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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Icon Madonna & Child in Glass Luigi Brusotti for Fontana Arte, Italy 1940s
Located in Rome, IT
Icon glass with Madonna and Child drawing attributed to Luigi Brusotti for Fontana Arte.
Made in Italy in the 1940s.
The back is made of wood.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Decorative Wall Dish - Federico Quattrini - Italy - 1954
By Federico Quattrini
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid Wall Plate by Federico Quattrini, 1954, signed and dated.
Rare and fascinating wall plate made in 1954 by renowned Italian artist and ceramicist Federico Quattrini. This uni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Musical Theme Lithograph Titled "in Concert" by Edna Glaubman
Located in Miami, FL
A wonderful musical themed lithograph and piece of decorative art titled "In Concert" by Edna Glaubman.
Artist signature hand signed on the bottom right and signed in the plate.
Limited Edition numbered 67/100.
Edna Glaubman (1919-1986) influential American female artist who lived and worked in Miami from 1961 to 1986, and was part of the original Coconut Grove...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Hand Woven Reversible Bauhaus Wall Panel Artwork
By Pamela Print
Located in Chelmsford, GB
This striking contemporary piece of textile art can be displayed with either side facing, with or without the top fringe.
Handwoven on a dobby loom in Pamela's studio using a complex double cloth weaving technique and a combination of weave structures, this unique wall hanging...
Category
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Metal Advertising Sign with Light
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage metal advertising sign with light.
By unknown manufacturer, circa 1990. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with ...
Category
1990s British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Britt-Louise Sundell Gustavsberg Swedish Abstract Stylized Bird Pottery Plaque
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and heavily made Swedish mid-century pottery wall plaque in the form of an abstract stylized bird by Britt-Louise Sundell (1928-2011) for Gustavsberg and probably dating from...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Modernist West German Ceramic Wall Plate Object by Helmut Schäffenacker, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic wall plate
Decade:
1960s
Producer:
Atelier Schäffenacker, Ulm Germany
Design:
Helmut Schäffenacker
This original vintage ceramic wall plate...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Traditional Wood Clogs, 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
A Traditional Wood Clogs, 1960 Spain. By unknown artist. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
delightful Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration Bird
Located in Palermo, Sicily
delightful Avallone Vietri round plate with 1950s central decoration
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Judith Daner " Playing the Banjo " Enamel on Copper, United States, c.1955
By Judith Daner
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Judith Daner " Playing the Banjo " Enamel on Copper, United States, c.1955. Signed " JD " to the front. Unframed.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Fela Kuti New York 1986 concert poster (Fela Kuti New York 1986)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1980's Fela Kuti Concert Poster:
Rare Original Fela Kuti concert poster published on the occasion of his Fela’s historic November 6th 1986 show at Madison Square Garden's The...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Josef Levi ‘American, NY, B.1938’ Still Life, "Picasso...Correggio”
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Massive contemporary work of art signed, dated 1995 and titled on verso- "Still Life with Picasso and Correggio". Acrylic and Graphite on canva...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Three Magical Fairy Tales Old Russia Plates by Gere Fauth
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning a rare Villeroy & Boch limited edition collector’s plates from Heinrich Porsellan illustrated by Gere Frauth.
The size of each plates is 8-1/2" in diameter. It comes with...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Blue Ladies By Marianne Starck For Michael Andersen. Danish Wall Plaque
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Four Soulful Women In Blue wall plaque, by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen, Denmark
Superb varying degrees of cobalt blue glaze over stoneware
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original French Artist Proof Woman with Horses, Signed Dauce
Located in Miami, FL
Original artist proof or French epreuve d'artist.
This very decorative work of art features a beautiful woman with horses and nature in the background.
A very well executed work of...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pascal Cucaro Midcentury Painting of a Bearded Man
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-century modern portrait painting of a bearded man on board by Pascal Cucaro. Beautifully painted on textured masonite board with oil. Site measuring 3.5 inches wide and 7.5 inche...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Masonite
vintage ruscha 1960's 70's WALL PLATE fat lava bowl orange flowers
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Vintage wall plate which can also be used as a fruit bowl. Matte glaze in different shades of brown and copper combined with a flower decor in green, red, orange and black fat lava g...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Framing of a Ceramic Tile Work by Jean Lurçat, circa 1950.
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Framing of a ceramic tile work by Jean Lurçat, circa 1950.
Framing of a work in ceramic tiles by Jean Lurçat, circa 1950.
H: 54cm, W: 102cm, D: 4cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Studio Art Handcrafted Sun Shaped Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Handcrafted Sun shaped Pottery
5 h x 7.38 w x 1.38 d
Decorative hanging wall art
Leather string attached
Unmarked
Preowned vintage condition. Good quality.
Refer to images pro...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Wood Panel Hand Carved, Wall Decoration, France 1960 Signed Bérthelémé
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Wood Panel Hand Carved, Wall Decoration, France 1960 Signed Bérthelémé
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Spanish Hand Knotted Wool Tapestry, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditionally hand knotted wool tapestry with a face shaped design. Manufatured in Spain, circa 1960. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preservin...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Ceramic Plates Wall Art Composition with Nautical Marine Motifs, 1970
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wall Decoration with Marine Nautical Wall Plates, Terracotta, Ceramic, Glazed
Set of four glazed ceramic wall plates with sailing ships and marine decorations, Spain, 1970s.
Hand-painted terracotta wall...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
1950s Design Mid-Century Modern Solid Teakwood Coat Rack with Hat Rack
Located in Lisse, NL
Great quality and condition midcentury wall coat rack.
This beautifully designed, perfectly executed and highly practical midcentury coat rack could be the ideal piece to come home...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Teak
No 1 Varia Set 84x84cm Wall Rug by VERNER PANTON attrib for Vorwerk Germany 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug varia set
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
VORWERK, the design was attributed to VERNER PANTON by QUITTENBAUM AUCTION HOUSE Munich, 143B - Design
...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
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...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Jean Picart Le Doux, Wall Ceramic Bowl, 12/100, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French midcentury ceramic bowl by Jean Picart Le Doux, France, 1950s. Ceramic. Measures: Diameter 15" 3/4 (40cm), depth 1"(2.6cm). Limited edition. Incised on the back. "Jean Picart ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Decorative Figurative Ceramic Plate by Marie Madelaine Jolly French 20th
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Marie Madelaine Jolly
French unique handmade ceramic piece by Marie Madelaine Jolly
Friend of Jean Cocteau
Large wall decorative ceramic plate
Original good condition
...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
majolika karlsruhe WALL PLATE plate rare oriental motif 1950s
Located in Mannheim, DE
Ceramic wall plate with rare and beautiful oriental decor. 1930s to 1950s. Majolika Karlsruhe logo on the backside.
Dimensions in cm:
Diameter 23 cm, height 2,8 cm.
Dimensions in ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century French Black & Pink Majolica Oyster, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French black & pink Majolica oyster, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Woman Wall Decoration, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Mid-Century set of 2 Woman Wall Decoration, 1950s
- made of metal,
- shows signs of wear and age (scratches, etc.),
- in good original condition,
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
21st Century Silver French Metal Wall Glass Mirror, Miroir Corentin, Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large rectangular mirror with a very decorative and heavy silver metal frame, for interior use only. Prov. France.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Seventies modern artwork in resin of a fisherman, Belgium ca. 1970
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1970 / artwork / resin / mid-century / design / vintage
Large Belgium artwork in resin with earthly color pallet, around 1970. This exquisite artwork captures the essence ...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
Diaz Costa Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork of a floral design by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preser...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1950's Large British Union Jack Hand-Stitched Framed Flag
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1950’s Union Jack Flag Framed, London England
This vintage British flag was purchased in London many years ago. This red, white and blue Union ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton, Plexiglass, Wood
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...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
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
Original Curtis Jere Chrome Raindrop Wall Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Original Curtis Jere Chrome "Raindrop" Wall Sculpture
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome
Casas Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted floral artwork by Catalan artist Casas, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiul patina.
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Ulisse Pagliari Midcentury Ceramic Panel Wall Tray 1964
By Ulisse Pagliari
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design very large decorative ceramic wall tray designed by the Italian artist Ulisse Pagliari, background with rough workmanship de...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Earl McCutcheon Slumped Fused Laminated Metal Inlaid Glass Sculptural Charger
Located in Mobile, AL
Earl McCutcheon was a pioneer in the studio glass movement who spent 40 years at the University of Ga. In the 1950's he was among the most influential experimental glass makers in th...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Hardy Strid, Composition, 1950s, Color Lithograph, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Hardy Strid, Composition, 1950s
Color lithography
Number 46/200
This work is signed by the artist and has an individual number(pencil)
Sheet dimensions 48/34
Framed work
Hardy Bertil Roland Stridh was born on July 6, 1921 in Haverdal, died on March 27, 2012 in Halmstad. He was a Swedish painter, illustrator, graphic and glass artist. Stridh was initially educated as a professional painter and studied easel painting. In the late 1930s, he experimented with paintings similar to the Halmstad group...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Elie Grekoff Tapestry Zodiac Cancer Wool Paris Proof of Authenticity
By Elie Grekoff
Located in Miami, FL
Signed Zodiac Grekoff handwoven tapestry in wool & cotton, titled Cancer.
Marked at the Front right corner and proof of authenticity on the reverse.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Red & White 1960s Decorative Ceramic Tiles by SAM S. Marino
Located in Varese, Lombardia
beautiful and decorative tiles in red, black and white glazed ceramic with fish subject and still life. Very good condition.
Category
1960s Sammarinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Diaz Costa Set of Three Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork of a fish by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Signed. 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
Authentic Julio Aguilera Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exquisite original oil on canvas painting by Julio Aquilera with a “Certificate of Authenticity”. This one of a kind abstract painting is sure to strike up a conversation. This beaut...
Category
Early 2000s South American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
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
Pannello Decoratico Asiatico Uccelli Fior di Mandorlo smalto su Metallo Italia
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pannello Decoratico Asiatico Uccelli Fior di Mandorlo smalto su Metallo Italia
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Framed Vintage Polo Prizes, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage framed polo prizes by unknown artist, circa 1960. Circa 1960, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiul patina.
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Magic Tree Sculpture by William Bowie, 1960s
Located in Hilversum, NL
William Bowie (1926–1994) was a pioneering sculptor based in New York City, active from 1954 until 1994. He is best known for his striking metal sculptures, often crafted from welded...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Diaz Costa Mid Centruy Modern 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
Spanish Hand Knotted Wool Tapestry, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditionally hand knotted wool tapestry. Manufatured in Spain, circa 1960. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. M...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pannello Decorativo in Lacca Cinese 1950s con Uccelli Fiori di loto e Piante
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pannello in Lacca Cinese Decoratico con Pavoni uccelli e piante con fior di loto.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Lacquer
Hand Tooled Decorative Folk Art Wall Charger, Iran 1950s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Hand Tooled Decorative Folk Art Wall Charger, Iran 1950s
Category
1950s Persian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century French Antique Machines Collage Composition
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century French antique collage composition. Images of different machine's models. By unknown artist. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
"Bouquet de Jonquilles, " Oil Painting by Miguel Guzman c.1968
By Miguel Guzman
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century oil on canvas by painter Miguel Guzman entitled "Bouquet de Jonquilles," signed and dated 1968.
Framed with original giltwood hand-carved frame.
Brass plaque attached w...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Diaz COSTA Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork with the writing "Welcome" in Catalan by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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