1950s Furniture

Incredible Piece of Modern Art. 1950's French Modernist Black Iron Hand Crafted Scorpion Sculpture with crystal adorned.

Stoneware table lamp in matte white by Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Etched “Martz” on the back. New wiring and plug. Shade not included.

An iconic and original lithographic poster created by Jean Cocteau to celebrate the Chapelle St. Pierre in the town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the south of ...

Pierre Jeanneret Desk and Stool from the city of Chandigarh, India 1950 - 1959 Teak Holland and Sherry boiled wool. Desk: 27 H x 31.5 W x 23 D inches Stoo...

Lucien Clergue Nu de la mer, 1958 Numbered out of 20. Signed and numbered on the back. Clergue workshop stamp. Dimensions 59.5 x 49.4 cm Framing Frame with museum glass Dimensi...

Listed for sale is a very rare and early tulip dining table from pedestal collection, designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll Associates. This example retains an original Kno...

Listed for sale is a two-door cabinet designed by George Nelson and produced by Herman Miller circa 1950. This is a gorgeous original example, which appears remarkably intact. As not...

Listed for sale is a circa 1954 George Nelson for Herman Miller Model 4936 5-Drawer Basic Cabinet Series dresser / credenza. This is a delightfully original piece. The condition over...

Listed for sale is a very rare Arka chair designed by Yngve Ekstrom and executed by Stolab of sweden. These chairs are fabulously unique in terms of their proportions and are refined...

Bifurcating out from the stem of this ceiling light are two cupped shades, reminiscent of Calla lilies. Pointed in opposing directions the shades project a warm glow across any room.

Beautiful, impressive, large statement piece. Modern Italian herringbone lacquered credenza leaves a stunning impression. Above average condition and structurally sound. Does have so...

Impressive, beautiful Italian lacquered credenza. About the average condition and structurally sound. Does have some finish wear on top with...

Italian bar with counter and two bar stools as well as a wall cabinet with glass doors and two-armed wall lamp. The bar has been constructed as...

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Circa 1950s, Italy. This hyper modern pair of vases are the epitome of Italian design fifties style. The color is utterly fabulous and very unusual, a particularly bold orange. Beau...

Champagne bucket by Jean Despres, France, circa 1950. Important hammered silver plated champagne bucket with cylindrical hammered body presenting two scrolled handles underlined with spheres and decorated at the top of the Jean Despres flat link chain. Incised signature "J.Després" under the base (see photo). A similar model is illustrated in the book "Jean Després, jeweler and goldsmith between Art Deco and modernity" by Melissa Gabardi, page 151, to Editions Norma (see photos). Jean Despres, born June 15, 1889 in Souvigny (Allier), and died in 1980 in Avallon (Yonne), is a French goldsmith, creator of jewelry, objects and furniture of Art Deco style, specializing in the work of the silver. Jean Despres was born into a descendant family of master glassmakers, Després de Loisy, and glaziers, Turlin. The family moved in Avallon in 1890 to open an articles of paintings and art store at no. 27 rue de Paris and then at no. 20 place Vauban. He attended school and college in Avallon without being a very bright student. His passion was cycling and competitions. He obtained his patent in 1905. His father placed him in apprenticeship with a friend, goldsmith in Paris in the Marais district. At the same time, he completed his training by following the drawing classes in the schools of the city of Paris and frequented the Bateau-Lavoir, where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Paul Signac, Giorgio De Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Chaim Soutine, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Braque, whom will be his best friend. He is passionate about cubism. During World War I, Jean Despres was assigned as a draftsman mechanic in the workshops of the military aviation. This double experience will durably mark him and feed all his work. He participated in the Art Deco movement. He had many friends in the avant-garde of the time, such as Paul Jouve or Maurice de Vlaminck. In the 1920s and 1930s, he took over his parents' store in Avallon and set up his studio where he created motor jewelry, whose pure forms inspired by aeronautical mechanical parts were part of the avant-garde movement. Craftsman of metal, gold, silver, tin, Despres shaped material, invented new forms. Like his contemporaries Marcel Sandoz or Raymond Templier, he was one of those pioneers who renounce the codes of high jewelry and the use of precious stones. He participated, with the help of Paul Signac, in his first Salon des Indépendants in 1926. He also participated in the revival of the forms of goldsmithing by removing the classic ornaments, to create pieces with massive shapes, silver, pewter, usually silver metal, everyone recognizable by its hammered appearance. In 1935, he took care of the Art and Fashion Gallery at No. 39 rue du Colisée in Paris. In 1936, he married Simone Delattre, painter and decorator on embroidered fabrics. He was rewarded by the Aeroclub which awards him a gold medal in 1937. These works were beginning to be known abroad. The following year, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He run his gallery and kept his studio in Avallon. In 1940, he was President of the Goldsmiths' Union, a professional delegate for artistic protection at the international jewelry-goldsmith's office. He was the goldsmith's rapporteur on the awards commission of the Society for the Promotion of Art and Industry. In 1943, he came to live on rue de La Trémoille in Paris, where he had a shop at the same address. Among his friends, he counted Pierre Vigoureux and frequented Jules Cavaillès, Worms, Peltier, Lalique, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Fernand Léger and many others. He counted Josephine Baker among his famous clients. After the war, Jean Despres will expose several times, with the support of the State, in different foreign countries. In 1972, he offered the city of Avallon sixty-eight of his works. Exhibitions 1925: Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with Rose Adler and the painter Étienne Cournault 1925: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts 1926: Salon des indépendants 1928: Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1928: Salon des Artistes-Decorateurs 1930: Union des Artistes Modernes, at the Pavillon de Marsan, he exhibits surrealist jewelry...

Rare and unusual gueridon (three legged) wrought iron table with a beautiful gray stone top. Designed by Yale R.Burge who was the first president of the National Society of Interior ...

This is An Eames LCW Lounge Chair in Walnut, dating to circa 1953. It has the 5-2-4 screw pattern underneath, indicating early Herman Miller production. This example is in very good ...

Stunning French concrete mushroom stools from the 1950s. All hand made and hand painted featuring small decorative mushrooms along the base. ...

A 1951 oil on canvas abstract painting by American artist Irving Petlin (1934-2018). Signed and dated verso, shades of blue, black, and green come together to create an array of abst...

Listed for sale is a rare pair of Jens Risom Designs Inc walnut & tan laminate end/side tables. These tables are marked and original examples. They were designed by Jens Risom and pr...

Listed for sale is a very rare and early Hans Bellman Small Tripod Table, produced by Knoll Associates. This example retains its original 575 Madison Avenue label, which dates it to ...

This is a Model A232 Cabinet, designed by Børge Mogensen and produced by C.M. Madsen for FDB Mobler. The piece was designed in the late 1950s in Denmark. It has two front doors and t...

This is an AJ Royal Floor Lamp, designed by Arne Jacobsen for Louis Poulsen in 1956. It was manufactured in Denmark for the SAS Hotel in Copenhagen in 1958. It is formed of matte pai...

Listed for sale is a George Nelson for Herman Miller 2-tone dresser with 4 drawers. This example has a matching 4-drawer, 1-door dresser/credenz...

Jared French (American, 1905-1988) Portrait sketch of Chuck Howard pencil on paper signed and titled in margin: Charles Howard Feb. 12, 1950 … by ...

Osmo Isaksson (1918-1997), Finnish-Swedish artist. Oil on board. Modernist painting with birds on a lake. In gray and black tones. Signed and dated 1952. In perfect condition. Total...

Up for sale is a rare vintage George Nelson for Herman Miller rosewood thin edge cabinet. The cabinet appears to have been originally designed to house bottlesand act as a sideboard....

Listed for sale is a pair of circa 1951 production Herman Miller Eames DAX arm shell chairs with iconic rope edge. These are gorgeous original ...

This beautifully designed hand wrought Modernist Sterling Silver Sauce Boat with Ebony Handle is made by Allan Adler and originates from the United States circa 1950. Well scaled and...

Set of eight hand-stitched leather armchairs with brass-plated sabots. Designed for the U.N.E.S.C.O headquarters in Paris; 1958. Each chair is individually numbered on an embossed al...

Listed for sale is a circa 1955 vintage rolling cart designed by Raymond Loewy and produced by the Hill-Rom Company of Batesville, Indiana. This example is one of a few variants desi...

This is a prototype Frank chair, designed and fabricated by Frank Gratz, patriarch of Gratz Industries in the late 1950s. This is a recent production example from the 2000s as Gratz ...

Pair of slender lamps in brass and enameled metal. Simple and elegant in their minimalist design. Opaque glass shades diffuse light and support larger shade. In excellent vintage con...

Pair of exceptional mid-century Italian dining chairs in the style of Gio Ponti. Large scale for European chairs. One pair left from the set of 6 pictured in situ.

Beautiful centerpiece with an irregular shape in enamelled copper with pchrome pattern. By Metal Arte Sulmona, Italian manufacture from the 60s. Brand engra...

Listed for sale is a circa 1954 production Herman Miller LCM (Lounge Chair with Metal Legs), designed by Ray and Charles Eames. This was one of the earliest designs by the Eames,' af...

This is an original 1958 Aluminum Group reclining lounge chair, designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. This example is a true collector's item, as the Saran upholstery ...

A large black-lacquered iron and beige and green rubber band floor lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 84.5” H x 17.5” Diameter Bulb Specif...

Listed for sale is a vintage Herman Miller LCM (Lounge Chair Metal), designed by Ray and Charles Eames. This example was produced circa 1952 and was later repaired by Herman Miller (...

Listed for sale is a 1950s Thonet bentwood side table with legs designed in a similar manner to that of Alvar Aalto. These tables are iconic...

Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) is recognised as a pivotal figure in modernism. His collaborations with his cousin Le Corbusier are especially significant, particularly their codificati...

Gilbert VALENTIN (1928-2000) Atelier LES ARCHANGES Extremely rare lamp sculpture anthropomorphic enamelled black granite. A great power emanates from this artwork. Collectible ceram...

Listed for sale is a circa 1959 production Herman Miller Eames DAX dining / side chair with dark green original naugahyde removable pad and fiberglass shell (with painted back). The ...

Artisan made face of an ancient Greek man with a laurel wreath molded in pewter and set on a walnut backing, American 1950's. This captivating work is beautifully made.

French concrete garden mushrooms, circa 1970s. Great for use outside. Age has given these unique items a light patina. Substantial and well ma...

Listed for sale is a very rare and early Hans Bellman Small Tripod Table, produced by Knoll Associates. This example retains its original 575 Madison Avenue label, which dates it to ...

Designer: Unknown, Italian Date: 1950s Materials: Brass, wood, glass Description: The 1950s Italian brass mirror is a vintage decorative item...

Listed for sale is a pair of circa 1950s N65 childs chairs designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto, produced by Artek in Finland. These chairs were ordered with blue/green laminate seats an...

Listed for sale is a gorgeous C. 1950 vintage black leather Butterfly chair, designed by Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Antonio Bonet, and Juan Kurchan for Knoll. This is a vintage example, w...

Jacques Hitier was a French decorator and furniture designer born in Paris on March 28, 1917, and died in La Frette-sur-Seine on March 6, 19991. Patrick Favardin describes him as "on...

Alain Richard (1926 - 2017) is a famous French designer who quickly established himself as one of the most brilliant representatives of his generation. After graduating top of his class from the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1949, he joined his former teacher René Gabriel's studio, before moving to the Netherlands on Gabriel's death. The young designer then collaborated with Hein Salomonson's firm, before setting up his own design office in Paris in 1952 with his wife Jacqueline Iribe, a designer of furnishing textiles. Rigorously functional, his first pieces of furniture were first published by Lavrilleux and Charron, then by Meubles TV, where Alain Richard worked and designed several pieces with André Monpoix. Together, they designed the Banquette 195 (1954). A success among others, it was awarded the Prix de la Triennale de Milan in 1954 and, ten years later, the Prix René Gabriel. Alain Richard's talented career continued in the 70s, with frequent commissions from the Mobilier national, the design of numerous museums, and projects for major hotel groups, winter sports resorts and BNP, which entrusted him with the furnishings of numerous prestigious branches around the world. At the end of his career, he devoted himself to teaching. the table 200 was published by meuble TV, one of the major publishers of the time. It measures 180 cm when the extension is in use, and 130 cm when the extension is folded away to the side. It can be used as a dining table for 8 people...

A cinnamon colored stoneware water jug for Rorstrand. Inscribed on base with makers initials and studio mark.

Elevate your interior with this set of four 1950s Danish Modern lounge chairs, a harmonious blend of mid-century elegance and contemp...

Listed for sale is an exceptionally rare No. 48 desk/dining chair, designed by Franco Albini and produced by Knoll. This was one of Knoll's earliest designs an...

Listed for sale is a Hans Wegner for Johannes Hansen flip top coffee table (or could be used as a large end table). The table appears to be constructed from brown oak, which has pati...

Listed for sale is a single (multiple stools are available, but the price listed is for each stool) 1951 series counter stool, designed by Adrian van Hooydonk from BMW Designworks. T...

Description: Made in the 1960s. The Barovier & Toso Bottle with Two Tumblers is an exquisite set that exemplifies the craftsmanship and elegance of the renowned Italian glassmaker B...