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
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
Curtis C. Jere Brass Palm Tree Frond Leaf Wall Hanging Metal Tropical Beach
By Curtis Jeré
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful vintage Curtis C. Jere brass palm frond leaf tree wall hanging. Ready to hang. Some patina spots on the back side and a few on some side le...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Stylish Curtis Jere Style Hammered Metal Wall Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish sunburst style wall art features hammered metal in a circular design after the Mid-Century style of Curtis Jere. Unique mixed metal construction adds to the vintage mode...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Original Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Painting by Listed Artist Ted Lownik
By Ted Lownik
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1970s acrylic on canvas abstract painting by American listed artist Ted Lownik. Newly framed with a wood gilded frame. Signed on the right lower corner.
Dimension: 23.5"...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Mid Century Neon Sign Red / Blue "Downstairs" in a Acrylic Showcase 1980s
Located in Berlin, DE
This impressive Mid Century Neon sign shows the word "Downstairs" and is placed in a acrylic showcase. It is made in the 1980s in Germany.
The Sign i...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Modernist German Wall Rug by Ewald Kröner for Schloss Hackhausen, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Schloss Hackhausen, Germany
Design:
Ewald Kröner
This rug is a great example of 1970...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Set of Five Engraved English Silver Decorative Plates by Bernard Buffet
Located in London, GB
Set of sterling silver plates engraved and signed by Bernard Buffet dated from 1973-1978.
Gazelle, Panda, Giraffe, Lion and Rhinoceros.
Each one in fitted wooden display case, wit...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silver
Modernist German Wall Rug by Ewald Kröner for Schloss Hackhausen, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Schloss Hackhausen, Germany
Design:
Ewald Kröner
Description:
This rug is a gre...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Modernist German Wall Rug by Ewald Kröner for Schloss Hackhausen, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Schloss Hackhausen, Germany
Design:
Ewald Kröner
This rug is a great example of 1970s pop art interior. Made in high quality handmade macrame weaving technique in Germany in the 1970s.
This high quality rug was designed in the 1970s by Ewald Kröner and manufactured by his own Label Schloss Hackhausen near Dusseldorf in the Germany. It is made from cotton wool and it is still in a very good vintage condition.
Fantastic coloration in different tones of grey and black and in the middle several macrame knotted...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Midcentury C. Jere Style Metal Menorah Wall Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage modern two-piece wall art is made of mixed metals and displays people gathered around a Hanukkah Menorah. A unique three dimensional design that allows you to separate the gathered people and the large Menorah...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
C. Jere Art Deco Style "Deer Running" Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Incredible Mid Century Modern Curtis Jere Art Deco style of a deer running signed and dated 1985.
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Bander Van Ierland Molecular Construction Holland, 1986 Color
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic set of 4 wall panels made by Bander van Ierland, Holland 1986. Bander van Ierland was a student of Joost Baljeu which is strongly visible in th...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Modernist Wall Rug LJ6 by Ewald Kröner, Schloss Hackhausen, Germany, 1970s No. 3
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Schloss Hackhausen, Germany
Design:
Ewald Kröner
This rug is a great example of 1970...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Bander Van Ierland Molecular Construction Holland, 1986
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic set of 4 wall panels made by Bander van Ierland, Holland 1986. Bander van Ierland was a student of Joost Baljeu which is strongly visible in th...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Two Abstract Paintings with Red and Blue Enamel on Etced Metal, Dutch 1980s
Located in London, GB
Pair of abstract art works on metal with subtitle etched relief and enamel painted blue and red forms by unknown Dutch artist in the 1980's.
Each...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
1980s Byron Galvez Art Mexican Modernism Blue Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Byron Gálvez
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Byron Galvez, Mexican Artist is known for his painting as well as sculptural work.
This work is mixed media technique, blue is dominant color.
32.25W x 44.5 H x 1.5 D, Art 19 x 25...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 22
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 22
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
20th Century Dark-Blue French Abstract Still Life Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th century dark-blue abstract still life by Daniel Clesse, painted in Montpellier, France in 1976.
Daniel Clesse was a French painter born in 1932 Paris, France and passed awa...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstract Charcoal and Pencil 'Yin and Yang' by California Artist Bernice Riley
By Bernice Riley
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Abstract charcoal on paper and pencil 'Yin and Yang' by California Artist Bernice Riley. Signed lower right, professionally framed with vintage linen matt.
Measures 46.5" W x 37.5" H
Available to see in our Modern Vault...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Object MO6 by Studio Zero Milano, 1970
By Studio Zero
Located in Weesp, NL
Studio Zero Milano Object MO6, 1970
Giorgio Tonti, Milan, 1936
Abstract composition "multipli" on the plate, label marked G. Tonti, Studio Zero, Mi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Style Oil Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colorful vintage modern Style oil painting signed and framed. "For he that catches the clouds".
Please confirm item location (NY or NJ).
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
20th Century Light-Blue French Abstract Painting by Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French light blue white abstract painting oil on wood by Daniel Clesse, painted in France, signed and dated in 1991.
Without the fram...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 23
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 23
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Polished Chrome Wall Relief Sculpture Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Polished chrome wall relief sculpture wall art. Please ignore the reflections. The piece is about 30 pounds heavy.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Charcoal on Paper and Mixed Technical Tempera Italian Films Cinema Movie 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Drawings charcoal on paper and mixed technical tempera Italian films cinema movie 1970s
Anna Magnani Mamma Roma. cm 80 x 60
Alberto Sordi Film L'avaro cm.40 x 30
André Bazin was a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 29
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 29
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1970s Agate and Brass Panel by Henri Fernandez
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1970s steel panel in brass and agate inlaid by The French artist Henri Hernandez. Steel panel
Signed.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Agate, Brass, Steel
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 18
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 18
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Robert Mangold "Frame and Elipses"
Located in Stamford, CT
A Robert Mangold etching titled "Frame and Elipses". Produced in 1988, signed and numbered in pencil 37/50. Framed in 12-karat white gold frame using all archival acid free materials...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 31
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 31
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 30
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 30
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 25
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 25
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Wall Panel Glass Sculpture Italian Design 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall panel particular glass sculpture very interesting, it made entirely by hand, with glass bubbles inside a whole slab.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 26
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 26
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Unique Mid-Century Wall Relief Tile of Musicians by Cam Para of California
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool framed wall tile depicting a quartet of musicians playing their instruments; Classic Mid-Century style! Vibrant colors and great texture by California artist Cam Para, circ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Ceramic Zodiac Symbols Plate Signed Acmogres
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Zodiac wall sculpture in ceramic (stamped #47) signed by Acmogres.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Polished Chrome and Brass Mirror for Lorin Marsh
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish vintage modern wall mirror features high quality, heavy construction and includes polished chrome finish with inner brass trim detail. The unique midcentury appeal of this Lorin Marsh...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Chrome
1970s by Luciano Minguzzi for Franklin Mint Limited Edition Silver Cock
Located in Brescia, IT
Luciano Minguzzi, 1975
Silver relief by legendary Italian sculptor.
This rare piece was made by The Franklin MInt Italian in during the artists life...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jenny Kee Hand Knitted Wool Cardigan, Australia, circa 1980
Located in Pymble, NSW
A beautiful hand-knitted wool cardigan by Jenny Kee, with original label and in almost unused condition. Purchased from Jenny in circa 1980 from her studio i...
Category
1980s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Steffen Jørgen Oil Painting “Desargues, Konfiguration X”
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Large oil painting “Desargues, konfiguration X” by Steffen Jørgensen.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Italian Large Round Ceramic Dish Plate 1980s, Multicolored Face Yellow Green
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian large round ceramic dish plate from the 1980s. Multicolored face yellow green.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Romare Bearden Aubusson Tapestry
By Romare Bearden
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Romare Bearden (1911-1988) and woven at Atelier Pinton Freres in Aubusson, France. Gloria Ross asked Bearden if she proposed a title, would he desig...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Tapestry
Ornamental Plate in Ceramics and Red Clay by Pasquale Santoro for Alitalia, 1985
By Alitalia 1
Located in Rome, IT
Ornamental plate made with the traditional technique of ceramics, on red clay. Hand decorated, partially glazed and fired.
Made by Pasquale Santoro...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Mid Century Sun Burst Fiber Art by Susan Frank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunburst Fiber Art by Susan Frank, Circa 1975. Made from wool, steel , wood and clay beads.
25"DIA
Local pick up available at our Los Angeles showroom
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Lg. Mid-Century Modern Oil Canvas Painting Titled "Progression" Larry Donaldson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Lg. Mid-Century Modern oil canvas painting titled "Progression" by Larry Donaldson, 1977.
Large Mid-Century Modern oil painting titled "Progression" by Larry Don...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Wall Lamp 1970s Brass & Copper, Tommaso Barbi for Bottega Gadda manner
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Spectacular wall lamp decorative handicrafts tree in brass and enamelled copper
It can be used as decoration on a white wall with retro lighting as big ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Exceptional Folk Art Dance Scene Executed in Wood Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning piece of vintage Folk Art. A joyous "Dance Scene" executed on a solid piece of wood veneer. The character components are articulated with vary...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Lovely Matisse Inspired Metallic Gold Embossed Wall Hanging
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely Matisse inspired metallic gold embossed wall hanging. Large embossed image on a textured gold paper-well framed.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Joseph 'Joe' Plaskett Artist's Studio Oil on Canvas Still Life Flowers Painting
By Joseph Joe Plaskett
Located in Montreal, QC
The artist's studio painting; oil on canvas; approx. framed size: 48" x 24.5" x 2" impressive still-life of an array of flowers before an interior backdrop, circa 1950s. Joseph "Joe" Plaskett (12 July 1918–21 September 2014) was a Canadian painter. He studied with many prominent Canadian painters like A.Y. Jackson, Jack Shadbolt...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Karrel Appel Signed Lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Westport, CT
Karrel Appel Signed and numbered 49/100 dated 1971 Lithograph
B.1921.d2006 was a dutch painter sculpture,founder of Avant-Garde movement,this picture is matted and framed.
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Works of the 1970s China on Italian Paper
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Works of the 1970s China on Italian paper, golden aluminum frame, signed by two authors as signing, the designs are made on a sheet of paper in ink.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Fabulous Curtis Jere French Chateau Sculptural Wall Hanging
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pemberton, NJ
FABULOUS SIGNED CURTIS JERE FRENCH CHATEAU WALL SCULPTURE. I LOVE THE DETAIL GIVEN TO THIS AMAZING WALL SCULPTURE WITH THE FLOWERS ON THE BALCONY TO THE BIRD SITTING ON THE OPEN DOO...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Relief 1970s Art Work by Edmond Segura
By Edmond Segura
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Stunning piece of art from the 1970s.
It is made out of tiny blocks of aluminium and formica, in a frame providing for depth.
Measures: 91 x 107cm
Signed E. Segura, 1975.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Wall Sculpture by C. Vienne
By Chantal Vienne
Located in New York, NY
Wall sculpture by Chantal Vienne, brass and agate, signed by the artist.
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Agate, Brass
Portfolio of Leo Russell Abstractions, 1970s
By Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Complete portfolio of 12 serigraphs plus Title Page and Colophone. Mr. Russell revisited his 1956 oil crayon drawings and added color to this 1970 edition of abstractions. Original P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Signed Vintage Jim Dine Style "Torso" Painting
By Hazel Cohen
Located in North Miami, FL
Muted palette of blues, blacks, greys, whites dashed with green, mustard and orange make this wonderful abstract torso painting interesting from all ang...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Framed Handmade Needle Point Artwork.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Artwork Contains paper Work on the Tutorial of this Piece, as well as Some Magazine Clippings from the Original Owner. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimens...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
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.
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