Collecting Antique Home Decor from the 1940's
Do you like to collect 1940's home decor and antique furniture? The 1940's heralded a large number of furniture designers making beautiful wood and upholstered furniture in the Art Deco and Neo-Classical styles. Amazingly enough, you can find some simply wonderful 1940's furniture pieces on Ebay.
When searching for antiques, it is always authenticity that is the primary issue. You need to make sure that the furniture piece you buy is really from the 1940's era, and not a duplicate or even worse a fake. Check the seller's reputation on Ebay, and you can also ask for proof of authenticity from the antique seller. Legitimate antique sellers will routinely offer proof of authenticity from a licensed antiques expert.
Whether you are searching for a specific furniture piece from the 1940's, like a kitchen table or a dining room chair, or trying to furnish an entire room, it is helpful to get to know the styles and designers of the 1940's period, and then search for the specific design look that you want. The next step is color and fit for your room. Wood furniture was extremely popular during the 1940's, especially mahogany, a very lovely wood. Knowing this can help you find some mahogany pieces to fill your living room.
You can also decide how much work you would like to put into restoring an antique piece of 1940's furniture. In most cases, if the piece needs restoration work, then it will be cheaper than a mint condition piece.
Vintage 1940's Coffee Table
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 1940s vintage IMPERIAL FURNITUREE Tea Coffee TABLE Interior Design DECORATING Ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 8d 14h 8m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Carved 1940s Vintage Coffee or Cocktail Table $495.00 Time Remaining: 16d 7h 20m Buy It Now for only: $495.00 |
 Vintage Antique 1940s William BAL Fibre 50 Trunk Luggage Chest Coffee End Table $935.00 Time Remaining: 9d 13h 26m Buy It Now for only: $935.00 |
1940's Upholstered Furniture
Older upholstered sofas and chairs from the 1940's period can be a beautiful addition to your home. It is most likely that a piece that old would have been reupholstered at least one time since then assuming it was a well used furniture piece. Most upholstery fabrics from the 1940's were a thinner style that wore out more easily with use.
If a piece hasn't been reupholstered, check for the condition of the upholstery, and whether that is an investment that you would need to put into the sofa or chair.
Vintage 1940's Sofa
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 1940S Vintage Couch $0.99 Time Remaining: 6d 22h 7m Buy It Now for only: $400.00 |
 WELL MADE VINTAGE 1940s RATTAN HAWAIIAN LARGE FAN ARMS STYLE COUCH SOFA $895.00 Time Remaining: 22d 10h 35m Buy It Now for only: $895.00 |
 vintage french provencial 1940s parlor sofa couch 2 chairs marble top table $1,699.00 Time Remaining: 2d 4h 6m |
 Beautiful 1940s Antique Vintage Fainting Couch Chaise Lounge Oak $300.00 Time Remaining: 2d 16h 40m |
Vintage 1940's Cabinet
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 30s 40s Vintage Autolite Counter Spark Plug Cabinet Display Convex Corners $175.00 Time Remaining: 9h 51m |
 WALL PANTRY CUPBOARD Pharmacy Storage Cabinet Mid Century Modern Vtg 40s 50s $49.00 Time Remaining: 15d 6h 16m Buy It Now for only: $49.00 |
 Vintage 1940s 50s Wood File Cabinet $9.99 Time Remaining: 14h 59m |
 VINTAGE 1940s 1950s METAL STEEL FILE CABINET BOX ROLLING STORAGE INDUSTRIAL $15.75 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 10h 47m |
1940's Mahogany Furniture
If you are not familiar with mahogany, it is a beautiful wood that is medium to dark in tone with a distinct red or purple red cast. Mahogany has a distinct fine grain and was used a lot to make furniture in the 1940's. Nowadays, mahogany furniture would be extremely expensive because the wood itself is quite expensive.
Therefore, if you can get your hands on a beautiful mahogany wood table, breakfront, cabinet or chair from the 1940's, you will be getting a beautiful addition to your dining room, kitchen, living room or office.
Vintage 1940's oak Desk
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 ANTIQUE 1940S MISSION OAK DROP FRONT DESK $299.99 Time Remaining: 2d 23h 57m |
 ANTIQUE OAK TEACHERS DESK CIRCA 1930S 1940S 6 DRAWERS GREAT DESK $549.99 Time Remaining: 8d 12h 39m Buy It Now for only: $549.99 |
 Vintage 34 Oak Library Table Secretary Letter Desk w Drawer 1940s Exc Con $356.25 Time Remaining: 24d 4h 58m Buy It Now for only: $356.25 |
 Oak Art Deco 1940s Side by Side Glass Cabinet Bookcase Desk $595.00 Time Remaining: 28d 23h 51m Buy It Now for only: $595.00 |
Vintage 1940's Mahogany Furniture
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 Vintage 1940s Mahogany Pineapple Post Full Size Bed Frame $495.00 Time Remaining: 8h 28m |
 Vintage 1940s HUNGERFORD USA Solid Mahogany 6 Drawer Tall Chest Bracket Foot $350.00 Time Remaining: 16d 13h 42m Buy It Now for only: $350.00 |
 Vintage 1940s Tell City Drop leaf Mahogany Dining Table with utensil drawer $275.00 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 2m |
 Pair of Tell City Mahogany Lyre back side chairs VNTG 1940s EXCELLENT SHAPE $125.00 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 2m |
Art Deco Furniture
Art Deco was a very hot style in the 1940's and can be found in many furniture and accessories of the 1940's era. Art Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style that can add some flair to a room, or if you are an Art Deco collector, you would enjoy the fanciful, strong lines of design.
Art Deco combines influences from French culture with Neo-Classicalism, unusual art and design elements. Art Deco furniture is truly unique and enjoyable for collectors.
Vintage 1940's Art Deco Furniture
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 RARE ANTIQUE 1940s ART DECO TURQUOISE ARVIN ELECTRIC TABLE FAN AND HEATER $20.76 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 47m |
 Vtg 1940s Marble White Quartz Stone Art Deco Brass Table Lighter Colibri $49.99 Time Remaining: 10d 12h 57m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 1940s art deco dunhill silverplate miniature onyx petrol liftarm table lighter $275.00 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 51m |
 VINTAGE 1940s ART DECO CROWN SILVER PLATE TABLE LIGHTER OCCUPIED JAPAN NR $9.99 Time Remaining: 9h 49m |
Vintage 1940's Chairs
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 Vintage 1940s Bent Wood Chairs Pair Coffee Shop Chairs By Radomsko Rustic Chic $1.50 Time Remaining: 6d 6h 34m |
 2 Vintage 1940s RENWAL Plastic Doll House Bathroom POTTY CHAIRS with Tray Unused $18.00 Time Remaining: 27d 8h 1m Buy It Now for only: $18.00 |
 Vintage 1940s X Chairs WW2 Campaign Armchair Directors Chair Rustic Deck Chair $1.50 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 5m |
 VINTAGE LAWN CHAIRS LATE 1940S $100.00 Time Remaining: 4d 6h 17m Buy It Now for only: $139.97 |
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