Mid-Century Modern Folk 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
Set of 3 Antique Wood Golf Clubs, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three antique traditional Jack White's sports wooden golf clubs.
Made in London, circa 1930.
In original condition, with minor wear con...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Janet Leach Signed British Studio Pottery Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl with Box 1971
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and glazed Japanese Mingei style Chawan tea ceremony bowl with ears by esteemed American born/ British potter Janet Leach, wife of f...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Pedestal Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously crafted, beautifully yellow glazed, Mid-Century Modern pedestal bowl by California master ceramist Rupert Deese who worked closely with pottery legend Harrison Mcintosh.
Signed with Deese's cipher/ stamp on the base as well as the original label.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Deese's work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics/pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Deese's work can be found in numerous collections and museums including:
Museum of fine Arts, Boston, Boston
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, California
Millard Sheets Collection, Gualala, California
Mingei International Museum, San Diego
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Richard & Alice Petterson Museum, Claremont, California
Roger Corsaw...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Scandinavian Set of Eight Sculpture Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of eight sculpture vases. Each vase is hand colored shaped and sized. Vases can use for the flowers. We have 4 more vases like this.
Category
1860s Scandinavian Antique Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Colored blue and red stoneware ceramic pitcher circa 1990 signed Maya
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Maya
Signed under the base
Colored stoneware ceramic pitcher
Original good condition
Red and blue colors
Height 20 cm
Large 16 cm
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Cutter Sailing Lighthouse Spirit of Alfred Wallis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Cutter in full sail with one man visible on board riding a wave past a lighthouse
Oil on cardboard
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Other
Tables 4cm 1 1/2' Slab Single Piece Low Trestle Ends 61cm 24" Long 30cm 12" High
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Sculptural tables using the natural characteristics and form of the elm as the inspiration to create furniture that transcends purpose into organic art.
The patina and wear that hav...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Elm
Italian Murano Aquarium Paper Weight with Fish and Ocean Plants Bubbles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unique and rare shape Murano Paper Weight depicting a ocean scene or an aquarium - with fish, ocean plants and bubbles in all the right places...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Murano Glass
Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava glaze and piercing blue crackle glass in the cente...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Early XIX Harpoon Metal Part
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique fishing metal harpoon metal pioint.
Made in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1800.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Marilyn Neuhart Alexander Girard Doll from Textiles and Objects
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Hand Made Doll, by Marilyn Neuhart for Textiles & Objects, which was a "pop up shop" conceived by Alexander Girard and sponsored by Herman Miller in May of 1961. See the last tw...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen, Silk
Marilyn Neuhart Alexander Girard Doll from Textiles & Objects
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Hand Made Doll, by Marilyn Neuhart for Textiles & Objects, which was a "pop up shop" conceived by Alexander Girard and sponsored by Herman Miller in May of 1961. See the last tw...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen, Silk
XXth century wood stool center of France circa 1950 traditional design
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Center of France
Traditional all wood french stool
Original perfect condition
Height 48 cm
Large total 55 cm
Seat height 48 cm
Seat large 20 cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Painting Oil Naive Cutter Boat Spirit Alfred Wallis Oil Length 40cm 16"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Cutter pz17 in full sail past a lighthouse
Board length 24cm., 9 1/2", height 21cm., 8 1/4"
Floated on a cream mount in a recycled black moulded frame with some losses Length 40cm.,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Painting Oil Naive Three Sloops Spirit of Alfred Wallis Framed Blue White Black
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Three sloops under full sail
Oil on cardboard
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis
Board Length 41cm., 16" Height 25cm., 10"
In th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Early 20th Century Traditional Toy Kitchen Reproduction, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage iron toy kitchen figure of a traditional antique kitchen representation.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1930.
In original cond...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Green Yellow Lava Glazed Studio Ceramic Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Studio City, CA
A pair of fabulous Mid-Century Modern green and yellow lava-glazed ribbed ceramic table lamps. Quite fantastic, beautifully colored, and designed. Caught o...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Italian Folding Four-Panel Decorated Screen by Enzo Strada
By Enzo Strada
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian folding four-panel screen with bucolic transfer painting. 1960s
Each panel measures cm.53 x 3 x H 148.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed Scenic Landscape Painting
Located in Seattle, WA
Framed Scenic landscape painting
Dimensions. 24 W ; 29 1/2 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Americana Studio Pottery Ceramic Bud Vase in White and Orange Brown, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty one-of-a-kind Americana Revival petite ceramic hand-made studio pottery vase. Created from ceramic, this vase reminds of stoneware and is round in form. The top of the piece...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Lucie Rie 'Austrian/British, 1902-1995' Squeezed Oatmeal Glazed Pottery Bowl
By Lucie Rie
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware oatmeal glazed bowl with small crater and speckled inclusions with a wavy rim with a fine manganese glazed edge by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902-1995) dating from aroun...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
1950’s Enamel and Neon Corner Sign Cafe
Located in Chicago, IL
1950’s enamel and neon corner Cafe sign. It has new transformer and wiring. Please note that there will be additional fee for making shipping crate.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Bowl with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery miniature bowl decorated in yellow glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1937-2009) dated 1976.
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson was born in 1937 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Vancouver as a child. In his twenties, he represented Canada in the 1959 Chicago Pan-American Games, running alongside Henry 'Harry' Winston Jerome in both the 100 yard and 220-yard dash. Following this, he attended San Jose University of California and in 1966 received a BFA in Ceramics.
Working with clay was Thorlaksson’s passion. He was fascinated with Asian ceramics, in particular the Song dynasty Chinese pot forms and glazes. In 1985, the Mayor of Vancouver, Mike Harcourt, visited China on a goodwill mission for the twinning of Vancouver with Guangzhou China. As gifts, he took with him several of Thorlaksson’s ceramics and presented them to Cao Yun-ping, Secretary-General of the People's Municipal Government of Guangzhou. The pieces were well received and local Chinese potters were interested to learn about his glazing techniques.
In 1987, Thorlaksson was invited to visit China’s Guangzhou University to exhibit more of his work. He was aided in this exchange by Joanne Mah, the Director of Intercultural Training and Educational Consultants (ITEC), who had worked with the Harcourt exchange. In 1988, she and her husband sponsored a pre-gallery showing of Thorlaksson’s ceramics at the ITEC’s Hong Kong office, prior to an exhibition at Alvin Gallery in Hong Kong. Thorlaksson was celebrated and introduced to academics and the media, including the head of ceramics at the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts. Local Chinese potters were eager to learn about his firing techniques, which used multiple firings to create special glaze characteristics. They were also intrigued to understand how he designed his own stands as an integrated part of his presentation. Unlike Asian potters who used wooden stands, Thorlaksson produced his stands in clay, matching each stand in aesthetic and tone to its pot. This two-part process elevated his pieces to sculpture. He believed that ceramics should be viewed as fine art and not craft. He was inspired by the female form and was quoted as saying 'Most potters make pots; I make parts of people'.
The bowl is of wide squat rounded form with a fold over rim and is decorated in pale yellow glazes over a brown ground and stands on a narrow round unglazed foot. The design is probably based and inspired by a Chinese brush washer...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Table Slab Single Piece Elm Sculpture
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Sculptural table using the natural characteristics and form of the elm as the inspiration to create furniture that transcends purpose into organic art.
- The patina and wear that ...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Elm
Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful.
The statue would appear...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Very Tall Bronze Ndebele Sculpture, Original Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful sculpture by an unknown artist, depicting a Ndebele. Despite of occasionally mistakenly attributed to Carl Hagenauer is it undoubtedly a ...
Category
1950s African Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Gold-Plated Christian Dior Necklace with Large Chains
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Vintage gold plated Christian Dior necklace with large chains.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Gold Plate
Italian modern Wall light sign by Lane Marzotto in plastic and metal, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Wall light sign by Lane Marzotto in plastic and metal, 1990s
Rectangular wall light sign with rounded corners. On the central pla...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pablo Picasso Signed Madoura Ceramic Tile Plaque 'Tête Polychrome' Ramié 455
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, original hand painted ceramic tile plaque by famed artist Pablo Picasso titled "Tete Polychrome". The work features an abstract face w...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Bob Stocksdale Signed Mid-Century Modern Turned Exotic Wood Charger Platter
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely crafted, rich wood charger by American master Woodturner Bob Stocksdale.
Signed and marked ("Bubinga from Africa") by the artist on th...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ko Verzuu for Ado, Mid-Century Modern, Wood Car Construction Netherlands Toy
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Toy designed by Ko Verzuu, circa 1950.
Manufactured by ADO in Netherlands.
Blue trailer with wooden wheel and set of blocks.
Signed with an ADO metal plate.
In good origina...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Carnival Party Box with Original Objects, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique vintage party box with all the original objects.
Manufacturer by El Ingenio, Barcelona. Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and ...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Original Exhibition Poster of Picasso, Germany, 1965
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Original exhibition poster of Picasso,
Framed,
Edition of 2000,
Printed by Schwenk-Wilk, Francfort, 1965,
Germany, 1965.
Measures: 58 x 84 cm.
Bib...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Mexican Pitcher in Frog Shape
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Antique Mexican Pitcher in Frog Shape attributed at Gorky Gonzalez, made in ceramic and hand painted.
About Gorky Gonzalez:
Founder and artistic director of Traditional Pottery began his studies with his father, the Mexican sculptor...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Ceramic Birds with Beautiful Glaze Signed KW 9723
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very tasty duo of mid-century modern birds in a stylized shape and wonderful glaze pattern.
The downward looking animal has a cheerful flower pattern on both wings. The upward looki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Rectangular Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rectangular nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measure: height / 26.5 inches on 10.8 inches.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Kayo Lennar 'Purple Abstraction' Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Kayo Lennar (French / American, b. 1923) abstract expressionist oil on canvas painting depicting an abstraction in blue, purple, and green hues, signed low...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Große über 2m Massivholz Kranich Skulptur aus Teak, 1960er
Located in Mainz, DE
Große über 2 Meter große Massivholz Kranich Skulptur. Die Skulptur wurde als Einzellstück in Handarbeit gefertigt. Die Figur sehr schwer da aus massiven Holz. Leider scheint die Skul...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Scandinavian Carpet Woven Rug Pink Rollakan Rolakan Carpet Swedish, G120
Located in Lyon, FR
Very large scandinavian rug from the 60s. Flat weaving technique (rillakan), wool on linen. Traditional geometrical patterns in pink, white and ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
Brown Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher by Benoit Favre La Borne circa 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Benoit Favre
Unique handmade piece
Brown stoneware ceramic pitcher
Signed at the base
Measures: Height 17 cm
Large 12 cm.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Carousel Cow Bernard Kindt, 1960s
By Bernard Kindt
Located in Antwerp, BE
Smiling carousel cow by Bernard Kindt,
a Belgian sculptor who was specialised in making wood carousel animals and animated cartoon characters.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Terracotta Studio Pottery Turtle Doorstop Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand made studio pottery turtle. The piece is quite unique and would make a perfect decorative item in many rooms, especially the Childs room or garde...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Urn Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1936
Located in Stockholm, SE
Urn designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand,
Sweden, 1936.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Dimensions:
H: 78.5 cm / 2' 7''
D: 53 cm / 21''
Exhibitions: In Paris 1937 at the World's Fair, Gunn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously crafted, beautifully glazed, Mid-Century Modern curved bowl by California master ceramist Rupert Deese who worked closely with pottery legend Harrison Mcintosh.
Signed with Deese's cipher/ stamp on the base.
Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern ceramics and pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Deese's work can be found in numerous collections and museums including:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, California
Millard Sheets Collection, Gualala, California
Mingei International Museum, San Diego
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Richard & Alice Petterson Museum, Claremont, California
Roger Corsaw...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Christmas Big Violet Nutcracker with Knife, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, wher...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ceramic wall goat by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramic goat to hang on the wall. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.
5 items, possibility to buy per item.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Ceramic Lion Figurine in Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A ceramic lioness figurine glazed in brown and cream. This mid-century statue will be a fabulous addition to a bookshelf or side table. Created from ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Green Floral Fabric Placemats and Napkins, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Set of four floral mint green cloth placemats and matching napkins. A wonderful accent to a table setting, each set includes one placemat with a matching...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Fontana Arte Painted Iron and Blue Glass Trolley 'Attr.'
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful trolley designed in the 1950s and produced by Fontana arte in painted iron.
The trolley is made entirely of white painted iron, which gives it a soft touch. There are 4 wh...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Trio of Traditional Kokeshi Dolls by Masahiro Satomi (1948-1994), Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Trio of Traditional Kokeshi Dolls by Masahiro Satomi (1948-1994), Japan
Three traditional kokeshi dolls created and signed by Masahiro Satomi (1948-1994). They measure 14.5, 12 and 10.5 inches high. In good condition, with some shellac loss on head and body of large doll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Traditional Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of woman dressed with a kimono.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear c...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Pair of Carved Wood Nautilus Shells
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century nautilus sculptures or objects of art carved from mahogany in a stylized form with a dark lush finish.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century pair of hand painted rag dolls.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beaut...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of parish priest.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent ...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Danish Antique Copper Cake Baking Mold Form
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Scandinavian antique copper cake baking mold pan in an intricate tiered design. This Danish cake mold was found at a flea market north of Copenhagen.
Cake...
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Antique Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Copper
ODK Norwegian Unusual Large Brutalist Lidded Studio Pottery Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stylish unusual Norwegian brutalist studio pottery lidded vessel in the form of a tea or water pot with makers marks ODK to the base and believed to date from the mid-20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
20th Century Stoneware Ceramic Box by Claude Gaget La Borne circa 1990 Birds
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget
Unique handmade piece
Large stoneware ceramic box with bird decoration
Brown stoneware ceramic glaze
Original perfect condition
...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern folk 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 folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern folk 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 folk art, popular names associated with this style include Albert Chubac, Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet, La Borne Potters, and Beatrice Wood. 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 folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $41 and tops out at $64,764 while the average work can sell for $1,325.