Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: Late 20th Century
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
Colorful Retro, vintage wall ceramic lion by Klára Kertész
Located in Budapest, HU
Klára Kertész retro lion wall ceramic. Cheerful, colorful unique piece, made around the 1970s. In excellent condition, marked.
In our studio, you can also find a rooster, which is a true collector's rarity.
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Klára Kertész (Tiszakorod, 1909 - Budapest, 1997) ceramic artist.
In 1938, he began his ceramic career with István Gádor. A later Kossuth prize-winning ceramist, he also considered Margit Kovács as his modern Master. His figures and vessel forms were greatly influenced by folk art. He often shaped animal figures. became a student of the creator of Hungarian industrial...
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1970s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
After Bernard Buffet 1971 Blue Hydrangeas Wool Tapestry Framed Wall Art
Located in East Hampton, NY
Made by DMC in the 70's, this is a vividly colored wool woven tapestry framed in a brass finish aluminum frame SIGNED Bernard Buffet 1971 to top.
NOTE: THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WI...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Colorful Retro, vintage wall ceramic rooster by Klára Kertész
Located in Budapest, HU
Klára Kertész retro rooster wall ceramic. Cheerful, colorful unique piece, made around the 1970s. In excellent condition, marked, rare ceramic. You can find a lion as well from Klara Kertesz in our collection. If you buy both we can give a discount:)
In our studio, you can also find a rooster, which is a true collector's rarity.
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Klára Kertész (Tiszakorod, 1909 - Budapest, 1997) ceramic artist.
In 1938, he began his ceramic career with István Gádor. A later Kossuth prize-winning ceramist, he also considered Margit Kovács as his modern Master. His figures and vessel forms were greatly influenced by folk art. He often shaped animal figures. became a student of the creator of Hungarian industrial...
Category
1970s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Greg Copeland Art Mult-Layer Quatrefoil Diamond Cut-Paper Assemblage
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Vintage 1970s era Greg Copeland framed, cut-paper assemblage. Copeland is a 20th Century and contemporary artist known for his geometric pattern artworks. This piece features a quatr...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Large Ceramic wall Relief, 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Large ceramic wall relief, 1970s. The panel shows a harmonious and rhythmic composition of cylindrical elements in different colors. The panel is composed of several large tiles fixe...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Ceramic Wall Cross, Red & Beige, Hand Made Studio Pottery, Europe
Located in Chicago, IL
This wall cross is compact in wingspan and proportions, possessing a substantial thickness. The Christ figure on the cross radiates a glowy glossy red hue across most of the cross's ...
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Wall Fish Cote D’Azur Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish signed Côte d’Azur Vallauris , Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract modern wall sculpture Romoh France 1973
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful organic shaped wall sculpture made by unknown artist in France, 1973. The stamp on the bottom says Romoh 73. The solid pine wood has a nice pattern This sculpture has a uni...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pine
1970s Terracotta Silver Wall Hanging Artwork Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Sculptural Terracotta Silver Wall Hanging Artwork Italy
Modernist design Terracotta and sterling
inscription IRAM NATALE 1971-1972. Marato
Or...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bernhard E. Rhone Oxidized Metal Etching
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Rhone Oxidized Metal Etching c.1970s, Canada. Rhone, a German born artist began experimenting with metal oxidation and acid etching in the late 1960s to create a body of wor...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Large Sculptural Brutalist Wall Panel in Teak and Pine, Italy 1970s
Located in Hellouw, NL
This abstract wall panel was made in Italy in the 1970s and has a particularly high decorative quality. The movement to which we can attribute this object is brutalism due to its coa...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Teak, Pine
Large Illuminated Advertisement for HB cigarettes, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Large wall advertisment light
Good original condition with signs of use
The top part is missing some plastic
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Rosenthal Studio Line Porcelaiin Otto Piene 'Limited Edition'
By Otto Piene, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning wall plaque by Otto Piene for Rosenthal. The plaque was produced in 1973 in an edition of 3000, and this one is number 1670.
It is a decorative art plate in a rainbow desi...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plates by Rosenthal 1980s
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Piero Fornasetti said that he chose Lina Cavalieri for her archetypal beauty. It's clear what he meant. Fornasetti designed more than 400 variations of her face, some winking, some c...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Original Abstract Framed and Matted Artwork.
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Abstract Illustration on Brown Paper within a Silver Toned Frame. No Makers Mark. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 25 W ; 1/4 D ; 22 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
White plaster wall relief by Momcilo Milovanovic, 1975
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Unique plaster wall relief by Momcilo Milovanovic (1921 - 2013), France 1975. Milovanovic studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
Nerone Patuzzi NP2 wall panel made in Italy 1974
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning abstract square wall panel designed by Nerone Patuzzi, crafted from etched aluminum with a wooden backing, created by Forme e Superfici and belongs to a limited edition, wit...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage CARSTENS TÖNNIESHOF ATELIER 1970's West German Ceramic Wall Plaque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 1970's Carstens Tönnieshof Atelier West German ceramic wall plaque with 3 heavy sculptural ceramic tiles linked by thick blackened steel chain. Originally found hanging in ga...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Massive Vintage Art Work by Thomas Nawrocki
Located in Raleigh, NC
Vintage artwork by American artist Thomas Nawrocki. Entitled Kaleidoscope, Steeple Scope Window. This large-scale framed piece is made from colorful vinyl stitched together to create...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Paper, Germany, Signed, C 1970, No Frame
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Bernard Gantner, Lac Hivernal Aux Voges, Lithograph on Woven Paper, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Bernard Gantner, Lac Hivernal Aux Voges, 1970s
Lithograph on woven paper
Number 38
The work is signed by the artist and individually numbered (pencil)
Sheet dimensions 50/65
Unframed...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Collage Painting!
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Calling all Dentists! Dental Theme Collage. Dated 1973, signed William Enturile. Original Frame, bought from a retired Dentist.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Vintage Color Lithograph, Signed, Composition, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown, Composition
Color lithograph
Number 56/65
The work is signed by the artist and individually numbered (pencil)
Work dimensions 67/52
The work is framed
Work in origin...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Frans Minnaert, Composition, Color lithograph on Simili Japon Paper, 1990s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Frans Minnaert, Composition, 1990s
Color lithograph
Work signed by the artist (pencil)
Work dimensions 98/66
The work is framed
Frans Minnaert (1929 - 2011) was a Belgian painter. H...
Category
1990s Belgian 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
2 Tapistries by Simone Prouve
By Simone Prouvé
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cotton, wool and mix-media. Both signed.
Simone Prouve (born 1931) is the daughter Jean Prouve.
Dimensions: H 93’´x W 62’´ and H 93’´x W43" for the rope ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Rope
Vintage Original Framed Mid Century Modern Style Textile Artwork
Located in Seattle, WA
Abstract Textile Artwork within a Black Wood Frame . Primary Color is Yellow, Accents of Black Red and Blue. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as P...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
Lorenzo Burchiellaro Abstract Wall Panel in Aluminum and Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Lorenzo Burchiellaro, wall panel, wood, aluminum, Italy, 1970s
Abstract wall panel in aluminum by Italian designer Lorenzo Burchiellaro. Burchiellaro is known for his metal furnitur...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970.
W / 11.7" , H /7.5 "
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Eduardo Chillida, Original Vintage Lithograph on cardboard, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Eduardo Chillida
Lithograph on cardboard
Number T 169/1000
The work is signed by the artist and individually numbered (pencil)
Work dimensions 47/34
The work is framed
Eduardo Chillida(1924 - 2002). He was a Spanish artist. He began his career in 1943, studying architecture at the University of Madrid, but in 1947 he took up drawing and sculpture. In 1948 he moved to Paris, then the world capital of art. Although he dropped out of college, his work betrays his architectural training, revealing an underlying sense of structural organization as well as material discipline, planning spatial relationships, and scaling elements. For years, the artist used materials that were the basis for his research on conceptual and metaphysical issues. Chillida's early efforts in stone and plaster oscillated between humans and the natural world. His return to the Spanish Basque country in 1951 initiated a change of vision, focusing more on the metamorphosis of space and the definition of spatial volume through form. Chillida soon abandoned the plaster he had used in his Paris works in favor of iron, then wood and steel. These materials represent Basque traditions in industry, architecture and agriculture, and recall the landscape and black light of the region. Chillida began using alabaster for its illuminated but veiled appearance, he used it in the sculpture How Deep is the Air (1996). Despite his use of a variety of media, Chillida's intentions for simplicity and balance never allowed the material to take on a form alien to its nature. He was consistently guided by the quality of space, density and rhythm. Major retrospectives of Chillida's graphic and sculptural works have been exhibited by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1966), the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (1979), the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1979), the Guggenheim Museum (1980), the Palacio de Miramar, San Sebastián (1992), and Museo nacional centro de arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (1999). Chillida's monumental sculptures designed for urban and more remote spaces are permanently installed internationally and constitute a central aspect of his artistic production. Chillida has received numerous awards, including the Grand International Sculpture Prize at the Venice Biennale (1958), the Kandinsky Prize (1960), the Carnegie Prize for Sculpture (1964), the Andrew Mellon...
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1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Color Lithograph by Cyr Frimout, Man with two heads, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Cyr Frimout, Man with two heads, 1990s
Color lithograph
The work is signed by the artist (pencil)
Work dimensions 98/67
The work is framed
Cyr Frimout was born in 1938. He is a Belg...
Category
1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Oil on canvas by Pol Mara, Signed and Dated, 1974
Located in Brussels, BE
Oil on canvas by Pol Mara, Signed and Dated, 1974
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Framed Lithography by André Lanskoy, 1970s - Signed
Located in Brussels, BE
Framed Lithography by André Lanskoy, 1970s - Signed
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Wall Ceramic Mask by DYBDAHL, 1960s Denmark
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Wall Ceramic Mask by DYBDAHL, 1960s Denmark
Dimensions
Height: 5.11 in. (13 cm)
Width: 4.33 in. (11 cm)
Depth: 2.75 in. (7 cm)
The fixture need 1 x E27 ...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Clay
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Oscar Reutersvärd, Impossible Figures, Color Lithograph, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Oscar Reutersvärd, Impossible figures
Lithography
Number 101/190
The work is signed by the artist and individually numbered
Work dimensions 51/41
The work is framed
Oscar Reutersvär...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Åke Arenhill, Tio visor i bild om den förlorade sinnligheten, 10 lithographs
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Åke Arenhill, Tio visor i bild om den förlorade sinnligheten
A collection of 10 lithographs
Number 72/400
Works signed by the artist and individually numbered (pencil)
Work dimension...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Color Lithograph in the Trend of Primitivism, Naive Art, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown
Color lithograph
Work dimensions 51/47
The work is framed
The piece in the trend of primitivism, naive art.
Work in original condition. The frame shows minor signs o...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Rosario Calì, Cromatismo Ermetico, Mixed Media on Paper, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Rosario Calì, Cromatismo Ermetico, 1970s
Mixed technique
The work is signed by the artist
Work dimensions 52/37
The work is framed
Rosario Calì was born in 1943. He's an Italian art...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Color Lithograph in the Trend of Primitivism, Naive Art
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown
Color lithograph
Work dimensions 53/38
The work is framed
The piece in the trend of primitivism, naive art.
Work in original condition. The frame shows minor signs o...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Gérard Gosselin, Hommage à Lorca, Color Lithograph, 1986, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Gérard Gosselin, Hommage à Lorca, 1986
Color lithograph
E.A. number XIV/L
This work is signed by the artist and has an individual title, number and date (pencil)
Work dimensions 72/5...
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1970s, Silkscreen and collage on paper by Lucio Del Pezzo 'Casellario' n.148/200
Located in Milan, IT
1970s, Italian silkscreen and collage on paper by Lucio Del Pezzo 'Casellario' n. 148/200.
Inside a geometric panel the artist has applied through collage a series of reproductions o...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Erik Höglund, Unique Relief, Glass and Concrete, Steel Frame
By Erik Höglund
Located in Stockholm, SE
A unique relief / wall plate in glass, concrete and steel frame. Made by Erik Höglund (1932-1998), Sweden. Not signed. Sweden, 1970s-1980s.
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1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Gilbert Portanier Unique Art Grey Pottery Plate Signed 1977
Located in Munich, DE
A rare Gilbert PORTANIER born in 1926 ceramic plate / bowl with a design of an abstract polychrome painted inspiration in the middle.
Monogrammed on with Portanier 77.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Gilbert Portanier Unique Art Blue Pottery Plate Signed 1981
Located in Munich, DE
A rare Gilbert PORTANIER born in 1926 ceramic plate / bowl with a design of an abstract polychrome painted inspiration in the middle, bright blue surround and red rim. Unique piece. ...
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Signed and Numbered Victor Vasarely Chess Serigraph 279/300
Located in Ferndale, MI
Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906-1997) Serigraph In Colors On Wove Paper, C. 1975, Chess, H 29'' W 29'' Signed in pencil and numbered 279/300. Organic surrealist forms on a c...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Small Wooden Frame with Fine Stones Incrustations. French Work. Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This small rectangular frame is made of a very fine carved wood with semi-precious stones incrustations. This is a French work. Circa 1970
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Sam Francis Paradise of Ash (SF-276)
By Sam Francis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sam Francis (1923–1994) Paradise of Ash (SF-276) (one panel), 1981.
Lithograph in colors on HMP Koller handmade off-white paper measuring 46¼ h × 32¼ w in (117 × 82 cm). Oak frame 36...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Black and red composition, Vintage Color Lithograph, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown, Black and red composition
Color lithograph
The work is signed by the artist
Work dimensions 70/79
The work is framed
Work in original vintage condition. It has a sig...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 22 Cast Aluminum Tiles as Wall Decorations, by a Milano Foundry Italy
Located in Paris, FR
Set of 22 decorative tiles wall decorations in cast aluminum by a Milano foundry in Italy.
Circa 1990 / 2000
Each tile imitates a different piece of wood.
A very unique set that can ...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Carved Oak Wood Panel by Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Dark oak wood caved panel by Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries.
It’s marked EA on the lower right corner and Stamped ERA Industries on back.
Measurements: 39.18” Wide, 9.5” Hi...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Oak
Mexico Azteken Brass wall hanger 1972
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice decorative wall hanger . Mexico Aztecan Handmade .
Brass with stone work .
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
30 Dia by 5.5 D
Located in Bronx, NY
an unsual and well detailed example of wire wall decorative art
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
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Linoleum Tiles Vintage
Majolica Mermaid