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Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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 legendary 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.

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
Pair of Tall Bamboo and Glass Bookcases, Room Dividers
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Tall Bamboo and Glass Bookcases, Room Dividers These are a pair of midcentury Age Darkened Bamboo Bookshelves, beautifully and sturdil...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Bamboo

Carl Auböck Bookends #3653
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in a patina and polish brass mix.  
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

French Soft Pink Velvet Large Room Divider, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
20th century soft pink velvet room divider. By unknown manufacturer, France. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Velvet

Bucolic Folding Screen, Hand Painted by Girofla, France, circa 1990
By Girofla
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Eliane and Monique Cloutier, both wives of the Cloutier Brothers - renowned French ceramists, joined hands to create under the pseudonym 'Girofla'. Graduates from l'Ecole des Arts Ap...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood

Vintage Mid-Century World Map Globe Lamp Light by JRO Verlag Munich circa 1970s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century fun world map globe table lamp or desk light by JRO-Verlag München. Made in Germany circa 1970, this whimsical lamp would...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Metal

Black 'Ventaglio' Coat Stand or Room Divider by Giovanni Pasotto for Tarzia
Located in Antwerp, BE
The original intention of the designer was to use this as a sculptural coat hanger. But this item is just too beautiful and unique to be buried underneath clothing. It is the ideal unique item to decorate any kind of room and can be used as a stand-alone object or as a room divider. The ideal statement piece. The Ventaglio is in excellent and original condition. Variable width depending on opening. It has been finished in a satin black lacquer, which creates the ideal depth and definition. Designed by Giovanni Pasotto for Tarzia- Italy, circa 1970s. Check out our Daddy Deco storefront for more mid...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Plastic, Wood

Gold Leaf Room Divider or Screen with Two Panels
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Room divider or screen, gold leaf, lacquered wood, France, 1960s. Gold leaf folding screen from French origin. The two panels are carefully decorated with a geometric pattern on the...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Gold Leaf

Pair 1950s Patinated Cast Brass Duck Mallard Head Bookends Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Sarreid attributed Vintage pair of patinated cast brass duck or Mallard Head bookends, Paperweight Home Decor, circa 1950. Great for holding up books on a bookshelf or as paper weig...
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1950s Taiwanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Folding Four-Panel Decorated Screen by Enzo Strada
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian folding four-panel screen with bucolic transfer painting. 1960s Each panel measures cm.53 x 3 x H 148.  
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood

Midcentury French Five Fold Oak and Rattan Screen
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury French 5-fold screen with oak frame and rattan panels.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Rattan, Oak

Mid-20th Century German Carved Wood Spiral Step Library Ladder
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Created in Germany circa 1960 and standing on turned legs, the circular step ladder features three stairs rolled around a turned central post. Versatile and practical, the elegant library essential is in very good used condition with a nice patina. Use this vintage staircase...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood

Coat Hook Mid-20th Century, Made in Italy, 1950
Located in Milano, IT
Bellissimo appendiabiti da parete del 1950 con serigrafia di barca, 3 appendini in cristallo e ottone, 1 ripiano in cristallo con cornice e gambe in legno di mogano Attribuito al arc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Crystal

1950s Mid-Century Abstract Biomorphic Bookends
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Light tan biomorphic forms with brown deeply incised abstract drawing throughout. Unknown Artist, no makers markings. These table sculptures embodies many artistic characteristics of...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Ceramic

Bamboo Screen, Room Divider, natural color. Spain 1970s
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
Bamboo screen, Room divider . Circa 1970. Spain. There is nothing metal, the same bamboo acts as a hinge. It is in very good condition . This type of material was widely used in the ...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Bamboo

Rare 1955 Cranbrook School Aim High Logo Design by Eero Saarinen Oak Bookends
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare pair of bookends with cast aluminum seal of Cranbrook School - Aim High logo and the year 1955 mounted to the oak boards. The Aim High logo was designed by Eero Saarinen, son of Eliel Saarinen who designed the schools campus and was president from 1932 - 1946. "In 1927, 'Aim High' was adopted as the motto of Cranbrook School. Along with the motto, a seal was created. This seal, designed by Eero Saarinen, displays an archer, Acestes, aiming his arrow high up into the sky. Famous Alums of Cranbrook, Charles & Ray Eames, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Jack Lenor Larsen, Fumihiko Maki, Gyo Obata, Ralph Rapson, Harry Weese, Toshiko Takaezu, Niels Diffrient, Harvey Littleton, Richard DeVore, Eero Saarinen and Olga de Amaral among others. Noted Faculty Carl Milles, Keith Haring, Daniel Libeskind, Marshall...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Aluminum

4-Leaf Screen with Lacquered Landscape by Bernard Cuenin, circa 1970
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Amazing folding screen with 4 leaves / panels in lacquered and painted wood. The painting represents a winter lake landscape: we see the shore of a marshy pond, covered with various...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Blenko Glass Twisted Hearts Clear Block Bookends Wayne Husted, 1969
Located in Miami, FL
Blenko glass twisted hearts clear block bookends, Wayne Husted 1969 Offered for sale is a pair of Blenko "Twisted Hearts" clear block bookends designed by Wayne Husted in 1969. Th...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Glass

Dino Gavina for Studio Simon, Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can Stool, Italy, 1971
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dino Gavina for Studio Simon, Homage to Andy Warhol: Campbell’s soup can stool, Italy, 1971. Rare stool designed by Dino Gavina as a tribute to Andy Wa...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Metal

Georges TIGIEN 3 Screens in Lacquered Wood and Plastic "Scoubidou" circa 1970
Located in Mouscron, WHT
3 screens in lacquered wood and plastic "scoubidou" threads circa 1970 dimension of a panel: 130 x 50 x 2 cm (51.18"x19.68"x0.79") 4 panels per screen ve...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Plastic, Beech

Sculptural Three-Panel Folding Screen Room Divider in Rattan and Wicker, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
This is a beautiful and rare wooden four-panel folding screen from Denmark, circa 1960. Beautiful four-panel screen, room divider, framing with intricately carved geometric desig...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wicker, Rattan

1968 Curtis Jere Male and Female Bookends, a Pair
Located in Marietta, GA
Classic pair of gilt iron bookends, signed C Jere, 1968. One, the sign for female, and one, the sign for male. Heavy enough to actually hold books, or just use, decoratively.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Iron

Vintage Hand Painted Screen Panels by Robert Crowder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Incredible vintage hand painted screen panels designed by Robert Crowder in the United States, circa 1960s. These screen panels have a design that takes us back to the typical gardens of ancient Japan, which fell in love with the eye and spread peace to visitors. It features six rectangular panels with a white background, which simulates an elegant oil painting...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood, Paper, Paint

Mid 20th Century Carved Solid Walnut Room Divider
Located in Germantown, MD
Carved solid walnut room divider in excellent condition. Comes in 5 panels with hinges. Each panel measures 60"W x 75"H.   
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Walnut

David Segel 3 Panel Floor Screen Signed & Titled "PARTS OF HER" 1970s Original
Located in Monrovia, CA
David Segel 3 panel floor screen titled "PARTS OF HER" This is an amazing piece of functional art. 3 panels of David Segel artwork on a 3 part floor screen. Hand painted gouache artwork by well known artist DAVID SEGEL is signed and numbered on the back of the 3 panel floor screen. The subject or model for this piece of art is again his muse that is used for his sculptures. The condition is in excellent vintage condition. Strong and sturdy. No chips, no cracks, no marring, the long brass piano hinges are stable and secured in place. Dimensions Are: Panels 1 & 3 Are Twenty-Three Inches Wide by Panel 2 Is Thirty-One Inches Wide. Total Of Seventy-Seven Inches Wide by Seventy-Two and A Half Inches Tall by Two and a Half Inches Thick. David Segel 1921-2005: An American Modernist Painter And Sculptor. He Lived In Venice California and Paris. After studying at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and the Art Institute of Chicago, David moved to Paris in 1950 to work and teach, He studied in the atelier of Fernand Leger and then traveled around other Western European countries. He has been shown in galleries from Paris, France, to Los Angeles, California, including the Whitney Museum in New York City. Segel enjoyed a prolific career and worked with a variety of mediums including: oils, bronze and wood sculptures, and dramatic sketches. He also worked in furniture and interior design. Segel’s work is represented in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum. His awards include The First Carnegie Prize and The Hallmark International Art Award. David Segel died in Venice, California in 2005 at the age of 84. His solo exhibition of painting and sculpture include: Lynchburg, VA; Galerie Ariel, Paris; Galerie Maeght, Paris; Van-Dieman Lilienfeld Gallery, New York; Palmer House...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Plexiglass, Wood, Paint

Contemporary Room Divider / Screen Totem Sculptures
Located in London, GB
Natasha Dakhli Totems/Room Divider, 2021 Material: Stoneware, white enamel Dimension; H 185 x 163 x 52 cm Modular totems sculptures made of white ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Stoneware

Mid-Century Modern Abstract White Lucite Swirl Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning 1970s Lucite or Plexiglass sculpture. Abstract geometrical swirl shape, with milky white color mounted on a tall, stepped black Lucite or acrylic base. The piece boasts diff...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass

1960's Art Wall Unit or Room Divider with Sculpture by Jelínek
Located in Praha, CZ
Unique mid-century artistic wall unit or room divider made of metal with two wooden benches and sculpture by Jelínek (signed).
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Metal, Copper

Vintage 1960s Modernist Inspired Handcrafted Hanging Wall Sculpture/Room Divider
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage 1960s Modernist inspired handcrafted hanging wall sculpture / room divider by New Zealand Artist Andrew Reid. circa 1990s. Features a combi...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wire

Small Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice small sculptural jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Iron

Brass Obelisk Refinished in Antique Bronze Finish from Gimbels Department Store
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brass obelisk refinished in antique bronze. Originally a display item from Gimbels Department Store.
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Frederic Weinberg Bird Cage Shaped Planter Hanging Fixture with Onion Dome Top
Located in Chicago, IL
This bird cage shaped hanging fixture was originally designed by Frederic Weinberg as a planter. A slight variation of this design was also available as an actual bird cage, but I can find no reference to it having been offered by Frederic Weinberg as a ceiling fixture. So I assume it was converted to a hanging fixture for its original owner, where it hung in the center of a circular staircase. The form is of a stylized tower with an onion dome...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wrought Iron

Mid-Century Modern Bronze TOTEM Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century bronze sculpture. In the form of a stylized totem. With a round plinth supported by 3 legs (and thus a little prone to tipping). Simply a wonderful sculp...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Bronze

Pair of C2C Designs, a Resin Based Sculptural Ear and Nose Bookend Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful pair of iconic C2 Design bookends. The pair combine a combination pop Nose and Ear. The resin has a stone look and are very popular. The pai...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Acrylic, Resin

Mid-Century Modern Architectural Brass Globe Bookend & Decorative Object, 1970s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern polished brass ball orb sculptural bookend. The design features a round spherical globe beautifully enhanced by a square walnut wood Stand, adding an architectural...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Pair of Sea Birds on Ocean Pylon Bookends by Curtis Jere for Artisan House
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent and rare pair of sea birds on ocean pylon bookends by Curtis Jere for Artisan House, circa 1977. The pair are signed and dated and are in very good vintage condition with a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Quartz, Copper

Elegant Italian Obelisk in Bronze
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bronze obelisk with elegant proportions, stamped "made in Italy".
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Bronze

Pair of Reclining Lion Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of reclining lion bookends, a stunning pair with the look of limestone, but a composition material. The pair are of good weight for those larger bo...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Composition

Vintage 1960 Purse Ladies Clutch Hand Bag, France, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This hand bag is in a black color. It has been done in France cirace 1960. In faux leather, and gilt metal.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Faux Leather

Pair of Mid-Century Italian Abstract Marble and Ceramic Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage pair of abstract marble and ceramic bookends. This interesting design is attributed to Fratelli Mannelli and was manufactured by Raymor. These stylish pair of abstract mar...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Marble

Charlotte Perriand Paravent Ambassade Screen by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Paravent Ambassade indoors screen designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and Pernette Perriand-Barsac. Manufactured in Italy by Cassina. ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Porcelain

Goyard Trunk, 1940s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic vintage Goyard trunk. Wooden frame wrapped in the iconic Goyard canvas print with saddle leather and brass hardware. Incredible patina and colori...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern 3 Panel Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Decorative folding screen divider of 3 panels, nlaid with solid brass lines
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Salviati Murano Glowing Uranium Art Glass Italian Bird Bookend Sculptures
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown uranium yellow with orange tails Italian art glass chirping birds bookend sculptures. Documented to the Salviati Company. Each has a generic "Mura...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Uranium Glass, Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Vintage Maitland-Smith Green Faux Stone Obelisk
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful green faux marble obelisk. The four-sided tapered obelisk has a turtle shaped brass tone metal finial and feet. It sits on a matching pedestal that is lined to the undersid...
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1990s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Stone, Metal

Vintage Italian Chinoiserie Room Divider Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful vintage Italian chinoiserie or oriental room divider screen with stitched panels of foliage, flowers and birds of different colo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood

Vintage Stacked Solid Wood Bookends
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage solid wood bookends made of ash, walnut, mahogany and maple. Glued together in a stacked design then shaped in a curved pattern. They make nice decorative sculptures.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Walnut

Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware Bookends in Brass and Walnut "Diamond"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware brass bookends with an inlaid walnut diamond motif. Wear throughout, as shown (patina, tarnish, scuffs). Newly polished condition. Original green ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Mid-Century Room Divider - Screen in Iron with Linen by St. Herzog Munich 1990s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Screen in iron with heavy linen fabric covering by Stefan Herzog. The naturalistic object has a poetic touch and recalls the works of Garouste and Bonetti. The iron parts have a certain rusticity, the pores are open, making them look almost like branches. The slightly coarser beige-colored linen harmonizes perfectly with the brown iron frame. The 3-frame parts are mounted on 4 large oak wheels. The object is movable and, when postitioning, the wheels must be properly aligned. These oak wheels give the object the final touch. Stefan Herzog was born in 1960 in Germany- Munich. His father runs for many years a Kunstschmiede in Munich, therefore meets Stefan Herzog also this choice of profession. He is trained as a blacksmith and visits the art academy in Munich, he concludes his training with the master craftsman's diploma. He takes over his father's family business. His artistic heart is attached to the special objects that he designs again and again. Various exhibitions in Munich with forged unique pieces - furniture follow...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Iron

Vintage Old Timer Suitcase Made from Cowhide with Combination Lock
Located in Vienna, AT
The item on sale is a beautifully constructed suitcase made from cowhide. All the handles, zippers and flaps look untouched. It comes with a matching label for the owner's address an...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Mid Century Italian Tambour Screen Room Divider in Solid Golden Mahogany & Rosso
Located in Brussels , BE
Mid century italian Tambour screen room divider in solid golden mahogany & Rosso Verona Marble - 5 available.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Marble

Midcentury Bookends with Music Sheet Pattern by Grafiche Tassotti & Figli, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of lovely and large triangular Midcentury book ends from the 1950s, executed by Tassotti & Figli, Bassano, Italy. Made of wood, covered wi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Wood, Paper

Vivai del Sud Three Panel Bamboo Screen Palm Tree Motif
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian mid-century “Vivai Del Sud” Tri-Fold Bamboo Screen with inlaid palm motif. This screen is an open canvas, you can add mirrors, art or anything else you can think off. This sc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Bamboo

Pair of Marble Dice Bookends with Marble Bases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Marble Dice on Marble bases. The pair are a nice compliment to any shelf and great for the game aficionado or child's room. The roll of the dice an...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Marble

Goyard Lingerie Trunk, 1920s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic vintage Goyard trunk. Made in the 1920s. Large wooden frame wrapped in the iconic Goyard canvas print with saddle leather and brass hardware as w...
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1920s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Brass

Patinated Wood and Gold Leaf Screen. France, Mid-20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Patinated Wood and gold leaf screen attributed to Maison Jansen. France, mid-20th century.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Gold Leaf

Jean Prouvé Brise-Soleil/Sun Shutter c. 1960
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean Prouvé Brise Soleil c. 1960's. Designed in 1956, executed c. 1962-65 for Cité Scolaire de la Dullague, Béziers, France. Aluminum. Exceptiona...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Aluminum

Two Painted Cast Iron Antique Car Door Stops or Book Ends
By Sexton
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This fabulous pair of painted cast iron antique cars can be used as door stops, book ends, or shelf décor. One is a red, early Model T Ford with gold and ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Metal, Iron

Set of Two Giacomo Balla Paravento Balla Room Dividers by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Room divider designed by Giacomo Balla in 1917, relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. This wooden screen is based on an original tempera and pencil sketch on paper by artist Giacomo Balla. Today, Cassina revives this brightly coloured accessory to divide and complete the various areas of the house with a real artistic touch. The Balla Screen consists of three honeycomb panels of different heights and widths joined together by brushed brass double-action hinges specially designed by Cassina, carefully interpreting the original design. The silk-screen printed decoration, on both sides, is available in two versions, with orange background in the colours yellow and green, respecting the shades in the Balla sketch, and with white background in the colours blue and green. The Balla Screen, part of the Cassina I Maestri...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Home Accents

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Paper

Mid-century Modern home accents for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern home accents 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 home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern home accents 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 home accents, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Blenko, Ben Seibel, and Replogle Globes. 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 home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $188,000 while the average work can sell for $1,200.

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