Art Deco Wall Decorations
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Art Deco Painting Representing an Eagle, Pyrography Work on Wood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco painting representing an eagle, pyrography work on wood
In a silver wooden frame.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
"Pacific Basin, " Art Deco Painting of Golden Gate Expo in San Francisco
By May French Worth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in tones of burnt sienna, cream and watery blue, this rare and early view of the Golden Gate Exposition was painted in 1937, just as Treasure Island was being cre...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Paint
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
A Rare Carved Wood Plaque By Phyllis 'Pog' Yglesias Circa. 1925
Located in London, GB
A Rare Carved Wood Plaque by Phyllis 'Pog' Yglesias (1893-1977), Circa 1925. Inscribed to the reverse as 'The Deserted Sheath' by P. Yglesias, Mousehole Studio. This beautifully styl...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Vintage Op Art Swirl Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fabulous vintage Signed original oil painting. A chic Op Art swirl design in black
and white. Signed on the reverse. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Portrait of a young woman, pastel, Art Deco, by M.Ducoin, France, 1934
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Portrait of a young woman, drawing / pastel framed under glass.
By M.Ducoin, signed and dated.
France, 1934.
Art Deco.
Gilded wooden frame from the same period as the work.
Framer'...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Beech, Paper
$1,136 Sale Price
25% Off
Chrome Meat Holders, 1930s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
-Handmade
-Chrome
-High weight
-It was used by a meat butcher
-Quality processing.
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Chrome
Original Advertising Poster ‘Hop Pickers in Kent’ By E A Cox
Located in Petworth, GB
Wood framed original vintage advertising poster depicting
‘Hop Pickers in Kent No 5’
Featuring a colourful image of farmers and a lady holding a baby with traditional Kent oast house...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Aluminia Copenhagen, Hollow Dish with Polychrome Peacock Tail Decoration, Signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BJ Berthe Jessen (BJ) Aluminia Copenhagen.
Hollow dish with polychrome peacock tail decoration, signed
Danemark - design Royal Copenhague.
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Style Art Deco Signed Demedts, circa 1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas style Art Deco Signed Demedts, circa 1980.
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, large oil on canvas signed Demedts, circa 1990.
Category
1990s Belgian Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Loïs Hutton "Promeneurs" Gouache on Paper, Dated on the Reverse
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Loïs Hutton (1893-1972) "Promeneurs" gouache on paper, dated on the reverse.
Lois HUTTON is above all the emblematic figure of the dancers of the 1920s.
Of...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rene Lalique Roscoff Coupe Ouverte - Marcilhac 10-383, Designed 1932
By René Lalique
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Rene Lalique Roscoff Coupe Ouverte - Marcilhac 10-383, Designed 1932
Additional Information:
Heading : Rene Lalique Roscoff coupe
Date : Designed 1932...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Andy Warhol, Offset Lithograph with Collage of Colored Leather Samples, 1960
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol (1928-1987).
1960, Untitled (Fleming-Joffe Colors).
Offset lithograph with collage of colored leather samples.
23 3/4 in. high x 17 7/8 ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Leather, Paper
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Signed Demedts, circa 1990
Category
1990s Belgian Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Style Art Deco Signed Demedts, circa 1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, large oil on canvas style Art Deco signed Demedts, circa 1980
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Carpet Sketch, Blue
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolor and ink on paper.
Signed and dated lower right.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$13,982
A Set of Six Highly Decorative Art Deco French Advertising Prints
Located in Pewsey, GB
A Set of Six Highly Decorative Unframed Art Deco French Advertising Prints all mounted, cellophaned and line drawn and coloured around print ready to go in a frame of your choosing....
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Heyndrickx, Art Deco Mask in Hammered and Patinated Bronze, Signed, Dated 1941
By Heyndrickx Johannes Werner
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Heyndrickx. Art Deco mask in hammered and patinated bronze, signed and dated 1941.
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Young Girl with a Pearl No. 4
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Hungarian Enamel Kosher Butcher Shop Sign
Located in New York, NY
Heavy and massive enamel Kosher butcher shop sign, Budapest, Hungary, circa 1920.
White, blue, and red enamel over iron, inscribed in the middle :"Or...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Enamel, Iron
$4,225 Sale Price
35% Off
Musicians
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache and gilt on paper.
Signed upper left.
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$8,738
Michèle Demedts Large Ooil on Canvas, signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle DEMEDTS (1958-) , large oil on canvas signed DEMEDTS, Circa 1990
Category
1990s Belgian Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Vera Rockline - Portrait of a woman
Located in PAU, FR
Elegant watercolor drawing by Vera Rockline representing an atypical woman with an airy headdress.
Around 1920
Without frame: 35 x 25 cm
With frame: 50 x 40 cm
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of Three Silver Plate Plaques, Signed "Dan Stocker". Vienna, circa 1920
By Stocker
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of three silver plate plaques, signed "Dan Stocker", Vienna, circa 1920.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Silver Plate
Jazz-Age Plaster Mural of a Band of Musicians, France, circa 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very large, decorative polychrome plaster bas-relief representing a band of musicians. Formed part of the decor of a Parisian Jazz club.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
"The Modern Olympia", Odalisque Painting with Nude and Attendant, Sweden, 1926
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted a year after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) debuted in Paris, i...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
1934 Remie Lohse Photograph for Vogue
By Remie Lohse
Located in New York, NY
Remie Lohse was born in Puerto Rico, studied painting in Denmark, and settled in New York in 1928, where he became a professional photographer. In the 1930s he was a freelancer who specialized in advertising and magazine features, and shot covers for Vogue. If he often focused on the high life, seen in this couple stepping out on the town, he also shot humble subjects. He was more interested in his art than a particular milieu, and many of his photographs are little masterpieces. His contemporary Gilbert Seldes, the noted Vanity Fair media critic and “public intellectual” (not to mention father of actress Marian Seldes), featured Lohse in his 1934 book 'This is New York, The First Modern Photographic Book of New York.' In 1939 Lohse came out with his own book titled 'The Miniature Camera in Professional Hands.'
Our photograph was one of three shot by Lohse for a 1934 Vogue article titled “High Spots and Low Music." If the photograph (image size 4 1/4" x 6") show a couple making the nocturnal rounds of Manhattan restaurants, bars, and jazz clubs, the story itself also covers the daytime meeting places of the ladies who lunch. The twist is that Lohse’s model was the author herself, Elena Mumm Thornton, and her husband James Worth...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Louis Icart 'Two Women Overlooking Paris' C.1920
By Louis Icart
Located in Pewsey, GB
Offered for sale is this fabulous Louis Icart (1888-1950) Etching of two women overlooking Paris. It has been signed.
In very good condition. It has been re-framed. A larger than no...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Image Winter
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Old image, winter.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$2,213
Hunters and Mouflons Near a Waterfall
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil, charcoal and oil pastel on a gold leaf background
Signed lower right.
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Young Girl with a Pearl No. 5
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
VH Frame 002, Ensemble with a Special Photograph of the Iconic David Bowie
By Mahmut Anlar
Located in İstiklal, TR
The frames are meticulously crafted, incorporating mirrors, black lacquered wood, and both raw and painted vintage frame parts. The ensemble showcases a special photograph of the ico...
Category
2010s Turkish Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
VH Frame 001, Ensemble with a Special Photograph of the Iconic David Bowie
By Mahmut Anlar
Located in İstiklal, TR
The frames are meticulously crafted, incorporating mirrors, black lacquered wood, and both raw and painted vintage frame parts. The ensemble showcases a special photograph of the ico...
Category
2010s Turkish Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
Young Girl with a Pearl N°2
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed-media on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$31,460
Original Dorfi Poster L' Alascienne, circa 1930, 46.45x63 in
By Dorfi
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Art Deco Poster: "L' Alsacienne, Teint tous tissus".
Artist: Dorfi (Albert Dorfinant)
Poster made for "L' Alsacienne", Belgium.
Printer: J.E. Goossens - Brussels
Technique: Lithog...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Giancarlo Impiglia, "The Appointment," acrylic on wood 1980 - Art Deco
Located in Vicenza, VI
Acrylic on wood sculpture by Giancarlo Impiglia, titled "The Appointment," depicts a male figure, waiting for his appointment, with a hidden rose.
The sculpture, probably commission...
Category
1880s American Antique Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Price Upon Request
Giancarlo Impiglia "The top of the city," 1981 acrylic on canvas - Art Deco style
Located in Vicenza, VI
Acrylic on canvas depicting a party on a New York terrace with Ionic columns and the New York skyline in the background. The work was commissioned by the Fortunoff family and is publ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Smelling the Rose", Stunning Painting by Marie Laurencin in Gray & Taupe, 1930
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and affecting, this gentle depiction of a young woman holding a rose, her hair embellished with clusters of pearls and her dress evincing a fashionable patchwork of colors à la Paul Poiret, is by Marie Laurencin, and was painted as the basis for a print she issued. Laurencin -- whose paintings are being celebrated in a major exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia now -- is known for her focus on lovely women painted in delicate shades of blue, pink and gray, with dark eyes and blushing lips, as here. This painting, executed in gouache and watercolor, may have served as a study for a larger painting in oil...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
1916 Exhibition Catalogue Study by Sonia Delaunay for Stockholm Gallery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vividly-hued and remarkable example of early abstract art which demonstrates the fascination that Sonia and Robert Delaunay had in color theory and intersecting geometries, this wa...
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Price Upon Request
"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting with allegorical meaning -- like so many murals painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude male figures laboring in the field, symbolizing life in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A Black male figure in the foreground is planting crops, while two other figures in the distance are pulling a rope, perhaps alluding to fishing boats tied up at the dock, while another nude seems to be sinking into sleep beneath a pier -- all with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the background. L'Engle called this "The Five Josephs," perhaps referring to Joseph of Arimathea and other figures in the New Testament. William L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected with America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. Over time, William and his life Lucy became close to a wide range of important figures in painting, theater and the arts, including Charles Hawthorne, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Beneker, John Dos Passos, Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy, William and Marguerite Zorach, Edna St. Vincent-Millay, Charles Demuth, Childe Hassam, George Biddle, Edwin Dickinson...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Pollaro Eggshell Inlay and Lacquer Fish Art Inspired by Jean Dunand
By Pollaro, Jean Dunand
Located in Hillside, NJ
Red, white, and black Art Deco styled art featuring stylized fish and geometric shapes. Handmade by Pollaro artisans utilizing traditional Asian eggshell inlay and lacquer...
Category
2010s American Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Lacquer, Eggshell
Price Upon Request
"Pila and the Lizard, " Important Unpublished Manuscript, 12 Art Deco Watercolors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable find, this original manuscript for an unpublished book, "Pila and the Lizard," along with cover art and a total of 12 Art Deco watercolors painted to illustrate the book...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Materials
Watercolor
"Navajo Mother & Child, " Painting by Martha Walter with Handmade Frame
By Martha Walter 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A magnificent example of her work, this portrait of a Navajo woman and her child has all the hallmarks of Martha Walter's mature work, confident and bold ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Wall Decorations
Price Upon Request
Art Deco wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco wall decorations 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 wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, paint and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Erté, Leonetto Cappiello, Dunbar D. Beck, and Pierre-Paul Jouve. 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 wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $275,000 while the average work can sell for $2,675.
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