Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
1950s Karl Drerup Enamel on Copper Frame Artwork
By Karl Drerup
Located in New York, NY
1950s modern enamel on copper frame artwork by American enamel artist Karl Drerup.
A rare collection of 5 pieces is available.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Large Mid-Century Gold Leaf Painting with Gold Leaf Custom Frame
Located in Miami, FL
Large and remarkable painting with watercolor, charcoal, pastel crayon and gold leaf techniques. The custom hand made frame is gilt wood with lacquer. The piece is in very good condi...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Framed Verner Panton Orange Kurve Mira X Danish Textile Panel
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This listing is for the framed textile alone. The matching pillows, chair, end table and accessories are sold separately.
Framed Mid-Century Modern Verner Panton Orange...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
K. Lee Manuel Framed Hand Painted Feather and Textile Wearable Necklace / Collar
By K. Lee Manuel
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, decorative and stunning feather and fabric collar by famed fashion designer K. Lee Manuel. The piece has been professionally mounted and artfully framed in an acrylic box frame...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Nylon, Paint, Feathers, Leather
Exceptional Abstract Painting by Zdzislaw Salaburski
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional painting by Zdzislaw Salaburski (1922-2006). Partially signed and dated 1969. Signature on the front was scratched off in order to bri...
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Judith Daner Enamel Artwork Wall Panel Cityscape, a pair
By Judith Daner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Judith Daner designed this pair of superb Mid-Century modernist enamel on copper artworks. Each panel is one tile plaque mounted on the original walnut wood frame. The abstract and s...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Modern Screen Print Craig Ellwood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1922-1992,
Craig Ellwood was an influential Los Angeles based architect.
His building designs were the quintessential post and beam structures that were part of the California modern...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Orange Toned Stained Glass Wall Decor
Located in Seattle, WA
Square shaped stain glass Art with orange toned Accents. Beveled clear glass as the border. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 10 W ; 1/4 D ; 10 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
Giovanni Petucco Italy Ceramic Wall Tile of Woman on a Horse, 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This gorgeous rare glazed polychrome ceramic or terracotta wall tile was created by listed Italian ceramicist Giovanni Petucco (Italian, 1910 – 1961).
The decorative wall-mounted pl...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Abstract American Modernist Oil Painting "Dressing for the Party" by Zoute 1951
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1951. Oil on Masonite. I believe the subject in the painting is the artist's wife Thelma Salter. Zoute used himself and his wife almost exclusively as models. Painted in 1951. Unframed.
Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his lifetime. He painted from 1940-1954 (he stopped painting at this later date due to his wife's illness and death and never painted again) A self-taught artist, he was part of the great modern wave. He exhibited with many of the most notable artists of the day such as Picasso, Braque, Klee and others at the invitation only State University of Iowa International Show 1946-1947. He had numerous one man shows at NYC galleries, Mortimer Levitt / Joseph Heller...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Selection of Italian Pietra Dura Plaques
By Montici, G. Ugolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid-Century Modern Pietra Dura plaques, attributed to Richard Blow for Montici or Ugolini, unsigned, Italy, circa 1950s.
They are:
1) I...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
Mid-Century Blue & Brass Mixed Media Painting, Signed Lou Tiew, 1979 Netherlands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptional large modernist painting features a natural brass and fiberglass surface on board and is framed with brass flat bar stock. A central organic figure in dark purples a...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Schumacher by Josef Frank Citrus Garden Wallpaper Mural in Primary
Located in New York, NY
Based on an archival 1947 Josef Frank print, this hand-drawn pattern bears the designer’s signature modernity, whimsy, and warmth.
Panel Width: 27...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
2 Tapistries by Simone Prouve
By Simone Prouvé
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cotton, wool and mix-media. Both signed.
Simone Prouve (born 1931) is the daughter Jean Prouve.
Dimensions: H 93’´x W 62’´ and H 93’´x W43" for the rope ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Rope
French Majolica Pink Daisy Plate, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica pink daisy plate Massier style signed Au Bain Marie, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Judith Daner Enamel Artwork Wall Panels Set, the Mexicans, 1950s
By Judith Daner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Judith Daner (1936 - 2023) designed these lovely Mid-Century modernist enamel on copper artwork in the 1950s. The one-tile plaque is on the original structured wood frame. The abstra...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Erik Höglund Glass Relief Plaque for Kosta Boda
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Decorative smoked glass plaque with embossed, medieval motif, of three knights on a horse. The plaque measures 10.25 inches wide by 11 inches tall and hangs from a black chain link m...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Smoked Glass
H Lee Hirsche Impasto (1927-2008), Mountain Storm, 1961, Mixed Media paint impas
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
N. Lee Hirsche, “Mountain Storm”, 1961. Mixed Media, .OIl and Sand Impasto on Board.
H. Lee Hirsche was born in New London, Connecticut, and studied under Josef Albers at the Yale ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Vintage Decorative Abstract Wall Work Ceramic Tile
Located in Seattle, WA
This tile is white and brown toned paint or glaze on top of a ceramic tile. Wall hook in the back for hanging. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 8 W ; 6...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Small French Majolica Fish Platter Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Majolica fish platter Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Original Mixed Media Artwork of the River Rainforest by Laura Emerson
Located in Seattle, WA
Professionally framed and matted within wooden frame. Signed in the Lower Corner.Beautiful textile and line Work. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 24 W...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Stained Glass Wall Art of Scenic Desert Landscape.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Vintage stained glass piece has vibrant coloring and a retro feel. The orange sky and sand have a marbled effect to it. Silver Toned metal detailing and framing. Vintage Conditi...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
French Majolica Pink Daisy Plate Massier Style, Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica pink daisy plate Massier style, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vintage 1970s Tiki Safari Leopard Painting Hand Painted On Faux Fur
Located in Chattanooga, TN
You may have seen velvet paintings… but have you seen a leopard painting on faux fur? This vintage 1970s big cat painting uses faux leopard fur as the canvas. Signed “Rodriguez” on t...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Fabric
M. Fleischer Large Scale Abstract Crumpled Paper Modern Art Painting 1987
Located in Chattanooga, TN
M. Fleischer’s intriguing large scale work of art challenges what we commonly consider “painting.” The work itself is a sheet of paper, creased to create a richly textured surface. T...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Plexiglass, Paper
Vintage Japanese Painting of Kimono in Giltwood Frame, Signed and Numbered, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage framed large Japanese painting of colorful kimono in a gilt frame. Signed and numbered (14/17) in upper left, faint signature is not legible, dated 1970. Sticker in Japanese ...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Large Majolica Oyster Platter Vallauris circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Oyster Platter Vallauris circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Peonies Fish Platter Gien Circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Peonies Fish Platter Gien Circa 1950.
26.2 inches by 10.3 inches.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large And Fantastic Haitian Screen Printed Fabric On Fabric Floral Art Work
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very large and incredibly decorative Abstract Floral painting which utilizes a a fabric on fabric technique. The underlying fabric is screen printed with colorful red blossoms with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Haitian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Map of Paris "Plan De Paris A Vol. D'Oiseau" by Blondel la Rougery, 1959
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Map Of Paris
"Plan De Paris A Vol. D'Oiseau"
Blondel la Rougery
1959
Map Size: 26 1/4" tall x 37 3/4" wide
Overall Size: 29" tall x 40" wide
edges are distressed / some wa...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Tile Decorative Wall Art With Fish Motif.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Piece of Ceramic Artwork has been placed on top of a stone or marble base.Unable to verify if the base is stone or marble. Wall hanging hook on the back. No Makers mark. Vintage...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Dried Pressure Flower Decorative Wall Hanging Within Glass Frame.
Located in Seattle, WA
The glass frame is beveled with the Artist signature etched into the lower corner. The main flower used are pansies, with a variety of other flowers. Vintage Condition Consistent wit...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
French Needlepoint of Four Seasons (Les Quatre Saisons), Framed 1970s Tapestry
Located in Chicago, IL
Framed, vibrant and hand-stitched needlepoint featuring the four seasons -- spring, summer, winter and fall -- executed with tapestry wool. The attention to detail is evident with th...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
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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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Charles Levier Oil Painting Woman Seated by the Corsican Sea
Located in Miami, FL
Charles Levier Woman Seated by the Corsican Sea, A Masterful Oil Painting
This large oil on canvas masterpiece by Charles Levier invites you into a world of artistic wonder. Picture...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid Century Modern Tile Wall Art
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid Century Modern glazed tile wall art in shadow box frame. This piece can be hung either vertically or horizontally. Looks equally good either way. Your preference of course.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-Century Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope barometer in a flower shape Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Framed Cross Stitch Embroidered Textile.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Piece features two brass toned hinge hooks coming from the top of the frame. Maroon colored frame. Embroidered Textile may be of Chinese origin based on Research. The Textile is...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Highland, IN
A terrific wall piece by ceramic artist Clyde Burt (1922-1981). This work was inspired by Jeanne-Paule Marie, better known as Sœur Sourire, "The Singing Nun" who was internationally famous in the mid 1960s. Some of Burt's signature styles are evident in this piece including the stylized faces, and geometric abstracted space around the figures.
Clyde Burt (1922-1981) is recognized as an important figure in the American studio ceramics movement. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School, the Cape Cod School...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
French Oval Majolica Palissy Fish & Lobster Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Oval Majolica Palissy Fish & Lobster Platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
Fishs,tomato,garlic,starfish,seaweeds,shells.
From Provence.
Length / 16.5 inches by 11 inches, height / 3 ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-Century Geometrical Blue & White Pitcher Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Blue & white Geometrical Pitcher or Bottle signed Robert Picault circa 1950.
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Pa...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-Century French Majolica Fish Wood Imitation Platter Salins
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Majolica Fish Wood Imitation Platter signed Salins.
Model Bahama.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Laverne Etched Bronze Wall Plaque "Tower of Babel"
Located in North Hollywood, CA
LaVerne etched bronze wall plaque "Tower of Babel"
There is a dent on the bottom of left side which is not very noticeable when on the wall.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Natural Stone Portrait Mosaic
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Unique portrait mosaic. Titled "The Athlete", dated 2019 and signed.
The mosaic is constructed out of natural stone in the most gorgeous tones.
No damage to be noted.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
Vintage Glazed Ceramic Family Mice Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Glazed Ceramic Family Mice Set
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Cubist Figure on Canvas by John Ross (1921-2017)
By John Ross
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mid Century Modern Cubist Figure on Canvas by John Ross (1921-2017) Purchased in Paris housed in a 19th Century gilt frame.
John Ross, painter, printmaker, author, and educator, wa...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Monumental Vintage Modernist Artist Made Stained Glass Hanging Panel
Located in El Cajon, CA
The visual impact of this piece is a bit difficult to put Into words!
It looks like a piece that would be original to a sprawling redwood organic. modernist handcrafted home in Big S...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
Framed Double Pewabic Butterfly Tiles Mid Century Modern Stamped
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Add a touch of charm to your home with this beautifully crafted framed Pewabic Detroit butterfly tiles. The square tiles feature a stunning green color that will liven up any space. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Hardwood
Fernand Leger Print "Les Constructeurs"
Located in Miami, FL
A very decorative print by renowned French artist Fernand Leger.
Professionally framed.
Measures: 16 1/4" x 13 1/4" x 3/4" D
This Fernand Leger artwork will enhance any contemporary or modern setting.
About the Artist:
A painter as well as a filmmaker, illustrator, stage-set designer, ceramicist and printmaker, Fernand Léger was one of the most prolific artists of the first half of the 20th century. His early mature work as a Cubist was marked by the use of bold colors and contrasts and a visual vocabulary inspired by industrial technology. In his later career, Léger turned to idiomatic, almost naïve depictions of human figures, in a belief that his work should be accessible to ordinary people and relevant to their lives.
Born in Normandy, the son of a cattle trader, Léger worked as an architectural draftsman in Paris while studying art. By 1908 he was a member of an artistic circle that included Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, and the poet Guillaume Appolinaire, and through them he became connected to the Cubists. As opposed to the flat planes and neutral hues seen in the paintings of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Léger’s Cubist abstractions were devised with vivid colors and forms that had dimensionality. Soon after his army service in World War I — he was gassed at the Battle of Verdun — Léger entered his “mechanical” period. Convinced that technology would improve the human condition, he painted compositions of tubular shapes and cylinders that are reminiscent of machine parts. In other work, Léger sought to capture the bustle and brio of modern life with references to railroad stations, factories, street signs and billboards.
Léger had also emerged from the trenches with a deep concern to make his art engage the sorts of men and women he had met during the war. He sought to bring his work to a wider audience through film, theater sets and book illustrations. In the 1920s, influenced by Purism — a variant on Cubism that promoted a simpler and more direct approach to forms and compositions — Léger produced a series of paintings depicting everyday objects: a soda siphon, an accordion, a guitar and vase. The human figure returned to his work. By 1930, pure abstraction disappeared almost completely from Léger’s art...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Rosenthal Porcelain Flower Plate Studio-Linie Germany by Wolfgang Bauer
Located in Miami, FL
Striking original Rosenthal porcelain hand painted flower plate designed by Wolfgang Bauer and made in Germany for Studio-Linie.
This 100 Years Anniversary Collectable Wall Plate...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Flame Motif Ceramic Cross320
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic cross is a dynamic representation of mid-century modern artistry, crafted by the skilled hands of a studio pottery artist in Europe. The cross's design features a centra...
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Sapphire Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
This striking mid-century modern wall cross, handcrafted by a European studio pottery artist, is a significant representation of the era's design principles, which favored simplicity...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
After Bernard Buffet 1971 Blue Hydrangeas Wool Tapestry Framed Wall Art
Located in East Hampton, NY
Made by DMC in the 70's, this is a vividly colored wool woven tapestry framed in a brass finish aluminum frame SIGNED Bernard Buffet 1971 to top.
NOTE: THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WI...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Framed Handmade Needle Point Artwork.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Artwork Contains paper Work on the Tutorial of this Piece, as well as Some Magazine Clippings from the Original Owner. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimens...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Odilon Redon Print on Canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Metropolitan Museum of Art Print on Canvas. Olidon Redon, Bouquet of Flowers, 1900-1905.
From THE MET website:
As a young ma...
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Fiber Art by Janet Kuemmerlein
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This expansive fiber art weaving by Janet Kuemmerlein boasts a vibrant palette of yellow, orange, reds, and greens, intricately intertwined to form a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Yarn, Rope, Plywood
Framed Mosaic Wall Art
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Very colorful handmade mosaic framed wall art.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Twig
Mid-Century Modern Red Glazed Ceramic Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
This handcrafted ceramic cross is a distinctive artifact of mid-century modern design, created by European studio pottery artists renowned for their in...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-century Modern decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative art made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Robert Picault, Curtis Jeré, Vallauris, and Daniel Clesse. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $406,322 while the average work can sell for $1,323.
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