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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 1940s
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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Lenci Style Modern Italian Ceramic and Mosaic
By Fabio Lenci
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful multicolored sculpture attributed to the Lenci factory
Faenza ceramic mosaic
Moving inscription with dedication on the back:
“In the uncertain moments of your life, always ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
8 brass door handles 1940s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
8 double handles from 1940, cast brass attributed to architect Gió Ponti.
They are in excellent condition with some patina from the era , but could be polished back to new.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Icon Madonna & Child in Glass Luigi Brusotti for Fontana Arte, Italy 1940s
Located in Rome, IT
Icon glass with Madonna and Child drawing attributed to Luigi Brusotti for Fontana Arte.
Made in Italy in the 1940s.
The back is made of wood.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Original Vintage Photograph of an Aviator Pilot. C.1940
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A wonderful image of an airplane pilot.
Silver gelatin print. On card
Photogapher and sitter both unknown
Unframed
Free shipping.
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese lobster platter, circa 1940.
Decorated with mussels and shells,
Signed Caldas da Rainha.
12.5 inches Diameter.
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Rambam' 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 ...
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Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
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...
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Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
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
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
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Dan' 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
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
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
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
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Shapira' 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
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Hadar' 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
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
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
Parrot Porcelain , 1945
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: porcelain
Porzellanfabrik Karl Ens was established in 1899 but it wasn't first porcelain business of the Ens family. Karl Ens (senior) founded in 1860 the Triebner, Ens & ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Chinese Fan Painted Entirely by Hand 1940 China Ducks Flower
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Antique Chinese fan Painted Entirely by Hand 1940 China Ducks Flower.
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Brass Wall Sculpture Of Naked Woman, Circa 1940
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful and elegant wall art sculpture in brass. Produced probably in Czechoslovakia circa 1940s. The art work portraits a nude woman. Unknown autho...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Mid-Century Modern Picasso Style Abstract of Face E. Ruff, 1945
Located in Redding, CT
Mid Century Modern Picasso style Abstract of a face by E.Ruff 1945.
Amazing composition and color. Nice gilt frame. One small tear can be repaired.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Yellow & Blue'
Located in East Hampton, NY
This flag represents the sign for "BOOT SIGNAL - STEER TOWARDS" - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is a vivid yellow and blue. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical Signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Red & White'
Located in East Hampton, NY
This flag represents the sign for "ASW EXCERCISES" - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is a vivid red and white. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical Signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan Paper Decorated Wooden Painted
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
It has some wear, as shown...
Category
Asian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
Representation of an African Giraffe Embossed Copper and Iroko Frame
Located in Labrit, Landes
African carved giraffe representation
Embossed copper and frame in carved iroko
Signed Mwamba
Shipping:
L 40 P2,5 H86.
Category
African Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese lobster platter, circa 1940.
Decorated with mussels and shells,
Signed Caldas da Rainha.
12.5 inches Diameter.
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Ceramic
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Representation of an African Woman Embossed Copper and Iroko Frame
Located in Labrit, Landes
African carved woman representation.
Embossed copper and frame in carved iroko.
Signed Mwamba.
Shipping:
L 40 P 2,5 H 86.
Category
African Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in paper decorated painted wooden structure and straw.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Straw, Wood, Paper
1940's Gunnar Nylund Bronze Plate
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze plate with Aquatic decoration by Gunnar Nylund for Äkta Brong. Sweden, 1940s.
Excellent condition.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Art Work by Joseph Roelants
By Jospeh Roelants
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid-Century Modern ceramic tiles Art by Joseph Roelants for Gilliot & Cie, 1948
"The allegorical representation of Architecture and sculptural art blo...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, plants. very stylish.
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Butlins Lithograph Advertising Poster
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Butlins lithograph advertising poster
A charming, fun, and rare example of a 1940s lithograph advertising poster for Butlins fair. Produced by Willsons, Printers of Leicester. The advert is written in the form of a £5 reward for a lost grey parrot...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure chic
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese fan in paper decorated painted wooden structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Fashion Drawing, Pat Kerr, 1946
By Pat Kerr
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s.
On card. Unsigned.
Presented in an antique water gilded frame
Drawn for A & C Kay, New Bond St. London.
...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages, 1938
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of nine framed American typography pages.
From new letters and lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring,
Originally published, 1938
The pages ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Very Rare Harry Bertoia Monoprint on Rice Paper
Located in Munich, DE
Purchased at la modern around 20 years ago. Size is of the visible picture inside passe-partout.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Early Carta Blanca Beer Sign. Mexico, 1940’s.
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Carta Blanca beer porcelain metal sign.
Mexico, ca. 1940’s.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Original Artwork for a Detective Newspaper Strip, 1940s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Amazing artwork for a story by James Hadley Chase. So evocative of this period.
We have found no record of this story, A Medal for Miss Lantis, so presumably it was never publishe...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
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
Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
By Sheila Hendricks
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Decorative Lacquer Panel Midcentury by P. Paulin theme “Heaven on Earth’’
Located in Miami, FL
French painter and master glassmaker, Beaux Art School in Lyon , born in 1907 . He sudied with G. Decote who used to work with Gustave Moreau. He is inspired by the symbolist movemen...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Lacquer
Lucite Dimensional Racetrack Sculptural Panels Custom Framed Pair of Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of absolutely stunning tall dimensional, sculptural and textural 1940s Lucite panels are newly custom framed. The lucite panels look and feel like textural running water. T...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Lucite, Wood
Simone Colombier Abstract Gouache, Bordeaux School, France, 1947
By Simone Colombier
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Framed abstract gouache on paper by French painter Simone Colombier.
Signed and dated 1947.
Simone Colombier took part of the abstract movement in Bordeaux, France in the mid-1940s...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Angelo Testa Print on Canvas
By Angelo Testa
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Whimsical print on canvas by noted artist and textile designer Angelo Testa. Large print depicting dogs and other biomorphic shaped animals.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Depisis Style Midcentury Oil Panting Vase Rose Flowers 1940s Classic Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Depisis style midcentury oil panting vase rose flowers signed T.Rossi 1940s classic frame.
Elegant and refined as a picture of Depisis.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Jute, Wood, 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
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "I Can't Take It Anymore"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "What Do I Want in Life"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Engraved Pink Tinted Glass Panel, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engraved pink tinted glass panel, circa 1940.
Little splinter on the bottom (see picture) but not visible when assembled.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "Lonely Sister"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "My Very Rich Gramps"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917-?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism, and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. Na...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1948 Raymond Wendell Oil on Canvas Titled "Mother"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism, and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "I Know What I Did"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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, ...
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