Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, Stripes, Blue, White, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi lamp, ceramic, white and blue stripes, signed. Bottle shaped form table lamp with
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, Stripes, Blue, White, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi lamp, ceramic, white and blue stripes, signed. Bottle shaped form table lamp with
Ceramic
Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, Metallic Gold, Black Stripes, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi lamp, ceramic, gold and black stripes, signed. Medium scale ovoid form table lamp glazed
Ceramic
$1,100Sale Price|50% Off
H 2 in W 8.25 in D 4 in
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Blue, Green, White Stripes, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, blue, green, white stripes, signed. Small scale colorful lidded box decorated
Ceramic
$1,325Sale Price|47% Off
H 11 in W 3.88 in D 3.88 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Geometric, Stripes, Green, Yellow, White
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, Geometric, stripes, green, yellow, white. Medium scale square form vase with
Ceramic
$2,026Sale Price|30% Off
H 9.13 in Dm 8 in
Bitossi Ball Vase, Stripes, Purple, Blue, White, Red, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi ball vase, stripes, purple blue, white, red, signed. Chunky medium scale lavender glazed
Ceramic
$750Sale Price|70% Off
H 10.25 in Dm 4.5 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Matte Brown, Yellow, Orange, Green
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, brown, dark yellow, orange and green stripes. Medium scale cylinder vase
Ceramic
$1,680Sale Price|40% Off
H 9.5 in Dm 9 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Chartreuse, Green, Earth Tones, Stripes, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, chartreuse green, earth tones, stripes, signed. Medium scale chunky
Ceramic
$787Sale Price|65% Off
H 8.32 in Dm 4.13 in
Bitossi Raymor Vase, Ceramic, Red, Blue, White, Stripes, Signed
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Raymor Vase, Ceramic, Red, Blue, White, Stripes, Signed. Small scale cylinder vase with
Ceramic
$750Sale Price|70% Off
H 8.5 in Dm 5 in
Bitossi Raymor Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Red, Blue, White, Signed
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Raymor vase, ceramic, stripes, red, blue, white, signed. Small scale cylinder vase with
Ceramic
$1,250Sale Price|50% Off
H 5.5 in Dm 6.5 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Multicolore Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Multicolore Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Signed. Small spherical ball vase with
Ceramic
$2,316Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.25 in Dm 3.75 in
Bitossi Raymor Cambogia Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Purple, White, Turquoise, Signed
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Raymor vase, ceramic, stripes, violet purple, white, turquoise, signed. Aldo Londi's medium
Ceramic
$1,925Sale Price|44% Off
H 8.5 in Dm 5.75 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Moorish Stripes, Chartreuse, Orange, Brown Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic Moorish stripes, Signed. Small to medium scale rounded and tapered vase, from
Ceramic
$1,375Sale Price|44% Off
H 10.88 in Dm 5 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Geometric, Stripes, White, Yellow, Black, Red, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, geometric, stripes, signed. Medium scale gourd form vase decorated with
Ceramic
Bitossi Italian Ceramic Vase with Geometric Stripes, Signed, Mid-Century
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Striking Italian ceramic vase by Bitossi, featuring a bold geometric striped decoration in white
Ceramic, Pottery
$2,400Sale Price|50% Off
H 8 in Dm 8 in
Bitossi Ball Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Ball Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, Signed. Chunky ball vase with
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 Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi lidded vase, ceramic, Moorish Stripes, chartreuse, orange and brown, signed. Tall lidded
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 Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Londi Bitossi vase, ceramic, Moorish stripes, brown, chartreuse and orange, signed. Small low vase
Ceramic
$1,200Sale Price|60% Off
H 12 in Dm 5 in
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Geometric, Stripes, White, Yellow, Black, Red, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, geometric, stripes, signed. Medium scale gourd form vase decorated with
Ceramic
$600Sale Price|66% Off
H 2 in W 8 in D 4 in
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Black, Yellow, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, stripes, orange, black and yellow, signed. Small scale
Ceramic
$1,000
H 9 in Dm 10 in
Bitossi Ceramiche Alzata Centerpiece, Black and White Stripes by Ettore Sottsass
By Bitossi, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Bitossi in 1958, this pedestal bowl from his black-and-white
Ceramic
$1,575Sale Price|65% Off
H 24 in Dm 5 in
1960's Bitossi Seta Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Gold, Blue, Black, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Seta vase, ceramic, stripes, gold, blue and black, signed. Tall tapered bottle form vase
Ceramic
$1,002
H 21.07 in Dm 11.82 in
Italian Bitossi Ceramic Table Lamp Turquoise Blue Stripes with Lamp Shade, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Midcentury Italian ceramic table lamp by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Made circa 1960s. Bright stripe
Ceramic, Fabric
$1,980Sale Price|44% Off
H 14 in Dm 4.38 in
Bitossi for Raymor Cambogia Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Purple, White, Stripes, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Raymor, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor Cambogia (Cambodia) vase, ceramic, blue, purple, white, stripes, signed. Tall
Ceramic
$2,063
H 25.79 in Dm 14.97 in
Large Aldo Londi for Bitossi Table Lamp Blue Green Stripes Italian Ceramic 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall vintage Bitossi ceramic table lamp designed by Aldo Londi. It's made of ceramic with stripes
Ceramic, Fabric
$1,650
H 19.69 in Dm 12.21 in
Mid-Century Italian Ceramic Table Lamp with Yellow and Brown Stripes, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Karis, Nyland
glaze offset by vivid yellow and brown stripes. The interplay of earthy surface and sharp graphic detail
Brass
$650Sale Price|27% Off
H 7.5 in Dm 6.5 in
Italian Ceramic Vase, White, Stripes, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Teal Green, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Italian Ceramic Vase, White, Stripes, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Teal Green, Signed. Small scale chunky
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor Ceramic Vase Orange Stripes Pottery Italy 1960s
By Raymor, Aldo Londi
Located in Munich, DE
Bitossi vase, ceramic, stripes, orange, yellow, white. Medium scale vase, with modernist form
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor Ceramic Vase Pink Stripes Signed Italy 1960s
By Raymor, Aldo Londi
Located in Munich, DE
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor ceramic vase stripes pottery signed, Italy, 1960s, stoneware Cambogia
Ceramic
$3,500Sale Price|37% Off
H 15.5 in Dm 5 in
Aldo Londi Thailandia Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Black, White, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Thailandia vase, ceramic, stripes, orange, black, white, signed. Tall tapered
Ceramic, Stoneware
Montèe Stripes Vase Limited Edition by Simona Cardinetti
By Simona Cardinetti, Bitossi
Located in Firenze, IT
Manufactured by Bitossi Ceramiche Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic
Montèe Blue Stripes Vase Limited Edition by Simona Cardinetti
By Bitossi, Simona Cardinetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Manufactured by Bitossi Ceramiche Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic
Unavailable
H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Silos Green and Stripes by Simona Cardinetti, Handmade in Italy
By Simona Cardinetti, Bitossi
Located in Firenze, IT
Silos green and stripes designed by Simona Cardinetti Manufactured by Bitossi Ceramiche (Tuscany
Ceramic, Wood
Unavailable
H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Silos Pink and Stripes by Simona Cardinetti, Handmade in Italy
By Simona Cardinetti, Bitossi
Located in Firenze, IT
Silos pink and stripes designed by Simona Cardinetti Handmade in Italy Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic, Wood
Unavailable
H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Silos Wood and Stripes by Simona Cardinetti, Handmade in Italy
By Simona Cardinetti, Bitossi
Located in Firenze, IT
Silos wood and stripes designed by Simona Cardinetti Handmade in Italy Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic, Wood
Bitossi Italian Glazed Ceramic Vase Yellow and Black Stripes 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Bitossi glazed ceramic vase with yellow an black stripes.
Ceramic
Bitossi Pottery Vase Londi Italian Raymor Stripes Swirl Mid-Century Modern
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Big Bitossi vase in rouleau form with thick glaze of blue and white swirling stripes, Circa 1960’s
Pottery
Vintage Bitossi Ceramic Rosenthal-Netter Pottery Londi Raymor Stripes Jar Bowl
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Bitossi jar and cover for Rosenthal-Netter in striking decor of bright stripes. Measures: 7" high
Pottery
Bitossi Raymor Ceramic Table Lamp Yellow Black Gray Stripes Signed Italy 1950s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Raymor Ceramic Table Lamp Yellow Black Gray Stripes Signed Italy 1950s. Tall ceramic lamp
Ceramic
Sold
H 20 in Dm 5.5 in
Bitossi Seta Decor Modernist Italian Pottery Vase Lamp Base Raymor Gilt Stripes
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Stellar Bitossi seta lamp base in great modernist rouleau form with gilt highlighted green and
Pottery
1970s Tall Murano White Frosted Glass Table Lamp with Rainbow Stripe
By Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
A tall unique table lamp, circa 1970s white satin frosted glass, with a colorful rainbow stripe
Blown Glass
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Glazed Purple Ceramic Vase, Italy 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Naples, IT
Cylindrical vase from Aldo Londi's series for Bitossi with alternating horizontal stripes of
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Ceramic Vase by Bitossi
Located in Dallas, TX
stripes. Made by Bitossi, Montepulco. Signed.
Bitossi Ceramic Vase Spherical Stripes Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi ceramic vase spherical stripes signed, Italy, 1960s. Spherical ceramic vase with glazed
Ceramic
Raymor Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Stripes, Yellow Orange Red, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Raymor Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Stripes, Yellow Orange Red, Signed. Small spherical ceramic vase with
Ceramic
Sold
H 4.25 in W 4 in D 4 in
Bitossi Cigar Ashtrays, Ceramic, British Racing Stripes, Green, Yellow, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi cigar ashtrays, ceramic, British racing stripes, green, white, yellow, signed. Pair of
Ceramic
Bitossi Raymor Bagni Tray Bowl Stripes Blue Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Raymor Bagni tray bowl stripes signed, Italy, 1960s. Alvino Bagni designed scooped tray in
Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Yellow Orange Red, Brown, Black, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Stripes, Yellow Orange Red, Signed. Small spherical ball vase with graduated
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramic Vase Pottery Raymor Pastel Stripes Gold Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi ceramic vase pottery Raymor pastel stripes gold signed, Italy, 1960s. Tall vase pinched at
Ceramic
Bitossi Italian Londi Raymor Pottery Gears Stripes Blue Purple Large Lamp
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Bitossi lamp with turquoise over purple gear tooth decor boldly outlined in black, circa
Pottery
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Yellow, White, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, stripes, orange, yellow, white, signed. Medium scale vase, with modernist
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Thailandia, Stripes, Orange, White, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Thailandia box, ceramic, orange, white, brown, stripes, signed. Hard to find small scale
Ceramic
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Blue Stripes, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, blue stripes, signed. Small scale lidded box glazed with
Ceramic
Raymor Bitossi Ceramic Vase Stripes Bagni Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Alvino Bagni, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Raymor Bitossi ceramic vase stripes Bagni signed, Italy, 1960s. Large vase with girth. Nicely
Ceramic
Bitossi for Raymor Vase, Ceramic, Matte Black, Yellow, Orange, Stripes, Signed
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor vase, ceramic, matte black, yellow and orange, signed. From Bitossi's Genovese
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Seta, Gold, Pink, Stripes, Purple, Incised, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, seta, gold, pink, stripes, purple, incised, signed. Small scale lidded box
Ceramic
Sold
H 11.25 in Dm 3.75 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor Ceramic Vase Stripes Pottery Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor ceramic vase stripes pottery signed, Italy, 1960s, stoneware Cambogia
Ceramic
Sold
H 11.25 in Dm 3.5 in
Aldo Londi Ceramic Vase Bitossi Raymor Blue Violet Stripes Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor ceramic vase blue violet signed, Italy, 1960s Aldo Londi, the artistic
Ceramic
Midcentury Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ceramic table lamp by Aldo Londi for italian pottery manufacture Bitossi. Large multicoloured
Sold
H 2.13 in W 8 in D 4.13 in
Rosenthal Netter Bitossi Ceramic Box Blue Stripes Pottery Signed, Italy, 1960s
By Rosenthal Netter
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal Netter Bitossi Ceramic Box Blue Stripes Pottery Signed Italy 1960's. Medium size lidded
Ceramic
Tall Spiral Stripe Ceramic Table Lamp by Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
orange and black spiral stripe and white-grey ground. By Bitossi. Italian, circa 1960.
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Rochetto Ceramic Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
stripes. Made by Bitossi, Montepulco. Signed.
$2,500 / item
H 29 in Dm 19 in
Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
Wood, Fabric, Linen, Fiberglass
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
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
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
$3,500
H 2.13 in W 7.94 in D 4 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed. Small scale Mondrian box decorated with rectangles and lines and glazed in red, yellow, and black. Signed f...
Ceramic, Clay
$995Sale Price|55% Off
H 11.75 in Dm 4.88 in
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Red, White, Onion
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter vase, ceramic, blue, red, and white, onion. Medium scale chunky cylinder vase decorated with a wavy abstract onion pattern.
Ceramic
$1,950
H 2.25 in W 8 in D 4 in
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, Orange with Gold Decoration, C 1960
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
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
Aldo Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Chartreuse, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi vase, ceramic, chartreuse, signed. Medium scale cylinder vase glazed in chartreuse and decorated with hand tooled impressed geometric patterns. Signed in black gla...
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
$1,017Sale Price|45% Off
H 2 in W 7.75 in D 4 in
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Navy Blue, Green, White, Plaid
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, navy blue, green, and white, plaid. Small scale lidded ceramic box with navy, white and green glazed top and white glazed bottom. Tiny glaz...
Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Aldo Londi, Lineas Rotas in Aqua, Green, White & Chocolate
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Very Geometric and Fabulous Large 60's Bitossi Lineas Rotas Vase by Aldo Londi. Great colors of aqua, green, navy and white mixed with a chocolate brown coarse matte clay body is fr...
Ceramic, Paint, Clay
Bitossi Italian Pottery Box Imported by Rosenthal Netter
By Bitossi, Rosenthal Netter
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Maker: Bitossi. Importer: Rosenthal Netter Period or model: Mid-Century Modern. Specs: Pottery Condition: This Bitossi Italian pottery box imported by Rosenthal Netter ...
Pottery
$637Sale Price|25% Off
H 2.38 in W 5 in D 3.5 in
Bitossi Raymor Box, Ceramic, Metallic Platinum Silver, Black, Iridescent, Signed
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor box, ceramic, metallic chrome silver, black, signed. Small scale lidded box with a top glazed in metallic silver platinum and black. The bottom box is glazed in a ...
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Ceramic Vase by Alvino Bagni for Bitossi / Raymor
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Ceramic Vase by Alvino Bagni for Bitossi / Raymor. A design simulating that of a stained glass window.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Bitossi Stambecchi by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice vase from Bitossi by Aldo Londi. The pattern is Stambecchi or Caprone (goat), designed by Aldo Londi. A sgraffito and glazed pattern of goats in grey, brown and orange on a brus...
Ceramic
Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, 24K Metallic Gold, Textured
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, 24K Metallic Gold, Textured. Small scale cylindrical table lamp with stepped neck and stippled textured body. The Bitossi factory mixed 24-karat gold to achiev...
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.