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Period: 1940s
Original Charles Kiffer Lithograph of Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful original Mid-Century Modern lithograph was created for the inauguration of the new Alhambra Theater, featuring Maurice Chevalier, circa 1948. It features the actor don...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Emerson Woelffer Bonze Sculpture, Abstract Face, Signed, Dated, Numbered
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modern abstract Face, by the well known artist, Emerson Woelffer. Signed, numbered 1/4 and dated 1947.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Persian Saraband Oriental Rug, in Room size, W/ Paisley Design
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Saraband Rug, Room size, circa 1940
A one-of-a-kind vintage Persian Saraband Oriental Carpet, hand-knotted with thick and lustrous wool pile. This classic carpet...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$7,676 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Letter C in Solid Brass, Sweden ca 1940's
Located in Örebro, SE
Vintage letter C in solid brass, covered with old paint (red & gold), Sweden ca 1940's.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Paint loss as see...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Signed Maison Jansen Boiserie, France
Located in Stamford, CT
Signed Maison Jansen boiserie panel with oval medallion decoration.
Category
French Beaux Arts Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Antique Original Drawing by Raul Anguiano, 1946
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique original drawing by Raul Anguiano dedicated to Arturo Arnaiz y Freg for the new year 1946.
José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros but experimented with it as well. Anguiano was born during the height of the Mexican Revolution...
Category
Mexican Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Authentic California Fruit Crate Labels Featuring Apples. Circa 1940's
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered is a pair of original "Apple" fruit crate labels, circa 1940's, unused and professionally mounted in oak frames with white colored beveled matte.
The labels would have been...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Room size, w/ Garden Design
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, Room size
A vintage Baktiari oriental rug, size 13'0" x 10'4", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a garden design in...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$9,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Small Size, W/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental rug, Small size
A vintage Baktiari oriental rug, size 8'2" x 5'5", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central medallio...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$2,556 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Swedish Framed Embroidery of a Native Woman in a Tropical Environment
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vintage Swedish framed embroidery of a native woman in a tropical environment. A "Bloomsbury" bohemian style embroidery made in the 1940s. A dreamy kind o...
Category
Swedish Bohemian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Painting from the 1940s, Golden, Mid-Century Art, Blue, Chocolate & White Colors
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Painting has a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
$1,950 Sale Price
33% Off
Vintage Persian Heriz Oriental Rug, Room Size, W/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Heriz oriental rug, Room size
A vintage Persian Heriz oriental rug, size 13'6" x 10'2", circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geom...
Category
Asian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$12,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Chinese Art Deco Oriental Rug, in Gallery Size, W Flowers and Ivory Tone
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese Art Deco Rug, Gallery size, circa 1940
A one-of-a-kind antique Chinese Art Deco oriental carpet, hand-knotted with medium ...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$1,916 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental Rug, in Room size, w/ Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental Rug, Room size
A vintage Persian Meshed oriental rug, size 12'0 x 9'10, circa 1940. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central medall...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$4,476 Sale Price
20% Off
Painting from the 1940s, Red, Blue and Yellow Color, New Frame, Mid-Century Art
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Red, blue and yellow. Children playing on a bicycle.
Framed in a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Persian Sarouk Oriental Rug, in Room Size, with Medallion, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, circa 1940, room size.
A vintage Persian Sarouk oriental rug, size 11'8" x 8'4", circa 1940. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a centra...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Small Room size, w/ Medallion
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Baktiari oriental rug, size 8'0" x 5'6", circa 1940. This brilliant handwoven wool carpet features a dynamic diamond-shaped medallion at center, surrounded by a var...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Spoons Dish HB Quimper, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Spoons Dish HB Quimper, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Antique Baseball Catchers Mask Collection (7)
Located in Stamford, CT
A collection of 7 steel antique baseball catchers masks circa 1930's-1960's. Great graphic presentation. Easy to hang and display multiple ways. The a...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
$1,475 / item
Vintage Letter O in Solid Brass, Sweden ca 1940's
Located in Örebro, SE
Vintage letter O in solid brass, covered with old paint (red & gold), Sweden ca 1940's.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Paint loss as see...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Framed Scandinavian Traditional Embroidered Blouse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Visually striking Danish traditional blouse in off-white with blue embroidery reminiscent of a vyshyvanka decorative shirt, but Scandinavian in orig...
Category
Danish Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Homage to Belgian Resistance Against Nazis, Remarkable Wall Plate by d'hossche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and executed by Ernest d'Hossche, one of Belgium's leading Art Deco artisans in the 1930s and 40s, this very rare wall plate features a nude female figure holding an upright...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Etching by Max Papart (1911-1994)
Located in London, GB
A carborundum etching by Max Papart (France, 1911-1994)
Untitled
Signed and numbered 92/99.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Night at the Follies" 1947 Original Linen Backed Theatrical Poster Evelyn West
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
"Night at the Follies" 1947 an original vintage linen backed one-sheet theatrical film movie poster. Size is 30 X 44 with the linen added.
A Night at the Follies, the 1947 W. Merle Connell burlesque documentary ("Daring!"; "Gorgeous Girls Great comedians Glamorous dancers"; "You've heard about it! You've read about it! Now see Big Time Burlesque Just as presented at the world famous follies theatre in Los Angeles"; "Something new in entertainment!"; "Evelyn West...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pinball Playing Cards Backglass Framed as Found Art
Located in New York, NY
Original early backglass for a vintage pinball machine. These were the art pieces found in the back of the pinball ball machines that would l...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
French Plaster Head
Located in Stamford, CT
Fanciful French plaster head with pocket.
Category
French Medieval Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
$1,500
1940s Vintage Black and White Porcelain EXIT Sign
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Cool 1940s porcelain EXIT sign. Measuring: 18 in long x 5 in.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Decorative Wall Panel by Erwin Walter Burger for Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, Italy
Decorative wall panel designed by Erwin Walter Burger and produced by Fontana Arte.
Wood 60 x 13 cm; Crystal 50 x 9 cm; thickness 4 cm = 2cm wood +2cm crystal.
Biography
Likewise, w...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Italian Art Deco Brass Plate, 1940s
Located in Meda, MB
Pair of hanging brass plates produced in Italy in the 1940s. The Classic Art Deco subjects are represented and are in their original patina of the time.
Small signs of wear due to age.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
$1,063 / set
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'El'azar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
2 France handpaint Wallplates with Hunting Scene from 1900
Located in Oirlo, LI
Set of 2 Wallplates with Hunting Scene
Additional information:
Dimensions: 34 W x 34 H cm
Country of origin: France
Condition: In good condition
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Fruitwood
$165 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Very Rare Harry Bertoia Monoprint on Rice Paper
Located in Munich, DE
Purchased at la modern around 20 years ago. It´s the size of the work - not the frame.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 11'8" H x 9'0" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking rose central field, with a central medallion ...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$2,556 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 8'1" H x 5'0" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a striking ivory central field, with a central medallion ...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$2,558 Sale Price
60% Off
Portrait Oil Painting of Masked Women by Franz Cižek, Czech, 1946
Located in London, GB
Expressionist mystical portrait of purple veiled and masked women is painted in intense and non-naturalistic colors blue, green and red. She is holding a yellow card in one hand and ...
Category
Czech Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Wiedemann's Fine Beer Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wiedemann's Fine beer - The Leader Trade sign with three Canada geese on oval walnut plaque.
German immigrant George Wiedemann began brewing at the original Wiedemann brewery in Ne...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Signed Winter Church Scene by F. Michaels
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Winter Church Scene by F. Michaels. Nice New England winter scene composition. Framed in a solid wooden frame. Signed lower right.
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$874 Sale Price
41% Off
Vintage Letter S in Solid Brass, Sweden ca 1940's
Located in Örebro, SE
Vintage letter S in solid brass, covered with old paint (red & gold), Sweden ca 1940's.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Paint loss as see...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet Leather Notepad/ Pencil Holder
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Jacques Adnet attributed wall hanging notepad holder with built in pencil.
Notepad can slide into leather sling to write down grocery list /or notes.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Leather
Italian mid century rectangular mirror with lines drawing, Gio Ponti style, 1940
By Gio Ponti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern rectangular mirror with lines drawn on the glass, in the style of Gio Ponti, 1940s.
Rectangular mirror, with Pontian lines drawing on the glass. White desi...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
$519 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Bar-Kokhba' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt blue letters over a white background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state. The sign names the street 'Bar Kokhba' in Israel in both Hebrew and English letters. (In transliteration), as well as in Arabic.
Simon ben...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Gazelle French Shoe Poster Signed ''Robys''
By Robys
Located in Westport, CT
Stamped'' Robys'' Advertising shoe poster with gift box and shoes and Gazelles jumping out of it! Framed in black and silver leaf trim Frame, circa 1940, ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Sinai' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Oil on canvas; 25" x 32." From the archives of the Shaw Barton Calendar Co. used for an early calendar print. Framed. Watson sold most of his freelance pulp covers to the (1893- 1955) Frank A. Munsey Publishing Company for Argosy, Big Chief Western, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Railroad Stories. Emmett...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Engraved Pink Tinted Glass Panel, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engraved pink tinted glass panel, circa 1940.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Yitshak Katzenelson' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Oded' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Daliya' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Monique CRAS (1910-2007), "Mouflon Hunter - Hoggar", 1942
By Monique Cras
Located in Paris, FR
Monique Amélie Cras, born in Brest in 1910 and died in Paris in 2007, was a French painter and poster artist. The daughter of composer Jean Cras, she studied under Jean-Paul Laurens ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Yoav' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'S'madar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
LA MER, 1947 Silk Scarf
Located in Holmfirth, GB
ALEXANDER CALDER
1898-1976
La Mer, 1947
Artist's signature lower right
Ascher's signature lower left
Screenprint on silk
95.5 x 92.5 cm
DESCRIPTION/COMMENTARY
Fabric designer Zika As...
Category
European Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Price Upon Request
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