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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1950s Decalage Italy Turin Design Aloisi De Cavero Girardi Wood Panel
By Gruppo d’arte Decalage
Located in Biella, IT
Decalage group by Aloisi - De Cavero Girardi Turin Italy design in years 55
Panel in wood figurative hand made. Signed Decalage 55
Good condition with sign of use. Measure;...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Silvered Bronze Lily Leaf by Chrystaine Charles
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Silvered bronze Lily leaf by Chrystaine Charles signed, paper Charles Bronze D’Art label.
By Maison Charles, Paris circa 1970.
Provenance Galerie Chrystaine Charles, Rue Bonapa...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Art Glass Sun Sculpture Lamp by Felipe Delfinger for Feders, Mexico, circa 1960
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Art Glass sun sculpture lamp by Felipe Delfinger for Feders. Mexico, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
Batik Artwork of a Toucan
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting artwork of a toucan in a tree expertly executed in a batik dying technique on silk and indistinctly signed. Presented under glass in a wood frame.
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Gucci Rare Barometer and Clock Year 1960 Vintage Design
By Paolo Gucci
Located in Biella, IT
Gucci rare barometer and clock year 1960 vintage design. Measure h 17 inches x L12" x deep 3".
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Giovanni de Simone Colored Ceramic Fish Squared Tile Plate, Italy 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful squared wall mounted tile plate in colored ceramic representing three fishes by the Italian artisti Giovanni De Simone.
Giovanni De Simone was a great Sicilian artist...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta, Pottery
Swedish Floral Organic Modern Ceramic Wall Plate / Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage handmade fully glazed Swedich midcentury modern wall platter / centrepiece with organic, floral decor depicting a gazelle with a direct gaze surrounded by vegetation in brown, ochre, green, white and bright pink colors on a striped dark blue background created with the experimental sgraffito technique that Tilgmans became famous for. Designed and handpainted in the late 1950s by Eivor Lang and manufactured by German/Finnish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in the small town of Kortedala close to Gothenburg, Sweden. Milky white glaze on the base and sides with curved, muted green decor framing the image along the edge. Three holes for hanging - two in use with metal wire. Signed under base. An handpainted piece in beautiful condition.
Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light colored glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Mid-Century Wood Framed Copper Enamelled Artwork of a Horse, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-century wood framed enamelled plates copper composition arwork of a horse by unknown artist, circa 1960.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1960.
In original condition with minor...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper, Enamel
French Majolica Oyster Plate Proceram, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster plate signed Proceram, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1950s Enamel on Copper Framed Artworks, by Greet van der Wens, Set of 3
Located in Ferndale, MI
A c.1950s set of three framed enamel on copper artworks by Greet van der Wens. Each work features a main subject, popular of the era - young de...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
1970s Colourful Abstract Glazed Tiles in Aluminium Frame Signed Rachel Savir
Located in Melbourne, AU
An attractive abstract decorated tile artwork, framed in hardwood and brushed aluminium. Signed by Rachel Savir, ceramicist, active Israel 1970s.
Bold c...
Category
1970s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Riding the Storm by Maxine Snider, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale abstract mixed media painting on canvas by Chicago artist Maxine Snider, 1990s. Signed en verso.
Maxine Snider is a Chicago artist and d...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Mid-Century Rare Ceramic Oyster Plate Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Oyster plate signed Robert Picault.
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Paris. After the war he spent a short...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
1967 Etching Titled, Dated, Signed Number "St. Petersburg" #6/6 Artist H. Valoff
Located in Monrovia, CA
Vintage 1967 original Etching titled, dated, signed and numbered "St. Petersburg" #6/6 H. Valoff 1967.
1967 Original Etching by Artist H. Valoff is framed and ready to hang.
St. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Massive Contemporary Oil on Canvas, Italian Street of Shops
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Monogrammed JG lower right. A view of an Italian street with shop fronts in the late afternoon with shadows falling across them. Painted in lovely ochers, b...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Fratelli Toso "Laguna" Impressive Waterfall Glass Wall Sculpture Design Years 60
By Giusto Toso
Located in Biella, IT
Fratelli Toso impressive "laguna" waterfall glass wall sculpture design Giusto Toso years ’60 with 171 glass, every glass is long 17 inches 43 cm and weight 2,8 lbs each 1,3 kg in th...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Rare Ceramic Oyster Plate Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Oyster plate signed Robert Picault.
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Paris. After the war he spent a short...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Barbara Hahn by Peter M. Bauer, 1971
Located in Chicago, IL
A figurative mixed media painting on canvas created by Bavarian artist Peter M. Bauer in 1971. This piece has beautiful textural details and exemplifies Bauer’s signature style. It i...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Woman by Jerome Burns
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern portrait of a woman by Jerome Burns
Jerome Burns is a visual artist. He married Josephine Burns in 1943. His charcoal dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Masonite, Wood
Raul Coronel "Jeweled Village" Ceramic Wall Plaque Art
By Raul Coronel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raul Coronel "Jeweled Village" ceramic wall plaque Art.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
Vintage Emergency Service Porcelain Sign Oval Oil Gas Station Garage Man Cave
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1950s AAA Emergency Service double-sided porcelain garage sign. Distressed condition, meaning some chips from being install back in the day, exposure to t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Stephen Chun Mid Century Brutalist Brass Copper Abstract Wall Art
By Stephen Chun
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Stephen Chun Mid Century Brutalist Brass and Copper Abstract Wall Art, Unmarked. Item Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 20" H x 36" W ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Nude Painting by Gerhard E. Wachtl Attributed, 1960s, Vienna
By Gerhard E. Wachtl
Located in Vienna, AT
Nude painting from a lady by Gerhard E. Wachtl attributed ( 1928 - unknown )
Gerhard E. Wachtl had made many exhibitions at home and abroad.
He did many study trips in Europe, Asia a...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Diaz Costa Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceramic hand painted artwork of a fish by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960.
Framed.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiul p...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Edwin Scheier Sand Painting
Located in Mobile, AL
The surrealist sand paintings produced by Edwin Scheier in the 70's and 80's are among the most compelling additions to a mid century modern or contempor...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
1940s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Hand Made Art Mask Marcello Mastroianni
Located in Oakland, CA
Original Hand Made Art Mask, a lifelike image of Itallion actor Marcello Mastroianni. This mask is very dimensional with great artistic details an...
Category
1990s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
‘Head Study with Townscape Beyond’ Collage on Canvas by Jeet Chhabda, 1982
Located in Faversham, GB
Head study with townscape Beyond’ by Jeet Chhabda. Original collage on canvas. Signed and dated to reverse by artist 1982.
Additional information:
H 43 cm (H 16 inches)
W 53 cm ...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Jaime Hayon King Mirror by BD Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mirror with designs applied in gold and black. The back of the mirrors are in black.
Measures: 110 x 120 cm
Year: 2016.
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Domestic Issues by Maxine Snider, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale abstract mixed media painting on canvas by Chicago artist Maxine Snider, 1990s. Signed en verso.
Maxine Snider is a Chicago artist and d...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Canvas
1962 Etching Titled, Dated, Signed Numbered "Moscow Symposium" #4/4 H. Valoff
Located in Monrovia, CA
Vintage 1962 original Etching titled, dated, signed and numbered "Moscow Symposium" #4/4 H. Valoff 1962.
1962 original etching by Artist H. Valoff is framed and ready to hang.
Mo...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Set of 2 Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate Objects Helmut Schäffenacker, Germany 1960
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic wall plate set
Decade:
1960s
Producer:
Atelier Schäffenacker, Ulm Germany
Design:
Helmut Schäffena...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Woman and Stairs Collage on Canvas by Jeet Chhabda, 1980
Located in Faversham, GB
Woman and Stairs’ by Jeet Chhabda. Original collage on canvas with a beautiful handmade frame. Various stamps and identification markings to back. Signed and dated to reverse by arti...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Gentle Horizon by Maxine Snider, 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale diptyque acrylic painting on canvas by Chicago artist Maxine Snider, 1990s. This piece is presented in a wood frame with a silver finish. S...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Canvas, Wood
Vintage Framed Print Titled Harlequin’s Family by Picasso
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage framed Picasso print titled “Harlequin’s Family”. Features a wooden frame.
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960's Oil Painting on Canvas "Fall Reflections"
Located in Houston, TX
1960's Oil Painting on Canvas "Fall Reflections". Oil painting on Canvas in a gilt wooden frame.
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early XXth Century Framed Antique Publicity for 'Cafes Tupinamba', circa 1930.
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Framed handapinted antique publicity from 'Cafes Tupinamba' Monkey with antique wood frame.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1930.
In original condition with minor wear consistent ...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Suzanne Caporael Mid Century Elements of Pigment Etching with Gouache and Pencil
Located in Countryside, IL
Suzanne Caporael Mid Century Elements of Pigment Etching with Gouache and Pencil
This artwork measures: 34.5 wide x 1.25 deep x 23.25 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Boleslaw Danikowski Large Ceramic Panel in a Wooden Frame, circa 1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Boleslaw Danikowski (1928-1979) large ceramic panel in a wooden frame.
Rear attachment system.
Boleslaw Danikowski was the first ceramist to work regularly with Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Ceramic
‘Egyptian Figures’ Collage on Canvas by Jeet Chhabda, 1979
Located in Faversham, GB
Egyptian Figures’ by Jeet Chhabda. Original collage on canvas. Signed and dated to reverse by artist 1979. Original stretcher and frame.
Additional information:
H 76.5 cm (H 30 i...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Man Ray Photography in Black and White
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Man Ray Studio photographed by Man Ray.
A posthumous print from the original negative circa 1970 by Pierre Gassmann. Gelatin silver bromide.
Born (Philadelphia, 1890 - Paris, 1...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
French Green Majolica Oyster Plate Proceram, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster plate signed Proceram, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Enamel Horses on Panel 1960s Swiss
Located in Den Haag, NL
Enamel Horses in many colors , on a Thick Wénge panel . Love the movement
in the Horses . Attributed to Julia F.M.T. Braendle (1929-1982).
Background information.
Juliana Francisca Maria Tosco Braendle (Brändle) was born on 28 August 1929 in Rotterdam, with Swiss nationality. Julia was a student of the arts and crafts school (Kunstgewerbeschule) in Zurich and of the Academy for Visual Arts in Rotterdam. She lived in Bingelrade (South Limburg) since 1969 where she died on 30 September 1982. She was a watercolour painter...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas.
Oil painting on canvas framed with a liner and gilt wooden frame.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Giltwood, Canvas, Wood
Large Abstract Resin Painting by Noted Artist Anita Weschler
By Anita Weschler
Located in New York, NY
Large and impressive abstract art work by noted artist Anita Weschler. This piece is from her series of resin pieces done in the mid 20th C., it is in v...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Plaque by Harris and Ros Barron Boston Artists
By Harris Barron
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-century ceramic plaque, hand made by Boston Massachusetts artists Harris and Ros Barron, American, circa 1950s. This is a unique work and is e...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Pair of Elegant Coin Inlaid Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of elegant coin inlaid sconces, by The Couroc Company, circa 1950s. They have been rewired and are ready to mount.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century French Antique Machines Collage Composition
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th century French antique collage composition.
Images of different machine's models. By unknown artist.
In original condition, with minor w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Galerie Maison et Jardin Four Panel Brass and Silk Fabric Screen, 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Unique 1970s four-panel screen room divider with solid polished brass structure and profile manufactured by Galerie Maison et Jardin in the early 1970s. The panels have been reuphols...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 8.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Marc Chagall '1887-1985' Color Lithograph, the Painter and His Double M.992
By Marc Chagall
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Printed in 1981 for the art magazine "Derriere le Miroir" #246. The painter paints himself in a Paris setting with the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Musicians, an angel, flowers and a...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
"Leo '79" Signed Print by Peter Blake, 1969
By Peter Blake
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Largely considered to be the founder of the British Pop Art Movement of the 1960s, Sir Peter Blake made a name for himself with colorful prints, collages, and paintings that combined the past and present. While best known for designing the iconic album cover to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "Leo '79" is part of his highly desirable print series titled, "Six French Postcards". Hand-signed and numbered 73 out of 75 by the artist. This piece is a wonderful investment that will impress and intrigue for years and years to come. Great for collectors of pop art, Beatles memorabilia...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Abstract Painting, "Tree of Fire" by Robert Wogensky, Oil on Canvas, Ca 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
French artist of Polish origin, Robert Wogensky was born in 1919 in Paris and died in 2019. He is the brother of the architect André Wogenscky. He stud...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Light Amber Italian Back-Painted Glass Frame Wall Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful vintage Italian mirror featuring a back painted modernized shield shape frame in a light amber hue with a rosy tint. This piece has a circular mir...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Vintage Johnny Friedlander Abstract Aquatint, circa 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
A very decorative work of art, circa 1965.
Title unknown by Johnny Friedlaender German (1912–1992)
Aquatint, signed in pencil on the lower right.
Edition E.A. "Eppreuve d'Artist"
A...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Modern Chained Ceramic Four Unit by Duisburger Kunstgewerbe
Located in Doornspijk, NL
These four ceramic plaquettes that increase in size are chained together by robust chains. Together they form a sturdy and stylish wall object.
Each plaquette was made in relief ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Veneer Image of Church Tower, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Image of the highest church tower in Slovakia based on Spisska Nova Ves.
Veneer on plywood with high gloss finish.
Category
1960s Slovak Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plywood
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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