Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chair — crafted 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
Period: Mid-20th Century
Modern Acrylic Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of clear acrylic bookends with Modern edge and jewel-like design, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. Each measure: 6" Height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Mexican Modernist Sterling Silver Necklace by Tane Orfebres
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sterling silver necklace with a turquoise color cabochon set in by Mexican silversmith Tane Orfebres circa 1960-1970s. The chain links were crafted in a modernist sculptural form w...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Beautiful "Matl-Salas" Sterling Pendants Depicting Horses Midcentury Mexico
By Matilde Poulat, Ricardo Salas
Located in Mexico, DF
Two beautiful pendants handcrafted in 925 sterling at Matilde Poulat and Ricardo Salas´s silversmith workshop probably during the 1950s, hallmarked "Matl-Salas Mexico 925". They depi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lancel tennis Ashtray, France, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Tennis ashtray by Lancel , France 1960's.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Early Sterling Silver Pendant William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely necklace pendant in 980 sterling silver from Taxco, Mexico. Designed and made by the studio of William Spratling, an American designer and entrepreneur who established his s...
Category
1930s Mexican Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
20th Century Trunk for Storage
Located in Miami, FL
20th century chest on bracket feet with a top that opens to reveal storage and drawers below.
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Pine
Pablo Picasso Womans Magical Head Cubist Chicago Sculpture Maquette Mid-Century
Located in Hyattsville, MD
“Maquette” (after Pabloe Picasso) Very Old Maquette. Black enamel over different types of metal; steel, copper or brass. Unsigned.
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Bronze Necklace Pendant Saint Laurent Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze pendant titled Saint Laurent by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997). Gilt bronze, circa late 1940s. It depicts the ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
Maximalist Four-Panel Hand Painted Screen, After Jean Cocteau, 1950s
By Jean Cocteau
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 More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Small, Chrome-Plated, Coat Rack, from the Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Chrome-plated coat rack from the Czechoslovakia made in the design style of the Bauhaus. Produced in the 1960s.
Bent metal form, chrome-plated, with 5 hooks, in very good condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Blu Marble and Art Glass Chess Game Set, Italy, circa 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian marble and art glass chess game set, circa 1960s, Italy. Marble game board has a beautiful rare blue marble colors that include: white, and a marble combo of white/blue/gr...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Marble
Walnut Bed from 1930 s Made for the Actress Frauke Lauterbach
Located in Vienna, Austria
This elegant bed has an amazing history, it was designed and made in Germany for Frauke Lauterbach and Paul Martin.
Paul Martin was a Hungarian film...
Category
1930s German Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sculptureof a Boxer Signed Bertin, France, circa 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Silver plated figure / sculpture of a boxer signed Bertin, France, circa 1930. Mounted over a marble base. Perfect for a boxing, sports wrestling fan.
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver Plate, Spelter
Rare Custom Robsjohn-Gibbings Wastebasket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut wastepaper basket with two brass ring handles from a 1938 custom Manhattan NY interior by Robsjohn-Gibbings. This is part of a library suite we ac...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Oil Painting of Madonna and Child by Arnedo Linares, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century Oil Painting of Madonna and Child by Arnedo Linares, Spain (1925-2011)
This oil depicting the "Desamparados Verge" patron saint of Valencia...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Neutral Vintage Oushak Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a vintage Turkish Oushak rug.
Measures: 16'' x 16''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Pale Turkish Oushak Small Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a vintage 20th century Turkish Oushak rug.
14'' x 16''
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Vintage Oushak Pillow Cover with Soft Muted Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
52226, vintage Oushak pillow cover with soft muted colors. For a polished look on beds, sofas or chairs, this vintage Oushak pillow cover helps ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool
Claes Oldenburg "Gayety" Happening Rare Original Poster
Located in Sharon, CT
One of the original ephemeral Pop Art events of the 1960s, Claes Oldenburg's "Gayety" happening, is documented with this rare poster advertisement, and including a mimeo list of deta...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Italian TOTEM Shaped Coat Rack Attributed to Carlo De Carli, circa 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
Italian TOTEM shaped coat rack in lacquered wood attributed to Carlo De Carli, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Faux Bamboo Combined Cabinet/Drawers
Located in Sheffield, MA
The contemporary piece of furniture is a combined cabinet and chest of three drawers side by side that are secured to an inset platform at the bottom or can be used as two separate p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Rare VW Beetle Pedal Car by Pines
By Pines of America
Located in Highland, IN
Made by Pines of America Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana this exceptional vintage VW pedal car comes with its original cardboard box. These plastic pedal cars...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Medical Model by Denoyer Geppert
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Early 20th century wood and fiberglass medical model by Denoyer Geppert.
Category
1940s Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
1957-1962, Rare Georges Braque 'Au Vent d'Arles' Archive Books and Lithographs
Located in Paris, FR
Extremely rare set of Georges Braque archives maquettes books and lithographs created with the publisher 'Au Vent d'Arles', Paris.
The set is composed with:
- L'Ordre des Oiseaux (...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
1950s, Venini Glass Spiraling Obelisk
By Venini
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 More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Glass
Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, Reclining Mother with Shawl
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Zuniga bronze, edition: 3. #472 catalog raisonne:
"Madre Reclinada con Rebozo".
Measures: 5 3/4" H x 12" L x 8" W not including the wood plinth.
Signed Zuniga and dated 1964.
"Le...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
Cubist Wood Sculpture of a Nude by Russian American Sculptor Boris Blai, 1930s
By Boris Blai
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A carved wooden cubist sculpture of a seated nude woman by Boris Blai (1893-1985).
This carving likely dates to the 1920s-1930s (during Blai's time in Philadelphia).
Most likely constructed of sections of laminated basswood stained with a dark stain, it has an integral plinth with button feet and a carved signature the base.
The sharp angular lines of the body are starkly contrasted by the soft-edged, almost nondescript depiction of the head and face.
Blai was born in Russia and studied in academies in St. Petersburg, Paris, and eventually under Auguste Rodin. After WWI, Blai emigrated to the US, where aside from his prolific art production, he was also instrumental in the founding of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, the Long Beach Island...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Lauro Malusi Table Lamp and Sculpture Olive Tree
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Table lamp and sculpture belonging to the famous Italian cellist.
Measures in cm: Statue cm 40 Lamp cm 82 Basis cm 18 x 18
Notes
Giovanni Lauro Malusi was born in Cervia on Ju...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Olive
Stone Rock Carved Monkey Mother and Baby Gorilla Statue Signed LEW Siegel
By LEW Siegel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful vintage signed LEW Siegel carved stone rock marble mama gorilla monkey and baby. This is extremely heavy!
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Stone, Marble
Pair of Wall Hung Italian Modernist Bedside Tables
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning solid Italian walnut wall hung night stands. Incredibly well made and the wood has mellowed nicely with age. Tables have built in drawer as we...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Carl Auböck Brush Pen Holder
Located in London, GB
A wonderful little pen holder by Carl Auböck. Handmade in Vienna in the 1950s. A beautiful delicate sculptural piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Italian Art Glass Pendant Chandelier Attributed to Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Italian art glass pendant shade, tomato red, with controlled bubble inclusions. Probably by "Venini". Measure: Total drop including chain 22.5".
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Art Glass
Susi Singer pair of terracotta figures, sculptures, signed.
By Susi Singer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of the very well known jewish artist Susi Selma Singer.We think these pieces were made in USA after she emigrated from Austria her native country.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Designer, Coat Hangers, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass coat hangers designed and produced in Italy, 1940s
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Satua di Pinocchio di grandi dimensioni anni '70
Located in Roma, IT
Statua di pinocchio realizzata in legno degli anni '60 di grandi dimensioni braccia snodate dipinto a mano in buono stato di conservazione
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Fontana Arte Attribution, Coat Rack, Italy, 1940s
By Fontana Arte
Located in High Point, NC
A brass coat rack attributed to Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Modernist Stainless Steel and Bronze Menorah
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist stainless steel and bronze menorah, circa 1970s. The menorah is in very good vintage condition and measures 11.75"W x 2"D x 4.75"H. The bronze candle holder accents are r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Italian modern Table globe map of the world in metal, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Table globe map of the world in metal, 1960s
Table map of the world with metal structure. The globe rotates thanks to the pins of the curved metal structure. The base ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Bedside Cabinets in Black Glossy Lacquered Wood and Chromed Steel, 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist bedside cabinets pair in black glossy lacquered wood and chromium plated tubular steel, circa 1930
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Nightstand by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modern nightstand by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller circa 1930s.
Featuring a recessed top, two shelves, and a black drawer.
Fully ma...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Half-Size FSW-6 Screen by Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
Half-size FSW-6 screen in ash plywood and canvas. Designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Herman Miller, Zeeland, MI, circa 1948. Unmarked.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Canvas, Plywood
Animal Farm, George Orwell, first us edition, 1946, hardcover
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Animal Farm - George Orwell - First US Edition- 1946 - hardcover
it's a classic - more important now than ever
some water damage to dust cover / some...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Metal Patinated Ceramic Jesus Christ Memorabilia Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jesus Christ metal patinated ceramic statue.
Made Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Signed by M...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Tommi Parzinger Rare 4 Poster Queen Size Bed, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
4 Poster queen size bed model No. 185 in lacquered mahogany with silver leaf flowers at tops of posts by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1950's. These Parzinger beds...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver Leaf
Carousel Boat by L' Autopède, 1940s
By L'Autopède
Located in Antwerp, BE
Carousel boat by Atelier L' Autopède Belgium.
This merry-go-round hand-made metal boat is the first model of the first serie boats made by L' Autopède in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
Model No. 1701 Umbrella Stand by Ico Parisi
By Ico Parisi
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Model no. 1701 umbrella stand by Ico Parisi, Italy, 1959, in teak and stainless steel, manufactured by Stildomus, Rome.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Stainless Steel
Therapeutic Small Elephant Toy in Jute and Leather by Renate Müller, circa 1969
Located in New York, NY
Therapeutic toy small elephant in jute and leather. Originally designed and made by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven, Sonneberg, Germany, circa 1969.
Category
1960s German Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Jute
Therapeutic Giraffe Toy in Jute and Leather by Renate Müller, circa 1968
Located in New York, NY
Therapeutic Toy Giraffe in natural jute with red and blue leather detailing. Designed by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven KG, Sonneberg, Germany, circa 1968.
Category
1960s German Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Jute
Therapeutic Toy Cube in Jute with Leather by Renate Müller, 1968-1974
Located in New York, NY
Therapeutic Toy cube in jute with leather detailing. Designed and made by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven, Sonneberg, Germany, produced between 1968 and 1974.
Category
1960s German Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Jute
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