About L'Art De Vivre
Established on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 1989, L'Art de Vivre champions pioneering French and Italian midcentury design, with an emphasis on exceptional and distinctive lighting. Its carefully selected collection spans the postwar period to the present day, highlighting rare and exciting masterpieces by Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Gio Ponti, Venini, Veronese, Stilnovo, Dominique, Jacques Adnet, Maxime Old, and Genet Michon, as well as collaborations with contemporary designers. L'Art de Vivre's strong focus on sculptural lines, unexpected forms, unpara...Read More
Established in 19891stDibs seller since 2011
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Featured Pieces
Contemporary Mirror in Vintage Hand Ground Italian Glass
Located in New York, NY
ITALY, 2022
A magnificent and important contemporary mirror
of hand ground vintage richly colored mirrored glass, radiating in concentric circles of graduated size, with inner polish...
Category
2010s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Monumental Chandelier with Twelve Arms and White Glass Shades, Italy 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Italy, 1960s
An important and spectacular twelve branch chandelier, 72" in diameter, alternating short and long arms in oxidized brass exploding from a belted sphere. A significant ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Stunning Pair of Cast Bronze Sconces, France 1970's
Located in New York, NY
FRANCE, 1970's
A stunning and rare pair of beautifully sculpted cast bronze sconces in haut relief, with contrasting burnished, chiseled, and oxidized sur...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Monumental and Rare Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Vessel with Sea Life Decor, 1950
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
OLSEN THORKILD ( 1890-1973 ) and KNUD ANDERSON ( 1892-1966 ) FOR ROYAL COPENHAGEN
An extraordinary monumental lidded urn in Royal Copenhagen crackle war...
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 14 Blown Clear and White Glass Lanterns, Italy, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
ITALY, 1970s
A collection of 14 blown white and clear glass lanterns, with chromed metal mounts. Each individual piece is mouth blown resulting in different alignments of the white a...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lanterns
Materials
Blown Glass
Single Blue Oval Shaped Glass Mirror, Italy, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
ITALY, 1960s
A single oval shaped blue glass mirror, with nicely beveled glass frames and four polished brass mounts.
ONE MIRROR AVAILABLE
Dimensions: 33 H x 25 W x 2 D.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Woven Rattan Oval Shaped Couch, ca. 1999
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully formed and encompassing tightly woven oval rattan couch, supported on an iron frame.
Measures: 86 W x 47 D x 30 / 16 H.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Rattan
Massive Magnificent Ceramic Mirror (68 " Tall) by Alain Girel for Hermes, 1994
Located in New York, NY
Alain Girel (1945-2001) for Hermes.
A unique magnificent and massive mirror in glazed and unglazed ceramic tiles in terra cotta orange tones by Alain Gire...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Magnificent Murano Blown Glass Chandelier by Venini with Red Accent, 1920s
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
VENINI
A stunning early Venini Murano blown glass ten branch chandelier.
In fine straw glass with delicate ruby red edging, Italy, late 1920s.
Dimensions...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Yellow Amber Glass Mirror, Italy, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Italy, 1960s
A stunning glass mirror in sensuously rounded forms of yellow amber glass,
with rich bronze mounts.
39.5 H X 27 W X 3 D.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Stunning Pair of Fontana Arte Sconces by Nathalie Grenon
By Fontana Arte, Nathalie Grenon
Located in New York, NY
Nathalie Grenon for Fontana Arte.
A stunning pair of Fontana Arte glass and polished brass sconces, designed by Nathalie Grenon for Bulgari in 1990.
So...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Hexagonal Tall Vessel in Beautifully Grained Veneered Wood
Located in New York, NY
FRANCE, 1970's
Sculptural tall hexagonal tapered vessel, in richly veneered wood, beautifully grained and polished.
20 H x 10 W.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
