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
Ruscha Horse Motif Ceramic Wall Plate Decoration, 1960s
By Ruscha
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade midcentury modern rectangular ceramic wall plaque with expressive white horse motif. Matte and shiny glaze in blue, white, yellow and light gray colors. Metal mount for wall...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Hand Painted Freeform Dish, Italy, 1950's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Italian free form dish from 1950's signed Man. Hand painted glazed ceramic. It can be used as a dish or tray or as wall decoration.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Michelin Set of Original Tiles, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Michelin Man Set of sixteen tiles.
By unknwon manufacturer from Spain, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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. 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
Raul Coronel "Jeweled Village" Ceramic Wall Plaque Art
By Raul Coronel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raul Coronel "Jeweled Village" ceramic wall plaque Art.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
Rare Unica Collection Dishes Gio Ponti Franco Pozzi 1960 27 Pieces Multicolor
By Gio Ponti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Very rare collection of 27 pieces produced by Franco Pozzi Ceramiche based on a design by Gio Ponti.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Hammered Copper Wall Relief Sculpture Panel with African Pots
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hugh, lighted wall relief or object with African pots. This unique object is made by an Congolese artist and is in very good condition.
Measures: Width 121...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Italian Modern Ceramic Wall Plaque "Fisherman and His Catch" 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $300....Modernist depiction of a Fisherman and His Catch on this 1960s colorful Italian Ceramic Wall plaque. A combination of...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Clay
20th Century American Modern Abstract Brutalist Wall Sculpture by Marc Weinstein
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern American wall sculpture made of hand crafted metal designed and produced by Marc Weinstein, in good condition. The abstract Brutalist décor piece is comp...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Mosaic Tile Co Mid Century Decorative Bird Tile, Zanesville OH
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Mid Century Modern decorative tile was made by Mosaic Tile Company in Zanesville, OH. The tile depicts two birds sitting on a branch, looking in the same direction. The birds a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Illuminated Wall Relief with Car and Lights for Driving Instructions
Located in London, GB
The wall mounted 1970's artwork of car, demonstrating driving instructions for the use of car lights. The manual instruction panel at the bottom can be used to switch on the various car lights and learn about the function of the operation of the lights in driving. This model was produced by Heinrich Vogel in Munchen, Germany for driving schools. It's a interactive artwork on the wall.
This wall mounted learning aide looks almost looks like the 1960's work of Andy Warhol as if he created a celebrity portrait. Instead this is a celebration of the car of the 1970's. Warhol used photographic...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome
Sitting Female Nude Sketch Painting, Signed 1974
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
20th Century Female Nude Sketch Painting In Black Frame, Signed 1974
Beautiful nude sketch of the female form signed and dated by the artist, 11...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Zabihi Collection Primitive Abstract Gray Vintage Turkish Kilim
Located in New York, NY
an abstract Turkish Flat-Weave from the middle of the 20th Century
Details
rug no. r5897
size 7' 5" x 12' 5" (226 x 378 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
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
Scandinavian Mid-Century Stoneware Wall Plaque by Tilgmans Pottery
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice stoneware wall plaque relief in blue, brown and green by Tilgmans Pottery Sweden.
At the front there are the initials of the maker el which stands for Eivor Larsson and on the ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Clapera Maya Framed Artwork from Spain, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Drawing artwork from Spain, circa 1950 Painted by Clapera Maya in Spain. Framed and hand signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of Hand Painted Freeform Dishes, Italy, 1950's
Located in Barcelona, ES
A pair of italian free form dishes from 1950's signed Man. Hand painted glazed ceramic. They can be used as a dish or tray or as wall decoration.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
David Wojnarowicz Danceteria 1983 (announcement)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
David Wojnarowicz 3 Teens Kill 4, Danceteria NYC 1983:
Rare historic invitation published on the occasion of an early 1980s performance by David Wojnarowicz’s, 3 Teens Kill 4 at Dan...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Arte Morbelli Five Porcelain Plates with 24k Golden Inserts
Located in Milano, IT
Fantastic set of five decorative porcelain plates produced by Arte Morbelli, of fine Italian manufacture.
Each plate can be hung as a decorative object, or you can use them as real plates.
The plates are made entirely of ceramic, with designs and edges in 24 karat gold, very precious and elegant.
The plates contain designs of animals symbolic of every historical era and every area of the world. They are represented: a quadruped with a back decorated with red and gold squiggles, representing Southern Russia; a donkey also decorated in gold and purple and represents the period of greatest flowering of the Persian period (500-400 BC); the Egyptian jewel...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
Judith Daner Enamel Artwork Wall Panels, the Mexicans 1950s
By Judith Daner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Judith Daner (1936 - 2023) designed these lovely Mid-Century modernist enamel on copper artwork in the 1950s. The one-tile plaque is on the original structured wood frame. The abstra...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Wall Clock Leather Brass, 1960s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A wall clock made of leather and brass manufactured in midcentury, circa 1960.
The clock hangs with golden toned cords on a brass knob.
A removable key is used for winding the move...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
French Mid-Century Blue Majolica Daisy Plate Maunier Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Mid-Century Blue Daisy Plate signed Maunier Vallauris.
8 inches diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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
Tuscany Village Majolica Karlsruhe Ceramic Wall Art Plate Panel Vintage, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful, German glazed terra cotta or Majolica landscape tile by Karlsruhe, circa 1970. This gorgeous wall art depicts a Tuscany Village. Well detailed and beautiful colors.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds and shells.
Nautical style.
Measure: 9.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Belgian Figural Tapestry
Located in Antwerp, BE
Finely worked in colored woolens and depicting hunters and two lovers, signed: 'J.V.D.VELDE'
Date;
c. 1950-70's
A charming tapestry in very good condition and representative o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
1960s Hand-Painted Leather Jackets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather jackets from the 1960s, featuring hand-painted designs, are iconic pieces of fashion history. These jackets often served as a canvas for personal expression, with motifs lik...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Leather
French Green Majolica Oyster Marcel Guillot, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster signed Marcel Guillot, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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. 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
Mackerel Smoking Scene Marianne Starck, Michael Andersen, Persian Glaze Plaque
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Entertaining scene of a Bornholm mackerel smoker and his family
Beautifully created wall plaque with a complex Persian glaze, by renowned ceramicist Marianne Starck, for Michael A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of two 1989 Buon Ricordo Sicilia special decorative plates.
By Santo Stefano di Camastra
Located in Palermo, IT
Touring evening
Through a COUNTRY and its CUISINE
Good Remembrance Touring Evening.
For several years, on the first or second Friday of the month of NOVEMBER, member restaurants have...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Embroidered Silk Gilt Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring an embroidered silk picture of beautiful gift boxes. Stunning pattern of Hanaguruma (flower cart) laden with d...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Picture Wall Art
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Tapestry Picture Wall Art
A very well executed hand produced Swedish crewel needlework, wood and silk th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Silk
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Harris Strong Painting Titled Grove Signed Brent
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Harris Strong Studio was a prominent American design studio renowned for its innovative and artistic approach to ceramic and tile work during the mid-20th century. Founded by artist ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Tall Vintage Decorative Panel, Chinese, Framed, Silk Cotton Embroidery, C.1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage decorative panel. A Chinese, framed silk cotton embroidered display, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Attractive golden tones to this charming pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Abstract Wheels By Marianne Starck For Michael Andersen. Danish Wall Plaque
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Tactile, abstract wheels wall plaque by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen, Denmark
Dark brown wheels with blue glaze pools over stoneware
Stamped MS, Three Herrings mark and #635...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Mid-Century Modern Iron Framed Hand Painted Ceramic Italian Plaque
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian ceramic plaque, framed in iron, is a vibrant and expressive example of the era's love for both abstraction...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Curtis Jere Mid Century Brass Wall Urchin
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Countryside, IL
Curtis Jere Mid Century Brass Wall Urchin
This artwork measures: 39 wide x 9 deep x 26 inches high
Great Vintage Condition
We take our photos in a con...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Victoria Littlejohn Fish Ceramic Wall Plaque / Trivet, circa 1975
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Victoria Littlejohn fish ceramic wall plaque / Trivet, circa 1975.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Giovanni de Simone Ceramic Tile Italian Design Multi-Color Swordfish Marlin 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Giovanni de Simone ceramic tile Italian design multi-color swordfish marlin.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Helmut Schaffenacker Ulm, Germany Abstract Ceramic Fish Plaque, ca 50s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Helmut Schaffenacker Ulm, Germany Abstract Ceramic Fish Plaque, ca 50s
This is a beautifully executed ceramic wall plaque with abstract fish decor with a deep blue mottled backgrou...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1950 Gigi Caldanzano MGA Abisola Italian Ceramic Set of Plates
Located in Brescia, IT
Gigi Caldanzano
MGA, Albisola
Italy, 1950-1960
Set of 6 plates
Polychrome Ceramic
Excellent Condiction
"Caldanzano" and MGA under the base
diam: 30 cm
diam: 20 cm
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Acrylic Painting of Birds by Stephen Kaye
By Stephen Kaye
Located in New York, NY
Charming decorative large scale acrylic painting by noted Canadian artist Stephen Kaye. The paints depicts stylized birds in branches, on an abstract textured paint surface. Signed l...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Framed Ceramic Rooster Art Tile Plaque, French, 1950's
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Framed Ceramic Art Tile Plaque
of Whimsical and Colorful Rooster
French, 1950's, signed
"Beautifully done Ceramic Tile Rooster Wall Hanging. Made up of 10 tiles to form the compos...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Ceramic, Iron and Concrete Wall Plaque with Fish Relief
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful, German Mid-Century mosaic that uses a combination of vividly colored ceramic tiles and a concrete background to create this captivating relief scene of swimming fish Rus...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Concrete, Iron
Small French Majolica Fish Platter Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Majolica fish platter Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
large ruscha WALL TILE tuscan landscape with cypresses along a river 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Large vintage ceramic wall tile manufactured by Ruscha-Keramik in the 1970s with a beautiful tuscan landscape motif with cypresses.
Dimensions in cm:
Diameter 36.5 cm, height 3 cm....
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage pair of wood bookends , 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Vintage pair of wood bookends , 1970s
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Teak
Glazed Ceramic Fish Wall Plates or Wall Decoration
By Kerangol, Caldas Da Rainha
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching Pair of Glazed Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Decorations or Platters
Pair of Portuguese red and yellow ceramic plates from the Mid-Century ...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Ceramic wall decoration of Saint Mark by the french ceramist Robert Chiazzo
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Ceramic wall decoration of Saint Mark by the french ceramist Robert Chiazzo
Robert Chiazzo (1924 - 2020) was a French painter and ceramist.
Pastry chef, farm worker, then house pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Sandro Contemporary Artwork Red Paper Composition
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Contemporary artwork by Sandro.
Frame included.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Paper
Wood
Gl...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Lisa Larson tile - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg - Late 20th Century
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The unik series designed by Lisa Larson in the Gustavsberg factory is composed of 9 kinds of tiles with different motif-designs. Besides different motifs there ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Earthenware
Diaz Costa Mid Century Modern Set Two 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
Diaz Costa Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiul pat...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Painting by Otto Petersen, Danish, 1965
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful abstract painting
Oil on board.
Unframed
Initialed on verso.
Some interesting gallery information also on verso giving the artists biography.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Italian Midcentury Anamnesi Acrylic Paint Work on Canvas Lucio Del Pezzo, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Anamnesi acrylic paint work on canvas by Lucio Del Pezzo, 1960s.
Colored acrylic paint work on canvas entitled Anamnesi with abstract subject with multicolored geometric shapes, on a mustard-colored background, and wooden frame with friezes with a golden finish.
Drawing by Lucio Del Pezzo from around 1960s.
Good conditions.
Measures in cm 91x3x70h
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Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Apollo 11 Fitst on the Moon Texoprint Cloth Fabric Neil Armstrong NASA Vtg
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition.
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Genaro Alvarez Wall Mosaic
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this Stunning Wall Mosaic designed by Genaro Alvarez and handmade by striking mosaics. Signed by "Genaro" and stamped with the original made in México.
Genaro Alvarez was known for his modernist mosaic creations in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The Genaro Alvarez Studio was located in Mexico City, where he created mosaic furniture...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
Italian Midcentury Large Eclectic Wall Panel or Mural Decoration, 1960s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful and very particular large wall mural or wall panel made of wood chipboard, printed paper and strong layer of resin cover over the paper.
Made in Italy in the 1950s.
The large panel shows a rural scene by the water or in a lagoon with busy fishermen in their boats, a bridge in the background with figures also on horseback, large ornate columns...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Amber Lucite and Brushed Aluminum Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid-Century Modern brutalist wall sculpture was realized in the United States, circa 1970. It features a patchwork mosaic of adjoined amber forms affixed to a brushed al...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Wall Plate Trompe L'oeil Seafood Design
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Majolica glazed ceramic trompe l'oeil black small wall plate attributed to Vallauris. France, 1960s.
This plate has a black background a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Cubist Figure on Canvas by John Ross (1921-2017)
By John Ross
Located in Ventura, CA
Mid Century Modern Cubist Figure on Canvas by John Ross (1921-2017) Purchased in Paris housed in a 19th Century gilt frame.
John Ross, painter, printmaker, author, and educator, wa...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Jean Lurcat Aubusson Tapestry
By Jean Lurçat
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Jean Lurcat and woven at Atelier Suzanne Goubely-Gatien in Aubusson, France. Hand woven in wool, it dates to the 1950s and entitled "Bahia La Rouge...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
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.