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 Rya Rug
By Finnrya Oy AB, Helena Koskivaara
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Striking Rya made with a high-quality handmade Rya weaving technique. To be used as a floor rug or a decorative wall hanging. In perfect condition, ready to hang. Sweden, circa 1960.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$1,100
French Majolica Vegetables Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Vegetables Platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
Olive branch, garlic, onion, tomato, beans, zucchini.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Blue-White French Abstract Oil Painting of Books by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A blue-white, vintage Mid-Century Modern French abstract oil on wood painting of books, painted by Daniel Clesse in good condition. Signed on the lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Round Dish Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury round dish with handle by Robert Picault Vallauris.
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Paris. After the...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories
Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the sh...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Yarn
$1,041 Sale Price / set
30% Off
L S LOWRY SATURDAY AFTERNOON LIMITED EDITION PRINT 60/99 WiTH ALL DOCUMENTATION
By L. S. Lowry
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this limited edition 60/99 print by L.S Lowry Print of "Saturday Afternoon" with all the supporting documentation
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price
A very good looking and large limited edition print of LS Lowry...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
Nude Painting, Ink Wash, C 1950, Back View, Original Dark Tan Wood Framing, Art
Located in New York, NY
Nude painting of a woman, back view. The technique is ink wash. Painting is on paper with a wood frame, C 1950. Original wood framing.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Stylish Curtis Jere Style Hammered Metal Wall Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish sunburst style wall art features hammered metal in a circular design after the Mid-Century style of Curtis Jere. Unique mixed metal construction adds to the vintage mode...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
$808 Sale Price
26% Off
Great Vintage School Teaching Display Vermins in the Garden and Forest
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display Vermins in the Garden and Forest
A vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating the pests in the garden and in the forest. Used ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
20th Century Dark-Blue French Abstract Still Life Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th century dark-blue abstract still life by Daniel Clesse, painted in Montpellier, France in 1976.
Daniel Clesse was a French painter born in 1932, in Paris, France and passed a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
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
Set of 3 Plastic Leaded Glass Bullseye Style Panels
Located in New York, NY
Interesting set of three plastic panels, they are a mid century reinterpretation of an earlier leaded glass form. These were probably set in wood frames originally, now that they are...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plastic
PAOLO DE POLI - Rame smaltato dipinto a mano - 1950 Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Paolo de Poli - smalto su rame dipinto a mano dal artista che insieme a Gio Ponti hanno collaborato nel arredamento del 900 italiano.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
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
$2,551 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Leather and Brass Stirrup’s
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning set a five vintage Italian hand stitched, fine leather and solid brass stirrups, Borrella Roma, made in Italy stamped in the leather.
These ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
$131 Sale Price / set
65% Off
Glazed Terracotta Mask Wall Decoration in Beige and Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
Decorative mask in blue and off-white glazed terracota, 1970s
Cool as wall decoration.
Materials: Terracotta, Glazed
Colors: Beige, Blue
Measures: 32 cm H x 24 cm W x 9 cm D // 12,59...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Majolica Fish Wall Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fish platter. Decorated with fishes, seaweed, garlic, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
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
French Mid-Century Black & Red Majolica Oyster, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Mid-Century Black & Red Majolica Oyster, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Rudy Vallee Actors / Musician Hollywood Personal Effects, Photos & Awards
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare opportunity to own a collection of 9 personal effects by famed musician and actor Rudy Vallee including 4 handblown drinking glasses with his initials etc c hed into the glasses, 1969 Directors Guild of America awards, a sterling silver cigar box presented by Jumbo Tent C.S., a spelter metal statue of a quaver musical note, a signed 8x10 photo of Rudy in a ship captains uniform and a framed 8x10 photo of a Rudy from his younger days.
Hubert Prior Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986), known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type.
United States 1930-1970
Included in this set
-1969 Directors Guild of America award
-Sterling Silver Cigar Box Presented by Jumbo Tent C.S
-Signed 8x10 Photo
-Framed 8X10 Photo
-Spelter Metal Quaver Musical Note Statue
-Pair of Red Drinking Glass...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Guy Sydenham Poole Pottery Large Modernist Stylized Sunburst Art Pottery Charger
By Guy Sydenham
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Poole Pottery modernist Studio Pottery charger decorated with a stylized sunburst and seedpod design by renowned potter Guy Sydenham (British, 1916-2005) and d...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Signed Rolph Scarlett Acrylic On Paper Framed Red, Orange, Purple, Green
Located in North Miami, FL
This one of kind signed vintage abstract Rolph Scarlett acrylic on paper dates from the 60's. It has been just recently framed in a simple off-white museum mat and black wood frame. ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paint, Paper
Pair of Metal Geometric Fence or Art Object with Golden Fish
By Gio Ponti
Located in Den Haag, NL
Pair of Metal Geometric fence or art object with golden fish made in Italy, circa 1950s. Priced per piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
French Midcentury Hunting Trophy Deer Foot and Oak, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Midcentury hunting trophy made with an oak frame and a deer foot
Ideal for a chalet style decoration
French, circa 1960.
Good vintage condition
Shippin...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Oak
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
Alain Winance, Composition, Color lithograph, 1990s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Alain Winance, Composition, 1994
Color lithograph
The work is signed by the artist and dated (pencil)
Work dimensions 98/67
The work is framed
Alain Winance is a Belgian artist born...
Category
1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$1,885 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
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
$2,014 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Mid-Century French Black & Brown Majolica Oyster, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French black & brown Majolica oyster, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"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
Dick Seeger 1970's Mixed Media Text Artwork
By Dick Seeger
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Square red painted wood, lucite and mirrored artwork by Arizona artist Dick Seeger with saying, "Life is the Foreplay Before the Orgasm."
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Lucite, Wood
Fantastic Collection of 8 Original and Rare Mexican Wrestling Movie Posters
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Fantastic Set of 8 original and rare Mexican Wrestling Movie Posters from 1950-1960, with the most iconic Mexican wrestling icon Santo, Blue Demon...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Charcoal on Paper and Mixed Technical Tempera Italian Films Cinema Movie 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Drawings charcoal on paper and mixed technical tempera Italian films cinema movie 1970s
Anna Magnani Mamma Roma. cm 80 x 60
Alberto Sordi Film L'avaro cm.40 x 30
André Bazin was a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Jane Martz Marshall Studios Master Work in round tile Cat Mosaic Wall Hanging
Located in Ferndale, MI
The largest and best wall mosaic I have ever seen from Marshall Studios. Master work of Jane Martz wife and partner of Gordon Martz. Done in varying sizes of their classic round cera...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
$9,500 Sale Price
36% Off
60s Mixed Media Arts And Crafts Superb Multi-Dimensional Wall Sculpture Fine Art
Located in Miami, FL
Arts and Crafts Superb multi-dimensional wall sculpture, mixed media wood and printer's blocks.
A beautiful piece of Fine Art made in America circa 1965.
It is in good vintage condit...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Depisis Style Midcentury Oil Panting Vase Rose Flowers 1940s Classic Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Depisis style midcentury oil panting vase rose flowers signed T.Rossi 1940s classic frame.
Elegant and refined as a picture of Depisis.
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Jute, Wood, Paint
Mid-century Plaster wall sculpture, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
With aged patina
Interesting decoration
Original condition
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century French Black & Green Majolica Oyster, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French black & green majolica oyster, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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
Set of Chrome Six Knife Holder, in the Shape of Animals, c. 1890
Located in Labrit, Landes
Set of six chrome knife holders shaped like animals: cat, bull, ram, squirrel, bear, wild boar.
Ideal for a refined and nature-themed table decoration
Good condition.
Shipping:
Category
1890s French Antique Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome
Modernist German Wall Rug by Ewald Kröner for Schloss Hackhausen, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug individual customs made order by Ewald Kröner, 1970s
(see images of the illustration prospect, each rug of the Kröner Collection could be configured on customers ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$2,310 Sale Price
20% Off
Pop-Art Wall Metal Enemal Painting, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Metal enamel wall painting. Large Pop Art 1970s amphora style painting in enamel on metal. Vibrant purple feather-like design.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
$1,464 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century Light-Brown French Self-Portrait Oil Painting of Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-brown, vintage Mid-Century modern French self-portrait oil on cardboard painting of Daniel Clesse, in good condition. Signed on the lower right. Wear consistent with age and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Abstract American Modernist Oil Painting "My Dancing Shoes" by Zoute 1941
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1941. Oil on board. 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 North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
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
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
Pop Art Panton Style Macramee Wall Hanging Rug Atelier Für Teppichkunst, 1970s
By Atelier für Teppichkunst, Verner Panton
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Atelier für Teppichkunst, Germany
Description:
This rug is a great example of 1970s pop...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,107 Sale Price
24% Off
Romare Bearden Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Romare Bearden (1911-1988) and woven at Atelier Pinton Freres in Aubusson, France. Gloria Ross asked Bearden if she propo...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
1930s Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of nine framed American typography pages.
From new letters and lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring,
Originally published, 1938
The pages ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$1,500 / item
Mid-Century Modern Lithograph Portrait of a Woman
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Decorative art work, a lithograph with a figurative abstract representation. The work is signed in pencil, but this is not clearly legible. The work is framed in a simple gilded wood...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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 Signed Painting of a Menorah
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Menorah. Signed illegibly lower right corner. Nice earth tones to warm up your home. Inscription on rear side of artwork. Unfortunately missing half ...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$864 Sale Price
28% Off
Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Fontana Arte Slab Crystal, 1955 Max Ingrand
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Fontana Arte slab crystal, 1955 max ingrand.
It has a break in the upper part, but well fixed.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Crystal
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
Komposition, Color Lithograph on Fabriano Paper, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown, Composition
Color lithograph on Fabriano paper
Number 9/49
The work is signed by the artist and has an individual number
Work dimensions...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$703 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Grey Italian Oval Wooden Wall Glass Mirror, Vintage Decoration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A grey, oval vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian wall mirror with its original mirrored glass, made of hand carved wood in good condition. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1940...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Framed Cover of Antollogie de la Poesie Naturelle Book
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th Century Framed Cover of Anthologie de la Poesie Naturelle Book
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
$387 Sale Price
55% 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 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.