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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
Mid-Century Fiberglass Matador Wall Art by J. Segura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fascinating molded fiberglass bull fight by renowned mid-century artist J. Segura. A three dimensional casting jumps off the wall and adds a vivid sense of adventure and excitement t...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Hanita' 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 white letters over a dark blue background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state.
The sign names the street 'Hanita' in Israel, in both Hebrew and English letters (in transliteration), as well as in Arabic.
The meaning of the name 'Hanita' is double: it is both an inflection of the name Hannah and also meansm 'her spear'. A spear is an ancient weapon...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Paris Street Scene Oil on Canvas Painting Signed Robert Soler, circa 1955
Located in Miami, FL
Vibrant Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas Painting by Roberto Soler.
This captivating oil on canvas painting by renowned French artist Roberto Soler transports viewers to the hear...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
$1,350 Sale Price
38% Off
Red Wall Panel Handmade in Italy with Steel Frame Mid-century Modern available
Located in Rimini, IT
Mid-century modern red Wall panel handmade in Italy with steel frame available
Pannello murale realizzato con la tecnica dell'arte in scagliola,
Lavorazione manuale di scagliola co...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,855 Sale Price
20% Off
Avallone Round Ceramic Plate Vietri sul Mare Mid-century with Little Houses
Located in Palermo, Sicily
delightful Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$207 Sale Price
30% Off
Åke Holm Swedish Höganäs Man with Flagon Ceramic Wall Plaque
By Ake Holm
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in the 20th century. He worked at the Höganäs factory in his early years before opening his own studio in the area. Åke became a master of and glazing and often used biblical themes in his work, but always with a distinct modernist styling. He produced figurines and wall plaques with rustic and mythological expression and his work is getting the recognition it deserves for its unique quality and style. His monumetal stoneware sculptures of figures from the Bible as well as his wall plaques are now recognisd as some of the finest ceramics produced in Sweden in the second half of the Twentieth Century. His work is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art & Design.
One of three we are offering is this superb Swedish Höganäs glazed ceramic wall plaque depicting a man with a flagon by Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) and probably made in the 1960’s. The heavy stoneware plaque is of rectangular landscape shape and depicts a man’s head with moustache and hairdo with similar styled partings next to a large flagon of similar size to the head. The head and flagon are hand carved in high relief forming a slight indentation to the surface of the plaque. The image is decorated in dark blue and brown (tones) with a chestnut glaze applied to the back. The plaque has a hanging indent...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-20th century double sided English Fairground Sign
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century double sided English Fairground Sign
We are proud to offer a single double-sided hand painted mid-20th century English fairground sign. We currently have a rare coll...
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1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Hanging Ceramic Art Pottery Plate, Hopi Style Decorative Wall Dish
Located in Miami, FL
A modernist decorative plate / wall decoration / centerpiece with strong graphic decor.
Undertones of bone white glaze with hand-painted graphic lines.
Decorated with similarities...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic wall decoration of Saint Mark by the french ceramist Robert Chiazzo
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Ceramic wall decoration of Saint Mark by the french ceramist Robert Chiazzo
Robert Chiazzo (1924 - 2020) was a French painter and ceramist.
Pastry chef, farm worker, then house pa...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
$761 Sale Price
20% Off
Nerone and Patuzzi Abstract Wood Wall Panel for Forme e Superfici. Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Large beech wooden panel designed by Nerone and Patuzzi and made by Forme e Superfici in Italy in 1978. Graphical design with the typical Nerone and Patuzzi circle...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Beech
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
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Stylized Owl Wall Hanging in Suede Trapunto
By Klara Sever
Located in New York, NY
Stylized owl, done in suede trapunto, mounted and framed, ready to hang, circa 1970s. Marked SeVer 46/750. (Possibly Klara Sever).
Earthly, post Hippie Er...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Colorful Cubist Art Abstract Linocut Lithography Artist Signed Modern, 1960s
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mid-Century Modern cubist art modern linocut lithography on canvas circa 1960s. USA
Handwritten signature from the artist. Framed art.
Original vintag...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage Modernist Brass Wall Object Decoration Sculpture Bonsai, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Modernist 60s BONSAI wall sculpture made in Germany.
Vintage 60s brass metal wall sculpture. A divergence from the typical subject of birds. This wall hanging is very elegant and fi...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Signed Vintage Seriagraph by Dietrich Grunewald
Located in Redding, CT
Signed vintage Seriagraph by Hermann Dietrich Grunewald
Hermann Dietrich Grunewald. (1916-2003). Born in Oskarstm, Sweden.
He was an impressionist...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$1,053 Sale Price
57% Off
Girl With Braid By Marianne Starck For Michael Andersen. Danish Wall Plaque
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Girl with braided hair wall plaque, by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen, Denmark
Serene image complimented by delicate pale blue glaze
Stamped MS, Three Herrings mark and #6056...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Wall Glass Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th Century, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian rectangular wall mirror made of hand crafted metal, in good condition. The original mirrored glass is supported, halted by the hammered and slightly wavy...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Painting of Sailboats in Harbor
Located in Redding, CT
Mid Century Painting of boats in Harbor. Framed in a mid century driftwood color frame. This item can ship parcel domestically for $49.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
$450 Sale Price
35% Off
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Diaz Costa Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork of five birds by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,635 Sale Price
44% Off
Vintage Handmade Turkish Rug Christmas Stocking
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade
Vintage from the 1960s
Materials: wool, cotton
Sustainable, upcycled Turkish rug Christmas stocking made from hand-woven rug fragments.
Width: 13 inches
Height: 17 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Modern Decorative Carved Teak Relief Wall Art, 1950’s Set of 2
Located in New Orleans, LA
An unusual pair of Mid-Century Modern framed base reliefs depicting a man and a woman dancing, dating from the 1950’s, the pair reflect the festive and happy mood after WWII.
Carve...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Rattan
$195 Sale Price
35% Off
Massive Modernist Hand Painted Ceramic Charger, Unsigned, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Massive Modernist portrait charger - hand painted - unsigned - country of origin unknown (likely Japan) - mid-20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Chaim Gross Enamel 'Peace' Art
By Chaim Gross
Located in New York, NY
1970s Chaim Gross enamel 'Peace' pop art.
Art measurements: Width 13.25, height 15.25.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Marc Chagall Vintage Print
By Marc Chagall
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Marc Chagall color print, 1954.
This decorative print featuring the work of famed French artist Marc Chagall is professionally framed. It is a commemorative work featuring bright colors and figures.
Measures: 20 7/8" W x 28 7/8" H x 1 1/2" D
This Marc Chagall print...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Metal Altarpiece Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique metal altarpiece wall artwork. Made by unknown artist in Spain, circa 1960. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiul pat...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
$301 Sale Price
73% Off
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
Wally Hatny '20th-21st Century' Signed Acrylic On Canvas, Abstract Animal
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower right and on verso with date Nov 9 11. In a J. Pocker frame.
An abstract animal in white on a yellow background.
23 x 15"
black frame 27 1/4 x 19"
Good condition. P...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Framed Rectangular Beige Enamel Flower Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Incredible artistic beige enamel sculpted flowers that can be wall mounted.
It is framed and can be hung in landscape format as well as horizontal format.
In good vintage condition.
...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
1970s by Luciano Minguzzi for Franklin Mint Limited Edition Silver Cock
Located in Brescia, IT
Luciano Minguzzi, 1975
Silver relief by legendary Italian sculptor.
This rare piece was made by The Franklin MInt Italian in during the artists life...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ceramica D'Amore Vietri Mid-Century Italian Painted Pottery Plaque
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Italian small rounded wall plaque hand decorated with a geometrical pattern by Ceramica D'Amore Vietri and dating from around 1950. The sma...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Wool Tapestry of a nude Seated Womanin style of Don Freedman, 1960s
By Don Freedman
Located in Hannover, DE
This beautiful, high-quality tapestry from the 1960s was made by hand from wool. The quality of the wool is excellent and the many decades have not affected its quality. The motif of...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
After Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 'Dance at Bougival' Vintage Enamel by Barba Spain
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Exceptionel hand-painted enamel wall plaque by Barba Spain. It is a licensed piece/reproduction showcasing a 'free take' of the French Impressionist...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Majolica Sealife Oysters Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of starfish, seaweeds, oyster, shell.
Nautical style.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
RUSCHA ART 1970s WGP Pottery WALL PLATE " SAILING BOATS " 1970s Western Germany
Located in Landshut, BY
stunning (Ø 28cm) and heavy (1362grs)
RUSCHA ART Wall Plate
History of the company
RUSCHA KERAMIK was originally founded in 1905 by Georg Schardt and was originally called Klein...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Original Oil on Paper Painting by Alexander Gore, Dated 2012 and Certified
Located in Miami, FL
This is an original painting titled "Illumined Pleasures". The piece is signed and dated 2012, painted in the manner of Pablo Picasso.
Professionally framed.
Measures: 16 7/8" H x...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Paint
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Signature J.S. Hanging Decor Piece with Rod – Decorative Ceramic Wall Planter
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Signature J.S. Hanging Decor Piece is a beautifully crafted ceramic wall pocket planter with a rich green glaze and an elegant curved shape. Featuring an integrated hanging loop...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Silvio Giovenetti '20th c.' MCM Abstract Acid Etched Stainless Steel, circa 1971
Located in San Francisco, CA
Silvio Giovenetti (20th century) Mid-Century Modern abstract acid etched stainless steel, circa 1971
Brilliant large scale stainless steel art by listed artist Silvio Giovenetti.
...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
1970s Renée Neue for Hutschenreuther ''Solar'' Series, 2 Wall Plates, Fat Lava
Located in Andernach, DE
For all fans of German Fat Lava ceramics from the mid century here is a wonderful
rarity by Renée Neue for Hutschenreuther.
The set of two matching plates.
The design known as the ...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$339 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Paperweight Caithness Scotland Signed Collectible " Obsession" with Box 1970's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Caithness Scotland "Obsession" Signed collectible Paperweight in original box with the Caithness Collectors club paperwork.
Caithness Scotland- collectible "Obsession" art glass paperweight.
Caithness Scottish glass designer paperweight...
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Late 20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Roosters from Turner Wall Accesory
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
These are original Molded Plastic Turner Mfg. Co. Wall Accessory Pictures, made in the USA, Each one has a 3-D appearance and both prints have the original prints on the back.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Plastic, Paint
String Art Copper & Brass Wall Decoration
Located in Fulton, CA
I've seen string art of the 1970's made of fishing line many times. But, have only seen copper and brass wire when I came across two of these amazing examples. Intricately crafted co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Vintage Felice Galbiati Surreal Still Life Lacquered Panels Milano Italy 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Italian surreal still life panels depicting string instruments, a viola and a mandolin(o). Made by Felice Galbiati Arte Decorativa in Milan. A lacquered lithographic transfer on wo...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Masonite
Rare Nancy Wickham Boyd Design Technics Modernist Studio Pottery Wall Plate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare, mid-century wall plate with primitive incised design and textured glaze by Nancy Wickham Boyd (1923-1987). Piece measures 10" by 10.5" and i...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century Gilt Metal Brutalist Fish Aquarium Wall Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Mid Century Modern gilt metal brutalist fish aquarium wall art sculpture from Majorca, Spain. Torch-cut coral reef with welded angel fish, seahorses, starfish, crabs and a turtle, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Copper Wall-Mounted Sculpture
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage 1960s, German modern copper relief.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Signed Mid Century Eiffel Tower Painting by Joseph L. Klein
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Mid Century Eiffel Tower painting by Joseph L. Klein III. Fabulous composition of the Eiffel tower in orange and brown tones. Cubist in s...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$1,300 Sale Price
62% Off
Abstract 20th century grey and black stoneware ceramic cross signed circa 1950
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
French unique piece
Signed under the base
Circa 1950
Grey and black stoneware ceramic cross
original perfect condition
height 17 cm
Large 16 cm
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Enameled Large Sign by Commercial travelers of America 1950's Porcelain
Located in San Diego, CA
1950's American Metal porcelain finish large sign from Commercial travelers of America.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Panel on Lava, Wall Decoration, Vallauris 1960, Abstract Subject, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This ceramic panel is from Max & Dominique Picard. It has been done in France Cica 1960. It is signed by the monogram of the Artists JGP. The panel is in Lava, and the Ceramic looks ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Lava
$2,094 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Architectural Urban Landscape in Back Painted Glass on Panel, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian metaphysical urban landscape glass panel in a frame.
Multicolored back painted glass.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Oriental Bamboo Decorative Panel on Straw of Geisha Women 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
oriental bamboo panel with Geisha decorations on straw
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bamboo
$1,582 Sale Price
30% Off
1950s Mid-Century Modern Iron Framed Hand Painted Ceramic Italian Plaque
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian ceramic plaque, framed in iron, is a vibrant and expressive example of the era's love for both abstraction...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
V. HANON, 'Mother & Child', Modernist Enamel on Copper Painting, Mid 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
V. HANON (unknown artist/maker) - 'Mother & Child' - Modernist enamel painting on copper panel - float mounted on wood panel - hanger to the back - country of origin unknown - mid 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Diaz Costa Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork of a fish by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a be...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$340 Sale Price
61% Off
Brass Kitchen Utensils Hanging Bar Spain Mid 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Old kitchen tools or utensils made of brass and plastic hanging from a hanging bar. Old kitchen appliance
Midcentury
Saucepan fork palette and serving pot
This set of brass utensils...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Rooster By Marianne Starck For Michael Andersen. Danish Wall Plaque
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Bold rooster wall plaque by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen, Denmark
Wonderfully hand crafted by the renowned Danish ceramicist
Stamped MS, Three Herrings mark, and #6071 on re...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Spanish Hand Knotted Wool Tapestry, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditionally hand knotted wool tapestry with a round frame.
Manufatured in Spain, circa 1960.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautif...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$773 Sale Price
66% Off
Pair of Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
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.