Diaz Costa

Spanish Wall Plates

Midcentury Ceramic Tile Wall Art

$2,411 / set

$3,387

Large Hand-Painted Ceramic Artwork of Fishes, Circa 1960, Signed

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Dive into the mesmerizing world of Catalan artist Diaz Costa with this captivating ceramic hand-painted large artwork featuring a school of fishes, a masterpiece from around 1960.

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Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Quinta Nova 43-Piece Floral Porcelain Dinnerware Set, Portugal, 1960s

$2,284Sale Price / set|50% Off

H 7.09 in W 12.21 in D 10.63 in

Quinta Nova 43-Piece Floral Porcelain Dinnerware Set, Portugal, 1960s

By Vista Alegre

Located in Valladolid, ES

Gorgeous porcelain tableware from the Portuguese firm Quinta Nova, renowned for its fine porcelain. Its meticulously painted floral design combines warm tones of orange and green on ...

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Vintage 1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tableware

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Modern Enamel Artwork by Judith Daner

$1,045Sale Price|58% Off

H 15.5 in W 19.25 in D 0.75 in

Mid-Century Modern Enamel Artwork by Judith Daner

Located in Redding, CT

Mid-Century Modern Enamel Artwork by Judith Danner. Amazing piece of work by a very talented artist. Signed JD (Judith Daner). Copper enamel plaque mounted on board in a teak frame w...

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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

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Copper, Enamel

1970s Nino Parrucca Italian Pottery Hand Painted Plate Sicily

$148Sale Price|20% Off

H 1.5 in W 12.75 in D 8.75 in

1970s Nino Parrucca Italian Pottery Hand Painted Plate Sicily

By Giovanni de Simone

Located in Chula Vista, CA

For your consideration, 1970s Nino Parrucca Hand Painted Italian Art Pottery Plate Sicily Turtle Fish decorative plate Dimensions: 1.5 h x 12.75 w x 8.75 Please take a look at our ...

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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...

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Pottery

By Jules Vieillard & Cie, “Nella", 83-Piece Fine Faience Dinner & Coffee Service

$24,920 / set

By Jules Vieillard & Cie, “Nella", 83-Piece Fine Faience Dinner & Coffee Service

By Jules Viellard

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

Few 19th-century French faience services embody the elegance, artistic refinement and poetic spirit of the Japonisme movement as beautifully as Jules Vieillard Bordeaux’s celebrated ...

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Antique 19th Century French Japonisme Dinner Plates

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Enamel

Mid-Century Modern Large Set Stangl Pottery Dinnerware w Serving Pieces 107 Pcs

$859 / set

$675Sale Price|60% Off

H 23.63 in W 47.25 in D 0.79 in

Belgian Vintage Modernist Hand Painted Ceramic wall art by Juliette Belarti 1960

By Juliette Belarti

Located in Markington, GB

Contemporary Belgian vintage modernist hand painted ceramic wall art by Juliette Belarti 1960's Measurments: H 60cm, W 120cm.

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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

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Ceramic

Framed Ceramic Tile Hand Painted Composition, circa 1950

$608

H 11.62 in W 11.62 in D 1.19 in

Framed Ceramic Tile Hand Painted Composition, circa 1950

Located in Barcelona, ES

Framed Ceramic Tile Hand Painted Composition, circa 1950 Manufactured Spain, circa 1950. Materials: Wood, ceramic. Dimensions: D 3 x W 29,5 cm x H 29,5 cm The artwork is in its o...

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Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

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Ceramic, Wood

Dramatic Statement Piece Centrepiece Ceramic Plate By DeSimone, Italy, c1960

$445

H 1.25 in Dm 10 in

Dramatic Statement Piece Centrepiece Ceramic Plate By DeSimone, Italy, c1960

By DeSimone

Located in Rothley, Leicestershire

Bold and so colourful large mid-century ceramic plate by DeSimone, Italy Hand painted Yin and Yang stylised fish dominate this entire piece Circa 1960's Signed DeSimone, Italy Height...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...

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Ceramic

$453 / set

H 0.79 in Dm 9.45 in

Seventies Hand-Painted Tableware by Gien France 26 Pcs

By Gien

Located in Waddinxveen, ZH

Beautiful sunny hand-painted tableware from Gien France. The set is exposed of: 8 dinner plates 8 breakfast plates 8 soup plates 1 serving bowl (20 cm diameter and 10 cm high) 1...

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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Tableware

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Ceramic

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Midcentury Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Composition / Wall Decoration

$6,200 / set

H 2 in Dm 18 in

1920's Chinese Dinner Service

Located in Dallas, TX

16 piece 1920's Chinese dinner service set.

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Vintage 1920s Chinese Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Glass

Minton Hand Painted Ornithological 13 Piece Dessert Service- C. Dresser

$12,500 / set

H 2.5 in Dm 9.25 in

Minton Hand Painted Ornithological 13 Piece Dessert Service- C. Dresser

By Christopher Dresser

Located in Great Barrington, MA

This amazing 13 piece hand painted ornithological dessert service is painted in the "Aesthetic Movement Style" with each exotic bird realistically represented in it's natural landsca...

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Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

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Porcelain, Paste

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Diaz Costa For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal diaz costa for your home. A diaz costa — often made from ceramic, wood and cork — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a diaz costa — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A diaz costa, designed in the Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Diaz Costa?

The average selling price for a diaz costa at 1stDibs is $826, while they’re typically $115 on the low end and $3,212 for the highest priced.

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

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.