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Period: 1950s
Set of Four Wood Plaques with Marquetry, "The Four Seasons", Italy, 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of four wood plaques with marquetry, "The four seasons". Italy, 1950.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Framed Abstract Courrèges Scarf from Paris France
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Courrèges silk scarf in excellent condition found in Paris, France. Features bold contrasting colors in this beautiful abstract silk vinta...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood, Silk
Beulah ‘Elsie Sloan’ Stevenson, Abstract Oil on Board Painting, Signed, Dated
By Beulah Stevenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil on wood board painting by the well known artist Beulah Stevenson. Her works are in major museums and important collections. Labels in back from the Brooklyn s...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Large Hand Carved Koa Wood Anthurium Wall Art
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large hand-carved Koa wood Anthurium Wall Art featuring a large 33" wide frame with hand-carved Anthurium flowers inside. This piece is in excellent condition.
Dimensions: 23" H x 3...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Dancing in The Garden Folk Art Ceramic Panel, 1954
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-400 two hand painted Folk Art ceramic panels set in a natural wood frame.
Image size: 12.5 x 6"
Signed Whedon.
Category
Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Cream, Orange, Blue Midcentury Abstract Acrylic Painting, Germany, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
1950s German acrylic abstract painting in natural color wood frame.
The dominant color is cream surrounded by blue, orange and black.
The artist is unknown.
The painting is framed...
Category
German Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Painting Mid-Century Portrait of a Lady Mid-Century Modern Art, Signed, C 1950
Located in New York, NY
Decorative, midcentury painting of a lady, circa 1950. Signed by H. Quat. Framed in a gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
French Majolica Fruits Platter, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fruits platter, circa 1950.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Yellow Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Yellow Majolica oyster plate signed Proceram, circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Modern Framed Fused Glass Wall Art by Higgins Studio, Signed, circa 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glass artists Michael and Frances Higgins were considered to be pioneer's of the fused glass process. The Chicagan duo first developed their craft for Higgins Studio...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
1950s African Antelope Skull
Located in Dallas, TX
1950s African Antelope skull with horns.
Category
African Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Bone
Painting by Mogens Andersen, Denmark, 1954
By Mogens Andersen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting by Mogens Andersen, Denmark, 1954.
Mixed-media with collage.
Measures: H 102 cm/ 40"
W 46 cm/ 18".
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1950s by Arnaldo Gio Pomodoro Il Sestante Italian Midcentury Bronze Sculptures
Located in Brescia, IT
"Crosses and Stars"
Arnaldo & Gio Pomodoro for Il Sestante
1950s
Bronze sculptures
Bibliography: "Domus, December 1958"
Measures: 46 x 46 cm / 37 x 37 cm/ 16 x 16 cm/ 10 x 1...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Ceramic Tile Wall Decoration by J Nolf
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful 1950s abstract tile wall decoration by Jan Nolf (1931-1999) Belgium.
This has been a table top.
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Signed Mid Century Seriagraph on board by Maurice de Vlamink
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Mid Century Seriagraph on board by Maurice De Vlamink. Original frame. Signed lower right. Amazing hue of colors and compostion bringing this villagescape to life.
Fauvist i...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Masonite
1950s Scandinavian Modern Ceramic Wall Decoration
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Ceramic wall decoration comprised of various sized ceramic shapes strung together with thin black wire each with a matte finish orange to black glaze. The three largest and irregular...
Category
Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Enamelled Ceramic Mask, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Enamelled ceramic mask, circa 1950.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Swedish Engineering Educational Diagram Poster
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish engineering educational or instructional diagram printed as a poster on cardboard. String hanger.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen
Located in Redding, CT
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen. A beautiful Grace Kelly like female holds her parisol in her hand waiting for the horse races to begi...
Category
North American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pastel on Paper Horse Racing Jockey by Hagulaton, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original pair of midcentury pastels on paper featuring a portrait of period jockey rider. Each is signed by the original artist "Hagulaton" and comes in its original frame.
Measu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
First Day of School Realist Illustration Oil Painting Canvas by Brooks, 1950s
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage oil on canvas painting somewhat reminiscent of Norman Rockwell’s work, featuring a woman in a purple dress tying her sons tie as he prepares to go to school, watched by a small white dog...
Category
Expressionist Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Wall Mirror Made of Shaped Solid Brass and Hand-Worked French Design, 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall mirror made of shaped solid brass and hand-worked French design, 1950.
The lower part of the mirror is slightly arched as seen in the photos, elegance and exceptional craftsm...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Great art piece.
This antique panel ...
Category
Primitive Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Fontana Arte Center Piece or Wall Decoration by Dube’
Located in New York, NY
Fontana Arte center piece made by Italian artist Dube’ in the 1950s representing a red lily with gold accents. He created the piece by back painting a curved glass and then etching i...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Dish in Pure Gold Porcelain with Decorations Zodiacal Signs Arte Morbelli Gold
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dish in pure gold porcelain with decorations of Zodiacal signs, 1960, Italy. Arte Morbelli.
Porcelain engraved to etching.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
8 French Teaching Posters for Accident Prevention by Les Fils d’Emile Deyrolle
By Deyrolle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each with four panels detailing various ways to prevent accidents and lessons learned, including 'Feu, Eau, Contagion, Empoisonnements, and Maison'; based on 19th century original li...
Category
French Napoleon III Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1950s Woven Tapestry by Maria Kipp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tapestry of woven yellow, blue, green and gold in cotton and rayon fibers. Design # 9004B-12285.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Landscape Oil Painting with Fishing Boats, French, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Expressive oil painting on wood panel French by La Martiniere in 1952. The painting depicts fisherman and three small fishing boats laying on the shore. It is painted in large brush strokes full of texture to express the moment.
The painting without frame...
Category
French Expressionist Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Masonic Sheepskin Man Portrait
Located in London, GB
Masonic Sheepskin Man Portrait
We are proud to offer a highly unusual subject matter oil on canvas painting by the recently deceased Cornish artist James Scrase. A fine example from a member of the Royal Society of National Portraits members, trained under the guidance of Italian artist Annigoni in the early 1970s. James produced some wonderful piece of art in many different mediums. The unusual thing about this portrait is not only the fact that the subject sits proud in a sheepskin coat as his best attire, but also the fact that the artist name is hidden in the note painted...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Great art piece.
This antique panel ...
Category
Primitive Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Painting, Signed, Midcentury Art, Framed, C 1950, Green, Red and Taupe Colors
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting of a young lady, midcentury. Signed. Very good condition, circa 1950.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
1959 California Highway 'Signal Ahead' Sign with Reflectors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 'Signal Ahead' yellow sign from a California Highway. Letters are made of reflectors. Stamped 'State of California' on the back with the date, 1959. Almost 4 feet wide. Extremel...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Midcentury "Face" Wall Art Sculpture Pair by Westwood Chadwick
By Westwood Chadwick
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Modern "Face" wall art sculpture pair by the Westwood Chadwick studio. Each sculpture features a hand-sculpted abstract face with brass inlay fixed to a curved sheet of s...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Pair of Painted Dutch Medieval Style Glazed Terracotta Reliefs Plaques
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of Dutch Medieval style ceramics reliefs carvings representing Adam and Eve and St George the Dragon.
Category
Dutch Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
Pablo Picasso Large Ceramic Plate, Tormented Face 1956 C117
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso Tormented face. Ceramic plate 1956.
Large unglazed light earthenware charger with raised design from the “Tormented Face” series . Produced by Madoura in 1956. Numbered...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pol Chambost, Large 'Coquillages' Faïence Plates 1950, France
By Pol Chambost
Located in Berlin, DE
Pol Chambost, a pair of large seashell faïence plates , circa 1950, France.
Mother-of-pearl white enamel, violet, black and greens.
signed. Measure: 44.5 cm, 45 cm.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Rare Hoffman Beverages Porcelain Sign
Located in New York, NY
A rarely seen Hoffman beverages porcelain and metal sign from the 1950s. Great color and graphics.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th Century Wool Baknough ‘Woman's head covering’ Berber People, Libya
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Wool Baknough (Woman's head covering) Berber People, Libya
This wool baknough is most likely from Libya, although similar pieces have b...
Category
Libyan Tribal Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Splendid Vintage Cloud Design Batik from Java Indonesia
Located in Atlanta, GA
Probably one of the most beautiful batik textile designs from Indonesia, the wraparound skirt also known as Kain Panjang was an iconic design from Cirebon, North Coast of Java. The Cloud design...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
Signed Oil on Board Painting by Artist Roger Hayward
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on board painting by artist Roger Hayward (1899-1979), depicting the entrance to a Victorian-style home as seen from the street below. With a wonderf...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Harlequins, 1950s Otello Rosa Sculptural Wall Lamps for San Polo Venezia Ceramic
By Otello Rosa
Located in Brussels, BE
Harlequins, 1950s Otello Rosa sculptural wall lamps for San Polo Venezia Ceramic, Italy.
Original cabling, to be re-electrified.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Nude Portrait Standing, Oil on Canvas by American Artist Jane White
By Jane White
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Standing nude by American artist Jane White. Well done and painted in the impressionist style during the fifties. 1 of 3 paintings by Jane white which ...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
Majolica Vegetables Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica vegetable wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
On a black background it's a trompe l'oeil platter with tomatoe, salas, carrot...
Category
French Country Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
"Phoenician Soldiers, " Pair of Brilliant Midcentury Enamel Panels, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant and striking examples of midcentury enamel art, this pair of panels showing ancient soldiers with helmets and spears is not signed, but each is superb in craftsmanship and ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Welcome to Nowhere Mining Town Movie Stage Theater Prop Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large wooden town sign Welcome to Nowhere, has a coal miner on it holding a pick ax wearing a helmet. "Our Goal Is To Mine More Coal" this piece measures 97.25 inches wide X 64.5 inc...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Large Enamel Advertising Sign for Player’s Tobacco, 1950
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Large Enamel advertising sign for Player’s tobacco, 1950
Vintage decorative 'Player's' Tobacco enamel advertising sign. Dating from around early 1950s, this is a great example, a rar...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Jean-Pierre Capron '1921-1997' "La Mosquee Bleue D'istanbul" Oil on Canvas
By Jean-Pierre Capron
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jean-Pierre Capron (1921-1997)
"La Mosquee Bleue D'Istanbul"
Oil on canvas, painted by Jean-Pierre Capron (1921-1997),
signed J.P. Capron lower right, in a gilded gallery frame
...
Category
Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Montmatre by Jean Salabet
By Jean Salabet
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jean Salabet
French, 20th century
Montmatre
Oil on canvas
15 by 18 in. with frame 22 ½ by 25 ½ in.
Signed and dated 53 lower right
Provenance:
Private Collection, New Yor...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
French Mid-century Wall Panel, by Bernard Dunand
Located in New York, NY
French mid-century red lacquered horizontal wall panel with landscape scene of deer grazing by a stream with a background of mountains (signed: "Andre Dambrun" acronym of Bernard Dun...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Large Mid-Century Modern Copper Plate
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This large decorative copper plate can be dated in the 1950s. The abstracted mermaid is engraved in the copper and partially patinated. The plate is marked by the artist MN.
This de...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque, 1950s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque,
1950's.
Piero Fornasetti coloured panel designed for the Hilton in Istanbul features Iznik pottery vessels a...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
"Ski Bunny" 1950s Illustration Watercolor and Guache Framed
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Signed Dick Williams, who was a major illustrator for companies like Coca Cola from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Watercolor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London Sergio Manfredi, Italian
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Watercolor A view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London- Sergio Manfredi (1932-?) Italian painter, Signed and dated "S. Manfredi 1958" lower left and inscribed "London St. Paul's Cathedr...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Canvas Dance Floor Designed by Charles de Beistigui and Architect Emilio Terry
By Emilio Terry
Located in Nashville, TN
Dance floor was designed by Charles de Beistigui and architect Emilio Terry for the world famous ball held at de Beistigui's Venetian Palazzo Labi...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
French Painted Canvas Theater Backdrop from Chateau de Groussay
Located in Nashville, TN
Theater backdrop painted in 18th century style boiseries. Designed for Chateau de Groussay and housed in the theater designed by architect Emilio T...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Pierre Cardin Portrait by Yoshi Takata Black and White Photography
By Yoshi Takata
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Pierre Cardin.
Signed and stamped on back (see photo)
The artist’s dedication is on the bottom right.
Yoshi Takata was an artist, born in 19...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Reclining Nude Painting by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marcel Dyf,
French, 1899-1985.
Reclining nude.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left Dyf.
Measures: 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in. With frame: 33 ½ by 38 ½ in.
Marcel Dyf was born in Paris, October 7...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Figural Painting of a French Officer and a Woman
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous vintage abstract painting of a French gendarme with a woman over his back circa 1950's. This painting is oil on board, with a linen mat framed under glass in a gold leaf fra...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
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