Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
West Germany Blown Silver Mercury Glass Crown Shaped Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a sweet ornament that is very regal looking with a 3-D crown shape of bulbous ridges each has an alternating red and blue large dot with small gold dots above and below them,...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass, Mercury Glass
$108 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Unusual Modernist Glazed Ceramic Pipe Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and very stylish mid-century molded ceramic pipe stand decorated in brown mottled glazes and with a cork inset. The molded pipe stand is of rounded shape, hollow cast and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Graphic History of Architecture by John Mansbridge Sofcover 1999
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Graphic History of Architecture by John Mansbridge.
What is a hammer-beam roof? Where does a voissoir fit in an arch? What churches did Nicholas Hawksmoor design? Now architecture st...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Taxco Mexico Sterling Silver Malachite Cuff Bracelet
By Taxco
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Mid Century Taxco Mexico slide cuff bracelet, hand-crafted with bold flower design featuring three oval shaped green malachite stones set in 950 sterling silver. Stamped 950 Taxco ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
Vintage Leather Chaps Horse Riding Gaiters
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Equestrian Leather Chaps Gaiters
item listed is a pair
1/2 chaps 12 h x 6 d x 4 w
Preowned vintage
Refer to images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1960s Gumps Black Brocade Bag Jade Clasp Hong Kong
By Gumps
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Gump's San Francisco Black Clutch Bag Jade Clasp
floral silk brocade pattern
antiqued gold tone hardware
Stylish wristlet strap
Silk lining
interior pocket
approximately 6 h x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Metal
Hand Blown Emerald Green Murano Weighted Cased Art Glass Ashtray
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century emerald hand-blown Murano art glass ashtray cased in green and transparent colors featuring a polished bottom like the best of Venetian glass. The ashtray features rounde...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
1970s Los Ballesteros Sterling Silver Aztec Pendant Necklace Taxco Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
from Taxco Mexico Los Ballesteros Sterling Silver Pendant Chain Necklace
Aztec Figure Head Face Design.
Hecho in Mexico.
Maker stamp Sterling 925
3.38 W ...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Teaching Model Stages of the Appendix, Ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the appendix in different stages. It is made of plaster and mounted on a wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, G...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Vintage Sterling Silver Cat Necklace Seven Pendant
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Vintage Sterling Silver 7 Charm Cat Linked Necklace
stamped 925
15.13 long fully extended x .5 H Cat
Preowned original vintage
Refer to images listed
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Hand Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist Hand keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ma...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Aviation Vintage Desk Airplane Over Globe Model, 1940s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Aviation Model. Vintage aluminium display airplane model. The model is a mixture of Art Deco and midcentury design. It is mounted over a silvered ball...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Leather and Wood Vaulting Horse from the 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Leather and wood vaulting horse from the 1930s.
This adjustable vaulting horse was made in the 1930s in former Czechoslovakia.
The thick cowhide leather has a nice patina. Very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Signed "Rattan Furniture" First Edition Coffee Table Book by Harvey Schwartz
By Harvey Schwartz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original brand new 1st edition copy of Rattan Furniture: Tropical Comfort Throughout The House signed by author Harvey Schwartz.
Request a personal message written by the author at...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Poster 24h of Le Mans 1971 by Delourmel
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Fantastic original mid-century poster by photographer Andre Delourmel for the legendary 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans race, held on June 12-13. A real gem!
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$330 Sale Price
20% Off
Kay Bojesen Beech Toy Wagon 'a Family Trip', 1950s, Denmark
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This Wagon designed by Kay Bojesen in the 1950s features four characters in a wagon: mother, father and their two sons. This items has been loved and played with for many years and t...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
$373 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Folio, Civil Architecture, English, Sir William Chambers, Reproduction
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage folio A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. An unbound reproduction of the 18th century original by Sir William Cham...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage opera glasses - 20thc
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage opera glasses - 20thc
Binoculars - object of curiosity
Measures : 10x5,5cm H:3,5cm
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Ericsson Mint Green COBRA Vintage Rotary Dial Phone 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Scandinavian Modern Ericsson "COBRA" mint green vintage rotary phone 1950s. This phone was made in Ohio and is in very good condition with no issues. It does dial out but does not ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Set of Two Antique Spanish Wooden Stamps, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two antique wooden stamps, made in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$262 Sale Price
60% Off
1950s Ronson Limited Vintage Chrome Lighter Tripod Stand England
By Ronson
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Ronson Limited Vintage Chrome Lighter on Tripod stand from England
Vintage lighter with tripod shape, chrome plated.
Stamped Ronson, Mad...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King, Jr., First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
King Jr., Martin Luther, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. New York: Harper & Brothers: 1958. First edition. Presented in the publisher's original boards and dust jacket. ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Teaching Aid Median Incision of the Human Head, Ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted and hand lettered anatomical model. A median incision of the head for class. It is made of wood, papier maché and plaster, manufactured by SOMSO or PHYWE...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Deru Toy Lion in Hand Sculpted Leather
By Deru
Located in Oakland, CA
Hand crafted lion in leather by Deru of Germany circa 1960s, the leather is hand sculpted using a series of folds, riveting and molding of the leather. A very unique process using th...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Paravia Collection 100 Rocks, Educational Material, Italy 1950s
By Paravia
Located in Naples, IT
Collection 100 Rocks, Teaching Material, Italy 1950s
Geology teaching board "Minerals and Rocks" G.B. Paravia Scientific Collection - Turin
The ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal
Vintage French Lucite Modernist Chess Set, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A particular minimalist french chess game dated to the 1970’s. It features a modernist design with a perforated thick plexiglass base topped with sculptur...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Set of Five Christmas Tree Ornaments Red and White Glass Mushrooms, 1970s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Set of five Christmas tree ornaments red and white glass mushrooms, Germany, circa the 1970s.
Adorable Christmas tree ornaments made of mouth-blown and delicate, wafer-thin glass, wh...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Christmas: A Story, by Eleanor Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Dust Jacket
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Eleanor. Christmas: A Story. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Twelvemo. In the publisher's colorful original dust jacket and printed pictorial boards.
This...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Rocking Beauty" Hobby Horse Designed by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An abstract hobby horse designed in 1964 by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings. Composed of two arched panels of birch plywood divided by a solid birch shaft and topped with a charming red knob...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Birch, Plywood
1970s Modernist Money Clip Wood and Brass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Vintage Money Clip Wood and Brass Modernist appeal
2 x 1 x .38
Preowned original vintage
Refer to images
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Komet King 10 Cent Vending Gumball Peanut Candy Machine Game Room Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Komet King 10 Cent Vending Gumball Peanut Candy Machine Game Room/Arcade Decor. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 15" H x 7" W x 7.5" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
'Moulin Rouge' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Lucjan Jagodzinski, Polish, 1957
Located in Devon, GB
Based on the novel by Pierre La Mure, the 1952 British film 'Moulin Rouge' is a fictionalized account of the life of street artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as he pursues his art in ...
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Mi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Milano
About Tommaso Barbi
Tommaso Barbi is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in the...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Le Corbusier Der Modulor 2 Book, 1955
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The Modulor in 1954 and Modulo...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,559 Sale Price
40% Off
1970s Green Abstract Enamel Pendant Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Green Abstract Enamel Pendant
Taxco Mexico
1.5 w x 2.38 H
Preowned original vintage, refer to images listed.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Pink Floyd Original Vintage UK Concert Poster, Queen's Hall, Leeds, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
A striking day-glo silkscreen concert poster for the All Night Garden Party headlined by Pink Floyd at Queen's Hall in Leeds on Friday 17th November 1967. Pink Floyd appeared at this...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950s Seguso Bubbling Pink Confection Murano Glass Bowl
Located in Miami, FL
Resembling a sea anemone, this blown glass vessel by Seguso is indeed a delight with its salmon pink color and wealth of interior bubbles. Heavy, thick and wonderfully obese and glob...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Authentic Massive Brass Ashtray and Extinguisher by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
In this listing you will find an extremely rare brass ashtray or pipe holder designed by Carl Auböck in 1948. It features beautiful and elegant lines, part of the exquisite craftsman...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1970s Hip Belt Buckle Turquoise on Ebony
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Hip Belt Buckle Turquoise on Ebony
3 .13 w x 1.75 h x 1d
Preowned vintage, refer to images listed.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
Large Weird, Creepy, Perfectly Patinated Plastic Clown Head
Located in Kansas City, MO
It's strange and freaky, but so cool. Vintage Ronald McDonald plastic clown head sculpture. By the way, it is hollow inside and can be put over ones head an...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Sept 1953 Reed and Follis Arts & Architecture Modernism Magazine
By John Follis
Located in Chula Vista, CA
September 1953 Reed and Follis Arts & Architecture Modernism Magazine
John Follis James Reed
9.75 W x 12.75 H
Original vintage condition preowned
Refer to images please
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-century Classroom Anatomical Teaching Respiratory Model c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original classroom anatomical educational model which splits in half to show the various organs and veins linked to the respiratory system...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
1970s AD Design Modern Cuff Bracelet Jens Andersen & Erik Dunning Denmark
By Georg Jensen
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Jens Andersen and Erik Dunning for AD Design
silver plated modern bangle cuff bracelet
AD Design Made in Denmark
2.25 tall x 2.75 w x 1 d
Preowned...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Tiffany & Co. 18K Gold And Ruby Leaf Form Brooch Pin
Located in Norwood, NJ
Tiffany & Co. vintage 18K yellow gold and ruby leaf form pin brooch. 18k yellow gold with a florentine satin finish and 9 prong set round rubies. The leave patterns preserve the orig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Le Corbusier Der Modulor 2 Book, 1955
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,119 Sale Price
40% Off
Lion Head Table Lighter in Silvered Metal, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Lion head table lighter in silvered metal, Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Ceramic Chess Board by Franco Pecchioli
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Italian ceramic chess board by Franco Pecchioli Ceramica, circa 1980s. The board is in good condition with a few minor stress cracks in the ceram...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Eames Giant House of Cards
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Highly collectible, 1950s Eames Giant House of Cards for Tigrett Enterprises. This scarce first-edition deck contains the original 20 large cards ...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sterling Silver Baby Rattler Gift
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A unique and precious sterling silver baby rattler. This piece has a ring that can be held and allow the piece to roll or can be held at the stem and rattled.
Photographing these s...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Miracle Tip Cigarette Advertising Tin Sign Vintage Red Ratrod Garage Decor
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Mid-Century LM Cigarette Advertising Sign. Still with Bright Colors, and age appropriate wear. This is an authentic vintage sign, and it is mar...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Brass Toned Figural Aladdin's Oil Lamp Styled Table Lighter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage figural oil lamp table lighter is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Japan and date to approximately 1965 and done in the perio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Spelter
Paul Evans Patchwork Copper Large and Small Humidors w Cigar Ashtray, c 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic set of Paul Evans 'Patchwork Copper' smoking accessories, manufactured by C.C. Design Inc and retailed by Directional in the 1970s, with beautiful light patina and age, p...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Pewter
$6,500 Sale Price / set
23% Off
Original Midcentury Carl Auböck Comb Made from Horn
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful half-moon shaped comb. The item was hand-crafted from horn and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. It's a remarkable example of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn
1970s Sterling Silver Turquoise Pendant Attributed Pal Kepenyes Spores
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Style of Pal Kepenyes Sterling Silver Pendant Turquoise Stone
1.63 w x 2 1/16 h x .75 d
Attributed of Pal Kepenyes Pendant, Unsigned. Design consistent with Kepenyes work.
Preowned ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
1960s Traditional Japanese Wood Doll Dento Naruko Kokeshi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Japanese Wood Doll Narugo Kokeshi
signed
17.5 h x 5.25 diameter
Original vintage condition
Refer to images listed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1960s Artisan Earrings Copper Blue Enamel Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Copper Blue Earrings artisan Taxco Mexico
.88 x 1 x .63 D
Original preowned condition
Refer to images
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Vintage 1980s Knoll Furniture Metal Truck
By Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fun Knoll Furniture miniature die-case truck made by Winross. Given to Knoll's vendors as a gift, it is a 1:64 scale model with removable cab and trailer with metal and plastic pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Sterling Silver Ring Eternal Heart Love Band
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sterling Silver Eternal Heart Love Ring
925
size 8.25
75 diam x .25 W
Preowned vintage
Refer to listed images
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Sculptural Bronze Bracelet 'La Manif" by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze bracelet by Line Vautrin (1913-1997), circa 1945-46. The design is known as "La Manif" or "La Manifestation", which features a chain of arm-linked figurines. Monogramme...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Maison Lancel 2 Light Brass Dolphin Sconces Black Shade, France, 1950, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of Maison Lancel 2 Light Brass dolphin sconces, wall lights with Black shades.
These animal sculpture lighting was made in the style of E....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage collectibles and curiosities created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern collectibles and curiosities made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original collectibles and curiosities, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Line Vautrin, Dunhill, and Kay Bojesen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for collectibles and curiosities differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $15 and tops out at $130,932 while the average work can sell for $755.
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