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
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
Painting Mid-Century Portrait of a Lady Mid-Century Modern Art, Signed, C 1950
Located in New York, NY
Decorative, midcentury painting of a lady, circa 1950. Signed by H. Quat. Framed in a gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
large mid century 14" ruscha WALL TILE peacock motif 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Large 1970s wall tile by Ruscha Keramik with a relief-like depiction of a peacock.
Dimensions in cm:
Diameter 36.5 cm.
Dimensions in inches:
Diameter 14.37",
Weight 2000 gms.
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Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Heavy Impasto Floral Still Life Oil Painting, circa 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Modern heavy impasto floral still life oil painting circa 1950s
A brilliant original oil painting by a mystery artist. The painting is si...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Masonite
A. Martin Vallauris French Provençal Palissy Trompe L’oeil Vegetable Wall Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rarely seen Palissy style Provençal majolica trompe l’oeil wall plaque made and signed by the potter A. Martin, from Vallauris, Cote d’Azur, France, Mid-Century Modern Era, circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original Fashion Drawing, Pat Kerr, 1946
By Pat Kerr
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s.
On card. Unsigned.
Presented in an antique water gilded frame
Drawn for A & C Kay, New Bond St. London.
...
Category
1940s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Brutalist Wall Sculpture in the Manner of Curtis C. Jere or Silas Seandel Signed
Located in Wayne, NJ
Brutalist wall sculpture in the manner of Curtis C. Jere / Silas Seandel / Tony Melendy. Signed by artist, but unable to make out their name.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Rare French Ceramic Plate Jean Marais Studio Ceramic Art Ceramics, 1960s
By Jean Marais
Located in Mannheim, DE
French wall plate from the 1960s, signed 'Jean Marais' on both sides. White glossy glaze, motif in shades of matte black.
Width 10.23" (26 cm), he...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Rammellzee The Equation 1987 (1987 Rammellzee exhibition catalog)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
RAMMELLZEE: THE EQUATION 1987:
A extremely rare 1980s Rammellzee exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of a 1987 Rome, Italy solo exhibition at Galleria Lidia Carrieri.
Fea...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
RUSCHA ART 1970s WGP Pottery WALL PLATE " SAILING BOATS " 1970s Western Germany
Located in Landshut, BY
stunning (Ø 28cm) and heavy (1362grs)
RUSCHA ART Wall Plate
History of the company
RUSCHA KERAMIK was originally founded in 1905 by Georg Schardt and was originally called Klein...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Modernist Painting of a Greek Village
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modernist painting of a Greek village. Reminiscent of Greece or Eastern Europe. Nice modernist or cubist feel. Signed illegibly C. Man.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Decorative Round Wall Dish Plate in Ceramic by Claudio Pulli, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
This splendid round wall plate whit decorations fish was made by the Sardinian master ceramist Claudio Pulli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Claudio Pulli's works have a particular ce...
Category
1970s Italian 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 floral design by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Framed. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preser...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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 beautiful pa...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Norman Laliberte's “Hommage to Picasso” Original Signed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Redding, CT
Norman LaLiberte's “Hommage to Picasso” original signed oil on canvas painting. His cubist style in this piece is a bow to world renown Pablo Picasso....
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Wall Decoration Design by Matius Made of Resin, 1970 France
Located in Oirlo, LI
Wall Decoration Design by Matius Made of Resin, 1970 France
This is a beautiful design by the Designer Matius France.
The design is from the 70s.
Made of Resin and the color is ye...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
Majolica Oyster Platter Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Oyster Platter signed Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Zodiac Copper Wall Art
Located in Antwerp, BE
Zodiac copper wall art.
Diameter:50 cm.
Depth:3 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
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
Alexander Calder Signed & Stamped Vintage Lithograph "Sky Swirl" 1974
Located in North Miami, FL
This original vintage SIGNED and STAMPED Alexander Calder lithograph in original frame from 1974. This shows the blind stamp on lower right for authenticity and limited edition.
Ar...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
DeSimone of Italy, Hand Painted Colorful Ceramic Plate, 1960s
By DeSimone
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Colorful hand painted, large ceramic plate by DeSimone, Italy
Signed DeSimone, Italy to reverse,
circa 1960s
Measures: Height 1 inch, diameter 10 inch
In very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Gold Leaf Painting with Gold Leaf Custom Frame
Located in Miami, FL
Large and remarkable painting with watercolor, charcoal, pastel crayon and gold leaf techniques. The custom hand made frame is gilt wood with lacquer. The piece is in very good condi...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Small French 1960s Abstract Enamel Picture
Located in London, GB
An exquisite small abstract enamel on copper painting. Remounted and framed on linen backed board. Fabulous colours. A highly decorative period work of art.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Mid Century Modern Plate, Museum Seal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Fernand Leger (1881-1955 French) "Mother with Child” ceramic plate hand stenciled & stamped Chauvigny, France. ED. S.e.a.l, Musee F. Leger. Biot. Unique and in very good vintage co...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 8.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Midcentury Large French Oyster Platter Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury large French oyster platter signed Robert Picault.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Don Freedman Woven Fiber Wall Art
By Don Freedman
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Don Freedman
Manufacturer: Unknown
Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern
Specs: Jute, Wood
This Don Freedman woven fiber wall art...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Jute, Wood
Jaime Hayon Kong 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
Scandinavian Swedish 1960s Wall Hanging Crewel Picture Wall Art Blue Green
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
Galerie Maison et Jardin Four Panel Brass and Silk Fabric Screen, 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Unique 1970s four-panel screen room divider with solid polished brass structure and profile manufactured by Galerie Maison et Jardin in the early 1970s. The panels have been reupholstered with a wool and silk fabric from Fadini Borghi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Hand-Forged Artist Copper Nude, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern Hand-Forged Artist Copper Nude, 1950s
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Large Artist Ceramic Wall Plate with Horse Motif by Helmut Schäffenacker / Ulm
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Artist ceramic wall plate with horse motif by Schäffenacker / Ulm. Handmade made in Germany.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large and Heavy Devil Wall Mask in Concrete, 1930s Art Deco
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Heavy vintage devil wall mask in conrete, 1960s. Beatiful Patina, little.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Bjorn Wiindblad Decorative Plate 1001 Nights Lute Player Plate
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful collectible plate from the famous Danish artist Bjorn Wiinblad (Bjørn Wiinblad). The plate was designed for Rosenthal, Germany and is deco...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Vintage Elephant Relief Plaque, English, Bronze Outdoor Plate, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage elephant relief plaque. An English, bronze outdoor plate, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Appealing relief with charming ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
1970's Decorative Hannie Mein Style Redware Hanging Dish
By Hannie Mein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century 1970's raw fired ceramic (redware) dish with white hand glazed graphic design in the style of Hannie Mein. This dish can hang or be table displayed. In original condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Emergency Service Porcelain Sign Oval Oil Gas Station Garage Man Cave
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1950s AAA Emergency Service double-sided porcelain garage sign. Distressed condition, meaning some chips from being install back in the day, exposure to t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
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
Danish Tue Poulsen Ceramic Wall Object Sculpture Wood Frame Denmark 1960s
By Tue Poulsen
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Vintage Danish Tue Poulsen ceramic art wall tile with black patinated wood frame dating to the 1960s.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Wood
Korea Etching by Deok Sung Kang, numbered 75/75
By Duck Shin
Located in Valladolid, ES
Gorgeous Etching, with aquatint and color matrix by the South Korean artist Deok Sung Kang, made around 1990. The works of this artist, although they tend towards abstraction, are really inspired by nature. They illustrate a very personal vision of everyday objects and phenomena. The creative brilliance of this artist is widely recognized.
In this case, the work is divided into two areas, the first of which is dominated by a red color, which represents a pair of red roses using a rather realistic technique. However, in contrast, a larger area of intense blue inspired by natural motifs and splashed with a red spot.
About the artist
Deok Sung Kang is a painter and printmaker of South Korean origin. He studied Fine Arts in his native country, although he later attended the École de Beaux Arts in Paris and, later, in 1989, he settled in Madrid, where he continued his studies at the Complutense University of Madrid. The highlight of his facet as a painter are his prints, often using rice paper as a support.
Most of his works have been exhibited at fairs and exhibitions in Spain, but he has also done some in his country, such as at the Art Museum in Seoul.
About the technique
The origin of prints in Asian art has its foundations in the knowledge of printing texts on woodblocks, around the 8th century. Over time, it evolved and this new art became accessible to the majority of the public, opening the doors to the enjoyment of art and collecting, which until then was limited only to merchants, rich warriors...
Gprgeous Etching is a type of engraving, which is made using a metal plate (iron, zinc or copper) as a base, which is covered with a light layer of a protective varnish or acid-resistant wax. The engraver draws with a stylus on the layer of varnish, reaching just up to the metal plate. Later, the plate is dipped in etching, hence its name, a solution based on water and nitric acid, which corrodes the copper in the areas where it was not protected by the varnish. The immersion time is what determines the depth of the line.
Metal plates engraved with this technique can be printed with the desired ink colour, prepared by combining various pigments and binders.
Beautiful work of art by the contemporary Korean artist Duck Sung Kang...
Category
1990s Korean Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Cassina Matam Outdoor Accessories
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Matam Outdoor Accessories
Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the shapes and br...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Yarn
Italian mid-century ceramic sculpture picture green-beige-grey monogrammed 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Extraordinary midcentury ceramic sculpture conceived as a picture, framed.
"Three countenances" in green - off-white - grey colored combination turned into one sculpture.
The backgro...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Eye-Catching Embossed Paper Nudes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Turn heads in any room with this gorgeous embossed paper artwork. A substantial 58"x39" frame is sure to make these ladies the focal point of your galle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Ceramic Fruit Plate, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Manufactured France, circa 1950.
Materials:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Diam. 23,5 cm x H 2,8 cm
The artwork is in its original condition, showing minor signs of wear consistent with its...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Rowann Villency Abstract Artwork
Located in New York, NY
1980s large abstract painting by NY artist Rowann Villency. With black lacquered frame and Lucite.
Artwork measurements height 48'', width 36.75".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Large Designer Louis Vuitton French Art in Vintage Frame, 1960's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Gustavian Style Grey Painted Frame With Orange Louis Vuitton Print Artwork
One-of-a-kind Louis Vuitton printed artwork framed with classic s...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Modern Ignis Wall Sculpture Piece, Patagonia, Handmade Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Ignis Wall Art Piece, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Ignis modern wall decor is inspired by the inner fire that fuels love and passion, with an organic design that personifies the glowing and burning flame within this emotion. Crafted in Patagonia granite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Large Wall Plate Trompe L'oeil Seafood Motif
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Majolica glazed ceramic trompe l'oeil plate attributed to Vallauris. France, 1960s.
This large plate has a black background and a colorful trompe l'oeil decoration comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Oversize Majolica Leaf Vallauris Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Oversize Majolica Leaf Vallauris, heart shape Vallauris 1950.
15" by 15.3".
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Wall Ceramic Plat by Gabriel Musarra Vallauris 20th Century Design 1950
By Gabriel Musarra
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gabriel Musarra
Abstract stoneware wall ceramic plate signed by Gabriel Musarra
Unique handmade ceramic realised in Vallauris
Circa 1950
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade 3D copper and brass relief mural of a ship, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Handmade 3D copper and brass relief mural of a ship, 1950s.
The image rises about 2cm, is proportionally perfect and is very decorative.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
No 3 Varia Set POP ART Wall Rug by VERNER PANTON attrib for Vorwerk Germany 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug varia set
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
VORWERK, the design was attributed to VERNER PANTON by QUITTENBAUM AUCTION HOUSE Munich, 143B - Design
...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Acrylic
Pierre Roulot Black and Yellow 20th Century Ceramic Dish or Wall Decoration 1958
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Roulot
Signed and dated 1958
Rare black and yellow 20th century ceramic dish with a fish decoration
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 4 cm
Large 21 cm.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Large Textile Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Large vintage Textile wall Art. Circa 1970s
Features a stretched canvas with a forest inspired design printed in vibrant earth tone colors.
...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Textile, Wood
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
Steampunk wall Art "A day out Fishing" Monkey Fish The Netherlands, Summer- 1965
Located in Den Haag, NL
Decorative Steampunk wall Art "a day out fishing" The Netherlands, Summer- 1965 by Jeroen Ten Berge
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Mid-century Modern decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
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