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MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Fallon Marble Bookends
Located in Paonia, CO
The (wh)ORE HAüS STUDIOS small goods collection was made for those that wanted to experience the (wh)ORE HAüS brand without committing to our larger pieces. Our Fallon Marble Bookend...
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2010s American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Marble

Valentino Italian Duo Fold Leather Wallet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine Italian Valentino Leather wallet with notches for 8 credit cards, 6 pockets and two zippered areas for important papers or change and win...
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #2 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Salta Round Brown Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Dramatic Gilded Silver and Black Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Highland, IN
This folding screen is visually arresting with a wonderful array of artful designs carved in shallow relief and gilded in silver. The playfulness of the decoration reminds us of Paul...
Category

1970s American Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Silver

Pair of Large Solid Lucite Obelisks, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of beautifully made impressive large solid lucite obelisks, American 1970's. These are a stand out in any room.
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1970s American Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Lucite

Salta Medium Square Black Onyx Stone & Brass Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Substantial Pair of Etched Crystal Globe Bookends by Nicole Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Substantial pair of etched crystal globe bookends by Nicole Miller, circa 2000s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure 9.5"W x 4.75"D x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Crystal

Fornasetti Bookends Strumenti Musicali Gold on Red Metal
Located in MILANO, IT
There can be wit and unpredictability in the order: this was Fornasetti idea when he designed his first bookends. The mix of images with their functional design make these accessorie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Contemporary American Rotating Metal Globe on Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American openwork metal globe rotates along its axis at a tilted angle, mounted on a scroll form metal stand. Wear to finish
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20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #4 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

20th Century Continental Hand-Painted Oil on Board Four-Fold Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
Continental Hand- Painted Wood Four-Fold Floor Screen. Oil on board fllor screen or room divider. Measures 64" in width and stands 72" tall.
Category

20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Gucci Black Canvas & Leather Suitcase Luggage Travel Bag Set - 2 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Gucci Black Canvas & Leather Suitcase Luggage Travel Bag Set - 2 Pcs. Item features original vintage Gucci luggage, one larger and one sm...
Category

1980s Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Canvas

Pair of Modern Brushed Aluminum and Horn Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool pair of modern brushed aluminum and horn bookends, circa 2000s. The set is beautifully crafted and are in very good vintage condition; they measure 11”W x 3.5”D x 7.25”H. #3932
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Geometric Bookends in Lucite by Amparo Calderon Tapia for Cain Modern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and beautiful pair of geometric bookends in polished Lucite designed by Amparo Calderon Tapia for Cain modern, the pieces have wonderful sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Lucite

Contemporary French 'Piazza Prints' Black and White Rolling Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French Contemporary folding room screen with four panels and three folds, printed in white against a black background with illustrations of Parisian landmarks, resting on four sets o...
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Homes & Gardens Book of Design Resource of Interior Style by Matthew Line
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Homes & Gardens Book of Design: A Complete Resource of Interior Style Hardcover – January 1, 2001 by Matthew Line (Author). Innovative yet pragmatic, and focusing on lasting results ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Paper

Shades of Venice High Divider in Giudecca Cords & Black Steel Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #5 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Vintage Gucci Black Canvas & Leather Suitcase Luggage His and Hers Set -2 Pc (B)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Gucci Black Canvas and Leather Suitcase Luggage His and Hers Set - 2 Pc Set (B. Item featured is original vintage Gucci luggage, one lar...
Category

1980s Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Canvas

Lee Rosen Ceramic/Pottery, Pair Bookends for Design Technics, Fused Glass Glaze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice pair of bookends designed by Lee Rosen, with an amazing fused glass glaze like broken glass surface very popular and used for many designers of the period, in America and Europe...
Category

1950s American Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Ceramic

Jaru Lucite and 24-Karat Gold Leaf Sculpture
By Jaru
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A two-piece Jaru cast Lucite sculpture with embedded 24-karat gold leaf flakes this ball placed on a pedestal sparkles and shimmers playing off any light source giving it a element o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Gold Leaf

Vintage Brown Caramel Leather Hard Case Suitcase Luggage Trunk with Patina
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Brown caramel leather hard case 18" Suitcase Luggage with Patina. Item features wonderful authentic patina, quality leather, brass hardware, satin lines interior, no key, but...
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Mid-20th Century North American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Leather

Modernist Bookends Black Granite and Glass Slab, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elevate your interior with these striking, architecturally designed bookends—a true modernist masterpiece from circa 1980. The bold, round glass slab is delicately etched with clouds...
Category

1980s French Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Granite, Stone, Metal, Chrome

Contemporary Monumental Three Fold White Wood and Glass Screen/Room Divider
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary monumental 3-fold screen / room divider with white lacquer painted wooden frame and central glass panels with silver metal hardware.
Category

20th Century Unknown Modern Home Accents

Materials

Glass

Steel Screen by Michael Gittings
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel screen by Michael Gittings One of a kind Dimensions: D 30 x W 180 x H 200 cm Materials: Mirror polished stainless steel, stainless steel, mirror finish. About the screen: I...
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2010s Australian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stainless Steel

Vicente Wolf Four-Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
A four-panel screen designed by Vicente Wolf. Dark wood frame encasing woven hemp panels. 69" tall, expands to 84" wide. Two available. Sold separately.
Category

20th Century Dominican Modern Home Accents

Materials

Hemp, Wood

Aurora Pink Portal Glass Bookends, ANDREW HUGHES
Located in New York, NY
The Portal design is a simple exercise in optics and color. The Aurora color and reflective light are diffused by a surface etching on the top third of the interior of each bookend. ...
Category

2010s American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Blown Glass

Trunk from 19th Century with Painting from the Artist Vlado Kadnár
By Vladimir Kadnár
Located in Vienna, Austria
The trunk, from solid wood, was made at the end of 19 century. The outside is covered in the original black coat , and is decorated from the slovak-australian artist Vlado Kadnár (...
Category

1990s Slovak Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Shade Low Divider in Pink Vip Upholstery with Matt Black Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shade, as in the Japanese meaning of “divider”, has been restyled in a contemporary way and found a place in the living area. Shade is a filter, a divider, a compact system created for constructing spaces: decorating, separating, reserving private and intimate corners. The two sizes and the different textiles for...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Upholstery

Colony Screen in Vienna Straw with Natural Ash Structure by Skrivo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Screen in Vienna Straw, with frame in solid natural ash or stained black. The rattan is only available in the same finish of the structure. We wanted to enhance the hidden role of the screen in the indoor environment, presenting a highly scenographic element that could come out of some Wes Anderson...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Straw

Shade Low Divider in Green Vip Upholstery with Matt Black Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shade, as in the Japanese meaning of “divider”, has been restyled in a contemporary way and found a place in the living area. Shade is a filter, a divider, a compact system created for constructing spaces: decorating, separating, reserving private and intimate corners. The two sizes and the different textiles for...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Upholstery

Vintage Handbag, Furla, Made in Italy, Black Leather, XXth Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Vintage Handbag, Furla, Made in Italy, Black Leather, XXth century. Handbag by Furla, black leather, made in Italy, silver buckle, very good condition, 20th century.     h: 22cm , w...
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20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Silver

Norman Bleckner Brass Bull Bookends Pair Of Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
These pair of vintage polished Norman Bleckner brass bull bookends have the original label on the bottom. New black felt feet were replaced with the ol...
Category

1970s American Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Maximalist Four-Panel Hand Painted Screen, After Jean Cocteau, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
A striking surrealist hand painted floor screen comprised of four canvas panels with profiles centering a "visage de faune" (faun's face), a...
Category

1950s French Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Black Transport Box 'Table' in Polished Wood
Located in Kastrup, DK
Black Transport box in polished wood. With chrome-plated protective strips on edges. Presumably used for instrument transport. Suitable for coffee tab...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Arflex Vela Screen C in Glass by Bernhardt & Vella
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two colored glasses with different shapes, but complementary, create a play of transparency. Vela is a screen that divides in a light and simple way, without weighing down the space,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Glass

Gray Metal Circle Design 4 Fold Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary dark gray metal plated 4-fold screen with wooden core and raised concentric circle pattern Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category

20th Century Unknown Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Organic Modern Accent Folding Screen in White Lacquered Wood
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Inspired by the Sacred Ceiba trees in Havana, Joao Faria created the stunning Roots Folding Screen for contemporary homes. It is handcrafted using carefully selected materials; many consider it a work of art. The Roots Collection includes console tables, mirrors, desks, and coffee tables. Each piece is handmade to order; we can manufacture it in endless combinations. This listing is for a Limited-Edition piece called Pure White, master-crafted from carefully selected materials in matt white lacquered wood. The author entirely made this piece artisanally in Portugal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Home Accents

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Small Ama Totem by Ana Tron
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Ama Totem by Ana Tron. Limited Edition of 5 Dimensions: D 25 x H 125 cm Materials: Recycled paper with paste, paint chalk, and matt water-based varnish. Ana Tron is an interio...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Home Accents

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Paper

Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Osis Paravent by Llot Llov
Located in Geneve, CH
Osis Paravent by Llot Llov Limited Edition of 4 Dimensions: D 15 x W 180 x H 170 cm Materials: birch wood Behind the LLOT LLOV brand is the studio for product and interior design as well as the producer of furniture, objects, lighting and surfaces. Since their foundation in 2006 by Ania Bauer and Jacob Brinck, the two Berlin based author designers have established themselves internationally. One of their recognizable features is the reinterpretation of traditional arts and crafts brought into a contemporary design context. An example of this is OSIS, an innovative surface finish using salt...
Category

2010s German Modern Home Accents

Materials

Birch

Shades of Venice Low Divider in Burano Cords & Black Steel Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Shades of Venice High Divider in Murano Cords & Black Steel Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

"Accent", Monumental Charcoal on Canvas Painting by Jessica Scott Felder
By Jessica Scott-Felder
Located in Hanover, MA
11 foot by 9 foot frame stretched charcoal on canvas painting by Jessica Scott-Felder titled "Accent" 2009. Jessica utilizes drawings and installations with antique objects to transform spaces into psychological realms that are suggestive of maternal figures and ancestral and social narratives. Initially, the chairs represented matriarchal presence and have currently expanded to ancestry. Jessica’s work addresses issues in identity, heritage, culture, and society’s rapidly disintegrating connection to the past. Jessica's grandmother's living room has been a focal point of her work. She is visually exploring the suggestive qualities of furniture placement. Many of the images were derived from “Last Year at Marienbad...
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Canvas

Salta Round Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Set of 3, Kazimir Screens, Abstract Coating in Silk by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3, Kazimir screens, Abstract coating in silk by Colé Italia with Julia Douza Dimensions: H 159, D116, W40 cm. Materials: Partition screen with jersey fabric coating with fantasy prints and a steel shaped rusted support; the structure is composed with 2 with frames in steel or in wood upholstered. Also available: different coatings, Jersey and Silk Upholstery, Type A, B, C, Custom Printing. The shapes and decor of these three screens...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #6 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Pair of Large Faceted Clear Murano Obelisks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large faceted clear Murano obelisks.
Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian Lira magazine rack by Pierangelo Gallotti for Gallotti and Radice, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Lira magazine rack by Pierangelo Gallotti for Gallotti and Radice, 1980s. Lira model magazine rack with curved steel rod structure and curved smoked glass support surface ins...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Steel

Marilyn Fox, Modernist Ceramic Architectural Column Sculpture, 1980s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Marilyn Fox, American (20th century). White stoneware ceramic column sculpture, circa 1980s. Signed near base. A witty feminine take on the age-old male...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Home Accents

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

Modern Three-Panel Screen Divider with Steel and Marble Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning and stylish decorative screen makes a wonderful accent divider or wall art, combining sculpted steel frame with parquet marble inlays. Perfect room divider or screen fo...
Category

20th Century Modern Home Accents

'Light Tropics' Wood Screen with Multicolor Murano Glass by Hillsideout
Located in Milan, IT
The screen cover “Light tropics” represents a mask which is inspired by a group of indigenous people called the Caduvei. The screen stylizes face painting by using colorful elements ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

1950s, Venini Glass Spiraling Obelisk
Located in Roma, IT
Spiraling clear-glass obelisk with red flame-like intrusions made by Venini. One of the most celebrated models of Venini. This type of glass is called "Vetro Sommerso", model 4256 fr...
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Glass

Limes Bookends by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Limes bookends by Imperfettolab Dimensions: 25 x 25 x H 41 cm Materials: Fiberglass Imperfetto Lab Who we are ? We are a family. Verter Turroni, Emanuela Ravelli and our child...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Fiberglass

Handbag, Longchamp, Large Size, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Handbag, Longchamp, Large size, 20th century. Handbag, Longchamp, Large size, brown leather with print, XXth century.     h: 33cm , w: 43cm, d: 17cm
Category

20th Century French Modern Home Accents

Materials

Leather

Reverso Separè Blue Shades by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Exploring transparency in epoxy resin, Reverso is a dual-facing room divider that adds a colored veil to the surrounding space. The soft, shaded nuances are achieved through a handcr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Pair of Bookends with Authentic Fossil Ammonites - Exclusive Design
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Add a touch of elegance and prehistoric charm to your bookshelf with this pair of bookends made of black slate and authentic fossil ammonites. A unique work that combines modern aes...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Slate

Contemporary Otto screen in Aluminium by altreforme in Limited Edition
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
The Otto screen, designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas is among the protagonists of this special collection: mirrored finishes that reflected the colors of the sea, Prussian bl...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Home Accents

Materials

Aluminum

Large Sculptural Belgian Globe Floor Stand
Located in BUSSUM, NH
Large Globe floor stand, metal, resin, Belgium, 1950s. Beautiful globe on a floor stand. The reserved, almost monochromatic color scheme in black ...
Category

1950s Belgian Vintage Modern Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Modern home accents for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique 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, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern home accents made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original home accents, popular names associated with this style include AIREDELSUR, Draga & Aurel, Maharam, and ANAKTAE. 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 $80 and tops out at $180,000 while the average work can sell for $2,818.

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