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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Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Insects of the Grassland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Insects of the Grassland
A vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating the insects of the grassland. Used as teaching ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Modernist Wall Rya Rug by Helena Koskivaara for Wetterhoff, Finland 1960
By Wetterhoff, Helena Koskivaara
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Original huge 1960s high pile Rya wall rug
Origin:
Finland
Producer:
Wetterhoff, Hämeenlinna Sweden
This rug is a great example of 1960s Pop Art in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Mounted Studio Ceramic by Raul Coronel
By Raul Coronel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Untitled "Flower in pot" by Raul Coronel.
C.1968
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Original Woman with Broom Artwork by Jean Olds
Located in Raleigh, NC
Original artwork by artist Jean Olds. Olds’ work often combines bold colors and expressive brushstrokes to evoke a sense of movement and energy. Her pieces have been exhibited in gal...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Midcentury Design Ceramic Wall Decoration, Owl Family
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia,
- circa 1960s
- Very good original condition
- No damages.
Category
1960s Czech 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
$2,860 Sale Price / set
44% Off
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
Autumn Scene of a French Seaside Village Oil Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
A beautifully executed vintage oil on canvas painting of a French seaside village housed in an intricately hand-carved antique gilt wood frame....
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Tom Scmitt 1968 Shaped Canvas 3 Dimensional Acrylic on Canvas in Red
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage monochromatic red art by Tom Schmitt on three dimensional shaped canvas. Signed on reverse. circa 1968.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Charles Hersey Vintage Acrylic Op-Art Painting, circa 1971
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Hersey vintage acrylic op-art painting, circa 1971
Fantastic op-art painting by San Francisco artist Charles Hersey.
Bold black and green ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Curtis Jere Large Gold Leaf Wall Applique, 1991
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Hastings, GB
Monumental leaf wall applique, hand crafted by C Jere in their California based workshop, and fully signed C Jere 1991
The huge brass leaves are intricately cut and bonded together ...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
School Teaching Display Anthill of the Horse Ant
Located in Berghuelen, DE
School Teaching Display Anthill of the Horse Ant
A vintage school teaching glass display of the anthill of the horse ant. It shows the hill and inhabitants thereof, the life inside ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of Household pests
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of Household Pests
A vintage school teaching showcase with household pests specimen behind glass. Used as teaching material in German schools c...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
T’ang Haywen diptych ink on paper 1975
By Haywen Tang
Located in Paris, IDF
This is a powerful and intriguing diptych ink on kyro board paper by Chinese and French ink artist T’ang Haywen, untitled and unsigned, circa 1975. It’s been framed with a black frame and anti-UV glass. The diptych size is Height 27.55 inches x Width 39.35 inches, and the frame size is Height 35.05 inches x Width 46.85 inches.
T’ang Haywen was a Chinese and French artist born in 1927, Xiamen, China. He is noted for his mastering of the ancient techniques of Chinese ink-brush painting. Since his death in 1991, T’ang’s work has been widely exhibited including a travelling retrospective at the Oceanography Museum of Monaco, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Singapore Museum of Art, Museum of East Asian Art Berlin, the Ashmolean Museum Oxford and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taiwan. In 2002, a solo exhibition of his works was held at the Musée Guimet...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Authentic California Fruit Crate Labels Featuring Apples. Circa 1940's
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered is a pair of original "Apple" fruit crate labels, circa 1940's, unused and professionally mounted in oak frames with white colored beveled matte.
The labels would have been...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1960s Fiber Art with Landscape Scene
Located in Denton, TX
Large Macrame handcrafted with many different knot styles and a scene of hills, sun and clouds.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Twine
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
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
Painting by Maureen Wilkenson, Water Colors, Red & Blue Colors, New Gold Frame
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful water color painting by Maureen Wilkenson, CT.
Street life in Paris, circa 1960. New frame.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
$300 Sale Price
68% Off
Wifredo Lam Framed Original Etching + Pencil Signed - Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in North Miami, FL
Etching in Black, Red and Yellow with aquatint background by Wilfredo Lam, pencil signed and numbered. The etching is characterized by linear forms and monochrome background, typica...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
Dynamic Motion: Composite Tile Art by Robert Giusti (1977)
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Dynamic Motion: Composite Tile Art by Robert Giusti (1977)
Composite tile art piece by Robert Giusti, executed in 1977 for the Greg Copeland Gallery. This artwork captures the esse...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Composition
$474 Sale Price
75% Off
Mid-Century African Warriors and Women Painted Glass Panels
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Utterly unique pair of Mid-Century Modern painted glass panels depicting African figures. The diptych features African warriors on one side, and women ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
$1,317 Sale Price / set
40% Off
PAOLO DE POLI - Rame smaltato anni 50 - Made in ITALY
Located in Milano, IT
Paolo de Poli - Smalto dipinto a mano su rame disegnato dal artista, che ha collaborato insieme al architetto GIO PONTI nella decorazione di tanti arredi del 900.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration Of Ram, Czechoslovakia, 1960
Located in Zohor, SK
Great, colorful, vintage wall art piece from Midcentury era in Communist regime of Czechoslovakia. The art piece is showing a sheep male - a ram. Originally this piece was a part of ...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plastic
$82 Sale Price
50% Off
Deco "Mater Maria Dolorita" or "Weeping Mary" Cast Bronze Relief
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely and decorative Mid-Century cast bronze relief bust of Mother Mary, mounted on oak plaque. Beautiful patina. In good, original condition. Wear consistent with its age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Painting by Barbara Pound, Female Nude Painting, Sky Blue and Rose, C 1960, Art
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful nude painting by Barbara Pound, circa 1960. Water colors.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Thom Vromen Signed Colored Lithograph of Thomas Edison
By Tom Vroman
Located in Redding, CT
Thom Vromen signed colored lithograph we think portraying Thomas Edison. Vromen was a famous midcentury illustrator who attended the Beaux Art School in Paris. He graduated from the ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Pretty Chinese Papercutting Art Window Flower Chuang Hua
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s vintage pretty Chinese papercutting art window flower Chuang hua
Measures: 34 x 20
Original unrestored vintage condition
See images provided pl...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Showcase with Stone Specimen, Decomposition of Rocks, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Showcase with Stone Specimen - Decomposition of Rocks, ca. 1930
The vintage natural scientific specimen diorama shows the decomposition of rocks behind glass in a wooden case. It wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
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
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
A vintage glass showcase illustrating the wheat corn and products made out of wheat...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Frank Walcutt 37 Inch Square Mid-Century Modern Surreal Homestead Painting
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The painting is a mid-century modern piece created by artist Frank Walcutt in the 1970s. The artwork features a homestead scene with houses, trees, and a serene landscape, showcasing...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Palette Knife Oil Painting of Fishing Boats
Located in Manhasset, NY
Palette Knife oil painting of fishing boats. A finely detailed oil painting, signed lower left corner in a gilt and ebony frame. Circa 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Painting, Midcentury, Red, Green and White, Modern Art, "Commuting", C 1960, Art
Located in New York, NY
Painting from the 1960s framed in a decorative silver frame. This is a print. The painting is called " Commuting". Men and women are commuting on a train and reading news papers. Col...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Christopher Russell Tile Panel ex Chris Blanchett Collection
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An unusual and impressive tile panel by ceramicist Christopher Russel, originally made as a maquette for Swanage Library, England, and later acquired by collector and expert Chris Bl...
Category
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Heidi Melano Painting Oil on Board Double Sided
Located in Miami, FL
Heidi Melano painting on board. Very unique style of bright and colorful expression.
This beautiful work of art by master mosaic artist Heidi Melano would make a great addition to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bright and colorful vintage modern oil painting on canvas.
Please confirm item location (NY or NJ).
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Jo Patch Contemporary Oil Painting Titled "Riviere Rouge" or Red River
By Jo Patch
Located in Miami, FL
Very colorful and decorative surrealist oil on board painting by Jo Patch.
Signed on the back of the board.
Titled "Riviere Rouge" or Red River.
Measures: 31 3/4" wide x 23 3/4" ...
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
$1,500 Sale Price
21% Off
M Gargiulo 1959 Geometric Abstract Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Gold Frame
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Abstract geometric Cubist oil painting on canvas housed in elaborately molded gilded wood frame. The piece features a pattern of opposing diagonal lines that create a triangular frac...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage Framed Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage framed art
Dimensions. 27 1/2 W ; 23 1/2 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
$496 Sale Price
20% Off
Jean Claude Werdier Vintage Normandy Village Landscape, circa 1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Claude Werdier (French painter Jean Claude Werdier was born in 1922. He later moved to the U.S. where he painted surrealist landscapes.) created this fine vintage Normandy villa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Woven Tapestry by Maria Kipp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tapestry of woven yellow, blue, green and gold in cotton and rayon fibers. Design # 9004B-12285.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
"Phoenician Soldiers, " Pair of Brilliant Midcentury Enamel Panels, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant and striking examples of midcentury enamel art, this pair of panels showing ancient soldiers with helmets and spears is not signed, but each is superb in craftsmanship and ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
$2,080 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Oil on Canvas Painting, 1968, J Mijsbergen
Located in Antwerp, BE
Born and raised in Bergen op Zoom, Joop Mijsbergen studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp (1953-1960). Since 1979 Joop Mijsbergen runs a private school...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Haitian Village Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century Haitian oil on canvas of a village painted in hues of black, white, grey, and pale pink. Signed by the artist, bottom right, Nicolas Jose Perez and held in a wooden frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"The Spring Blossom" Painting by Pauwels
By Henri Joseph Pauwels
Located in Antwerp, BE
Painting farm on a flowering apple tree by Henri Pauwels (1903-1983) Belgium.
Artist: Henri Joseph Pauwels (Haasdonk 1903 - 1983 Beveren-Waas)
Technique: Oil on canvas
State: Good c...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Karel Appel Hors D’commerce "Dancing in the Spring" Signed Lithograph circa 1970
By Karel Appel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lithograph titled "Dancing in the Spring" pencil signed by Karel Appel 1970, H.C, in brushed aluminum and glass frame. Karel Appel is one of the founding members of the CoBrA movement in the 1950s. Later Appel emerged as one of the most important modern artists of the 20th century for his use of color. Appel is held in the collections of innumerable museums worldwide.
If a print is signed Hors d’Commerce...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Mixed Media Glass Disc Wall Decoration with Gold Leaf
Located in Miami, FL
A very unique handmade mixed media glass, gold leaf, thick acrylic paint, in abstract, wall art disc. The backing is in hide with wiring for hanging. This wall sculpture is a joyful ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 20
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 20
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Lennart Aschenbrenner, Composition with stick, Color Lithograph, 1986, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Lennart Aschenbrenner, Composition with stick, 1986
Color lithography
Number 296/330
This work is signed by the artist, has date and an individual number (pencil)
Sheet dimensions 49...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$940 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract French Mid-Century Cubistic Collage by Ida Colucci, Signed by Hand
By Ida Colucci
Located in Salzburg, AT
IDA COLUCCI (1894-1982)
Abstract, cubist collage by Ida Colucci, signed by hand
Freestanding on black cardboard, handmade frame with white gold overlay, anti-reflective glass.
Ida...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Biology Educational Pull Down Chart by Jung Koch Quentell, Germany, 1969
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Vintage pull down chart
Original vintage school chart, by Jung-Koch Quentell
Paperprint on linen. The canvas is fixed between two woo...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Harry Bertoia monotype
Located in New York, NY
Monotype by Harry Bertoia, initialed and numbered 1860 on rice paper set mounted in oiled walnut frame. From the Bertoia Family collection. A beautiful rendering of his sculptures id...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$8,500
Mixed Media Chrome Framed Paper Cut Art Mid-Century Modern, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Mixed Media Paper Cut Art encased with a Glass and Chrome Frame.
Numbered on the back.
Art Size measures: 8.25 x 10 inches.
Great Gift...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome
Joan Miró, Agora I, Color Lithograph, 1971, Framed
By Joan Miró
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Joan Miró, Agora I, 1971
Color lithography
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 71/51
Framed work
Lithographic poster for an exhibition of artists represented by Galeria Maeght at the Musée d'Art Moderne Strasbourg in 1971. Poster by Joan Miró, a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist. The surrealist master is one of the most important Spanish artists of the 20th century and one of the greatest artists of contemporary art.
A picture is made of brushstrokes, just as a poem is made of words. - Joan Miro
Miró's works are interpreted as belonging to surrealism, as an expression of a return to childhood and as sandboxes for the subconscious. The Miró style consists of vivid colors combined with simplified forms, reminiscent of drawings of a small child. Initially, Miró created in various fashionable styles, for example, Fauvist and Cubist. In 1920 he traveled to Paris several times, and a year later he settled there permanently. He met Pablo Picasso, Vasily Kandinsky and many other outstanding artists. In 1924 he joined the surrealists of André Breton's circle, but - despite the fact that he worked under their influence - he remained on the outskirts of this trend, maintaining the position of an outsider.
Influenced by Surrealist poets and writers, he began to develop his own style: a map of weightless colored signs and poetic forms that evoke both the seemingly naive freshness of invention and the exuberant and baroque Catalan...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$940 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage White Plaster of Paris and Resin Face Wall Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage 1960s newly white painted resin and plaster of Paris face wall sculpture is from a company in Chicago. It is marked on the back. It ma...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Resin, Plaster, Lacquer
Unique Art Work in Inlaid Wood Veneer, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Unique framed art work produced in Czechoslovakia in 1950s. The art is completely made of wood veneer. It is inlaid in tiny pieces to create one beautiful piece of finish. The artist used the wood veneer as a paint color. Different colors are created in different shades of wood. Each piece is cut exactly to size and inlaid in the artwork. The picture shows people dancing...
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1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Beech, Oak, Walnut
$499 Sale Price
75% Off
Vintage Stained Glass Parrot Artwork.
Located in Seattle, WA
Stained Glass Handmade artwork of blue and red parrot. Wire attached for hanging. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 12 W ; 1/4 D ; 13 1/2 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Art Glass
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.