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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Recognized Seller Listings
20th Century Dino Gavina Wall Decorative Panel mod. Mandelbrot
By Dino Gavina, Gavina
Located in Turin, Turin
Dino Gavina was an Italian designer, entrepreneur, and publisher. He began his career in the 1940s working on stage sets. Visual arts were a great passion for Gavina. In 1960, Dino G...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
20th Century Dino Gavina Mirrored Panel mod. Baltimora
Located in Turin, Turin
Dino Gavina was an Italian designer, entrepreneur, and publisher. He began his career in the 1940s working on stage sets. Visual arts were a great passion for Gavina. In 1960, Dino G...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
20th Century Gavina Studio Mirrored Panel mod. Margellina
Located in Turin, Turin
Dino Gavina began his activity as early as the 1940s with objects for theater sets, his great passion. Convinced of the need for design that was modern but also rich in poetry, he gr...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
20th Century Ottavio Gigliotti for Gavina Panel mod. Gemmazione continua
Located in Turin, Turin
The professional path of Ottavio Gigliotti (born in 1947 in Martirano, in the province of Catanzaro) began in 1980, the year Design Lab was founded, a silk-screen printing laboratory...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
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
20th Century Dino Gavina Wall Decorative Pannel mod. Venere
Located in Turin, Turin
Dino Gavina was an Italian designer, entrepreneur, and publisher. He began his career in the 1940s working on stage sets. Visual arts were a great passion for Gavina. In 1960, Dino Gavina founded Gavina SpA, the company that would eventually manufacture the designs of the important Italian designers of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Castiglioni brothers, Carlo and Tobia Scarpa, Cini Boeri, Vico Magistretti, and Mario Bellini; and in 1962, together with Cesare Cassina and industrialist Arturo Eisenkeil, Gavina founded FLOS, which is still one of the most important Italian lighting companies today.
Here the Wall Decorative Panel mod. Venere, that has a steel structure with silk-screen printing. This one is a tribute to Man Rey...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Lorenzo Burchiellaro Abstract Wall Panel in Aluminum and Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Lorenzo Burchiellaro, wall panel, wood, aluminum, Italy, 1970s
Abstract wall panel in aluminum by Italian designer Lorenzo Burchiellaro. Burchiellaro is known for his metal furnitur...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Rare "Chin Ying" Wall Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne rare "Chin Ying" wall plaque in patinated and acid-etched pewter and bronze with hand-painted polychrome enamels depictin...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Rambam' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Eliyahu Hannavi' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Eihud' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Iris Alley' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Hanita' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt white letters over a dark blue background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state.
The sign names the street 'Hanita' in Israel, in both Hebrew and English letters (in transliteration), as well as in Arabic.
The meaning of the name 'Hanita' is double: it is both an inflection of the name Hannah and also meansm 'her spear'. A spear is an ancient weapon...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Avigayil' (Abigail) Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Rabbi Yossi' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Moriya' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Bar-Kokhba' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt blue letters over a white background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state. The sign names the street 'Bar Kokhba' in Israel in both Hebrew and English letters. (In transliteration), as well as in Arabic.
Simon ben...
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1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Yitshak Katzenelson' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enameled and Iron Israeli 'Daniyel' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Piero Fornasetti Framed Set of Coasters of the Months, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli" design
Located in Downingtown, PA
Framed Piero Fornasetti Framed Set of Coasters,
"12 Mesi, 12 Soli" design,
Coasters Early 1960s
The six large ceramic coasters are from the "12 Mesi,...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Dan' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Dafna' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt white letters over a dark blue background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state.
The sign names the street 'Dafna' in Tel Aviv, in both Hebrew and English letters (in transliteration).
The origin of the name Dafna (Daphne) is from Greek mythology, Daphne, daughter of the god of the river, is a nymph who turned into a tree and thus the laurel tree...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Rah'el' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Shapira' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
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1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Shim'on' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Oded' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Sinai' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Hadar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Mikhael' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt white letters over a dark blue background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state.
The sign names the street 'Mikhael' in Tel Aviv, in both Hebrew and English letters (in transliteration).
The origin of the name Mikhael is in the Bible, where it appears as the name of various biblical characters, among them the father of the president of the tribe of Asher - Setor, Michael ben Bashaiah of the tribe of Levi...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli ''Keren Alley' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt white letters over a dark blue background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state.
The sign names the alley 'Keren' in Zikhron Ya'akov, in both Hebrew and English letters (in transliteration). The name Keren has several meanings. One of them is a beam of light, a band of light that comes out of a light source. Another interpretation is a hard bone on the head of an animal (unicorn, goat, rhinoceros). Keren is also the name of Job's third daughter that appears in the Bible, an ancient wind...
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1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Daliya' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'El'azar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'Yoav' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli 'S'madar' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state o...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates,
1970s.
A complete set of twelve vintage painted gold ground transfer-printed porcelain plates in black and white...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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Porcelain
Jean Lurcat Aubusson Tapestry
By Jean Lurçat, Tabard
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury tapestry designed by Jean Lurcat (1892-1966) and woven at Atelier Tabard Freres in Aubusson, France. Hand woven in wool, it dates to ca. 1950 and entitled "Selva" The arti...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Lucien Coutaud Aubusson Tapestry
By Lucien Coutaud
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury tapestry designed by Lucien Coutaud (1904-1977) and handwoven at the Pinton Freres atelier in Aubusson, France. Entitled "Musique Chambre" it...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
"Splotchy" Textile by Alexander Calder for Laverne Originals
Located in Pawtucket, RI
"Splotchy" textile by Alexander Calder for Laverne Originals. Hand printed on linen. 26 ft. available
The innovative husband-and-wife team Erwin and Estelle Laverne, specialized...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Welded Brass Wall Tree Decoration in the Style of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Montreal, QC
Welded brass wall tree decoration in the style of Curtis Jere.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Set of Five Wall Panels ‘Ply’ by Jouko Kärkkäinen for Hkt Korhonen Oy, Finland
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of five wall panels ‘Ply’ by Jouko Kärkkäinen for HKT Korhonen Oy,
Finland. 1990s.
Varnished plywood.
Dimensions of one panel:
H: 59.5 cm / ...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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Plywood
Bronze Wall Relief Fine Art by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, 1960s Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work of fine art by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne (New York, 1960s) is a beautiful bronze and pewter wall relief which displays two young sisters leaning out of a latticed window fr...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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Bronze
Tapestry ‘Zebra’ Attributed to Kerstin Bäckman, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tapestry ‘Zebra’ attributed to Kerstin Bäckman,
Sweden. 1970s.
Hand woven.
Signed.
H: 73 cm / 2' 4 3/4"
W: 52 cm / 1' 8 1/2".
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden, 1993
By Sven Hansson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting by Sven Hansson,
Sweden. 1993.
Gouache on paper.
Signed.
Measurements:
H: 73 cm / 2' 9 3/4"
W: 69.5 cm / 2' 3 1/2"
D: 6 cm / 2 1/2".
Working in a purely geometric, non-f...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
French Mid-Century Equestrian Glass Wall Plaque
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s etched & painted glass wall plaque of stylized equestrian with floral background in black lacquered frame.
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia Unique Bench in Walnut with Gold Leaf Wall Panel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia and Andrea Noferi, bench with drawers and wall panel, walnut, gold leaf, fabric upholstery, Italy, 1986
Admi...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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Gold Leaf
Mid-Century American Monumental Advertising Baseball Bat
Located in New York, NY
American advertising display sign of an over-sized ash wood baseball bat with an engraved wood burned inscription and a leather wrapped handle.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Leather, Wood, Ash
Rene Perrot Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury tapestry designed by Rene Perrot 91912-1979) and woven at Atelier Riviere des Borderies in Aubusson, France. Handwoven in wool, it dates to 1946...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Framed object by Rune Hagberg, Mixed Media, Sweden 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting by Rune Hagberg,
Sweden, 1970s.
Mixed media.
H: 95 cm / 3’ 1 1/2"
W: 48 cm / 1’ 7”
Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, and the Norrköping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
American Mid-Century Gold World Map Plaque
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century oval shaped metal wall plaque map of the world with gold continents in relief against a black grid.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Gold
Mixed Media Painting, Scroll in a Framed Box Designed by Rune Hagberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sweden, 1980's.
Mixed media.
Measurements:
H: 82 cm / 2' 8"
L: 49 cm / 19 1/3’’
W: 10 cm / 3 1/6’’.
Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Hagberg became heavily influenced by Eastern calligraphy throughout his life – and developed a spontaneous sign painting style with a strong concentration on a select amount of characters rooted in Zen Buddhism...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
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"....
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Rene Fumeron Aubusson Tapestry
By Rene Fumeron
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Rene Fumeron (1921-2003) and woven at Atelier Pinton Freres in Aubusson, France. Woven in wool, it dates to 1964 and entitled "Comme La Lune". The a...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Mid-Century Modern African Tapestry
By Betty Cilliers-Barnard, Marguerite Stephens
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Betty Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010) and handwoven by Marquerite Stephens in Johannesburg, South Africa. Entitled "African Multiplication" and woven i...
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20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Tapestry
Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages, 1938
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of nine framed American typography pages.
From new letters and lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring,
Originally published, 1938
The pages ...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 19
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 19
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
Clyde Burt Ceramic Charger
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic charger in glazed stoneware. Signature to underside: [CB]. American, circa 1965.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Rare Complete Set of 12 "Le Oceanidi" Plates, Italy, 1950s
By Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Rare and exceptional complete set of 12 'Le Oceanidi' (Oceanids) lithographically printed plates from the mid-1950s, Italy. Each plate tells a story depicting distant and fantastic ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Marcello Fantoni Wall Plaque
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni rare studio wall plaque. Marked: Fantoni, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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