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
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
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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Marcello Piacentini Art Deco Walnut Wood Italian Corner Cupboards, 1940
Located in Roma, Lazio
Astonishing corner cupboard attributed to Marcello Piacentini, important Italian furniture veneered in walnut wood, to note its unique design and t...
Walnut
$3,045Sale Price|47% Off
French Art Deco Corner Cupboard, Wax-Finished Maple, 1945
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Very rare Art Deco corner cupboard in wax-finished maple wood, truly unique movement of lines on the front.
Maple
Art Deco corner cabinet – Sweden 1930
Located in Girona, Girona
Small corner cabinet in ash veneer, walnut door frame, decorative marquetry in precious wood, French polish. Sweden, circa 1930
Ash, Walnut
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Cherrywood Corner Cabinet, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco cherrywood corner cabinet, circa 1940.
Cherry
Axel Einar Hjorth corner cabinet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jolie meube d’encoignure par Axel Einar Hjorth vers 1930, pour Nordiska Kompaniet
Pine
Small Art Deco corner cabinet – Sweden 1930
Located in Girona, Girona
Small Art Deco corner cabinet, birch veneered and precious wood marquetry. French polish. Sweden circa 1930
Birch
Louise Art Corner Cupboards Fleur De Lis Fine Hammered Brass by Paul Mathieu
By Stephanie Odegard Collection, Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Renowned designer Paul Mathieu created this large dresser with 9 drawers with his interpretation of Fleur de Lis motif carved all over the piece just like the other two designs namel...
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Antique Swedish Genuine Country Corner Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish corner cabinet. The cabinet is a genuine Swedish country house furniture from the early 1800s. Old historic paint with ...
Pine
English Bowfront Corner Cupboard
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very narrow late 18th C English pine bowfronted glazed corner cupboard. 1790 Fits into a corner that 47.5cm (measured along the back)
Oak, Pine
Swedish Gustavian Corner Cabinet in Coral Paint
Located in Kastrup, DK
Gustavian corner cabinet crafted in pine, originally painted in coral colour with a warm and naturally aged patina. The cabinet is constructed in two sections and features a gently ...
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Corner Cabinet
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian style corner cabinet. it was just restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White" from the very back out to each corner its 23" ...
Wood
Antique Painted Hanging Corner Cupboard
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Antique painted hanging corner cupboard Late 18th century bow front corner cupboard with its original painted front depicting a classical scene
Pine
$2,794
H 54.34 in W 41.74 in D 27.17 in
Swedish Rustic Farmhouse Painted Folk Art Corner Cabinet / Cupboard dating 1840
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
This beautiful Swedish corner cabinet from 1840 is crafted from pine and still features its original decorative paint. Painted in a soft blue with red accents, it's adorned with flor...
Pine, Paint
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Corner Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking late 18th-century Gustavian period corner cabinet from Sweden, featuring the classic neoclassical elegance of the era. Crafted in two parts, the cabinet showcases paneled ...
Pine
$58,334
H 64.57 in W 37.8 in D 15.75 in
Midcentury Modern Unique Cabinet by Axel Einar Hjorth, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Unique bar cabinet by Axel Einar Hjorth, in a strikingly decorative design with elegant details. Made from mahogany with floral motif inlays in birch and rosewood. Lighting inside. M...
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Corner Cupboard
Located in East Aurora, NY
A very nice early Georgian Mahogany hanging corner cupboard with two interior drawers. Very nice aged color and patina to the Mahogany in great condition. There is a hook that holds ...
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Corner Cabinet Circa 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
This early 19th-century Swedish corner cupboard from Ångermanland is a remarkable example of provincial Scandinavian craftsmanship. Scraped back to reveal its original greyish-green ...
Pine, Paint
Early 19th Century Decorated Swedish Corner Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare corner cabinet from northern Sweden made during the first years of the 19th century, 1810 to 1820. The cabinet is pine and made in two parts. It has the original decoration paint with the authentic patina of time. The paint is unusually intricate and varied with both floral motifs and marbling. That points to it being an expensive cabinet...
Pine
Swedish Gustavian 2 Door Corner Cabinet
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian style 2 door corner cabinet. it was just restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White" from the back out to the front of each side is 26"...
Wood
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H 41.34 in W 33.08 in D 18.31 in
Early 20th Century, Swedish Modern Bar Cabinet in Birch by H. Westlund, 1930s
Located in Odense, DK
A refined Swedish Modern corner bar cabinet crafted in birch, dating from the 1930s–1940s, made by H. Westlund Möbelaffät Storvik. Designed to fit neatly into a corner, this type of ...
Metal
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H 62.41 in W 27.96 in D 21.66 in
Vetrina ad angolo Art Decò in radica di noce con vetri scorrevoli e scomparto
Located in Premariacco, IT
Mobile ad angolo Art Decò anni '30 di produzione italiana con doppio vetro scorrevole serigrafato e ripiani interni in vetro trasparente. Nella zona inferiore trovano posto due ante...
Glass, Nutwood
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H 66.54 in W 53.94 in D 18.51 in
Sculptural Geometric Cabinet in Birch & Intarsia, Swedish Grace, Modern, 1930s
By Otto Schulz, Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Odense, DK
The fascinating sculptural cabinet in birch and twisted legs, crafted in the 1930s by a skilled Swedish cabinetmaker, is a striking embodiment of the fusion between Art Deco precisio...
Nutwood, Birch
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H 54.34 in W 42.52 in D 16.15 in
Sculptural Geometric Cabinet in Nutwood, Danish Modern, Made in, 1920s
Located in Odense, DK
A rare baroque style cabinet made in nutwood with twisted curly legs. Rich details such as a beautiful geometric shaped front design. A quality cabinet, made by a skilled Danish cabi...
Nutwood
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H 65.75 in W 27.56 in D 13.78 in
Pair of Black French Art Deco Corner Cupboards with Macassar Veneer High Gloss
Located in Ulm, DE
Two corner cupboards / cabinets. Fresh restored. Front with Macassar Veneer, high gloss lacquer finish. Body in black Piano Lacquer. Metal Handels, fresh nickeled. Original Art Déco Furniture...
Metal
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H 55.52 in W 47.25 in D 19.3 in
Art Deco Bauhaus Corner Display Cabinet in Macassar Ebony by Bruno Paul
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A very rare find this corner cupboard of exceptional quality designed in the 1930s by Bruno Paul and produced by Hellerau Deutsche Werkstatten in Germany. The cabinet also has a maca...
Ebony
Set of Bookcases and Corner Cabinet in Swedish Dark Flame Birch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Art Deco bookcases and corner cabinet in beautiful flame birch. These are three separate pieces, and the bookshelves are identical in size. They each have two adjustable shelv...
Birch
Art Deco Corner Bar Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Deco corner cupboard made of Swedish Flame Birch. Could also work very well as a bar. Features upper and lower cabinets and an exposed shelf. The bottom cabinet is curved ...
Birch
Art Deco Corner Cabinet/ Dray Bar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Art Deco cabinet / dray bar from the 1930s. Four rotate shelfs as you can see on the phots. Size is for the bottle of Vine and Brandy.
Wood
Rationalist Italian Sideboard in Walnut Wood and Bakelite
Located in Milano, IT
Small Italian sideboard from the rationalist era of the 1920s. The sideboard can also be classified as an entryway console. The sideboard is made entirely of walnut wood. its peculi...
Bakelite, Walnut
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H 37 in W 29 in D 19 in
Leon Jallot Pair of Inlaid Amaranth and Nero Portoro Encoignures, c 1925, Signed
By Léon Jallot, Maurice Jallot, Maurice and Léon Jallot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An incredible and important pair of Art Deco marquetry encoignures (corner cabinets) by famed French Art Deco designer and maker Leon Jallot, circa 1920s Paris, France. We just completed restoration to both cabinets in a gorgeous French Polish which gives incredible depth and vivid detail to the exotic marquetry wood. Both cabinets are signed on the top of the cabinets, underneath the Nero Portoro marble tops. Each of the bow front corner cabinets feature exotic Amaranth (Violet Wood) veneered doors with dual fluted walnut column front legs and ebonized banded marquetry of stylized birds and leaves. Topped with matching Nero Portoro marble tops, the most expensive marble available, that have exceptional gold and white veining over a deep lustrous black background. The interior is fitted with an exotic Amboyna Burl. The mixture of all of these rare luxurious materials (Nero Portoro, Ebony, Amaranth, Amboyna Burl) provide such an exquisite foundation to these works of art by Leon Jallot. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Considered one of the most sophisticated furniture designers and makers in Paris during the Art Deco period, Leon Jallot's works were included by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann in the furnishing of his Hotel d'un Collectionneur at the Exposition International des Art Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in 1925. As a result of Jallot's combination of rich materials and a carefully edited design sensibility, one of his pieces from the Exposition was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, leading to inclusion of his work in exclusive exhibitions at the leading American luxury department stores, including Macy's and B. Altman in New York City and Wanamaker's in Philadelphia during the late 1920s. Léon Jallot retired in the 1940s , while his son Maurice Jallot continued the family activity until the 1950s. MEASUREMENTS: (overall) H 37" x *W 29" x D 19" *This piece is shaped as a triangle, the measurement of the rear corner to the front corners is 21" Marble is 1.25" thick CONDITION: Excellent restored condition. Restored with a French Polish lacquer. Nero Portoro marble is in very good antique condition with one hairline stable crack to one of the tops (see photos). The backs and underside of the cabinets were intentionally left unrestored. The inside of the cabinets are ready for shelves, contact us if you would like us to create custom shelves...
Marble
French Art Deco Corner Baker's Rack in Metal with Milk Glass Shelves
Located in Astoria, NY
French Art Deco corner baker’s rack with milk glass shelves. Made in France in the 1940s. The piece has a closed cabinet on the bottom with an addit...
Metal