Bright Red Blenko Glass Floor Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bright Red 22" tall floor vase produced by Blenko Glass . Triangular shaped body with 7.5
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Blenko Red Vase
Vintage Blenko Style Amberina Red & Orange Glass Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in East Quogue, NY
Vibrant Blenko-style Amberina red and orange fluted square hand-blown glass vase. Intense orange
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Glass Vase Attributed to Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Large, glass vase attributed to Blenko, red to orange color gradation. Fine original condition
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Tall Amberina Crackle Glass Vase Attributed to Blenko Glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in Miami, FL
crackle glass vase attributed to Blenko. The vase has coloring that blends from an orange to a deep red
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Massive Mid Century Blenko American Art Glass Ruby Amberina Centerpiece Vase
$475
H 8.5 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in
Massive Mid Century Blenko American Art Glass Ruby Amberina Centerpiece Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent mid century Blenko art glass handmade cube-shaped vase. Slightly pinched sides with
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
1965 Blenko Hand Blown Vase Bottle by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an original Blenko hand blown glass with identifying pontil underneath, circa 1965 by Wayne
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Crimped Edge Crackle Glass Vase att. to Winslow Anderson for Blenko
By Winslow Anderson, Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Hard to find crimped edge crackle glass vase, in orange/red glass. Attributed to Andersen Winslow
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Vintage Glass Amberina Vase with Stopper by John Nickerson for Blenko
By John Nickerson, Blenko Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large blown glass amberina/tangerine lidded jar designed by John Nickerson for Blenko (model number
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid Century Modern Blenko Large Red Blown Art Glass Vase Vessel Jug with Stopper
$1,200
H 23.5 in W 9 in D 9 in
Mid Century Modern Blenko Large Red Blown Art Glass Vase Vessel Jug with Stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid Century Modern Blenko Large Red Blown Art Glass Vase Vessel Jug with Stopper. Circa Mid 20th
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
A Pair of Large Blenko Handblown Hourglass Optic Oversized Glass Vases
Located in Norton, MA
A Pair of Large Blenko Handblown Hourglass Optic Oversized Glass Vases, Milton, West Virginia, c
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Vintage 1970s American Vases
Materials
Glass
Mid century vintage large Blenko Handblown ruby red jar with stopper
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage Handblown deep ruby red Blenko jar with stopper. This is an early
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
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Diminutive 1949 Ruby Red gourd form vase by Winsolw Anderson for Blenko
Unavailable
H 5.5 in Dm 4.5 in
Diminutive 1949 Ruby Red gourd form vase by Winsolw Anderson for Blenko
By Winslow Anderson, Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
diminutive teardrop shaped vase with flared collar, pinched neck, and base with 6 vertical
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
True Ruby Red 1948 indent vase by Winslow Anderson for Blenko
By Winslow Anderson, Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Quadruple-indent ball vase, designed by Winslow Anderson in 1948, executed in the very rare and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Glass
USA, Blenko Carafe by Wayne Husted with Matching Candleholder 1970, Labelled
Unavailable
H 4.73 in Dm 17.72 in
USA, Blenko Carafe by Wayne Husted with Matching Candleholder 1970, Labelled
By Wayne Husted
Located in Halstead, GB
darker than the red of the body. Minor signs of use. Midcentury Blenko glass is much sought after in the
Category
Antique 1660s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Blenko Art Red Glass Vase, 1960's
By Blenko Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blenko 1960s Art Red Glass Vase 13.5"H x 4"T.Dia x 7" C.Dia
Category
Vintage 1960s American Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Blenko Glass Ruby Red Ruffled Edge Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in New Windsor, NY
Vintage ruby red ruffled edge Blenko vase, shape 404. A beautiful deep, saturated red with a wavy
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Blenko Glass Ruby Red Ruffled Edge Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in New Windsor, NY
Vintage ruby red ruffled edge Blenko vase, shape 404. A beautiful deep, saturated red with a wavy
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Blenko Amber / Red Vase by Joel Meyer
By Blenko Glass
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A smaller hand blown glass vase in amber with upper red highlights manufactured by the Blenko Glass
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Blenko Red Tall Vase designed by Don Shepherd
By Blenko Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Blenko large Red Glass Vase. Impressive 25" tall! In nice original shape! designed by Don
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Blenko Glass Flower Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Southampton, NJ
An original Blenko glass flower vase, circa 1960.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Orange Blenko (?) Art Glass Vase and Decanter
By Blenko Glass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Orange art glass vase and canister / jar with lid attributed to Blenko. Priced each. Free shipping
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Tall Swirled Sunset Orange Vase by Blenko Glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall, impressive, brilliant sunset orange, swirled glass vase by Blenko Glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blenko Bud Vase
By Blenko Glass, Joel Philip Myers
Located in Dallas, TX
Early handcrafted Blenko Bud vase in Tangerine. Shown in the 1957 Blenko catalogue as model 5723
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Assorted Collection of Five Mid-Century Glass Vases and Bottles by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors on these assorted collection of mouth blown glass, decorative vases and bottles by
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
1960s Blenko Tangerine Mid-Century Modern Footed Bowl
By Blenko Glass
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Blenko tangerine footed bowl. Measures 10.5" by 8.5". In very good vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Tall Massive Collectible Amberina Glass Handkerchief Vase by Blenko
By Wayne Husted, Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors on this large Blenko amberina glass vase, circa 1970's excellent condition.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Architectural Glass Blenko Red Vessel by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Architectural Blenko red floor vessel/bottle by Wayne Husted. Bottle is 26.25" high and 9.5
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Blenko Glass Wayne Husted #561 Blown Glass Decanter In Candy Red - 1950s
By Wayne Husted, Blenko Glass
Located in Southampton, NJ
Designed by the famed Wayne Husted this tall cone-shaped decanter has an elegant elongated neck and mushroom stopper. -North America 1956 Measures: 23x6.5” Height & Diameter Height ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Architectural Glass Blenko Tangerine Vessel by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Architectural Blenko tangerine floor vessel/bottle by Wayne Husted. Bottle is 20.25" high and 7
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Blenko Large Red-Orange Decanter
Located in New York, NY
Large Blenko Red-Orange Decanter
Category
20th Century American Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Ombre Blown Blenko Orange Decanter with Lid by John Nickerson
By Blenko Glass, John Nickerson
Located in Hudson, NY
John Nickerson for Blenko architectural decanter #7430 with lid/stopper in a orange, red, yellow
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Joel Myers for Blenko Red and Yellow Vase Model 7029 Mid Century Modern
By Joel Myers
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
The Joel Myers for Blenko Red and Yellow Glass Vase, Model 7029, is a remarkable piece of mid
Category
Mid-20th Century Vases
Materials
Glass
American Midcentury Rare Blenko Amberina Crackle Glass Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking handkerchief Blenko amberina glass Vase bowl, excellent condition no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
A MCM Ruby Art Glass Vase Attributed to Blenko
Located in Montreal, QC
This gourd-shaped vase is in a very striking red colour, a vibrant and shining red , in a very
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Blenko #6316 Ruby Red Glass Decanter by Wayne Husted
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Blenko glass ruby red decanter model #6316. Designed by Wayne Husted and is in excellent shape
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bottles
Rare 1958 Wayne Husted for Blenko 587L Spool Decanter
By Wayne Husted
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Very rare 587L spool decanter designed in 1958 by Wayne Husted for Blenko. Decanter measures 36' in
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Large Red Blenko Floor Vase designed by architect Joel Myers
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large Red Blenko Floor Vase designed by architect Joel Myers - Impressive scale and presence.
Category
20th Century Glass
Tall Bright Red Blenko Glass Floor Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bright Red 34.5" tall floor vase produced by Blenko Glass . Tall bottle at 29.5" plus stopper
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
MCM Blenko Tangerine Bottle Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage mid century bottle vase by Blenko in the tangerine color. Beautiful vibrant coloring to
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Glass Vase Attributed to Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Dramatic trumpet form glass vase attributed to Blenko, unsigned.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blenko Red Glass Bottle USA 1980's
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Blenko Red Glass Bottle USA 1980's. Large Blenko bottle with stopper in red. A few ultra-minor
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Blenko Orange Glass Skinny Vase by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful deep orange vintage Blenko vase with a flat top is in wonderful condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large Blenko Glass Orange Bottle Vase with Stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tall Blenko bottle vase with stopper.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Glass Amberina Vase
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful mouth blown Blenko glass flower vase, in very collectible amberina glass.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Monumental Blenko Ruby Red Vessel and Stopper by Wayne Husted
By Wayne Husted, Blenko Glass
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large Blenko ruby red floor vessel/bottle with stopper by Wayne Husted. Bottle (without stopper) is
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Orange Blenko Blown Art Glass Bottle with Original Stopper, Mint Condition
By Blenko Glass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hand blown artglass decanter / bottle with stopper by Blenko. Striking bright orange.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Blenko Hand Blown Glass Yellow-Red Fish Sculpture by Winslow Anderson
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H 8.25 in W 17.88 in D 4.75 in
Vintage Blenko Hand Blown Glass Yellow-Red Fish Sculpture by Winslow Anderson
By Winslow Anderson, Blenko Glass
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Mid-Century Modern large scale Blenko sculptural fish vase designed by Winslow Anderson
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Hand Blown Tall Art Glass Vase in the Style of Don Shepherd for Blenko Glass
By Blenko Glass, Don Shepherd
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool hand blown bright orange art glass vase in the style of Don Shepherd for Blenko Glass
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Architectural Glass Blenko Tangerine Vessel / Stopper by Wayne Husted
By Wayne Husted, Blenko Glass
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Architectural Blenko tangerine floor vessel/bottle with stopper by Wayne Husted. Bottle (without
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Massive Store Window Display Viking Glass Floor Vases
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive store window display Viking Glass floor vases. This pair were used in window displays
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Vases
Tall Red Blenko Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Washington, DC
Tall red glass Blenko vase
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
21 Inch Ruby Red Blenko Bottle Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Papaikou, HI
This is a dramatically large and brilliantly colored piece of Blenko glass. Attractive as display
Category
Vintage 1960s American Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
25.5 Inch Tall Ruby Red Blenko Vase
Located in Papaikou, HI
This is a dramatically tall and brilliantly colored Blenko vase, from the 1980's. It retains the
Category
Late 20th Century American Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Red Art Glass Vase by Blenko
Located in Stamford, CT
Ruby red art glass vase designed Blenko Glass. Cylinder shape with elongated neck and a flared
Category
Vintage 1960s American Glass
Red Blenko Vase, Mid-Century Modern
By Blenko Glass
Located in Raleigh, NC
This collectable vase by Blenko is a deep red-orange. It is blown glass by famous maker Blenko
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
1950s Monumental Blenko Floor Decanter
By Wayne Husted
Located in Tulsa, OK
This is my favorite of all the Huge Blenko floor decanters. it is astoppered decanter or floor vase
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
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Antique 17th Century French Louis XIV Decorative Boxes
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Blenko Red Vase For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the blenko red vase you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each blenko red vase for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, blown glass and art glass. Your living room may not be complete without a blenko red vase — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each blenko red vase bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one blenko red vase that is appealing in its simplicity, but Blenko, Wayne Husted and John Nickerson produced versions that are worth a look.
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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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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.
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For thousands of years, vases and vessels have had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world. In Ancient Greece, ceramic vessels were used for transporting water and dry goods, holding bouquets of flowers, for storage and more. Outside of utilitarian use, in cities such as Athens, vases were a medium for artistic expression — pottery was a canvas for artists to illustrate their cultures’ unique people, beliefs and more. And pottery skills were handed down from fathers to sons.
Every antique and vintage vase and vessel, from decorative Italian urns to French 19th-century Louis XVI–style lidded vases, carries with it a rich, layered story.
On 1stDibs, there is a vast array of vases and vessels in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes. Our collection features vessels made from delicate materials such as ceramic and glass as well as durable materials like rustproof metals and stone.
A contemporary vase can help introduce an air of elegance to your minimalist space while an antique Chinese jar would make a luxurious addition to an Asian-inspired interior. Alternatively, if you’re looking for a statement piece, consider an Art Deco vase crafted by Italian architect and furniture designer Gio Ponti.
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