flight, who had been operating in the Western Desert. Its French name was Groupe de Chasse III/2 “Alsace”.
provenance : collector of war memorabilia...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Oak
Army Air Forces Poster, "See the Job Through" by Baskerville, WWII Poster, 1945
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This 1945 color poster features an American pilot and a ground crew Staff Sergeant shaking hands and the words “Seeing the Job Through! Enlist in the Regular Army Air...
Category
1940s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Scale Model of Blériot XI BL 242 AG-22 WWI-era Italian Plane
Located in New York, NY
This charming model airplane came from the personal collection of Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023), perhaps best known for his architectural practice—which played integral roles in the ...
Category
20th Century English Aviation Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
1950s color print of a Ni 17 Macchi Nieuport Varese biplane fighter jet
Located in Milan, IT
Color print on cardboard from the 1950s depicting single-engine biplane fighter jet Ni 17 manufactured in Italy by Macchi Nieuport of Varese.
Good condition, a few stains. Measures...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Inspired Airplane in Wood Designer: Marcelo Peña, 2014
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Incredible car: in solid wood. leather interiors
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Marcelo Peña
Marcelo Peña / Artiste: Chileno Born in Chile, resides in Argentina Designer, creative and multifaceted. Inspired by the great masters of the Bauhaus and Art Deco movement. The " dreams of this artist" materialize in sculptures, masks, car design , lamp, furniture and an innumerable amount of objects that intervene from the world of the artist s imagination, printing his work an aesthetic and functional sense. Diferent materials play in their designs, wood, aluminum, bronze or copper and white metals. National design award 1998 Chile. Exhibition in Art Deco Weekend Miami Beach 2014. Works presented by exhibitors at the Antiques show...
Category
2010s Chilean Art Deco Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
Propeller Sculpture for Hartzell Propeller Co., 1970
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An actual airplane propeller in brushed aluminum mounted on a thick base.
Category
20th Century American Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Folk Art, Hand Executed Modernist, Art Deco Airplane /Trinket Box
Located in Buffalo, NY
Folk Art, hand executed modernist, Art deco Airplane sculpture with hand built and painted trinket box.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Wood
Streamline Airplane Propeller Desk Clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco, streamline airplane propeller desk clock. Lovely aviation item.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Streamlined Moderne Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Weather Station made from a Wooden Airplane Propeller, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual, sculptural and one of a kind weather station made from the center-piece of a large wooden airplane propeller. It was professionally re-purposed by hand in Denmark during the...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Rare Mid Century Swiss Air DC 4 Chrome Plated Ashtray
By Buhler
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing a Collector's Dream: Rare 1960s Swiss Air Chrome-Plated Ashtray with a DC-4 Airplane Model!
Are you ready to own a piece of aviation history that's not just functional b...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome, Iron
Color print from the 1950s depicting Gabardini 1912 monoplane airplane
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting Gabardini monoplane aircraft designed in 1912 by Giuseppe Gabardini and built in Tagliedo in the province of Milan.
Mounted on faesite and glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Color print from the 1950s depicting the single-engine biplane SAML S 2 1917
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting the SAML S 2 single-engine biplane, produced in 1916 by the Italian company Società Anonima Meccanica Lombarda (SAML). It was a training and reco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Swiss Air DC-8 Chrome Plated Ashtray
By Buhler
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing a Collector's Dream: Rare 1960s Swiss Air Chrome-Plated Ashtray with a DC8 Airplane Model!
Are you ready to own a piece of aviation history that's not just functional bu...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
1950s color print depicting the Pomilio P.E. biplane of 1917
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting the Pomilio P.E. reconnaissance biplane made in 1917 by the aziensa Aeronautica Fabbrica Aeroplani of engineer Ottorino Pomilio and used by the R...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
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 Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Small brass aviation compass in use by British officers first war
Located in Milan, IT
Small brass aviation compass with cover in use by British officers during World War I. Eight-wind rose complete with block for calculating direction and horizontal angles. Buono sta...
Category
1910s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
1936s Italian Savoia Marchetti SM 85 Walnut Lamellar Propeller Antique Aviation
Located in Milan, IT
The first and only example of a walnut lamellar propeller of the Savoia Marchetti SM 85 prototype flown for the first time on 19 December 1936 by Adriano Bacula, the company's test pilot.
During the tests some modifications were made, including the change of the propeller from wooden two-blade to metal three-blade.
On the prop it reads:
SAVOIA MARCHETTI 85 B.G.
PIAGGIO VII
DIAM: 2:70
PASS 170 – 2.84
DIS 0599
MN 029252
The S.M. 85 was developed by the Italian company Savoia Marchetti in the 1930s as a dive bomber based on a project by Eng. Alessandro Marchetti for the Regia Aeronautica...
Category
1930s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1950s Prop-Spinner
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Vintage Prop-Spinner from an early 1950s navy Neptune patrol plane.
Category
1950s American Craftsman Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Concorde Model Sculpture in Resin Scale 1/25
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Concorde model in high quality resin,
scale 1/25. Vertical base in blackened steel.
Exceptional piece. Made in France.
Base: L 71 x D 55cm.
Model: Wingspan 100cm x heig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Aviation Objects
Materials
Resin
Lufthansa Boeing 747 Scale Model by Verkuyl of Holland
Located in London, GB
A scale model of a Lufthansa Boeing 747 - 100 by Verkuyl of Holland.
1/100 scale.
Made by Matthys M Verkuyl, Badhoevedorp, Holland. As marked to the u...
Category
Late 20th Century European Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Drawing Representing Three Different Biplanes Aircraft WWI by Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing drawn by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing three single-seat biplane airplanes. Right= two single seat biplane fighter Nieuport 11 Bebe of 1915. Left ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
1930s World War II Sterling Silver DC-3 Airplane Pin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This large silver DC-3 airplane pin dates to the 1930s through World War II, a period when the DC-3 revolutionized air travel and played a vital role in military transport. Shaped to...
Category
1940s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$192 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Indian Aviation Ink Drawing Depicting a Rumpler C I WWI Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
This Indian ink drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli represents a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Rumpler C I, produced in Germany in 1916 and powered by a Mercedes D III 160 h...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Cruver WWII Plane Recognition Models, 4
Located in Astoria, NY
Group of Four Cruver World War II Plane Recognition Models, black acetate and comprising: German Heinkel 115K, British Vickers Wellington 3, British Blackburn Botha, and a Japanese "...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Aviation Objects
Materials
Plastic
$950 / set
Boeing Turbine Mirror
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror Boeing Turbine with center mirror glass and frame made with
an original turbine in titanium alloy from a Stage I / II Engine fan from
a Boeing B-737. Turbine in chrome polish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Nickel
$46,363
WWI Antique Aircraft Water-Color and Pastel Drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Drawing in mixed technique, water-color and pastel depicting a WWI airplane, by Riccardo Cavigioli. Measure with frame cm 80x60.3.
Riccardo Cavigioli was born in Milan on 10th Nov...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Vintage Original Aviation Pencil Drawing Depicting a Brandenburg CI WWI Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing representing a two-seat biplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I produced in Austria by Phonix in 1917, equipped with a Hiero 200 hp engine and armed with twin machi...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Brass and aluminum aviation compass complete with azimuth circle 1940 U.S.A
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and aluminum aeronautical compass complete with azimuth circle, supplied to U.s: Army Air Force aircraft during the world War II. Good condition and functioning. Compass diame...
Category
1940s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Pastel and Pencil Aviation Drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli Depicting an Albatros
Located in Milan, IT
Pastel and pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli depicting a single-seat biplane fighter Albatros DV A, employed since July 1917 and produced in numerous exemplars till May 1918. Airc...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden ...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Elegant Radiator Emblem, Aero-Club de Cannes, France from the 1930-40s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant Radiator Emblem, Aero-Club de Cannes, France from the 1930-40s. Made in chrome with gilt details. Number 111 in the Aero-Club de Cannes.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1940s French Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Decorative German Suitcase Set
Located in Delft, NL
Mid 20th Century decorative German suitcase set
A German suitcase set from the 1950s and 1960s, flown with the Royal Dutch Airlines, SAS, Tee, among ot...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Aviation Objects
Materials
Leather
$1,543 / set
Art Deco Propeller Plane in Carved Wood and Metal
Located in Meer, VAN
Art Deco Propeller Plane in Carved Wood and Metal
Sometimes you find a piece that is just right…. This Art Deco propeller plane is a wonderful example of a fun and easthetic object....
Category
Mid-20th Century European Folk Art Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Northwest Orient Airlines / Hong Kong, 1960s. Vintage Airline Tourism Poster
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful original poster of Northwest Orient Airlines / Hong Kong. 1960s. Vintage airline tourism poster depicting a junk boat. 40 x 25 ¼”. Linen bac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Swiss Air Boeing 747 Chrome Plated Ashtray
By Buhler
Located in Weesp, NL
Presenting the Ultimate Collectible: Rare Mid-Century Modern Swiss Air Ashtray with a Boeing 747 Model!
Imagine owning a piece of aviation history an...
Category
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Travel Trolley
Located in Paris, FR
Trolley Travel Made with aluminium and steel structure in matt finish.
Trolley with lockable door and with wheels including a lockable system.
Trolley includes 1 drawer and a frid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
$5,840 / item
Vintage Shuron Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses.
A very good pair of aviator sunglasses, the frames are engraved on the bottom of the nose bar with 'Shuron, FUL-VUE...
Category
20th Century American Aviation Objects
Materials
Gold
Mk1A Pilots Helmet Raf 'Bone Dome" 1971 Squadron Leader, Issued 1950's.
Located in Canterbury, England
Originally Issued to RAF Squadron Leader Dick Woodhead, who was a highly successful pilot, later to become head of aptitude testing for future pilots at RAF Cranwell, and featured on screen in Jeremy Clarkson's 2001 Speed television series, (one series, episode three). This helmet is medium sized, with serial and customised by the original owner who is named and date stamped 1/ 1971 M A&B and complete with throat set microphone. This is a RAF Pilots...
Category
1950s Other Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
Large Polished Aluminium Lockheed Super Constellation Model, circa 1951
Located in London, GB
A wonderful cast aluminium model of a Lockheed Super Constellation airplane; circa 1951. Mounted on a newly made aluminium stand, all polished to a mirror finish.
Dimensions: 52.5 c...
Category
1950s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Finnair Caravelle 1960
By Schaarschmidt
Located in Weesp, NL
Take flight into aviation history with the iconic 1960's Finnair Aero Caravelle airplane model, meticulously crafted by Schaarschmidt Modelbau in Berlin. This exquisite model pays homage to an era of innovation and elegance in air travel, capturing the essence of the pioneering spirit that defined the jet age.
Crafted with precision and attention to detail, this model features a solid aluminum body and plate metal wings, reflecting the unparalleled craftsmanship of Schaarschmidt Modelbau. Every curve and contour is faithfully reproduced, allowing you to admire the sleek design and aerodynamic grace of the Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle, the world's first short/medium range jet airliner.
Finnair, known for its daring spirit and commitment to innovation, was the first small airline to embrace the jet age in 1960 with its fleet of Caravelle passenger jets. This model celebrates that historic moment...
Category
1960s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Sheet Metal
$3,277
Vintage Poster of Japan Air Lines Depicting Singapore River and Raffles, ca.1960
Located in Langweer, NL
Japan Air Lines / Singapore. 1960s. Color photo-offset poster depicting Singapore River and Raffles Place. 39 x 24 ½”. Linen backed. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Pencil Aviation Drawing depicting a WWI Two-Seat Biplane Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance, probably a Fokker, armed with twin Spandau’s 7.92 mm. Aircraft produ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
"In Through The Back Door" by William S. Phillips, WWII Themed Lithograph, 1981
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented, is an exciting 1981 color lithograph by William “Billy” Phillips. Titled Through the Back Door, the lithograph depicts an American P-47 Thunderbolt pursuing a Luftwaffe bomber on the famous D-Day of WWII. Also referred to as a “Jug,” the P-47 was the largest and heaviest fighter aircraft powered by only one reciprocating engine. It was armed with four machine guns on each wing making it lethal for ground attacks. The busy scene focuses on the diving P-47 with “Miss Behave” painted on the side, but is full of action throughout the work. Providing a sense of movement, the background is blurred with multiple airplanes both in flight and on the ground. Fire and smoke billow from the field putting the viewer in the middle of the dramatic scene.
The artist, William “Billy” Phillips is a renowned aviation and landscape artist. He is well-recognized and has received many awards for his artwork. Early in his career, Phillips was commissioned by the Royal Jordinian Air Force as an artist and later served as the U.S. Combat Artist. The U.S. awarded Phillips the Navy’s Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force Sergeants Association’s Americanism Medal. The celebrated artist additionally won the Art History Award twice and is one of the few individuals to be exhibited in a solo show at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. William Phillip...
Category
1980s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
old airplane propeller, origin Canada
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
old airplane propeller, origin Canada
Category
1930s Canadian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Pencil Drawing Depicting a Brandenburg C I Aircraft WWI by Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I of 1916. Measure with frame cm 58 x 31, inch 23 x ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
21st Century Leather Olimpia Round Bathroom Set Made in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Olimpia, in all its beauty.
A complete set with all the bathroom essentials: A round soap dispenser, a toothbrush holder and a cotton pad holder to...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
21st Century Olimpia Round Bathroom Set Handmade in Italy in Artic Leather
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Olimpia, in all its beauty.
Our small tray, together with a soap dispenser and a toothbrush holder. A complete set with all the bathroom essentials presented here in a round shape...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Pencil Drawing Depicting a Brandenburg C I WWI Aircraft by Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I of 1916, built by Ufag in Budapest. Measure with fram...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Pair WWII Bomber Airplane Wheels c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Pair of World War II bomber airplane wheels with red enameled, cast aluminum rims and balloon tires.
CREATOR U.S. Airforce, United States.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
$1,695 Sale Price / set
32% Off
Art Deco Wood Propeller Barometer
Located in Queens, NY
Art Deco wood propeller with barometer.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique, New and Vintage Aviation Objects
Indulge in the thrill of flight without leaving your home. Find a collection of antique, new and vintage aviation objects on 1stDibs that will unquestionably elevate your interior design.
Whether you’re drawn to scale models of airplanes or detailed technical drawings that depict 20th-century aircraft engineering in general, vintage aviation collectibles are bound to stir conversation and add character to any shelf space or barren wall in your home. As decorative flourishes or sculptural statement-making additions to your home office, living room or elsewhere — from desktop trinkets to authentic fighter-plane propellers positioned as conspicuous wall art that demands attention — aviation objects pay homage to a long history of innovation as well as to the childlike excitement and sense of wonder that persists every time we board a plane.
We’ve trained our eyes on the sky, dreaming of flight, for centuries. While history shows that pioneering aviator duo the Wright brothers wouldn’t leave the ground for a sustained flight in a powered aircraft until the early 1900s, inventors, venturesome industrial designers and artists all over the world were ready for one much sooner.
During the 16th century, Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook drawings of birds as well as human mechanical flight and famed blueprints for a “flying machine” captured imaginations and inspired future artists. Modern-day aviation fans might take to framing technical drawings and sketches of aircraft for a salon-style hang as a tribute to the history of air travel in their home. The breathtaking mid-century artwork of Italian aviation advertising draftsman Riccardo Cavigioli also makes for rich vintage aviation wall decor, telling stories of human ingenuity in watercolor paintings and pencil sketches.
On 1stDibs, find vintage aviation collectibles made from wood and metal in all shapes and sizes to meet any furniture style and decor plan that you may already have in place.
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