Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Mondrian Dish in Glazed Stoneware, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Mondrian dish in glazed stoneware with hand-painted checkered pattern
Stoneware
$1,400
H 28 in W 4.75 in D 4.75 in
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Mondrian Color Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy circa 1960
By Aldo Londi, Raymor, Bitossi
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italy geometric ceramic table lamp was imported and
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience
$3,500
H 2.13 in W 7.94 in D 4 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed. Small scale Mondrian box
Ceramic, Clay
$1,400
H 16 in W 6 in D 4.75 in
Aldo Londi, Ceramic/Pottery Vase by Bitossi, Geometric/Mondrian Pattern
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and elegant ceramic vase by Aldo Londi and made by Bitossi.
Ceramic
$550 / set
H 1.75 in W 7.25 in D 7.25 in
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Attributed Pair of Mondrian-Inspired Bowls -- Raymor
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a pair of mid-century studio ceramic bowls most likely designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
Ceramic
$1,750Sale Price|50% Off
H 15.75 in Dm 6.25 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Black, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed Large chunky stoneware
Ceramic
Bitossi “Fritte” Ceramic Box, Italy 1960's
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Rare Bitossi box with a Mondrian pattern made of fused colored glass.
Ceramic, Glass
Bitossi "Mondrian" Style Box, circa 1959
By Bitossi
Located in Toronto, ON
This cool ceramic box was made in Italy by Bitossi (Aldo Londi attribution) and imported by Raymor
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Mondrian Lamps
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of ceramic table lamps designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Decorated in the bold Mondrian
Clay
Bitossi Mondrian Vintage Italian Londi Pottery Ceramic Raymor Jar
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Bitossi jar and cover in bold interlocking key pattern. Measures: 6" high, 6" diameter
Pottery
Raymor Bitossi Ceramic Box Mondrian Orange Red Yellow Brown, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Raymor Bitossi ceramic box Mondrian orange red yellow brown, 1960s.
Ceramic
Sold
H 29.14 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Mid-Century Pair of Ceramic Lamps Mondrian by Bitossi. Italy, 1990s
By Bitossi
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Pair of table or bedside lamps in enameled ceramic terracotta Mondrian decor
Enamel, Brass
Sold
H 1.2 in Dm 12 in
Italian Pottery Mondrian Pattern Raymor Bitossi FF Serving Pieces Chargers Bowl
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Fantastic set of Italian pottery serving pieces in the elusive Mondrian pattern, circa 1960s. Bowls
Pottery
Italian Pottery Serving Set Salad Bowl MCM Raymor Mondrian Modern Art Bitossi FF
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Fantastic Italian pottery serving bowl and utensils in Mondrian style with wobbly black grid and
Pottery
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italy Mondrian Design Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Bitossi, Raymor, Aldo Londi
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking 1960s Aldo Londi for Bitossi geometric ceramic table lamp was imported and
Ceramic, Faience
Tall Mondrian Patterned Ceramic Vase by Bitossi for Raymor
By Raymor
Located in New York, NY
In mocha, white and black. Less commonly found color combination. Embossed "Itay" on underside of vase and retains original Raymor paper label: BIT 9512.
Pottery
Bitossi Mondrian Series Cylinder Vase Italy Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A beautiful and stunning colored 'Mondrian' series patterned vase from the late 1960s designed by
Pottery
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Mondrian, Yellow Orange, Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic Mondrian, yellow orange, brown, signed. Large chunky vase glazed in a
Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Orange and White Mondrian
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, orange and white Mondrian. Small scale chunky vase with geometric pattern
Ceramic
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Mondrian Orange Yellow, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, mondrian orange yellow, signed. The lid features two color
Ceramic
Raymor Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian Orange Red Yellow Brown Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Raymor Bitossi ceramic box Mondrian orange red yellow brown signed Italy, 1960s. Medium scale
Ceramic
Sold
H 11.5 in W 4 in D 3.88 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Orange, White and Brown, Mondrian Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, orange, brown and white, Mondrian, geometric, signed. Medium scale elongated
Ceramic
Sold
H 1.25 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Aldo Londi Ceramic, Pottery Ashtray for Bitossi, Geometric, Mondrian, Pattern
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very elegant design in this ashtray by the well known artist/designer Aldo Londi.
Ceramic
Sold
H 1.63 in W 13 in D 4.5 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor Ashtray, Mondrian, Orange, White, Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi, Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi for Raymor ashtray, Mondrian orange, white, signed. Long ashtray with 3
Ceramic
Sold
H 5.25 in Dm 9.5 in
Aldo Londi, Lidded, Cover Large Ceramic, Box, Mondrian, Geometric Pattern, Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the well known studio Bitossi.
Ceramic
Sold
H 5.25 in W 18 in D 6 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Signed Double Dragon Head Mondrian Midcentury Italian Bowl
By Aldo Londi
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare and scarce, exquisite large pottery bowl from Italian designer Aldo Londi for Bitossi
Stoneware
Sold
H 5 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in
Rosenthal Netter Candlesticks, Ceramic, Mondrian, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal Netter candlesticks, ceramic Mondrian, signed. Small column form candlesticks with
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Lamp Base, Italy, 1965
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
An Aldo Londi designed lamp base for Bitossi in a Mondrian style pattern of multicolors. Rare
Pottery
Mondrian Inspired Ashtray by Bitossi for Raymor
By Bitossi
Located in North Miami, FL
Mondrian-inspired black, white, and brown ashtray by Bitossi for Raymor, circa 1965. Marked "Italy".
Ceramic
Mondrian Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Vancouver, BC
The iconic Mondrian vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. From 1946-1996 Londi was artistic director for
Ceramic
Mondrian Box by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Handsome glazed pottery covered box by Aldo Londi. This is from Londi's "Mondrian" design series
Pottery
Mondrian Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi
Located in Sylacauga, AL
A tall, striking ceramic vase in a Mondrian design by artist Aldo Londi, director of Bitossi for 50
Ceramic
Large Serving Centerpiece Ceramic Bowl by Alvino Bagni for Raymor
By Bitossi, Piet Mondrian, Bitossi, Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Framingham, MA
Striking purple and red large Italian Modernist ceramic bowl by Aldo Londi for Raymor. 1960’s. The fiery red inside companions well with the glossy purple glaze outside. 11.5” diamet...
Ceramic, Pottery
1950s Bitossi Italian Ceramic "Mondrian" Lamp with New Black Barrel Shade
By Bitossi
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
One of Bitossi's most sought after geometric patterned "Mondrian" lamps in gold and red on matte
Ceramic
Sold
H 22.25 in W 10 in D 10 in
Rare Vintage Large Scale "Mondrian" Ceramic Lamps by Bitossi for Raymor, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi, Raymor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rare vintage large scale "Mondrian" ceramic lamps by Bitossi for Raymor, A Pair, Circa 1960s
Stoneware
Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi, Italy, 1950s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Modern in the Tradition of Good Taste" Large scale Raymor Bitossi Vase by Aldo Londi Yellow and Green Signed on underside: Italy 4675 Retains partial original Raymor paper la...
Pottery, Ceramic, Clay
$1,042Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.09 in Dm 5.71 in
Midcentury Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Vase
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s. This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the cen...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Applied Discs, Blue, Purple, White, Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, applied discs, blue, purple, white, brown, signed. The lid is a coarse dark chocolate clay decorated with rows of applied glazed discs in violet (purple) and bl...
Ceramic
$1,575Sale Price|55% Off
H 4.38 in Dm 7.25 in
Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Moorish Stripes, Brown, Chartreuse, Orange, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Londi Bitossi vase, ceramic, Moorish stripes, brown, chartreuse and orange, signed. Small low vase from Aldo Londi's Moorish Stripes series with chartreuse and orange glaze over coar...
Ceramic
$2,357 / set
H 10.04 in Dm 4.53 in
Bitossi Sahara Aldo Londi Cer Paoli Glazed Ceramic Vases, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi, Bruno Paoli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two Bitossi Aldo Londi for Cer Paoli Sahara range ceramic vases. Italy, 1960s. Ceramiche Paoli "Cer Paoli" was created at the end of the Second World War by Bruno Paoli. The C...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Aldo Londi Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed. Large low bowl decorated with a relief pattern of impressed teardrops from Bitossi's Lacrima Decor. Minute losses to some of the relief. ...
Ceramic
$1,575Sale Price|65% Off
H 16.75 in Dm 7.5 in
Londi Bitossi Lidded Vase, Ceramic, Moorish Stripes, Chartreuse, Orange, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi lidded vase, ceramic, Moorish Stripes, chartreuse, orange and brown, signed. Tall lidded vase from Aldo Londi's Moorish Stripes series. The body is decorated with alternating...
Ceramic
$1,900
H 3.33 in Dm 10.5 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Striped Mid-Century Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful round striped terracotta bowl, designed by Aldo Londi, handcrafted from ceramic by the Italian manufacturer Bitossi Ceramiche in the 1960s. The bowl features six horizont...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Geometric, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Geometric, Signed. Medium scale rounded vase with footed base, decorated with a gold diamond pattern over a Rimini blue glaze. Signed with illegibl...
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Striped Mid-Century Ceramic Ball Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful spherical striped terracotta vase, designed by Aldo Londi, handcrafted from ceramic by the Italian manufacturer Bitossi Ceramiche in the 1960s. The vase features seven ho...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
$1,950
H 2.25 in W 8 in D 4 in
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, C 1960, Orange with Gold Decoration
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy. Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Large Ashtray or Catchall, Italian Ceramic
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Lovely and large ashtray or catchall designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Stunning colors and patterns. Well proportioned at 2.75” tall and 8.5” wide.
Ceramic
Midcentury Bitossi Vase by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Midcentury pattern Vetrata vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italy. Black, blue, orange, brown, grey and yellow on a brushed background.
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Orange and Matte Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, orange and matte brown, signed. Small scale box having a raw clay lid hash mark incising and decorated with an orange glazed pill pattern. Signed on the undersi...
Ceramic
Bitossi, Aldo Londi, Mid Century Ceramic Vase, Signed, Italy, Circa 1950's
By Bitossi
Located in Chatham, ON
Bitossi (Manufacturer) - Aldo Londi (Designer) - rare mid century studio pottery vase - hand made - featuring a color block palette of mustard and brown glazes with a white glazed in...
Ceramic
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of the famed Italian company Bitossi Ceramiche embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in Bitossi pottery that includes artisanal vintage vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
Bitossi was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical cats, owls, horses and other animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. After hiring Sottsass to design ceramics for his New York imports company, Raymor, American entrepreneur Irving Richards connected the Milanese design polymath to Londi, who introduced Sottsass to ceramics in the 1950s.
During that decade, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis postmodern design collective in Milan, Sottsass used the Bitossi kilns to create timeless works that manifest both primitive forms and modern geometries. In later decades, Bitossi would welcome new generations of designers, which have included such names as Ginevra Bocini and Karim Rashid.
While always looking forward, Bitossi is firm in their belief that mastery of craft is the first step towards beautiful design. As you will see from the works offered on these pages, that is a winning philosophy.
Find a collection of vintage Bitossi decorative objects, lighting and serveware on 1stDibs.
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.