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Alfredo Barbini Seashell

Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Shell Conchiglia Seashell Bullicante Gold Flecks
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite art glass shell or conchiglia by renowned Murano glass artist Alfredo Barbini is a
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

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Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass

Alfredo Barbini Murano White Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
glass sculptural seashell bowl. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. The piece has a white outer
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Murano Barbini Venetian Baby Blue Conch Seashell Centrepiece Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Seashell shaped Murano Italian handblown white and baby blue twisted ribbed glass bowl centrepiece.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Centerpieces

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Glass

Murano Barbini White Black Gold Fleck Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculptural Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
and gold flecks Italian art glass seashell sculptural bowl. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano White Orange Gold Leaf Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculptures Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass seashell sculptural bowl. Documented to Alfredo Barbini
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Murano Midcentury Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Clam Shaped Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
bowl. Attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini. Profusely covered in gold leaf inside the bowl. Would
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Murano Large Purple Black Italian Art Glass Double Position Clam Seashell Vase
By Cenedese, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
of the seashell is polished 2 times at different angles. This lets it stand up as a flower vase, or
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass

Murano Large Purple Black Italian Art Glass Double Position Clam Seashell Vase
Murano Large Purple Black Italian Art Glass Double Position Clam Seashell Vase
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
H 6.63 in W 6.75 in D 10.75 in
Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Candlesticks and Bowl Set
By Alfredo Barbini, Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
centerpiece bowl and matching seashell candlesticks. All three pieces are profusely covered with gold leaf
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Candlesticks and Bowl Set
Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Candlesticks and Bowl Set
$1,200 Sale Price / set
33% Off
H 3 in W 10.5 in D 8.75 in

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Alfredo Barbini Murano Orange Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowls
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
sculptural seashell bowls. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. One is a little larger than the other.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Alfredo Barbini Murano Purple and Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
gold flecks art glass seashell sculpture. Documented to Alfredo Barbini, and published in his catalog
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Alfredo Barbini Murano Black White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
/ ashtray. Documented to Alfredo Barbini, and published in his catalog. The piece is profusely covered in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Alfredo Barbini Murano Pink, White, Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
white and gold flecks art glass conch shell bowl. Attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini. The piece has
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Alfredo Barbini Murano Orange, White, Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Set
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
persimmon orange over white and gold flecks art glass seashells. Documented to Alfredo Barbini, and
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Opal Pink White Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculpture Ashtray
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
/ ashtray. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-1960s, and published in his catalog. The color
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass

Barbini Murano Sommerso Blue Aqua Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculpture Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
seashell sculptural bowl. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. Published in his catalog. Can be used as
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso

Barbini Murano 1950s Blue Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
sculptural seashell bowl. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The shell is profusely covered
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Black Blue Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Scroll Seashell Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
decoration. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s and published in his catalog. Great color
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Blue Lilac Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
scroll decoration. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s and published in his catalog
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold Leaf

Murano Barbini Sommerso Blue Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
By Murano 5, Murano Glass Sommerso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano Barbini Sommerso blue Italian art glass seashell bowl.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Murano Sommerso Blue Green Italian Art Glass Flared Seashell Sculpture Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Alfredo Barbini and Archimede Seguso. Can be used as a display piece on any table. Use it as a catchall
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass

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Murano Glass Large Bottle by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D´Arte, Italy, 1960s
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30% Off
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Alfredo Barbini Seashell For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the alfredo barbini seashell you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each alfredo barbini seashell for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, blown glass and art glass. There are many kinds of the alfredo barbini seashell you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right alfredo barbini seashell, those designed in Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. Alfredo Barbini, Murano Glass Sommerso and Murano each produced at least one beautiful alfredo barbini seashell that is worth considering.

How Much is a Alfredo Barbini Seashell?

A alfredo barbini seashell can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $650, while the lowest priced sells for $400 and the highest can go for as much as $1,800.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

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.

Finding the Right Decorative-bowls for You

Vintage, new and antique decorative bowls have been an important part of the home for centuries, although their uses have changed over the years. While functional examples of bowls date back thousands of years, ornamental design on bowls as well as baskets likewise has a rich heritage, from the carved bowls of the Maya to the plaited river-cane baskets of Indigenous people in the Southeast United States.

Decorative objects continue to bring character and art into a space. An outdoor gathering can become a sophisticated garden party with the addition of a few natural-fiber baskets to hold blankets or fruit on a table, as demonstrated in the interior design work by firms such as Alexander Design.

Elsewhere, Richard Haining’s reclaimed wood vases and bowls can express eco-consciousness. Sculptural handmade cast concrete bowls like those made by the Oakland, California–based UMÉ Studio introduce compelling textures to your dining room table.

Minimalist ceramic decorative bowls of varying colors can evoke a feeling of human connectedness through their association with handmade craftsmanship, such as in the rooms envisioned by South African interior designer Kelly Hoppen. And you can elevate any space with ceramic bowls that match the color scheme.

Browse the 1stDibs collection of decorative bowls and explore the endless options available.