Large Glass Flower Arrangement or Sculpture by Phil O Reilly
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty very large and dramatic hand blown glass sculpture having a floral bouquet of exotic flowers and leaves presented in an alluring cobalt blue glass vase. Signed "R + O Glass 97"...
Blown Glass
Enamel and brass forms suspended in welded steel geometric grid wall sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Unique wall sculpture of geometrically placed thin steel rods supporting bio morphic forms in colored enamel and melted brass . Certainly the style and quality of Jere if not better .
Brass, Steel
$3,200Sale Price|34% Off
Small ‘Mouse’ Stabile Sculpture by Margery Kahn 1950
By Margery Kahn
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Table top and of a diminutive size, signature stamped on underside of top. Margery worked during the mid-20th century at the Met in NYC.
Metal
François COLETTE (1936-2024) : Chrome plated stabile sculpture , 1973
By François Colette
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
François COLETTE (1936-2024) : Stabile Chrome plated and articulated stabile sculpture Signed 'F.C.' and dated '73' Dimensions Height 47 cm Width 40 cm Depth 30 cm Good conditions
Metal
Albert Chubac, Important Geometric Sculpture, France, circa 1960
By Albert Chubac
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac (1925-2008), Important geometric sculpture, Painted wood, France, circa 1960. Measures: Height 111 cm, width 60 cm, depth 35 cm. Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1...
Wood
Albert Chubac, Sculpture, "TOTEM", Painted Iron, circa 1980, France
By Albert Chubac
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, cinetic sculpture, "Cage", Painted iron, circa 1980, France. Measures: Height 52 cm, depth 10 cm, width 10 cm. Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After stud...
Iron
Harry Bertoia Gold Plated Bronze Diagonal Double Tonal Sonambient Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in St. Louis, MO
Sculptor and Artist Harry Bertoia gold plated bronze Sonambient sculpture, diagonal double tonal, circa 1965. Two groupings of thin rods at different angles on poured slab of bronze....
Bronze
Albert Chubac, Cinetic Sculpture, "Cage", Painted Iron, circa 1980, France
By Albert Chubac
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, cinetic sculpture, "Cage", Painted iron, circa 1980, France. Measures: Height 37 cm, depth 11 cm, width 11 cm. Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After stud...
Iron
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Large Curtis C Jere Brass Spray Sculpture on Marble Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Wayne, NJ
Large Curtis C Jere brass spray sculpture on marble base ribbon forms with rods. Unsigned. many times from cleaning, the signature gets worn off through the years.
Marble, Metal
Vintage 1960s Modernist Inspired Handcrafted Hanging Wall Sculpture/Room Divider
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage 1960s Modernist inspired handcrafted hanging wall sculpture / room divider by New Zealand Artist Andrew Reid. circa 1990s. Features a combination of geometric shapes with ro...
Wire
Large Bertoia Studios 10-Rod 'B-2700' Brass, Copper & Silver Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia, Harry Bertoia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Bertoia Studios 10-Rod 'B-2700' Brass, Copper & Silver Sound Sculpture. A lyrical and musical sound sculpture with certificate of authenticity signed by Val, the artist and son...
Silver, Brass, Copper
Large Bertoia Studios 32-Rod 'Sounding Chess / B-2466' Copper & Brass Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia, Val Bertoia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Bertoia Studios 32-Rod 'Sounding Chess / B-2466' copper & brass sculpture. A lyrical and musical sound sculpture with certificate of authenticity signed by Val, the artist and ...
Silver, Brass, Copper
Large Bertoia Studios 24-Rod 'Star of Sound / B-2482' Copper & Brass Sculpture
By Val Bertoia, Harry Bertoia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Bertoia Studios 24-rod 'Star of Sound B-2482' copper & brass sculpture. A lyrical and musical sound sculpture with certificate of authenticity signed by Val, the artist and son...
Silver, Brass, Copper
Rare Bill Curry Cattail Room Divider / Sculpture for Design Line 29 Cattails
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare Cattail Sculpture / Room divider designed by Bill Curry for Design Line,,Featuring 29 metal rods with beautifully shaped and painted oval tops..Amazing colors ,, shade...
Metal
Mid 20th Century Midcentury Modern Kinetic Spray Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Mid-Century Modern kinetic spray sculpture captures the innovative spirit of American design.
Stone, Metal
Scultura cinetica italiana modern in plastica gialla di Franco Costalonga 1970
Located in MIlano, IT
Scultura cinetica composta da un tubolare in plastica giallo senape e una sfera con all’interno una bacchetta di radio che genera fasci di colore giallo. Realizzata da Franco Costalo...
Art Glass, Plastic
Wooden Artist's Articulated Lay Figure
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Articulated wooden mannequin designed for artists, dating from the mid-20th century. This piece retains its original function and structural integrity, based on the notable quality o...
Metal
$237Sale Price|36% Off
Mid-Century Modern Kinetic Lucite Fishes Sculpture by Ritts, USA.
By Herb Ritts, 1952-2002
Located in Warrenton, OR
Mid-Century Modern Kinetic Lucite Fishes Sculpture by Ritts, USA.
Acrylic, Lucite
Grumman Gulfstream "N70IG" Private Twin Engine Propeller Model Plane c.1958
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A vintage Grumman Gulfstream I (G-159) desk model, originally produced for Grumman to give to prospective buyers. The model features the classic white and red factory livery w...
Plastic
Vintage Cast Aluminum Bell, Circa 1970's
By Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Cast Aluminum Bell, Circa 1970's the actual Bell is 5" dia x 6" tall "in good vintage as found condition" "nice form, patina and sound"
Aluminum, Aluminum Alloy
1950s French Metal Wire Salad Basket - Decorative & industrial chic
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A rare and striking 1950s French salad basket crafted from metal wire with a spherical articulated structure and charming foot-shaped handles. Graphic and sculptural, it transcends i...
Wire
$960Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Metal Hanging Mobile with Crown Fish and Birds
Located in San Diego, CA
1960s metal hanging kinetic mobile sculpture with crown, fish and birds elements. Could be used inside or outside, Nice movement with great patina.
Metal
Vintage Brazilian Carved Wood Head Rest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This primitive hand-carved wood headrest from Brazil is a compelling example of indigenous folk art and organic design. Meticulously shaped from a single block of dense hardwood, the...
Wood
Large Paolo Soleri Brutalist Bronze Wind Bell Arcosanti 1970s
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Large Paolo Soleri Brutalist Bronze Wind Bell Arcosanti 1970s
Bronze
Paolo Soleri Greek God Bronze Wind Bell
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Paolo Soleri Greek God Bronze Wind Bell
Brass
Michael & Frances Higgins Fused Art Glass Mobile, Signed
By Michael and Frances Higgins
Located in Dallas, TX
Enhance your mid-century modern space with our Exceptional 12 pieces fused multi-color glass mobile, signed Higgins Studio. Handcrafted by renowned artisans Michael and Frances Higgi...
Art Glass
Studio-Made Modernist Mobile, Small
Located in Dallas, TX
A studio-made modernist mobile; mustard yellow, blue, opium red. This innovative art form, rooted in the principles of modernism, emphasizes minimalism, abstraction, and the intrinsi...
Metal
Torch Cut Floral Arrangement from Brotman's Sausalito
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Hanover, MA
Torch cut brass and mixed metal kinetic floral spray in the style of Curtis Jere retailed through Brotman's Village Fair in Sausalito, CA circa 1970
Brass
Vintage Fagus Toy Tractor, Solid Oak Construction, Rubber Tires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Toy tractor by Fagus represents German design philosophy applied to educational playthings. Constructed entirely from solid oak using doweled and interlocking joinery without metal f...
Metal
1950's Wood Motorcycle Model
Located in New York, NY
Unique motorcycle model with moving parts, fully constructed in wood. New Hampshire, circa 1950's.
Wood
Mobile-stabile in chrome-plated steel François Collette, France, 1970
By François Collette
Located in Paris, FR
Mobile-stabile sculpture in chromed steel. Monogrammed F.C. and dated 70. Height: 54 cm (21.26 inches) Width: 45 cm (17.72 inches) Depth: 12 cm (4.72 inches) Biography : François Co...
Steel, Chrome
Invertible Cube Signed, Colored and Handmade by Paul Schatz, 1898-1979
By Paul Schatz
Located in Munster, NRW
The invertible cube, signed, colored and handmade by Paul Schatz, 1898-1979. Anthroposoph, Artist & Mathematician, (authenticity confirmed by Paul Schatz Foundation). Measures...
Paper
$1,625Sale Price|35% Off
Art Deco WWII Military Strategy Chalk Teaching Globe on Stand by Denoyer-Geppert
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare art deco WWII military strategy chalk teaching globe by Denoyer-Geppert with period chrome stand, circa 1940s. The globe is in good condition with original paint; there are seve...
Chrome, Steel
$460Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Wood Survey Measuring Large Stick by Lenner
Located in San Diego, CA
Hard to find a rare vintage wood measuring stick by Lenner.
Aluminum
Classic Alex Moulton 4-speed Bicycle, modernist design
By Huffy Corp.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Alex Moulton 4-speed Bicycle, modernist design.. Amazing design,, All original,, Nice condition,,great riding bike,, probably can use a good tune up..
Steel
$175 / item
Six Blenko Glass Zodiac Box
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Set of Blenko art glass zodiac plaques. Being sold individually. There are: 2 Taurus 1 Aries 2 Cancer 1 Libra.
Art Glass
$2,797Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Vintage Green Wooden Door from Capri
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful Italian wooden door from Capri belonging to the 1960s, in a beautiful rustic chic style. The door is a classic rectangular door, but lower than the current norm because ho...
Brass
Bronze Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful bronze Cosanti bell by Paolo Soleri. Uncommon shape and design. Fantastic patina and a great sound. Signed. A unique piece from a celebrated artist. Unique attribute to thi...
Bronze
Beautiful Bronze Bell by Paolo Soleri
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful bronze Cosanti bell by Paolo Soleri. Uncommon shape and design. Fantastic patina and a great sound. Signed. A unique piece from a celebrated artist. Unique attribute to thi...
Bronze
Royal Dutch Navy Grumman Avanger TBM3 1960 Airplane Model
Located in Weesp, NL
Big and beautiful 1960 Grumman Avenger TBM3 Royal Dutch Navy airplane model. This beautiful replica once flew with remote control and it comes without remote control. It has not been...
Plastic, Wood
$606Sale Price|35% Off
Kinetic Sculpture in Iron and Foam, Mid-Century Modern, France, 1990
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
Although the creator's identity remains a mystery, the sculpture is a beautiful nod to mid-century modern art influences.
Metal
Kinetic Nebula Sculpture by Alice Hutchins Mid Century Modern Abstract Art
By Alice Hutchins
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kinetic Abstract Sculpture, entitled "Nebula", by Alice Hutchins, American, circa 1970s. Retains original box. Consists of various magnetic elements so that you can construct the scu...
Metal, Chrome, Magnets
Curtis Jere Large Scale 79” Kinetic Sculpture Mid Century Modern Abstract Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Scale Chrome Kinetic Sculpture, by Curtis Jere, signed, American, circa 1994. It measures an impressive 79” height x 20” w x 18” d.
Chrome
Elijah David Herschler Chrome Kinetic Table Top Mid Century Modern Sculptures 76
By Elijah David Herschler
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of finely balanced polished chrome kinetic sculptures by 70s modern sculptor E. David Herschler. Inscribed signature. Dated 1976 9.5 and 12" high.
Steel
Modern Kinetic Metal Sculpture By Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An interesting Kinetic sculpture with a sinuous brass arm and attached long metal wires with balls on the ends. The entire piece turns on a brass plate mounted on a circular marble p...
Marble, Brass
Wonderful C Jere Brass Trumpet Vine Tall Floor Sculpture Kinetic Mid-century
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful signed Curtis Jere brass and copper metal floor sculpture gives a stylized interpretation of a trumpet vine in bloom. The vines are copper the stylized trumpet blossoms are...
Brass
Russell Secrest Bronze Kinetic Sculpture
By Russell Secrest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-Century Modernist Bronze and Teak Sculpture by Russell Secrest, American, circa 1970s. Russell Secrest (1935-2010) is known for both his sculptures and modernist jewelry designs....
Bronze
$1,311Sale Price|25% Off
Vibrant Motion: Kinetic Sculpture - Iron, Paint, Movement
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
While the artist remains unknown, the sculpture pays homage to mid century modern art influence.
Metal
$1,617Sale Price|25% Off
Vibrant Motion: Kinetic Sculpture - Iron, Paint, Movement
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
While the artist remains unknown, the sculpture pays homage to mid century modern art influence.
Metal
$848Sale Price|35% Off
Vibrant Motion: Kinetic Sculpture - Iron, Paint, Movement
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
While the artist remains unknown, the sculpture pays homage to mid century modern art influence.
Metal
$750Sale Price|35% Off
Vibrant Motion: Kinetic Sculpture - Iron, Paint, Movement
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
While the artist remains unknown, the sculpture pays homage to mid century modern art influence.
Metal
Abstract Kinetic sculpture by Edison Parra, 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Abstract geometric sculpture by Edison Parra (1945-), Venezuela 1970s. Parra had his academical training between 1960 and 1966, first at the Neptalí Rincón Art School in Maracaibo an...
Wood
$575Sale Price|35% Off
Enchanting Dynamics: Iron and Foam Kinetic Sculpture - Vibrant Multicolor
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
Although the creator's identity remains a mystery, the sculpture is a beautiful nod to mid-century modern art influences.
Metal
$841Sale Price|35% Off
Enchanting Motion: Iron and Foam Kinetic Sculpture - Vibrant Red
By Alexander Calder
Located in Barcelona, ES
Although the creator's identity remains a mystery, the sculpture is a beautiful nod to mid-century modern art influences.
Metal
Large Modernist Bronze Kinetic Sculpture Studio Necklace 1970s
By Jack Boyd
Located in San Diego, CA
Large Modernist bronze wearable sculpture. The studio made necklace is from the 1970s. Finely crafted statement piece with glass beads incorporated with hand hammered bronze kinetic ...
Bronze
Toni Burgering kinetic neon sculpture Netherlands 1972
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A highly rare and collectible neon wall sculpture by Dutch artist Toni Burgering (1937–2017), designed and produced in 1972. Executed in blue neon with an aluminum-laminated backgrou...
Aluminum
Dolly Moreno Kinetic Abstract Sculpture in Stainless Steel
By Dolly Moreno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kinetic Abstract Sculpture, hand made by Dolly Moreno, American, circa 1960s. Signed on base. It is on a magnetic base, and some of the elements of the sculpture can be moved. Measur...
Metal, Stainless Steel
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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.
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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