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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1970s
Color:  Orange
Frank Stella Abstract Artist Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, 1970, New York
Located in New York, NY
A hard-cover book with dust-jacket on abstract American artist Frank Stella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, New York, NY. This book presents a decade of Sella's work from 1959 - 1...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Hermes Playing Cards, 1970s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hermès playing cards in the original box and in good vintage condition. Made in France. Both sets are complete and feature gold gilded edges on bo...
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1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic, Paper

Silver Plated Mid Century Box with Bamboo Inlaid Lid
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Good quality mid century silver plated box with inset bamboo to the lid Most probably a box for playing cards but could be used for any purpose. made in Italy in the 1970s
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver Plate

Pr. Catalogs, "Arts Decoratifs, Styles 1900 Et 1925, " 1977/78, Sotheby's Monaco
Located in valatie, NY
Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S.A. 1977 and 1978. 551 lots photographed in color and B&W. Featuring world class photography of rare objets d'art - these are scarce Sotheby's...
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1970s Monacan Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Space Age Vintage Orange Plastic Metal Chair 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Pop Art vintage plastic metal chair from a sports stadium in Vienna shows a steel frame and an orange plastic seat shell. The seat shell is plastered...
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1970s Austrian Space Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Nineteenth Century Modern 'The Functional Tradition In Victorian Design' Herwin
Located in valatie, NY
Nineteenth century modern (The Functional Tradition In Victorian Design) by Herwin Schaefer. Published by Praeger Publishers, 1970. 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket. This book "Challenges an almost universally held view: that all Victorian design was overdecorated and that the only men...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Art Nouveau & Art Deco Lighting by Alister Duncan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collectors reference book showing many Art Deco and Art Nouveau lamps from the period. In good condition. Private art dealers collection.
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1970s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Picasso, The Cubist Years, 1907-1916 Catalogue Raisonne Paintings & Related Work
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso, The Cubist Years, 1907-1916 A Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and Related Works. Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1979. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A catalog...
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1970s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Hand Carved Wood Lion Toy Figure in Orange and Black, Africa, 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A whimsical hand carved lion statue from Africa. Hand carved by local artisans in East Africa in the 1970s, this wooden statue will be a great accen...
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1970s North African Tribal Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Paint

Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, Establishing the Preeminence of the Dublin Craftsmen by F. Lewis Hinckley. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1971. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. This is a controversial book that presents evidence to show that furniture long considered English in origin was actually designed and produced in Dublin. 467 illustrations. Includes an Index: Bookcases, Furniture, Tables, Armchairs, Antiques, Badminton House...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers & Their Work, 1840-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, by David B. Warren and Lonn Taylor. University of Texas Press 1975. Pre-publication first...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner and Frieda Marion. Collector Books, Kentucky, 1979. First Edition hardcover with dust jacke...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Grandes Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry by Marcel Thomas, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Grandes Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry by Marcel Thomas. George Braziller, 1971. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket and with the original Mylar protective overlay jacket. The book ...
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1970s French Medieval Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

There's a Girl in My Soup
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for Roy Boulting's 1970 romantic comedy starring Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn.   
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

American Clock, a Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, 1723-1900, with a listing of 6153 Clockmakers by William H Distin. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1976. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A reference guide for collectors and clock lovers. Details and illustrations of tower clocks, tall case clocks, dwarf tall case clocks, bracket clocks, Massachusetts shelf clocks, lighthouse clocks...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt, First Edition BCE
Located in valatie, NY
Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt. Ace Books, New York, 1970. First edtion hardcover BCE with dust jacket. He was one of the most popular and prolific science fiction writers du...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

20th Century Military Locker
Located in Charleston, SC
20th century military storage locker.
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1970s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Oliver
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Oliver. Editions Ch. Massin, Paris, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Examines Savoyard and Dauphin period antique furniture. The are...
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1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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Vintage Boho 1970s Coca Cola Machine
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Boho Coca Cola machine. A fully operable machine in excellent vintage condition. Includes the key. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Vintage Boho 1970s Coca Cola Machine
Vintage Boho 1970s Coca Cola Machine
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Hermès Playing Cards / Cards Game in the Original Box, Vintage, 1970s
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Hermès playing cards in the original box. vintage. Made in France. Both sets are complete and feature gold edges on both decks of cards. A deck of green cards and a deck of orange cards. elegant card back design. Box containing two decks of cards, the backs of these have a decoration of gold-colored horse bits forming circles on a red or green background, gilded edges. Hermes orange box...
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Late 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Vintage Chic Square Silver Plated Brass Vide-Poche, Hermes Paris 1970's.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Chic Square Silver Plated Brass Vide-Poche, Hermes Paris , France 1970's. Silverplate Vide Poche or Cigar Ashtray.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Hermes Travel Size Playing Cards
Located in New York, NY
2 Decks of travel sized playing cards both featuring an abstracted graphic H pattern. Hermes, Paris.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Hermes Turquoise, Red Playing Cards
Located in New York, NY
Hermes full size playing cards featuring puzzle piece design, 1 deck in red, 1 deck in turquoise. Cards have gold metallic edges.
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20th Century French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Airplane Circa 1938
Located in London, GB
A superb Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Aeroplane Circa 1938. The Boeing Clipper was a long range Flying Boat made by the Boeing Aircraft Company i...
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1930s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

A Vintage Set of Teak Boxed Playing Cards with Poker Written On The Lid in Brass
Located in High Wycombe, GB
#10A A Vintage Set of Marvellous Beers Playing Cards with Wooden Brass Finished Poker Card Box
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Beech, Paper, Teak

German modern metal and plastic table lighter T2 by Dieter Rams for Braun, 1970s
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...
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1970s German Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Modernist Space Age Clairtone G3 T13 Stereo System with Globe Speakers
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage classic Modernist / Spaceage of high design Clairtone G3 T13 with Garrard turntable all made in Canada.Amazing design.. All functions workin...
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1960s Canadian Space Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Chrome

American Walnut Satinwood Inlaid Valuables Box with Original Feet, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Chippendale walnut oval satinwood inlaid valuables box with a carved molded hinged lid revealing an interior till with a secret hidden drawer, e...
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1780s American Chippendale Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Satinwood, Walnut

1960s Silver Plated Faux Bamboo Box Maison Baguès
Located in Antwerp, BE
Silver plated faux bamboo box by Maison Baguès. A stylish French little jewelry box, trinket box or storage box in metal faux bamboo with red velvet inside. Embossed bamboo sticks...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver Plate

Large Super Deluxe Italian Inlaid Music Box with 32 Note Swiss Reuge Cylinder
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this rare and vintage large Italian inlaid marquetry music box with gilded metal "claw" feet. This Italian made wooden masterpiece is fitt...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

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Scorpion Scorpio Encased in Pink Acrylic Lucite, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A real scorpion encased in pink acrylic Lucite with white acrylic base, circa late-20th century, 1970s. A great decorative object for a desk, libra...
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1970s Organic Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Acrylic, Lucite

Mid-Century Ceramic European Crucifix, Orange Web, Black, 1970s
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-century, European ceramic crucifix hand-painted in orange, yellow and red with a black spider-like figure at its center, and white coloring surrounding it. Unusual spider web des...
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Clay

European Terra Cotta Crucifix, 1980s
Located in Chicago, IL
Eleven inch tall wall crucifix in terra cotta. Matte cross in an earthy sienna clay color with an angelic swathed christ figure in volume. This cross is part of a large collection of...
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Clay

European Terra Cotta Crucifix, 1980s
European Terra Cotta Crucifix, 1980s
H 11.25 in W 7.4 in D 0.75 in
Vintage Gucci Playing Cards
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Gucci playing cards in the original box. Made in Italy, circa 1970s. Both sets are sealed and un-used. Gucci Logo and stirrups motif. Cards ar...
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1970s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic, Paper

Vintage Gucci Playing Cards
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H 1 in W 6 in D 4 in
Pierre Cardin Playing Cards
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original 1970s Pierre Cardin plastic playing cards in a fabric case. Elegance and style that is common with the major fashion house and the late Pierre Cardin make these cards a majo...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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1970s Burnt Orange Organizer Wall-All Uten Silo by Female Designer Maurer-Becker
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A super cool seventies ABS plastic wall mounting catch-all artist caddy. It was well loved by it last owners, and over the years one of the key hooks on left corner broke off, and th...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic

Modernist Orange Space Age Sharp Television, Model 3s-111 R
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Modernist Space Age sharp television, model 3S-111 R..JAPAN, circa 1970. Amazing design, tested and in wonderful working condition Note: The TV detaches fr...
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1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic

1970s Distressed Vintage Red Metal Motorcycle Gas Tank Collectible Man Cave
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your enjoyment: Distressed vintage motorcycle gas tank in fabulous red Has seen a lot of use and wear--super cool weathered and worn appearanc...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Traveller Bijoux Cascio 1970s Gold Plated Green Strass Gilted Bracelet, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A marvelous bracelet from 1970-1980 designed by company Bijoux Cascio. 1948 Gaetana Cascio founded the company and since then all pieces were produced directly in Florence Riccardo Cascio joined his father Gaetano's company in the 1960s. Since then, the great relaunch began. "Bijoux Cascio" reopened in Street Tornabuoni and in Porta Santa Maria, in Florence. He was the protagonist of the fashion shows together with Fontana Sisters...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Traveller Bijoux Cascio 1970s Gold Plated Green Strass Gilted Necklace, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A marvelous necklace from 1970-1980 designed by company Bijoux Cascio. 1948 Gaetana Cascio founded the company and since then all pieces were produced directly in Florence Riccardo Cascio joined his father Gaetano's company in the 1960s. Since then, the great relaunch began. "Bijoux Cascio" reopened in Street Tornabuoni and in Porta Santa Maria, in Florence. He was the protagonist of the fashion shows together with Fontana Sisters...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Traveller Bijoux Cascio 1970s Gold Plated with Blue Strass Gilted Necklace Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A marvelous necklace from 1970-1980 designed by company Bijoux Cascio. 1948 Gaetana Cascio founded the company and since then all pieces were produced directly in Florence Riccardo Cascio joined his father Gaetano's company in the 1960s. Since then, the great relaunch began. "Bijoux Cascio" reopened in Street Tornabuoni and in Porta Santa Maria, in Florence. He was the protagonist of the fashion shows together with Fontana Sisters...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Set of Six Large Vintage Collectible Toy Horses
Located in Redding, CT
Set of six large vintage collectible toy horses. All are by Breyer molding corporation but one. The honey colored horse with the black mane, a...
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1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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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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